Oregon Mandolin Orchestra Holiday Concert -- live/virtual Dec. 19

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The Oregon Mandolin Orchestra will be performing in a holiday concert Sunday, Dec. 19, to celebrate the season.​

Concert-goers can attend in-person at 3 pm PST at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church, 2201 S.W. Vermont St., Portland, Oregon.

Or, the concert can be live-streamed online through Zoom.

The concert's wide-ranging program, assembled by OMO Music Director Christian McKee, will feature nostalgic holiday favorites, along with a graceful Scott Joplin rag, a beloved J.S. Bach cantata, a Yuletide mazurka from Italy and two movements of Gustav Holst's "Moorside Suite."

The OMO also will reprise a piece specially commissioned by the orchestra. The composition, entitled "Oregonia," was written and arranged by John Goodin, an Iowa-based composer whose work has been performed by mandolin orchestras around the world. "Oregonia" was created to evoke the dramatic landscapes of the Oregon Country and the lives of the people who call it home.

"Oregonia" is especially emotional for OMO members because Goodin passed away on Oct. 7, less than three weeks after the orchestra performed the piece's world premiere.

To sign into the concert online through Zoom, use this link: https://qrco.de/bcW77x. No meeting ID is required.

Guests will have their video switched off and their sound muted as they enter a "waiting room," where they will remain until the concert begins at 3 p.m.

Our suggested donation is $10 per person.

More info at www.oregonmandolinorchestra.org