Events at Ascension
Join Ensemble Boulanger for a concert of music by Czech, Polish, and Hungarian composers!
Join Dr. Hannah Penn (Willamette University) and Ascension music director Emma Cowell for a lecture-recital on the songs of iconoclastic Baroque singer and composer Barbara Strozzi (1619-1677).
Join us for an intimate Choral Evensong to celebrate the Feast of All Saints!
A romantic concert of songs by composer couples: Clara and Robert Schumann, and Alma and Gustav Mahler.
Rite I Choral Evensong led by SuEllen Pommier & the Ascension Choir
Radix, directed by Dr. Amy Stuart Hunn, presents “From Cloister to Back Porch,” a concert highlighting music by women.
Ensemble Boulanger presents a concert of music from Jane Austen’s life and times.
All are welcome to Ascension’s Christmas Eve Service, a family-friendly Festival of Lessons and Carols followed by the Eucharist and the singing of “Silent Night” by candlelight.
Join us for a service of Lessons and Carols for Advent led by the Ascension Choir. Music by Palestrina, Willcocks, Jeanne Demessieux, and more. Coffee and light snacks offered after the service. All are welcome.
Artwork: “The Annunciation” by Henry Ossawa Tanner
Join us for an old-fashioned Christmas around the piano in our Parlor, led by our Minister of Music and local classical singers.
Light Opera of Portland returns to the Salon Series by popular demand!
Choral Evensong for the Sunday after the Ascension.
Ascension Choir leads a service with Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in C Major, with anthems and hymns by Thomas Tallis and Vaughan Williams.
A reception will follow the service.
A multimedia salon experience celebrating the music of Spanish-French composer Pauline Viardot, and her circle of musical, literary, and artistic friends.
Rite I Mass for Easter Sunday, led by the Ascension Choir. The service will include music by William H. Harris and Erik Routley. A reception will follow the service.
Rite I Mass for Maundy Thursday, led by the Ascension Choir. The service will include music by Herbert Howells and J.S. Bach.
In honor of Women’s History Month, a concert featuring Biblical Cantatas for voice and continuo by the French baroque composer Élisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre.
This recital explores musical connections among family, lovers, and friends. You'll hear music and stories displaying the mutual inspiration between siblings Fanny Hensel and Felix Mendelssohn, and between Clara and Robert Schumann and their friend Johannes Brahms.
All are welcome to our Choir-led Festival of Lessons and Carols for Christmas Eve. Traditional carols and beloved Anglican choral music will be interspersed with Scripture readings telling the story of the Nativity, followed by Holy Eucharist and a candlelit singing of “Silent Night.”
The service will include music by J.S. Bach, Reginald Jacques, Thomas Ravenscroft, Ralph Vaughan Williams, and David Willcocks.
Artwork: “The Annunciation to the Shepherds” by Henry Ossawa Tanner.
Join us for a service of readings and carols for Advent. The Ascension Choir will sing music by Stephen Cleobury, Peter Warlock, and Elizabeth Poston.
Artwork: “The Annunciation” by Henry Ossawa Tanner.
Join us for an old-fashioned Christmas around the piano in our Parlor: a singalong of beloved carols, along with seasonal art songs and piano solos.
Join us for a concert performance by the artists of Light Opera of Portland, our city’s Gilbert and Sullivan repertory company!
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A concert of French carols for Advent and Christmas. The program includes Michel Corrette’s charming Baroque mass for sopranos and organ on traditional French carol melodies. This free concert will be livestreamed from Ascension Episcopal Parish on our website, as well as on Facebook.
Due to COVID social distancing guidelines, a limited number of seats are available for a live audience at this concert. To attend in-person, please RSVP to music@ascensionepiscopalparish.org!
Charlotte Engler, soprano
Emma Mildred Riggle, soprano
Hannah Brewer, organ
GABRIEL FAURÉ (1845-1924)
Il est né, le divin enfant
Noël des enfants
TRADITIONAL FRENCH CAROLS newly arranged for sopranos and organ by Emma Riggle
NOËLS d’ORGUE by Jean-Jacques Beauvarlet-Charpentier and others
MICHELE CORRETTE (1707-1795)
Messe pour le tems de Noël
Tips are gratefully accepted, and will be shared between the performers.
Venmo: @EmmaMRiggle
PayPal: https://paypal.me/EmmaRiggle
We are welcoming the return of live music with "Still Waters," a hybrid livestream and in-person salon recital in our parlor at Ascension Parish. Our Minister of Music will play gentle and uplifting music by 19th and 20th century women on our antique Chickering grand piano. The program includes music by Lili Boulanger, Fanny Hensel, Clara Schumann, Teresa Carreño, Mélanie Bonis, Amy Beach, Marion Bauer and Florence Price.
This recital is offered as part of the ministry of the music program of Ascension Episcopal Parish. It is free to view, livestreamed on Facebook.
There are also a limited number of seats available in our parlor for a live audience to attend the recital. If you would like to attend in person, please RSVP to music@ascensionepiscopalparish.org to ascertain availability. In-person attendance is also free of charge.
Tips are not required, but are gratefully accepted at paypal.me/EmmaRiggle or Venmo: @EmmaMRiggle
Read more: https://www.ascensionepiscopalparish.org/the-cecilia-page/still-waters
Join us on Holy Saturday for a quiet, meditative livestream recital of music for Holy Week on our small tracker organ. Minister of Music Emma Riggle will play music by Bach, Sweelinck, Telemann, and more.
This recital is for people who miss their traditional Holy Week services; or for people who enjoy hearing Bach on a small baroque-style organ; or for people who just want a moment of quiet for the background of their afternoon. Tune in to pray, listen, or rest.
Tune in on Holy Saturday, April 3, 2021, at 2PM PST at this link: https://www.facebook.com/events/271432327869465/
The recital will be streamed via Facebook Live, but you do not need a Facebook account to tune in.
The recital is free to watch. Tips for the organist are gratefully accepted at paypal.me/EmmaRiggle or Venmo: @EmmaMRiggle
Join us for a recital of Baroque Christmas music for organ, live from Ascension Episcopal Parish! Minister of Music Emma Riggle will play our small Baroque-style Coulter tracker organ. Selections will include pieces by Sweelinck, Buxtehude, Pachelbel, Corrette, Dandrieu, and more Baroque arrangements of the carols of Advent and Christmas!
The event will be live-streamed via Facebook Live. You don’t need a Facebook account to watch the concert: just visit this link at the scheduled time: https://fb.me/e/2ShqnZy5V !
Join us for a potluck CHILI dinner followed by a performance by Beth Wood.
Hannah Brewer, piano, and Emma Riggle, soprano & piano, offer a recital of works by women composers of the 19th & 20th Centuries, including Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel, Clara Wieck Schumann, Amy Beach, and Lili Boulanger.
Youth Sunday School classes where children study the Scriptures through the visual arts.
Youth Sunday School classes where children learn the Scriptures through the visual arts.
Youth Sunday School classes where children study the Scriptures through the visual arts.
Youth Sunday School classes where children study the Scriptures through the visual arts.
Youth Sunday School classes where children study the Scriptures through the visual arts.
