INNER LANDSCAPES: Depths of Expression

November 15, 2025 7:30pm Mt. Hood Community College, Gresham

November 16, 2025 3:00 PM Patricia Reser Center for the Arts, Beaverton SOLD HERE

Maria Garcia, Piano

Featuring Portland pianist Maria Garcia and the Western U.S. premiere of Rainn by Karena Ingram, this evocative program highlights the lyrical power of Lūcija Garūta alongside the warmth of Dvořák.

Program:

KARENA INGRAM    Rainn (Western U.S Premiere)
LŪCIJA GARŪTA    Piano Concerto in F-sharp Minor
ANTONIN DVORAK    Symphony No. 8 in G Major

A program that invites you on a journey through a vibrant musical landscape, blending the bold and contemporary with the timeless and profound. This exciting program presents the Western U.S. premiere of a new composition titled Rainn by Karena Ingram, a rising star in contemporary composition. Her evocative work explores the fluidity of nature and emotion and is presented in collaboration with the League of American Orchestras’ Toulmin Commissions Program. Portland piano virtuoso Maria Garcia performs the dramatic elegance of Lūcija Garūta’s Piano Concerto in F-sharp Minor — a hidden gem of the 20th-century repertoire, brimming with intensity, lyricism, and dazzling virtuosity. The program closes with the radiance of Antonín Dvořák’s Symphony No. 8 in G Major, a celebration of nature and folk-inspired melodies, bursting with joy and optimism.