Oasis brings musical refreshment
Newport’s Pacific Maritime Heritage Center, with its stunning views, and the newly revamped Cultural Plaza at the Lincoln City Cultural Center, with its poetry path and works from local artists, are perfect settings for the Oasis Ensemble this weekend.
The group will perform beautiful flute, cello and piano chamber music in Newport this Saturday, April 5, and in Lincoln City this Sunday, April 6.
The music lineup includes Fanny Hensel’s “Trio in D Minor, Op. 11,” Maurice Ravel’s “Ma mere l’oye” and “Northwest Sketches," a world premiere by Oregon composer Brent Weaver inspired by the lush scenery and stories of the Pacific Northwest.
Founded in 2023, Oasis Ensemble is a Eugene-based trio of award-winning, seasoned musicians who have received high critical acclaim and are currently performing more than 25 concerts yearly throughout Oregon.
Flutist Dawn Weiss is well-known as the principal flutist of the Oregon Symphony for the past 25 years, and has performed solo, concerto and chamber music performances in California, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Italy, Mexico and Peru.
Cellist Louis Lowenstein is a former member of the Chicago Symphony and Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestras, who, at the age of 13, was cello soloist in the Saint-Saens concerto with the Phoenix Symphony. He has also collaborated in performance with many fine jazz artists, including Marvin Hamlisch and Bobby McFerrin.
Pianist Andrew Cannestra is a prize winner of numerous prestigious competitions, including the Aeolian Classics Emerging Artist Competition and the Seattle International Piano Competition and is a recording artist on the Naxos label. He is currently pursuing a DMA in piano performance at the University of Oregon.
Concerts will be held at 7:30 pm this Saturday, April 5, at the Pacific Maritime Heritage Center, located at 333 SE Bay Blvd. in Newport; and 2 pm this Sunday, April 6, at the Lincoln City Cultural Center, located at 540 NE Hwy. 101. Tickets are $20.
For more information, go to oasisensemble.com.