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2025
The Concerts
at the Barn
CLASSICAL CHAMBER MUSIC AND MORE AT THE BUTLER BARN IN BEAVERTON
three wonderful WEDNESDAYS AT THE BARn
Announcing our NEW combo concerts
line-up for 2025
Every concert a two-for-one experience!
A classical ACT 1 followed by a contrasting and equally amazing ACT 2!
COMBO CONCERT #1
The Classic Rachmaninoff & Classic Jazz Combo Concert
COMBO CONCERT #2
The Rosebud String Quartet, Something Old, Something New, and Niel too!
COMBO CONCERT #3
Brahms & Broadway with a dash of Bacharach!
July 30
August 6
August 13
this summer:
CURATED WITH
This season we will be collaborating with chatterPDX!
Artistic directors of chatter, Trevor Fitzpatrick and James Shields have selected music and artists that appear on their wildly popular Sunday morning concert series. See more at chatterPDX.org
PURCHASE DISCOUNTED Series TICKETS BEGINNING APRIL 15
ON JUNE 16 Single Concert Tickets go on sale (VIP $60, General $45)
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(3 FOR THE PRICE OF TWO)!
ALSO NEW FOR 2025: Bring a child for FREE!
Just select the "Adult with FREE Child" option when adding tickets to your cart!
Our 2025 Media Co-Sponsor
The Butler Barn at Hoffman Farms
22242 SW Scholls Ferry Road, Beaverton Oregon
DePonte Creativity Partners (DCP) announces:
The Young Artists
Professional Development
Competition
A COLLABORATION BETWEEN DCP & chatterPDX
After 25+ years of producing concerto concerts for young artists, conductor Niel DePonte is creating a new opportunity for young artists in the Portland, SW Washington area. The Young Artists Professional Development Competition (YA-PDC) is a new program for talented students that will provide the winners with performance opportunities at one of two established performance stages: the Sunday morning series known as chatterPDX in downtown Portland, and The Concerts At The Barn summer music festival in late July and August in Beaverton.
BE THERE FOR OPENING NIGHT
JULY 30
our combo concerts line-up
Concerts inside a classic barn or outside while you picnic, sunsets, food and drink. Your ultimate world-class chamber music event! Soft drinks, wine, bento boxes, small snacks and bottled water are available for sale at the site.
(Credit Cards only, please)
Wednesday #1
July 30, 2025, 7:00PM
NEW EARLIER START TIME!
The Classic Rachmaninoff and Classic Jazz Combo Concert
FEATURING:
Trevor Fitzpatrick, Cellist
Maria Garcia, Pianist
Darrell Grant, Pianist
Sherry Alves, Vocalist
Cellist Trevor Fitzpatrick of the Oregon Symphony and Pianist Maria Garcia open our concert with ACT 1: the impassioned Rachmaninoff Cello Sonata in G minor. In our first “Curated with chatterPDX” offering we are presenting artists connected to the chatterPDX concert series to our barn including Chatter Artistic Director Trevor Fitzpatrick as solo cellist. ACT 2: After a brief intermission, Portland jazz star Darrell Grant on piano and vocalist Sherry Alves will perform classic jazz standards at the most intimate jazz club in town, The Barn!
Summer Chamber Music Series 2025
Wednesday #2
August 6, 2025, 7:00PM
NEW EARLIER START TIME!
The Rosebud String Quartet, Something Old, Something New, and Niel too!
FEATURING:
Rosebud String Quartet
Niel DePonte, Percussion
Susan Smith, Pianist
James Shields, Clarinetist
Another chatterPDX curated show brings us the Rosebud String Quartet from Alberta, Canada. Members of the Edmonton Symphony, Canadian Opera, and National Ballet Orchestras have formed an exciting quartet of young virtuosos. On our combo concert's first half, ACT 1, Rosebud will perform the melodic Haydn String Quartet in F minor, Op. 20 No. 5. After intermission, ACT 2 will feature Grammy nominated percussionist Niel DePonte and pianist Susan Smith performing with Rosebud on Portland's own Kenji Bunch's piece entitled TRACKINGS. This work, commissioned by Niel and premiered in 2023, outlines elements of the African-American diaspora and its influence on many different musical genres. In addition, Oregon Symphony principal clarinetist James Shields adds one more virtuoso to the mix making this a combo concert not to be forgotten!
Wednesday #3
August 13, 2025, 7:00PM
NEW EARLIER START TIME!
Brahms and Broadway with a dash of Bacharach!
FEATURING:
Monica Ohuchi, Piano
Searmi Park, Violin
Marilyn DeOliveira, Cello
Susannah Mars, Vocalist
Lo Steele, Vocalist
Mark Steele, Piano
chatterPDX musicians Monica Ohuchi on piano, Searmi Park on violin and cellist Marilyn DeOliveira will perform the beautiful and melodic Brahms Piano Trio in C Major. And after intermission, ACT 2 delivers the rest of the “killer bees” featuring Broadway tunes and a special tribute to Burt Bacharach with an ensemble featuring our favorite Barn Artist Susannah Mars and friends. It will make for a grand finale to the first season of the Combo Concert Festival at The Barn!
Program Details
JULY 31, 7:00
Combo concert 1: The Classic Rachmaninoff and Classic Jazz Combo Concert
NEW EARLIER START TIME!
ACT 1
S. Rachmaninoff, Cello Sonata in G Minor
Trevor Fitzpatrick, Cello
Maria Garcia, Piano
ACT 2
Selections from the canon of Portland’s jazz giant Darrell Grant, piano with Sherry Alves, vocalist.
AUGUST 6, 7:00
COMBO CONCERT 2: The Rosebud String Quartet, Something Old, Something New, and Niel too!
NEW EARLIER START TIME!
ACT 1
F. J. Haydn, String Quartet in F minor, Op. 20 No. 5
The Rosebud String Quartet
ACT 2
J. Küffner, Introduction, Theme and Variations, Op. 32 for Clarinet and string quartet
The Rosebud String Quartet
James Shields, Clarinet
Kenji Bunch, Excerpts from Trackings
The Rosebud String Quartet
Niel DePonte, percussion
Susan Smith, piano
AUGUST 13, 7:00
COMBO CONCERT 3: Brahms and Broadway with a Dash of Bacharach:
(The Killer Bees!)
NEW EARLIER START TIME!
ACT 1
J. Brahms, Piano Trio No. 2 in C Major, Op. 87
Searmi Park, violin
Monica Ohuchi, piano
Marilyn DeOliveira, cello
ACT 2
The Greatest Hits from the ‘60’s and 70’s: Broadway, Burt Bacharach, and Boss Ballads!
Susannah Mars and Lo Steele,
vocalists, with Mark Steele, piano
All Programs subject to change
PLEASE ARRIVE BY 6:00 TO AVOID THE TRAFFIC. CONCERTS START PROMPTLY AT 7:00 AND ARE 90 MINUTES WITH ONE INTERMISSION
The concert at the barn
2025
tickets ON SALE SOON
Be captivated by exquisitely performed chamber music in an idyllic 200-acre berry farm in Beaverton, Oregon this summer.
Prices vary according to Tier (VIP or General Admission). Online ticket sales can be purchased in advance no later than 9AM the morning of each event. Printed tickets must be shown to gain entry.
Tickets can also be purchased at the door.
TWO SEATING OPTIONS:
VIP Seating has tables and chairs for pre-concert picnics & visiting, THEN...
move to up-front seating inside the barn if you like.
General Admission is chairs inside the barn only.
ALSO NEW FOR 2025: Bring a child for FREE!
Just select the "Adult with FREE Child" option when adding tickets to your cart!
summer concert series
all concerts
On sale APRIL 15 - June 15
VIP $120
GA $100
Three Concerts for the Price of Two! Even if you only want to attend two concerts, you have the option of attending all three exciting concerts or sharing your concert experience by giving your tickets to your friends, but only if you act now.
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individual concert sales
On sale june 16
VIP $60
EACH
GA $45
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The Classic Rachmaninoff & Classic Jazz Combo Concert
July 30
7:00pm
NEW EARLIER START TIME!
The first Curated with Chatter combo concert!
The Rosebud String Quartet, Something Old, Something New, and Niel too!
August 6
7:00pm
NEW EARLIER START TIME!
A combo concert not to be forgotten!
Brahms & Broadway with a dash of Bacharach!
August 13
7:00pm
NEW EARLIER START TIME!
A grand finale combo-style at The Barn!
AND THIS YEAR YOU CAN BUY TICKETS ON SITE AT THE BARN!
ALSO NEW FOR 2025: Bring a child for FREE!
Just select the "Adult with FREE Child" option when adding tickets to your cart!
It's our fifth season of great Oregon artists performing for you on Wednesdays during the summer! VIP seating for concerts will be at tables and chairs set up on the patio directly outside the barn doors for picnics and visiting before each show. You may stay there for an indirect view of the concert or come in to your "front of house" seats for an up close and personal experience with our musicians, right in front of our stage. General admission chair seating will be available directly behind the VIP area.
Come and reserve your seats for sunsets, wine and music at The Barn this summer!
BENTO BOXES @$15!
PLUS OUR USUAL SNACKS, WINE, AND SOFT DRINKS OR PICNIC ON THE LAWN BEFORE THE SHOW!
ABOUT
Your Host: Niel Deponte
In his 47 years in the performing arts, arts education, and non-profit management, Niel DePonte has seen, participated in, and led many of the most significant changes in the arts in Oregon. Formerly the principal percussionist for the Oregon Symphony and conductor for Oregon Ballet Theatre, DePonte Creativity Partners is Niel's new non-profit organization bringing you his latest visionary project, The Concerts at the Barn. Join him for this reverie of chamber music in a quintessential Oregon setting – the Butler Barn at Hoffman Farms Store's 200-acre berry farm in Beaverton.
Concert schedule
5:00 GATES OPEN 7:00 CONCERT STARTS
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