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We have dedicated Oregon Festival of American Music 2026 to an exploration and celebration of the body of non-Songbook songs and music from throughout the world and byways of America which have made their way into the American popular music and jazz canons. This past January Artistic Director Chuck Redd and company looked at the rich musical intersection of France & the United States. This August they explore American musical crosscurrents and convergences more broadly, with dives not only into the musical journeys of other countries but also into other North American musical traditions and the European art music tradition which have found a place in the Classic Songbook and jazz mainstream. [details]

Chuck Redd and company are joined by Siri Vik and Luke Barnard in an exploration of the emergence of Bossa Nova (literally "New Wave") in late 1950s and early '60s Rio de Janiero: a fusion of traditional Brazilian samba and the Cool Jazz harmonies at that time popular in the United States. [Details] [Wed Aug 12, 7:30p] [Fr1 Aug 21, 1:30p]

Chuck Redd and company explore the infusion of the blues—which originated among African Americans in the Deep South in the mid-1800s—into the fabric of the Songbook and jazz, with especial reference to the works of Harold Arlen, Hoagy Carmichael, Duke Ellington and George Gershwin. [Details] [Thu Aug 13, 7:30p] [Sat Aug 22, 1:30p]

"Each chanson," Siri Vik writes, "is a crossing: from Paris streets to parts unknown, any corner of the world where this song rediscovered, and perhaps transformed, by those who enjoy them." [Details] [Thu Aug 13, 1:30p] [Sat Aug 22, 7:30p]

Chuck Redd and friends explore at length the profound impact of Eastern European musical traditions on the Classic Songbook with especial focus on the work of the Irving Berlin, Kurt Weill, Gershwins and Cole Porter. [Details] [Fri Aug 14, 1:30p] [Thu Aug 20, 7:30p]

Marisa Frantz and friends traverse American popular song through the lens of love, with an eye to how that deepest and most complex of human emotions has been handled, understood, and embraced through the 20th century. [Details] [Fri Aug 14, 7:30p] [Wed Aug 19, 1:30p]

The Shedd Institute's Community Music School offers classes, vacation camps, and private lessons for all ages in a wide range of musical instruments and styles. Begin private lessons any time! Contact the School Registrar (email or 541.434.7000) today! [Summer term] [Music School home].

The Shedd's Loop Oregon initiative presents Sound Advice every 2nd Saturday (this month August 8). Come learn how to use a hearing loop and to make your hearing aids or cochlear implant work better for you to access live music and speech. [Details]

Lynnea Barry and company present an evening of traditional, sacred and roots music from American byways, homegrown and beyond, which found their way into the popular music canon. [Details] [Sat Aug 15, 1:30p] [Fri Aug 21, 7:30p]

Chuck and his jazz unit are joined by Vanessa Greenway and Bill Hulings, lay down a fine assortment of jazz and popular music that draws upon music by classical composers: Puccini, Bach, Ravel, Chopin, Grieg, Debussy, and, of course, Bizet! [Details] [Sat Aug 15, 7:30p] [Wed Aug 19, 7:30p]

Chuck Redd hosts as the OFAM 2026 Summer jazz team with vocalists Siri Vik offer up their usual 3 1/2 hours (with 8 mini-sets) of improv, which this summer has focused on the musical crosscurrents and covergences in which American popular music and jazz have always plaed a part. [Details] [Sun Aug 16, 4:00p]

Shirley Andess brings to life the music that defined American vocalist Vikki Carr’s rise in the 1960s and explores and honors the woman behind them: bold, elegant and unmistakably original. [Details] [Tue Aug 18, 7:30p]

BY agreement between The Shedd and Lane County, Shedd patrons can park free Monday-Friday 5pm-7am and all day Saturday and Sunday in the Pearl Street Parking Lot directly north of The Shedd across 8th Ave. Enter the lot on either 7th or Pearl Street.

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