Oregon Wine and ART Project: April 2014

Tuesday, April 15, 2014

MarshAnne Landing Winery has Chamber Music Amici in Concert

We hope you can join us for a unique evening of music!

MarshAnne Landing Winery

Is proud to present

Chamber Music Amici in Concert

7:00 PM Tuesday May 20th

Chamber Music Amici, one of the Northwest’s premier chamber ensembles, will be joined by an all-star team of guest performers for a fabulous evening of music at MarshAnne Landing Winery. You do not want to miss this concert if you love chamber music!

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Canadian trumpeter Guy Few is considered as one of the most brilliant brass players of his generation. Brazilian Julia Brown, one of the top organists in the world, will perform on harpsichord and harmonium where she is considered a virtuoso. Cellist Jed Barahal from Portugal performs throughout Europe and the US and has wowed audiences at MarshAnne Landing on two prior occasions. Brazilian born pianist Alexandre Dossin (UO School of Music) skills are considered extraordinary and phenomenal. Oregon native bass player Tyler Abbott (UO School of Music) is an orchestral and jazz bassist regionally and nationally. This all-star team will join Chamber Music Amici core musicians Pilar Bradshaw and Sharon Schuman on violin and Holland Phillips on viola.

The program will feature: Baldassare’s Piccolo Trumpet Concerto in F

Persichetti’s Hollow Men with Guy Few reading TS Eliot’s poem

Dvorak’s Bagatelles for Two Violins, Cello and Harmonium

Saint-Saens Septet for Trumpet, Piano and Strings

Due to limited seating, advanced reservations are required (541-459-7998). Admission $30 includes abundant appetizers. Guests should plan on arriving by 6:30 for sampling wine, food, and visiting with other guests.

Monday, April 14, 2014

Wine and Friendship

Rebecca Shouldis and Thibaud Mandet

For many years I have enjoyed Oregon wines from all over the state and have been in over 250 tasting rooms. Meeting wine lovers in all walks of life and in all corners of Oregon has given me a great deal of pleasure and I have made some wonderful and lasting friendships.

I am going to start asking wine lovers what wines they most enjoy and for their most romantic experience evolving tasting great wines. Did they meet their love? Did they find a friend?

Vonnie & Mike Landt

If you have a story to share please send it to rcanaga@gmail.com

Thursday, April 3, 2014

Money in a Bottle

During my show at the Coos Art Museum (April 18-June 28) this jar will be in a glass box below the painting. At the end of the show, someone will break the jar. It will be put up on YouTube and they get what is inside the jar. $$$ . Tickets for a chance to break the jar are $5 and are available from the museum. You can enter and have someone break it for you and you get to keep what is inside.

About the "One Bottle" Project

A number of years ago I was tasked with finding a way to raise money to help with operation costs fora local chamber orchestra. I have many friends in the wine business and know that they are continually ask for cases, half cases, bottles, tastings, etc, and that it gets old fast. They are all very giving and caring people but they can't give away all their wine to help other people.
With that in mind, I decided that if I were going to ask anyone for wine, I would do it in person and just ask for one bottle. I drove my Subaru Legacy Wagon all over the state, putting on 180,000 miles.
The first year I gathered over 150 and last year I ended up with 259 bottles of Oregon wines for our auction. This year I gathered less because I knew that too much wine would be a problem for a "mixed" auction. This year I plan to create an auction for just the wine, separate from any other event.I was given wines from every wine region we have. I drove from Cave Junction (Foris) to Milton Freewater (Zerba) and to Bend (Volcano) Bonanza (12 Ranch) and the coast(Flying Dutchman). I traveled all over the Willamette Valley and Southern Oregon on my quest, met hundreds of wonderful wine people, made new friends, and tasted the bounty of Oregon.
I look forward to this years journey in my brand new Subaru Legacy and the support of all who helped last year and the year before, and of my wonderful wife, who puts up with this crazy idea!