1980-1989
“PSC Celebrates its 40th anniversary
The Choir celebrates four decades in Portland by bringing together the 4 conductors to have led the ensemble in a gala concert”
March 1986
“gluck’s “orpheus” with reed college
The Choir collaborates with Reed College and Bonnie Bird’s Dance School on Gluck’s opera “Orpheus” in Reed’s Barry Cerf Memorial Outdoor amphitheatre with musical direction by Bob Zimmerman./>”
July 1950
“Choir premieres choral works
The choir performs world premieres of two new choral works by resident composers at the public auditorium. One was a hymn by L. Stanley Glarum entitled “In Thee, Oh Lord: and the other a setting of the Francis Thompson poem “The Veteran of Heaven” composed by Father Austin Johnson. ”
March 1951
“Contralto Marian Anderson performs in Portland
Marian Anderson performs with the Portland Symphony. Choir. Dame Anderson’s repertoire included the “Kindertotenlieder” by Mahler, and the “Alto Rhapsody” with the male chorus of the Portland Symphonic Choir.
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February 1952
“Establishment of the Holladay bowl
Through the vision of Bob Zimmerman, a defunct excavation for a building that was never erected becomes Portland’s Holladay Bowl, an outdoor theatre for operetta, with 1000 seats a a rotating stage.
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June 1952
1955-1959