Fall Concert
Friday, November 5, 2021 at 7:00 pm
Sunday, November 7, 2021 at 3:00 pm
Location: Village Church, 330 SW Murray Blvd, Beaverton OR 97005
Join Music Director Travis Hatton 30 minutes before each performance for a fun and enlightening conversation about the music - you'll learn something new, we promise!
Preview the printed program and listen to recordings of the concert
Bruce Stark - Overture to New Beginnings
Gustav Mahler - Songs of a Wayfarer with Matt Hayward, baritone
Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 7 in A Major
Matthew Hayward, lyric baritone
American lyric baritone Matthew Hayward has rapidly established himself as one of the most versatile artists of his generation. He is the winner of the Gerard Souzay-Grand Concours de Chant and made his European debut in concert at the Salle Cortot in Paris, France. In recent seasons, Mr. Hayward’s operatic engagements have included creating the role of Marquis de Brisaille in the world premiere of David DiChiera’s Cyrano at the Michigan Opera Theatre, Ravenal in Showboat at Lakewood Theater, Gregorio in Roméo et Juliette with Baltimore Opera, Pelleas in Pelleas et Melisande at Opera Theater Oregon, Count Almaviva in Le Nozze di Figaro with Skagit Opera and Washington East Opera, Schaunard in La Bohème with the Princeton Festival and Syracuse Opera, Marcello in La Bohème with Skagit Opera, Dancaïre in Carmen at Opera New Jersey, Black Cat and the Grandfather Clock in L’Enfant et les Sortilèges and Ramiro in L'heure espagnole and as Cardinal in Galileo Galilei at Portland Opera, Ko-Ko in The Mikado at Syracuse Opera and The Pirate King and Harold Hill at Opera Idaho.
Active in recital and concert, he was personally invited by Maestro Julius Rudel to debut with the Virginia Symphony Orchestra and the Virginia Arts Festival, where he sang an all Kurt Weill Gala with soprano Angelina Réaux, he also sang the world premiere of Libby Larsen’s The Moabit Sonnets with the Linfield Chamber Orchestra. Mr. Hayward has enjoyed a close association with the Aspen Music Festival and has sung recitals there featuring the works of Duparc, Schubert and Weill; performances of Ravel’s Chansons Madécasses, Schumann’s Spanisches Liederspiel and a Leonard Bernstein Gala with Broadway star Judy Kaye. The Gerda Lissner Foundation and Albanese-Puccini Foundation have honored Matthew Hayward with awards and he has performed under such distinguished conductors as Julius Rudel, Mark Flint, Richard Tang Yuk, Douglas Kinney Frost, Joseph Rescigno, Steven White, Dean Williamson, William Vendice, David Zinman and Keith Lockhart. A Seattle native, Mr. Hayward completed his undergraduate and graduate music studies at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. As the Founder of Vox Northwest Voice Studios, he maintains a select private voice studio in Portland, Oregon and has served on the voice faculty of Portland State and George Fox Universities. He is sought after as a District and State Vocal Judge in Oregon, as a Master Clinician at major universities throughout the West Coast and as a dramatic and interpretive coach.
BSO Vaccination Policy
The Beaverton Symphony Orchestra is committed to our musicians' and patrons' safety and has joined the Portland Performing Arts Vaccine Coalition. All concert attendees will be asked to present proof of being fully vaccinated against COVID-19 before attending the in-person concert. All event attendees are also required to wear a mask at all times while inside the concert venue.