Cycles of Life

Saturday, June 7, 2025
3:00 pm

Hosted by Lyn Morris
20 Guests • $75

Dive into a creative journey with Dianne Davies and Lisa Neher’s original Cycles of Life for voice and piano. The music pairs perfectly with this charming, artful, and imaginative home in SW Portland. Inspired appetizers and wines add to the memorable afternoon.

Photos of last season’s event at the Morris’:

   

More About Dianne Davies

Dianne Davies is a pianist, piano teacher, and composer. She performs and teaches piano lessons in Beaverton,Oregon, and the Portland area. Dianne performs regularly with Ninety-Two Strings, a unique cello/piano duo, and is a highly sought after accompanist and musical collaborator. She is also a member of Cascadia Composers and currently self-publishing her music.

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More About Lisa Neher

​Dr. Lisa Neher (she/her, “NEER”) is an award-winning composer and new music mezzo on a mission to transform audiences through sound, story, and vulnerability. With a voice praised as “full and rich” and “especially alive” (Oregon ArtsWatch), Neher’s performance credits include Third Angle New Music, Really Spicy Opera, Portland Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Opera Theatre Oregon, New Music Gathering, Resonance Ensemble, Experiments in Opera, Renegade Opera, and Big Mouth Society. She is a member of Portland Opera Chorus and President of New Wave Opera.

Described as a “supremely talented,” “visionary composer” (Willamette Week), “maestro of beautifully wacky noises” (Oregon ArtsWatch) and author of “liquid, impressionist piano writing and fluent melding” of voices (New York Classical Review), Neher’s compositions are inspired by the climate crisis, the tender love of family and friends, and the eerie mystery of deep ocean life. She is Composer in Residence for the Beaverton Community Band. She has been commissioned and performed by the National Association of Teachers of Singing, Cincinnati Song Initiative, Third Angle New Music, FearNoMusic, Dinosaur Annex, New Opera West, Mirror Visions Ensemble, Alma Ensemble, Opera Elect, and Opera Santa Barbara, among others.

Her awards include the Flute New Music Consortium Competition, ICDA/ICF Choral Competition, Mirror Visions Ensemble Young Composer Competition and the Celebris Ensemble Choral Competition. www.lisanehermusic.com.

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