2025/26 Season
Bang It!
The Oregon Symphony’s Percussion Festival
Percussion takes center stage this spring with music by Andy Akiho, Danny Elfman, Steve Reich, and more! Plus, experience the west coast premiere of Brittany Green’s TESTIFY!, feel the power of Drum Tao, and engage with rhythm through drum circles, masterclasses, and special community performances.
A festival to highlight the heartbeat of Portland.
Featuring a mix of incredible works, rhythmic innovations, and audience engagement events.
Drum Tao
Experience the power and grace of world-renowned Japanese percussion group, Drum Tao.
Percussion & Rhythm
In this exciting program, Composer-in-Residence Andy Akiho presents a work that celebrates percussion and rhythm alongside the Oregon Symphony percussionists.
Danny Elfman’s Percussion Concerto
Respighi, beloved magician of orchestral colors, pays tribute to the “Eternal City” in his richly imagined tone poem. Plus, Colin Currie raises the roof in the Concerto composed for him.