BRIDGE: Arts for All
Where Everyone Finds a Seat
BRIDGE: Arts for All is the Oregon Symphony's commitment to making world-class music accessible to everyone in our community. Through this initiative we are pleased to offer $5 tickets to our classical and pops programs to ensure Oregon Trail Card/SNAP recipients have access. We are dedicated to creating a shared space where everyone can experience the power of live music.
Eligible Concerts
Classical and Pops Series concerts are available for purchase, all season long. Eligibility for Films, Specials, and Family concerts is determined on the Monday before the concert and is subject to availability.
Tchaikovsky & Strauss
It’s a blockbuster start to our classical season with Tchaikovsky & Strauss!
Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 2
Rachmaninoff’s ultra-Romantic Symphony No. 2 enfolds you with sweeping melodies, lush orchestrations, and inspired lyrical passages.
esperanza spalding
It’s a fabulous night of orchestra-meets-jazz with headliner—and Portland’s own—esperanza spalding.
Halloween Pops
Something spooky is coming to the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall. Join us for this frighteningly fun concert!
Seven Deadly Sins
Storm Large, Portland’s "favorite songstress”, wows you as she explores the world of The Seven Deadly Sins.
Carmina Burana
Starting and ending with the mighty hymn to the capricious Goddess Fortuna and her relentlessly turning wheel, the bold tunes and primal rhythms of Carmina Burana celebrate nature, the tavern, and the pleasures of love. It’s earthy and risqué, but sometimes also breathtakingly beautiful—like the soprano’s heaven-reaching solo—or raucous and rowdy, as the lusty drinking song, “In taberna.”
Cirque Nutcracker
Troupe Vertigo joins the Oregon Symphony for a festive and family-friendly concert that will have you and yours jumping for joy!
Wagner’s Greatest Hits
Surrender to the drama and passion of Wagner’s greatest hits!
Beethoven’s Eroica
A most heart-stirring concert awaits you, portraying vastly different approaches to grief and memory.
DIVAS: Jimmie Herrod Salutes Jazz
America’s Got Talent superstar vocalist Jimmie Herrod is teaming up with the Oregon Symphony for a concert filled with your favorite ballads!
Sibelius & Grieg
A Nordic musical banquet featuring pieces from Sibelius, Grieg, and Stenhammar.
Pictures at an Exhibition
Come along as your “mind’s ears” conjure the pictures on exhibit in this musical art gallery. Plus, violinist Gil Shaham plays Bruch's Romantic Concerto.
Mozart & Vivaldi’s Four Seasons
Vivaldi's iconic violin concerti are reimagined by Mandolinist Avi Avital paired with Mozart's fast-paced "Haffner" Symphony.
Stravinsky & Shostakovich
Experience Shostakovich's sensational First Symphony paired with a divertimento from one of fellow Russian composer Stravinksy's ballets.
Mendelssohn’s Scottish Symphony
Journey through Scotland with Mendelssohn’s evocative Third Symphony. Plus, Conrad Tao performs Mozart's dazzling Piano Concerto No. 21
Ravel & Saint-Saëns
A bracing whack from the percussionist’s “slap stick” launches Ravel’s Concerto evoking the Harlem jazz clubs he visited with Gershwin. Plus, the Oregon Symphony performs Saint-Saëns' acclaimed symphonic poem.
Beethoven’s Symphony No. 4
Bask in Beethoven’s sun-infused, high-spirited Fourth Symphony.
Haydn & Bruckner
Experience for yourself why Bruckner’s Seventh is his most cherished symphony. Plus, cellist Hayoung Choi captures the poetry and exhilaration of Haydn’s Concerto.
The Music of John Williams
Celebrate the timeless legacy of John Williams’ fan-favorite movie scores performed live by the Oregon Symphony.
Copland & Rachmaninoff
Fasten your seatbelt as Alessio Bax tackles Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3 followed by the Oregon Symphony performing Copland’s Third Symphony.
Percussion & Rhythm with Andy Akiho
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.