Register Guard: ‘Romeo & Juliet’: Eugene Ballet moves to a flaming score

Register Guard: ‘Romeo & Juliet’: Eugene Ballet moves to a flaming score

Excerpt: Guiding this emotional tempest is Eugene’s Orchestra Next performing Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev’s original score, which has never been played live with the Eugene Ballet’s production. “Anytime we get to present a performance with live music, it’s the ultimate…

Oregon Arts Watch: "Gr*mmy Show": spoofing the stars

Oregon Arts Watch: “Gr*mmy Show”: spoofing the stars

“Gr*mmy Show”: spoofing the stars  

Peer Gynt - World Premiere with Orchestra Next & Eugene Ballet

Peer Gynt – World Premiere with Orchestra Next & Eugene Ballet

Eugene Ballet preview: dance of the mountain king The People of Peer Gynt: Brian McWhorter

Left Hand of Darkness

Left Hand of Darkness

“Original music by Brian McWhorter, director of Orchestra Next, offers gorgeous harmonies and compelling percussion in several songs with lyrics derived from the book.” The Register Guard, Nov. 7, 2017

Eugene Weekly: "The Nutcracker" Review

Eugene Weekly: “The Nutcracker” Review

“Brian McWhorter’s Orchestra NEXT and the Cantible Collective, under direction of Chris Dobson, elevate the effort from enjoyable to resplendent.”

Eugene Weekly: "Great Gatsby" at Eugene Ballet Company

Eugene Weekly: “Great Gatsby” at Eugene Ballet Company

“Set to music by Wynton Marsalis, the full-length work pulses like a pot on simmer, that slowly comes to a rolling boil, heating up with intrigue and the omnipresent humidity of an inescapable (pre air conditioning) New York summer. The…

Oregon Voice - the Ballistic Issue

Oregon Voice – the Ballistic Issue

Professor Trading Cards featuring Brian McWhorter

EW: Eugene Ballet Dazzles with Concert Choir/Orchestra Next Collaboration

EW: Eugene Ballet Dazzles with Concert Choir/Orchestra Next Collaboration

“Carl Orff’s “Carmina Burana”, pulled out all the stops in a tour de force collaboration between EBC, the Eugene Concert Choir (along with talented children from the Festival Choirs, under the direction of Chris Dobson) and Orchestra Next, all held together under the vigilant eye of conductor Brian McWhorter.”

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Sound American: Brian McWhorter on the Sports Ritual; Ritual and Practice

I was interviewed by Sound American on the topic of ritual and practice. You can find it here: http://archive.soundamerican.org/sa_archive/sa11/sa11-the-interviews.html

Eugene Art Talk: A night in the pit with Orchestra Next and Eugene Ballet’s ‘Nutcracker’

Eugene Art Talk: A night in the pit with Orchestra Next and Eugene Ballet’s ‘Nutcracker’

A night in the pit with Orchestra Next and Eugene Ballet’s ‘Nutcracker’