Kenworthy Annual Gala
Join the Kenworthy Board of Directors and Staff on September 24th at 8:00 PM for an extravagant evening of drinks and entertainment! This year the Kenworthy is bringing one of the Northwest’s most demanded acts, Portland Cello Project, back to the Kenworthy stage for ONE NIGHT ONLY!
The Annual Gala is the Kenworthy’s biggest fundraiser of the year. 100% of all funds received through ticket sales, donations, and the raffles will go towards the general operating fund of the Kenworthy. This event allows the Kenworthy to continue offering high quality arts experiences throughout the year.
Doors will open at 7:00 PM, with entertainment starting at 8:00 PM. The social hour will include a no-host bar and beer and wine raffle; followed by a stunning stage show starring Portland Cello Project! During the entertainment the 6th annual Kenworthy Players Performing Arts Award will presented to this year’s recipient.
Tickets are only $35 and will go on sale September 8th.
About Portland Cello Project
Since the group’s inception in late 2007, the Portland Cello Project (or, PCP, as their fans affectionately call them), has wowed audiences all over the country with extravagant performances, everywhere from Prairie Home Companion, to that punk rock club in the part of town your grandma warns you not to go to after dark. The group has built a reputation mixing genres and blurring musical lines and perceptions wherever they go.
No two shows are alike, with a repertoire now numbering over 800 pieces of music you wouldn’t normally hear coming out of a cello. The Cello Project’s stage setup ranges from the very simple (4-6 cellos), to the all out epic (which has included 12 cellos playing with full choirs, winds, horns, and numerous percussion players).
The Cello Project’s mission is three-fold:
1: To bring the cello to places you wouldn’t normally hear it. (Everywhere from nightclubs to symphony halls, from sports bars to loading docks, from libraries to halftime at Portland Trailblazers games…)
2: To play music on the cello you wouldn’t normally hear played on the instrument. (Everything from Bach to Kanye to Pantera…)
3: To build bridges across all musical communities by bringing a diverse assortment of musical collaborators on stage with them. (Everyone from the Dandy Warhols to Peter Yarrow to Ben Sollee to Mirah to Garrison Keillor…)
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“Before this recent Portland Cello Project concert, I’m not sure that I’d truly realized how important live performances can be in helping you appreciate music.” Time Magazine Online
“It doesn’t get much more genre-crossing than this,” – MTV.com
“This indie orchestra gives classical music a jolt of energy,” – Spin Magazine
“PCP has come to epitomize Portland’s offbeat music scene, one where boundaries are blurred and cellos are in abundance.” -The Strad
“If you could see how crazy everyone around here gets whenever the PCP cello-izes a new hip-hop or pop hit (which is a lot), you’d understand why their Thing is the best Thing going in Portland,” – IFC’s Portlandia Blog
“A group of cello-wielding maniacs” – Spacelab Magazine
“An ace group of rotating cellists who take on everything from Britney’s “Toxic” to the Dandy Warhols and postmodern Estonian composer Arvo Pärt in their one-off performances” – Entertainment Weekly
