40th anniversary concert series
Third Angle, World Forestry Center, and ORegon Repertory Singers Youth Choir Present

Eras

Friday, May 15 2026 | 7:30PM
World Forestry Center
4033 SW Canyon Rd, Portland, OR 97221

Friday, May 22, 2026 | 7:00PM
PRAx - Patricia Valian Reser Center for the Creative Arts
470 SW 15th St, Corvallis, OR 97331

Join Third Angle at the intersection of past, present and future– for us and our planet– centered around the world premiere of Following Fire, a multimedia wildfire triptych created in partnership with Oregon Repertory Singers Youth Choir and World Forestry Center.

Following Fire by Kirsten Volness, Iman Habibi, and Michael-Thomas Foumai derives its inspiration from the work of photographer David Paul Bayles and disturbance ecologist Frederick J Swanson who documented the cycle of wildfire destruction and regrowth in the Cascade Range in their project also entitled “Following Fire.” In April 2025 students in the ORS Youth Choir were guided by Bayles and Swanson through their exhibit at World Forestry Center, and then spread out amongst the photos of skeletal trees and budding fireweed to write poetry. This poetry was then transformed by Volness, Habibi, and Foumai into Following Fire, setting the children’s own words into three parts: After Darkness; After Fire; Then, Light!

The program also features works by Sarah Kirkland Snider, David Lang and Kenji Bunch, composers with frequent appearances in Third Angle’s 40 year history. ORS Youth Choir rounds out the program with Unsung by Katrina Gimon, which asks “if the earth could sing, what would it tell us?”

Single Tickets – Portland
Single Tickets – Corvallis

Program

Iman Habibi, Michael-Thomas Foumai, Kirsten Volness, Following Fire
Sarah Kirkland Snider, You Are Free
Kenji Bunch, Ralph's Old Records
David Lang, Sweet Air
Katrina Gimon, Unsung


3A ARTISTS:

Sarah Tiedemann, flute
Isaac Beu, clarinet
Ling-Ling Huang, violin
Valdine Ritchie Mishkin, cello
Chris Whyte, percussion
Susan DeWitt Smith, piano

Guest Artists

Oregon Repertory Singers Youth Choir under the direction
of Artistic Director Aubrey Patterson