The Willamette Valley Chamber Music Festival is a celebration of the creativity and beauty that abound in this special place.  Through partnerships with winemakers, the festival brings world class chamber music into unique, intimate spaces where you will experience the beauty and craft of extraordinary wine and music hand in hand. This year's programs showcase connections between time and place, in much the same way that vintage and terroir shape a fine wine. From the Italian Baroque of Corelli, to the romanticism of Dvorak's "American" Quartet and the exotic sounds of Gabriela Lena Frank, we invite you (with glass in hand) to come with us on a moving journey of sight, sound and taste. Friday, August 18 through Sunday, August 20 at the spectacular Elk Cove Vineyards and J Christopher wineries. Visit wvchambermusic.org for tickets, which include a three wine tasting!

This year, the William Byrd Festival celebrates its 20th year! Conceived by Dean Applegate, founder of Cantores in Ecclesia, and Dr. Richard Marlow, Trinity College Cambridge, the festival is a marriage of music and scholarship, celebrating this prolific Renaissance composer. From humble beginnings, the Festival has grown in scope and reputation, increasingly attracting scholars and musicians from the United States and Great Britain. Festival events will take place August 11 to 27 at various venues and include concerts, lectures, masses, recitals, and more! For details and tickets, visit byrdfestival.org.

Clackamas Repertory Theatre presents Irving Berlin's The Melody Lingers On. With limited formal and musical education, and inability to write in any key except F# without the aid of a transposing piano, Irving Berlin was able to create some of the most versatile and memorable music the world has ever known. Find out how these musical masterpieces were created in this sweet, romantic, semi-autobiographical musical featuring the works of Irving Berlin. The show features ten singers, a cookin' onstage band, and 46 songs, including "What'll I Do?" "Blue Skies," "Always," "Cheek to Cheek," "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm," "Always" "Heat Wave" and many more! Performances August 3 through 27 at the Clackamas Repertory Theatre, 19600 Molalla Avenue, Oregon City. For details and tickets, visit clackamasrep.org. Save $5 per ticket by using the promo code "CLASSICAL" online or by calling the box office at 503-594-6047.