Tuesday May 4, 2021

The Experience Music Series spring concerts, presented by the Portland Community College Department of Music, will feature dazzling vocalist Rebecca Kilgore and her Trio performing the Great American Songbook. Viewers are invited to participate in a question and answer session with the artists following the performance. There is no charge to view, but donations are gratefully accepted. To join live, visit expmusicseries.com/youtube. “Rebecca is simply one of the best interpreters of The Great American Songbook.” — Michael Feinstein Portland jazz treasure, vocalist Rebecca Kilgore, is one of America's leading song stylists who finds particular delight in preserving and interpreting the music of the Great American Songbook. She has performed at Feinstein’s at the Regency, Birdland and Town Hall in Lincoln Center in New York and was inducted into to the Oregon Music Hall of Fame and to the Jazz Society of Oregon’s Hall Of Fame in 2010. Ms. Kilgore has over 50 recordings in her discography, with Dave Frishberg, Harry Allen, Dan Barrett, John Sheridan, Nicki Parrott, Rossano Sportiello, Paolo Alderighi, and many others. Pianist Randy Porter and bassist Tom Wakeling will accompany Ms. Kilgore in her performance. The Experience Music Series is supported by the Oregon Cultural Trust and the Cultural Coalition of Washington County. The series receives additional support from the Reser Family Foundation and Oregon Arts Watch. Please visit the Experience Music Series website for more information at https://www.expmusicseries.com/.