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On June 14 & 15, fundraising began for our “Paint The Old Church New” interior painting project.

The audience gathers for the concert.

The Historic Old Church hosted two spectacular night of chamber music. The first, Astoria Festival Preview, featured not one but TWO Tchaikovsky winners, violinist Martin Chalifour and cellist Sergey Antonov.

Martin Chalifour and Sergey Antonov

Pianist Cary Lewis also joined the dynamic duo and played the debut of Ernest Bloch’s Sonata for Piano and Violoncello, an early work of Bloch that is rarely performed.

Pianist Cary Lewis with Sergey.

The next evening, The Bainbridge Quartet, a group of local and not so local musicians who have played together individually but not all together at one time, joined musical forces to help raise money for the project. Players include, Timothy Schwarz & Denise Dillenbeck, violin, Charles Nobel, viola and Heather Blackburn, cello.

The Bainbridge Quartet celebrate after the Concert.

The lovely, talented and longtime Old Church Board Member Susan DeWitt Smith joined them on piano for the Shostakovich Quintet in G minor.

Pianist Susan DeWitt Smith joins The Bainbridge Quartet.

$65,000 is needed to complete the painting project and thanks to the musicians and people who attended the concerts, we are on our way!  You can help make this a reality by becoming a contributing donor of The Historic Old Church or making a tax deductible donation today.

To everyone who participated in these wonderful concerts, thank you for your continued support. It’s not too late to contribute to this wonderful cause. Just click the “Donate” link on the left hand side of this page.

Pew Restoration Project

Reupholster Chair.

June 14 & 15, 2012 at 8:00pm.

Tickets $40 for both nights or $25 per concert.

Tickets available at in our office: 503-222-2301 or

Brown Paper Tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/246217

To purchase tickets:

https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/246217

Align, strengthen and empower through Yoga with Fawn. The Old Church is pleased to announce that we are now offering yoga to the community on Thursdays mornings. All levels Vinyasa. Experience life with more authenticity and joy through regular yoga practice. Fawn’s approach in non-dogmatic and grounded in the philosophy that yoga should be accessible to everyone, everywhere. Bring a yoga mat and water bottle.

Sliding scale: $8 - $12.

Please arrive a few minutes early. Class will be held in Kinsman Hall.

For more information on Fawn: http://www.yogawithfawn.com/bio