The schedule for the annual William Byrd Festival in Portland, Oregon is up. If you've never been, it's worth making a trip for. All the events stand alone, but are also wonderful as a group. Portland is also an excellent city to visit!

More info at www.byrdfestival.org

Friday, August 10, 2012 at 7:30 P.M.
Opening Concert: '‘To my ancient and much revered Master, William Byrd’: verse anthems by Byrd, Gibbons and Tomkins
St. Stephen's Church, $20 general admission, $15 seniors & children

Saturday, August 11, 2012 at 11:00 A.M.
Opening Lecture: ‘William Byrd’s Masses Revisited’
Given by Kerry McCarthy, Duke University
St. Stephen's Church, free-will offering

Sunday, August 11, 2012 at 8:00 P.M.
Compline, featuring Byrd's music for the Divine Office
Directed by Blake Applegate, Cantores in Ecclesia
St. Stephen's Church, free-will offering

Wednesday, August 15, 2012 at 7:30 P.M.
Pontifical High Mass (1962 Missal) for the Feast of the Assumption, featuring liturgical music from Byrd's Gradualia (1605)
Directed by Kerry McCarthy, Duke University
Holy Rosary Church, free-will offering

Saturday, August 18, 2012 at 11:00 A.M.
Second Lecture: ‘Byrd and the Birth of the Verse Anthem’
Given by David Trendell, King's College, London
St. Stephen's Church, free-will offering

*Saturday, August 18, 2012 at 7:30 P.M.
Solemn Pontifical Mass (1970 Missal), featuring Byrd's Mass for Five Voices
Cantores in Ecclesia, directed by Richard Marlow, Trinity College, Cambridge
St. Stephen's Church, free-will offering

Sunday, August 19, 2012 at 11:00 A.M.
Solemn Pontifical Mass (1970 Missal) featuring Byrd's Mass for Three Voices.
Cantores in Ecclesia, directed by Mark Williams, Jesus College, Cambridge
Holy Rosary Church, free-will offering

Sunday, August 19, 2012 at 4:15 P.M.
ORGAN RECITAL, ‘Variations’, played by Mark Williams, Jesus College, Cambridge
Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, free-will offering

Sunday, August 19, 2012 at 5:00 P.M.
Choral Evensong featuring Byrd’s Great Service
Cantores in Ecclesia, directed by Richard Marlow, Trinity College, Cambridge
Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, free-will offering

Saturday, August 25, 2012 at 11:00 A.M.
Third Lecture: ‘Byrd and the Lament’
Given by William Mahrt, Stanford University
St. Stephen's Church, free-will offering

*Saturday, August 25, 2012 at 7:30 P.M.
Solemn Pontifical Mass (1970 Missal), featuring Byrd's Mass for Four Voices
Cantores in Ecclesia, directed by Richard Marlow, Trinity College, Cambridge
St. Stephen's Church, free-will offering

Sunday, August 26, 2012 at 7:00 P.M.
Pre-Concert Lecture
Given by William Mahrt, Stanford University
St. Stephen's Church,

Sunday, August 26, 2012 at 7:30 P.M.
Final Choral Concert: ‘Some solemne, others joyfull’: Motets and anthems of penitence and rejoicing,
The Festival Choral Concert given by Cantores in Ecclesia, directed by Richard Marlow, Trinity College, Cambridge
St. Stephen's Church, $20 general admission, $15 seniors & children