Brett Campbell

Brett Campbell is senior editor at Oregon ArtsWatch, a frequent contributor to SFCV and many other publications, and coauthor, with Bill Alves, of Lou Harrison: American Musical Maverick (Indiana University Press 2017).

Articles By This Author

Brett Campbell - November 27, 2007
Balancing the comfortable and familiar with the new and challenging — that’s the toughest task of any ambitious arts administrator.
Brett Campbell - October 16, 2007
For more than a decade, New Yorker classical-music critic Alex Ross has been showing readers why music composed in the last century — and last week — matters.
Brett Campbell - September 25, 2007
Most people made up their minds about Philip Glass a long time ago.
Brett Campbell - May 15, 2007
When he decided to commission a modern Mass from a quintet of contemporary composers, Joseph Jennings, director of the men's chorus Chanticleer, faced some of life's biggest questions. Jennings wanted the new Mass, ultimately titled And on Earth, Peace, to represent different views of faith and people's experiences with faith. "Many people who don't go to church have faith," he says.
Brett Campbell - April 3, 2007
It's common for people approaching middle age to suddenly pursue youth — a sports car, a new job, an affair, a face-lift.