Classical house Concerts
Ensemble Boulanger
Coming Next
Spring Songs
Emma Mildred Cowell, soprano
Hannah Brewer, piano
Suggested donation: $20
May 15, 2025 | 7:00 P.M.
St. Michael & All Angels Episcopal Church | 1704 NE 43rd Ave., Portland
May 16, 2025 | 2:0o P.M.
Moreland Prebyterian Church | 1814 SE Bybee Blvd, Portland, OR
Join us for music that celebrates Spring and holds on to hope. Works for voice, piano, and piano duo by Amy Beach, Margaret Bonds, Elizabeth Poston, Florence Price, and more.
Ensemble Boulanger [bulɑ̃ʒe] is a chamber music collaboration based in Portland, Oregon. Co-Artistic Directors Hannah Brewer and Emma Cowell share a passion for music composed and performed by women.
Together, and with musical colleagues, we perform engaging programs of music for piano solo, piano duet, voice, and more, with accessible commentary to bring historical music alive.
Whether in a concert hall or a private house concert, we aim to educate and inspire.
Mila, audience member
“Be sure to check out ensemble boulanger - it is a delightful salon series with super talented women!”
Kit, audience member
“you introduced me to new music and musical figures, with style and grace. Your combination of glorious singing, engaging lecture, solo piano, piano four-hand, and beautifully presented program made for a memorable and lovely concert.”
Recent Concerts
A tour of
eastern europe
music by czech, polish, and hungarian Compsoers
Spring 2025
In the summer of 2025, EB Co-Directors Hannah Brewer and Emma Cowell traveled to Eastern Europe on a concert tour as members of the Portland-based choir Cantores in Ecclesia. In celebration of this adventure, they presented a concert of art songs, piano solos, and piano duets by composers from the countries on Cantores’ summer itinerary: Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic.
In this recital, we featured music both delightfully familiar and refreshingly new, ranging from the Classical era to the 20th century. From Poland, works by Frédéric Chopin and Maria Szymanowska. From Hungary, composers like Franz Liszt and Dora Pejačević. From Bohemia, or the modern day Czech Republic, music by Agnes Tyrrell and Antonín Dvořák. The cosmopoliaton program included nocturnes, love songs, and several languages. As always, we shared stories about all the music we performed, including familiar melodies like Liszt’s Liebestraum no. 3 and Dvořák’s Songs my Mother Taught Me, as well as new favorites!
Guest Recital at
Mary’s woods
For Women’s History Month
March 22, 2025
For Women’s History Month 2025, Ensemble Boulanger was invited to present a lecture-recital at the historic Chapel of the Holy Names at Mary’s Woods in Lake Oswego, Oregon. The program consisted of music for piano, voice, and piano duo by historical women including Nadia and Lili Boulanger, Fanny Hensel, Clara Schumann, Amy Beach and more.