Lorin Wilkerson
- Gender: Male
- Location: Portland : Oregon : United States
About Me
All around music nerd; I'm a long-time classical music lover and performer in the Portland area. I also love to write about my two great passions: music and craft beer. I sang bass with the Portland Symphonic Choir for three years and currently sing with the Bach Cantata Choir, on whose board of directors I serve. I write and edit BachBeat, the newsletter of the BCC, and I write about beer and classical music for Primer Magazine. (I should note here that unless explicitly stated otherwise, all posts represent my own opinions only and are in no way representative of the BCC.) In addition to singing I play piano, mandolin, harmonica and percussion. I occasionally volunteer with and play harpsichord in performances by Classical Revolution Portland. I live in Portland with my wonderful girlfriend Kristin, and have a 16-year-old son Theo who needs to practice his guitar far more often.
Interests
Favorite Movies
- The Big Lebowski
- Oh Brother Where Art Thou
- (all Coen brothers flicks
- basically)
- Cool Hand Luke
- Star Wars
- Friday
- Amadeus
- (yes I know it's historically innacurate but it's still the most entertaining movie ever made about classical music)
- The Gift
- Kill Bill
- (especially vol.1)
- Rumble in the Bronx
- House of Flying Daggers
- Office Space
- my favorite musicals are
- Fiddler on the Roof
- and
- South Pacific
Favorite Music
- Bach
- Handel
- Scarlatti
- (the class of 1685)
- Graupner
- Telemann
- Vivaldi
- Corelli
- Palestrina
- Stamitz
- (both of 'em)
- Haydn
- Mozart
- Pleyel
- Beethoven
- Schubert
- Debussy
- Ravel
- Satie
- Verdi
- Puccini
- Bellini
- Donizetti
- Gilbert and Sullivan
- Stravinsky
- Shostakovich
- Rachmaninoff
- Muddy Waters
- Howlin' Wolf
- Robert Johnson
- Fletcher Henderson
- Duke Ellington
- Fats Waller
- Ella Fitzgerald
- Jimi Hendrix
- The Grateful Dead
- The Beatles
- The Doors
- Rush
- The Sex Pistols
- The Buzzcocks
- Crass
- Caterwaul
- The Dead Kennedys
- The Dead Milkmen
- The Primitives
- Metallica
- Queensryche
- Ricky Skaggs
- Bill Monroe
- The Dry Branch Fire Squad
- The Nashville Bluegrass Band
- Jane's Addiction
- Porno for Pyros
- Flesh for Lulu
- New Order
- Morrissey
- Perry Farrell
- Go Sailor
- 50 Foot Wave
- Throwing Muses
- (I love you Kristin Hersh!)
- The Pixies
- (best rock band ever)
- Frank Black and the Catholics
- The Breeders
- The Pogues
- Shane McGowan
- Flogging Molly
- The Chieftains
- Great Big Sea
- Dressy Bessy
- The Ramones
- The Smiths
- The Apples in Stereo
- The Cure
- The Beastie Boys
- Shallow
- Nirvana
- Stone Temple Pilots
- Soundgarden
- Del tha Funky Homosapien
- (long live Deltron 3030!)
- Outkast
- R.E.M.
- the Chieftains
- the Skatalites
- Toots and the Maytals
- The Hon. Robert Nesta Marley
- and The Murder City Devils
- (to name a very few...)
Favorite Books
- The Lord of the Rings
- Moby Dick
- The Scarlet Letter
- Slaughterhouse Five
- One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
- Beowulf's Children
- Hyperion
- The Color Purple
- No Country for Old Men
- Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
- (anything by them)
My Blogs |
Team Members |
| Musical Oozings | |
|---|---|
| Northwest Reverb | James Bash |
