PRAx Presents

What’s PRAx Presents?

PRAx Presents is our staff’s specific selection of performers, ensembles and events to showcase various genres. 

Whether you’re looking for an audience-driven AI robotic dance performance, avant garde jazz trio or a world-renowned vocal ensemble, PRAx is dedicated to producing a season with a little something for everyone.

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Red Baraat band cover photo

PRAx Presents

Red Baraat: Concert for Students

Sept. 20, 8 p.m.

Detrick Hall

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Red Baraat band cover photo

PRAx Presents

Red Baraat: Public Concert + Employee Appreciation Night

Sept. 21, 7 p.m.

Detrick Hall

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Headshot of Andy Akiho

PRAx Presents

Andy Akiho Ensemble

Sept. 26, 7 p.m.

Detrick Hall

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Harry Yeff jumping as if levitating

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Harry Yeff (aka Reeps100)

Oct. 3, 7 p.m.

Detrick Hall

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Capella Romana arranged and singing on a dramatically lit stage

PRAx Presents

Cappella Romana: Lost Voices of Hagia Sophia

Oct. 5, 7 p.m.

Detrick Hall

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The Brass Queens jazz group poses with their instruments with 2025-26 PRAx Gala over the image

PRAx Presents

Brass Queens: 2025-26 PRAx Gala

Oct. 16, 7 p.m.

Detrick Hall

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Wayne Goins playing the guitar

PRAx Presents

Wayne Goins

Oct. 22, 5:30 p.m.

Ray Theater

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Wayne Goins playing the guitar

PRAx Presents

Wayne Goins

Oct. 22, 7 p.m.

Ray Theater

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A picture of a groved forest

PRAx Presents

The Long Walk, composed by Delbert Anderson

Oct. 23, 6 p.m.

PRAx

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sound waves heading toward a tree on a foggy cliff

PRAx Presents

An Hour for the Ears

Oct. 29, 7:30 p.m.

Ray Theater

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Jacob Jolliff Band poses

PRAx Presents

Jacob Jolliff Band

Oct. 30, 7 p.m.

Detrick Hall

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John Scofield holding guitar

PRAx Presents

American Strings: An Evening with John Scofield's Combo 73 featuring Vicente Archer, Gerald Clayton & Bill Stewart

Nov. 2, 7 p.m.

Detrick Hall

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Headshot of a Las Cafeteras performer

PRAx Presents

Las Cafeteras: Hasta La Muerte

Nov. 4, 7 p.m.

Detrick Hall

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Breabach poses in front of outdoor landscape

PRAx Presents

Breabach

Nov. 6, 7 p.m.

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Kalani Pe'a singing

PRAx Presents

Kalani Pe'a: A Hawaiian Christmas

Dec. 6, 7 p.m.

Detrick Hall

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Headshot of Marc Cary

PRAx Presents

Indigenous Jazz Club: Marc Cary and Indigenous Peoples

Dec. 11, 5:30 p.m.

Ray Theater

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Headshot of Marc Cary

PRAx Presents

Indigenous Jazz Club: Marc Cary and Indigenous Peoples

Dec. 11, 7 p.m.

Ray Theater

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Naomi Fitter performs at PRAx's STEM Cabaret

PRAx Presents

STEM Cabaret: An Eight-Bit Comedy Revue

Dec. 12, 7:30 p.m.

Ray Theater

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Mark and Maggie O'Connor performing on stage

PRAx Presents

Mark and Maggie O'Connor: An Appalachian Christmas

Dec. 20, 7 p.m.

Detrick Hall

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Nefesh Mountain

PRAx Presents

Nefesh Mountain

Jan. 8, 2026, 7 p.m.

Detrick Hall

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Julia Keefe Indigenous Big Band

PRAx Presents

Julia Keefe Indigenous Big Band

Jan. 18, 2026, 7 p.m.

Detrick Hall

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King's Return group shot

PRAx Presents

King's Return

Jan. 19, 2026, 7 p.m.

Detrick Hall

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Yagody group poses

PRAx Presents

Yagódy

Jan. 24, 2026, 7 p.m.

Detrick Hall

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Instrumentalist Ruth Moody poses with her banjo

PRAx Presents

American Strings: Ruth Moody

Jan. 28, 2026, 7 p.m.

Detrick Hall

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A glacier in the middle of the ocean

PRAx Presents

Earth, Ocean, Atmosphere: A Special Hour for the Ears Event

Jan. 29, 2026, 7:30 p.m.

Ray Theater

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Michela Marino Lerman poses with tap shoes

PRAx Presents

Michela Marino Lerman and Love Movement

Jan. 31, 2026, 7 p.m.

Detrick Hall

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Art sculpture from Andy Akiho performance

PRAx Presents

Portrait of Akiho

Feb. 5, 2026, 7 p.m.

Detrick Hall

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Invertigo Dance Theatre performing Formulae and Fairy Tales

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Invertigo Dance Theater: Formulae and Fairy Tales

Feb. 5, 2026, 7:30 p.m.

Ray Theater

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Invertigo Dance Theatre performing Formulae and Fairy Tales

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Invertigo Dance Theater: Formulae and Fairy Tales

Feb. 6, 2026, 7:30 p.m.

Ray Theater

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Compilation of headshots from International Guitar Night performers

PRAx Presents

International Guitar Night

Feb. 7, 2026, 7 p.m.

Detrick Hall

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Invertigo Dance Theatre performing Formulae and Fairy Tales

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Invertigo Dance Theater: Formulae and Fairy Tales

Feb. 7, 2026, 7:30 p.m.

Ray Theater

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Singer Julie Fowlis poses with a hat made of flowers

PRAx Presents

Julie Fowlis

Feb. 12, 2026, 7 p.m.

Detrick Hall

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Naomi Fitter performs at PRAx's STEM Cabaret

PRAx Presents

STEM Cabaret: An Eight-Bit Comedy Revue

Feb. 13, 2026, 7:30 p.m.

Ray Theater

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Seffarine headshot

PRAx Presents

Seffarine

Feb. 14, 2026, 5:30 p.m.

Ray Theater

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Seffarine headshot

PRAx Presents

Seffarine

Feb. 14, 2026, 7 p.m.

Ray Theater

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Headshot of Avi Avital

PRAx Presents

Oregon Symphony

Feb. 27, 2026, 7 p.m.

Detrick Hall

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Headshot of the Native Jazz Trio

PRAx Presents

Native Jazz Trio, Featuring Special Guest Delbert Anderson

March 19, 2026, 5:30 p.m.

Ray Theater

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Headshot of the Native Jazz Trio

PRAx Presents

Native Jazz Trio, Featuring Special Guest Delbert Anderson

March 19, 2026, 7 p.m.

Ray Theater

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Solas poses with their instruments

PRAx Presents

Solas

March 26, 2026, 7 p.m.

Detrick Hall

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PJCE performs on stage, with PJCE logo overlayed

PRAx Presents

Portland Jazz Composers Ensemble: From Maxville to Vanport - A Celebration of Oregon’s Black History

April 2, 2026, 7 p.m.

Detrick Hall

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Tonality's graphic for America Will Be, a painting of a tattered flag

PRAx Presents

Tonality: America Will Be

April 10, 2026, 7 p.m.

Detrick Hall

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Andy Akiho poses with Imani Winds and their instruments

PRAx Presents

Imani Winds x Andy Akiho: BeLoud, BeLoved, BeLonging

April 11, 2026, 7 p.m.

Detrick Hall

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Urland Theatre Collective performing Formerly Known As, seen on stage with a computer

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Urland Theatre Collective: Formerly Known As

April 15, 2026, 7:30 p.m.

Ray Theater

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Urland Theatre Collective performing Formerly Known As, seen on stage with a computer

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Urland Theatre Collective: Formerly Known As

April 16, 2026, 7:30 p.m.

Ray Theater

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Urland Theatre Collective performing Formerly Known As, seen on stage with a computer

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Urland Theatre Collective: Formerly Known As

April 17, 2026, 7:30 p.m.

Ray Theater

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Urland Theatre Collective performing Formerly Known As, seen on stage with a computer

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Urland Theatre Collective: Formerly Known As

April 18, 2026, 2:30 p.m.

Ray Theater

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sound waves heading toward a tree on a foggy cliff

PRAx Presents

An Hour for the Ears

April 23, 2026, 7:30 p.m.

Ray Theater

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Naomi Fitter performs at PRAx's STEM Cabaret

PRAx Presents

STEM Cabaret: An Eight-Bit Comedy Revue

April 28, 2026, 7:30 p.m.

Ray Theater

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A dancer from OBT2 poses en pointe

PRAx Presents

Oregon Ballet Theatre 2

May 1, 2026, 7 p.m.

Detrick Hall

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Eliades Ochoa poses with guitar

PRAx Presents

American Strings: Eliades Ochoa

May 7, 2026, 7 p.m.

Detrick Hall

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