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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Julia Keefe Indigenous Big Band

PRAx Presents

Julia Keefe Indigenous Big Band

Jan. 18, 7 p.m.

Detrick Hall

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King's Return group shot

PRAx Presents

Kings Return

Jan. 19, 7 p.m.

Detrick Hall

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Green scarf flowing in wind

PRAx Presents, Visual Arts, Spring Creek Project, Artist Talks

Opening Celebration of Currents: Experiments in Art-Science Collaboration

Jan. 22, 7 p.m.

Detrick Hall and throughout exhibition spaces

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Yagody group poses

PRAx Presents

Yagódy

Jan. 24, 7 p.m.

Detrick Hall

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Instrumentalist Ruth Moody poses with her banjo

PRAx Presents

American Strings: Ruth Moody of The Wailin' Jennys 

Jan. 28, 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, 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, 7 p.m.

Detrick Hall

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Morris Northcutt

PRAx Presents

Music à la Carte: Morris Northcutt with Lauren Servias

Feb. 4, 12 p.m. – 1 p.m.

Toomey Lobby

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Art sculpture from Andy Akiho performance

PRAx Presents

Portrait of Akiho

Feb. 5, 7 p.m.

Detrick Hall

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Invertigo Dance Theatre performing Formulae and Fairy Tales

PRAx Presents, Annual Theme

Invertigo Dance Theatre: Formulae and Fairy Tales

Feb. 5, 7:30 p.m.

Ray Theater

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Invertigo Dance Theatre performing Formulae and Fairy Tales

PRAx Presents, Annual Theme

Invertigo Dance Theatre: Formulae and Fairy Tales

Feb. 6, 7:30 p.m.

Ray Theater

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Members of the International Guitar Night ensembler

PRAx Presents

International Guitar Night

Feb. 7, 7 p.m.

Detrick Hall

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Invertigo Dance Theatre performing Formulae and Fairy Tales

PRAx Presents, Annual Theme

Invertigo Dance Theatre: Formulae and Fairy Tales

Feb. 7, 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, 7 p.m.

Detrick Hall

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Monsters

PRAx Presents

Free Film Friday: Monsters

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

Ray Theater

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Seffarine headshot

PRAx Presents

Seffarine

Feb. 14, 5:30 p.m.

Ray Theater

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Seffarine headshot

PRAx Presents

Seffarine

Feb. 14, 7 p.m.

Ray Theater

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Headshot of Avi Avital

PRAx Presents

Oregon Symphony

Feb. 27, 8 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, 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, 7 p.m.

Ray Theater

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Solas poses with their instruments

PRAx Presents

Solas

March 26, 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, 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, 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, 7 p.m.

Detrick Hall

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

PRAx Presents, Annual Theme

CANCELLED: Urland Theatre Collective: Formerly Known As

April 15, 7:30 p.m.

Ray Theater

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

PRAx Presents, Annual Theme

CANCELLED: Urland Theatre Collective: Formerly Known As

April 16, 7:30 p.m.

Ray Theater

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

PRAx Presents, Annual Theme

CANCELLED: Urland Theatre Collective: Formerly Known As

April 17, 7:30 p.m.

Ray Theater

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

PRAx Presents, Annual Theme

CANCELLED: Urland Theatre Collective: Formerly Known As

April 18, 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, 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, 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, 7 p.m.

Detrick Hall

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Eliades Ochoa poses with guitar

PRAx Presents

American Strings: Eliades Ochoa

May 7, 7 p.m.

Detrick Hall

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A forest after a forest fire

PRAx Presents, Spring Creek Project

Third Angle New Music and Oregon Repertory Singers Youth Choir: Eras

May 22, 7 p.m.

Toomey Lobby

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