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Festival Events Calendar
Wednesday Aug 12
9:00 a
Orfeu Negro
1:30 p
Sing Along: From Across The Sea
5:00 p
Talk: The Birth of Bossa Nova
7:30 p
Águas de Março: Bossa Nova and Jazz
Thursday Aug 13
9:00 a
Les Demoiselles de Rochefort
1:30 p
Painting With Blue
5:00 p
Talk: The French Chanson
7:30 p
Chanson Transatlantique: The French Songbook
Friday Aug 14
9:00 a
Pal Joey
1:30 p
Mack The Knife: The Eastern Tinge
5:00 p
Talk: Singing About Love
7:30 p
The American Love Song
Saturday Aug 15
9:00 a
Fantasia
1:30 p
My Roots Are Showing: American Byways
5:00 p
Talk: Popular Music & the Classics
7:30 p
Bizet Has His Day
Sunday Aug 16
4:00 p
Get Happy: The 2026 Summer Jazz Party
Tuesday Aug 18
9:00 a
The Great Ziegfeld
5:00 p
Talk: Vicki Carr
7:30 p
For Once In My Life - Vikki Carr
Wednesday Aug 19
9:00 a
Casablanca
1:30 p
The American Love Song
5:00 p
Talk: Popular Music & the Classics
7:30 p
Bizet Has His Day
Thursday Aug 20
9:00 a
The Jazz Singer
1:30 p
Sing Along: American Roots &
5:00 p
Talk: The Eastern Tinge
7:30 p
Mack The Knife: The Eastern Tinge
Friday Aug 21
9:00 a
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
1:30 p
Águas de Março: Bossa Nova and Jazz
5:00 p
Talk: American Roots
7:30 p
My Roots Are Showing: American Byways
Saturday Aug 22
9:00 a
Blues In The Night
1:30 p
Chanson Transatlantique: The French Songbook
5:00 p
Talk: Blues & The Songbook
7:30 p
Painting With Blue
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OFAM 2026 Summer - Beyond The Sea
OFAM 2026 Winter - I Love Paris
OFAM 2025 Summer - My Star Dust Melody
OFAM 2025 Winter - My Favorite Work of Art
OFAM 2024 Summer - Words & Music by…
OFAM 2024 Winter - The Gershwin Legacy
OFAM 2023 Summer - If Only In My Dreams
OFAM 2023 Winter - I'll Be Seeing You
OFAM 2022 Summer - Pennies From Heaven
OFAM Winter 2022 Avalon
OFAM 2021 Reel Music
OFAM 2019 Might As Well Be Swing
OFAM 2018 In The Hands Of The Muses
OFAM 2017 The Sweetest Melody
OFAM 2016 G. I. Jive
OFAM 2015 Fine And Dandy
OFAM 2014 Son of Hollywood
OFAM 2013 Hooray For Hollywood!
OFAM 2012 Le Jazz Hot
OFAM 2011 Too Marvelous For Words
OFAM 2010 Brush Up Your Shakespeare
OFAM 2009 Time After Time
OFAM 2008 Over The Rainbow
OFAM 2007 Richard Rodgers: The Sweetest Sounds
OFAM 2006 Irving Berlin's America
OFAM 2005 Cole Porter: Night And Day
OFAM 2004 The Fabulous Fifties
OFAM 2003 Easy To Remember
OFAM 2002 Gershwin Transformations
OFAM 2001 Loco-Motion
OFAM 2000 Le Jazz Hot
OFAM 1999 How Sweet the Sound
OFAM 1998 Rags Jazz Blues & Boogie Woogie
OFAM 1997 Louisiana Gumbo
OFAM 1996 Broadway Medley
OFAM 1995 Fiddlers' Cross-Stitch
OFAM 1994 On Airwaves & Silver Screens
OFAM 1993 Harlem Rhapsody
OFAM 1992 The Real American Folksong
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Festival Events Calendar
Wednesday Aug 12
9:00 a
Orfeu Negro
1:30 p
Sing Along: From Across The Sea
5:00 p
Talk: The Birth of Bossa Nova
7:30 p
Águas de Março: Bossa Nova and Jazz
Thursday Aug 13
9:00 a
Les Demoiselles de Rochefort
1:30 p
Painting With Blue
5:00 p
Talk: The French Chanson
7:30 p
Chanson Transatlantique: The French Songbook
Friday Aug 14
9:00 a
Pal Joey
1:30 p
Mack The Knife: The Eastern Tinge
5:00 p
Talk: Singing About Love
7:30 p
The American Love Song
Saturday Aug 15
9:00 a
Fantasia
1:30 p
My Roots Are Showing: American Byways
5:00 p
Talk: Popular Music & the Classics
7:30 p
Bizet Has His Day
Sunday Aug 16
4:00 p
Get Happy: The 2026 Summer Jazz Party
Tuesday Aug 18
9:00 a
The Great Ziegfeld
5:00 p
Talk: Vicki Carr
7:30 p
For Once In My Life - Vikki Carr
Wednesday Aug 19
9:00 a
Casablanca
1:30 p
The American Love Song
5:00 p
Talk: Popular Music & the Classics
7:30 p
Bizet Has His Day
Thursday Aug 20
9:00 a
The Jazz Singer
1:30 p
Sing Along: American Roots &
5:00 p
Talk: The Eastern Tinge
7:30 p
Mack The Knife: The Eastern Tinge
Friday Aug 21
9:00 a
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
1:30 p
Águas de Março: Bossa Nova and Jazz
5:00 p
Talk: American Roots
7:30 p
My Roots Are Showing: American Byways
Saturday Aug 22
9:00 a
Blues In The Night
1:30 p
Chanson Transatlantique: The French Songbook
5:00 p
Talk: Blues & The Songbook
7:30 p
Painting With Blue
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OFAM 2026 Summer - Beyond The Sea
Sing Along: American Roots & more!
Leader: Thomas Guastavino
Thu Aug 20, 1:30-3:00 pm
Sheffer Recital Hall, The Shedd Institute
OFAM 2026 Matinee Series Sponsor
OFAM 2026 Matinee Series Sponsor
OFAM 2026 Title Sponsor
Shedd Presenting Sponsor
Description
Personnel
Program
There are 2
Community Sing-Alongs
at OFAM 2026: Sing-Along 1:
Wed, Aug 12 - 1:30 pm
and Sing-Along 2:
Wed, Aug 20 -1:30 pm
The Festival Community Sing-Alongs are a great way to get into the music! As usual, there are two afternoon sessions in the Sheffer Recital Hall, each with its own song list, open to all-comers. Thomas Guastavino leads this Week 2 Sing-Along, focuses on American roots, traditional, sacred, and variously regional a "niche genre" songs which have enjoyed lasting popularity.
Event Personnel
Thomas Guastavino
,
leader
Program
Soon May the Wellerman Come
(1960s)
traditional English
(w/m)
This Land Is Your Land
(1940)
Woody Guthrie
(w/m)
Will The Circle Be Unbroken
(1907)
Ada R. Habershon
(w)
Charles H. Gabriel
(m)
Red River Valley
(1870s)
traditional
(w/m)
Keep On The Sunny Side
(1928)
Ada Blenkhorn
(w)
J. Howard Entwisle
(m)
First recorded by
The Carter Family
Down To The River To Pray
(1860s)
Slave Songs of the United States
traditional U. S.
(w/m)
Amazing Grace
(1835)
John Newton
(w)
The Lion Sleeps Tonight
(1961)
Solomon Linda
(w/m)
[adaptation of
Wimoweh
]
Oh Shenandoah
(1810s)
traditional U. S.
(w/m)
Minnie The Moocher
(1931)
Cotton Club Revue, 19th Edition
Irving Mills
,
Clarence Gaskill
(w)
Cab Calloway
(m)
You Are My Sunshine
(1940)
Jimmie Davis
,
Charles Mitchell
(w/m)
I've Been Working on the Railroad
(1894)
I'm Looking Over A Four Leaf Clover
(1927)
Mort Dixon
(w)
Harry Woods
(m)
Danny Boy
(1913)
Frederic E. Weatherly
(w)
traditional, Irish
(m)
[uses melody from
Londonderry Air
]
Ring of Fire
(1963)
June Carter
,
Merle Kilgore
(w/m)
First recorded by
Johnny Cash
If I Had A Hammer
(1949)
Pete Seeger
,
Lee Hays
(w/m)
First recorded by
The Weavers
Big Rock Candy Mountain
(1928)
Harry McClintock
(w/m)
I'll Fly Away
(1929)
The Wonderful Message
Albert E. Brumley
(w/m)
[inspired by
The Prisoner's Song
]
First recorded by
Rev. J. M. Gates
Goodnight, Irene
(1933)
[adaptation of
Irene, Good Night
]
Hound Dog
(1952)
Jerry Leiber
,
Mike Stoller
(w/m)
He's Got The Whole World In His Hands
(1927)
traditional U. S.
(w/m)
This Little Light Of Mine
(1920)
Avis Christiansen
(w)
Harry Dixon Loes
(m)
Harry Dixon Loes
(a)
The Times They Are a-Changin'
(1963)
Bob Dylan
(w/m)
First recorded by
Bob Dylan
Ticket/Venue Info
Sheffer Recital Hall
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Eugene, Oregon
541-434-7000
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Chuck Redd Sponsor
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