Book cover titled 'Crescendo: A Memoir in Music and Stories' featuring a woman lying on a carpet with a violin next to her, smiling and wearing glasses.

A show featuring music and stories from Anthea’s memoir.

Crescendo: Live

A unique and exciting new musical performance based on Anthea Kreston’s upcoming memoir, Crescendo.

With a mix of thrilling violin performance and spoken word taken from her memoir, Anthea brings the audience through the journey of her life through live music and personal anecdotes.

Upcoming events

  • The Jazz Station

    11.02/25 at 3:00PM

    Crescendo: Stories and Performance from an Adventurous Life in Music

    with Grace Choi, Piano

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  • Chatter PDX

    01/11/26 at 10:30AM

    Crescendo: Stories and Performance from an Adventurous Life in Music

    Chatter PDX: Music Worth Talking About

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  • University Club of Portland

    2/27/26 at 6:00

    Crescendo: Stories and Performance from an Adventurous Life in Music

    presented by the University Club of Portland

  • Willamette Institute for Continued Learning

    02/03/26 at 10am

    Willamette Institute for Continued Learning

    Crescendo: Stories and Performance from an Adventurous Life in Music

    2 hour presentation, including questions and answers about the process of writing and publishing a book

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  • Mirabella Portland

    11/11/26 at 6:00

    Crescendo: Stories and Performance from an Adventurous Life in Music

    presented by Mirabella of Portland

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  • Helvetia Winery First Thursdays

    Join us for a Crescendo book reading, music and conversation in the beautiful Helvetia Winery in Hillsboro.

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“Anthea Kreston writes with passion and an insider’s authority about life in a world-class string quartet. In prose that some times jumps off the page, she gives us detailed descriptions of her family life, her colleagues, her individual working process, the interactions of four distinct personalities and the music that binds them onstage and off in a never-ending quest for transcendence.”

―Eugene Drucker, Emerson String Quartet, Author of The Savior