Edmund Stone grew up on an English farm and toured in Romeo & Juliet before moving to Scotland, where he reviewed films for BBC Radio and Thompson Publications. Moving to Los Angeles in 1980, he has covered the Academy Awards and narrated more than 1,000 educational audio cassettes. A Beaverton resident since 1990, Edmund continues his voice work in commercials, as well as frequently serving as emcee for various events. A vegetarian, he is an avid gardener who grows his own food, and when not indulging that passion or a corresponding ardor for classical music, Edmund expresses his love for animals as liaison officer for a chimpanzee rescue center in Cameroon, West Africa.

Edmund writes and hosts The Score, which you can hear every Saturday and Sunday, beginning at 2 p.m.
 

Although best known as an actor, David Ogden Stiers has had an active secondary career as a conductor. He has guest conducted over 70 American orchestras in such cities as San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, Honolulu, and Chicago, and is the Associate Conductor of the Newport Symphony Orchestra and the Ernest Bloch Music Festival in Oregon.

 

      An accomplished actor of stage, film, and television, Stiers' career has spanned over 30 years. He was born in Peoria, Illinois, and he began his acting career in Northern California. He then moved to New York City, where he studied drama at Juilliard and joined the Houseman Acting Company at its outset. He has also worked with the Old Globe Theatre, San Francisco's The Actor's Workshop, The California Shakespeare Festival, and The Committee Revue and Theatre. Aside from numerous regional theatre productions, Stiers has appeared in productions including Ulysses in Night Town, The Magic Show, and portrayed the General in Irving Berlin`s White Christmas on Broadway.

 

     A three-time Emmy-award nominated actor, Stiers has appeared in a multitude of both television films and series. He is most widely known for his role as "Major Charles Emerson Winchester III" on M*A*S*H, for which he garnered two Emmy nominations. He has appeared on numerous series including Ally McBeal, The Practice, Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, Murder, She Wrote, Matlock, Wings, and Star Trek: The Next Generation. He has also been seen in a number of television films, including the epic mini-series North & South, HBO's The Final Days, USA's Final Notice and The Pedestrian, The Bad Seed, and The First Olympics: Athens 1896, for which he was nominated for an Emmy.

 

     On the big screen, Stiers' list of credits includes The Curse of the Jade Scorpion, The Cheap Detective, Oh, God, Magic, Doc Hollywood, Everyone Says I Love You, Mighty Aphrodite, Harry's War, Creator, Better Off Dead, The Accidental Tourist, and The Majestic.

 

     Stiers has also lent his voice to several animated films, including Walt Disney's Beauty and the Beast, Atlantis: The Lost Empire, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Pocahontas, and Lilo and Stitch.

 

     He first appeared with the OREGON CHAMBER PLAYERS in 2010, and we are excited to welcome him back to join us for another Children’s Concert!

 

 

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