60th Anniversary Community Event
Admission
- Free
Description
60th Anniversary Community Event
Sponsored by The Development LTD, Kennedy Violins, David Kerr Violin Shop, & Portland Eye Care
PERFORMANCE FESTIVAL & COMMUNITY EVENT
Join us for a musical fair with activities for all ages, including multiple concerts featuring hundreds of performers, in celebration of six decades of music education in Portland Parks & Recreation. Made possible by the Wintz Family Foundation, the event sponsors include All Classical Portland, Marley Brown Lumber Service, Design/One/One, Tierra Educational Center, & Vancouver Symphony Orchestra.
Date/Time: Sunday, June 7th all day from 1:00 PM
Admission: FREE (sug. donation of $10 for the day)
Location: Reed College SE 28th & Woodstock in Portland, OR
Parking: FREE in Reed’s three lots on campus. PARKING UPDATE: there is construction blocking the South entrance to the West lot; use the North entrance (also called Botsford Drive). See map
SCHEDULE: (info updated as of 5.29.15)
1 PM - Performing Arts Building Atrium
- Drop-in Preschool Music Demo Classes (1 - 4 PM)
- Sample Instrument Lessons - age 5 & up (1 - 4 PM)
- Refreshments (1 - 4 PM)
- Alumni Memory Room & Slide Show (1 - 4 PM)
- CMC book release and sale
- Silent Auction+
+ accepting auction donations from businesses thru June 1.
1 PM - Performing Arts Recital Room
2 PM - Kaul Auditorium
Youth String Orchestras
Suzuki Group Classes
“Galactic Twinkle” *- An audience play-along of the universal favorite, “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star”. Bring a violin or other portable instrument and join in!
2 PM - Performing Arts Recital Room
Adult Guitar, Violin & Cello Group Class Recital *
Adult String Orchestra *
Youth Soloists
4 PM - Kaul Auditorium
CMC Faculty & Alumni Concert * - with Door Prizes! Reception following
Program includes:
Duos for Flutes by Robert Muczynski, movements 2, 3, 5, and 6 - Lynda Hess & Therese Wagner, flute
de Falla/Kreisler "Danse Espagnole" – Holly Stern, violin; Maria Garcia, piano
Gershwin's “Summertime" for recorders and voice - Cindy Markham, Phil & Gayle Neuman
Guitar solo selection - Jeff Ashton
Mendelssohn piano trio op. 49 first movement – Andrew Ehrlich, violin, Maria Garcia, piano, Stephen Emerson, cello (guest)
Violin Jam - Jim Toussaint (alumni guest) and Andy Emert
Walton's Two Pieces for violin and piano – Brandon Garbot, violin (alumni guest) with Denise VanLeuven (guest), piano
Tchaikovsky Serenade for Strings (finale) - Violins: Andrew Ehrlich (concertmaster), Liz Peyton, Luise Grube, Janet Dubay (alumni guest), Alberta Hardy, Jonathan Dubay (former faculty), Brian Bennett; Violas: Jennifer Arnold, Michelle Rahn; Cellos: Katherine Schultz, Jonathan Cheskin, Fred Nussbaum (former faculty); Bass: Jeff Johnson (former faculty)
5:30 PM - Performing Arts Building Recital Room (note time change)
Youth Soloists
7 PM - Kaul Auditorium
Madrigal Singers *
Center Singers Youth Choir & Vocal Ensemble *
Francis Street Singers *
Reception following
7 PM - Chapel (located in Elliot Hall, center of campus - see map)
Renaissance Winds & Song *
Reception following
7 PM - Performing Arts Recital Room
Youth Soloists
Chamber Music Groups
Reception following
Concert sponsors include: ¿Por Que No?, Broadway Rose Theatre Company, Campbell Salgado Studio, Chamber Music Northwest, Janet Dubay LMT CRS, Higgins Restaurant & Bar, Hopworks, Oregon Ballet Theatre, Oregon Historical Society, Oregon Repertory Singers, Oregon Symphony, Portland Ballet, Portland Parks & Rec Aquatic Division, Portland Symphonic Girlchoir.
*ARE YOU AN ALUM? JOIN IN THE FUN!
Past participants are invited to play the following pieces with current students (contact CMC for sheet music and rehearsal times):
- Adult Violin: DvoĆák “Humoresque”
- Adult Cello: Bach Minuet No. 3 (Suzuki Book 3)
- Adult Orchestra: O’Connor “Appalachian Waltz” & John Williams “Theme from Schindler’s List”
- Madrigal: Josquin des Prez “El Grillo”
- Youth Choir: “Guitar Man”
- Adult Choir: Brahms “How Lovely is Thy Dwelling”
- Former Faculty & Professional Alumni: Tchaikovsky "Serenade for Strings" (finale)
Schedule subject to change. For the latest information see our 60th Anniversary Web Page at: www.communitymusiccenter.org
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
Usher, photographer, host...There are lots of positions needed to make the event a success. Contact us today!