60th Anniversary Community Event

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: Dvořák “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!