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Winter Term 2018
Start the new year with play (or song!)

We have classes in January for all ages, available for registration now, and beginning the week of January 8. If you are not yet enrolled at CMC, view the full catalog online at www.communitymusiccenter.org, and give us a call at 503-823-3177 to join in a class - you'll be warmly welcomed to any new beginning activity, or continuing classes if meeting the prerequisites. Use the links below to see the class lists for each age group.

• Preschool Age Music
• Music Classes for Youth and Individual Lessons (PDF)
• Classes for High School Students and Adults

We offer up to 90% scholarship for music at CMC (application PDF). Full-scholarship lessons available at Rosewood Music Program.

NW Piano Trio @ CMC
Two concerts in January to benefit the Center

Hear CMC instructors Heather Mastel-Lipson (violin) and Hannah Hillebrand (cello) with pianist Susan McDaniel perform chamber music in two concerts that benefit CMC’s need-based scholarships & other programs. Learn more about this impressive group at northwestpianotrio.com. Call CMC at 503-823-3177 or visit communitymusiccenter.org for more information and reservations.

• Children’s Concert, 3 PM. Suggested donation $5 per family.
• Evening Concert, 7:30 PM. Admission: $10 adults/$7 children age 12+ with advance reservations. At the door: $15 adults/$10 youth.

Student Schedule Reminder:

Most classes are either school-year-long or automatically roll over from Fall to Winter to Spring (with tuition due by the first week of each new term), except Early Childhood music and Senior Piano, which require re-registration to continue. See our online calendar for full information on term dates and holidays: https://www.portlandoregon.gov/parks/article/467903

Job Opening
Early Childhood Music teacher sought

PP&R is looking for a qualified early childhood classroom music teacher for the Rosewood Music Program in East Portland. Please see details.

Year-End Fund Drive a Success

Thanks to our generous donors in November and December, CMC Inc. met its year-end goal. Bravo, and thank you for your welcome support of music students in need!

Our Annual Fund Drive continues through the year, so if you have not recently given, help us by making a year-end donation to the non-profit Community Music Center, Inc.

We rely on gifts from you, our individual donors, for keeping doors to music education open to all, regardless of the student’s financial status.

Learn more, and donate today. Contributions to CMC Inc. are tax deductible to the full extent of the law.

You can also help CMC while you shop, at no cost to you:

• Shop online at Amazon Smile and link your account to CMC Inc.
• Shop at FredMeyer stores and link your rewards card to CMC Inc. (TIP: If you last linked your card before July 1 2016 you have to relink it.)

Thank you for making the gift of music available to all!