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eNotes for Winter 2020
12/20/2019
Winter & Spring Classes, Lessons & More
Now enrolling for activities January to June
We have new and continuing classes* for all ages starting January 6 and March 30, ready and waiting for you! See our list of new offerings, and our online Arts & Culture Guide for more details, then call us to enroll (503-823-3177) or register online.
Activities for new beginners include:
- ¡Cantemos Together! (age 0–5) & It’s a Small World (age 0–5) part of our popular Early Childhood Music program
- Drums & Percussion Planet (age 5 - 10)
- Skills Foundations (age 6–10)
- Instrument & Voice Lessons for Youth (age 4 - 18)
- Drums & Percussion Lessons (age 9–18)
- World Percussion Ensemble (age 11 & Up)
- Voice Group Lessons (age 14 & Up)
- Piano Group Lessons (adult & HS)
New activities for those with prior experience include:
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Intro to Improvisation & Playing by Ear (adults & teens)
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Jazz Ensemble & Jazz Theory (adults & teens)
(*If you are already enrolled for a school-year class, you'll continue in winter term without needing to re-enroll.)
Open a Door for Music Students in Need
Give to the CMC Annual Fund Drive
At this time of year we ask you, if you have not donated recently, to help music students in need by making a contribution to the non-profit Community Music Center, Inc.
Financial assistance for music students remains a perennial and pressing need. 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.
Please see our brochure or online campaign information, and donate today. Contributions to CMC Inc. are tax deductible to the full extent of the law.
Thank you for making the gift of music available to all.
Meet the performing artist-instructors who've joined our team for the 2019-20 school year.
Community Survey
CMC is listening
To serve a growing, ever-changing community, we would like to know your thoughts on the questions in our Community Survey. Your input is important as CMC continues to invest in making Portland a more musical & harmonious place. Thank you!
The Community Music Center as already 14 years old when the program moved to the newly renovated Francis Street building in 1969. Check out our book, "CMC: The First 60 Years - A Musical History" on sale now for 50% off. See our Press Room blog article to view archival photos and learn more about our history.
Photo: Renovation Ceremony, June 1969. Left to Right: John Gray, Ernestine Oringdulph, Robert Oringdulph, Frank Ivancie, Isadore Tinkleman (center, front).