2012-2013: Third Year
I am amazed, every year around this time, by how blessed I am to be able to play music with Portland Chamber Music. As many of our readers know, PCM started as a conversation between myself and others as grad students at PSU. We knew that we liked classical music, as well as rock, rap, [...]
Portland Chamber Music
Making music accessible to all people through performance and instruction Summer is coming to a close and we are getting ready for our new season at PCM. We’ve spent many hours in rehearsal working on the best music on the planet, from Bob Dylan to Johannes Brahms and Guns ‘n’ Roses to Gustav Holst. Beginning [...]
Welcome
Making music accessible to all people through performance and instruction Summer is coming to a close and we are getting ready for our new season at PCM. We’ve spent many hours in rehearsal working on the best music on the planet, from Bob Dylan to Johannes Brahms and Guns ‘n’ Roses to Gustav Holst. Beginning [...]
Great Summer!
Wow! What a great year it’s been at PCM. We have installed several new board members, raised over $3,000 to help the homeless in Portland, and began our patron program welcoming in 10 new patrons in the month of May alone! We are working on a special July concert series to take place in some [...]
What is Operation Night Watch
Portland Chamber Music is honored to perform at the Operation Nightwatch 30th Anniversary Concert on April 20. Operation Nightwatch is a non-profit organization offering hospitality, hope and healing to the street population of downtown Portland since 1981. Whereas other agencies exist to provide services such as housing, food and clothing, Operation Nighwatch recognizes that the [...]
Music for an Audience
I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about the uniqueness of PCM lately. Our mission statement says: PCM is a non-profit organization that works to make music accessible to all people through performance and instruction. On the surface, I’d be surprise if anyone thought this was a bad idea. Who would want their music to [...]
Will Music Lessons Make My Child Smarter?
I’m sure you’ve heard it before: music is good for the soul. But did you know that music can actually be good for your brain? Over the past 20 years, a number of doctors, researchers and scientists have studied the effects of music on brain development. The research started in 1957 when an ear, nose [...]
The Nature of Music
Music is a little bit of a mystery to me lately. Not so much how it works, but why and when. I’ve recently begun a part time teaching gig at a private middle school where I teach music. Most of my students take music lessons. At our first choir rehearsal, most of my students could [...]
Lessons Anyone?
So, PCM is an organization engaged in performance and instruction. So far, we have had plenty of opportunities to perform, but we are still struggling to find venues for the instruction part. What are some good ways for us to get some lessons?
What is “Art Music”?!?
What is art music? That is a really good question. That question strikes the heart of how we express ourselves within our culture and as human beings. Typically, “art music” is a short-hand term used to refer to complex, serious musical forms such as classical music as well as jazz, serialism, and some music from [...]
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