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Mt. Hood Community College will host its 41st Northwest Jazz Band Festival this year! The festival features high school and middle school big bands and combos. All ensembles receive constructive feedback from adjudicators and may elect to perform for comments only or ratings. The unique aspect of this festival is that each year, we feature…

State board meeting for OMEAKathy Briggs, OMEA presidentkathy.briggs@smapdx.org

The 3rd annual OMEA State Jazz Championships will be held at Mt. Hood Community College on May 18, 2019. Dan Davey, OMEA Jazz Chair503-491-7010Daniel.Davey@mhcc.edu

College Night forProspective Music Majors (music education and/or performance) Thursday, October 3 6:00-7:00 McKay High School Last year’s event included faculty from: Chemeketa, Clackamas, Corban, George Fox, Linfield, Mt. Hood, OSU, Pacific, PSU, UO, Western Oregon, Willamette RSVP to ensure space. Scan code(see URL for flyer) or go to: https://goo.gl/forms/YeHpO19GtDSlemxe2 Open to all Oregon high…

October 5th (9 a.m.-4 p.m.) ASTA OR Biennial Conference At this event our string teachers will receive 8 hours of training in every possible area related to teaching strings (pedagogy, conducting, master classes, etc.). Presenters are some of the biggest names at national and international level including legendary Mr. Simon Fischer all way from England…

Oregon ACDA Fall Choral Workshop: Registration now open!October 26, 2019 at Pacific University Lynn Gackle, Baylor University is our headliner for director’s sessions. Offering two levels of sight reading clinics for high school singers - Skill-building with Karen Bohart and Erika Lockwood, and Advanced sight reading with John Baker. Middle level honor choir directed by…

High School Honor Band FestivalDr. Peter J. HamlinDirector of Bands Director of Music Education Gonzaga University Music Department 502 E. Boone Ave. AD 79 Spokane, WA 99258hamlin@gonzaga.edu

The second annual SOU Percussion Festival features student soloists and ensembles from southern Oregon middle and high schools performing throughout the day and receiving coaching from adjudicators Bryan Jeffs, Terry Longshore, and Ivan Trevino.Terry Longshore, DMAlongshore@sou.edu 541.552.6548longshore@sou.edu

Greetings Fellow Educators! We would like to invite you to join us for the Eighth Annual West Salem High School Jazz Festival, which will be held on Saturday, February 8, 2020 at West Salem High School in Salem. We are very pleased to announce that our guest artist for this year’s festival is Yamaha Performing…