Grace Notes Music Studio

Earth Day in Music & Song in 2015
2015-04-24 19:30 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | First Unitarian Church, 1211 SW Main St., Portland, OR, United States
We invite you to set aside this special time to celebrate our remarkable planet. The program includes instrumental and vocal performances, meditative singing, poetry, and candle lighting. This year some non-human species will be in our midst!
Refreshments and conversation following in the Buchan Room.
Donations accepted for rental of event space.
Featured Music:
Missa Gaia PDX Chorus, Directed by Susan Peck
with Lauri Jones, Mary Ellen Grace, David McAdams, & Ingrid Unterseher
Guest Artists:
Sky in the Road
Madrona Viola Duo with guest pianist, Gary Skye
RSVPs appreciated at 503-244-0026 or jeanne@earthleaders.org.

BOS Swings Into The Lehrer on a Sunday Afternoon
2015-04-19 17:00 - 20:00 | The Lehrer, 8775 SW Canyon Ln, Portland, OR, 97225, United States
This is a new venue for us. We look forward to presenting to you the sweet vocals of Kat Cogswell and Warren Black backed by the driving jazz of our 16-piece band.
All youse Southwest Hills residents, this one’s for you!
Actually, everyone can come! No matter what part of town you live in. 😀

Portland Gay Symphonic Band Spring Concert
2015-04-11 20:00 - 22:00 | Kaul Auditorium @ Reed College, 3203 SE Woodstock Blvd, Portland, OR, 97202, United States
PGSB presents a Spring Concert playing music of LGBTQ composers.
That would mean the music of Tchaikowsky, Bernstein, Copland, Barber, Handel, and Saint-Seans.
This event is free and donations to the non-profit organization are welcome.

Eyes Ears & Hands - An Inspired Art Event
2015-04-10 19:00 - 21:30 | Site Painters Art Studio, 330 SE 52nd Ave, Portland, OR, 97215, United States
You are warmly invited to   an evening of  live music and art-making. Hosted by Laura Bender & John Early  in their new spacious studio.

The Meg Grace Trio plays Jazz, Bossas and Ballads to inspire you in your chosen artistic activities — drawing, painting, writing, handcrafts… bring whatever you need for your chosen art medium.
This is a new type of music/art event we’re doing. And INSPIRATION is the word. Allow the live music to inspire your art. In turn, we musicians will be inspired by your art. Join us for this relaxed, casual atmosphere in which to play with your visual art while we musicians play with our musical art.

Tables & chairs, tea and light snacks provided. Limited seating. RSVP by April 6, phone 503-788-2064 or email Laura. Doors open at 7pm. Music begins at 7:30pm. Donations welcome.

Portland Wind Symphony Spring Concert
2015-04-04 19:00 - 21:00 | Lincoln Hall, Portland State university, 1620 SW Park Ave, Portland, OR, 97201, United States
This is the third performance of Portland Wind Symphony’s 27th season.

BOS @ VDB
2015-03-22 18:30 - 21:30 | Vie de Boheme, 1530 SE 7th Ave. (7th & Clay), Portland, OR, 97214, United States
Bureau of Standards Big Band will charm the patrons of classy wine bar Vie de Boheme. Bands of all sizes have performed in this space and we are looking forward to bringing our swinging sounds to this venue.
Vocalists Kat Cogswell and Warren Black recall the hot jazz of Ella and Frankie. Band leader and trumpeter James M Gregg ups the excitement with his Maynard Ferguson impressions.

Shambhala Spring Arts Festival
2015-03-21 15:00 - 19:00 | Portland Shambhala Meditation Center, 1110 SE Alder St, Suite 203, Portland, OR, 97214, United States
I feel excited and honored to be playing at Portland Shambhala’s annual Spring Arts Festival.
This year, they are doing things a little differently than in past years. From the website:
First, we’ll curate a collection of visual art from images and poems submitted by the community. Then, flower artists will create arrangements in response to pieces they choose from the curated show. Finally, at the reception, performance artists will offer poems, songs, and dances to art arrangements that inspire them.
I’ll be one of the performers who will offer improvised music inspired by one of the art arrangements. I love this whole idea and am really looking forward to it.
The public is welcome to attend. So drop in! You may also register at the Portland Shambhala website.

Dance & Swing @ Duff's Garage
2015-01-30 21:00 - 23:55 | Duff’s Garage, 2530 NE 82nd Ave., Portland, OR, 97220, United States
The Bureau of Standards Big Band is back at Duff’s Garage playing your favorite swing music of the 1930s to the 1960s.
Kat Cogswell and Warren Black serenade and the band kicks it swing style, all while you twirl and shimmy on the ample dance floor at Duff’s Garage.
And, we’ll be celebrating the birthday month of our fabulous female vocalist KAT COGSWELL, the only woman on earth who is actually getting younger. 😉

Retirement & Birthday Party
2015-01-24 18:00 - 21:00 | Private Party, Portland
Private party. Honoree is celebrating a birthday and his retirement with a party followed by a trip to Mexico. Hence a lot of Bossas and other Latin styled music has been requested.
I’m playing tenor and soprano saxes with my friends, Jon on bass and trombone, Will on guitar, and Cory on percussion.

Bureau of Standards Encore @ Jimmy Mak's
2015-01-02 20:00 - 23:00 | Jimmy Mak’s, 221 NW 10th, Portland, OR, 97209, United States
Great entertainment you can’t find anywhere else!
If your New Year’s resolution is to hear more swingin’ big band music, the Bureau of Standards is here to help!
This 17-member ensemble celebrates the heyday of big bands in America, from Ellington at The Cotton Club to Goodman at the Savoy and Basie at The Sands. Featuring big band hits from the 30s to the 60s by Ella Fitzgerald, Peggy Lee, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and more. With sultry and smooth vocals by Kat Cogswell and Warren Black, and hot licks from director and trumpeter James M. Gregg, all backed by the sizzle and soul of 14 of Portland’s finest musicians, this is an old-school Vegas-style show you can’t see anywhere else in town.
The BOS Big Band will usher in the New Year and help you make or break your New Year’s resolutions at Jimmy Mak’s on Friday, January 2, 2015! Call 503-295-6542 for reservations now, it’s going to be a real party for sure.
(And if your resolution is to settle down and party less, you can always start on Monday.)

Holiday Concert @ Legacy Emanuel
2014-12-21 15:00 - 16:00 | Legacy Emmanuel, 2801 N Gantenbein Ave, Portland, OR, 97227, United States
The Portland Gay Symphonic Band will perform Holiday classic wind band literature which will include audience favorites. I don’t know the selections yet, but expect something by Leroy Anderson. 😉 Sleigh Ride, anyone?
We have offered this concert in the open lobby area of Legacy Emanuel for 3 years – I think this is our 4th year. The public is heartily welcomed.

Wind Symphony offers a Winter Concert
2014-12-07 15:00 - 17:00 | Lincoln Hall, Portland State university, 1620 SW Park Ave, Portland, OR, 97201, United States
Joseph Accuardi-Gilliam will be the guest conductor at the Portland Wind Symphony’s Winter concert on Sunday, December 7 @ 3pm. Works to be performed include Kaddish by W Francis McBeth, O Magnum Mysterium by Morten Lauridsen, and Theme from “Schindler’s List” by John Williams.

Gay Symphonic Band offers Civil Rights Tribute
2014-11-22 20:00 - 22:00 | Cleveland High School, 3400 SE 26th Ave, Portland, OR, 97202, United States
The Portland Gay Symphonic Band under the direction of Joseph Accuardi-Gilliam, will perform a concert celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the signing of the Civil Rights Act. Selections include Mark Camphouse’s A Movement For Rosa (Rosa Parks), Frank Ticheli’s Amazing Grace, Quincy Hilliard’s Fanfare for Freedom to name a few.
Twelve Black students attended Clinton (Tennessee) High School in the Fall of 1956 and became known as The Clinton 12. Walking Into History by Richard Saucedo musically tells their story.
I invite you to listen to some of these pieces ahead of time and prepare your ears for the musical feast that awaits them. Listen here to A Movement For Rosa. Listen towards the end of Walking Into History for the twelve tones identifying the twelve students from 1956.
The event is free with donations gratefully accepted. Your support helps us pay for rehearsal and performance space, music, equipment storage, and more. We have increased our ability to receive your tax-deductible donations via our website (www.rcgfb.org/support) and through Just Give.

Portland Wind Symphony
2014-10-18 19:00 - 21:00 | Marylhurst University, St. Anne’s Chapel, Furman Drive, Marylhurst University, Lake Oswego, OR, 97034, United States
The Portland Wind Symphony performs works by Vaughn Williams, Strauss, and Bernstein. With Guest Conductor Dr. Danial Schmidt.

Lady Be Good: Instrumental Women in Jazz
2014-10-18 14:00 - 15:30 | Northwest Film Center, Whitsell Auditorium 1219 SW Park Avenue, Portland, OR, 97205, United States
The International Sweethearts of Rhythm. The Syncoettes. Carol Kaye. The substantial contributions of woman to jazz music have been largely ignored by history, but their significant role is one that can no longer be denied. LADY BE GOOD reveals the lost stories of female jazz musicians from the early 1920s to the 1970s. Ray’s proud film charts the influence of female players from the struggles and successes of early innovators (Sweet Emma Barrett, Lil Hardin- Armstrong), through the rise of the all-woman big bands (Ina Ray Hutton & Her Melodears, the Hollywood Redheads), to the female musicians that were instrumental players (Dorothy Donegan, Mary Osborne) and arrangers (Mary Lou Williams, Melba Liston) for more famous male band leaders, including Benny Goodman and Quincy Jones. (80 mins.)
Director Kay Ray in attendance.
Sponsored by KMHD

Bureau of Standards Big Band @ Duff's Garage
2014-10-10 21:00 - 23:00 | Duff’s Garage, 2530 NE 82nd Ave., Portland, OR, 97220, United States
The Bureau of Standards Big Band is a 19-member ensemble that, true to its name, recalls the halcyon days of Ellington

at The Cotton Club, Ella at The Savoy, and the Rat Pack at The Sands. Featuring the best of the big band hits from the

1930s through the 1960s, the band shifts easily between your favorites from Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Ella Fitzgerald, and Benny Goodman and contemporary artists like Michael Buble, Natalie Cole and Harry Connick Jr. With charismatic vocalists Kat Cogswell and Warren Black, energetic emcee, director and trumpeteer James M Gregg, and the sizzle and soul of 16 of the finest musicians in town, The Bureau of Standards seeks to entertain with swingin’ music, levity and laughs, stylish stage presence and audience participation. It’s a show you can’t see anywhere else in town!

Joshua Redman Trio
2014-10-08 21:30 - 23:00 | Jimmy Mak’s, 221 NW 10th, Portland, OR, 97209, United States
PDX Jazz @ Jimmy Mak’s presents two shows featuring The Joshua Redman Trio!
The celebrated saxophonist Joshua Redman is one of the most imposing and charismatic jazz musicians to have emerged in the 1990s. The son of legendary saxophonist Dewey Redman, he won the prestigious Thelonious Monk International Saxophone Competition in 1991 and has since recorded and performed with musicians such as Jack DeJohnette, Charlie Haden, Joe Lovano, Brian Blade, Pat Metheny, Roy Hargrove, Geoff Keezer, Dave Brubeck, Bill Frisell, Quincy Jones, The Dave Matthews Band, John Scofield, The Rolling Stones and Stevie Wonder among others.
Redman, who’s longstanding band recalls the Sonny Rollins Trio, returns to the Rose City after last performing at the 2011 Portland Jazz Festival in support of his latest release, Trios Live, featuring Gregory Hutchinson and Reuben Rogers
I’ll be hitting the 9:30 show. Hope to see you there!

Bureau of Standards Big Band with Shanghai Woolies
2014-09-20 20:00 - 23:30 | The Secret Society, 116 NE Russell St., Portland, OR, 97212, United States
Our 19-piece big band, The Bureau of Standards splits the evening with The Shanghai Woolies for a great night of swing music and dancing.

Bureau of Standards Evening of Fun
2014-09-19 20:00 - 23:00 | Mazza’s, 3728 NE Sandy Blvd, Portland, OR, 97232, United States
The Bureau of Standards Big Band performs at an old venue under new ownership – Tony Starlight’s Supperclub & Lounge is now Mazza’s. You can expect a great show as usual playing big band hits from the 1930s through the 1960s. You’ll hear your favorites from Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Ella Fitzgerald, and Benny Goodman and contemporary artists like Michael Buble, Natalie Cole and Harry Connick Jr. With charismatic vocalists Kat Cogswell and Warren Black, emcee James M Gregg and the 16-piece Bureau of Standards Big Band.

Gay Fair on the Square
2014-09-14 12:00 - 16:00 | Pioneer Courthouse Square, 701 SW 6th Ave, Portland, OR, 97204, United States
The Q Center and Portland Gay Men’s Chorus host the 2014 Gay Fair on the Square: Let Freedom Sing!
The Portland Gay Symphonic Band is one of the many LGBTQ musical organizations that will be performing.
Founded in 2009, the goal of Gay Fair on the Square is to highlight the myriad of non-profit organizations in our community that support LGBTQ and allied communities, as well as support people who are out, newly out, considering coming out, curious, new to town, or those looking for ways to expand their horizons and support these communities. Each year Gay Fair on the Square draws between 4,000 and 5,000 people to the square — with even more expected to attend in 2014.
This event is FREE and open to the public!

Missa Gaia Earth Mass
2014-08-24 16:00 - 18:00 | First Unitarian Church, 1211 SW Main St., Portland, OR, United States
Please join me for what is sure to be a moving event in support of The Friends of the Columbia Gorge. The music brings together the sounds of Nature (howling wolves, humpback whales and others) with the sounds of blended voices, soprano sax, cello, English horn and an exuberant rhythm section!
A local festival community chorus of 65 voices, directed by Susan Peck, will present Paul Winter’s Missa Gaia/Earth Mass on August 24, to benefit local non-profit Friends of the Columbia Gorge. The music celebrates the sacred beauty of Mother Earth and all her creatures with chorus, solo voices, chamber ensemble, pipe organ, rhythm section, world-beat percussion, and the voices of timber wolves, harp seals, humpback whales, thrushes and loons.
This project is partly supported by a community participation project grant from RACC (Regional Arts and Culture Council). Peck has assembled a community chorus with singers from several local churches and community choirs including Portland Gay Men’s Chorus, Portland Lesbian Chorus, Aurora Chorus, Satori, Portland Peace Choir, Sing Portland, and PDX Vox. Singers in the choir have explored the Gorge on a number of hikes, and were filmed by MetroEast Community Media as they serenaded Wahkeena Falls with excerpts from the concert. http://speckletone.com/missa_gaia_hikes
Vocal soloists are Lauri Jones (New Thought Center for Spiritual Living, Cabaret Chanteuse) and Dustin Hunley (First Unitarian Church). Ensemble includes Mary Ellen Grace (soprano saxophone), Liz Byrd (‘cello), Betty Booher (English horn), Joe O’Donnell (pipe organ), Mitchell Falconer (piano), Michael Mandrell (guitar), Chip Herbert (bass), Tim Rap and Dianna Hnatiw (percussion). Michael Mandrell will play an opening set.

Bureau of Standards @ Jimmy Mak's
2014-08-22 20:00 - 23:00 | Jimmy Mak’s, 221 NW 10th, Portland, OR, 97209, United States
Catch our debut show at premiere jazz club, Jimmy Mak’s.
The Bureau of Standards Big Band is a 17-member ensemble that, true to its name, recalls the halcyon days of Ellington at The Cotton Club, Ella at The Savoy, and the Rat Pack at The Sands. Featuring the best of the big band hits from the 1930s through the 1960s, the band shifts easily between your favorites from Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Ella Fitzgerald, Peggy Lee and Benny Goodman and contemporary artists like Michael Buble, Natalie Cole and Harry Connick Jr.
With charismatic vocalists Kat Cogswell and Warren Black, energetic emcee, director and trumpeteer James M Gregg, and the sizzle and soul of 14 of the finest musicians in town, The Bureau of Standards seeks to entertain with swingin’ music, levity and laughs, stylish stage presence and audience participation. It’s a show you can’t see anywhere else in town!

Private Party
2014-07-11 20:00 - 21:00 | Private Venue, Portland, OR, United States
Small Rock Band playing for private party. Music of James Brown as well as selections from Hair.

Alternate Destination
2014-07-06 19:00 - 21:00 | The Waypost, 3120 N Williams Ave, Portland, OR, United States
With Michael Hagmeier back in town for a short visit, we got the trio back together and are playing some tunes at the Chamber Jam.
Alternate Destination is Mary Ellen Grace, saxes; Joel Kleinbaum, bassoon; and Michael Hagmeier, didjeridoo, guitar, hand percussion.
