Grace Notes Music Studio

Folk Music Student Recital
2016-04-27 06:30 - 19:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | The Courtyard at Mt. Tabor, 6125 SE Division St, Portland, OR, 97206, United States
Folk Music
The theme for the Spring Student recital is Folk Music. And we have a diverse and entertaining hour of music prepared for you!
Seven students have selected folk music that speaks to their own heritage. They’ve taken these songs and arranged them for duos, trios, and quartets.
We’ll be hearing music from China, Korea, Japan, Sweden, Germany, Spain, Poland, and a Civil Rights gospel tune for sax quartet.
A clarinet student will be accompanied by her sister on guitar. A saxophone student will be accompanied by his younger sister on piano. Another sax student will be accompanied by her high school friend on piano.
But wait! There’s more!
Our guest artists are Craig Bunch, a local music teacher playing clarinet duets with Sam Aquino. Craig teaches elementary music at West Powelhurst Elementary School and performs with the US Army Band. Both Craig and Sam play with Portland Gay Symphonic Band.
Free to attend
If you plan on attending, please RSVP to me by Monday, April 25, 2016.

NW Wind Symphony performs Spring Concert this Saturday
2016-04-16 19:00 - 21:00 | Corbet Theatre, 600 Centralia College Blvd., Centralia, WA, 98531, United States
The NWWS’s Spring concert, “English Fare,” takes place April 16, 2016, at Corbet Theatre at 7pm. This final concert of its 25th season reminds us of the roots of our American wind music heritage. Featured are works of a newer breed of composers, some of which you’ve never heard. The music, however, is pure delight!
Program

Festivo – Edward Gregson
Downtown Diversions – Adam Gorb

Rich Pasko, trombone

Illyrian Dances – Guy Woolfenden

Rondeau
Aubade
Gigue

Colonel Bogey March – Kenneth Alford
Songs & Refrains – Daniel Basford

Arkendale
Strawberry Fair
Dashing Away with the Smoothing Iron

Military March No. 1 – Edward Elgar
Lincoln Shire Posey – Percy Grainger

Bye Bye Birdie - closing night
2016-03-12 19:00 - 21:15 | Madison High School, 2735 NE 82nd Ave, Portland, OR, 97220, United States
Madison High School Fine Arts presents Bye Bye Birdie. The pit orchestra is a nice mix of high school students and area pros.
Synopsis: Conrad Birdie is the biggest rock & roll star of the 60’s ever to be drafted. Aspiring chemist and song writer Albert is convinced he can make his fortune and marry his girlfriend Rosie if he gets Conrad on the Ed Sullivan show to kiss a high school girl goodbye.

Bye Bye Birdie
2016-03-11 19:00 - 21:15, 2016-03-06 14:00 - 16:15, 2016-03-05 19:00 - 21:15 | Madison High School, 2735 NE 82nd Ave, Portland, OR, 97220, United States

Sensory Friendly Concert
2016-02-21 15:00 - 16:30 | Marylhurst University, St. Anne’s Chapel, Furman Drive, Marylhurst University, Lake Oswego, OR, 97034, United States
Join the Portland Wind Symphony and the Marylhurst Music Therapy Student Organization for a sensory friendly concert.
Typical public concert venues are inaccessible to those who are unable to sit still or be quiet. Experiencing live music in the fine arts is totally elusive to the growing number of people in our society on the autism spectrum. This is not okay. – – – The Musical Artist
Sensory Friendly means:

lights up inside the performance hall
lower volume and consistent sound level
audience members are free to talk and leave their seat
props such as scarves are provided
audience members are welcome to bring and use headphones

The Marylhurst Music Therapy Student Organization will provide special activities before, during and after the show.
Music includes classic wind symphony repertoire, trumpet fanfares, tunes from Mary Poppins, Peter and The Wolf, and music from Star Wars.

Save the date! Inspired Art/Music Night
2016-02-06 19:00 - 21:00 | Site Painters Art Studio, 330 SE 52nd Ave, Portland, OR, 97215, United States
We play music while audience works on their art projects. Second half, musicians improvise new music as inspired by the new art!
If you’ve never created your art while listening to live music, you’ve got to try this!
Art and Music Together
Bring your art supplies — all mediums are welcome — and prepare for an evening of music to inspire your drawing, painting, collaging, whatever your medium.
Corey Adkins, bass, and I, saxes, will play music while you draw, arrange flowers, sculpt. We’ll be playing some Bach and Telemann, some Classical style music, some jazz and a few original works for the first half of the event.
Inspiration is a Two-Way Street
When we return from our break, it’s our turn to be inspired by you! We’ll create new music on the spot using your art as our Muse.
Doors open at 6:30pm. RSVP to reserve your seat: (503) 788-2064. $10 suggested donation.

Symphonic Band & Swing Band
2015-12-20 14:00 - 15:30 | Legacy Emmanuel, 2801 N Gantenbein Ave, Portland, OR, 97227, United States
Portland Gay Symphonic Band and & Rose City Swing, 35-piece and 16-piece bands respectively, will play for the staff, patients and families of Legacy Emmanuel Hospital.
The free concert includes holiday music. This will be our 4th year there I think.

Winter Concert
2015-12-06 14:00 - 16:00 | Marylhurst University, St. Anne’s Chapel, Furman Drive, Marylhurst University, Lake Oswego, OR, 97034, United States
Conductor Dr. Chris Chapman, has once again selected great music!!! You will be transported to the surface of the moon, experience a ride by railroad, enjoy some new Water Music……..and so much more!
Here is our program:

La Peri Fanfare (Dukas)
Water Music (Arnold)
Mare Tranquilitatis (Zare)
Magnolia Star (Danyew)
Sound the Bells (Williams)
The Night before Christmas (Bass)
Sussex Mummers Christmas (Grainger)
Nutcracker Suite (Tchaikovsky/ Curnow)
Christmas Intrada (Reed)

Blue Dragon Ball
2015-12-04 19:00 - 22:00 | Be Space, 211 SE 11th Ave, Portland, OR, 97214, United States
For my birthday, I’ll be playing music with Corey Adkins at The Blue Dragon Ball, third anniversary celebration and fundraiser for Be Space.
Dress to your delight. There will be art-games, sparkly punch and small bites, music, dance & surprise.
This is a ticketed event to benefit Be Space. Photographer on-hand for glam shots and unicorn moments.

BRAVO Show
2015-12-03 14:35 - 16:30 | Unnamed Venue, Portland, OR, 97203, United States
I’ll be the Guest Artist for BRAVO Youth Orchestras on Thursday. I’ll be presenting a solo show for students at Rosa Parks Elementary and Cesar Chavez School.
This is a private show for the students at these two schools.

Wind Symphony Fall Concert
2015-10-18 14:00 - 16:00 | Lincoln Hall, Portland State university, 1620 SW Park Ave, Portland, OR, 97201, United States
Portland Wind Symphony performs our Fall concert with our new conductor, Dr. Chris Chapman.

Airshow of the Cascades & Big Band Music!
2015-08-28 12:00 - 2015-08-29 17:00 | OR
The Bureau of Standards Big Band is hitting the road and traveling to Madras, Oregon for 2 shows at the Airshow of the Cascades.
We are a 17-piece ensemble that celebrates the classic Big Bands of the 1930s through the 1950s, staying true to the sound and spirit of the great swing icons.
Featuring: Kat Cogswell, Warren Black, James M Gregg, Susie Jones, Eric Austin, Todd Hayes, Mary Ellen Grace, Edward Voakes, Patrick Nearing, Caleb Denison, Larry Pfeifer, Peter Piazza, Brad McMillan, Shayna Waldman, Ted Clifford, Dianna Lysgaard and Scott Townsend.

Bureau of Standards kills it at Jimmy Mak's
2015-08-14 20:00 - 23:30 | Jimmy Mak’s, 221 NW 10th, Portland, OR, 97209, United States

Alternate Destination together for an 8/8@8 show
2015-08-08 20:00 - 22:00 | Colonial Heights Presbyterian Church, 2828 SE Stephens Street, Portland, OR, 97214, United States
Alternate Destination is a trio of musicians playing about 9 instruments. We play original music written by Michael Hagmeier and me. Our music is full of uncommon meter, played on acoustic instruments, and utilizes our improvisational skills. We call it World Chamber Jazz.
Joel Kleinbaum plays wicked awesome bassoon. I play soprano sax, alto sax and tenor sax. Michael Hagmeier plays didgeridoo, hand drum, resonator guitar, and acoustic guitar. Sometimes Michael plays didgeridoo and hand drum at the same time!
Buy tickets for Alternate Destination 2nd Annual Reunion Concert
Play selections of our music in this YouTube playlist:

Hot August [Inspired Music] Night
2015-08-07 20:00 - 21:30 | Site Painters Art Studio, 330 SE 52nd Ave, Portland, OR, 97215, United States
For Artists and Doodlers Alike
Art/Music Impressions – If you’ve never created art while listening to live music before, you’ve got to try this!
Plus it’s Alternate Destination! We’ll be playing all our original music which we call World Chamber Jazz.
Buy tickets for Hot August (Inspired Art) Night
Listen to some samples of our music here:

Bring your art supplies — all mediums welcome. You create your art and let the live music inspire your creations.
We’ll play for about 45-60 minutes and take a short break. When we return, it’s our turn to be inspired by you! We’ll create new music on the spot using your art as our Muse.

Portland Wind Symphony Concert in the Park
2015-08-02 18:00 - 20:00 | Director Park, 815 SW Park Ave, Portland, OR, 97205, United States
Summer concert by Portland Wind Symphony
The program is very exciting – taking you from an incredibly beautiful lovesong to a trip into outer space with the first manned space flight!! (I kid you not!)
You’ll experience the colorful sounds of San Antonio, and Easter Sunday on the White House Lawn….and lots more!
Enjoy the music sitting in the heart of our lovely downtown!
Hope to see you there!!

BOS Big Band returns to Vie de Boheme
2015-07-26 18:30 - 21:00 | Vie de Boheme, 1530 SE 7th Ave. (7th & Clay), Portland, OR, 97214, United States
Enjoy a lovely Sunday evening in the cool (both literally and figuratively) wine bar, Vie de Boheme.
Dig the swinging sounds of the Bureau of Standards Big band featuring vocalists Kat Cogswell and Warren Black, and director James M Gregg.

Art/Music Inspirations
2015-07-12 19:00 - 20:30 | Site Painters Art Studio, 330 SE 52nd Ave, Portland, OR, 97215, United States
If you’ve never created your art while listening to live music, you’ve got to try this!
Art/Music Inspirations
and Innovations
and Improvisations
and Imaginations
and Impressions.
Bring your art supplies — all mediums are welcome — and prepare for an evening of music to inspire your drawing, painting, collaging, whatever your medium.
Corey Adkins, bass, and I, saxes and clarinet, will play music while you draw, arrange flowers, sculpt. We’ll be playing some Bach and Telemann, some Classical style music, some contemporary and a few original works for the first half of the event.
When we return from our break, it’s our turn to be inspired by you! We’ll create new music on the spot using your art as our Muse.
More details available here.
Purchase tickets here.

BOS Big Band returns to Mazza's
2015-06-26 20:00 - 23:00 | Mazza’s, 3728 NE Sandy Blvd, Portland, OR, 97232, United States
The last time we played at this location, it was called Tony Starlight’s Supper Club. Matt Mazza took over the space and made it his own, and it’s a cool joint! He moved the stage to its rightful place at the corner of Sandy and Halsey, spruced it up in his own style and renamed the place “Mazza’s.”
The Bureau of Standards Big Band will be playing your big band favorites, so mark your calendars for a primo night of Swing. Come on down and enjoy another round of swing and fling with us!

PWS Summer Concert
2015-06-07 15:00 - 17:00 | Lincoln Hall, Portland State university, 1620 SW Park Ave, Portland, OR, 97201, United States
Season finale of Portland Wind Symphony’s 27th season.

Black and White Party at Jimmy Mak's Saturday May 30
2015-05-30 20:00 - 23:30 | Jimmy Mak’s, 221 NW 10th, Portland, OR, 97209, United States
Black & White Party of Big Band Movie Music
Yes, The Bureau of Standards Big Band returns to Jimmy Mak’s for the third time this Saturday!
** The Rose Festival Starlight Parade is happening around the same time. Allow for the extra time to find parking and get downtown. Or use the fabulous Tri-Met system. **
Join Kat Cogswell, Warren Black, James M. Gregg and the Bureau of Standards Big Band for a night of classic Hollywood glamour! Well…Kat will be glamorous at least. Warren and James will do their best to resemble Bing Crosby and Bob Hope in one of those road movies.
Most of the songs in our repertoire were at one time featured in Hollywood’s best-loved films, and many of these songs won Academy Awards as well. That era from the 1930s-1960s was also the heyday of the most popular big bands, and the bands themselves were often featured prominently in the films.
On Saturday May 30th, we’ll feature these classic movie themes at our very own black and white party! Guests who join in our film trivia contest and dress in their finest black and white attire will have the chance to win fabulous prizes courtesy of the BOS Big Band!
Seating can be guaranteed with a dinner reservation…please call Jimmy Mak’s at 503-295-6542 and book your table now!

Simple Gifts, A Spring Recital
2015-05-13 18:30 - 19:45 | The Courtyard at Mt. Tabor, 6125 SE Division St, Portland, OR, 97206, United States
Saxophone and clarinet students at Grace Notes Music Studio perform solos, duos, and trios for the annual Spring Recital.
The title of Simple Gifts comes from the Shaker tune of the same name that will be played by a trio of clarinets. A trio of saxophonists will play Dona Nobis Pacem, a round or canon whose titles is Latin for Give Us Peace.
Performers range from beginning saxophone students in 6th grade to preschool and middle school teachers. It’s an all ages affair! You will hear music by Bach, Klosé, Mozart, Handel, Massenet, and John Williams in addition to the Traditional melody of Dona Nobis Pacem.

Celebrate Earth Day with Unitarians
2015-04-26 10:00 - 11:00 | Unitarian Universalist Community Church of Washington County, 22785 NW Birch St, Hillsboro, OR, 97206, United States
Unitarian Universalist Community Church Earth Day Celebration
Singing by the Church Choir with musical guest Mary Ellen Grace on soprano saxophone.
All are welcome.

Adult Band Festival in Canby
2015-04-25 10:00 - 17:00 | Canby High School, 721 SW 4th, Canby, OR, 97213, United States
I’ll be performing with two different bands at this festival: Portland Wind Symphony and Portland Gay Symphonic Band.
This is for you if you love wind band music. Oh yeah! Holst and Grainger, Ticheli and more.
Open to the public.

Earth Day in Music & Song in 2015
2015-04-24 19:30 - 21:00 | 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.
