Metropolitan Suzuki School

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Free Music Theory Handbook - Berklee Online Sign up now to download a free Music Theory handbook, featuring lessons pulled straight from Berklee Online’s 12-week courses.

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They say music is a science—and it is.
Pythagoras was among the first to show that harmony comes from numbers. A simple ratio—2:1 for an octave, 3:2 for a fifth—creates the foundation of scales we still use today.
Centuries later, in 1973, Leonard Bernstein stood at Harvard and explained the harmonic series—a natural law behind every note we hear. Our ears, he said, are wired to this mathematics. Yet he paused to honor something more:
In Indian music, the Raga is not just a scale. It is a living mood—a sunrise, a longing, a devotion. “If you don’t feel it,” Bernstein said, “it’ll put you to sleep. But if you do… it awakens something sacred.”
Look closer: the spiral of a seashell, the curve of a wave, the resonance of a conch. Long before charts or physics, our ancestors sensed this connection. That’s why Krishna’s divine conch, Panchajanya, was said to shake the heavens.
Maybe the purpose of music was never only entertainment.
Maybe, as Pythagoras believed:
“The highest goal of music is to connect one’s soul to their Divine Nature.”

~99 Second Stories

URGENT CALL TO ACTION!

Tell the Portland City Council: "DON'T CUT CMC!"

Dear CMC Supporters -

We need your help - right away! Late last week councilor Steve Novick submitted an amendment in the City's budget process to permanently close down the Community Music Center as of September 1 of this year.

We need you to tell the council by their next meeting: "VOTE 'NO' ON AMMENDMENT #45 - DON'T CUT THE COMMUNITY MUSIC CENTER!" The Portland City Council meets to vote on the amendments on Wednesday, May 21, so please act now!

Please do one or more of these:

Submit written testimony about the budget (easiest, less effective)
Contact your City of Portland elected representatives (also easy and more effective)
Sign up to testify virtually or in person (best and most effective). Also contact me to let me know. It is agenda item #16 with time certain of 11:45 am.

Tell them:

What district you are in (see link below to learn more),
What CMC means to you and your community, and
That you want CMC to stay open.

Link: City council districts and their elected representatives

As you might know, the Community Music Center:

Serves hundreds of families and households in over 50 zip codes throughout Portland, in every Council District,
Has programs for all ages from kindergarten to seniors,
Makes classes and lessons affordable, with up to 100% discount for low-income participants,
Supports programs specifically serving Black & Brown youth, Latinx youth, LGBTQ+ youth, seniors, immigrants, and people with disabilities,
Gives dozens of free, drop-in concerts a year, with livestream options for those who can't travel to CMC,
Partners with organizations for programs in underserved areas in outer East Portland,
Provides alternative to sports for youth afterschool activities,
Contributes to the musical and economic vitality of Portland,
Relies on City general fund and Parks Levy dollars to operate, with additional significant program support from the non-profit CMC Inc.,
Administers its programs with only 3 full-time a few part-time staff,
Hires over 25 part-time performing artist-instructors from the community to provide about 8,000 hours of classes, lessons, and events per year,
Is actively working with PP&R management and community groups to ensure its long-term facility needs.

Please contact me if you have any questions. Thank you for your support!

Sincerely,

-Judy Oringdulph Rompa, CMC President



Community Music Center, Inc. is a non-profit organization in partnership with Portland Parks & Recreation.

communitymusiccenter.org | [email protected] | 503-823-3177

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4th of July 2023 Free Community Concert! Celebrate Independence Day with a free community pops concert by the Newport Symphony Orchestra conducted by Adam Flatt. Indoors at the Newport Middle School at 4pm. Free! No tickets required.

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Last night, 39-year-old composer Ludwig Göransson won his second Academy Award for his score to ‘Oppenheimer’. In a heartfelt speech, he thanked his parents for giving him his foundation in music.