16 years in, we have a lot to celebrate. We have moved into our dream headquarters and are finding new ways to bring transformative musical experiences to youth in Portland and beyond. We hope you will join us at our Sweet 16 to raise a glass and a paddle to the next 16 years of amplifying youth voices through music.
Join us for an all ages youth open mic at MVM Studios featuring BLK+IVY. SIgn up at 5PM
Join Amy Sabin, Karen Mouser Darr and more MVM staff for a fun night of karaoke in a private suite on Thursday, October 19th from 8-10pm. MVM will provide the snacks and the fun. Just buy your drink and get ready to take the mic!
My Voice Music is AMPLIFYING our annual student holiday showcase to include youth that work with our friends in the Give!Guide, many of which we partner with throughout the year. Come watch some amazing performances, make new friends, and raise some funds to amplify youth voices in our community. There is no admission fee to the event, but please consider a donation through Give!Guide to any or all of the participating nonprofits.
Ugly Sweater Bingo is full of bingo fun, prizes provided by local businesses, specialty cocktails benefitting MVM, and a contest for ugliest sweater, all while supporting MVM in the Willamette Week Give!Guide! MVM friend and occasional program staff and event emcee Mo Phillips returns to call bingo this year and promises to bring “just a really good time.” His website says so. Literally.
Get a sneak peek at our new home with live performances from [E]mpress and Talilo Marfil!
Join us on the evening of Thursday, September 14th for live music by Jenny Conlee of The Decemberists and libations at the beautiful Flora Recording & Playback.
Celebrate our students this holiday season as they rock their hearts out and show off what they’ve been working on this year at MVM! This event is free and open to the public on Sunday, December 11th at 3:00pm at MVM Studios (3520 SE Yamhill)
A collective fundraiser for nonprofits empowering young people through music. Four incredible nonprofits are banding together to host the ultimate youth open mic night with special guest performer Timothy James!
Ugly Sweater Bingo is full of bingo fun, prizes provided by local businesses, specialty cocktails benefitting MVM, and a contest for ugliest sweater, all while supporting MVM!
Watch with us on Friday, May 20th at 7:30PM (PDT) for a broadcast of our annual Jams for Camps benefit concert featuring MVM student performances and stories, an online auction, and special tributes to our beloved Founder, Ian Mouser. The funds raised will support scholarships to our 2022 Summer Rock Camps and Therapeutic Music Programs.
Our beloved Founder/ Executive Director Ian T. Mouser was killed while pursuing his dream of cycling across the United States. Join us for a city-wide singing of “Let It Be” in his honor on the day he was hoping to complete the ride.
Release your inner rock star from the comfort of your couch as we celebrate the things that have gotten us through the past year and will sustain us into the future. Dress up as a music icon, a song or a “small thing” that inspires your resilience. Submit a video singing along to “All the Small Things” for our virtual chorale. Post a photo in your costume and tag us on instagram @myvoicemusic #MVMXIII. Say hello in our live chat during the event. Tickets are available for delivered catering with wine, virtual “tables” and the raffle. This event is free for all to watch. We'll be awarding various prizes to a handful of our virtual attendees throughout the event!
Please join us on Friday May 21st at 7:30PM (PDT) for a live broadcast of our annual Jams for Camps benefit concert featuring MVM student songs and stories. All funds raised will support scholarships for our 2021 summer rock camps & workshops.
We are keeping the tradition alive! Ugly Sweater Bingo is full of bingo fun, prizes provided by local businesses, bad jokes and trivia from Bingo Caller/MVM Executive Director, Ian Mouser, and a contest for ugliest sweater, all while supporting MVM!
Email events@myvoicemusic.org to receive a zoom link and your personalized digital bingo card.
Suggested Donation: $20
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6TH
8PM - 9PM PST
Celebrating 12 years of amplifying young voices and igniting self-discovery through music!
WHEN
Online Auction: 9am October 5th to 9pm October 10th
Event: October 10th, 6:30pm precast, 7:00 pm live event
WHERE
Right here! That's right...MVM XII Virtual Gala will be livestreamed on this page!
Visit the online auction here: https://mvmxii.ggo.bid/
Click here for auction registration instructions
WHAT
A live, rockin', online event featuring fan favorite auction packages, musical performances by MVM rockers, and inspiring moments to give in support of My Voice Music! PLUS - send us a virtual "hello" from the comfort of your couch during the live event! We'll be awarding various prizes to a handful of our virtual attendees throughout the event!
Starting October 5th at 9am, our online auction will be live! Once you're registered to participate, you’ll have access to some awesome packages, including local vacation homes, food and drinks, fun “stay-at-home” items, and more. The auction will run through 9pm on October 10th.
In order to participate in our online auction or donate during the live event, you must register for the auction. It’s quick, and it’s free!
Step 1 - Visit the MVM XII Auction Page.
Step 2 - Click the white “Start Bidding” button in the upper right corner.
Step 3 - Click the green “Create Account” button.
Step 4 - Enter your email address.
Step 5 - Wait for verification email (check your junk folder if you don’t receive it).
Step 6 - Follow verification link and complete form. Be sure to provide your mobile number.
Step 7 - Verify that payment method, billing address, email and mobile number are correct. Click on grey boxes to update information.
Step 8 - Click on the “Start Bidding!” link to enter the auction.
"Complex cocktails made with love, not alcohol."
For Bitter For Worse is the nation's first distilled nonalcoholic cocktail company. These three bottles of goodness, delicious on their own or as a mixer, could be yours! Bottles will be delivered or shipped to you to enjoy during the event.
The auction doesn’t open until Oct 5th at 9am but you can preview the auction and scope out what you want to bid on starting NOW by clicking here.
While we can’t gather around physical tables at a venue, how fun would it be to include your family and friends, attending the event together as a “table.” If you register your group here by October 3rd, we’ll deliver wine for you to distribute to the rest of your table! (Delivery limited to Portland Metro Area.)
Since we’ll all be enjoying the gala from the comfort of our couches, let’s share in the celebration with sofa selfies! Whether you use the evening as an excuse to dress up, or want to get cozy in your jammies or dress up as your favorite rock star, snap a selfie and share it on social media using the hashtag #MVMSofaSelfie.
Vibrant Table, one of Portland’s top catering companies and the awesome folks who catered dinner at MVM XI, has stepped up to support us this year. Not only will they deliver delicious, made-from-scratch, heat-and serve meals for you to enjoy during the event, but MVM will get a percentage of the proceeds! Get your order in by 5pm on Oct 8th using the code mvmxii. If you order in advance make sure to "schedule for later" for delivery on the 8th or 9th. And for extra motivation, the more our attendees order, the higher the percentage of proceeds MVM will get! You can check out the menu and order here.
Gala tradition includes mingling and sipping with friends as the event kicks off. Keep the tradition going by grabbing a drink and gathering with your quarantine pod in your living room or setting up a Zoom call with your friends. You can’t have a gala without a cocktail hour, right?
Want a chance to win a 2 night stay at the oceanfront hotel Land’s End at Cannon Beach? Purchase a raffle ticket (or a few) for $25 each and you will be entered to win. 250 tickets available. Winner will be announced during the live event on October 10th. Purchase your ticket here. If you live outside the state of Oregon, you must call MVM at 971-533-8953 to purchase.
If you experience any technical difficulties during the week of the auction or live event on the 10th, please call 877-523-6160 or email info@streamlinesupport.us.
JAMS FOR CAMPS
Friday, May 15
Tune in here at 7:30pm PDT
Jams for Camps is going virtual!
JAMS FOR CAMPS is My Voice Music's spring benefit concert that raises funds for our summer camp season. The funds raised at this event will ensure we can provide summer rock camps tuition-free to youth that can't afford them otherwise.
Tune in at any point in the night for at-home performances by MVM students, local Portland musicians, and some words (and maybe even a cover song) from MVM Director, Ian Mouser.
Free for all to attend.
Tune in at 7:30pm PDT.
More details to come...
Celebrate the holidays with MVM students as they rock their hearts out showing off what they’ve been working on this year at one of Portland’s coolest venues, Holocene (1001 SE Morrison St), on Sunday, December 16th at 12:30pm. This event is all ages with a $10 suggested donation or FREE for students with ID.
Details
Sunday, December 15th
Holocene: 1001 SE Morrison St, PDX
Doors: 12:00pm
Show: 12:30pm
$10 suggested donation or FREE with student ID
Photos by Jason Quigley
Ugly Sweater Bingo is full of bingo fun, prizes provided by local businesses, specialty cocktails benefitting MVM, and a contest for ugliest sweater, all while supporting MVM!
BINGO + Ugly Sweater Contest
7pm – 9pm.3 rounds for $10. $25 to play for the night (10 rounds).
No entrance fee. All ages until 9pm.
Radio Room: 1101 NE Alberta St, Portland, OR 97211
ALL AGES | Minors welcome until 9pm.
Invite your friends! Click the link: Ugly Sweater Bingo Facebook Event
Come celebrate 11 years of helping youth to find and share their voice…and release their inner rock star!
To purchase tickets or make a donation in your absence, go to https://myvoice.ejoinme.org/mvm-xi.
WHEN
MVM XI: Saturday, October 26th, 5-10pm.
WHERE
The Loft at Eight Avenue 2010 SE 8th Ave, Portland, OR 97214
WHAT
Dinner, auction & musical performances by MVM’s young rockers and emcees to benefit MVM.
DRESS
Come as your favorite rock star or as your rock star self!
TICKETS
$100 for an individual ticket or get the whole band together and reserve a table of 8 for $700.
Reserved Table | $700
8 tickets to the gala, dinner, and drinks
Logo or name recognition at table
Individual Ticket | $100
Reserved seat at the gala, dinner, and drinks
Join us for our 5th year as 10 Barrel's Giving Tuesday recipient. All proceeds from drinks, food, and merchandise from 5-9pm benefit My Voice Music! Grab your friends for some drinks or dinner and check out the rooftop patio! Minors welcome until 9pm.
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/309216410026580/
JAMS FOR CAMPS
Friday, May 31
Lagunitas Community Room
237 NE Broadway St, Suite 300, Portland OR 97232
Doors 6:30pm / Program at 7pm
$20 in advance/$25 at the door (includes 2 free drinks)
Youth (12 and under) $10
ALL AGES
Performances by MVM students along with local artists Eric Earley (of Blitzen Trapper) and others TBA
Silent auction
Drinks and light snacks, including beer from Lagunitas
and more!
Adults | $20 in advance or $25 at the door (includes 2 free drinks)
Youth 12 and under | $10
Monthly donors to My Voice Music get 2 free tickets to JAMS FOR CAMPS!
If you are not yet a monthly donor, become a monthly donor today and we will email you a discount code for free tickets!
JAMS FOR CAMPS is My Voice Music’s spring benefit concert that raises funds for our summer camp season. The funds raised at this event will ensure we can provide summer rock camps tuition-free to youth that can’t afford them otherwise.
Celebrate the holidays with MVM students as they rock their hearts out showing off what they’ve been working on this year at one of Portland’s coolest venues, Holocene (1001 SE Morrison St), on Sunday, December 16th at 12:30pm. This event is all ages with a $10 suggested donation or FREE for studentswith ID.
Details
Sunday, December 16th
Holocene: 1001 SE Morrison St, PDX
Doors: 12:00pm
Show: 12:30pm
$10 suggested donation or FREE with student ID
Photos by Jason Quigley
On Friday, December 7th, My Voice Music, Friends of Noise, and CymaSpace join together for an evening of exciting all ages music and entertainment for both the Deaf and hearing communities at CymaSpace’s studio! Your $10 donation supports all 3 non-profits.
Where: CymaSpace Studio (5040 SE Milwaukie Ave)
When: December 7th
Time: 6:00-9:00pm
All ages
Come out to MVM’s Ugly Sweater Bingo at Radio Room! You can win some awesome prizes and 100% of proceeds go to MVM. Pull out your ugly sweaters and winning attitudes and get ready to enjoy signature cocktails and “hilarious” jokes from Executive Director Ian Mouser, your host for the evening.
November 29th | 7pm – 9pm
No entrance fee
1101 NE Alberta St, Portland, OR 97211
ALL AGES | Minors welcome until 9pm
Invite your friends! Click the link: Ugly Sweater Bingo Facebook Event
Join us for our fourth year in a row as one of 10 Barrel Brewing Company’s Giving Tuesday recipients. The last three years have raised a total of nearly $8,000, helping support the work we do to help youth to find and share their voice through songwriting, recording and performance!
100% of proceeds from drinks, food, and merchandise from 5-9pm benefit My Voice Music! Grab your friends for some food and drinks and check out the rooftop patio! Minors welcome all night.
When: Tuesday, August 28th / 5:00pm-9:00pm
Where: 1411 NW Flanders St, Portland, 97209
All ages!
Join the Facebook event and invite your friends by clicking here
The MVM AMP Band is playing at the McMenamins Crystal Ballroom & Hotel 80’s Block Party on Saturday, August 18th! Their set kicks off the event at 3:00pm. It’s free and all ages!
“Time to grab your friends and flashback to the era of crimped hair, members only jackets, parachute pants and all the neon gear you could ask for the Crystal ’80s Block Party. Take a walk down SW Stark Street and enjoy live music all day, gather in the beer garden for some tasty beverages and fill up on BBQ street fare.
Enjoy wine tastings in the early afternoon and boozy sno-cones all day! Party hard in your best-dressed totally tubular ’80s gear and compete for the chance to win an overnight stay at the Crystal Hotel!
Event is FREE, all ages from 3pm-7pm. Street closure on Stark between SW 12th & 13th. “Just for Fun” Passport Stamp available.”
AMP at PDX Pop Now! 2018
Check out some of their great original tunes here: https://myvoicemusic.bandcamp.com/album/amp
We have some great youth artists playing at this year’s PDX Pop Now! festival, which runs Saturday, July 21 and Sunday, July 22!
MVM’s AMP Band will perform at 12:40pm on Sunday at the South Stage. Check out some of their great original tunes here: https://myvoicemusic.bandcamp.com/album/amp
[E]mpress and BLK + IVY will perform at 1:20pm on Sunday at the North Stage.
Listen to [E]mpress here: https://soundcloud.com/empress503
And BLK + IVY here: https://soundcloud.com/blkivy/tracks
The MVM AMP Band and [E]mpress & BLK + IVY are playing at Radio Room this Saturday, July 21st starting around 3:45pm! It’s part of Radio Room’s 10 Year Celebration. Radio Room has been a significant supporter over the last seven years and we are excited for our students to have an opportunity to play out in the community.
MVM’s AMP Band will perform around 3:45: https://myvoicemusic.bandcamp.com/album/amp
[E]mpress and BLK + IVY will perform at 4:30pm.
Listen to [E]mpress here: https://soundcloud.com/empress503
And BLK + IVY here: https://soundcloud.com/blkivy/tracks
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