THIS SUMMER MY VOICE MUSIC GREW BY LEAPS AND BOUNDS.  WITH SUPPORT FROM THE PORTLAND TIMBERS COMMUNITY FUND AND OUR COMMUNITY, MY VOICE MUSIC LAUNCHED A STUDENT LEADERSHIP PROGRAM AND FREE SUMMER ROCK CAMPS FOR YOUTH IN NEED.  SIX STUDENTS FROM OUR YEAR-ROUND PROGRAMS CHOSE TO ENLIST IN THE LEADERSHIP PROGRAM AND HELPED US RUN FREE SUMMER ROCK CAMPS.  THE STUDENT VOLUNTEERS TOOK PART IN A THREE DAY LEADERSHIP TRAINING AND WORKED FROM 8AM TO 3:30 MONDAY – FRIDAY AT TWO ROCK CAMPS.  THEY DID AN AMAZING JOB.

IN TOTAL, 25 YOUTH ATTENDED SUMMER CAMPS.  CAMPERS LEARNED TO PLAY AN INSTRUMENT, WRITE SONGS, AND PERFORM AS A BAND ON THE BIG STAGE!  EQUALLY IMPORTANT IS THE FACT THAT EACH OF THE 25 CAMPERS WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN MVM’S FALL PROGRAMS.  WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THE RELATIONSHIPS MADE AT SUMMER CAMP AND FACILITATING NEW MUSICAL EXPERIENCES THIS SCHOOL YEAR.

“YOU GUYS ARE AMAZING.  I WAS TOUCHED WHEN I CAME TO THE ROCK CAMP AND ALL OF THE STUDENT VOLUNTEERS WERE SO SUPPORTIVE OF MY LIFE.  I CAN NEVER THANK YOU GUYS ENOUGH!!!” – MVM SUMMER ROCK CAMP STUDENT

MY VOICE MUSIC ESTABLISHED A NEW PARTNERSHIP WITH CALDERA.   MVM STAFF FACILITATED A TEN-DAY MUSIC CAMP FOR CALDERA YOUTH AT THEIR CAMP IN EASTERN OREGON.  AS PART OF THIS PARTNERSHIP, MVM STAFF RECEIVED THREE DAYS OF INTENSIVE ARTS EDUCATION AND YOUTH DEVELOPMENT TRAINING.  LISTEN TO SOME OF THE AMAZING SONGS WRITTEN BY STUDENTS AT THAT CAMP HERE:  CALDERA SONGS

MVM WAS INVITED TO HOST A MUSIC WORKSHOP AT SAND IN THE CITY, AND GOT TO HOST JAM SESSIONS AT THE PDXPOPNOW! MUSIC FESTIVAL AT OUR INTERACTIVE MUSIC BOOTH.

ADDITIONALLY, WE FACILITATED A MONTH LONG MUSIC WORKSHOP AT DAVID DOUGLAS HIGH SCHOOL AND AND TWO EIGHT WEEK ELECTRONIC MUSIC RESIDENCIES AT MORRISON CENTER’S COUNTERPOINT AND BREAKTHROUGH PROGRAMS.   WE WERE INVITED AS PRESENTERS TO THE OREGON MAYORS SUMMIT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OREGON ASK, A NATIONAL NETWORK OF STATEWIDE AFTERSCHOOL NETWORKS WITH THE COLLECTIVE MISSION TO BUILD PARTNERSHIPS AND POLICIES THAT ARE COMMITTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY OF QUALITY AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS.

Recording bass tracks in a make-shift studio at Caldera

LISTON TO THE SONG BY CLICKING THE PLAYER BELOW.