PROGRAM OPPORTUNITIES COMING UP FOR VOLUNTEERS!

We have some great new programs coming up and we would love some program volunteers to help us run them!  Do you have a passion for music and helping youth to have access to musical opportunities?  Let us know what you are interested in!

Some details:  We ask that volunteers sign up for an entire program series (most of our groups are multi-week programs) and that they are able to attend all (or most) of the programs in any that series.  We require all program volunteers to fill out a volunteer application form and background check before attending our programs.

ROCK CAMPS AT FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN

Wednesdays:  3:30 – 6:30  (Nov 2. – Dec. 14th)

Location:                 Friends of the Children Campus on NE Morris

Group Times:          Rock Group 1:  4pm – 5:10 &  Rock Group 2:  5:20 – 6:10

Performance:                 Dec. 16th – 5:30 – 8pm

Program Description:

My Voice Music’s Rock Camps teach youth to play music from the ground up, record it and perform it.  Instruction is often very basic and covers the drum-set, guitar, keyboards and singing while developing the musical concepts of time, tone, pitch and rhythm.  Students are encouraged to use music and poetry to express themselves while jamming, singing and writing lyrics.  Participants work with experienced volunteers and staff in order to write their own song! They work together as a band to choose musical styles, instrumentation, lyrical content, and while rehearsing and performing.  They learn about the recording process while they record their own music with help from teachers and volunteers.  Participating youth are encouraged to give a final performance of their song to an audience of their community.

ELECTRONIC MUSIC PROGRAM (through SUN Schools)

Mondays:  2:40 – 4:30   (Oct. 24 – Dec. 16th)

Location:                 SUN Schools – David Douglas HS

Times:                3pm – 4:30

Program Description:

My Voice Music’s electronic music program teaches youth to create hip-hop beats, electronic compositions, lyrics and music in order to write and record original music. Students will learn skills such as rhythm, tempo, sampling, synthesis, sequencing, arranging, automation, and recording. By the end of a multi-week session, student’s will have a CD of their recorded music to take home with them. If students are self-motivated and wish to continue using open software, they can earn their own computer by volunteering 24 hours at Free Geek!

ROCK CAMP (Independent Ongoing Music Mentorship Program)

Saturdays:  9:30 – 1pm  (Oct. 29 – 12.10)

Location:                 The Village Ballroom

Times:                  Saturdays, 9:30 – 1:30 (program 10am – 1pm)

Performance:                          Dec. 17th 3 – 7pm

Program Description:

My Voice Music’s independent rock camps can look very different depending on what is going on each season.  These groups are essentially “artist mentorship programs”.  Youth in these groups have typically attended MVM programs before.  They are usually working toward a specific goal such as a major performance, writing and recording a collection of songs, or putting together a “give back” program where they volunteer their music talents in the community.  Programs are often collaborative in nature between students, volunteers and instructors.

PDXPOPNOW! OUTREACH DAY AT BOISE ELLOIT MS  

Monday – Nov. 14th  8am – noon

Location:            Boise Elloit Middle School

My Voice Music partners with PDXPOPNOW! to take over a middle-school for the day in order expose them to all sorts of music and arts experiences.   They offer workshops by morning and concerts in the afternoon.  My Voice Music runs a music exposure workshop in the mornings.  We bring 30 buckets, 10 guitars, and 10 keyboards into a classroom, set them up and teach a group of 20 – 30 students to jam on them, all together, at once in 45 minutes!  This is a hurricane of a morning – and it’s super fun!

LYRIC AND SONGWRITERS CLASSES     

Stay tuned for this one – it is coming soon!

My Voice Music is starting a new program that focuses primarily on lyric writing.  The multi-week groups focus on different styles of lyric writing and vocal expression.  Each student is paired with a musician who is experienced in writing and recording music.  The student and volunteer work together to create a song.   The student writes lyrics and the volunteer works with the student to write music and a vocal melody for the lyrics.  The program ends with a performance where the student’s introduce their song and mentor and then the mentor performance the piece.