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MY VOICE MUSIC PODCAST Listen to a recent podcast that describes our programs and several of the songs that our students have written and recorded.
RADIO INTERVIEW ON 1190KEX Hear a recent radio interview that aired on 1190kex with Mike Phillips, Public Affairs Director - Clear Channel Portland.
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"This is the best part of my week!" "Music is my life." "Music is the reason I am still here." "This is the most important thing I do" |
JUNE, 2010 UPDATE PROGRAM UPDATE: Over the past five months My Voice Music has worked with over 80 youth, recorded 40 of their songs, and facilitated three student led concerts! Twenty kids living with mental illness and housed in residential facilities learned to play an instrument and worked together in groups to create, perform, and record their own music. These programs were fun, heartbreaking and uplifting all at the same time. The youth used the music they were writing as a way to address some difficult topics. In Addition, over 20 young musicians facing homelessness wrote and recorded their own songs during our free recording sessions at p:ear. Further, ten students at the Miller Education East's Connect Program took part in our eight-week music writing program. One of the students, who is very talented and lacking financial resources, was able to receive a free guitar thanks to a very special donation! Moreover, 35 youth in special needs classrooms participated in our Make Music Now workshops during the pdxpopnow! outreach day at Parkrose Middle School. Youth were able to jam together for the first time on electric guitars, keyboards, and percussion! Click on the "Music Player" link below to hear a few of the songs we have recorded so far this year. WHAT'S GOING ON THIS SUMMER? We will be hosting several music camps around the Portland area. Some of the new organizations we will be working with include Friends of the Children and the Morison Center. We will be continuing our work with Christie Care and p:ear thanks in part to support from the Regional Arts and Culture Council, The Oregon Community Foundation, and the Herbert A. Templeton Foundation. EVENTS We also have several fun events going on this summer including ping pong tournaments, socials, and more! We would love to see you out there. Check out our events page for details! SPECIAL THANKS! Over the past couple of months My Voice Music has received support from several organizations and individuals to help us further our mission. We would like to give special thanks to the following: Herbert A. Templeton Foundation - for a $4,000 grant to provide direct support for our programming. Portland Recesstime Sports League - raised over $1,000 for MVM during their spring kickball tournament! The Roadrunners - Southern Oregon band that donated guitars, and pledged to give all proceeds from their shows to My Voice Music!
FEBRUARY, 2010 UPDATE Holiday Instrument Drive Update: Program Update: Some of our new partnerships include working with PDXPopNow!’s outreach program at Parkrose Middle School and running classes at the Miller Education East’s Connect Program. We hope to facilitate a series of summer camps for foster youth, as well as launch our year round mentorship program this summer. This, of course, will depend on our ability to raise the necessary funding. You can help us with this. Here are a few ways:
NOVEMBER, 2009 UPDATE We are excited to announce that MVM recently received our first grant! It was a gift from The Bildung Fund of The Oregon Community Foundation in order to help fund our partnership with p:ear. Please visit our showcase page in order to hear some of the songs recently recorded at p:ear. Additionally, we would like to thank the Steamfitters and Plumbers Union, Local UA290, as well as, the Holmes family for their generous donations this past month. A special thank you goes out to the Portland State Piano Club. They will be hosting a c.d. release party/concert that will benefit My Voice Music. The concert will be held on Thursday December 17, 2009, 7:00pm at Sherman Clay/Moe's Pianos. Please click the link for more details. PSU Piano Club Concert Benefiting MVM. HOLIDAY INSTRUMENT DRIVE: This Holiday season we are asking the community to help us meet our goal of acquiring instruments needed to run our programs for the next year. Additionally, all cash donations in the month of December will go towards the purchase of instruments. Please visit our donations page for details.
NOVEMBER, 2009 - FIRST ANNIVERSARY PARTY WAS A GREAT SUCCESS!
Thanks to everyone who made it out to our 1st Anniversary Fundraiser. We are so excited that we had the opportunity to share what My Voice Music is about with all of you. It was a great night for us and we hope you enjoyed it as well. A special thank you goes out to Rumblefish Music for offering their beautiful space, and to Colin Lake for his great performance, as well as, to everyone who donated their time, resources and money to help make the night a great success. Oct. 3rd served not only as an anniversary party, but also as a fundraiser. We raised over $3,300 at the event! All of that money will go directly to support the five music programs we have recently launched around the community. Thanks again to everyone who was able to make it out and support us! If you weren't able to make it out to our 1st Anniversary and would still like to donate, please click the following link: donation page.
OCTOBER, 2009 - PROGRAM UPDATE
We have launched two more programs through a recent partnership with Christie Care! Christie Care "creates and delivers mental health solutions that promote enriched, full lives for children and families." These programs will focus on adolescent youth, as well as, transition age (18-24 year olds). The addition of these two programs will have us running a total of five weekly programs, serving over 50 youth at three different organizations around Portland: p:ear, The Parry Center and Christie Care. For the rest of the year we will be focusing on these five programs exclusively and attempting to secure permanent funding for them. Looking forward ~ preparing to launch our mentorship programs in early 2010...click below to read more about our mentorship programs.
SEPTEMBER, 2009 - PROGRAM UPDATE
PROGRAMS BEGINNING THE PARRY CENTER FOR CHILDREN! MVM will host “Rock the Mic!” programs for youth ages 8 - 12 and 13 - 17. These programs are designed to engage hard to reach youth through pop music and encourages them to work with others while they find their own voice. By the end of our “Rock the Mic!” program, youth will have learned basic music concepts, written, recorded, and performed their own song, and shared it with their community! Most importantly, they will have experienced success and had a positive experience in the midst of what could be one of the most difficult times in their lives.
AUGUST, 2009 - PROGRAM UPDATE
PROGRAMS TO EXPAND THIS FALL! For the past year we have been developing our business plan/image, submitting information to the IRS, acquiring insurance and generally doing lots of paper work. This is in sharp contrast to years before when I was able to run our pilot programs in public schools and treatment centers year round. I am very excited to be building relationships with organizations around the Portland area in order to begin expanding our programs in the fall...in fact I can't wait! WELCOME WADE ROUSE! We are excited to announce that Wade Rouse has moved all the way from Iowa in order to join the My Voice Music team. Wade has worked for Outward Bound and Albertina Kerr Centers. He has a genuine love for creating, listening to, talking about and teaching music. He has joined My Voice Music with an eagerness to raise funds and in-kind donations, run music programs with the youth we serve. Wade has a B. A. in Communications from the University of Iowa. PARTNERSHIPS! We have recently formed a partnership with Portland Music Company on MLK and Stark. They will be providing a drop-off location for our instrument donation program. For more information on this program go to our donations page! Other notable partnerships we have developed include: a partnership with, Rumblefish Music, who has agreed to provide space for our first fundraising event, as well as; p:ear, The Parry Center and Christie Care.
MARCH, 2009 - PROGRAM UPDATE
501(C)(3) FEDERAL TAX EXEMPT STATUS!!! We received our 501(c)(3) tax exempt status today, just 24 days after I sent it in the mail to the IRS! A special thanks goes to Peter Vaugn Shaver, the amazing attorney/owner of Sound Advice LLC, who guided us through the IRS approval process.
JANUARY, 2009 - PROGRAM UPDATE
MVM begins their partnership with p:ear in order to facilitate a music program, which begins February 1, 2009. Our submission for tax-exempt status will be filed February 1, 2009. The Bad - Our 70 page submission for tax-exempt status is being held hostage in a uncooperative hard drive. No need for worry - Ian is currently retyping all 70 pages and assures us he will meet the deadline. The Ugly - see above.
NOVEMBER, 2008 - PROGRAM UPDATE
MVM Recognized by Portland Mayor, Tom Potter, as being "among those non-profits who have greately contributed to bringing music back into the lives of the next generation." |
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