Contact: Allison Griffin
Public Relations Associate
503-416-6347
March 28, 2007
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Portland, Ore. … Applications for the 2007-2009 Community Music Partnership (CMP) are currently being accepted by the Oregon Symphony. Communities located east of the Cascade Mountains with a population of 30,000 or less are eligible to apply to be the 2007-2009 partnership community. The deadline for all applications is 5 p.m. on Wednesday, May 16, 2007. CMP funding is provided by Ford Family Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, Oregon Arts Commission and the Pacificorp Foundation for Learning.
The Community Music Partnership (CMP) is an intensive two-year music residency program designed specifically to serve rural or remote communities in the state of Oregon with populations of 30,000 or less. Partner communities are selected through a competitive application process. The Symphony awards one CMP grant annually to undertake the residency activities at no cost to the participating community.
The two-year-long partnership, the largest and most intensive education and community engagement program offered by the Symphony, crafts the orchestra’s presence to the individual needs of the partner community. Students, educators and community members are paired with the Symphony’s extensive roster of musicians and staff to strengthen existing programs while integrating new arts programming into the school curriculum and the fabric of the community. The partnership has a value of up to $350,000 in Symphony resources and is expected to result in more than 300 residency events and activities, including youth and community concerts by the entire Oregon Symphony, while helping to establish stronger music programs for the future.
“The goals of the Community Music Partnership include enhancing the capacity of a community to identify and address arts development needs and aspirations in their schools and community,” says Emilia Smith, Director of Education and Community Engagement. “The Symphony’s role is to act as a catalyst, connecting Symphony resources with the community’s existing goals for arts education in its schools and greater community.”
The Estacada School District 108 is the Symphony’s 2006-2008 community
partner, along with Estacada Together. Highlights from the first
year of the Symphony’s partnership with Estacada include extensive
residency planning at the community and individual school level that involves
all of the schools in the Estacada School District; over 300 musician residency
activities that benefit K-12 students and the broader community, with each
activity specifically designed to address the goals and outcomes identified
by the Estacada school district; three chamber music concerts; two full-orchestra
Youth Concert performances, and a full orchestra Community Concert showcasing
Estacada students and community members in May 2007. At the conclusion
of the first year, Symphony staff and school and community leaders will
evaluate and assess the partnership’s first year activities; long-term
sustainability plans will also be developed with each of the partner schools. Year
two of the partnership provides financial incentives to promote local partnership
development and ongoing professional development for K-12 teachers.
Download the application at http://www.orsymphony.org/edu/cmp_rfp0709.pdf.
The original and two copies of the completed application must be received
at the Oregon Symphony no later than 5 p.m. on May 16, 2007.
Mail to: 2007-2009 Community Music Partnership
Oregon Symphony
921 SW Washington, Suite 200
Portland, OR 97205
For further information, contact the Oregon Symphony’s Education & Community Engagement department at 503-228-4294 or at educate@orsymphony.org.