Event

BRAVO Benefit Concert

Come hear leading musicians from the Oregon Symphony, the Portland Cello Project, as well as our very own BRAVO Rosa Parks Youth Orchestra and Chorus perform in a concert to benefit our program of social change through music. BRAVO is an El Sistema*-inspired program that provides tuition-free, intensive music education for nearly 200 students at Rosa Parks School, one of Portland's priority schools (95% poverty, 18 languages spoken).

Who: Featured performers are Jennifer Arnold (viola), Nancy Ives (cello), and Ines Voglar (violin) of the Oregon Symphony; Gideon Freudmann (cello) of the Portland Cello Project; Portland native Becky Anderson (violin)of the Curtis Institute and Juilliard School; joined by students in the BRAVO Rosa Parks String Orchestra and Chorus (2nd and 3rd graders).

Where: The Old Church, downtown Portland, 1422 SW 11th Ave

When: Thursday, July 10, 7-9pm

What: An evening of diverse repertoire and a grand finale for string orchestra and chorus, including slides from our first year of the program and the premiere of a short film about BRAVO. Reception following.

Why: To raise funds for our tuition-free program using the power of music to transform the lives of underserved children in our community.

For more info please visit www.oregonbravo.org

*Established in 1975 by Jose Antonio Abreu, El Sistema is Venezuela's national system of youth orchestras serving over half a million children each year, over 80% of whom live in poverty.