CURRENT SEASON EVENTS
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, our current season has been interrupted. We look forward to getting back to presenting in-person educational experiences and performances in the near future!
All events were held in the Estacada Auditorium, unless indicated elsewhere
2019/2020
•Ellen Whyte “Rivers” 8-week artist residency with Estacada grades 7 & 8 Social Studies classes, Estacada Middle School student video-taped and produced recital November 2019
•Lewis & Clark percussion assembly performance and petting zoo by Director of Bands Brett EE Paschal and his students, for Estacada grades 1-5, November 8, 2019
•Casimir Effect evening performance for the community, fundraiser for the Estacada School District Music Programs, November 2, 2019
2018/2019
•Rainbow Dancers assembly performance for Estacada grades 1-8, April 30, 2019
2017/2018
•Aspen Meadows Band evening performance for the community, fundraiser for Estacada Auditorium maintenance, May 5, 2018
•“Portrait Stories” 10-week artist residency collaboration between teaching artist Reeva Wortel and EHS art teacher Janice Packard, a portrait & interview community art project highlighting Estacada High art students, Estacada community members and their experiences of living in small town America, opening reception Estacada City Hall April 19, 2018
•Ellen Whyte “Rites of Passage” 8-week artist residency with Estacada grade 7 Social Studies classes, evening recital April 13, 2018
•Okropong/Obo Addy Legacy Project African drumming and singing assembly performance for Estacada students, February 16, 2018
•Casimir Effect evening performance for the community, fundraiser for the Estacada High School Music Program, October 21, 2017
2016/2017
•Ellen Whyte & JP Garau Estacada community evening singalong at The Mason Jar, May 1 & 8, 2017
•Ellen Whyte “Journeys in American Music” 8-week artist residency with Estacada grade 7 Social Studies & Science classes, evening recital April 14, 2017
•Ally Rose “Our Family Musical Production” artist residency and evening student recital, February 17, 2017
•Oregon Symphony Percussion Quartet evening performance for the community, September 12, 2016
2015/2016
•Ellen Whyte & JP Garau Estacada community evening singalong at The Mason Jar, April 25 & May 2, 9 & 16, 2016
•Ellen Whyte “Sankofa” African music 6-week artist residency with Estacada grade 7 Social Studies classes, evening recital March 15, 2016
•Oregon Shakespeare Festival duo “Hamlet & American Night High” evening performance for the community, December 7, 2015
•Ivie Meziere Foss Trio/Mary Flower/Norman Sylvester Second Season Concert Series evening performance for the community, October 18, 2015
2014/2015
•Get Rhythm “Johnny Cash Tribute Band” evening performance for the community, fundraiser for Estacada Auditorium maintenance, May 15, 2015
•Ellen Whyte “Music from Stories of Africa” 6-week artist residency with Estacada grade 7 Social Studies classes, evening recital April 17, 2015
2013/2014
•Ellen Whyte blues singing workshop for the community, held in the Estacada Library Flora Room, April 15, 22 & 29, 2014
•Ellen Whyte “From African Rhythms to American Blues” 8-week artist residency with Estacada grades 7 & 8 Social Studies classes, evening recital, April 9, 2014
•Ellen Whyte and her Plus-Sized Blues Band with performances by Estacada High Concert Choir & the Estacada Junior High Choir, evening performance for the community, March 8, 2014
•Naftali assembly performance for Estacada grades K-6, December 2013
•Ellen Whyte Trio “Season of Peace” family holiday evening performance, December 1, 2013
2012/2013
•“SPILL” a play & visual installation inspired by the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, artist reception in the Estacada Public Library Flora room May 17, 2013 & play May 18, 2013
•Do Jump! “Extremely Physical Theatre” evening performance for the community, April 4, 2013
•Oregon Shakespeare Festival duo “The Course of True Shakespeare Never Did Run Smooth” evening performance for the community, October 25, 2012
2011/2012
•Portland Taiko Japanese drumming workshop for Estacada grades 4 & 5 and assembly performances for grade schools; evening recital & performance for the community, April 13, 2012
•PHAME fine and performing arts academy serving adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities “PHAME: The H is for Honored Tour” evening variety show performance for the community, March 16, 2012
•Rebecca Kilgore with Tom Wakeling & Steve Christofferson evening performance for the community, February 11, 2012
•Hand2Mouth “My Mind is Like an Open Meadow” evening performance for the community, January 20, 2012
•234th Army Band “Sounds of the Season – A Collection of Holiday Classics” evening performance for the community, December 3, 2011
2010/2011
•Hillsboro Story evening performance for the community, February 11, 2011
•Oregon Shakespeare Festival duo “Julius Caesar & The Thrill of it All,” evening performance for the community, December 7, 2010
•Portland Columbia Symphony Orchestra “A Holiday Girt of Music” evening performance for the community, December 4, 2010
2009/2010
•Art Abrams “Sweetheart Special Package” catered dinner and swing dance lessons at the Estacada Mason Building; followed by Art Abrams Swing Machine Big Band evening performance for the community, February 12, 2010
•Oregon Shakespeare Festival duo “Shakespeare Smackdown, an Adaptation of Shakespeare’s Tragedy Hamlet” evening performance for the community, December 8, 2009
2008/2009
•The Trail Band “Oregon’s 150th Anniversary” evening performance for the community, April 4, 2009
•Vagabond Opera! assembly performances for Estacada grades K-12; evening performance for the community, February 2, 2009
•Oregon Symphony Holiday Concert evening performance for the community, December 16, 2008
•Oregon Shakespeare Festival duo “An Adaptation of Shakespeare’s Macbeth & a Selection of Other Classical & Contemporary Plays, Poetry & Short Stories” evening performance for the community, November 13, 2008
2007/2008
•Sneakin’ Out evening performance for the community, March 29, 2008
•Brett EE Paschal “About Time” evening marimba performance for the community, January 26, 2008
•Oregon Symphony Holiday Concert evening performance for the community, December 18, 2007
•Oregon Shakespeare Festival duo “Excerpts from Shakespeare & Other Classical & Contemporary Pieces of Literature” evening performance for the community, November 13, 2007
2006/2007
The Oregon Symphony, the oldest major orchestra west of the Mississippi (1896), partnered with the Estacada School District and community for a two-year residency program. The School District and Estacada Together jointly applied for, and received, the 2006-2008 Community Music Partnership Program, reserved for one community in Oregon with a population of 30,000 or less. Over 300 residency activities took place in our schools from January to June 2007, benefiting students and adults throughout the Estacada community.
•Oregon Symphony full orchestra, afternoon dress rehearsal and evening performance featuring local school & community musicians, held in the Susan L Campbell Gymnasium at Estacada High School, May 12, 2007
•Oregon Symphony Woodwind Quintet evening performance for the community, April 17, 2007
•Oregon Symphony String Quartet evening performance for the community, March 16, 2007
•Oregon Symphony Brass Quintet evening performance for the community, January 25, 2007
•Oregon Shakespeare Festival duo “Shakespeare and More” evening performance for the community, November 9, 2006
2005/2006
•Do Jump! Extremely Physical Theatre evening performance for the community, March 17, 2006
•Misty River evening performance for the community, February 10, 2006
2004/2005
•Obo Addy Okropong evening performance for the community, May 13, 2005
•Portland Youth Philharmonic Association’s Portland Youth Conservatory Orchestra evening performance for the community, April 22, 2005
2003/2004
•Art Abrams Swing Machine Big Band Jazz Concert & Swing Dance evening fundraiser concert for the Estacada High School Music Department & the Estacada Auditorium, held in the Estacada High School Commons, March 6, 2004
•The Trail Band evening concert for the community, September 20, 2003
Estacada Together
PO Box 547
Estacada, OR 97023
Non-Profit Tax ID# 93-1203412