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
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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
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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
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Casimir Effect evening performance for the community, fundraiser for the Estacada School District Music Programs, November 2, 2019
2018/2019
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Rainbow Dancers assembly performance for Estacada grades 1-8, April 30, 2019
2017/2018
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Aspen Meadows Band evening performance for the community, fundraiser for Estacada Auditorium maintenance, May 5, 2018
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“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
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Ellen Whyte “Rites of Passage” 8-week artist residency with Estacada grade 7 Social Studies classes, evening recital April 13, 2018
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Okropong/Obo Addy Legacy Project African drumming and singing assembly performance for Estacada students, February 16, 2018
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Casimir Effect evening performance for the community, fundraiser for the Estacada High School Music Program, October 21, 2017
2016/2017
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Ellen Whyte & JP Garau Estacada community evening singalong at The Mason Jar, May 1 & 8, 2017
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Ellen Whyte “Journeys in American Music” 8-week artist residency with Estacada grade 7 Social Studies & Science classes, evening recital April 14, 2017
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Ally Rose “Our Family Musical Production” artist residency and evening student recital, February 17, 2017
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Oregon Symphony Percussion Quartet evening performance for the community, September 12, 2016
2015/2016
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Ellen Whyte & JP Garau Estacada community evening singalong at The Mason Jar, April 25 & May 2, 9 & 16, 2016
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Ellen Whyte “Sankofa” African music 6-week artist residency with Estacada grade 7 Social Studies classes, evening recital March 15, 2016
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Oregon Shakespeare Festival duo “Hamlet & American Night High” evening performance for the community, December 7, 2015
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Ivie Meziere Foss Trio/Mary Flower/Norman Sylvester Second Season Concert Series evening performance for the community, October 18, 2015
2014/2015
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Get Rhythm “Johnny Cash Tribute Band” evening performance for the community, fundraiser for Estacada Auditorium maintenance, May 15, 2015
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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
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Ellen Whyte blues singing workshop for the community, held in the Estacada Library Flora Room, April 15, 22 & 29, 2014
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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
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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
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Naftali assembly performance for Estacada grades K-6, December 2013
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Ellen Whyte Trio “Season of Peace” family holiday evening performance, December 1, 2013
2012/2013
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“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
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Do Jump! “Extremely Physical Theatre” evening performance for the community, April 4, 2013
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Oregon Shakespeare Festival duo “The Course of True Shakespeare Never Did Run Smooth” evening performance for the community, October 25, 2012
2011/2012
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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
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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
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Rebecca Kilgore with Tom Wakeling & Steve Christofferson evening performance for the community, February 11, 2012
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Hand2Mouth “My Mind is Like an Open Meadow” evening performance for the community, January 20, 2012
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234th Army Band “Sounds of the Season – A Collection of Holiday Classics” evening performance for the community, December 3, 2011
2010/2011
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Hillsboro Story evening performance for the community, February 11, 2011
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Oregon Shakespeare Festival duo “Julius Caesar & The Thrill of it All,” evening performance for the community, December 7, 2010
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Portland Columbia Symphony Orchestra “A Holiday Girt of Music” evening performance for the community, December 4, 2010
2009/2010
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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
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Oregon Shakespeare Festival duo “Shakespeare Smackdown, an Adaptation of Shakespeare’s Tragedy Hamlet” evening performance for the community, December 8, 2009
2008/2009
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The Trail Band “Oregon’s 150th Anniversary” evening performance for the community, April 4, 2009
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Vagabond Opera! assembly performances for Estacada grades K-12; evening performance for the community, February 2, 2009
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Oregon Symphony Holiday Concert evening performance for the community, December 16, 2008
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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
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Sneakin’ Out evening performance for the community, March 29, 2008
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Brett EE Paschal “About Time” evening marimba performance for the community, January 26, 2008
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Oregon Symphony Holiday Concert evening performance for the community, December 18, 2007
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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.
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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
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Oregon Symphony Woodwind Quintet evening performance for the community, April 17, 2007
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Oregon Symphony String Quartet evening performance for the community, March 16, 2007
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Oregon Symphony Brass Quintet evening performance for the community, January 25, 2007
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Oregon Shakespeare Festival duo “Shakespeare and More” evening performance for the community, November 9, 2006
2005/2006
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Do Jump! Extremely Physical Theatre evening performance for the community, March 17, 2006
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Misty River evening performance for the community, February 10, 2006
2004/2005
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Obo Addy Okropong evening performance for the community, May 13, 2005
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Portland Youth Philharmonic Association’s Portland Youth Conservatory Orchestra evening performance for the community, April 22, 2005
2003/2004
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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
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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