Our Mission

1. To explore and perform great music of the 20th and 21st centuries by:

• Commissioning new works.
• Building and developing relationships with world-class composers.
• Maintaining a special interest in performing works by Oregon and Pacific Northwest composers.
• Offering performances of the highest artistic quality.
  

2. To promote the education and advancement of young composers by:

• Teaching, mentoring, and fostering the next generation of composers from 6th to 12th grade.
• Providing workshops and rehearsals with professional musicians performing their compositions.
• Presenting a public concert and recording of their works.

Board of Directors:

Jeff Payne, Chair

Anne Hendren, Secretary

Kathleen Kennedy, Treasurer

Keith Clark

David Kennedy

Inés Voglar

Artistic Advisory Committee:

Bob Priest, composer and Artistic Director of Marzena

Agnieszka Laska, director of Agnieszka Laska Dancers

Jack T. Gabel, composer and North Pacific Music founder

Cary and Dorothy Lewis, Lernier Trio members

Andrés Cárdenes, Concertmaster of Pittsburgh Symphony, Carnegie Mellon Professor

David Stock, composer

Leo and Anna Deadalus, Helsinqi directors

Staff and Volunteers:

Inés Voglar, Artistic Director

Jeff Payne, Young Composers Project Director

JoAnne Crabtree, Assistant to the YCP Director

Julie Wickman, Marketing Manager

Anne Hendren, volunteer coordinator

Mary Wright, grant writing

David Abel, editing

Larry Westdahl, website

Anna and Leo Daedalus, program design

Charles Noble, photos and brochure design