This past summer the Community Music Center collaborated with a variety of partners to produce collaborative music day-camps for youth and teens in outer East Portland at the Center Powered by Y.O.U.th, a grass-roots organization providing programs for black, brown, and indigenous youth (www.youthpdx.org).

Twenty-seven ‘music campers’ registered (with up to 100% need-based discount) to receive a two-week, full-day immersive experience in music making with computers and instruments, producing finished compositions in the form of audio files. Listen to the amazing creativity of these young new musical artists.

CMC contracted EXT. 606, a black-owned and operated recording and audio production enterprise, to provide instructors and additional resources for the camps. Guest artists who were presented included The Argonots (vocal quartet), Machado Mijiga, and Alex Meltzer (percussionist and DJ).