Connecting our belief and our approach

Maybelle Community Singers embrace with excitement and joy after the rehearsal with Carlos Kalmar & Gabriel Kahane.

Our interactions with members should feel like a relationship and not a transaction.  

If you’re like many of us, a sense of unease settles as you read the lyrics below from Gabriel Kahane’s piece performed by Oregon Symphony and

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Connecting with the Oregon Symphony and other non-profits

Karlos Kalmar leads the Oregon Symphony and Maybelle Community Singers at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall.

Maybelle Community Singers collaborated with the Oregon Symphony and other non-profits last year to perform the world premiere of “emergency shelter intake form.”

The Oregon Symphony commissioned composer and singer-songwriter, Gabriel Kahane, to compose a piece exploring the need for … Continue reading “Connecting with the Oregon Symphony and other non-profits”

KATU honors Maybelle Community Singers with award

Dave Salesky from KATU (second from left) poses for a photo after presenting the award on April 3rd to representatives from Maybelle Community Singers.

On April 3rd, our community choir, Maybelle Community Singers, received a 2018 Newsmaker Award. Each year, Portland-area media newsrooms nominate a story that has inspired positive change in our community at a banquet sponsored by the Royal Rosarians.

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Meet Sassan!

Most afternoons Sassan sits quietly along the perimeter of our Community Room, his hands wrapped around a steaming cup of coffee…

And yet, invisible to the rest of us, Sassan lives with a constant stream of voices brought on by … Continue reading “Meet Sassan!”