Subject: Performance Practices classes this summer

Hello friends,

The weather is warm and we're ready to kick off our summer classes and gatherings!

Song Studio tonight is full, but you can sign up for the classes in June, July, and August on the website.

There are just a handful of spots left for the three Performance Practices sessions taught by Stephanie Smith.

Plus, students and staff have myriad events you can join throughout the summer as well.

Have a lovely rest of your week, and hope to see you at the studio.

Warmly,

Daniel Buchanan

P.S. Are you new to our newsletters? Welcome, welcome! Please don't hesitate to reach out and ask any questions you might have about our classes, private lessons, or rentals. We're glad you're here!

CLASSES

Performance Practices: Tuesday June 17 from 7-9p

There's three spots left for the Tuesday June 17th session of Performance Practices! These are one-off classes, so if you're looking for the next seven-week session of Performance Practices, that will take place next Fall.

Other classes this summer:

Tuesday July 8 from 7-9pm | 1 spot left

Tuesday August 12 from 7-9pm | 2 spots left

Performance Practices is a class that helps you navigate the art of performance. You will learn:

Ways to manage performance anxiety
How to communicate with your audience
How to set yourself up for success as a performing artist

To sign up for one of the sessions listed above, use the link below.

Song Studio: Friday, June 27th from 7-9p

Did you know that it's free to observe any Song Studio class? It's a great chance to get a feel for the work we do at Resound NW and pick up valuable tips about singing! To observe, send email to us at info@resoundnw.com.

Song Studio is an opportunity for our community to come together through singing and provide a supportive environment to practice performing. After a period of group singing and warm-up, this class focuses on individual performances from students.

INVESTMENT: $40/class, or observe for free!

STUDIO GATHERINGS

2nd Annual Pride Concert, featuring Resound NW teachers, students, and SoulSinging groups. June 14th 2025 from 2-5p at Powell Park. The event is free.

We're delighted to invite you to our 2nd annual PRIDE concert!

STUDENTS: If you would like to sing for our Pride concert, please let your teacher know and they can help you to sign up.

This is a relaxed, joyful Studio Gathering. Our Studio Gatherings are an opportunity for our students to perform for each other, to share what they are learning in their music lessons, and for friends and family to support their loved ones. Audiences will be invited to join in on the sing-a-long songs!

Come, bring a camp chair and an offering for our potluck table, or simply bring your self. What better way to celebrate the oncoming of summer and our beautiful, vivacious queer community than by soaking in some tunes sung by our passionate music students??

WHEN: June 14th, 2025 from 2p - 5p. Feel free to come and go as you please.

WHERE: Powell Park: 2500 SE Powell Blvd, Portland, OR 97202 (at the Picnic Shelter)

WHO: Friends & family of our singers are most welcome, as is the general public. Our concerts are a great opportunity for prospective students to come and see what we do!

TICKETS: Free! No registration required, just come!

BRING: Something to offer to our Potluck table, if you wish. A snack, main dish, salad, or drink to share is great! Wine is ok, and plates/cups/napkins will be provided.

WEATHER: Mid-June in Portland means we anticipate rain or shine. Luckily, the picnic shelter will provide coverage if it decides to rain. Dress accordingly.

We will see you there!

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STAFF/STUDENT EVENTS

Sunday June 1st

From Stephanie Smith, Performance Coach:

Our own Stephanie Lynne Smith has a special chamber music concert in Portland! The final concert of the 10th Anniversary for the Northwest Piano Trio will be Sunday, June 1 at 3pm in Portland at All Classical Radio’s Irving Levin Performance Hall. Titled “Stephanie Style,” this concert features music by Samuel Barber, Kit Abrahamson, Florence Price, Elena Kats-Chernin and Felix Mendelssohn.

Free and open to the public. Please refer to the website and social media event for parking instructions. www.NorthwestPianoTrio.org

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May 15 - June 15th

From Instructor Mak Kastelic:

2025's OUTwright Theatre Festival feature production, Assassins, is a darkly humorous musical revue in which Stephen Sondheim (music and lyrics) and John Weidman (book) depict nine misfit men and women who set out to assassinate American Presidents. Though only some were successful, all left their mark on American history. While every nation has its assassins and would-be assassins, only in America, the authors suggest, do disturbed and disturbing individuals act not because they hope to influence national politics, but because they are wrapped up in a malignant sense of entitlement. Feeling betrayed by the failed promise of American democracy and the American Dream, they strike out at the symbol for America: the American President. Assassins spans several musical styles and many decades in a dizzying series of musical and theatrical inventions that culminate in the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Music directed by Mak Kastelic.

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WE'VE GOT MERCH!

We are super excited to announce that we've got MERCH! Take a look and carry a little bit of Resound with you, wherever you go.

Soft, comfy tshirts
Pull-over hoodies
Crew neck sweatshirts
Tote bags
Mugs
Baseball caps
Bucket hats

This is a new endeavor, so please don't hesitate to reach out and ask questions if you're looking for something in particular! Send your merch questions to info@resoundnw.com.

Our Merch Site

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