Subject: Pride Concert TOMORROW! 🏳️‍🌈

Hello friends,

Join us for our second annual PRIDE concert, TOMORROW Saturday June 14th at the Powell Park picnic shelter! Stop by to enjoy the music anytime between 2p and 5p.

Song Studio on June 27th has four spots left! Sign up below.

The June 17th Performance Practices class has just two spots left.

See you in the sunshine!

Warmly,

Daniel Buchanan

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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!

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!

RSVP to Facebook Event

CLASSES

Performance Practices: Tuesday June 17 from 7-9p

There's two 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 | FULL

Tuesday August 12 from 7-9pm | 1 spot 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

4 spots left

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!

STAFF/STUDENT EVENTS

Sunday June 15th

From Instructor Merideth Kaye Clark and Daniel Buchanan:

Merideth Kaye Clark and Susannah Mars

Cabaret Concert — “As Time Goes By”

Upcoming Show: Sunday, June 15

Show Time: 7:00 p.m.

Tickets: $30

This spectacular duo returns for an enchanting evening of your favorite tunes from Broadway and beyond, including popular songs from the 60s and 70s, with music direction by Daniel Buchanan.

Get your seats now before they’re all sold out!

Get Tickets

May 15 - June 15th

From Instructor Mak Kastelic:

Remaining shows are SOLD OUT but you can wait in line 30 minutes before the show for a limited number of rush tickets.

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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Saturday June 28th

From Instructor Mak Kastelic:

Kiki’s Hot Juicy American Pie is a bold, joyous declaration that rewrites the script on shame, sex, and the beautiful act of being our authentic, queer selves in a world that’s uncomfortable with our truth. A cabaret styled concert where intimacy, sensuality, and the unapologetic celebration of every swerve, curve, and quirk of the human body take center stage. Saturday June 28th at 7:30p at Shaking the Tree Theatre.

Director/Lead Vocals: Kimo Camat
Music Director/Piano: Mak Kastelic

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Thursday July 10th

From Instructor Stephanie Smith:

Join us online or in person for a concert to close the gap on Sky's education fund for Sophomore Year at Northwest Academy. The Wise Fools Series features amazing performers who are joining together to make sure a great kid in our community can go to performing arts school in a safe and supportive environment. We are so close to our goal for next year!

Year 2: Epilogue will feature Kelsey Leonard and Kylie Johnson-Owen with Stephanie Lynne Smith on the piano. Doors will open at 6:30pm and donations are requested directly to the GoFund Me. This event will also be streaming live on the Miss Smith Presents YouTube Channel.

Donate | Watch online | Subscribe to the channel to chat

Tuesday July 15th

From Studio Admin Caitlin Lushington:

Facilitating Empowered Spaces: A Theatre Educator & Director Workshop

Co-taught by Cambria Herrera and Caitlin Lushington

Tuesday July 15 from 6p – 9p | @ Resound NW
Investment: $60 or Pay What You Will | No one turned away for lack of funds.

As a theatre educator or director, we know you want to create an environment where artists can thrive. In this three-hour workshop we will dive into how identity, power, and casting intersect and impact the rehearsal and classroom. Through hands-on exercises and collective conversation, we will navigate the nuances of what ‘empowerment‘ looks like in these spaces, the relationship between facilitator and participant, and gather wisdom on culturally-conscious casting practices. You will walk away with exercises you can implement right away, language to facilitate these conversations with your own students and artists, and a collective of fellow teachers and directors with shared intentions.

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.

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