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Central Oregon Symphony Orchestra
Volunteers from across the region bond together to create the 70-member Central Oregon Symphony Orchestra. Members range from retired professional concert musicians to high school students to regular folks like a pilot and a hair stylist, but they put on a great show, bringing classical music to the people of central Oregon.
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Crow's Shadow Institute of the Arts
Just outside of Pendleton, on the Umatilla Reservation, Crow's Shadow Institute provides classes, workshops and a world-class printmaking facility for American Indian artists. Founded in 1992, the institute provides an opportunity for self expression as well as an economic opportunity for the rural native community. Watch master printer Frank Janzen work with a young artist to create prints of his work.
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George Leverett's Hurdy-Gurdy
Luthier George Leverett started out making dulcimers and harps. When his wife brought home a hurdy-gurdy, he became intrigued. The string instruments, which were popular with Medieval street musicians, are played by turning a crank with one hand and playing the keys which hit the strings with the other. George makes them by hand, a painstaking process. obrien oregon.
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