Oregon Experience
Sagebrush Symphony
November 09, 2009, 9:00 PM
The Portland Youth Philharmonic is America's first youth orchestra. But the story of the PYP begins in Burns where a violinist named Mary Dodge shared her love of music with the local children. As their talent emerged, Dodge formed a children's orchestra called the Sagebrush Symphony that captivated audiences statewide.
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November 9, 2009
- Sagebrush Symphony
The Portland Youth Philharmonic is America's first youth orchestra. But the story of the PYP begins in Burns where a violinist named Mary Dodge shared her love of music with the local children. As their talent emerged, Dodge formed a children's orchestra called the Sagebrush Symphony that captivated audiences statewide.
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November 2, 2009
- Civilian Conservation Corps
2008 is the 75th anniversary of the Civilian Conservation Corps. Today its work is still enjoyed in parks and forests around the state. Through interviews with former enrollees, and historic film and pictures, the program tells the story of the CCC in Oregon.
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October 12, 2009
- Bull Run
Few other cities in the world have water as pure and as well protected as Portland. For nearly 115 years, an ingenious, gravity-fed system has delivered mountain rainwater from an isolated river called the Bull Run. Yet the rich history of Portland’s water supply has unfolded largely unbeknownst to the people it serves.
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- Upcoming Programs:
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Dec 14: The River They Saw
Learn about the Columbia River Gorge and its history.
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Jan 11: Opal Whiteley
Was Oregon the home of a kidnapped French princess?
- Series Archive:
- Sagebrush Symphony
- Bull Run
- A Cuisine of Our Own
- Kam Wah Chung
- Road to Statehood
- The Logger's Daughter
- Searching for York
- The River They Saw
- Civilian Conservation Corps
- Art Makers
- Lola G. Baldwin
- Leo Adler
- C.E.S. Wood
- The Beach Bill
- Beervana
- Oregon at War
- Beatrice Morrow Cannady
- The Braceros
- William Gladstone Steel
- Bill Bowerman
- Sam Hill
- Reub Long's Oregon Desert
- Abigail Scott Duniway
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Celebrate Oregon's 150th birthday
Find out how at
oregon150.org
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