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Electrify Your Strings!

All Ages
at Portland International Raceway
1940 North Victory Boulevard, Portland, OR 97217
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EYS MEETS 7 OUT OF 9 NATIONAL STANDARDS FOR PERFORMANCE AND THE ARTS.* The advantages of music education are well documented but support for these programs continues to face hurdles. Now embarking on its 15th year, EYS provides a unique solution to these problems by working directly with schools to tailor a program to their needs, raise funds, and inspire students to succeed both in and out of music class. Electrify Your Strings! (EYS) is a music education phenomenon that FIRES UP students, teachers, and local communities by injecting a high voltage dose of energy and much-needed funding into a school's music education program. This intensive experience boosts student self-esteem and motivation, increases school-wide, family and community engagement, and helps raise money for participating schools. Created by international recording artist, electric violinist, and music education advocate Mark Wood, EYS accomplishes this by having our team of teaching artists work with orchestra, choir, and band students to put on real life, real world rock concerts at their schools, local theaters, or arenas; with ticket sales directly benefiting the participating music departments. The premise is simple - we work with school music directors to design a tailor-made rock orchestra makeover culminating in a live performance at the end of the experience. Profits from tickets sold to the event directly benefit the school's music programs. The musical selections are surprising - and include Wood's own compositions, plus his exclusive arrangements of classic rock and contemporary music. For schools that want to go all out, Wood and his team will also design an accompanying program for the school's choral and/or band department.

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