BRAVO Youth Orchestras

BRAVO Youth Orchestras BRAVO Youth Orchestras (BRAVO) is a non-profit, social-justice music program for underserved youth. B BRAVO’s programs comprise two components:
I.
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Preparatory in-school music classes in partnership with PPS music teachers at Rosa Parks Elementary, Sitton Elementary, César Chávez (K-8), and Clarendon Early Learning Academy (Head Start)

II. Intensive after-school string and wind ensembles (2-hour rehearsals, five days a week)
A. BRAVO Rosa Parks (K-5)
1. Mozart String Orchestra (1st and 2nd-year students)
2. Brahms String

Orchestra (2nd and 3rd-year students)
3. Revueltas String Orchestra (2nd through 4th-year students)
B. BRAVO César Chávez (K-8)
1. Teresa Carreño Wind Ensemble (1st-year students)
2. Marsalis Wind Ensemble (2nd-year students)
3. D'Rivera Wind Ensemble (3rd-year students)
C. BRAVO George Middle
1. Vivaldi String Ensemble (4th and 5th-year students)

Through daily group learning, BRAVO students build skills on their instruments, establish healthy relationships with peers and adult mentors, and perform throughout their neighborhood, city, and region.

05/20/2026

A special guest visit from Oregon Symphony bassist Jason Schooler today!

Always a joy to have join us and share skills and techniques with our Ambassadors. Thanks for the support !
04/24/2026

Always a joy to have join us and share skills and techniques with our Ambassadors. Thanks for the support !

03/06/2026

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03/01/2026

David Saffert Piano Liberace and Liza: A Tribute

03/01/2026

Liberace and Liza: A Tribute David Saffert Piano

03/01/2026

Meet our guest artists, David Saffert Piano and Bo Ayars from Liberace and Liza: A Tribute!

LOW TICKET ALERT!Don't miss your opportunity to get the best seats in the house to see this premiere performance of the ...
02/19/2026

LOW TICKET ALERT!

Don't miss your opportunity to get the best seats in the house to see this premiere performance of the BRAVO Community Orchestra and David Saffert Piano (from Liberace and Liza: A Tribute) as Liberace!

Fewer than 20 table tickets remain, and we have to close sales of those tickets on Wednesday, February 25th! Don't delay!

Can't make the dinner, but still want to see the show? Our riser seats are still available and will be on sale until the day of the show.

Can't make the day at all but still want to be a part of the fun? Purchase a raffle ticket or preregister for the digital auction! You do not need to be present to win either.

Info and tickets at oregonbravo.org/sequins

02/14/2026

This month, and EVERY MONTH, we celebrate Black History.
We feel the influence of black leaders and black musicians every day at BRAVO. It is a core piece of who we are as an organization. We're celebrating today by sending you a special Valentine. Our James John Elementary students playing and singing Ain't No Mountain High Enough. It was written by American singers and songwriters Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson in 1966 for the Tamla label, a division of Motown. The composition was first successful as a 1967 hit single recorded by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell, and became a hit again in 1970 when recorded by former Supremes frontwoman Diana Ross.

We hope this song lifts you up today.

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Portland, OR
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