Wilsonville Living Magazine January 2023

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30 Years of Music Making

CONCERT SCHOOL OF MUSIC 30 Years of Music Making

By Patti Jo Brooks, Contributing Writer

Photos by Carly Carpenter

Wilsonville’s Concert School of Music is celebrating their 30th Anniversary this year with a new focus: Music for Everyone. The Concert School of Music is now located at 9510 SW Pioneer Ct. Suite H in Wilsonville. With its grand re-opening in August, Concert School of Music more than doubled its space and is rapidly expanding their services to provide musical opportunities to everyone. Whether you are looking to expand your abilities in one-on-one instruction, or further your interests in group classes, Concert School of Music has an experience for you.

On the younger side, Concert School of Music provides early-childhood music education for kids up to 6 years old! Mini Mozarts is a class designed for the youngest of musicians. With themed units, children experience music through singing, moving, dancing, games, and playing instruments. “I love being able to introduce music to young children in a fun, positive way while also working on important life skills like motor control and communication,” says Sarah Lamb, an instructor at Concert School of Music. For older children aged 4-6, Concert School of Music offers Concert Kids. These classes allow students to prepare for private lessons by engaging in the fundamentals of music through song and dance, while learning about rhythms, notes, and more! Concert School of Music’s services only expand from here.

The eXtraordinary League of Rockers (XLR) is Concert School of Music’s rock band program. XLR instructs students how to play in a group and learn music they want to play.

The program’s final performance is even held at Mississippi Studios in Portland, providing the students with a live concert venue experience with lights, full sound, “merch booths,” and more! The program is quickly growing, paving the way for a student-led music festival in future seasons. On the classical side of things, Young Composers Society is a program designed to teach students the inner-workings of music composition. Select students learn how to compose and their pieces are performed by professional musicians, providing students with a portfolio of

works to use for competitions and college applications!

Resuming January 2023, the Chamber Strings program directed by co-owner Nathan Givens will return to Concert School of Music. New programs are also in development such as adult group guitar coming in March 2023, open mic nights, jam sessions, faculty recitals, and more.

A staff of 20 professional musicians allows Concert School of Music to teach high quality, private lessons in all instruments, including: piano, voice, guitar, drums, violin, cello, and more. Most teachers are performing musicians, and all are committed to sharing their passion and talent. “I look to inspire students to reach their “aha” moment,” says instructor Sam Schwartz.

“This gives a student enough direction to guide them down their path [and] allows them to find what they are looking for.” Along with 13 private lesson rooms, the new space allows Concert School of Music to have the Bristol Recital Hall and Quartet Violin Shop.

The Quartet Violin Shop is an integral facet of Concert School of Music. Offering an affordable rental program and full-service amenities, the shop provides accessories and repairs, and assures that all instruments leaving through its doors are set up properly.

“Every student, regardless of age or level, deserves a quality instrument that will allow them to freely develop their inner-musician,” says Nathan Givens, Co-Owner and Luthier of Quartet Violin Shop and Concert School of Music. String instruments are also available for purchase, and whether brand new or tried and true, string instruments only increase in value, so a purchase is always an investment. Quartet Violin Shop was founded in 2005 as Co-Owners Nathan and Lori Givens spotted a need in the community for students to obtain instruments. “As a music teacher, I always wanted my students to have instruments that set them up for success,” says Nathan. “Creating Quartet Violin Shop filled that need in our community and we’ve only expanded from there.”

While Quartet Violin Shop’s origins date back 17 years ago, the history of Concert School of Music begins with Co-Owner, Lori Givens, in 1993.

Straight out of college, with a music degree from the prestigious Indiana

University (Jacobs) School of Music, Lori went to work for Music Man Studio in Wilsonville. A couple years down the road, Music Man Studio put the business up for sale and Lori bought it. It was 1999 and Lori was in her early 20s and on her own. “I just always wanted to mix music and business,” she explains. “I come from an entrepreneurial family and it just felt right.” A few years later she hired Nathan, they went on to marry, “and the rest is history,” she chuckles. Nathan took on co-ownership, he teaches violin and viola, conducts the orchestra, and is trained in three different states as a luthier, a maker and repairer of stringed instruments. Now 6 years after rebranding to Concert School of Music in 2017, the Givens are proud to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of Concert School of Music.

Concert School of Music will host a 30th Anniversary event for the community on Saturday, April 22nd from 6-8pm. The event will celebrate the history of Concert School of Music and include a special announcement for all Concert School of Music students!

The event will include refreshments, live music, activities, games, prizes, and more. “We are so blessed to be able to celebrate this important moment

with our community,” says Lori. “There is nothing more special than being able to commemorate this event with the people who make this all possible.”

As a community driven music school, Concert School of Music always welcomes community input. Reach out today to tell Concert School of Music what you want to see in coming years.

Visit Concert School of Music today at 9510 SW Pioneer Ct. in Wilsonville. Ring them at (503) 682-9829, email info@concertschool.com, or visit their website, concertschool.com.

By Donovan Darling, Staff Writer

High School Musical

(2006)

While not a NYE movie as a whole, there is a party, so close enough. Zac Efron won a Teen Choice Award for Breakout Star in this movie, which follows a popular jock and a nerd who land roles in the high school musical, and their surprising friendship immediately threatens the status quo of East High. What it lacks in story it makes up with fun, singing and dancing, and a great message to just be yourself. It’s happy, fluffy, and great for the whole family. Starring Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, and many more. Rated G.

Ghostbusters II (1989)

Kids today need to learn where all the remakes and reboots are coming from, and there’s no better place than Ghostbusters II. Just as good as the first movie in my opinion, this is indeed a New Year’s Eve movie. Years later, New York City is ghost-free and the Ghostbusters are out of work. But then an evil ooze begins to bubble under the streets that feeds off of negative energy, prompted by Vigo the Carpathian, a 16th century sorcerer-alchemist trying to return from the dead, and strange and unexplainable events begin to happen. The whole city has to come together singing “Auld Lang Syne” to help the Ghostbusters defeat evil once again. Starring Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, Ernie Hudson, Sigourney Weaver, Rick Moranis, and many more. Rated PG, but views more like PG-13 with language, mature themes, and violence.

Age of Adaline (2015)

Adaline (Blake Lively) is an immortal woman, forever 29 years old, born on New Year’s Day, who ritualistically attends annual New Year’s Eve parties. At a party she meets a guy, Ellis Jones (Michiel Huisman), and her meticulous reality starts to fall apart when they fall in love, and she has to begin to reconcile her complicated past, present, and future. Costarring Kathy Baker, Amanda Crew, Harrison Ford, and Ellen Burstyn, this romance-fantasy with its ups and downs and feels is a great movie for couples or families with teens. Rated PG-13 for “thematic material” and violence.

Bridget Jones’s Diary (2001)

One of the few movies that’s better than the book in my opinion, it’s about an early 30s single working woman living in London who writes in her diary about things she wishes for: her job, self-worth, family and friends, vices, and love. It’s hilarious, quirky, self-aware, graphic, heartwarming, and very much a “why can’t I find love?” kind of movie. Starring Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth, Hugh Grant, Shirley Henderson, and many more. Rated R for language, mature themes, and some nudity. Adults only!

Stream these movies where available, or rent from your local movie store, library, or rental kiosk.

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At our Wilsonville Area Chamber of Commerce Annual Meeting held on 12/15/22 we had a fun & informative meeting. We reviewed our shared successes in 2022. We looked forward and highlighted several key initiatives for 2023.

Please join us at this Morning Spark Networking and Ribbon Cutting Event as we welcome a new business: Wilsonville Arts Academy. Register here: bit.ly/morningspark01112023

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THE

HISTORY OF FENDER

GUITARS: RESHAPING THE MUSICAL LANDSCAPE

By Robert Matsumura, Contributing Writer

The screaming guitar solo. The thunderous ferocity of driving power chords. A blues-y rhythm that drives people onto the dance floor. There’s a good chance the guitarist creating this incredible music is playing a Fender guitar. One of the most famous brands of guitars in the world, with legions of iconic musicians who swear by them, the story of Fender guitars traces back to the man whose last name will forever be linked to the electric guitar: Leo Fender.

Clarence Leonidas (Leo) Fender was born in 1909 in Southern California. With a natural interest in electronics from a young age, he soon was repairing radios out of his parents’ home for local clientele. After high school and junior college he attempted to support himself and his wife, Esther, as an accountant, but despite his best efforts the accounting jobs fizzled. Fed up with the “regular” work world, Leo reverted to his original passion—electronics.

In 1938 with a $600 loan, Leo opened a radio repair shop in Fullerton, California, called “Fender Radio Service.” The genesis of Fender as we know it today traces back to this first shop. An enterprising businessman, Leo realized that in order to maximize his revenue in a small town like Fullerton, he needed to diversify. Soon he had expanded his business from the repair of radios, phonograph players, amplifiers, and PA systems, to building amplifiers based upon his own designs. At the time the vacuum tube technology utilized in these systems—developed originally by Westinghouse—was generally available as public domain information.

It wasn’t long before Leo broadened his business from the repair and creation of PA systems to renting them out as well. In addition, he began selling records in his store front to meet Fullerton’s rising demand for popular music. As one might expect, local musicians and band leaders began frequenting Leo’s store not only for PA systems to purchase and rent, but also for the musical amplifiers which Leo was now building to meet the burgeoning demand for electronically-amplified music. Big bands and jazz performers increasingly featured amplified acoustic guitars and electric “Hawaiian” or “lap steel” guitars as part of their new sound.

In the 1940s, Leo met Clayton Orr “Doc” Kauffman, a musician and chief designer of electric guitars for Rickenbacker, which had been manufacturing the electric lap steel guitars for over a decade. It wasn’t long before the two became business partners and launched K&F Manufacturing Inc. to design, manufacture, and market electronic instruments and amplifiers. The K&F venture released its first electric lap steel guitars in 1945, followed a year later by amps known as the “Woodie Series.” That same year, however, Doc pulled out of the partnership with concerns about the financial risks.

Undeterred, Leo continued on, renaming the company Fender Manufacturing. As it turned out, Leo’s vision and determination were about to bear fruit. The creation of the 1950s Fender was going to play a major role in ushering in a brash new style of music now known as rock and roll.

It was during the ’50s that Fender designed the first production-line solid body electric guitars. Their initial offering was the Esquire. This 1950 limited release had a single-cut slab body with a bolt-on neck and a single pickup. Prior to this, the majority of electric guitars were of the hollow body variety, which at the time suffered from feedback problems when played at higher volumes. Unlike the hollow body guitar, solid bodies produced less feedback, enabling them to be played at the louder decibels of the popular new music.

A year later, Fender released a new model called the Broadcaster, but due to legal difficulties with Gretsch (one of their competitors), they changed the name to the Telecaster. The now famous Telecaster featured dual pickups and was the first mass-produced solid body on the market. The year 1951 also saw the introduction of the Precision Bass—the first electric bass guitar—which would revolutionize sound at the low end of the tonal spectrum.

Buoyed by the tremendous success of the Telecaster and the Precision Bass, the great minds at Fender set to work again and generated another masterpiece. In 1954, Fender released the Stratocaster, which featured three single-coil pickups, a contoured doublecut body, and a synchronized vibrato system. Not only was the Stratocaster designed for mass production, it also was simple to maintain with readily available replacement parts. Far and away Fender’s most popular model, the Stratocaster would go on to attain legendary status, and many would argue become the most recognizable electric guitar in the world.

In 1965, Leo sold his company to CBS due to health reasons. Guitar aficionados regard the pre-CBS Fender guitars as the “Golden Age” of Fender guitars, with current prices for these

vintage guitars matching the high demand. Decent guitars continued to be produced under the CBS ownership, though cost-cutting measures and a perceived degradation in quality led a group of Fender executives to engineer a management buyout of the company in 1985. Moving forward, Fender guitars continued to be manufactured in Japan (which started under CBS), but plants were established in Mexico and Corona, California. In 1987, Fender also opened the Custom Shop, which employed master guitar craftsmen to produce models in the spirit of the original Fenders, as well as signature guitars for famous musicians such as Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, and Yngwie Malmsteen. Other legendary stars who have played Fender guitars over the years include The Beatles’ George Harrison, Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour, the great Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughn, and Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits. And that simple but now ubiquitous riff in Deep Purple’s “Smoke on the Water” was blasted out by Ritchie Blackmore on his Stratocaster.

The list of great guitarists who have performed their songs on Fender guitars over the years is long and distinguished, and this legendary brand continues to define the sound of our times. Leo Fender’s mission to create a better electric guitar lives on today in the hands of every rock-and-roller, soulful blues musician, and silky smooth jazz guitarist who takes the stage with the guitar proudly bearing his name.

Leo Fender working on one of his classic Fender guitars.

John Lennon with sonic blue Stratocaster

New Year’s Sparkling Cranberry Orange Punch

INGREDIENTS

750 ml bottle sparkling cider or sparkling wine

25 oz bottle sparkling cranberry juice (such as R. W. Knudsen brand)

Garnish: 1 orange, sliced, and a handful of fresh cranberries

Optional: ¼ cup Triple Sec or Grand Marnier

DIRECTIONS

1. Combine the Champagne/ sparkling wine, cranberry juice and Triple Sec or Grand Marnier in a serving vessel.

2. Garnish with orange slices and cranberries.

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IS THE MARKET BALANCING OUT?

BELTRAN PROPERTIES GROUP at

eXp Realty

By Dennis McNabb, Contributing Writer

Buyers take note: the longdelayed but inevitable shift towards a more balanced real estate market has finally occurred. Now is the time to act!

Anyone who has been interested in buying a home here in the Northwest during the past 24 months will be all too familiar with the fact that it’s been a seller’s market–enduring periods of low inventory combined with low interest rates to allow sellers the ability to secure higher-than-normal offers. Houses were placed on the market, sometimes with little-to-no preparation, only to be scooped up within days for tens-of-thousands of dollars over asking price. It was an exciting and lucrative time, especially for sellers.

That said, those kinds of unprecedented conditions are always fleeting, and the market is finally settling. In the last few months it has slowly begun to return to its more natural balanced state. People are once again capable of realizing their dreams regardless of which side of the equation they reside on. Does that mean that, as a seller, you’ve missed out on a unique opportunity? Not necessarily! It just means that you have to be that much more particular

regarding the agent you choose. You must team up with an agent who has a profound understanding of the market; one with a proven track record, an exceptional reputation, and an already-established network of vetted industry experts ready to assist in every step of the process. In the Portland Metro area, there is no better agent than Jaimy Beltran, and no better agency than Beltran Properties at eXp Realty!

Constantly following the trends and analyzing the markets, the Beltran team has been anticipating this “correction” for some time. They have prepared for it, and in conjunction with their network team of experts, they have adjusted logistically to match the shifting market. As conditions continue to change, their thorough preparation and proven methodology places them in the perfect position to help their clients prevail. For buyers, their stellar reputation in the market means you get top priority and consideration during negotiations. For sellers, their expertise in preparing homes for the market, combined with their extensive network of professional contractors who offer peripheral services, means your home will sell quicker and for more money than comparables sold through other agencies.

There are a variety of factors influencing the market: inflation, increasing interest rates, and higher inventory. Inflation and higher interest rates (rates have increased 3 points since January) both mean less affordability. An increase in inventory means an increase in “time on market” which can also lead to forced reductions on pricing. Portland was under 1 month of inventory for almost 2 full years, but since June of this year, we have jumped all the way up to 2.5 months of inventory. The “frenzied climate” buyers faced just 6 months ago has noticeably eased. As a result, buyers can now afford to be choosier, take their time, and make greater demands on sellers.

The last time market conditions allowed buyers to make any demands at all was prior to COVID, but buyers are once again free to negotiate and take some chances. They are finally in a position to request “normal” upgrades such as new carpet, appliances, paint, etc., and sellers should take note of this. It will become increasingly important in a balanced market to make preparations before putting your property up for sale. Painting, staging, making appropriate repairs; these are all things that will need to be done in order to remain competitive. And again, there is no one better-suited to assist you with that process than the Beltran team.

Demand is still high, and houses are still selling! Particularly if you do your homework and price your house at market value, it is still likely to sell within 30 days. Just make sure to find the right agent. Beltran Properties Group, along with their primary lending partners at Academy Mortgage, are the most well-equipped team in the region to turn your real estate dreams into a reality. With unique financing options through private mortgage lenders (especially for land developers and investors), there’s no need to contact anyone else. Call Jaimy today and discover for yourself why the Beltran Properties Group at eXp Realty is the premier brokerage in the area!

Jaimy Beltran can be reached at 503-502-3330, or check out their website, beltranproperties.com.

A Calling to First Response

Apparatus operator/firefighter paramedic takes great pride in her care

By Jacob Fuhrer, TVF&R • Photos by Chris Hamilton, TVF&R

Amy Boyle never planned on becoming a firefighter. The 43-year-old Portland native first set out on a career in academia, receiving a bachelor’s degree in physics from the University of Portland in 2001. She worked in engineering for a time and later transitioned to biomedical research. At one point, she also thought about a career in nursing. It wasn’t until a few years after college Amy started exploring opportunities to become a first responder.

“I wanted to do outdoor wilderness guiding,” Amy said. “I really wanted to just be on a sailboat and guide, but that was never going to be a long-term plan.”

She started taking classes to obtain a basic certification as an emergency medical technician (EMT), typically, the first step for anyone interested in emergency medicine or the fire service. With that under her belt, she began volunteering with Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue (TVF&R) in 2003.

“Then I decided I was going to make it a career when I met my husband,” Amy said. “The two of us tested and promoted during the same time.”

Amy and her husband are now going on 17 years working for TVF&R, where Amy is a firefighter paramedic and works on a rescue unit at TVF&R’s newest station near Charbonneau. She said she enjoys

the variety of opportunities being a first responder provides.

“I enjoy the change of scenery every day, not working in an office, and problem solving,” Amy said. “I have a math mind, so I always like to be solving problems. Early on as a volunteer, I recognized that it was something that I was able to do.”

Unlike fire engines and trucks, rescue units transport patients to the hospital in addition to providing on-scene emergency medical care. As a result, Amy gets to spend much more time with patients when they’re being taken to the hospital.

“I get to be their advocate. I get to be their teacher. I get to learn from them and really work through resources,” Amy explained.

“It’s more than treating an illness. It’s being a resource finder and a patient advocate, and emotional support, and social worker. Those are the hats we get to wear.”

Station 54, where Amy works, is a busy one. Crews there have transported more than 1,000 people to area hospitals since the station opened in September 2021. Amy looks forward to continuing to be a resource for the Wilsonville area and helping people in need.

“It’s humbling to know that we are needed and that we can provide emotional and social support and resources to our residents,” Amy said.

“It’s humbling to know that we are needed and that we can provide emotional and social support and resources to our residents.” —AMY BOYLE