Spring Concerts! Mark your calendars! (Posted - 3/25/2013)
Join us for our biggest concert series of the year, as we wrap up an incredible 79th season!
May 21, 22, and 23 | 7:30pm | South Eugene High School
More details available on our Performance Schedule page.
AND... You won't want to miss an exciting annoucement at our culminating show on May 23! Come hear what's new at AU as we prepare for our 80th Anniversary! We look forward to seeing you there!
Orchestra Photos Available for Order! (Posted - 3/4/2013)
Professional Orchestra photos are now available for order!
VIEW PROOFS
To order, please fill out an order form (pdf) and submit to the AU Administrative office by March 4th with payment.
If you have any questions, please feel free to call our office at 541.484.0473.
The Big Event (Posted - 2/23/2013)
$50 Ticket | $500 Table of 8 | $1000 Sponsored Table of 8(Includes logo on table and recognition from stage)
Tickets available for purchase online, at the Arts Umbrella Office: 3411 Willamette St, Eugene,
or by phone at 541.484.0473 (Please retain your online purchase reciept. Your name will be registered at the event - no ticket is necessary).
See you there!
Spring 2013 String Academy Performances! (Posted - 2/19/2013)
Mark your calendars!
Tuesday, Feb. 19 in the Roosevelt MS gym | 7:00pm
Featuring the south region String Academy 1 classes at Edison and McCornack Elementary Schools and our String Academy 2 ensemble
&
Thursday, Feb. 21 in the Kelly MS gym – 7:00pm
Featuring the north region String Academy 1 classes at YG/Corridor, Howard and River Road Elementary Schools
Classes and Rehearsals Resume (Posted - 1/14/2013)
Happy New Year!
String Academy 1 classes resume Tues. Jan. 8, 2013
String Academy 2, LS, JO and YS rehearsals resume Mon. Jan. 14, 2013
SA2 Update - New Rehearsal Space! (Posted - 11/5/2012)
Beginning Mon. Nov. 19, String Academy 2 will be rehearsing at Roosevelt Middle School! SA2 families should refer to the letter brought home today and to emails sent out with detailed information!
The rehearsals will be held in the band and orchestra room at Roosevelt MS located at 680 East 24th Avenue (located across the street from the back of SEHS). Please use the entrance west of the main entrance off of the first parking lot on 24th (next to the soccer fields.)
This change, though not coming at the ideal time, is a wonderful opportunity for our ensemble to rehearse in a bigger space (we had outgrown our current space) and a space already configured for an orchestra!
Thank you RMS for welcoming SA2 and thank you families for making this important change!
AU Musicians Play On for the Play-A-Thon (Posted - 10/8/2012)
It's time once again for the annual Play-A-Thon! String Academy 2, Little Symphony and Junior Orchestra members are out collecting pledges and donations for minutes they practice from Oct. 8-Oct 20. Conductors say it's a great way to start the year focusing on increased practicing. It's a win-win for everyone with funds raised going directly to AU programs! Please sponsor an orchestra student who is "playing on for the play-a-thon".
Master Class with Master Musician (Posted - 9/20/2012)
Another exciting visit for Arts Umbrella Musicians!
On Friday, Sept. 21 members of the Little Symphony and Junior Orchestra string section will gather for a master class with renowned violinist Bing Wang who will be in Eugene as guest soloist for the Eugene Symphony concert with John Williams on Saturday Sept 22. Bing Wang is Associate Concertmaster of the Los Angeles Philaharmonic Orchestra and is on the teaching staff at USC where she works with Midori. Bing comes to Arts Umbrella at the urging of Midori to continue the outreach to our musicians and we are so grateful to both of these amazing artsists for their time with our youth!
Bidding a fond farewell... (Posted - 8/27/2012)
Another no-cost way to support AU (Posted - 2/10/2010)
What if Arts Umbrella earned a donation every time you searched the Internet? Or how about if a percentage of every purchase you made online went to support our cause? Well, now it can!
GoodSearch.com is a new Yahoo-powered search engine that donates half its advertising revenue, about a penny per search, to the charities its users designate. Use it just as you would any search engine, get quality search results from Yahoo, and watch the donations add up!
GoodShop.com is a new online shopping mall which donates up to 30 percent of each purchase to your favorite cause! Hundreds of great stores including Amazon, Target, Gap, Best Buy, ebay, Macy's and Barnes & Noble have teamed up with GoodShop and every time you place an order, you'll be supporting your favorite cause.
And if you download the GoodSearch – Arts Umbrella toolbar, our cause will earn money every time you shop and search online - even if you forget to go to GoodShop or GoodSearch first! Add the Arts Umbrella toolbar at http://www.goodsearch.com/toolbar/arts-umbrella
Sign up for eScrip today (Posted - 4/13/2009)
Arts Umbrella is now signed up for eScrip! Now you can earn money for Arts Umbrella by simply shopping at your favorite stores! Follow the link below to learn about the three easy ways you can support AU through eScrip. It is super easy...just link your grocery, merchant, and/or credit cards to Arts Umbrella and shop away. Then, the next time you shop at Market of Choice, Eddie Bauer, or any of the other listed merchants, Arts Umbrella receives a portion of the purchase!
Visit http://www.escrip.com/program/3ways/index.jsp to sign up today!
Thanks for your support!!