Committee Members and Others,
We are cancelling the November 20th Land Use and Transportation Meeting due to no urgent items. Notes from our October meeting are attached. Please give them a look prior to our December 18th meeting.
Hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving.
Hello neighbors,
The Beaumont Business Association’s annual Fremont Holiday Fest is Friday, December 5, 2025, 4-7 PM!
The Fremont Holiday Fest will include selfies with Santa, a firetruck from Station 28, and the Grant Royal Blues caroling along NE Fremont Street! Holiday Fest tends to get a lot of BBA members participating, so there’ll be many more activities. Come join the festivities.
Thank you for all the support for Trick or Treat on Fremont Street and we hope to see you at our annual Holiday Fest!
Kind regards,
Guthrie Shriver
Community Organizer
Beaumont Business Association
Portland, Ore. – Northwest Vocal Arts (NWVA) – celebrates the holiday season with two concerts on Saturday, December 20 at 2 pm and Sunday, December 21 at 7 pm, at Rose City Park United Methodist Church, located at 5830 NE Alameda St. in Portland.
Titled Voices of Winter – New Light, the concerts will feature the professional NWVA Olympia Chamber Choir and Evergreen Youth Choir performing works by a wonderful variety of composers, from the acclaimed English composer Benjamin Britten to award-winning R&B singer-songwriter India Aire. Thanks to generous donations from the public and a substantial grant from San Francisco-based non-profit Chance to Excel, all members of the youth choir receive a full tuition scholarship.
Highlights of the concert include Benjamin Britten’s A Ceremony of Carols, a fascinating cycle of medieval texts chosen for their varied moods, from joyful to solemn, featuring harp accompaniment and set to music that uses both traditional plainchant and modern harmonic language.
Other highlights include the Nigerian traditional Oba Ti De (Here Comes the King), arranged by Jeffrey Ames and I am the Light by India Aire, a lyrical and spiritual affirmation of inner peace and identity. The choir will also perform audience favorites Glow by Eric Whitacre, Three Nativity Carols by Stephen Paulus with harp and oboe, and much more.
General admission is $35 ($15 for students). Tickets may be purchased at eventbrite.com.
Cordilheira: Range of the Americas-Music of Brazil, featuring Bendita Sabedoria by Villa-Lobos, a post-concert reception with live music, traditional Brazilian treats and more, Sunday, March 15, 2026 3:00 p.m.
Northwest Vocal Arts is a non-profit organization based in Portland, Ore., that strives to foster human connection, inspire the next generation of professional and amateur musicians, and positively impact individuals and audiences in the Pacific Northwest and beyond through the universal language of vocal music and innovative community-focused initiatives.
NWVA currently has two ensembles – a professional chamber choir featuring some of the region’s finest vocal musicians, and a youth choir that is open to high school students of all ages.
Thanks to generous donors, every member of our youth choir is provided with a 100% tuition scholarship, regardless of prior experience and without an audition.
With this groundbreaking approach, NWVA removes a significant barrier of entry for young singers and their families.
Learn more at www.nwvocalarts.org.
Portland native Samuel Barbara is Northwest Vocal Arts’ founder and executive artistic director. He has a doctorate in choral music from the University of Southern California and is currently Director of Choral and Vocal Studies at Portland Community College, Rock Creek Campus. He previously served as Director of Choral Activities at Westminster College and as Director of Choirs at Cleveland High School in Portland, where his choirs won the 5A Oregon State choir championships three times.
Karen Bohart directs the NWVA Youth Choir. She is Director of Choirs at Wilsonville High School and is past-President of the Oregon American Choral Director Association (ACDA). She has served on the Oregon Music Educators Association (OMEA) Board and previously served on the Oregon ACDA Board as the Treble Choir Repertoire and Standards Chair. ###
Please join us for our next board meeting Tuesday, November 4, 7-9 PM.
Meeting Date: Tuesday, November 4, 2025
Meeting Time: 7PM-9PM
Location: In person, German American Society, 5626 NE Alameda St, Portland, OR 97213
Open to Public: All welcome to attend
Link to Agenda: November 4 meeting agenda
Link to Documents: All Board Meeting documents
Hope to see you there!
The Beaumont Business Association’s annual Trick or Treat on Fremont Street is happening this Friday!
From 4–6 PM, businesses along Fremont will be handing out over 1,700 full-sized candy bars to trick-or-treaters. Families and kids are encouraged to come early before supplies run out.
That same evening, they will be promoting Trick or Treat for Cans (5-8pm), a neighborhood food donation drive that goes toward the Sunshine Division.
Trick or Treat for Cans Volunteer opportunity:
A canned food collection volunteer event!
10/31/2025, 5PM-8PM
Costumes encouraged. Check in a Sylvan Learning.
Volunteers will collect canned goods door-to-door using provided tote bags and neighborhood maps to ensure all areas are covered evenly.
Scroll down for infographics, more information.
Meeting will be held Thursday, October 16, 2025, 7 PM to 9 PM in person at the
German American Society
5626 NE Alameda
Come enjoy a wonderful, relaxing afternoon of the best in choral music.
Portland, Ore. – Northwest Vocal Arts (NWVA) – celebrates its second season with a fall concert at 3 p.m. on Sunday, October 19, at Rose City Park United Methodist Church, located at 5830 NE Alameda St. in Portland.
Titled Autumn Celebration, this concert will feature the NWVA professional chamber choir and the NWVA youth choir performing works by Antonio Vivaldi, Jack Runestad, Aaron Copland, and more. Thanks to generous donations from the public and a substantial grant from San Francisco-based non-profit Chance to Excel, all members of the youth choir receive a full tuition scholarship.
The centerpiece of the concert will be Gloria, RV 589 by Antonio Vivaldi. Gloria was composed in 1715, during his residency at a convent and orphanage for girls in Venice. Vivaldi’s orchestras and choirs were famous throughout Europe. Although his secular music, such as The Four Seasons, is better known today, he composed truly stunning and profound sacred works. Gloria is a shining example of Baroque sacred music at its finest.
Other highlights include the Grammy-nominated The Hope of Loving by contemporary composer Jack Runestad. The piece explores themes of love, spirituality and the natural world in mesmerizing settings of verses by poets ranging from medieval mystics to more contemporary masters. On composing, Runestad said “I write because it’s not about music for the sake of music — it’s music for the sake of helping someone grieve, inspiring positive change in the world, telling someone else’s story that maybe we don’t know about in order to foster compassion. It’s really music with purpose.”
General admission is $35 ($15 for students). Season tickets ($80) can be purchased at nwvocalarts.org/tickets.
Voices of Winter – New Light, featuring Three Nativity Carols by Stephen Paulus, A Ceremony of Carols by Benjamin Britten and more, Saturday, December 20, 2:00 pm and Sunday, December 21, 7:00 p.m.
Cordillera: Range of the Americas-Music of Brazil, Featuring Bendita Sabedoria by Villa-Lobos, a pre-concert reception and more, Sunday, March 15, 3:00 p.m.
Northwest Vocal Arts is a non-profit organization based in Portland, Ore., that strives to foster human connection, inspire the next generation of professional and amateur musicians, and positively impact individuals and audiences in the Pacific Northwest and beyond through the universal language of vocal music and innovative community-focused initiatives.
NWVA currently has two ensembles – a professional chamber choir featuring some of the region’s finest vocal musicians, and a youth choir that is open to high school students of all ages.
Thanks to generous donors, every member of our youth choir is provided with a 100% tuition scholarship, regardless of prior experience and without an audition.
With this groundbreaking approach, NWVA removes a significant barrier of entry for young singers and their families.
Learn more at www.nwvocalarts.org.
Portland native Samuel Barbara is Northwest Vocal Arts’ founder and executive artistic director. He has a doctorate in choral music from the University of Southern California and is currently Director of Choral and Vocal Studies at Portland Community College, Rock Creek Campus. He previously served as Director of Choral Activities at Westminster College and as Director of Choirs at Cleveland High School in Portland, where his choirs won the 5A Oregon State choir championships three times.
Karen Bohart directs the NWVA Youth Choir. She is Director of Choirs at Wilsonville High School and is past-President of the Oregon American Choral Director Association (ACDA). She has served on the Oregon Music Educators Association (OMEA) Board and previously served on the Oregon ACDA Board as the Treble Choir Repertoire and Standards Chair.
Please take a moment to read and enjoy our September 2025 Newsletter.
Available online and at your doorstep!
RCP Review: September 2025, Vol. 52, Issue 1
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