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2025 Convention, Portland, OR: Oct. 29 – Nov. 1

Jan 22, 2025 | Convention, News

We are excited at the prospects of seeing you and playing music with you at the 2025 Annual CMSA Convention in Portland, Oregon. The convention runs October 29 through November 1, 2025. Pre-convention workshops begin the evening of October 28 and continue the...

International Workers’ Order Children’s Orchestra circa 1942

Jan 13, 2025 | Orchestras

Judy Friedman submitted this photograph of her mother and grandfather in the International Workers' Order Children's Orchestra, circa 1942. Her mother, Berverly Spivack, is in the ceter of the last row with two bows in her hair. Her grandfather, Frank Spivack,...

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