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Ethos Music Center Lessons & Classes offers private lessons, group classes, and ensembles, along with field trips and live performances. The program also includes culturally-responsive music education for immigrant youth, on-site music classes, after-school programs, and classes, workshops, and demonstrations, as well as rehearsals, presentations, and large group gatherings.
• Ages: 5–18 years old
• Schedule: Lesson and class options Monday–Thursday afternoons and evenings, Friday afternoons and evenings, and Saturday mornings
Founded in 1998 in Portland, Oregon, Ethos Music Center Lessons & Classes employs more than 30 part-time music instructors. The leadership team includes Acting Executive Director Megan Moran, Program Director Lauren Coons, and other staff in admissions, finance and operations, instruments, development, and summer camp roles. Ethos states that all students deserve access to the benefits of music education regardless of socioeconomic status, geographic location, abilities, religion, race, ethnicity, culture, national origin, gender identity, or sexual orientation. Ethos facilitates music outreach programs for students in Oregon’s underserved rural and urban areas and partners with students, families, and community advocates to identify and remove barriers to music education. The President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities has named Ethos one of the top 50 after-school arts programs in the U.S. eight times since 2003.
Last updated July 14, 2026.
• Ages: 5–18 years old
• Schedule: Lesson and class options Monday–Thursday afternoons and evenings, Friday afternoons and evenings, and Saturday mornings
Founded in 1998 in Portland, Oregon, Ethos Music Center Lessons & Classes employs more than 30 part-time music instructors. The leadership team includes Acting Executive Director Megan Moran, Program Director Lauren Coons, and other staff in admissions, finance and operations, instruments, development, and summer camp roles. Ethos states that all students deserve access to the benefits of music education regardless of socioeconomic status, geographic location, abilities, religion, race, ethnicity, culture, national origin, gender identity, or sexual orientation. Ethos facilitates music outreach programs for students in Oregon’s underserved rural and urban areas and partners with students, families, and community advocates to identify and remove barriers to music education. The President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities has named Ethos one of the top 50 after-school arts programs in the U.S. eight times since 2003.
Last updated July 14, 2026.
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