Doris McCain Loder Gives to Future PYP String Players

Posted on February 13, 2019

Doris McCain joined the Portland Junior Symphony in the fall of 1942 when she was a 7th grader in Oregon City. She rose in the ranks and eventually shared the first stand second violins with Jane Bugbee for two seasons, PJS’s 22nd and 23rd. Dory, as she is known, is an accomplished violinist and violist. She had the good fortune to... Read More ›

How Mr. A Influenced My Life

Posted on February 12, 2019

By Walter Maddox (PJS 1950-55)

At my oral exam at Juilliard (1958), I appeared before the entire Composition Faculty. They tried to fool me, asking, “What is this music?” I looked it over quickly and said, “This looks like Schubert, but it isn’t. It’s Brahms’ Serenade in D. Early Brahms. I’ve played it.” I learned it with the Portland Junior Symphony, Jacob... Read More ›

Reminiscences of My Musical Life

Posted on February 11, 2019

By George Alderson (PJS member 1958-63)

It was the Portland Youth Philharmonic that inspired my interesting musical life.  Now at the age of 74 I look back on many years of making music – at times as a professional, at other times as an amateur.  I met my wife, Frances, through music (she is a pianist in private life).  I’m not a graduate of any... Read More ›