Centrum Information Center

Centrum's Facebook Page

Whether you are a workshop participant, performance attendee, donor, volunteer, resident, or interested observer, we hope you will take a moment to visit our new Facebook page.

Facebook allows each of you to connect with us and extend your experience at Centrum. Upload your photos and videos. Talk about your past or upcoming workshops, review performances and readings. In large measure, 'our' page is 'your' page.

So take a look, and let us know what you think. We're exploring whether or not to create specific social networking sites for each of our major program areas. What do you think? (Now you have your first discussion topic on Facebook.)

WANTED: Bloggers

When we redesigned this site last year, we had a vision that at some point, we could invite community members to post/write for the site, sharing their passion with other members of the Centrum community.

That time is NOW!

If you are passionate about Centrum programs, and would like to share your knowledge and a sense of discovery with others, we want YOU. Please contact Keven Elliff at keven at centrum dot org for more information.

Space Remaining in Explorations: Session Two

A quick update to let you know that we are still accepting applications for the second of our two Explorations middle school weeks. Our first session sold out, so this second week (March 16-21) is your last chance in 2008 to connect your middle school students with this program. For more information, visit our Explorations page, or contact Martha Worthley, at 360.385.3102 x120.

Registration Open for 2008 Workshops

Registration has opened for Centrum's 2008 workshops. Bookmark http://www.centrum.org/admin/register.html, which is our new launch page for registrations.

New in 2008, we've upgraded the software we use to handle registrations, which will give you more information, more quickly than ever before. As always, your feedback will help us improve how we serve you.

Techniques for Demo Recordings

Need to make a good demo recording? For his 2007 jazz and chamber music workshop sessions on the subject, David Christensen developed a Powerpoint presentation detailing the basic audio production concepts necessary to produce good demos. If you need to make a demo for Centrum workshops, or for any other reason, this presentation (which consists of the Powerpoint file and a sample WAV file) is highly informative.

Download audio_production_seminar.ppt (2MB)

Download samples_of_a.wav (3MB)

A Taste of the Cistern Concert

If you missed last night's Cistern Dedication Concert, here is a jumpy cell-phone video with surprisingly good audio. The concert was, in fact, professionally recorded, so we'll try to have a good quality sound sample available at some point. This August 8, 2007 recording of Stuart Dempster, Kevin Karnes, David Marriott, and Brian Pertl was made at the dedication of the Dan Harpole Cistern at Fort Worden State Park.

Map to the Dan Harpole Cistern

Join us on Wednesday, August 8, at 7 pm on the upper hill at Fort Worden State Park as multi- instrumentalist Stuart Dempster performs improvisatory compositions for didgeridoo, conch shell, and trombone as part of the dedication of the naming of the Dan Harpole Cistern.

The concert will also celebrate the Cistern’s centennial (it was built in 1907). Listen to a recording of Dempster playing in the Cistern.

This Cistern is underground, but we'll be piping the music up in surround sound to speakers on the meadow above.

We'll have volunteers on hand to guide you to the Cistern, but you can also download a map to help you get to this special concert.