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Columbia Gorge News
Wednesday, July 21, 2021
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Proclamation of
appreciation for
Mark Steighner and
the Columbia Gorge
Orchestra Association’s
Sinfonietta Orchestra
Whereas, The Columbia Gorge
Orchestra Association is the
pre-eminent performing arts
organization in Hood River, with six
different ensembles, and
Whereas, CGOA’s Sinfonietta
Orchestra has provided over 40
consecutive years of musical per-
formances to our community, and
Whereas, Mark Steighner has
been the Artistic Director and
Conductor of the Sinfonietta for
the past 17 years and has also
added new CGOA ensembles,
composed new pieces, written and
directed musicals, and brought
other composers and performers to
Hood River, and
Whereas, Mark Steighner has
made additional musical contribu-
tions to the Hood River community
by inspiring and teaching choral
and instrumental music to thou-
sands of Hood River students for
the 36 years from 1979 to 2015, and
Whereas, Mark Steighner
was named Outstanding Music
Educator of the Year in 2015 by
the Oregon Music Education
Association, and
Whereas, Mark Steighner is wide-
ly recognized as a local treasure
who has brought — and continues
to bring — musical joy to a great
many Hood River community
musicians, singers, and audiences
alike,
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Kate
McBride, Mayor of the City of Hood
River, Oregon, recognize the con-
tributions of Mark Steighner and
the CGOA Sinfonietta and hereby
proclaim July 17, 2021 as Mark
Steighner/CGOA Sinfonietta Day
in the City of Hood River. Further,
I urge all citizens to appreciate
that we have Mark Steighner and
CGOA’s Sinfonietta in our com-
munity and to thank them for their
many musical contributions.
Jackson Park was filled with concertgoers July 17, when Aaron Meyer and his five-piece band joined the CGOA Sinfonietta for a free concert. CGOA Artistic
Director and Conductor Mark Steighner was also honored at the event. More photos at gorgenews.com.
Trisha Walker photo
Mark Steighner, CGOA honored at Jackson Park concert
Trisha Walker
■ By Columbia
Gorge News
It was a full house — or rather,
full park — at Hood River’s
Jackson Park on July 17. Rock
Violinist Aaron Meyer and his
five-piece band joined Columbia
Gorge Orchestra Association
(CGOA) and Artistic Director and
Conductor Mark Steighner for a
free concert.
“We’re so glad to be here
with Mark and these wonderful
musicians,” Meyer told the crowd.
“We’ve had a lot of fun rehearsing
to have a special concert like this.”
The concert was a thank you
to the Gorge community and a
tribute to hometown heroes.
“We just want to give a shout
out to Kate Brown and all the
people who made it possible to
make it through this pandemic,”
said CGOA Board President Elaine
Thompson. “People who work
in public safety — the police, the
firefighters, the security staff.
Healthcare workers — paramedics
hospital workers, health provid-
ers, assisted living and nursing
home staff, the coroners. School
employees — teachers, school
counselors, administrators, the
cleaning and custodial staff. The
list goes on with the food ser-
vice employees, grocery store
staff, convenience store workers,
human service providers, foster
care workers, nonprofit staff and
volunteers, the transit workers
that got us all back and forth, truck
and delivery drivers, and informa-
tion systems like the newspaper —
it’s an exhaustive list and we know
how exhausting this year was, so
we are so happy to be back and
grateful to the people who made it
possible. Thank you all.”
It was also, unbeknownst to
Steighner, a chance to honor him
for his many musical contribu-
tions to Hood River.
Hood River Mayor Kate
McBride called Steighner to
her side as she read the official
proclamation that declared July
17, 2021, as Mark Steighner/CGOA
Sinfonietta Day.
The Sinfonietta Orchestra has
provided music for more than 40
years, the proclamation noted,
and Steighner has been artistic
director and conductor for the
past 17 years. He also taught
choral and instrumental music
classes to Hood River students
as a teacher at Hood River Valley
High School for 36 years and
was named Outstanding Music
Educator of the Year in 2015 by the
Oregon Music Association. (See
full proclamation, at right.)
Steighner said the honor went
to his students and orchestra
members, then thanked the large
crowd for coming.
“I’d like to thank you all for
coming out and starting our
season in such an amazing way
and really encouraging us, be-
cause we didn’t know if we could
come back,” he said. “… We have
a concert coming up in October
and have a full season, so please
join us. Let’s keep this energy and
these crowds going. It’s amazing.”
Thompson additionally thanked
the sponsors who “stayed with us
this past year during the pan-
demic,” as well as new sponsor
Columbia Gorge Toyota and
Honda. The Hood River Lions also
received a thank you for the new
covered park stage, and the City of
Hood River for allowing the con-
cert in the park that evening.
Meyer and his band joined
Sinfonietta members in a vari-
ety of songs that included Led
Zeppelin’s “Kashmir,” Queen’s
“Bohemian Rhapsody,” the theme
from “Lawrence of Arabia” and
new versions of Vivaldi’s “The
Four Seasons” and Rossini’s
“Barber of Seville,” as well as a
Meyer original inspired by his
time practicing as a kid.
For more information on
CGOA, visit gorgeorchestra.
org or www.facebook.com/
gorgeorchestra.
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