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A Love of Space and Music

Drummer and astronaut Jim Wetherbee shares his love of music for a local fundraiser

Bend is home to actors, musicians, artists, entrepreneurs and plenty of other talented people from all over the world. Jim Wetherbee is one of them, having moved to Bend after retiring. He has an especially unique story, even for Bend. Wetherbee spent more than 31 years at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, as an […]

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Fine-Tuned in Central Oregon

Cascade School of Music creates generations of local musicians

The slogan for the Cascade School of Music is, “The Sound of Human Potential,” and the school’s goal is to infuse the youth and adults of Central Oregon with that potential. Bend in particular is a musical town with live music playing just about every night of the week—so a steady stream of new voices […]

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Socializing Sound

Cascade School of Music spreads strong musical roots

It’s buzzing inside the Cascade School of Music building on Monday afternoon. The pitter-patter of feet up and down the narrow hallways, the din of a dozen practice rooms, some with one-on-one lessons, some with groups of three to six students hammering away on keyboards, bowing violins or crashing sticks on symbols. When I sit […]

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