The Wallowa Valley Music Alliance is a non-profit corporation formed in the spring of 2004 by a small group of musicians and educators in Wallowa County, located in the northeastern corner of the state of Oregon.
The corporation is for public charitable and educational purposes. The purpose of the Wallowa Valley Music Alliance is to foster the growth of music communities in Wallowa County, Oregon, and throughout the rural inland Northwest, including eastern Oregon, eastern Washington, Idaho, and western Montana, by connecting music educators with students, and encouraging a widening participation in music of all genres, with particular emphasis on youth education but also including lifelong music education for all demographics.
Our Programs
Wallowa Fiddle Tunes Camp – held the second week in July at Wallowa School campus. This family-oriented week-long camp focuses on traditional fiddle tunes and dance, and has run continuously every summer since 2005.
Musicians Referral Database—a work in progress: a comprehensive directory of Wallowa County musicians, music educators, performance venues, and rehearsal spaces.
Community Outreach – The Music Alliance often coordinates music for special events in our area, such as the Watershed Festival, Wallowa Valley Festival of the Arts, Youth Arts Festival, and more.
The Courthouse Concert Series—free and open to the public every Thursday during the summer months. Drawing from local and regional talent, the Music Alliance presents a wide variety of music all summer long on the gazebo stage at the Wallowa County Courthouse in Enterprise, Oregon. Funding assistance is provided by the City of Enterprise and other community organizations. The concert series has been running since the summer of 2006.
Tunesmith Night—a monthly showcase of original music presented in a listening atmosphere by the songwriters themselves. Participating artists come from around the northwest and beyond, and always include local talent. Tunesmith Night has been running since fall of 2006.
Juniper Jam – The sweetest little music festival in Eastern Oregon–began in 2009 and has become one of the community’s best loved events, bringing music lovers from all neighboring states to Enterprise for a full day of all-original live music on two stages, kids’ activities, art, local food and drink– all at the county fairgrounds on Saturday of Labor Day Weekend.
Music on the Mountaintop—The WVMA provides booking service to Wallowa Lake Tramway’s Summit Grill for afternoon entertainment atop Mt. Howard via the tram.
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The Music Alliance directs a portion of all general contributions to a Scholarship Fund for distribution to local music students seeking private music instruction in Wallowa County. At the beginning of each school year, we donate Recorders to Fourth-graders in the public school districts of Wallowa, Joseph and Enterprise.
The Wallowa Valley Music Alliance does not and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender expression, age, national origin, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status, in any of its activities or operations.