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Palaver Strings

Non-profit chamber orchestra strengthening and inspiring community through music Our mission is to strengthen and inspire community through music.

Palaver Strings is a musician-led string ensemble and nonprofit organization based in Portland, ME. In our musician-led organization, Palaver’s musicians share artistic and administrative leadership, guided by a passion for engaging new audiences, addressing social justice issues, and amplifying underrepresented voices through classical music.

05/27/2026

We’re so pleased to share this year’s beautiful Lullaby Project recordings with you.

A huge thank you to the four incredible participants who trusted us with their stories, memories, hopes, and love throughout this process. It was an honor to see these songs come to life as you welcome a new being into this world.

Lullaby Project brings pregnant people and new parents together with professional musicians to create original lullabies for their children.

We’re endlessly grateful to everyone who made this project so meaningful. A special shoutout to for producing and engineering and to and for joining us for the first time as songwriting guides.

Visit the link in bio to listen!

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05/12/2026

As another school year, performance season, and fiscal year comes to a close, we’re asking for your support. ❤️

Palaver Music Center serves hundreds of students and families each year through classes, afterschool programs, private lessons, performances, and songwriting projects, with many students relying on scholarship support to participate.

As arts funding declines and costs rise, community support is more important than ever.

Your donation helps provide scholarships, support teaching artists, and keep music education accessible for students across our community.

Every contribution, of any amount, helps make this work possible. Thank you for your generosity, and for helping us continue another year of music, learning, and creativity ahead.

Visit the link in bio to make a donation.

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05/07/2026

Five Palaver musicians, featuring and , are kicking off the on May 15 at the 🎶
Join us in Portland for the start of a weekend full of incredible music.
Check out the link in bio for more info about festival passes and tickets.

04/30/2026

Bienvenido! I’m honored to share my first community letter as Education Director of Palaver Strings.

At the Palaver Music Center, we believe every student deserves access to world-class music education, regardless of background or financial circumstance. Over the past six years, our programs have served hundreds of students and families across our community, with many relying on scholarship support to participate.

This spring, we’re asking for your help to continue this work. Your gift to Palaver’s Annual Fund directly supports scholarships, faculty, and the resources our students need to thrive. Thank you for being part of this work.

Visit the link in bio to make a donation.

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04/20/2026

This band is honored to be out here in the Bay performing our Change is Gonna Come program with our dear friend and collaborator . Right now this work is more important and relevant than ever.

Music + gathering are protest. We won’t stop.

Berkeley this morning for workshops before heading to Santa Cruz for work with the USCS composition department and another show with the at on Friday.

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04/16/2026

new shirt alert

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we’d love you to be the first to wear it!!! head to our shop at the link in our bio.

change is gonna come 🌊

04/04/2026

Join us with Orange Bike Brewing for a special spring evening of rehearsal and conversation 🌿

Monday, April 13th, 5–6:30pm
Get an inside look at our creative process, enjoy Orange Bike’s brews, and connect with the ensemble and community.

03/31/2026

Dancing Home 💃

A high-energy program exploring heritage, belonging, and resilience through dance. Featuring tango, Syrian folk, Croatian traditions, and Kareem Roustom’s ḥawwāsh with rotating solos across the ensemble.
Come be part of it.

April 16 -
April 17 -

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03/25/2026

Tour reflections from 🍎🍏

It was such a joy, pleasure, and honor to bring this Apple of Their Eyes program to life and share it with so many people. Huge thank you to Kamryon for dreaming up such an impactful program and I think it was one of the most well-received programs we’ve done so far!

As Concert Coordinator, I’m incredibly grateful for the respect, attention to detail, thoughtfulness, buy-in, and flexibility you all brought throughout the entire process! I was really inspired by how the speakers crafted such a cohesive narrative around the program’s deeper meaning, and it felt like with each performance we were able to dive deeper and deeper into the music. I was initially unsure how this program and topic would come across, but I felt we really embodied these composers’ stories and artistry and fully brought Kam’s vision to life.

The soloists sounded absolutely gorgeous—huge congrats to Maï for being such a consistent, heartfelt powerhouse throughout. Shoutout to Brianna for always making us look great and for navigating all the different stage setups, and Haley has been a godsend in keeping these tours and travel so organized. Our guest artists were awesome, vibes were awesome, y’all are awesome!

Cheers to a fantastic tour and looking forward to continuing to build on all the things moving forward!

Love,
Ki

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Address

380 Cumberland Avenue
Portland, ME
04101

Website

http://palaverstrings.org/

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