Kevin Oates | Musician Portrait

I had the distinct pleasure of working with an amazing friend and entrepreneur. I met Kevin in college where we studied music together, and after teaching in New York for a while he is back to Maine teaching strings and bring even more life to the music scene here in Portland. His vision and passion for what he does is simply incredible and contagious, both to spread music and his playing. We have been working together on a project that has some huge potential and I am really excited to be working with him even more. Check out more images from our session below and hear about what he is doing when he probably should be sleeping.

Kevin founded the Maine Youth Rock Orchestra . This organization brings school age string players; middle to high school, into a live music setting where they are backing up local talent here in Portland. They rehearse with these amazing performers and then perform on stage with them in an epic performance. Keep an eye out on this group as they always have some amazing things lined up.

In addition to starting Maine Youth Rock Orchestra from the ground up, he is also an avid music educator; teaching in public schools as well as private lessons. He speaks with passion and drive for his vision and is an amazing advocate for music education.

Artist Series #1

This is the first time I have done, no less shared, something like this, so it is a little rough and the audio is not great. Though, as I dive deeper into my vision for what I want to do with my company I see this as a component for story telling. Watch for more of these down the road, with more refinement. I already have a couple in the planning stages. Thanks for watching.