About Us – Music Community Resources

MISSION STATEMENT: Music Community Resources values the importance of live music in our culture and works to preserve and nurture the cultural tradition of live music events. This is accomplished by expanding performance opportunities for musicians, community education through audience experience, teaching the etiquette of live performance to young musicians, organizing benefit concerts, bringing live music to nursing homes, hospitals, and shelters, and similar activities promoting the performance of music. The organization also provides artist development for young and emerging musicians. MCR is licensed as a promoter of live music performance of cover songs by the appropriate performance rights organizations.

NON-DISCRIMINATION POLICY: Music Community Resources does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, age, national origin, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status, in any of its activities.

Mary Anne Moorman, President

Mary Anne Moorman (Auntmama) KCBS Radio Host and MC for the Bainbridge Bluegrass Festivals (2006-2014) was recently elected as president of Music Community Resources, In keeping with MCR’s mission of bringing live music to our community, Auntmama has created a new music venue near Kingston called, “Stage 3

Lisa Pastore, Secretary

Managing Director of Talking Dog Media
Lisa has over 20 years working with corporate and academic clients developing strategic marketing approaches combined with Internet strategies.

Norman Johnson, Treasurer

Founding member of Music Community Resources, long-time supporter of local music and community events, Norm worked as a chemist for the Navy for 32 years with 20 years as the supervisor of the Scientific Services Branch at the Bangor Submarine Base. Norm created the Bainbridge Bluegrass Festival that ran from 2006 to 2014, and hosted hundreds of local concerts at the Pegasus Coffee House (Bainbridge Island), Island Center Hall, Seabold Hall, Island Music Guild Hall, Winslow Town Square, Waterfront Park, Bainbridge Commons, Cafe Allegro (Seattle) and many other venues around Puget Sound. Most recently Norm was the host of Concerts in the Woods series 2009 – 2019 in Coyle on the Olympic Peninsula.

Our story

Music Community Resources was formed in 2005 by a group of dedicated musicians and concert goers who shared a desire to bring more live music to the public by hosting at various venues and creating music festivals. The founding members included Norman Johnson, Barbara Buckland, Michael Fleckenstein, Galena Reiter-Thomson, Brad Yaeger, Lisa Marshall, George Thomas, and Bill White. Our first endeavors included the Friday and Saturday concert series and Sunday Open Mic at the Pegasus Coffee House on Bainbridge Island 2005 – 2009, and concurrently the Friday night series at Cafe Allegro in Seattle’s U-District 2006-2010. We started the Bainbridge Bluegrass festival in 2006 which ran through 2014. We held other concerts at Island Center Hall, the Bainbridge Commons, Island Music Guild Hall, BIMA Auditorium, Waterfront Park, Winslow Town Square, and Seabold Hall. We ran the Patsy Cline/Hank Williams Tribute Concerts at the Barn on Koura Road for several summers 2007 – 2009. Then from 2009 to 2019 we hosted the Concerts in the Woods series. We also offered workshops and classes to help improve the skills of budding musicians.

In 2020 we welcomed in some new members to the Board as we explore new directions supporting the efforts of the Intimate Music Series bringing an interesting mix of chamber music, the Olympic Serenade with various combinations of classical performances, and Cello Mania that combines cellos of various sizes and cellists of various ages into a group that demonstrates the diversity that this instrument can produce.

In 2022 we shifted gears again to support a new project of Mary Anne Moorman’s (Auntmama) near Kingston called Auntmama’s Stage 3 which includes music concerts, community informational workshops, and artist retreats.