Laura Streib, Founder

Laura grew up with a life filled with music. She started playing piano in elementary school, added the flute in 5th grade and finally landed on playing the oboe in 7th grade. Music and access to an amazing arts education is where she developed her passion for music and the arts and built community. Some of her life-long friends came from this shared arts experience.

Continuing her music education in college, Laura earned her Bachelor of Arts in Music at Western Washington University and began building her private studio. She moved to Portland in 2004 to work on her graduate degree in Music. Laura founded Vibe after receiving her Masters Degree in Music Performance at Portland State University. While studying in downtown Portland, Laura discovered the need for art and music education within the schools here in the Portland Metro area and founded Vibe of Portland, with it receiving its nonprofit status in 2007.

Since programming began in 2008, Vibe grew to reach over 2,000 kids annually working at 12 schools across Portland and 2 studio sites. Programming included weekly classes at partner schools, studio classes, workshops, camps and East Winds Band Camp at Mt Hood Community College. Laura is the winner of the 2010 Skidmore Prize from the Willamette Week. She wears many hats, most importantly being a mom to her 3 amazing kids who love art and music and help drive Laura’s passion to see that ALL children have access to the arts. Currently, Laura is the founder of a consulting business for arts organizations, Aura Creative Consulting.

Dunja Marcum, Program Director

Dunja Marcum is the Program Director for Vibe of Portland, a music educator and education advocate, and a professional musician. Dunja holds a Masters in Music Performance from the University of Oregon and a Masters of Art in Teaching from Lewis and Clark College. Dunja has performed clarinet throughout the Pacific Northwest as a classically trained chamber musician and symphony player.  She has been a music educator for 25 years, teaching clarinet for a successful private studio and as an adjunct instructor for Lewis and Clark College, in addition to having been a licensed classroom teacher and now substitute.

For the last 2 decades, she has worked with band programs throughout Oregon as an instructor and consultant and has given seminars on the need for teachers to be inclusive and create a welcoming band room.  Dunja's passion is for creating and ensuring equity in access to music and art education for all families. Since joining Vibe in 2013, she has served on the Arts Education and Access Fund oversight committee in Portland, a collected tax from Portland 18 and older citizens, and has worked with school administrators to ensure arts and music funding is not cut from the yearly budget. 

Anna Medina, Assistant to Directors, EWBC Assistant Director

Anna Medina works as the assistant to the directors for Vibe of Portland and as the assistant director for the East Winds Band Camp. Currently Anna is a senior Music Education and Flute Performance student at George Fox University. She has a deep love and passion for education and the access of art for all communities. While her focus right now is music education, she loves all art and enjoys working with all of the teaching artists at Vibe and East Winds Band Camp. 

Anna is the embodiment of Vibe’s mission statement to “Inspire the next generation of creative leaders”. She started her connection to Vibe as a student attending East Winds Band Camp, then volunteering at Band Camp and now working with Vibe on staff.