Musicians perform in downtown Salem as part of Make Music Day on Tuesday, June 21 (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter)
Members of the Sprague High School orchestra perform in the Riverfront Park amphitheater for Make Music Day on Tuesday, June 21 (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter)
Oregon Symphony violinists Peter Frajola, left, and Erin Furbee, right perform at the Riverfront Park amphitheater Tuesday, June 21 as part of Make Music Day (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter)
Constant Billy performs in downtown Salem as part of Make Music Day on Tuesday, June 21 (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter)
Spectators enjoy listening to live music at the Make Music Day event Tuesday, June 21 in downtown Salem (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter)
Violinists Erin Furbee, left, and Peter Frajola with the Oregon Symphony perform in Salem’s Riverfront Park Tuesday, June 21 (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter)
Violinists Erin Furbee, left, and Peter Frajola with the Oregon Symphony perform in Salem’s Riverfront Park Tuesday, June 21 (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter)
Free ukelele lessons offered as part of Make Music Day in Salem on Tuesday, June 21 (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter)
Musicians perform in downtown Salem as part of Make Music Day on Tuesday, June 21 (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter)
Children frolic in the cool grass during a music performance Tuesday, June 21 in Riverfront Park. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter)
Members of the Sprague High School orchestra perform in the Riverfront Park amphitheater for Make Music Day on Tuesday, June 21 (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter)
Constant Billy performs in downtown Salem as part of Make Music Day on Tuesday, June 21 (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter)
Lisdoonvarna, Cathy and Greg Heithaus, perform as part of Make Music Day on Tuesday, June 21 (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter)
Free ukelele lessons offered as part of Make Music Day in Salem on Tuesday, June 21 (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter)
Aspiring musicians try out homemade percussion instruments Tuesday, June 21 at the Make Music Day event. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter)
Saxophonists perform in downtown Salem as part of Make Music Day on Tuesday, June 21 (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter)
Free ukelele lessons offered as part of Make Music Day in Salem on Tuesday, June 21 (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter)
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Photographer Ron Cooper and his wife Penny moved to Salem in 1969 to take a job as photographer at the Oregon Statesman (later the Statesman Journal). Their three children, Monica, Kimberly, and Christopher, attended and graduated from Salem public schools. Cooper retired from the Statesman Journal in 2001 but, has continued his passion for photography in many ways, including as a photographer for the Salem Reporter.
