Classical Music
The Olympia Chamber Orchestra presents: Joie de Vivre Featuring winners of the 2024 OMTA Concerto Competition
Capital High School 2707 Conger Avenue NW, Olympia, WA, United StatesCome celebrate incredible young musicians in the Olympia area with the Olympia Chamber Orchestra! The Olympia Chamber Orchestra (OCO) and the Olympia Music Teachers Association (OMTA) have a longstanding tradition of fostering young musical talent. Each year, OMTA hosts a concerto competition for young pianists in the region. The winners of the two advanced divisions […]
Auburn Symphony: Soulful Serenade
Auburn Performing Arts Center 702 4th St NE, Auburn, WA, United StatesExperience enchanting melodies and inspiring moments featuring renowned cellist Nathan Chan as guest artist. Anna Clyne's soulful cello concerto and Claude Debussy's mystical work about an underwater cathedral invite introspection. Then, like a bright ray of light, Robert Schumann’s symphony will invigorate the hall. Join us for a performance filled with virtuosic brilliance. Join us […]
BMC matinee program features music from Scandinavia
Trinity Lutheran Church - Bellingham 119 Texas St., Bellingham, WA, United StatesViolinist Grant Donnellan offers the fourth installment of his popular musical travelogue series. This year, he explores the rich musical heritage and his personal connection with Scandinavian culture. He and pianist Judith Widrig have curated a selection of works by well-known composers, as well as “discoveries” by women composers. Join us on Wednesday, February 5, […]
Music and stories from Scandinavia with violinist Grant Donnellan and pianist Judith Widrig
First Congregational Church of Bellingham 2401 Cornwall Ave., Bellingham, WA, United StatesViolinist Grant Donnellan offers the fourth installment of his popular musical travelogue series. This year, he explores the rich musical heritage and his personal connection with Scandinavian culture. He and pianist Judith Widrig have curated a selection of works by Edvard Grieg and Jean Sibelius, as well as “discoveries” by romantic Swedish composer Amanda Maier, […]
Huehuetenango: Music from 16th Century Guatemala
St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church 924 Douglas Street, Victoria, BC, CanadaTenor Jonatan Alverado and Ariel Abramovich on vihuela explore a 16th Century Guatamalan manuscript, reflecting early colonial musical influences in South America. Music played an important role in the early missionizing of local populations in South America. As was the case in other colonial settings, European music, particularly, but not exclusively sacred music, was adopted […]
Home – Pacific Baroque Festival 2025: Peace, Friendship and Joy
St Barnabas Church, Victoria BC 1525 Begbie St, Victoria, BC, CanadaOpening concert of Pacific Baroque Festival 2025 featuring organist Aaron James (Toronto) performing works written for intimate spaces on St Barnabas Church's exquisite Brombaugh organ. World travel may have its attractions, but in the end there’s no place like home. In the privacy of a comfortable music room, Baroque keyboard players could explore musical ideas […]
Abroad – Pacific Baroque Festival 2025: Peace, Friendship and Joy
Christ Church Cathedral, Victoria Quadra at Rockland, Victoria, British ColumbiaSecond concert of Pacific Baroque Festival 2025 featuring Aaron James (Toronto) performing works written for the grand cathedrals of Europe on Christ Church Cathedral's renowned Wolff organ. Why stay at home when there’s a whole world to explore? In the organ lofts of Europe’s great cathedrals, Baroque keyboard players had unparalleled resources for musical expression, […]
Peace – Pacific Baroque Festival 2025: Peace, Friendship and Joy
Alix Goolden Performanace Hall 900 Johnson St, Victoria, BC, CanadaAcclaimed soprano Dorothee Mields (Germany) and the ensemble La Modestine will explore heartfelt works inspired by the 30 Years War. The German Reformation initiated by Martin Luther, along with the invention of the printing press, led to religious and cultural unrest, culminating in the Thirty Years’ War (1618-1648). Remarkably, the turbulence of one of the […]
Friendship – Pacific Baroque Festival 2025: Peace, Friendship and Joy
Alix Goolden Performanace Hall 900 Johnson St, Victoria, BC, CanadaFeaturing acclaimed German soprano Dorothee Mields, this concert focuses on three musical friends in Johannes Voorhout’s painting Allegory of Friendship – Johann Reinken, Dietrich Buxtehude and Johann Thiele, whose music revitalised Hamburg as a center of music during the Thirty Year’s War. A free city sheltered from war, Hamburg became a refuge for many musicians […]
Joy – Pacific Baroque Festival 2025: Peace, Friendship and Joy
Alix Goolden Performanace Hall 900 Johnson St, Victoria, BC, CanadaFeaturing the music of J. S. Bach to help the Festival celebrate the start of its third decade! This program includes one of J.S. Bach’s best-loved cantatas, the “wedding” cantata, BWV 202, along with the sunny violin concerto in E Major, and a ‘fictive’ wedding cantata compiled by acclaimed soprano Dorothee Mields of individual movements […]
