The Sunday @ 3 concert series showcases outstanding local young artists, providing a platform for them to hone their performance skills while sharing their artistry with the community.
Come and join two brass quintets on April 21 for an evening of music at the Whatcom Museum on Prospect Street. The Glacier Bay Brass Quintet and the Boundary Bay […]
Sherrie Kahn and Scott Henderson present "Just In Time," a tuneful cabaret exploring songwriters who found inspiration in the concept of time, creating "pop hits" over the centuries. Sherrie is an accomplished and versatile singer, known for her operatic roles as well as her popular and cabaret performances. Sherrie and Scott have selected an intriguing […]
Join the WWU Symphony Orchestra for an evening spotlighting Western’s faculty and students. Opening the program are two works by WWU composers: Dr. Charles Halka’s snarky Son of Scherzo, written for the WSO—and given its premiere before an audience of 2,200 at Barcelona’s iconic Palau de la Música Catalana in June, 2023—and alumnus Colin Mark’s […]
As we move from spring's rebirth to summer's welcome warmth, Whatcom Chorale's final concert of the season celebrates the wellspring of American diversity through beloved songs rooted in our rich musical history. Selections from Randall Thompson's Frostiana, featuring insightful settings of timeless poetry by Robert Frost; diaspora-themed Irish folk tunes arranged by Alice Parker; homegrown […]
One of the most impressive things inside the Jansen Art Center is the Schimmel piano in the Chamber Hall. This gorgeous grand piano fills the entire building with rich resonant sound. It’s not often that we get to showcase this amazing instrument. On select Friday mornings beginning at 11am, join us for a one-hour performance […]
Please join the WWU Symphony Orchestra for its celebratory final concert of the 2023-24 season, featuring the three winners of the annual WWU Concerto Competition, alongside Rimsky-Korsakov’s kaleidoscopic Scheherazade, inspired by the timeless epic of the Arab world, the Thousand and One Nights.
PROGRAM* Ludwig Van Beethoven – Quartet No. 1 in F Major, Op. 18 No 1 Jessie Montgomery – Strum Henry Purcell – Chacony in G Minor Maurice Ravel – String Quartet in F Major
Mozart Camargo Guarnieri – Three Brazilian Dances Heitor Villa-Lobos – Bachianas Brasileiras No. 2 Sergei Rachmaninoff – Piano Concerto No. 3 Natasha Paremski, piano
Chamber by the Bay featuring BFM principal musicians in an afternoon of chamber music
Mozart Mass in C minor K. 427 Jennifer Bromagen, soprano Celeste Fraser, soprano Andrew Etherington, tenor Richard Hodges, bass
Manuel de Falla – el Sombrero de Tres Picos, Suite No. 1 Joaquín Rodrigo – Fantasia para un Gentilhombre Pablo Sáinz-Villegas, guitar Gabriela Lena Frank – Three Latin-American Dances Astor Piazzolla – Two Tangos Alberto Ginastera – Four Dances from Estancia