They cared for the lands that included what wed call the Puget Sound region, Vancouver Island and British Columbia since time immemorial. Each summer the Festival returns to Bellingham, Washington to perform a repertoire of the finest symphonic music. The Calidore String Quartet, BFMs chamber ensemble in residence, will return for its annual recital, July 1 with a hunt-themed program. Tickets: $23-$28; 360-734-6080. Info: bellinghamfestival.org. He'll be presenting works by Rachmaninoff and Shostakovich Monday, July 10 at Western's Performing Arts Center. We acknowledge that Whatcom County is located on the unceded territory of the Coast Salish Peoples. In the Spring of 2019, Stare and the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra released American Rapture, featuring the world-premiere recordings of Jennifer Higdons Harp Concerto, with Yolanda Kondonassis as soloist, and Patrick Harlins Rapture. No wonder that Chamber Music by the Bay is consistently one of the most popular festival events and always sells out. 19 Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Concerto No. Bellingham Festival of Music. This gives us the great obligation and opportunity to learn how to care for our surrounding areas and all the natural and human resources we require to live. Since 1993, the Bellingham Festival of Music has enlivened the summer season with outstanding live orchestral performances and chamber music recitals for Pacific Northwest We will hear them not only in orchestral works but in chamber music as well. Seven orchestra concerts featuring iconic repertoire with special emphasis on Ludwig van Beethovens concerted works highlight the schedule. They all picked something completely different from each other. The 2021 Bellingham Festival of Music took place July 10 - 18, 2021, with a shortened schedule and reduced orchestra. Unsubscribe here. And the Festival Chorus plus favorite soloists Katie van Kooten, Ellen Graham, Eric Barry, and Clayton Brainerd will conclude the season with Beethovens paean to brotherhood, the Ninth Symphony. Because the musicians and conductors who aren't local need to be in Bellingham for nearly a month, it's long been a tradition that residents host the visiting talent. He also spent two summers as a student at the Pierre Monteux School for Conductors. Tickets are available for purchase by emailing Jessie Phillips, WWU Box Office Manager, at philli3@wwu.edu. However, 9 months later, in an article published on October 17, 2007[2] the Herald reported that the Bellingham Festival of Music had successfully reorganized its fiscal affairs and that its concerts would take place again in July 2008, with its board of directors promising a leaner fiscal approach that would be less administratively top-heavy but would maintain high artistic quality, and that Michael Palmer, one of the Festival's founders, would continue in his role as Artistic Director. Covington has also worked with the Tonhalle Orchester Zrich as part of the 6th International David Zinman Conducting Masterclass. He then went on to study violin with Dr. Martha Walvoord and conducting with Dr. Clifton Evans at the University of Texas at Arlington where he graduated summa cum laude with a degree in violin performance. Unsubscribe here. Were kicking off our 48th Season with a musical journey to France, featuring Boulanger, Piazzolla, and Mussorgskys Pictures at an Exhibition! Hell be presenting works by Rachmaninoff and Shostakovich Monday, July 10 at Westerns Performing Arts Center. During his time as Artistic Director of the Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, Weilerstein was instrumental in expanding the orchestras repertoire and together they released critically acclaimed recordings of music by Shostakovich, Stravinsky, Smyth and Ives along with a complete Beethoven symphony cycle on DVD; they also toured throughout Europe with soloists such as Juan Diego Florez, Christian Tetzlaff and Albrecht Mayer. Change font size. He made his Carnegie Hall debut in 2011 with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. The 2023 festival takes place July 14-16 at the Bellingham Waterfront. Christina Smith, flute Edward Elgar: Serenade for Strings F.J. Haydn: Cello Concerto in C Major Hob.VIIb:1 with 2 oboes, 2 horns Estelle Choi, cello Monday, July 12, 7:30 p.m. (note: one This experience sparked a desire in Weilerstein to pursue a career in classical music. He was Maestro Masurs assistant with the Orchestre National de France (during their residency at the Musikverein in Vienna), Gewandhaus Orchestra in Leipzig, and the New York Philharmonic. Back to Listings. A dual citizen of Brazil and Germany, Marcelo Lehninger is the son of Brazilian pianist Snia Goulart and German violinist Erich Lehninger. BELLINGHAM FESTIVAL OF MUSIC: 8 p.m. Michael Palmer conducts the Bellingham Festival Orchestra and Chamber Chorus in Bach's "Mass in B Minor." Now in its 23rd season, the Bellingham Festival of Music is one of America's premier virtuoso orchestra festivals. Celebrating the Festival's 30th year, the season will be historic in presenting five outstanding guest conductors in their BFM debuts, July 118, 2023. And, due to the welcoming nature of the three-week event, it's possible you'll run into one or more of the guest conductors, soloists or orchestra members around town. 5 in A major K. 219 "The Turkish", http://bellinghamfestival.org/about-the-festival/covid-19-protocols/, http://bellinghamfestival.org/get-involved/donate-online/. About the 2021 Bellingham Festival of Music: We are thrilled to announce that the Festivals live performances will resume this summer in the Western Washington University Performing Arts Center, July 1018. Stare is one of five conductors from around the country who will be sharing their talents this summer the lineup includes Marcelo Lehninger (Thursday, July 6), Ken Lam (Monday, July 10), Joshua Weilerstein (Friday, July 14) and Conner Gray Covington (Tuesday, July 18). You cant experience that unless youre sitting in the audience.. Principal players of the Bellingham Festival of Music Orchestra break into small ensembles for an afternoon of chamber music before the scenic backdrop of Bellingham Bay. Most of the players have returned year after year to perform together, drawn by the scenic beauty and recreational activities in the Bellingham area and by the home hosts who become longtime friends. The Northwest Tune Up event is a mountain bike, live music and beer festival in Bellingham, Wash. Each summer the Festival returns to Bellingham, Washington to perform a The recipient of grants from several entities, the Festival has received numerous National Endowment for the Arts grants since 2009a resounding endorsement of the quality of its performances and the contribution it makes to regional and national cultural life. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 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Among these programs are masterclasses, and both the Play it Forward Chamber Music Residency and Beethoven in the Schools projects which bring music to K-12 classrooms. 5 in A major, K. 219 "The Turkish"Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. Planning to head up Mt Baker Highway? Violinist Blake Pouliot will be the featured performer during a Thursday, July 6 concert with conductor Marcelo Lehninger. You don't need to be educated in classical music to enjoy it.. SATURDAY, AUG. 21. 4. Because the music of Beethoven has been an ongoing thread throughout the history of the Festival and because Palmers Beethoven 250th Birthday retrospective was cancelled twice due to Covid-19, the conductor will restore highlights of those planned seasons. Bellingham Festival Orchestra Garrick Ohlsson, piano Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Concerto No. It meets you where you are, and fulfills something in your emotions in the moment. The connection of human energy that happens when you're sitting in a group of 70 people working together to create a sound is unique and electric. During his tenure in Utah, Covington conducted nearly 300 performances of classical subscription, education, film, pops, and family concerts as well as tours throughout the state. Guest Conductor SponsorJohn Binns You can't experience that unless you're sitting in the audience.. The 2023 festival takes place July 14-16 at the Bellingham Waterfront. (Photo courtesy of Valerie Schooling) Hell be presenting works by Rachmaninoff and Shostakovich Monday, July 10 at Westerns Performing Arts Center. Bellingham Symphony Orchestra's 48th Season We are thrilled to celebrate 10 years with Maestro Yaniv Attar as we continue making one-of-a-kind moments at the Mount Baker Info: bellinghamfestival.org. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. Bellingham Festival of Music. The Bellingham Festival of Music is one of America's premier virtuoso orchestra festivals. We express our deepest respect and gratitude for our indigenous neighbors, the Lummi Nation and Nooksack Tribe, for their enduring care and protection of our shared lands and waterways. Associate Principal Viola & Acting Principal Viola. Saturday, July 1, 2023 Guest Conductor Sponsor Sandy and Mamiko McIntyre Ward Stare Grammy-nominated conductor Ward Stare, hailed by the Chicago Tribune as A rising-star in He also studied with Neil Varon at the Eastman School of Music where he earned the Walter Hagen Conducting Prize. Stare has enjoyed an ongoing relationship with the SLSO and returns frequently as a guest. Joshua Weilerstein enjoys a flourishing guest conducting career across the globe and has forged close relationships with many of the worlds finest orchestras and soloists. The 2010 and 2011 Festivals proved equally successful, according to Festival Treasurer Mary Pat Thuma. They cared for the lands that included what wed call the Puget Sound region, Vancouver Island and British Columbia since time immemorial. Support Your Community Orchestra by donating your time and talent! For this year's festival which takes place July 118 she'll be working behind the scenes and also performing with the festival's orchestra. Ken Lam is one of five guest conductors who will be leading soloists and the Bellingham Festival of Music orchestra during the 30th season. Required fields are marked *. In following the guidance of the County Health Department, we will not able to present a full three-weeks of music-making, but will offer three orchestra and two chamber music programs in nine days. Lam was music director of the Charleston Symphony Orchestra from 2015 to 2022 and music director of Illinois Symphony Orchestra from 2017 to 2022. Everybody is joyful and thrilled to be here, Block said. (Hell return as conductor laureate starting in 2025.). Ward Stare was trained as a trombonist at The Juilliard School in Manhattan. Although she's lived in Bellingham for 10 years, Block said she's still blown away by the amount of musical talent found here. 5 in A major, K. 219 "The Turkish"Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. Her direct line is (360) 650-6103, leave your name & number for a return call. Block is excited to see how audiences react to the infusion of talent, and is hoping residents of Whatcom and Skagit counties whove never been to a BFM concert before will check out a show, whether its one of the five guest conductor performances with featured artists; a Wednesday, July 12, concert by BFMs resident chamber ensemble, the Calidore String Quartet; or the perennially popular Chamber Music by the Bay concert and reception, which takes place Sunday, July 16, in the rotunda of the Bellingham Cruise Terminal and will feature principal players from the orchestra. Lehninger was Music Advisor of The Orchestra of the Americas for the 2007-08 season. As a soloist, he has concertized in both the U.S. and Europe. Eight of the Festival Orchestras musicians come from Atlanta this year. Blocks combination of musical and managerial skills, plus her past experience in marketing and artist relations, makes her an obvious choice to help kickstart BFMs 30th year, dubbed A Season of Discovery. The music-making begins Saturday, July 1, at Western Washington Universitys Performing Arts Center with guest conductor Ward Stare leading Johannes Brahms Variations on a Theme of Haydn, Samuel Barbers Knoxville Summer of 1915 and Gustav Mahlers Symphony No. The Bellingham Festival of Music is a classical music festival held annually in Bellingham, Washington, USA, over several weeks during the summer. Also returning will be the popular Chamber Music by the Bay concert at the Bellingham Cruise Terminal at 4:00 PM on July 10. His mentors also include Kurt Masur, Mariss Jansons, Leonard Slatkin, and Roberto Tibiri. Stare is an enthusiastic collaborator and performer of new music, including the world premiere performance of Pravda, by Academy Award-winning composer Elliot Goldenthal and the regional premiere of Pulitzer Prize and Grammy Award-winning composer Aaron Jay Kernis Flute Concerto, performed by Marina Piccinini. In October of 2008, she was invited to perform in the international Chilean festival, Entrecuerdas, with Duo Criollo. Stare made his debut with the Metropolitan Opera in 2017, conducting nine performances of Franz Lehrs The Merry Widow, with Grammy-winning mezzo-soprano Susan Graham in the title role. He'll be presenting works by Rachmaninoff and Shostakovich Monday, July 10 at Western's Performing Arts Center. Annual Bellingham and Whatcom County Events, Cultural Heritage Tourism Strategic Plan & Resources. Saturday, July 1, 2023 - 7:00 PM Concert Sponsors: Phyllis and Charles Self Guest Conductor Sponsor: Sandy and Mamiko McIntyre Guest Artist Sponsor: Lois Nicholl in memory of Bob Nicholl Ward Stare conducting Brahms: Variations on a Theme of Haydn Samuel Barber, Knoxville Summer of 1915 Andriana Chuchman, soprano Mahler, Symphony No. He completed high school at the renowned High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Houston, Texas. 5 in A major, K. 219 "The Turkish"Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. Although shes lived in Bellingham for 10 years, Block said shes still blown away by the amount of musical talent found here. Bellingham Festival Orchestra and the Calidore String Quartet Saturday, July 10, 3:00 PM and 7:30 PM BFM Orchestra J.S. Details tickets Nov 5, 2023 Season Concert Rise featuring Efe Baltacgil, cello Mount Baker Theatre, 104 N. Commercial St., Bellingham. Ste 036 Indianapolis, IN 46208 (317) 940-9607 info@icomusic.org. It meets you where you are, and fulfills something in your emotions in the moment. 48 About (Photo courtesy of the Bellingham Festival of Music). Covington recently completed a four-year tenure with the Utah Symphony as Associate Conductor and as Principal Conductor of the Deer Valley Music Festival. This Season of Discovery will showcase a fascinating variety of interpretive styles, wide-ranging repertoire, and stimulating new soloists. For those who aren't ready to commit to a full-length concert, an hourlong Bellingham Festival of Music performance will take place at 4 p.m. Saturday, July 8, at Whatcom Museum's Old City Hall at 121 Prospect St. A The centerpiece in 2022 will be performances of the five Beethoven piano concertos with the much acclaimed pianist Garrick Ohlsson. In summer of 2008, he toured with the orchestra in South America, conducting concerts in Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay. The Bellingham Festival of Music (BFM) will return with full orchestra and a three-week program to celebrate Artistic Director and Conductor Michael Palmers Laudatory Season, July 124, 2022. Stare served as resident conductor of the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra from 2008 to 2012 and, in 2009, made his highly successful Carnegie Hall debut with the orchestra, stepping in to lead H. K. Grubers Frankenstein. Members of the orchestra all hold artistically prestigious positions elsewhere, and many of them are principal players in major North American symphony orchestras. 56, Justin Bruns, violin; Steven Thomas, cello; Edith Kraft, piano, Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerti No. We acknowledge that Whatcom County is located on the unceded territory of the Coast Salish Peoples. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Violin Concerto No. 1, Hob. June 27, 2023 9:26 AM Top Movie Purchases and Rentals (US): 1. III: 1, La chasseWolfgang Amadeus Mozart: String Quartet No. Block said. Fast X 5. and Julie Fleetwood Binns. The album garnered two Grammy nominations, with Higdons Harp Concerto winning the Award for Best Contemporary Classical Composition in January 2020. Ooh la la! Violin Concerto No. The 2008 and 2009 Festivals were successful artistically[3] and financially. He read economics at St. Johns College, Cambridge University and was an attorney specializing in international finance for ten years before becoming a conductor. Just come and sit and the music will do its job, Therefore, most concerts will be performed twice. * This email is used only to keep track of your favorites. 4 in G major, Op. Many play Unsubscribe here. As a passionate advocate for arts education, Ward Stare has served as a Distinguished Artist at the Robert McDuffie Center for Strings at Mercer University since 2012. Its a happy vibe. It was Ohlsson who played the Festivals Beethoven concerto marathon in 2000, leading to a CD recording of the event. In 2012, he competed in the prestigious Malko Conducting Competition in Copenhagen, Denmark, where he conducted the Danish National Symphony for a jury headed by Lorin Maazel and was the youngest participant to advance to the third round. Seven orchestra The talented clarinetist is also a member of the BFM orchestra, and spent years on the classical music festivals board before taking on the new position in January, following co-founder Michael Palmers semi-retirement. Starts: July 16, 2023 Time: 4:00 p.m. Your guide to the upcoming Bellingham festival created by locals Updated June 28, 2023 3:52 PM Muti ends 13 seasons with Chicago Symphony Orchestra with praise and honors and Beethoven His run of Massenets Manon at Peabody Conservatory was hailed by the Baltimore Sun as a top ten classical event in the Washington D.C/Baltimore area in 2010. Friday, Jul 14, 2023 at 7:00pm. It's a happy vibe. Bob & Betty Tull, Richard Roberts, Concertmaster (July 1, 6, 10), Justin Bruns, Concertmaster (July 14, 18), Eugene Mondie, Principal (July 14, 16, 18), Ross Holcombe, Principal (July 6, 10, 14), Violin/viola Teacher & Chamber Music Coach (freelance). Unfortunately, patrons have found the WWU online ticketing website to be frustrating. Ken Lam is one of five guest conductors who will be leading soloists and the Bellingham Festival of Music orchestra during the 30th season. Stare is one of five conductors from around the country who will be sharing their talents this summer the lineup includes Marcelo Lehninger (Thursday, July 6), Ken Lam (Monday, July 10), Joshua Weilerstein (Friday, July 14) and Conner Gray Covington (Tuesday, July 18). Former Concertmaster: Bellingham Symphony Orchestra; Professor: Western Washington University; String Area Coordinator: Western Washington University; Co-Principal Horn: In 2011, he participated in the Bruno Walter National Conductor Preview, organized by the League of American Orchestras, conducting the Louisiana Philharmonic, and debuted with the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center as part of the National Conducting Institute in 2007. 360-201-6621. Website. Mount Baker Theatre. He'll be presenting works by For best results, confirm details with performer or venue before attending. Under the direction of maestro Michael Palmer, the Bellingham Festival Orchestra brings together principal players from major American and European They all picked something completely different from each other. To conform to requirements for social distancing, the orchestra will be limited to 26 players, mostly strings. News Bellingham Festival of Music is a big draw for big names By R.M. Among these recordings are the three-CD set of the complete Beethoven Piano Concertos featuring Garrick Ohlsson with Michael Palmer conducting the Festival Orchestra. And, due to the welcoming nature of the three-week event, its possible youll run into one or more of the guest conductors, soloists or orchestra members around town. Born into a musical family, Weilersteins formative experience with classical music was as a violinist on tour to Panama and Guatemala with the Youth Philharmonic Orchestra of Boston, where the orchestra performed for thousands of young people who had never heard a live orchestra concert. Classical Around Town Saturdays with the Symphony - July featuring Anne McCafferty, cello Bellingham Festival of Music July 2, 2022 2:00 pm FIG (Family Interactive Gallery) at the Lightcatcher Museum Join the Bellingham Symphony Orchestra and Bellingham Festival of Music at the FIG this summer! In 2021/2022 he became the Music Director of Phoenix, a dynamic and ambitious orchestra in Boston devoted to the presentation of classical music concerts in accessible and unforgettable ways and to the promotion of music by composers whose works have been unjustly overlooked. At 18, he was appointed principal trombonist of the Lyric Opera of Chicago and has performed as an orchestral musician with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the New York Philharmonic, among others. Chosen by Kurt Masur in 2008, Lehninger was awarded the First Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Scholarship sponsored by the American Friends of the Mendelssohn Foundation. The talented clarinetist is also a member of the BFM orchestra, and spent years on the classical music festival's board before taking on the new position in January, following co-founder Michael Palmer's semi-retirement.
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