Past Events – Mt. Baker Youth Symphony
Concert link: June 5th 2018, at First Congregational Church in Bellingham, William Zhang, award winning pianist, performed the 1st movement of Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto #2, accompanied by our Youth Symphony. What a splendid talent, taught by Judith Widrig. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hOUiDZwak7E
MBYS-FYS 2018-2019 CONCERTS Were very successful! What a thrill to work with such dedicated, talented youth musicians! Thank you, dear Board members, who worked long and hard to produce these opportunities. It was very much appreciated.
CONCERT TOUR: NORTH STARS CHAMBER ORCHESTRA (members of MBYS and FYS) visited Florence, Italy and Lisbon, Portugal in July 2019. The experience was incredibly enriching, thanks to Gigi Allaway, guide, and Deborah McClellan, harpist! Facilitators/Chaperones/Team leaders Malcolm Peterson, Sadie Lanier, Stephen Hoffman and Ian Anders Moo were wonderful as well, and have our deepest gratitude. Thank you all for your dedicated musicianship and fabulous attitudes.
Concert link: June 5th 2018, at First Congregational Church in Bellingham, William Zhang, award-winning pianist, performed the 1st movement of Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto #2, accompanied by our Youth Symphony. What a splendid talent, taught by Judith Widrig. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hOUiDZwak7EMBYS-FYS 2018-2019 CONCERTS Were very successful! What a thrill to work with such dedicated, talented youth musicians! Thank you, dear Board members, who worked long and hard to produce these opportunities. It was very much appreciated.
CONCERT TOUR: NORTH STARS CHAMBER ORCHESTRA (members of MBYS and FYS) visited Florence, Italy and Lisbon, Portugal in July 2019. The experience was incredibly enriching, thanks to Gigi Allaway, guide, and Deborah McClellan, harpist! Facilitators/Chaperones/Team leaders Malcolm Peterson, Sadie Lanier, Stephen Hoffman and Ian Anders Moo were wonderful as well, and have our deepest gratitude. Thank you all for your dedicated musicianship and fabulous attitudes.
2018 IRELAND TOUR was amazing! We returned with full hearts and a great appreciation for the warm, hospitable Irish people. What a wonderful opportunity we enjoyed to experience a historic culture, with music as the connection! Our superb team performed Classical, Irish, and American music in three beautiful, historic venues: St. John’s
CAMP GUEST ARTIST Mr. Brandon Vance, Fiddler Extraordinaire, regaled us at Sounds of Summer 2018 and 2019, with his incredibly virtuosic tunes and original compositions.
Brandon-we can’t thank you enough!
Internationally acclaimed Scottish fiddler and violinist, Vance has performed and taught internationally, serving as guest lecturer at the University of Limerick’s Irish World Academy, selected as a featured soloist at the 2017 Scottish Royal National Mòd in Fort William. He is the recipient of Scotland’s 2017 Royal National “Sutherland Cup” in Scottish Fiddle, as well as being the youngest to win the U.S. National Open Scottish Fiddling Championship in both 1999 and 2001.
Congratulations to our stellar MBYS violin crew who appeared onstage with THE PIANO GUYS at Mt. Baker Theatre on October 5! GREAT JOB, violinists! Very much enjoyed by the audience-you made us proud! Many thanks to THE PIANO GUYS for their welcoming, kind, and encouraging treatment of our musicians.
