Whidbey Island Community Orchestra concerts
Free
Beverly Heising — Ship Tunes
Jacques Offenbach — Overture to Orpheus in the Underworld
Cécile Chaminade — Air de Ballet
The theme of the concert is "Made On Whidbey," featuring some of the wonderful musicians who live and perform here on Whidbey Island.
We are fortunate to have Rachel Means, a fantastic local 22-year-old violinist who has just received her masters degree in Violin as our soloist on the Bruch Violin Concerto.
A local favorite, fiddler extraordinaire and award-winning composer Beverly Heising, co-owner of Whidbey Island Distillery, is presenting Ship Tunes, her lively Celtic medley for orchestra.
James Hinkley, beloved local cellist, arranger, and member of Three Cent Stamp, has written a fanciful arrangement of Offenbach's Orpheus in the Underworld featuring various members of the orchestra, and concluding with the ever-popular Can-Can.
Other members of Whidbey Island Community Orchestra will perform chamber works, and the entire ensemble will present Chaminade's lovely waltz, Air de Ballet.
The concert is free, and donations supporting our local musicians are welcome. There will be a reception afterward, so we hope that the audience will take this opportunity to meet and greet our local Whidbey Island musicians.
Questions about the concert or joining the orchestra can be directed to membership@whidbeyorchestras.org.