Photo: Edye Colello-Morton

Welcome,

The Bellingham Festival of Music returns to celebrate its Sixteenth Season of Orchestral and Chamber Concerts. Director Michael Palmer will conduct world-class musicians from our nation’s finest orchestras in one of America’s premier festival ensembles. The Season will run July 3 – July 19th, 2009.

Chamber Music By The Bay
Order your tickets for the concert at the Cruise Termianl Atrium
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Announcing Master Classes and Educational Rehearsal
Three extraordinary opportunities for music students to hear world-class musicians up-close in Bellingham.
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Watch the new video spot online. Click here.

The Bellingham Festival Orchestra is comprised of principal players and members from major American orchestras along with exceptional musicians from other local, regional and national ensembles. The quality of musicianship is truly world class. Guest artists from all parts of the world have joined our orchestra to create unforgettable memorable experiences for the audience.

Bellingham is truly a playground for the sports enthusiasts, nature lovers, arts aficionados, and the shoppers! A visitor can enjoy fishing, hiking, golf, bicycling, kayaking, or shopping by day and fine dining and a celebration of classical music by night. It is no wonder national surveys rank Bellingham as a great place to live.

2009 Bellingham Festival of music is a recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Grant The Bellingham Festival of Music has been awarded a $10,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. This is the first NEA grant the Festival has received in its 16-year history. The grant recognizes the Festival organization’s ability to realize the artistic and public service goals of delivering the highest quality classical music to this northwest corner of the state of Washington. Along with the Seattle Symphony, the Bellingham Festival of Music was among only four music organizations in the state of Washington to receive an NEA grant.

 

Photo gallery from the 2008 season now online!