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Virtual Pre-Concert Talks

Watch the Pre-Concert Talks

Sunday, June 30, 2024

Valery Saul

Conducting Institute Fellow, Valery Saul discusses the Bellingham Festival of Music’s opening night. This concert features guest artist Sarah Chang, and works by Corigliano, Sibelius and Tchaikovsky.

Ryan Dakota Farris

Conducting Institute Fellow Ryan Dakota Farris discusses the Bellingham Festival of Music’s July 6th performance. This concert features guest artist Stewart Goodyear, and works by Jessie Montgomery, Gershwin and Dvorak.

Valery Saul

Conducting institute fellow Valery Saul discusses the Calidore String Quartet’s recital at the Bellingham Festival of Music. The quartet will perform works by Beethoven, Jessie Montgomery, Purcell and Ravel.

Ryan Dakota Farris

Conducting Institute fellow Ryan Dakota Farris discusses the Bellingham Festival of Music’s July 12th performance. This concert features guest artist Natasha Paremski, and works by Mozart Camargo Guarnieri, Villa-Lobos, and Rachmaninoff.

Valery Saul

Conducting Institute fellow Valery Saul discusses the Bellingham Festival of Music’s July 17th performance. This performance features guest artists Jennifer Bromagen and Celeste Faser, sopranos, Andrew Etherington, tenor, Richard Hodges, bass and the Bellingham Festival of Music chorus. They will perform the Mozart Great Mass in C minor.

Ryan Dakota Farris

Conducting Institute fellow Ryan Dakota Farris discusses the Bellingham Festival of Music’s season Finale on July 21st. This concert features guest artist Pablo Sainz-Villegas and works by Falla, Rodrigo, Frank, Piazzolla and Ginastera.