Bellingham Festival of Music – Past Concerts
The Bellingham Festival of Music is one of America's premier virtuoso orchestra festivals. Each summer the Festival returns to Bellingham, Washington to perform a repertoire of the finest symphonic music. Members of the orchestra all hold artistically prestigious positions elsewhere, and many of them are principal players in major North American symphony orchestras. The Festival also features world famous guest artists and young rising stars.
Bellingham Festival of Music: Season Finale
Joaquín Rodrigo — Fantasía para un gentilhombre
Gabriela Lena Frank — Three Latin-American Dances for Orchestra
Astor Piazzolla — Two Tangos
Alberto Ginastera — Four Dances from Estancia (Suite), Op. 8a
$50-$60 ($35-$45 WWU staff, $12-$15 student/ages 29 & under, $15 day-of-concert rush ticket)
Bellingham Festival of Music: Pablo Saìnz Villegas, Guitar Masterclass
Pablo Saìnz-Villegas will be presenting a masterclass in conjunction with the Bellngham Festival of Music on July 20, 2024, 10-12pm. Each y…
Free
Bellingham Festival of Music: Mozart Mass
$50-$60 ($35-$45 WWU staff, $12-$15 student/ages 29 & under, $15 day-of-concert rush ticket)
Bellingham Festival of Music Free Concert: Symphony of Whales featuring Anne McCafferty, cello
Several free concerts have been given during our July festival season around the community at locations such as the Whatcom Museum of Histo…
Free
Bellingham Festival of Music Free Concert: Symphony of Whales featuring Anne McCafferty, cello
Several free concerts have been given during our July festival season around the community at locations such as the Whatcom Museum of Histo…
Free
Bellingham Festival of Music: Chamber by the Bay
Featuring BFM principal musicians in an afternoon of chamber music
$75
Bellingham Festival of Music: Guarnieri, Villa-Lobos, Rachmaninoff
Heitor Villa-Lobos — Bachianas Brasileiras No. 2 for orchestra, W. 247
Sergei Rachmaninoff — Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30
$50-$60 ($35-$45 WWU staff, $12-$15 student/ages 29 & under, $15 day-of-concert rush ticket)
Bellingham Festival of Music: Calidore String Quartet
Jessie Montgomery — Strum
Henry Purcell — Chacony in G minor, Z. 730
Maurice Ravel — String Quartet in F major
$50-$60 ($35-$45 WWU staff, $12-$15 student/ages 29 & under, $15 day-of-concert rush ticket)
Bellingham Festival of Music: Montgomery, Gershwin, Dvorák
George Gershwin — Piano Concerto in F
Antonín Dvořák — Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95, B. 178 "From the New World"
$50-$60 ($35-$45 WWU staff, $12-$15 student/ages 29 & under, $15 day-of-concert rush ticket)
Bellingham Festival of Music Opening Night: Corigliano, Sibelius, Tchaikovsky
Jean Sibelius — Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36
$50-$60 ($35-$45 WWU staff, $12-$15 student/ages 29 & under, $15 day-of-concert rush ticket)
Bellingham Festival of Music Welcome Home Concert: Rachel Charbel, violin & Garret Ross, piano
William Grant Still — Suite for Violin and Piano
Edvard Grieg — Violin Sonata No. 3 in C minor, Op. 45
Free ($15 suggested donation, free to all students; no ticket required)
Bellingham Festival of Music: Welcome Home Concert Masterclass with Rachel Charbel
Bellingham Festival of Music presents a masterclass with Cincinnati Symphony violinist and Bellingham native Rachel Charbel.
Free
Bellingham Festival of Music: Michelle Cann, piano & Conner Gray Covington, conductor
Florence Price — Piano Concerto in One Movement (Michelle Cann, piano)
Felix Mendelssohn — A Midsummer Night's Dream Concert Overture, Op. 21
Maurice Ravel — Ma Mère l'Oye ("Mother Goose"), M. 60 (complete ballet)
$47-$57 ($30-$40 WWU staff, $12-$15 student/ages 29 & under)
Bellingham Festival of Music: Michelle Cann Piano Masterclass
Join us for a masterclass with pianist Michelle Cann and young piano students from Bellingham area studios.
Located at the First Congregatio…
Free
Bellingham Festival of Music: Chamber Music by the Bay
Sergei Prokofiev — Quintet for oboe, clarinet, violin, viola, and double bass in G minor, Op. 39
Max Reger — Serenade for flute, violin, and viola, Op. 141a
Alexandre Tansman — Septet for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, viola, and cello
$65
Bellingham Festival of Music: FREE Concert – Brass Quintet
Enjoy a FREE concert from the Bellingham Festival of Music at the Boundary Bay Brewery Beer Garden featuring music for brass quintet.
Free
Bellingham Festival of Music: Alexi Kenney, violin & Joshua Weilerstein conducting
Samuel Barber — Violin Concerto, Op. 14 (Alexi Kenney, violin)
Ludwig van Beethoven — Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica"
$47-$57 ($30-$40 WWU staff, $12-$15 student/ages 29 & under)
Bellingham Festival of Music: The Calidore String Quartet
Ludwig van Beethoven — String Quartet No. 8 in E minor, Op. 59, No. 2 "Razumovsky II"
Ludwig van Beethoven — String Quartet No. 9 in C major, Op. 59, No. 3 "Razumovsky III"
$47-$57 ($30-$40 WWU staff, $12-$15 student/ages 29 & under)
Bellingham Festival of Music: Conrad Tao, piano & Ken Lam, conductor
Sergei Rachmaninoff — Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18 (Conrad Tao, piano)
Dmitri Shostakovich — Symphony No. 9 in E-flat major, Op. 70
$47-$57 ($30-$40 WWU staff, $12-$15 student/ages 29 & under)
Bellingham Festival of Music: Blake Pouliot, violin & Marcelo Lehninger, conductor
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35 (Blake Pouliot, violin)
Antonín Dvořák — Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88, B. 163
$47-$57 ($30-$40 WWU staff, $12-$15 student/ages 29 & under)
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