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The Pipestone Orchestra’s annual Music Days concert highlights piano, violin and viola in music described as “flashy and pretty,” “impassioned,” and “dramatic and fun to play” this Friday (May 18) at 7 p.m. in the Methow Valley Community Center in Twisp.
The performance features Winthrop pianist Michael Brady in a concerto by …
The Pipestone Orchestra, an accomplished young scholarship winner, and visiting and local soloists take the stage in virtuosic performances of music by Mozart, Rachmaninoff and Corelli at Pipestone Music’s annual concert next weekend. Winthrop-based pianist Michael Brady is the featured soloist in a moving piano concerto by Rachmaninoff. Two violinists and a violist who regularly […]
The theme will be freedom, emancipation and celebration when local musicians and half-a-dozen visiting professional artists perform orchestral and choral works this Friday (May 12).
This year’s Pipestone Music Days features masterworks like Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, tours de force for vocal …
You can round out 2016 with entertainment options through the last day of the year and beyond. Here’s a look at what’s happening: Dec. 28: Pianist Lynette Westendorf and Friends in a free performance at 6:30 p.m. in the Sun Mountain Lodge lobby, presented by Cascadia Music. For information, call 997 – 0222. Dec. 29: Maggie Coon, Lynette […]
Audience members at the Pipestone Orchestra concert this weekend can expect richer and more resonant music, thanks to 23 acoustical panels and 85 fabric acoustic baffles just installed in the Methow Valley Community Center gym.
Although the original purpose of the gym is still proclaimed by a basketball hoop and the Twisp Yello-Jackets logo on the floor, the improved…
Ballet at The Merc The Paradosi Ballet Company, a professional Christian ballet company based in Tacoma, will present two performances of “Forever” on Sept. 27 at The Merc Playhouse in Twisp. Suggested donation is $10. The shows are at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. Tickets are available at Community Covenant Church in Twisp. Founded in […]
New show at Winthrop Gallery Winthrop Gallery will host an artists’ reception for its exhibit “Serendipity,” which features local artists Pearl Cherrington, Jim Neupert and Susannah Young, on Aug. 8 from 5 – 7 p.m. The exhibit opens Aug. 5 and continues through Sept. 14. For more information, call 996-3925. Learning to sing A song and voice […]
Campbell exhibit at The Merc The Merc Playhouse in Twisp will host an exhibit of oil paintings by Caryl Campbell beginning Friday (July 24) and continuing through Oct. 30. The exhibit, titled “The Wilderness Journal,” is presented by Confluence Gallery. Campbell is a long-time Methow Valley resident and an amateur naturalist. Her work can be […]
Celebrating young writers Methow Valley Elementary School’s annual Young Writers’ Celebration will include a free public event on Thursday (June 4) from 5:30 –7 p.m. in the school library. Students’ writing will be displayed, students will read original work aloud, and the winners of the fourth annual writing contest will be announced. The Young Writers’ Celebration […]
Eleven-year-old Odessa Owens likes bluegrass and Celtic music — she’s even been composing her own songs in those styles — but she is equally enthused about the Vivaldi violin concerto she will play with the Pipestone Orchestra this weekend. “I like Vivaldi,” she …
