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| Composer Patrick Harlin, a Western alum, will have a work performed in St. Louis | The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra will perform a piece, titled "Rapture," by Ann Arbor-based composer Patrick Harlin on Sept. 27 and 28 at Powell Hall in St. Louis, Missouri. Immediately after receiving his Bachelors degree in composition at Western Washington University he was hired on鈥 |
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| Smoke and Mirrors percussion ensemble to perform marimba concerts | In a concert co-sponsored by the Bellingham Festival of Music and by Whatcom Symphony Orchestra, the Smoke and Mirrors Percussion Ensemble from Colburn Conservatory in Los Angeles presents two performances of an all-percussion marimba concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 7, at Western Washington鈥 |
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| Ukulele wizard Jake Shimabukuro coming to 草榴社区 | Jake Shimabukuro, a ukulele virtuoso who has been called the "Jimi Hendrix of the ukulele," performs at 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 8, at Western Washington University's Performing Arts Center Mainstage Theatre. His latest album is "Grand Ukulele." |
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| Getting to know Deb Currier | |||
| 'Hello, my name is You' looks at life with Asperger's | |||
| Faculty art, design on display through March 9 | |||
| Voices of the Whatcom Symphony Orchestra: percussionists beat the drums | "I can't imagine life without music," says Stephanie Straight, the principal of the predominantly female percussion section of the Whatcom Symphony Orchestra. When her older sister Julie started band at school, their dad bought her a beautiful metallic blue snare drum. "It鈥 |
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| 'Deception Pass' starts Thursday in the PAC | |||
| Cellist John Friesen performs with Whatcom Symphony Orchestra | Whatcom Symphony presents John Friesen, Canadian-born cellist and Western Washington University associate professor of music, who will perform Haydn's Concerto in C Major at 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 27, at Mount Baker Theatre, 104 N. Commercial St. |
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| Drawn to healing: Therapist uses art to help kids, teens deal with pain | Once in a while, a child looks up and says to Kristin Warner: 鈥淭his is really helpful.鈥 And for Warner, that is the moment of joy. It can come in the middle of her work day as a staff member with Peninsula Behavioral Health, the community agency providing mental health care to people of鈥 |