As we take a break for the holidays, please know how grateful we are for your support through your membership, donations, and presence at our concerts. The high caliber of our programs and depth of student support are entirely due to your generosity. This fall, as we started our 110th season, world-class musicians offered an… Continue reading A message of gratitude, joy and hope!
Romantic Cello and Piano round up 2025!
BMC brings 2025 to a close with cellist Samantha Sinai and pianist Michelle Huang on Wednesday, December 3, 10:30am at Trinity Lutheran Church, 119 Texas St. in Bellingham. Our guests are accomplished and versatile musicians. Samantha Sinai is a performer, composer, teacher and therapist who also serves as the Cello Principal with the Bellingham Symphony… Continue reading Romantic Cello and Piano round up 2025!
Next: art song, grand opera and Broadway!
Soprano Heather Dudenbostel headlines a program that will honor the memory of BMC past president, Dr. Clyde Hiss, Professor of Voice and Opera at East Carolina University for 32 years before retiring in the Pacific Northwest. Baritone Mark Davies, pianist Emily Gantt, sopranos Ibidunni Ojikutu and Celeste Fraser, mezzo-soprano Elizabeth Feeney and clarinetist Erika Block will… Continue reading Next: art song, grand opera and Broadway!
Mañalacs return to BMC stage!
In October, we have the immense pleasure of bringing back Rebecca and Gabriel Mañalac for “Echoes and Departures” - a rich program for two pianos by composers from home and abroad. It includes works by Poulenc, Saint-Saëns, Rachmaninoff, Argentine composer Carlos Guastavino, plus the famous "La valse" by Ravel!!! Join us for a free program… Continue reading Mañalacs return to BMC stage!
BMC opens 110th Season!
Bellissima Brass opens BMC's 2025-2026 season with works ranging from the romantic to the modern and contemporary. A program high in virtuosity that will celebrate feminine talent and "Elevate Your Spirit"! Michelle Rockwood, horn; Karolyn Labes & Shelly Devlin, trumpets; Amy Kavanagh, tuba, and Emma Eliason, trombone, will play works by the newly rediscovered Florence Price… Continue reading BMC opens 110th Season!
A bit more about our upcoming season!
We are delighted to invite you to “Elevate Your Spirit” with BMC’s extraordinary 2025-2026 season - possbily the best one BMC has ever produced!!! Program Committee members are so proud of our outstanding roster of professional musicians! All are at work preparing uplifting and inspiring performances! Curiosity, optimism, and sincerity informs and guides their offerings.… Continue reading A bit more about our upcoming season!
Unveiling BMC’s 110th Season!
Starting in September, we will “Elevate Your Spirit” with an amazing roster of artists who all have a connection to Bellingham! We promise a full season of exciting programs featuring brass, piano, voice, strings and percussion! We launch a monthly schedule of daytime and evening concerts right after Labor Day, and continue through June 2026.… Continue reading Unveiling BMC’s 110th Season!
BMC Award Winners Impress!
Each year, the Bellingham Symphony Orchestra partners with BMC to offer top recipients of our High School Student Awards another opportunity to shine. BSO invites those remarkable music students to participate in its Young Artist Competition. Three winners receive a scholarship prize. In addition, the 1st place winner is invited to perform as part of… Continue reading BMC Award Winners Impress!
It was all that and more!
The wonderful season we called “Music To Your Ears!” has come to a close. Counting our nine matinee programs, five Night Beat evenings, five student award adjudications plus the Rastrelli Cello Quartet concert and master class, we presented a total of 21 musical events this year! Scroll down to relive highlights of the season in… Continue reading It was all that and more!
To conclude our “Music to Your Ears” season:
In June, celebrated baritone Richard Hodges brings our “Music to Your Ears” season to a close. Dr. Hodges has put together two programs with a considerable amount of variety and a wide scope. You will want to attend both the matinee AND Night Beat! Our free program with Dr. Hodges and acclaimed pianist Jay Rozendaal is… Continue reading To conclude our “Music to Your Ears” season: