While there is no program in January, the Bellingham Music Club welcomes the New Year with its awards for high school and university-level students! BMC is inviting high school students to apply for its coveted awards and prizes in four categories: strings, winds/percussion, piano, and voice. All participants will receive personalized feedback and heartfelt encouragements.… Continue reading BMC 2025 Student Awards
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Pianist Penelope Keep, a winner of BMC awards in 2022 and 2023, is the guest of the Bellingham Festival of Music “Welcome Home Concert” on Saturday, January 4, 7pm at First Congregational Church, 2401 Cornwall Ave. in Bellingham. Now a first year student at Stanford, Penelope also plays saxophone in the university Jazz Orchestra and… Continue reading
The Bellingham Music Club has brought music into our community for over 100 years! Here we are in holiday season, and we have so much for which to be thankful! First and always, we are grateful to you, our members and friends who enjoy our monthly concerts and contribute generously to funding our primary goals:… Continue reading
Kick Off the Holiday Season in Style!
In December, the Glacier Bay Brass Quintet will play jazz, sea shantys and contemporary works to welcome the Holiday Season in style! BSO musicians Steve Sperry and Karolyn Labes (trumpets), Jack Champagne (horn), Andrew Wheeler (trombone), and Mark Lindenbaum (tuba) will offer joyful selections for our last program of 2024. Works by Ignacio Calvo, Wilfred… Continue reading Kick Off the Holiday Season in Style!
A Multimedia Cello Journey
Rebekah Hood-Sava takes us on a Multimedia Cello Journey accompanied by nature films from cinematographer Radu Sava. With the help of live looped layered cello, Rebekah invites us to explore the emotions and psyche of a one-woman orchestra. Free matinee preview is on Wednesday, November 6, 10:30am at Trinity Lutheran, and full-length Night Beat, on… Continue reading A Multimedia Cello Journey
East meets West: music goes to new places!
Celebrated musicians Mehrdad Gholami and Rebecca Mañalac present works for flute and piano by J.S. Bach, César Franck, Clause Debussy, William Grant Still, Aram Khachaturian, Arno Babajanian, and Kouchyar Shahroudi. Don’t miss this chance to discover an amazing repertoire that will take you to new places! Join us for coffee and nibbles at 9:30am, Wednesday,… Continue reading East meets West: music goes to new places!
Organ recital opens 109th season!
Renowned organist Dongho Lee opens BMC’s “Music to Your Ears” season with two programs at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. Ms. Lee presents solo organ masterworks of Bach, Mozart, Elgar, Buck, Mendelssohn, and Bovet alongside a world-premiere adaptation of Manuel Ponce’s Sonata for Guitar and Harpsichord with guitarist Eli Schille-Hudson. Come and enjoy a free daytime… Continue reading Organ recital opens 109th season!
Announcing BMC’s 2024-2025 Season!
Our upcoming 2024-2025 concert season is entitled, “Music To Your Ears,” because that is what we promise you: good music that will put your heart and mind at ease, just like good news! We are inviting you today to help us produce our 109th season of concerts and student musician awards, starting on Wednesday morning,… Continue reading Announcing BMC’s 2024-2025 Season!
News flash: BMC Award Winners shine!
Each year, the Bellingham Symphony Orchestra partners with the Bellingham Music Club to invite the winners of BMC Student Awards to participate in the BSO's Young Artist Competition. Three winners receive a scholarship prize. In addition, the 1st place winner is invited to perform as part of the BSO’s Educational Concert at the Mount Baker… Continue reading News flash: BMC Award Winners shine!
Thank you!
Our "Sounds Sublime" 2023-24 season has come to an end after a fantastic year of amazing music. In all, BMC produced 19 musical events: 9 matinee programs, 5 Night Beats, and 5 rounds of auditions for student awards! Our Wednesday morning concerts have always been free, and this year we have continued offering Night Beat… Continue reading Thank you!