PORT LUDLOW — The Port Townsend Chamber Music Series will perform a benefit concert at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Port Ludlow Beach Club, 121 Marina View Drive, Port Ludlow.
There will be a short reception following the free concert.
Members of the Port Townsend Symphony Orchestra will be on hand to collect donations to support the Chimacum High School Cowboy marching band’s trip to represent the state during the Semiquincentennial Independence Day Parade in July in Washington, D.C.
The band’s booster club must raise about $100,000 for the trip to cover travel expenses and new lightweight uniforms for performers.
“Our symphony orchestra’s chamber series team is excited to kick off this fundraising effort to help support the Chimacum High School marching band,” said Robert Nathan, the president of the orchestra’s board. “We are proud they were chosen as the only band to represent Washington for this important 250th national birthday celebration. This trip will be a wonderful music and teamwork experience for them.”
Featured performers include pianists Michael Carroll, Sung-Ling Hsu and Lisa Lanza; violinist Marina Rosenquist; harpist Barbara McColgan Pastore; lutist Guy Smith; percussionists Howard Gilbert, Thomas Blomster and George Shaffer; violist Anne Burns and cellist Pamela Roberts.
Donations will be accepted at the door to benefit the Chimacum High School marching band.
The program will include the traditional “Downfall of Paris for Snare Drum Duo;” Sidney Berg’s “South American Capers for Snare Drum Duo and Bass Drum;” the Violin Sonata, Op. 108 in D minor, Adagio and Presto agitato by Johannes Brahms; “Ein seer guter Organistischer Preambel for Lute” by Jacob Herringman; Sonata for Cello and Piano, Allegretto amabile by Jean Hure; “Ein guter welscher tantz for Lute” by Hans Neusidler; “Fiestravaganza” Piano Duet by Shaun Choo; “Mille regretz,” NJE 28.25 for Lute, arranged by H. Neusidler; the Tam-Bas Tambourine Solo by James L. Moore; Trio for Piano, Viola and Cello, Op. 11, Thema: Pria ch’io l’impegno by Ludwig von Beethoven; “Ich klag den Tag” for Lute by Hans Neusidler; Meditation from Thais for Cello and Harp by Jules Massenet; “Du Fiensela (Dont vient cela)” for Lute by Hans Neusidler; and “American Patrol” for Snare Drum and Piano by Padre Martini, arranged By Forrest L. Buchtel.
For more information, visit www.ptsymphony.org/chamber-music-series-musicians.
