Flutes are featured in PA Symphony concerts
The Port Angeles Symphony Chamber Orchestra presents its winter concerts at 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 15, at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 301 Lopez Ave., Port Angeles; and Saturday, Jan. 16, at the Sequim Worship Center, 640 N. Sequim Ave., Sequim. Conductor Jonathan Pasternack will conduct the orchestra in works by Edvard Grieg, Domenico Cimarosa and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Soloists are flutists Judy Johnson and Sharon Snel.
Johnson is a resident of Port Ludlow and has been a member of the Port Angeles Symphony Orchestra since 1996. She has regularly performed with the Port Angeles Symphony and Chamber Orchestras as well as the Port Townsend Orchestra and Tacoma Symphony Orchestra. She has been a frequent local chamber music performer at various events and venues from Port Angeles to Bremerton.
Snel joined the Port Angeles Symphony in 1985 when she and her husband Nico moved to the area. She is principal flute for the Port Angeles Symphony as well as the principal of the Seattle Philharmonic Orchestra for 35 years. Prior to locating in Port Angeles, she was principal flute of the Idaho State Symphony.
Tickets are $12 for general admission and free for youths 16 and under when accompanied by an adult. Tickets are available in Port Angeles at Port Book and News and the symphony office; in Sequim at The Good Book; in Carlsborg at Sequim Village Glass; and at the door.
Youth art program is Saturday
On Saturday, Jan. 16, the popular Kids Create Art program series will continue at the Sequim Library. These fun, introductory art classes will take place from 10-11:30 a.m. every third Saturday of the month, January-May. Led by local artists, each Kids Create Art session — recommended for ages 7-12 — offers students an opportunity to explore various artistic media.
All classes in the series are free, but with class sizes limited to 20 attendees, preregistration is required.
To register, visit the Sequim Library events calendar at www.nols.org, call 683-1161 or send an e-mail to youth@nols.org. All materials will be provided.
Documentary set at PC
Magic of Cinema and the House of Learning present “Princess Angeline” at 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 15, in Peninsula College’s Little Theater. The documentary “Princess Angeline” takes viewers on a journey that starts with the Treaty of Point Elliott in 1855 to today’s Duwamish Tribe, which still is fighting for the federal government to officially recognize it as a tribe.
At the heart of this film is Princess Angeline, daughter of Chief Seattle, who held her ground and kept her home while many Duwamish people were pushed out.
The event is free and open to the public.
Fourth Friday group to meet
Writers on the Spit host Fourth Friday Readings at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 22, the in media room of the Lodge at Sherwood Village, 660 Evergreen Farm Way, Sequim. Bring an original 5-minute reading and sign up to read during open mic. Jan. 22 also is the deadline for submitting up to three poems for the Rainshadow Poetry Competition.
Free jazz improv clinic set
The Peninsula College Music Department presents guitarist and teacher John Stowell in a free Jazz Improvisation Clinic at 2 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 21, in Maier Concert Hall at Peninsula College. Stowell is an in-demand clinician as a jazz guitarist. He has taught internationally since the late 1970s.
For more information about Stowell’s composition, performance and teaching, see www.johnstowell.com/index.html.
Only members of the PC Jazz Ensemble will be performing. High school students interested in performing should have their band director contact David Jones at djones@pencol.edu or 417-6405.
‘Books & Libations’ on tap
Enjoy a perfect pairing at Books & Libations, a free 21-plus event co-hosted by the North Olympic Library System and Wind Rose Cellars at 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 21. Learn about great new books and delicious local wines at this fun program for adults, taking place at the Wind Rose Cellars Tasting Room and Wine Bar, 143 W. Washington St., Sequim.
To register, visit www.nols.org and select “Events” and “Sequim.” All adults are welcome; some registration space has been reserved especially for Sequim-area residents.
Call the Sequim Library at 683-1161 to register. A valid photo ID must be presented upon entry.
