Sisters and spouses headline Music Live with Lunch

The Vivona sisters, Dr. Grace Vivona Yelland and Dr. Christine Vivona, return to play Music Live with Lunch on Tuesday, Oct. 17, and their husbands will be joining them on stage.

All four, including professional musician Rob Boone (Christine’s husband) and Dr. Joel Yelland (Grace’s husband), perform at noon in St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 525 N. Fifth Ave., for the monthly concert and luncheon series.

The group will perform popular songs such as “Danny Boy,” “Sweet Georgia Brown,” “Puttin’ on the Ritz,” and many more and as a rare treat, Grace, a bass flutist, and Christine, a harpist, perform during the luncheon in the parish hall too.

Christine Vivona is an award-winning harpist from the Tuscon area where she plays for the Tuscon Symphony and is principal harpist for True Concord Voices & Orchestra, formerly the Tuscon Chamber Artists. She holds a Masters of Music from Julliard School and a doctorate in harp performance from the University of Arizona where she currently teaches. Christine frequently records and performs with some of her notable partnerships including Ray Charles and The Moody Blues.

Her husband, Boone, has been a professional musician since age 16, and he teaches jazz piano and trombone at Pima Community College in Tuscon. For the show, he’ll play trombone and piano too.

Grace Vivona Yelland, a pediatrician, began playing the flute at age 7, and since moving to Sequim she’s been performing with the Sequim City Band since 2010 and Sequim Community Orchestra since 2016. Joel Yelland, a baritone and family medicine doctor, plays percussion in several local groups and sings with the Peninsula Singers. For this show, he’ll sing..

Music Live with Lunch began nearly 30 years ago at St Luke’s Church as a musical outreach to the community. Concerts begin at noon and lunch at 12:30 p.m.

Tickets are $12 and are available at the door or from the church office from 9 a.m.-noon Monday-Thursday. With questions, call 360-683-4862.