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BMC Centennial All-Star Gala Concert - June 21, 3 pm

Bellingham's concert of the century! On Sunday, June 21, 2015 at 3pm, the Bellingham Music Club (BMC) will kick-off its 100th season with a Gala Centennial Concert at Bellingham High School. A galaxy of renowned musicians from around the world, mostly BMC student award winners, will perform in tribute to the club's remarkable history.

Receiving special honor will be Joanne Donnellan, renowned string teacher and 1961 BMC Award winner. The concert will feature chamber works by Boccherini, Grieg, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Poulenc, Ravel, Schubert and others. Among the performers gathering from across the state, the U.S., Canada and Europe are pianists Cole Anderson, Siyuan Li, Angelo Rondello and Madeline Slettedahl; string players, Grant Donnellan, Joanne Donnellan, Douglas Johnson, Jeffrey Carl Johnson, David Quiggle, Nick Strobel, Jonathan Thomson, Lisa D. Toner and Roman Yearian; Guitarist Albert Diaz; and vocalists Stuart Lutzenhiser, Lindsey Nakatani and Tracy R. Satterfield. They will be joined by local musicians Deborah Arthur and Nirvana Guernsey.

Proceeds from the concert will benefit the BMC Student Awards program, which has been nurturing promising young musicians at Western Washington University and in Whatcom County over its 100-year history. Concert tickets are $25, available online at www.bellinghammusicclub.org, and at Village Books in Fairhaven and Piper Music at 2512 Meridian. For more information about the BMC Centennial Gala concert, please visit the BMC website or call 360-398-2484.