“Back to the 90s”

The Timberline High School Choirs will be performing their final concert of the school year.  Come hear your favorite 90s tunes next Thursday, May 22 at 7pm at the Koval Center (at NTHS).  This final concert is packed with great music, lots of solos, a band on stage, dancing and endless energy!  Whether it was …

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CapCity Presents: Seola Station // Kills Across the River // Guilded Lilly

Seattle-based art folk rock collective Seola Station makes their Olympia debut with acclaimed Tacoma-based bands Kills Across the River and Guilded Lilly for a genre-blurring and cathartic live show. Music lovers of all ages are invited to join these three female-fronted bands for a soul-soothing night of music. Seola Station fuses the diverse musicality of …

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Traditional Vietnamese Musical Instruments

Join us for a special Traditional Vietnamese Music Recital! Local musicians Tri Âm Hoà Điệu and their accompanists will showcase a variety of zithers, lutes, and other stringed and percussive Vietnamese instruments. This recital will also feature student performances, making it a truly special event. This program is for all ages and children are welcome!

Trans Trad Music Festival

by Lynette Charters Serembe Trans Trad Music Festival is co-directed by Alex Sturbaum (they/them) and Hayden Stern (he/his). Stern said with the election and the craziness of what is going on regarding the executive orders being enforced restricting transgender people, as artists, they were wondering what they could do as an act of resistance. Celebration …

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An Inside Look at Masterworks Choral Ensemble’s Women Rock Concert

by Rachel Benton Joy and excitement fill the air as Olympia’s own Masterworks Choral Ensemble (MCE) begins to prepare for their season finale Women Rock concert. Women Rock is a pops concert that highlights the works of female songwriters, some of whom wrote songs that were made famous by male performers, giving the audience a …

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The Center Salon Lights Up the Washington Center

Speaking of the Center Salon at The Washington Center, Jill Barnes, executive director of the center, said, “It’s really fun to see so many different genres of art in one night. It’s pretty special. The center hosts touring artists from all over the world, and this event showcases our homegrown talent. It complements the rest of our programming and who we are and what we do.” Co-curated by Olympia’s own, Bryan Willis, the Center Salon will fill the center’s black box on the evening of Saturday, March 22.

Olympia Symphony Orchestra Showcases Rising Stars

Lin Tokura and Ava Pakiam “… are two young fearless women, taking on these challenging pieces,” Music Director Alexandra Arrieche said. “This is the type of concert where you see young people embracing and pouring their hearts into music, and it reminds us of why we do what we do.” “Open Doors,” a concert by the Olympia Symphony Orchestra is Sunday, March 16 at the Washington Center.

Tacoma’s Ground to Sound Festival Makes Art and Conversation Out of a Vital Ecological Concern

If you enjoy a good old-fashioned multi-disciplinary arts party, including more than a dozen zero-budget film productions by local artists, the Ground to Sound Arts Festival in Tacoma might be your lucky festival. Co-sponsored by Foster’s Creative and the City of Tacoma, the Ground to Sound Arts Festival began last year with local artists creating original short films highlighting the problem of untreated water and trash and its journey to the Sound in documentary form. This year there will be a Music Open Mic, film and art, a Literary Reading and Open Mic.

Cameron Carpenter

Cameron Carpenter is the world’s most visible organist, the first ever to be nominated for a GRAMMY Award for a solo album. He holds the 2012 Leonard Bernstein Award, and in 2014, launched his International Touring Organ (ITO)- a first-of-its kind digital organ built to his own design. He is a virtuoso composer/performer who is …

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