Announcing our
2024-2025 Season!
October 19th at 7 p.m. and October 20th at 3 p.m., in a Bellingham home
Email BellinghamHouseConcerts@gmail.com for tickets.
Music has the power and potency to address deep levels of suffering; it can be the companion that eases loneliness or softens a hardened edge and brings people together. When we experience the beauty of the ocean, we forget that water is powerful enough to break down rocks! Similarly, when we listen to music, we are sometimes unaware of how it has completely transformed the moment. In this concert, Bellingham musician Samantha Sinai and Whidbey Island musician Barbara Dunn will be sharing songs and stories that highlight music’s power to heal, transform, and transcend. Drawing from their music therapy experience, they will play music and share stories from touching interactions with patients; from a pediatric patient who went from screaming to rapping, to patients in hospice who were brought comfort through music, to stories of how music can create a bridge in a polarized nation. A blend of cello, guitar, and vocals aims to create a warm, touching, meaningful experience for our listeners.
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December 7th at 7 p.m. and December 8th at 3 p.m. in a Bellingham home.
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Artistic Partners Samantha Sinai (cello) and Andrea Rackl (piano) come together to create a celebration of darkness in music. The program comes at a time of year when it can be easy to bemoan the dark. We’ll instead lean into it through the beautiful minds of Brahms, Faure, Chopin, Rackl, and more.
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February 9th at 3 p.m. in a Bellingham home.
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We’re excited to present the “Musical A to Z: Part Four, J-K-L” concert on Sunday, February 9th, 2025 at 3 p.m. In this fourth installment of the Musical A to Z project, pianist Kay Zavislak will be joined by highly acclaimed Bellingham musicians, pianist Jeffrey Gilliam and violist Eric Kean. The program features solo numbers as well as chamber music. Please come and discover who the mystery J, K, and L composers are! Seating is extremely limited – the single event will be held at the home of one of our generous supporters.
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May 3, 7 p.m. at the Whatcom Museum Rotunda Room
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We pianists in the community have been blessed by the leadership of a great man for many decades. It’s time to pay tribute our teacher, our mentor, our collaborator, and our friend. Please join us in this group concert in honor of Ford Hill. Performers include both local and far-flung pianists who have been touched by the life of this beloved person.
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Interviews with Performers
Victoria Ebel-Sabo
“My instrument is the grand piano, which I have played since childhood, and now, I am Mother Earth’s instrument.”
-Victoria Ebel-Sabo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqSANjMpyPQ
Samantha Sinai
“My guiding question as a performer is: How can I bring the inherent power of music to people in meaningful, accessible ways?”
-Samantha Sinai
Kay Zavislak
“I feel I’m most communicative when I play as if I’m telling a story to the audience”
-Kay Zavislak
Andrea Rackl
” If I can find something original and meaningful to say, I believe it has the potential to touch others”
-Andrea Rackl