REACHING OUT TO THE
community
through accessible events
Free: Sounds Like Fun! Kids’ Concert
WWCMF’s Sounds Like Fun series is presented free to the community thanks to the generosity of Columbia REA.
WWCMF Musicians will perform music inspired by literature in the perfect place, the Walla Walla Public Library. You’ll encounter the 47-stringed Concert Grand Pedal Harp, Violins, Viola and Cello. There will be much plucking, plenty of bowing and good fun for all who attend!
Artists: Timothy Christie, Viola; Elizabeth Landis, Harp; Vanessa Moss, violin; Maria Sampen, Violin; Sally Singer Tuttle, c
Free: Open Rehearsal
Antonio Vivaldi and André Caplet
Join WWCMF Musicians as they explore music by Antonio Vivaldi and André Caplet in the intimate tasting room of Dama Wines on Main Street in downtown Walla Walla. It’s chilly outside, but it’s toasty up close to the furnace of intensive classical music rehearsal. You will be captivated by the process or your money back! This event is free and open to the public. All ages welcome.
Artists: Timothy Christie, Viola; Elizabeth Landis, Harp; Vanessa Moss, violin; Maria Sampen, Violin; Sally Singer Tuttle, cello
Open Rehearsal
Fanny Mendelssohn String Quartet in E flat
Artists: Timothy Christie, viola; Norbert Lewandowski, cello; Maria Sampen, violin; MingHuan Xu, violin
PUBLIQuartet
PUBLIQuartet
The Walla Walla Chamber Music Festival and the Jonathan M Wainwright VA Medical Center are proud to present a free community concert featuring Grammy-nominated PUBLIQuartet. This event is free and open to the public.
Support our veterans by joining us at the VA, and experience the community of live musical performance.
Artists: PUBLIQuartet: Hamilton Berry, cello; Rubén Rengel, violin; Nick Revel, viola; Curtis Stewart, violin
Open Rehearsal
Mozart Clarinet Quintet
Artists: Timothy Christie, viola; Norbert Lewandowski, cello; Vanessa Moss, violin; Maria Sampen, violin; Kevin Schempf, clarinet
Sounds Like Fun! Kids’ Concert
WWCMF’s Sounds Like Fun series is presented free to the community thanks to the generosity of Columbia REA.
Featuring music in a variety of styles from pop to classical.
Artists: Brittany Boulding Breeden; Timothy Christie; Katri Ervamaa; Jennifer Goltz-Taylor; Norbert Lewandowski; Maria Sampen
Open Rehearsal
Music of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Artists: Brittany Boulding Breeden, violin; Timothy Christie, viola; Norbert Lewandowski, cello; Maria Sampen, violin
Sounds Like Fun! Kids’ Concert
WWCMF’s Sounds Like Fun series is presented free to the community thanks to the generosity of Columbia REA.
Children’s Performance Featuring Emerging Artist Fellows, Cerus Quartet
Community Events
In 2022, WWCMF inaugurated the Emerging Artist Quartet Fellowship with the goal of sharpening our community engagement activities while offering an emerging quartet the opportunity to gain valuable experience making music in the Walla Walla community with the full musical and logistical support of the Festival.
We are pleased to welcome Ann Arbor-based saxophone quartet, Cerus Quartet, as the 2024 WWCMF Emerging Artist Quartet Fellows. Cerus Quartet brings exquisite artistry and a passion for community connection through music. During their residency in Walla Walla, Cerus Quartet will perform for hundreds of kids in the Walla Walla school system, presenting their programs bilingually in English and Spanish. Their performances provide young people gateway exposure to classical music, and reinforce the importance of representation in musical ensembles and concert repertoire.
Part of the energy and excitement of WWCMF comes from its whirlwind schedule. Musicians who play an open rehearsal in the morning often play a kids' concert in the afternoon before playing a Tasting Music or Collage performance in the evening. It’s definitely exciting, but it prevents lingering, doubling back, adjusting and improving the impact of individual outreach events in real-time, particularly where vulnerable, marginalized or underserved populations are concerned. The Emerging Artist Quartet Fellowship addresses this need by directing sustained energy toward these essential community events ensuring that our impact lives up to the breadth and variety of festival programming.
Come see Cerus Quartet kick off the Portrait of an Artist Series (and the whole 2024 Festival!) on Thursday June 6 at Reininger Winery, and they will tell you first hand about their experiences performing throughout the Walla Walla community.
WWCMF Goes to School
June 5, 6, 7 & 10: WWCMF presents Cerus Quartet in performances at Sharpstein, Edison, Berney, Prospect Point and Green Park Elementary Schools. These events, presented bilingually in English and Spanish, reach more than 1,000 youngsters, and are presented in partnership with Communities In Schools and Walla Walla Public Schools.