Due to an injury Martin Lund will not be playing at the Brown Bag Concert at noon on July 8. In his place will be the Salish Brass. Lund will perform at the July 22 concert instead.

The Salish Brass was formed in 2014 for the purpose of enjoying the brass trio repertoire and the collaboration of chamber music. The players are Ginni Keith from Lopez (trumpet), Don Breazeal from Orcas (horn) and Molly Johnson from Orcas (trombone). Come and enjoy a beautiful program that includes six pieces including all four movements of  a Suite by Handel.

Singers Bill Felber, Sharon Abreu and Michael Hurwicz, accompanied by pianist Ron Meyers, will perform at the Brown Bag Concert  at noon in Emmanuel Church on Wednesday, July 15.

Felber has been a singer since grade school. He has performed in 15 operas and numerous oratorios. Felber toured with the State Department. Since moving to Orcas he has sung with the Orcas Acappella Choir, the Orcas Chorale Society and the Rock on the Rock choir.

Abreu was singing harmony by the age of 3. In New York she sang in audience attended master classes with Metropolitan Opera  Soprano Licia Albanese. On Orcas, Abreu starred in the musical comedy “The Taffetas” at Orcas Center. She was a soloist with the Orcas Choral Society and Orchestra Seattle and the Seattle Chamber Singers.

Hurwicz always sung. In Minneapolis, he started a successful singing telegram company, Quackygrams. For the first time in his life he was supporting himself with his music. On Orcas, he became known as  “Jesus” after staring in “Godspell” at Orcas Center.

Donations are appreciated to help fund the Emmanuel Music Committee’s scholarship fund to help promising young orcas music students. Everyone is encouraged to bring a brown bag lunch to enjoy on the lawn after the concert.