Sharon Abreu will perform at the Aug. 19 Brown Bag Concert at Emmanuel Church at noon. Performing with her will be Michael Hurwicz, baritone, Louellen McCoy, piano, Linda Slone, flute, and Grace McCune, soprano. The program has wide appeal, and will include both classical and broadway music, beginning with “This is My Song” (from Finlandia, J. Sibelius) and “Fair House of Joy” (R. Quilter). Abreu and Hurwicz will sing “People Will Say We’re In Love” from Oklahoma (Rogers and Hammerstein) and “I Remember it Well” from Gigi (Lerner and Loewe). Abreu and McCune will sing the “Flower Duet” from Lakme by Delibes, and Abreu will be accompanied by Slone in “Sweet Bird” from Il Pensieroso by G.F. Handel. Audience members are encouraged to arrive early, as seating is limited.

Marilyn Parman’s Basso Dolce and Friends will perform at the last Brown Bag concert on Wednesday, Aug. 26 at noon. Parman is an un-retired virtuoso bassist from San Francisco and she will perform the Dragonetti Bass Concerto with Becky Johnson at the piano. The Dragonetti Bass Concerto is considered to be the toughest work ever written for double bass. 

Thor Johnson, a super star jazz bassist from Friday Harbor, will join Parman and her jazz quartet with Patty Johnson at the piano, Linda Slone on solo flute and Randy Jerieski on drums. They will perform Part Five and Part Seven of the Claude Bolling Suite as a preview for their October classical jazz concert at the Orcas Center on Oct. 25. Celia Rosenberger, also a virtuoso violinist/violist from San Francisco, will be performing works by Biber and Chrysler.

The Brown Bag concerts receive donations that are used to fund scholarships for Orcas children to receive scholarships to music camps. These professional artists donate their time for the concerts.