The duo of Miho Takekawa and Diego Coy will visit Orcas Island for the first time the week of April 6-10 as Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival Musicians-in-Residence.

The Miho and Diego Duo have been boldly blending Latin and Japanese musical traditions in Washington, Oregon, California and Japan since 2006, encouraging cultural understanding through music. The Duo will spend time with Orcas School band students, as well as coaching and teaching percussion to elementary students.

“The love for what they do is obvious,” said Darren Dix, Orcas Public School Band Director who saw them teach in Seattle schools. “They exemplify the multicultural aspects of percussion, and I look forward to having them share technique, rhythmic knowledge and musicality with my students.”

They will present their “Musical Trip Around the World,” an award-winning musical education program for preschool through K-2 students, on Wednesday April 8 at 1 p.m. at Orcas Center. This program is designed to have children understand different cultures and languages by introducing a new genre of music.  In addition,

Miho and Diego will perform at the Senior Center after their lunch on Friday, April 10 at 1 p.m.

Funding for the 2014-15 Musicians-in-Residence programs is from the National Endowment for the Arts, Orcas Island Community Foundation, Washington State Arts Commission, Monique Mead, Mimi and Slim Sommerville, and the Gould Family Foundation.

For more information, call 376-6636 and visit www.oicmf.org.