LETTER TO THE EDITOR | Grateful for young, talented musicians

Published 3:24 pm Friday, February 26, 2016

Editor,

It was wonderful to read reporter Evan Thompson’s recent article about the youthful musicians playing with Whidbey Island Community Orchestra. Since it came out, we’ve had even more interest from high school students from as far north as Oak Harbor, and we have been very pleased to invite them to play with the orchestra.

As you know, there is no youth orchestra on Whidbey Island and no orchestra in the schools on South Whidbey either, so we are happy to provide young people with a chance to play repertoire which they may never otherwise encounter. We are also a mentoring and teaching orchestra, matching every young player with a seasoned adult musician. Tuition is paid by generous donors and the orchestra itself.

Thank you for this insightful article containing interviews with some of our young members. Our next concert is 7 p.m. Friday, March 11, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Freeland. We’ll be performing “Give Our Regards To Broadway,” an evening of some of Broadway’s greatest hits.

Best,

DR. CYNTHIA MORROW

Whidbey Island Community Orchestra conductor/musical director