Ferndale music teacher’s two sons to play with Whatcom Symphony

Joanne Donnellan, a longtime Ferndale music educator who was concertmaster for Whatcom Symphony Orchestra for years, has two sons who’ll be performing in the WSO’s opening concert at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 5, at Mount Baker Theatre.

Her son Grant, a professor of music at Western Washington University is currently WSO concertmaster; and her son Glenn is a violinist with the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington, D.C.