Jeremy Berry, violist and Sehome High grad, returns with string quartet at Bellingham Festival of Music

Violist Jeremy Berry, a 2004 Sehome High School graduate, says classical music was always a part of his life. His older brother, Andrew, began playing violin when he was 5, and Jeremy says he would often sit in on his lessons with teacher Elizabeth Stuen-Walker.

"I, in turn, wanted to pick up an instrument," Jeremy says, "so I began studying viola with Elizabeth (Betsy) when I was 5.