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For third time since 2008, electronic music students from Western Washington University and the University of Montana will collaborate in a concert featuring interactive computers, surround sound audio, video and mobile devices.

Joanne Donnellan, former orchestra director at Ferndale High School for nearly 30 years, and the concertmaster for Whatcom Symphony Orchestra for decades, is helping to promote two local concerts by the Ung Symfoni from Bergen, Norway, who are now touring Western Washington through April 8.…

The Bellingham Chinese Culture Festival at 7 p.m. Saturday, March 3, at Mount Baker Theatre, 104 N. Commercial St., will highlight Chinese musical traditions in time for the 4709th Chinese New Year, the year of the dragon, which began Jan. 23.

The Bellevue Philharmonic shut down in July 2011, but some of its members will again play on the Eastside in a new organization: the Candlelight Concerts Orchestra. Under the baton of Arthur Shaw, orchestra director and conductor at Western Washington University, the orchestra will debut in…

The trophy case rests in South Kitsap High School’s band room, cluttered with accolades for performances from California to New York.

But even for band director Gary Grams, the Wolves’ latest opportunity feels a little different.

Band…

Western Washington University's Concert Choir, led by Leslie Guelker-Cone, returns for its annual holiday show with Whatcom Symphony Orchestra, directed by Roger Briggs.
The performance, filled with beloved holiday melodies, traditional carols and special surprises, starts at 3 p.m.…