STRUM!

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Whidbey’s Saratoga Orchestra, under music director Anna Edwards, presents STRUM! featuring Brig Urias on June 18, 3:00pm at First Reformed Church of Oak Harbor and June 19, 3:00pm at Island Church of Whidbey in Langley.
 
The final concert of Whidbey’s Saratoga Orchestra 2021-2022 season welcomes classical guitarist Brig Urias. A native of the Pacific Northwest, Brig began his early studies with Robert Vierschilling at Rosewood Guitar in Seattle and performing as a student at Nordstrom Recital Hall and for the Seattle Classical Guitar Society. A student of Christopher Parkening at Pepperdine University, Brig was invited to participate in numerous master classes with a number of prominent performers, performed concerts across the United States and Europe and recorded videos for Guitar Salon International in Santa Monica, California. Brig recently finished his master’s degree from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music as a student of Judicaël Perroy.
 
Mr. Urias will perform Peter Warlock’s Capriol Suite arranged for strings and guitar, Luigi Boccherini’s Fandango from the Guitar Quintet in D, and a set of works for solo guitar.  The program will be complemented by chamber strings works from composers Maria Newman, Jessie Montgomery, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Gabriel Fauré, Gustav Holst and others.
General Admission concert tickets are $25 for Adults, $20 for Seniors/Military and free admission for students 17 and under. Pre-concert tickets available at Click Music in Oak Harbor, bayleaf in Coupeville and Blue Sound Music in Langley. More information at: www.sowhidbey.com or 360-929-3045.