PORT ANGELES — Lovers of live music are invited to the Port Angeles High School Roughrider Orchestra’s first concert of the season at 7:30 tonight.
Admission is free to the event at the Port Angeles High School Performing Arts Center, 304 E. Park Ave.
Donations to the music program are always accepted.
This concert will be a tour of Hollywood, as the orchestra offers music from James Bond and Harry Potter movies, “Titanic,” “Forrest Gump” and “Psycho.”
Desserts and coffee will be available for purchase during intermission.
This weekend, the Roughrider Orchestra will perform in the Mercer Island Orchestra Festival, the first of several regional events on the musicians’ calendar this season.
The school’s concert season kicked off Monday with a choir performance.
Concerts will be offered nearly every month through June.
Port Angeles High’s music program has five bands, three orchestras and four choirs.
This year, the band program is raising funds for an April trip to Washington, D.C., to perform on the National Mall and other venues in the nation’s capital.
The orchestra traveled to New York City in April to play Carnegie Hall.
The school choirs plan for a New York City visit in 2015.
On Dec. 17, the Holiday Program — which features performances by all Port Angeles High bands, orchestras and choirs, will be broadcast live on KONP radio — and will be video-webcast live by PATV, the district’s student-run television station.
Concert schedule
All concerts begin at 7:30 p.m. and are held at the performing arts center, unless otherwise noted:
The schedule is:
■ Nov. 5 — Band concert.
■ Nov. 11 — Wind Ensemble concert, 10:30 a.m. at the Coast Guard Air Station/Sector Field Office Port Angeles Veterans Day ceremony.
■ Dec. 6-8 — Madrigal Dinner, featuring Vocal Unlimited, time and location to be announced.
■ Dec. 17 — Holiday Concert.
■ Feb. 5 — Chamber Orchestra, Jazz Ensemble and Vocal Unlimited choir.
■ March 4 — Band concert.
■ March 11 — Orchestra concert.
■ March 25 — Choir concert.
■ April 1-6 — Bands perform in Washington, D.C.
■ May 15 — All-City String Review with high school, middle school and elementary orchestras, time to be announced.
■ May 20 — Band concert.
■ May 30-31 — Perfect Blend Dinner Show, time and location to be announced.
■ June 3 — Orchestra concert.
■ June 4 — Choir concert.
■ June 5 — Jazz and percussion concert.
