PORT ANGELES — Cellist Marlene Moore, flutist Carlos Xavier, pianist Deborah Rambo Sinn and the Peninsula Men’s Gospel Singers: It’s not often you can hear this much variety in one afternoon.
These makers of music will, however, gather for the annual Monday Musicale Scholarship Benefit concert at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 301 E. Lopez Ave., today.
Admission to the 2 p.m. event is a $15 donation at the door, with proceeds to benefit the Monday Musicale scholarship fund.
Music educator Thelma McCoy, then a member of the Port Angeles Symphony, started the scholarship fund 47 years ago in hopes of helping Clallam County’s younger players pursue their musical passions in college.
McCoy, with annual concerts and abundant donations from the community, has since raised more than $120,000 for those scholarships.
Those who can’t make it today but want to support the fund can mail donations to Monday Musicale Scholarship Fund, 161 S. Tara Lane, Port Angeles, WA 98362.
The Monday Musicale Scholarship Benefit, though named after the Monday Musicale performance series at Queen of Angels Catholic Church in Port Angeles, is always held on an autumn Sunday. And as in previous years, its lineup is an active, well-educated one.
■ Nancy Beier, a retired opera singer who lives in Port Angeles, will serve as the mistress of ceremonies this afternoon.
■ Moore is the co-principal cellist of the Port Angeles Symphony Orchestra and Chamber Orchestra and a founding member of Deka Piano Trio, the Buttons and Bow, flute-cello duo and other ensembles.
She also teaches cello at her Port Angeles studio.
■ Xavier holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in music, with emphasis in classical, jazz and ethnic.
He’s performed with the San Francisco Opera Orchestra; at the National Flute Convention in Albuquerque, N.M.; and in New York City with the jazz artists Hubert Laws and Lew Tabackin.
He’s also a singer, storyteller and flute-maker.
■ The Peninsula Men’s Gospel Singers, a 19-voice choir, will perform with conductor Michael Rivers and pianist Penny Hall.
Also to appear: sign-language interpreter Karen Coles, who has worked with the men’s choir for four years now.
She holds a bachelor’s in education of the deaf from Northern Illinois University and a master’s from Smith College in Northampton, Mass.
■ Rambo Sinn, a performer and music educator, is also author of Playing Beyond the Notes: A Pianist’s Guide to Musical Interpretation, published by Oxford University Press in 2013 and now in its fourth printing.
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Features Editor Diane Urbani de la Paz can be reached at 360-452-2345, ext. 5062, or at diane.urbani@peninsuladailynews.com.
