Bellingham Festival of Music
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The Bellingham Festival of Music is a primarily classical music festival held annually in Bellingham, Washington in late summer. The festival was established in 1993, with American orchestral conductor Michael Palmer as its Artistic Director.
The three-week festival features orchestral and chamber music concerts among its events, held at a handful of local venues including Western Washington University, the Mount Baker Theater, McIntyre Hall in Mount Vernon, and the White Salmon Lodge on the slopes of nearby Mount Baker.
The resident 40-member Bellingham Festival Orchestra is composed of musicians from major European and American orchestras. There is also a Bellingham Festival Chorus which performs with the orchestra on occasion, composed of singers from surrounding Whatcome, Snohomish and Skagit counties who are selected by audition each year.
NOTE: As reported in the Bellingham Herald January 13, 2007, festival officials announced it was ceasing operations immediately and that there would not be a production in 2007 or beyond.
