An American Choral Tapestry

Celebrate our nation’s 250 years of creativity at Orcas Choral Society’s spring concert, An American Choral Tapestry at the Orcas Center, Saturday, May 16 at 7pm and Sunday, May 17 at 2pm at the Orcas Center. All the songs in this concert were written by American composers, from “Gentle Crystalline Waters,” by Paul Chiyokten Wagner, an award-winning Native American flutist, to America’s first popular songwriter, Stephen Foster, to current works, including one by Billy Joel. Orcas Island High School senior Maddy Sonshine directs members of the Orcas Dance Collective in interpreting three pieces. And, in a nod to American tradition, the Orcas Center will hang 23 handmade Orcas Island quilts for a visual feast to go with the aural treat.