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GiveBig 2026 is just a couple of weeks away.
In fact, early giving starts April 28 and culminates on May 5, 2026.
A generous donor has stepped up and pledged a $10,000 matching gift for this year’s GiveBIG Campaign! Every dollar you contribute, up to $10,000, will be matched – doubling your impact and helping us go even further.
GiveBIG is a statewide fundraising campaign where individual donors and organizations come together across Washington to invest in our communities. By giving, we take an active role in shaping the kind of society we want to live in. Mark your calendar and show your support! GiveBIG takes place on May 5, 2026. Help keep the music alive on Whidbey Island.
Special Performance!
Sunday
May 31 7:00pm
First Reformed Church
250 SW 3rd Ave
Oak Harbor
One Night Only: Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G Major
Join Whidbey Island’s professional orchestra for a special one-night-only performance of Maurice Ravel’s magnificent Piano Concerto in G Major. Featuring acclaimed guest soloist Julian Garvue, this dazzling work blends jazz-inspired flair with complex rhythmic passages and exquisitely delicate melodies. A rare chance to experience one of Ravel’s most vibrant and captivating masterpieces—live on Whidbey Island.
Also on the program:
Mozart's Symphony No. 41 K. 551, "Jupiter"
Stacy Garrop's Penelope Waits
JULIAN GARVUE
Julian Garvue is a Seattle-based pianist and vocal coach currently completing his second year in the LA Opera Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist Program. He has served as staff pianist for LA Opera’s productions of "West Side Story", "Akhnaten", and "Falstaff" and was head coach for the Castleton Vocal Immersion Program, working closely with both faculty artists and pianist fellows to deepen collaborative skills and sensitivity in vocal accompaniment. He will spend the upcoming summer with West Edge Opera as staff pianist and harpsichordist for Handel’s *Rinaldo*.
As a soloist, Julian made his concerto debut in 2025 with the Seattle Collaborative Orchestra, performing Ravel’s "Piano Concerto in G Major". He previously appeared with the ensemble in 2018, performing his own award-winning composition, "Piano Concertino". Julian has participated in several prestigious training programs, including Wolf Trap, the Merola Opera Program, Music Academy of the West, SongFest, and the Castleton Vocal Immersion Program.
He holds a Master’s degree and Performer’s Diploma from Indiana University, where he studied with Kevin Murphy and Anne Epperson. Before focusing on collaborative piano, Julian worked as a freelance jazz pianist in New York City, taught elementary music in Queens, and recorded two albums with The Arsonists, as well as a free jazz project, "Doublefist", with colleagues from the Eastman School of Music. He earned his undergraduate degree from Eastman as a double major in Jazz Piano and Music Theory. A native of Seattle, he studied with Clarence Acox, Robert Knatt, and longtime teacher Pam Chang-Rice.
