Classical Concerts Arts & Humanities

The classical concert Series continues with violinist and educator Dr. Quinton Morris has played Carnegie Hall, and founded The Young Eight, the only professional African-American classical octet in the world. Morris launches his world tour on Vashon, playing the sonatas of the eighteenth century violinist, conductor and first classical composer of African origin. Accompanied by Alastair Edmonstone on piano.
Chevalier de Saint Georges
Sunday, October 18, 2015, 4 pm
Vashon Allied Arts

Violinist Maria Sampen enjoys a vibrant career as an in demand soloist, chamber musician, recording artist and teacher, performing across the U.S., Asia and Europe and with the Puget Sound Piano Trio. Tim Christie plays violin and and viola and is the artistic director and founder of the Walla Walla Chamber Music Festival and is a member of the Pacific Northwest Ballet Orchestra and is active as a chamber musician, recording artist and teacher. Both Maria and Tim perform with Brave New Works and with IRIS Orchestra.
Hayden, Mozart and Handel
Sunday, November 22, 2015, 4 pm
Vashon Allied Arts
The Arts & Humanities Series continues Sunday, October 25,  at 7 pm at the Vashon High School Theater.
Humor as an Atidote to Conflict.
Although Israel’s Declaration of Independence conferred equal rights on Arabs remaining in Israel after the war of 1948, Arab Israelis are often treated as second-class citizens who experience discrimination in a variety of ways. In the popular TV sitcom Arab Labor, Israeli Arab writer Sayed Kashua portrays the daily struggles of an Arab Israeli family in a Jewish-dominated society by highlighting obstacles to mainstream acceptance with satirical humor. After viewing an episode of the show (with English subtitles), we will hear about its creation from Howard Sohn, who facilitated its production and is deeply involved in efforts to bridge the chasm between Jews and Arabs in Israel. Sohn currently serves as co-chairman of the board of The Abraham Fund Initiatives, an international organization that promotes coexistence and equality among Israel’s Jewish and Arab-Palestinian citizens.

PERFECTLY SITED
Sunday, November 15, 2015, 7 pm
Vashon High School Theater
Julie Spiedel and Scott Fife are two distinguished local sculptors who work in radically different ways to produce their work. Spiedel’s monumental biomorphic works in metal and stone can be seen in installations in Seattle, Tacoma, Vashon, and abroad, bearing influences of antiquity, indigenous tribes of the Pacific Northwest, and twentieth century modernism. Fife works largely in cardboard, creating uncanny figures and disembodied heads of celebrities, animals and media figures that have been displayed in galleries in Chicago, Seattle, Los Angeles and Vancouver B.C. Moderated by former King TV anchor Mark James, these two diverse artists examine their respective approaches and methodologies in creating particularly site-specific sculpture. Take a peek into their creative process and how they respond to the environment through their sculptures.