Redmen Hall opens exhibit North Coast Symphonic Band to present spring concert April 17 at Liberty Theater View artwork by artist Rachel Wolford Guest conductor Ike Nail leads wide array of musical selections ASTORIA — The North Coast Symphonic Band will present “The Best of the Guest,” a con- cert of wind band music at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 17 at the Liberty Theater. The concert will feature Ike Nail of Western Oregon Uni- versity as guest conductor. Doors open at 1:15 p.m. and the North- HUQ /LJKWV ÀXWH HQVHPEOH ZLOO present a pre-show at 1:30 p.m. Nail has won two Grammy Awards and has had a distin- guished career as an orchestra and band conductor, teacher and music director. His bands and orchestras have won more than a dozen state championships in Oregon and Texas, performed at numerous music festivals and conventions, and performed by invitation at the Kennedy Cen- ter in Washington D.C. Nail was named 2014 Music Educator of the Year by the Oregon Music Educators Association and cur- rently directs the Salem Pops Orchestra. Nail has selected repertoire for NCSB that shows off what a concert band can do best. The NCSB will display its march skills with Sousa’s “The Fairest of the Fair” and a marine band arrangement of Delle Cese’s “The Little English Girl.” The band can also perform transcriptions of older music, and this concert will feature ex- amples from the classical and romantic periods with Alfred Reed’s arrangement of “Vilia” from “The Merry Widow” op- eretta and Edward MacDowell’s “To a Wild Rose.” Submitted photo Ike Nail will guest conduct the concert. Submitted photo The North Coast Symphonic Band will perform on stage at the Liberty Theater. Submitted photo The Northern Lights Flute Ensemble will perform the preshow at 1:30 p.m. The band will also perform several pieces that were written PRUH UHFHQWO\ VSHFL¿FDOO\ IRU band. “Chorale and Alleluia” by Howard Hanson is an example of mid 20th century music and “Children’s Folksong Suite” and “Eloi, Eloi” were written by Western Oregon University pro- fessor Kevin Walczyk in the last decade. Walczyk’s name may be familiar to local listeners; he wrote a commissioned bicenten- nial piece for North Coast Sym- phonic Band in 2011. “Three Trumpeters” will fea- ture extroverts from the trumpet section, and, just for fun, Nail will lead the band in a medley of tunes by former Beatle Paul McCartney. Band members feel the au- dience will especially enjoy this concert because it features many beautiful melodies, and they are enjoying the repertoire them- selves. 1RUWKHUQ/LJKWVÀXWHHQVHP- EOH FRQVLVWV RI IRXU ÀXWLVWV ZKR enjoy the sounds of the band’s top treble instruments. Members include Janet Bowler, Shelley Loring Barker, Bona Choi and (ULFD+LDWW3UHVKRZÀXWHVHOHF- tions will include arrangements of Celtic and folk tunes featuring SLFFRORDOWRDQGEDVVÀXWHDVZHOO DVWKHVWDQGDUGVLOYHU&ÀXWH Regular admission is $15. Student tickets (age 13 to 21) are $7, and children 12 and under are free. Tickets are available at WKH /LEHUW\ 7KHDWHU ER[ RI¿FH located at 1203 Commercial St., from 2 to 5:30 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday and two hours before the performance. Tickets can also be purchased by call- ing 503-325-5922, ext. 55, or visitliberty-theater.org for more information. For information on the band, visit www.northcoast- symphonicband.org, or call 503- 325-2431. Bayside Singers to hold two spring concerts this April OCEAN PARK and SEAVIEW, Wash. — Bayside Singers will pres- ent its spring concert at the Ocean Park Lutheran Church at 3 p.m. Saturday, April 16. A repeat performance will be held at the Peninsula Church Center in Seaview at 3 p.m. Saturday, April 23. Bayside Singers was formed in 2008 as a women’s chorale, but there was so much interest that men were added in 2011. Today, the chorale features 40 men and women members. Under the direction of Bar- bara Poulshock and with ener- 4 | April 14, 2016 | coastweekend.com getic Barbara Bate at the pia- no, the concerts are guaranteed to bring back fond memories and play off the inspiration of spring. Selections such as “The Storm is Passing Over” offers reassurance of sunny days to come, and “All Night, All Day,” an American spiritual, will soothe the soul. A free-will basket for do- nations will be available at the door. Funds support the group’s purchase of music and rehearsal expenses. For more information, call Sandy Niel- son at 360-665-2540. SKAMOKAWA, Wash. — Friends of Skamokawa’s next exhibit starts Saturday, April 16, fea- turing well-known local artist Rachael Wolford. Her exhib- it “Elements, and Exhibit of Painting and Poetry” will be the last one she will present at Redmen Hall. Wolford has been a trea- sured contributers to the hall’s exhibit schedule with previous VKRZV RI ODQGVFDSHV ¿VKLQJ scenes and looks at the Colum- bia River. Her serene painting and poetry give special insight into what it means to live close to such a majestic river. The exhibit opens with a reception April 16 and runs through May 29. Refresh- ments will be served. The River Life Interpretive &HQWHULVDWWKHVHFRQGÀRRURI Redmen Hall, located at 1394 Washington State Route 4. For questions, call 360-795-3007. Redmen Hall is open from noon to 4 p.m. Thursdays to Sundays. Submitted photo Matt Harmon and Kali Giaritta are There Is No Mountain. Duo brings intricate pop, harmony to Fort George There Is No Mountain performs April 17 ASTORIA — Portland-based husband-and-wife duo There Is No Mountain will perform at 8 p.m. Sunday, April 17 at Fort George Brewery, located at 1483 Duane St. The show is open to all ages; there is no cover. There Is No Mountain combines percussion, guitar, and vocal harmony to create pop with intricate, world mu- VLFLQÀXHQFHGDUUDQJHPHQWV The band’s subtly virtuo- sic style has been compared to current acts like The Dirty Projectors and classics like Paul Simon’s “Graceland,” but it is perhaps more telling that reviewers have tried to peg WKH GXR¶V PXVLFDO LQÀXHQFHV in genres ranging from jazz to folk, classical to psyche- delic rock, and world music to doom metal (all are correct). Kali Giaritta and Matt Harmon usually just call it “pop with a short attention span.” The band’s live set-up is an exercise in multitasking: The duo sings nearly everything in harmony while Giaritta plays a medley of percussive instru- ments and Harmon animates his acoustic guitar with nimble ¿QJHUV DQG FDUHIXOO\ FKRVHQ effect pedals. African rhythms, jazz harmonies, shape-shifting arrangements, theatrical mel- odies and psychedelic swirls seep through the Americana exterior, making the live show D VXUSULVH WR DQ\ ¿UVWWLPHU Without help from booking agents, publicists or managers, the couple spent 2013 playing 122 shows and sleeping in about 40 states.