Nettle Honey played acoustic bluegrass music in the Performing Arts Plaza on Western Washington University's campus during the Noon Summer Concert Series on July 28, 2010. Johnny Fitzpatrick played banjo, Brittany Newell played fiddle and Colin Sterling played guitar/harmonica. Photos by Brett Flora | University Communications intern

Nettle Honey, a folk/bluegrass group from Seattle, will play at noon today in the Performing Arts Center Plaza on campus. The free concert is the last in a summer series put on by WWU's Associated Students.

Nettle Honey, comprising band mbers Colin Sterling, Johnny Fitzpatrick, Robert Fulwiler and Brittany Newell, was a big hit at this year's Yellingham festival. Their music is influenced by performers like The Tallboys, Jason Webley, Spoonshine, Foghorn String Band, Vetiver, Joanna Newsom, Iron and Wine, and Dovekins.

Indie rock group The Globes will play a free concert on the Western Washington University campus Wednesday, July 14, as part of the WWU Associated Students' Summer Noon Concert Series.

The band will play from noon to 1 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center Plaza.

The Globes, orginally from Spokane, relocated to Seattle in 2007, releasing their second EP, "Sinter Songs," in 2009.

Washington Mile, from Seattle, played at Western Washington University on Wednesday, July 7, as part of the Associated Students' Summer Noon Concert series.

Bands slated for later in the series include The Globes (July 14), LeRoy Bell & His Only Friends (July 21) and Nettle Honey (July 28).

Photos by University Communications intern Brett Flora. Click on a photo to enlarge it and see more information.

Washington Mile will play today, July 7, on the Western Washington University campus as part of the summer 2010 series of free concerts. The Summer Noon Concert series, put on by WWU's Associated Students, brings various acts to Western for free noon concerts on the Performing Arts Center plaza.

The 2010 Bellingham Festival of Music, featuring renowned musical director Michael Palmer and the internationally acclaimed Bellingham Festival Orchestra, has been taking place on the Western Washington University campus.

The last event of the 2010 festival is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. July 18 in the WWU Concert Hall.

For a full schedule of events, visit http://www.bellinghamfestival.org/schedule/2010.htm.

Singer/songwriter Vicci Martinez will kick off the summer 2010 series of free concerts on the Western Washington University campus. The Summer Noon Concert series, put on by WWU's Associated Students, brings various acts to Western for free noon concerts on the Performing Arts Center plaza.

In the event of rain, the concerts will take place indoors in the Viking Union Multipurpose Room. For more information about the series, contact Casey Hayden at (360) 650-2489 or casey.hayden@wwu.edu.

Here's the full lineup for the 2010 series:

The North Sound Youth Symphony's Spring Benefit Concert will take place at 7:30 p.m. Monday, June 7, at Western Washington University.

To raise additional money for the symphony, the annual spring concert will be a benefit concert, and several groups and individuals will be on hand to complement the symphony's regular ensembles.

Performers:

The Western Washington University Department of Music will host pianist and harpsichordist Marija Ilic at 8 p.m. on Saturday, May 8 in the Performing Arts Center (PAC) Concert Hall.

Called a "clear and decisive musician," "compelling," and "poetic" by The New York Times, Ilic’s evening program will feature a harpsichord recital of Bach’s Goldberg Variations.

Laura A. Stambaugh (Music Education) co-authored a paper with Steven M. Demorest, of the University of Washington, titled "Effects of Practice Schedule on Wind Instrument Performance: A Preliminary Application of a Motor Learning Principle." The paper appeared in the spring issue of "Update: Applications of Research in Music Education" (Vol. 28, No. 2, pp. 20-28).

Western Washington University’s Woodring College of Education will host “An Evening Salon with Music, Art, Poetry and Conversation on the Topic: Art, Social Imagination and Democratic Education” from 6-8 p.m. on Wednesday, April 28 in the Solarium on Old Main’s fifth floor on WWU’s campus.

The event is free and open to the public and is sponsored by Woodring College’s Journal of Educational Controversy and WWU’s Center for Education, Equity and Diversity.

Musicians Urtnasan Gangtula and Tsendiin Batchuluun will give a Mongolian horse-head fiddle concert from 6 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 21, in Arntzen Hall Room 100.

Cultural commentary will provided by Bolortsetseg Smith. Admission to this event is free.

The Mongolian horse-head fiddle, or morin khuur, is a traditional Mongolian bowed, two-stringed instrument.

Guitarist Paul Grove will play a free recital at Western Washington University at 8 p.m. Thursday, April 22. The recital is sponsored by the WWU Department of Music.

Grove, an extensive performer who is on the faculty at Gonzaga University and Whitworth University, will give a master class at WWU at 2 p.m. the same day.

Western Washington University’s Concert Choir will join the Bellingham Chamber Chorale (BCC) and the BCC community orchestra for a performance of Felix Mendelssohn’s “Elijah” at 8 p.m. on Friday, April 30 in the WWU Performing Arts Center Concert Hall.

Wyatt Harrison and Jerry Kramer, both from Western Washington University's Facilities Management, will be singing and playing Irish pub tunes today at lunchtime at the 16th annual Employee Arts & Crafts Show.

Harrison will be playing bass guitar and the "green frog" bass, and Kramer will be manning the dulcimer.

The show closes this Friday, March 19, at 1:30 p.m.

Today through Thursday, the exhibit is open from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., and on Friday, the show is open from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Western Washington University’s Department of Music will host the Northstar Saxophone Quartet at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 9 in the Performing Arts Center Mainstage Theater.

The free performance will feature Scott Granlund, soprano saxophone; WWU Music faculty Nicole Barnes, alto saxophone; Bryan Smith, tenor saxophone; and Jay Easton, baritone saxophone. The evening program will include works by Piazzolla, Lukas, Glass and others. They will also perform a Northwest premiere of "Quartet" by award-winning composer Wes Matthews.