BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//github.com/ical-org/ical.net//NONSGML ical.net 5.1.4//EN VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Title for the talk:  The Bellingham Festival of Music: A New E ra Bellingham Festival of Music\, Executive Director Erika Block Clarineti st Erika Block hails from Annapolis\, Maryland.  She was appointed Execut ive Director of the Bellingham Festival of Music beginning in January 2023 .  Prior to this appointment she was a board member of the BFM beginning in 2017 and has been a member of the orchestra since 2013. As an active me mber of the Bellingham music community\, Erika serves as vice president an d performs with the Bellingham Chamber Music Society\, and as principal cl arinet with the Bellingham Symphony Orchestra.  As a featured soloist\, E rika has performed concertos with the Bellingham Symphony Orchestra\, Skag it Symphony\, WWU Wind Symphony and Whatcom Wind Ensemble. Erika served as senior instructor of clarinet and chamber music at Western Washington Uni versity from 20016-2023.  While at Western\, she was a founding member of the Fifth Inversion wind quintet\, which has performed at international a nd national conferences across the US and Canada.  Erika received her Bac helor and Master’s degrees in clarinet performance at Boston University.   She studied with Thomas Martin (Boston Symphony Orchestra)\, Ricardo Mo rales (Philadelphia Orchestra) and Gregory Raden\, (Dallas Symphony Orches tra). She attended Brevard\, Tanglewood and Kinhaven music schools in the summers. In addition to performing\, Erika is the host of the classical mu sic podcast\, Inside the Notes. She interviews musicians from all areas o f the classical music field to discuss their career and favorite memories in classical music. This podcast aims to educate younger generations of mu sicians with first-hand accounts of important performances and experiences . Before moving to Bellingham\, Erika was the director of marketing and ar tist relations at Backun Musical Services\, in Vancouver\, BC. She spent s everal years touring the US and Europe\, helping artists with their equipm ent and attending conferences and instrument trade shows. She helped with the marketing campaigns of the Leblanc by Backun\, Bliss and Backun proteg e series clarinets. Erika moved to Bellingham in 2012 with her husband\, j azz guitarist\, BJ Block\, and two children\, Weston and Ava. When not wor king and performing\, Erika can be found in the garden or wielding power t ools as she works on endless renovations around the house. DTEND:20240617T203000Z DTSTAMP:20261020T042111Z DTSTART:20240617T190000Z LOCATION:WCC Phyllis & Charles Self Learning Commons Center Room 160 SEQUENCE:1 SUMMARY:Bellingham Festival of Music - Erika Block UID:aab74873-1cc6-4f6a-b63c-64a45c3f9a1e X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Title for the talk: \; The Bellingham F estival of Music: A New Era

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Bellingham Festival of Music\, Execu tive Director Erika Block

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Clarinetist Erika Block hails from Ann apolis\, Maryland. \; She was appointed Executive Director of the Bell ingham Festival of Music beginning in January 2023. \; Prior to this a ppointment she was a board member of the BFM beginning in 2017 and has bee n a member of the orchestra since 2013.

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As an active member of t he Bellingham music community\, Erika serves as vice president and perform s with the Bellingham Chamber Music Society\, and as principal clarinet wi th the Bellingham Symphony Orchestra. \; As a featured soloist\, Erika has performed concertos with the Bellingham Symphony Orchestra\, Skagit S ymphony\, WWU Wind Symphony and Whatcom Wind Ensemble. Erika served as sen ior instructor of clarinet and chamber music at Western Washington Univers ity from 20016-2023. \; While at Western\, she was a founding member o f the Fifth Inversion wind quintet\, which has performed at international and national conferences across the US and Canada. \;

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Erika received her Bachelor and Master&rsquo\;s degrees in clarinet performance at Boston University. \; She studied with Thomas Martin (Boston Sympho ny Orchestra)\, Ricardo Morales (Philadelphia Orchestra) and Gregory Raden \, (Dallas Symphony Orchestra). She attended Brevard\, Tanglewood and Kinh aven music schools in the summers.

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In addition to performing\, E rika is the host of the classical music podcast\, \;Inside the Not es. She interviews musicians from all areas of the classical music fi eld to discuss their career and favorite memories in classical music. This podcast aims to educate younger generations of musicians with first-hand accounts of important performances and experiences.

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Before movin g to Bellingham\, Erika was the director of marketing and artist relations at Backun Musical Services\, in Vancouver\, BC. She spent several years t ouring the US and Europe\, helping artists with their equipment and attend ing conferences and instrument trade shows. She helped with the marketing campaigns of the Leblanc by Backun\, Bliss and Backun protege series clari nets.

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Erika moved to Bellingham in 2012 with her husband\, jazz guitarist\, BJ Block\, and two children\, Weston and Ava. When not working and performing\, Erika can be found in the garden or wielding power tools as she works on endless renovations around the house.

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