Seattle-based, award-winning composer Nelda Swiggett brings her five-piece chamber jazz ensemble to Port Townsend, Sequim and Port Angeles on Dec. 1-2 for a tour of her original work, “The Alaska Suite: a story of beauty, loss and hope.” This concert is a musical reverie on the tenuous beauty of the Arctic. But it is not just a concert. The performance engages the power of artistic expression — live music, spoken words, images and poetry — to connect audiences deeply and emotionally to the scientific realities of climate change. Featuring Nelda Swiggett (compositions, piano, narrative, curated images), Julian Smedley (violin), Clif Swiggett (trombone), Chris Symer (bass), Adam Kessler (drums), and the poetry of Jill McGrath. Hosted by Local 20/20 and Olympic Climate Action, contact us for more information.
Many thanks to our sponsors: Port Townsend/Jefferson County Leader, Power Trip Energy Corp, Frederickson Electric, greenpod design/build, Alderwood Bistro, Port Book and News, Quimper Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Green Sanctuary, Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe and Sierra Club North Olympic Group.
Friday Dec 1. Port Townsend, 7 pm. Quimper Unitarian Universalist Fellowship. Get Tickets.
Saturday Dec 2. Sequim, 2 pm. St. Luke’s Episcopal Church. Get Tickets.
Port Angeles, 7 pm. Holy Trinity Lutheran Church. Get Tickets.
