Winds of the Baroque

Sand Dalton, a long-time Lopez Island resident, is one of the world’s most well-known makers and players of baroque oboes. Anna Marsh, who grew up in Tacoma, is in constant demand as one of the premier players of the baroque bassoon.

Sand Dalton, a long-time Lopez Island resident, is one of the world’s most well-known makers and players of baroque oboes. Anna Marsh, who grew up in Tacoma, is in constant demand as one of the premier players of the baroque bassoon.

Baroque flutist Jeffrey Cohan has won two of the most prestigious awards for performers of early music and plays all over the globe. The three team up with harpsichordist Jonathan Oddie to present chamber music for wind instruments and harpsichord from the courts of Louis XIV, Louis XV and Frederick the Great in Winds of the Baroque on Friday, Jan. 23 at 7 p.m. at Grace Episcopal Church in Lopez Village.

This fifth annual 2015 Salish Sea Early Music Festival includes six programs of 16th to 19th-century chamber music on period instruments on Lopez Island, with 54 performances in nine cities around the Salish Sea, and special guests from Berlin and Lübeck, Germany, Montreal and from around the Northwest and the United States.

The cost of tickets  are $15 or $20 or $25 suggested donation. Youths 18 and under are always free. For more info, visit www.salishseafestival.org.