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SSEMF presents outstanding early chamber music in
Colville
and around Wqshngton State thanks to your
support.
The
Salish Sea Early Music Festival is proud
to be an affiliate organization of Early
Music America, which develops,
strengthens, and celebrates early music
and historically informed performance in
North America.
The
Salish Sea Early Music Festival is a
501(c)3 organization and all donations to
SSEMF are fully tax deductible in
accordance with the law. Your donations
are welcomed at
https://www.salishseafestival.org/donate .
✣
With special thanks
✣ to
Immaculate Conception Catholic Parish
2026 Salish Sea
Early Music Festival in Colville ~
Period Instrument chamber music from six centuries
in Colville and around Washington State ~
~
Presented in collaboration with Crossroads and
Immaculate Conception Catholic Parish ~
Innovative
renditions of renaissance
Psalms (~1620), Irish and Scottish
baroque (~1720) and folk music as
interpreted during Beethoven's
lifetime (~1820) outlines this 100%
new program continuing Oleg and
Jeffrey's exploration of settings
from three centuries of popular and
folk music, performed on 5
transverse flutes and three plucked
instruments.
Two experiments in particular are
worth of mention. In the early 17th
century Flutist Jacob Van Eyck and
lutenist Nicolas Vallet both wrote
settings of many of the Psalm tunes
from the Geneva Psalter of the
mid-16th century. Timofreyev and
Cohan juxtapose these in a manner
that sheds new light on early
17th-century improvisational
practice.
James Oswald's "Airs for the
Seasons" consists of four
collections, one for each season, of
about 24 airs or multi-movement
suites, each dedicated to a
particular flower of the season and
radiating the charming character of
the folk melodies of Oswald's native
Scotland. The wire strung English
guitar, so rarely to be heard today,
emerged around this time as one of
the most prominent instruments of
home life in England, and Oswald's
airs beautifully suit Oleg's
instrument made in 1767 alongside
the one-keyed baroque flute.
LISTEN:
Oleg Timofeyev and
Jeffrey Cohan play Drouet's God
Save the Queen on SoundCloud:
Vocal masterworks to be
presented include 6 of
Handel's 9 exquisite
German Arias, selected
arias from cantatas by Bach,
his Italian Concerto
for solo harpsichord, and
flute sonata by Handel and
Bach's cantata Ich habe
genug.
★
★ ★
This
performance is
supported by the City
of Colville's Vinson
Fund,
enhancing
cultural enrichment in
Colville and
surroundings.
June
15, 2026
at Immaculate Conception
Catholic Church:
Award-winning
harpsichordist Irene Roldán
(www.ireneroldan.com)
was born in southern Spain in 1997.
Described by the press as one of the
most prominent Spanish harpsichordists
on the international scene (ABC
Sevilla), Irene currently lives and
works in Basel, Switzerland. She gained
international recognition in 2021, when
she won first prize, never previously
awarded in this competition, as well as
the audience prize at the III.
International Harpsichord Competition
«Città di Milano». In the same year, her
ensemble Flor Galante secured the first
prize at the IV. International Bach
Competition in Berlin. One year later,
Irene was honored with the prestigious
Bach Prize and an additional special
award at the XXXIII. International Bach
Competition held in Leipzig, Germany.
★
★ ★
Irene
Roldàn’s
participation
in these
performances
has been made
possible with
help from the
Honorary
Consulate of
Spain in
Seattle and
from to the
Programme for
the
Internationalisation
of Spanish
Culture (PICE)
of Acción
Cultural
Española
(AC/E), which
seeks to
promote
Spanish
culture
through the
inclusion of
Spanish
artists and
creators
residing in
Spain in the
programming of
cultural
events outside
of Spain.
This
performance is
supported by
the City of
Colville's
Vinson Fund,
enhancing
cultural
enrichment in
Colville and
surroundings.
Jeffrey
Cohan, renaissance
transverse flutes
Fantasia
11 by Giovanni Bassano
(1585)
recorded January 11, 2021
~
updated March 12, 2026 ~
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SSEMF banner: detail
from "The Last Time it
Reached Zero" by James C.
Holl. SSEMF presents
outstanding early
chamber music
on period instruments thanks
to your support.
June
15, 2026 
