The Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival is hosting a free concert on Sunday, March 8 at 3 p.m. at Emmanuel Episcopal Church.

It will feature Monique Mead on violin and Adam Stern on piano. Admission is free, and music students and music lovers of all ages are encouraged to attend. The concert takes place at the historic Emmanuel Episcopal Church in the center of Eastsound. Monique and Adam will be performing the Sibelius Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47, Bach/Gounod Ave Maria and popular pieces by Fritz Kreisler. Mead is the Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival Musician-in-Residence March 4 through 10. She will work with string students in grades K-12, the Orcas Island Community Band and provide Master Classes with students and community musicians.

In addition, both Mead and Stern will work with Island Sinfonia on string ensemble building and conducting.