Walla Walla Chamber Music Festival: Special Event: Fluid Dynamics - Rachel Lee Priday, violin

We are overjoyed to welcome international concert violinist Rachel Lee Priday, making her WWCMF debut in a profound solo program of her own design called Fluid Dynamics. Tonight, oceanography and music meet in the land of Many Waters.

Though we are about 300 miles from the Pacific Ocean, there is precedent for this kind of briny experience. One need only belly up to the bar at Brasserie Four in downtown Walla Walla for a plate of perfectly chilled raw Pacific oysters to get in the mood… the mood for an immersive musical and aquatic experience.

Rachel was moved by the work of her colleague at the University of Washington Dr. Georgy Manucharyan, Associate Professor of Oceanography. In response to imagery from his work such as rainbow-refracting surface tension patterns on underwater bubbles, she curated a one-hour program of extraordinary works for violin by living composers and paired them with visual effects generated from Dr. Manucharyan’s research. The result is Fluid Dynamics. Echolocate your way to Foundry Vineyards and prepare for a deep dive. Come on in, the water’s just fine!