The Vashon Island Chorale is a choir of 80-100 people, plus orchestra, plus children’s choir led by Gary Cannon, who is a brilliant conductor in the Seattle area and also an old friend from our university days at UC Davis. I began my career as a classical pianist and singer, and it’s always a fun treat to write for ensembles that are so close to my musical roots. Beginning from piano music, I arranged and orchestrated a portion of their concert program specifically for their ensemble. Their 30th anniversary concert will be April 27-28 at the Vashon Center for the Arts. The program includes familiar classics by Bernstein, Copland, and Fauré, Vaughan Williams, Borodin, and local composers Eric Lane Barnes and Buzz Brusletten, plus a quartet of extraordinary local soloists.