07/26/2026
Sunday, July 26 at 5 p.m.
Center Stage
Tonight’s outdoor summer concert has been moved to Orcas Center due to the weather forecast, but it is still free, and no tickets are required.
Seating will be on a first-come, first-served basis.
“Charlie Porter isn’t just any trumpeter; he is a Grammy Award-winning musician, celebrated for his outstanding jazz trumpet contributions to the crossover album Songplay by classical opera star Joyce DiDonato. His classical and jazz credentials are among the most prestigious in the world:
He holds an undergraduate degree from The Juilliard School and a Master’s from the Manhattan School of Music. He studied at the Paris Conservatory as a Fulbright Scholar.
As a freshman at Juilliard, he won the school’s quadrennial Trumpet Concerto Competition in 1996. He took 2nd Place in the International Trumpet Guild Solo Competition back-to-back in 1998 and 1999. He made history as the first musician ever to win 1st Prize in both the Classical Solo and Jazz divisions of the prestigious National Trumpet Competition (winning Classical in 1999 and Jazz in 2000)—a feat previously thought to be nearly impossible.
Today, he is recognized globally as a world-class composer and educator, boasting a massive following on YouTube and authoring award-winning trumpet method books.”
- Steve Alboucq, 2026
Sunday, July 26 at 5 p.m.
Center Stage
Tonight’s outdoor summer concert has been moved to Orcas Center due to the weather forecast, but it is still free, and no tickets are required.
Seating will be on a first-come, first-served basis.
Opening the show is Rumbo Tumba, the electroacoustic project of Argentine multi-instrumentalist, composer, and producer Facundo Salgado. For over 13 years, Salgado has captivated global audiences, touring more than 30 countries on every continent. A true one-man band, he plays, records, and mixes a stunning variety of native South American handmade instruments in real time using Live Looping technique, transporting audiences to the purest places in nature.
