“Music is the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life.” — Ludwig van Beethoven

The evening we left for the San Juan’s could not have been more beautiful.  We were told by the crew on the shuttle boat heading over that the water had been unusually calm all day and they had been spotting many Orca’s. It seemed like a sign that this was going to be a memorable and spiritually uplifting weekend of music in a perfect natural setting.

“Music, once admitted to the soul, becomes a sort of spirit, and never dies.” -Edward Bulwer-Lytton