/////Irene Roldan //Irene Roldán/      ✷  ✣  ✷  ✣  ✷  ✣  ✷ • *BACH & JACQUET* •  — Monday, *June 8*, 2026 at 7:00 PM Irene Roldán (harpsichord) Jeffrey Cohan (baroque flute)      ✷  ✣  ✷  ✣  ✷  ✣  ✷ Irene Roldán's visit last year was very special indeed and we look forward to her return on Monday at Mason Church! Born 20 years before Johann Sebastian Bach and a favorite composer of Louis XIV, Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre made many important contributions in her compositions both for solo keyboard and in the development of the cantata, all the while juxtaposing and integrating the distinct French and Italian styles, all of which set the stage for similar techniques and forms that Bach was later to use extensively and develop further. The program will include the sonatas in E Major and G Minor by Johann Sebastian Bach as well as the performers’ transcription for flute of Bach’s violin sonata in C Minor, the Sonata in D Major by Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre, and harpsichord solos including Jacquet de La Guerre’s Prélude in D Minor, La Zaïde by Pancrace Royer, and the Suite in F Major by Louis Couperin. ABOUT IRENE ROLDÁN: Award-winning harpsichordist Irene Roldán was born in southern Spain in 1997. Described by the press as one of the most prominent Spanish harpsichordists on the international scene (ABC Sevilla), Irene currently lives and works in Basel, Switzerland. She gained international recognition in 2021, when she won first prize, never previously awarded in this competition, as well as the audience prize at the III. International Harpsichord Competition «Città di Milano». In the same year, her ensemble Flor Galante secured the first prize at the IV. International Bach Competition in Berlin. One year later, Irene was honored with the prestigious Bach Prize and an additional special award at the XXXIII. International Bach Competition held in Leipzig, Germany. Irene cultivated a profound passion for the harpsichord when she was 7 years old and has studied in Spain, the Netherlands and Switzerland with Jacques Ogg, Menno van Delft, Andrea Marcon and Jörg-Andreas Bötticher. She currently works as a teaching assistant to Prof. Andrea Marcon and accompanist at Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in Basel, Switzerland. She has performed as a soloist at renowned festivals and venues in Europe and North America, including the Utrecht Early Music Festival, FEMÁS, Urbino Musica Antica, Fundación Juan March and Roma Festival Barocco. A sought-after ensemble musician, Irene has collaborated with La Cetra Barockorchester Basel and other prestigious ensembles, such as the Venice Baroque Orchestra, Kammerorchester Basel, La Folia Barockorchester, Orquesta Barroca de Sevilla, Syntagma Amici, La Centifolia, Voces Suaves, and Castello Consort, among others. Irene’s enthusiasm for opera led her to serve as Andrea Marcon’s musical assistant for a 2024 production of Handel’s Alcina at Teatro de la Maestranza in Sevilla. Irene is dedicated to researching and reviving Spanish music from the 16th to 18th centuries, with a focus on Francisco Correa de Arauxo and the works of Domenico Scarlatti and his contemporaries. This led to her first solo album, Scarlatti & Beyond, released in May 2025 with Passacaille Records.            ✷  ✣  ✷  ✣  ✷  ✣  ✷ *    Mason United Methodist Church */~ all concerts *Mondays at 7:00 PM* ~ /     2710 N. Madison Street in Tacoma www.salishseafestival.org/tacoma <http://www.salishseafestival.org/tacoma>  — Suggested donation $20 to $30 — (a free will offering; pay as you wish) • 18 and under free            ✷  ✣  ✷  ✣  ✷  ✣  ✷