What better way to spend a fall afternoon than listening to Swedish Songs by Ture Rangstrom and Robert Schumann’s Liederkreis Op. 24 and maybe a surprise duet performed by husband and wife Nathaniel Olson and Jules (Julianne) Olsen? Lynden is so blessed to have these internationally talented musicians living here and serving our community. Julianne and Nathaniel Olson, Baritone and SopranoTerhi Miikki-Broersma, piano<hr>Nathaniel Olson, baritone, is currently based in Lynden and is delighted to perform with the Lynden Music Festival. Career highlights include premiering the role of Tomasz in the Lyric Opera of Chicago’s The Property, solo recitals for the Carnegie Hall Great Singers III Series and the Carnegie Hall Neighborhood Concert Series, Bernstein’s Trouble in Tahiti at the Ravinia Festival, as Don Giovanni for the Oklahoma Mozart Festival, a solo WTVP Public Television Special entitled “The American Songbook,” a concert of laments by Monteverdi and Weckmann at Duke University for the Society for Seventeenth-Century Music 2019 Annual Meeting, and solo appearances with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Charleston Symphony Orchestra, Peoria Symphony Orchestra, Manitowoc Symphony Orchestra, and the Columbus Indiana Philharmonic.Nathaniel and his professional vocalist wife Jules have performed and taught together across the world including for a Rhein Riverboat Cruise, on tour with the Far East Broadcasting Company in South Korea, many concerts across Indonesia, and ongoing concerts across the USA. Nathaniel holds degrees from Wheaton College, Indiana University Bloomington, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, and Central Washington University. Nathaniel is currently a full-time Choir Director at Lynden Christian School, part-time faculty for Lee University Online, and a member of the 208th Army Reserve Band. Apart from teaching and performing, Nathaniel enjoys spending quality time with his beloved Jules and their daughter Freya.<hr>Dr. Julianne Olson, has performed on four continents and nearly 20 countries as a professional singer. After graduating from Mt. Baker High School in 2004, Julianne left Whatcom County to attend Boston Conservatory. Since then, she has worked with such companies as Lyric Opera of Chicago in the world premiere of The Property with Lyric Unlimited, Opera Roanoke, Triad Stage, Hungarian National Theater of Szeged and Pécs in The Crucible, Princeton Festival in Threepenny Opera and concertized with Ashville Lyric Opera, Seattle International Artists Series, with Ravinia in Concert am Rheim/Ravinia in concert in Tuscon, Scottsdale and Palm Springs, at Rose Theater, Lincoln Center NYC, Peoria Symphony as Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte, Denver International Festival of Arts and Technology, and as a vocal soloist on tour throughout South Korea, England, China and Indonesia. Julianne has twice been awarded from the Metropolitan Opera National Council and has performed such roles as Butterfly in Madame Butterfly, Mimi in La Boheme, Pamina in The Magic Flute, Antonia in Tales of Hoffman, Tatiana in Eugene Onegin, the Beggar Woman in Sweeney Todd, and Musetta in La Boheme. An active cross over artist, Julianne was the house jazz singer for 4 years at Mambo Italian in NYC.As a professor/voice instructor, Julianne has served on the faculties of Elon University (one of the finest Musical theater programs in the country), Radford University, University of North Carolina Greensboro, Averett University, Lee University and as the Coordinator of Contemporary Voice at Universitas Pelitas Harapan in Indonesia. As a guest clinician, she has taught at Kangnam University in South Korea, throughout the archipelago of Indonesia and central Africa. Formerly, Julianne has held such positions as Teaching Artist at Chicago Opera Theater Opera for All, Midori and Friends NYC, Singer's Forum NYC/ cabaret voice teacher for Don’t Tell Mama’s NYC, Project Leader with Sing for Hope NYC and recently as the Director of Musical Theater at Opera Viva in Verona, Italy. An active scholar and researcher, Julianne recently presented her dissertation at the National Society of Ethnomusicology Conference at Indiana University on a panel entitled, “Sounding Environmental Justice: Music as Eco-activism on Land and at Sea.”Julianne holds a Doctorate of Musical Arts with a Cognate in Vocal Pedagogy from The University of North Carolina in Greensboro. In addition, Dr. Olson also holds voice degrees from Boston Conservatory, New Jersey City University, and Indiana University.Longing for a simpler life after welcoming their miracle child into the world last year, Julianne and her husband Nathaniel returned to Julianne’s “home” after living away for nearly 20 years. Now, Julianne runs a full private home voice studio in Lynden, WA.<hr> Terhi Miikki-Boersma is a multi-talented musician who earned a Master’s Degree in Music at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki and worked full-time as a cantor-organist before moving to the United States Chamber music has always been close to her heart, either accompanying on piano, organ or cembalo or playing bassoon. Terhi is also an accomplished and enthusiastic organizer of numerous music events and concerts both in Finland and in the United States. She is the founder of Lynden Music Festival.