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Port Angeles is an unlikely location to hear world class chamber music performances. The town sits on the north shore of Washington’s Olympic Peninsula, its downtown hugging the Strait of Juan de Fuca. To the south, the Olympic Mountains rise above the city.
It grew rapidly back when timber was a driving economic force for the region, but today its growth is driven by geography. Balanced between sea and mountain, it is a top tourist destination and the seat of government for a sprawling county. Recreation, agriculture and environmental rehabilitation are also major economic drivers in this arguably ‘post-timber’ era, and signs of all of dot the Port Angeles downtown and outskirts. But the transition has not been without pain: in some areas, vacant storefronts are conspicuous and streets are lined with battered motels and discount stores.
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