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Enjoy an afternoon of live music and support a good cause at the Atonement Lutheran Church in Newport this Sunday, Aug. 4.

The Portland-based Trio Musicorum Medicorum will play classical favorites on piano, cello and violin. The performance will include the “Piano Trio in G Major” by Claude Debussy, Gabriel Faure’s “Piano Trio in D Minor Op 120” and the “Piano Trio No 4 in E Minor, Op 90” by Antonin Dvorak.

Donations of non-perishable food items, cash or checks will be accepted at the event to support the Newport Food Pantry.

The nationally renowned classical group includes cellist Rebecca Reese, pianist Andrew Bonner and Newport Symphony first violinist Alistair Kok. It has appeared for several concerts in Newport during the past eight years, most recently last spring at the Pacific Maritime Heritage Center.

Bonner has degrees in music from Harvard and Brandeis University and studied piano at the New England Conservatory of Music. Along with his experience as a choir director, he was the organist for the Emmanuel Music complete Bach Cantata series for five years. Primarily working as a naturopath, he makes time to continue performing and composing music.

Kok has degrees from Virginia Tech, Ohio State University College of Dentistry and the Longy School of Music. He has performed professionally with orchestras and chamber ensembles throughout New England, Ohio and Virginia. He is a dentist for the Native American Rehabilitation Association in Portland.

Reese studied cello at Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Denver. She taught cello at the University of Alaska and then moved to Los Angeles, where she worked as a freelance musician for many years. She performed in numerous classical orchestras, as well as playing studio-recorded soundtracks and background music for movies including “Ghostbusters,” “The Color Purple” and “Star Trek III.” She practices cranial osteopathy and homeopathy in Portland.

Trio Musicorum Medicorum will perform at 3 pm at the Atonement Lutheran Church, located at 2315 N Hwy. 101 in Newport. For more information, go to tm2pdx.com.