Gwen Lahti is currently in her second year teaching music at Oceanlake Elementary here in Lincoln City. She has always been passionate about the arts, teaching theater in Los Angeles, Calif., and Dallas, Texas, for 10 years prior to her current teaching gig, and majoring in theater at Portland State University.

She has performed in many plays and musicals and has considered herself a singer/actress for most of her life. In addition, she currently serves as a board advisor for  Music is Instrumental , a local non-profit that raises money for the music programs in Lincoln County schools. Playing the ukulele is her newest artistic pursuit. She has been studying the instrument for just under a year and this will be her first time performing as a singer while playing her own accompaniment.  This concert was recorded via Facebook live from Gwen’s home in Lincoln City on April 21, 2020.