Strings are the thing at the Vashon Maury Chamber Orchestra’s (VMCO) fall concert, beginning at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Vashon High School theater.

Comprised of music written for string orchestra, the program — aptly titled “String” —  will explore the vast range of repertoire and emotional depth of stringed instruments.

VMCO, led by concertmaster and music director Karin Choo, will play lesser known works by Mendelssohn and Casadesus along with popular pieces by Pachelbel and Sibelius.

Amy Windus, guest soloist, Vashon resident and principal cellist of the Tacoma Symphony Orchestra, will perform Henri Casadesus’ Cello Concerto in C minor, a work spuriously attributed to J.C. Bach.

In the second half of the program, VMCO will be joined by I Solisti di Vashon, the Vashon Youth String Orchestra, members of Rock Island String Kollective (RISK) and other island string players to perform Vaughan Williams’ Concerto Grosso and Holst’s finale, the Dargason, from St. Paul’s Suite.