Michael Whitson and the Pacific Crest Chamber Players will return to POPS Performing Arts and Cultural Center on Sunday January 8. They will combine string quartets and quintets for a spirited evening of chamber music including Mozart’s String Quartet No. 14, and Beethoven’s dramatic String Quartet No. 7. Siskiyou Countiy violin soloist, Caya Layman, will join them in a movement of the Mendelssohn String Quintet No. 2.