Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival

Picture this: these two pianos onstage plus TWO MORE! If you are a lover of pianos, then you cannot miss our concerts on August 14 and 15: Four Piano Spectacular!

This program, starring pianists Lisa Bergman, Zhenni Li-Cohen, Jon Kimura Parker, and Adam Stern, will take you on an all-piano journey featuring a wide range of music from Joplin to Mozart to Piazzolla.

Mark your calendars for June 9th when tickets for Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival's 29th Season will officially be available at oicmf.org.

Photo by Barry Carlton

OICMF is excited to welcome Allegra Lilly, principal harp of the Houston Symphony and Associate Professor of Harp at Rice University, to our 29th August Season this year! Allegra has appeared with leading orchestras across the country and has performed in many ensembles and chamber festivals. Among her appearances throughout our festival, you can look forward to Allegra performing the bright and delightful Harp Concerto by Handel during the concert "Intonations."

Stay tuned for more artist and program announcements 💙

Making his OICMF debut, Robin Kesselman will be joining us this August on double bass! Robin has been principal bass of the Houston Symphony since 2014, and he has performed internationally as a soloist and as a chamber musician. You can look forward to hearing him play one of the most iconic chamber works for bass, Schubert's Trout Quintet, this summer along with many other performances throughout our season.

Check our social media pages tomorrow to learn about another artist who is making her OICMF debut as well. (Hint: Robin knows her very well and they play together often!)

✨ OICMF 29th Season Artist Announcement ✨

We are beginning to announce our artists for August, and we are so excited to kick things off with two familiar faces from last summer—violinist Zachary DePue 🎻 and cellist Ani Aznavoorian 🎶

We can’t wait to have them back on stage!

More artist announcements coming soon…👀

Photo by Barry Carlton

Aloysia Friedmann, Founder and Artistic Director of the Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival, takes an interesting stance on concert-appropriate attire. She informed the general public today, "I thought, wouldn't it be great to see a little more vivacity onstage?" So now, does this mean that every OICMF musician must wear lobster hats while performing? We can't wait to see how this plays out!

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As summer is getting closer, OICMF is getting ready for August💙

Very soon, in April, we will be announcing all of our upcoming season artists and programming for OICMF's 29th Season! Stay tuned to our social media and don't forget to subscribe to our monthly newsletter, Scherzo.

Sign up for Scherzo at https://oicmf.org/news/scherzo-newsletters/ for exciting monthly news, photos and videos from past seasons, and messages from all of us at the Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival 💌

The dynamic duo from Poland, Karolina and Iwo, are making their way around the San Juan Islands! It's been a successful start to their Musicians-in-Residence visit; they have been working with music students on Lopez Island and Orcas Island, and tomorrow they will be working with the students on Shaw Island. Some of you might have seen them at an Island Market pop-up as well!

More to come! 💙🎵

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Mark your calendars! Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival's 29th Season will be August 7-22! It's never too early to start planning ahead. If you are looking for information on how to get to Orcas Island, including helpful tips for taking the ferry, visit oicmf.org/about-us/directions ⛴️🎵