Welcome to OICMF Scherzo (skert·sō/ noun: a vigorous, light, or playful composition)
The monthly newsletter of the Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival

Opening Night of OICMF 2025 is One Month Away!

Our 28th Season runs August 1-16…that means it is only one month until opening night! Each mainstage concert pair will offer new wonders and pleasures. Tango! Candlelight! The beauty of Orcas, captured in music! Plenty of classics, plenty of possibly lesser known but still very exciting works! Fantastic familiar faces and dynamic new performers!

Chee-Yun, Aloysia Friedmann, the Miró Quartet

Nathan Chan, John Wineglass, Chelsea de Souza

Get your in-person tickets at oicmf.org

Or watch multi-camera streams of our 5:30pm concerts online from the comfort of your home, available for 3 days, starting 24 hours after the performance – register here!

Pedro Giraudo, Javier Sanchez, Jun Cho, Nicolas Danielson

OICMF 2025 is more than just the evening concerts…..



New this year – our Tango Afterparty! Enjoy a cocktail or mocktail, and steamy tango music in the Black Box of Orcas Center after the concert on Saturday, August 2. Tickets available here.

Bring your favorite young people to our Children’s Concert, Symba and the Lobster, on the front lawn of Orcas Center at 1:00 on Saturday, August 9, and at the Lopez Center Pavilion at noon on Monday, August 11. No tickets required for these free events. Actually, no kids required either, all are welcome to join the fun!

Zachary DePue, Jon Kimura Parker, Ani Aznavoorian

Our Open Rehearsal for Seniors is at 1:00pm on Friday, August 15. This free event provides a fascinating peek at how the musicians prepare to bring you the very finest music – no advance ticketing, all welcome.

Jasper de Boor, Nanki Chugh, Valentin Radutiu

Don’t forget our Friends of Joyce tickets, available for free for all ticketed events for anyone 6-18 years old and their whole family – write info@oicmf.org

or call (360) 376-6636 to order yours.

Have any questions or want more information? You can reach us here or at

(360) 376-6636. Read all the details including dates and time for concerts, pre-concert talks, and other events in our brochure, here.


We look forward to seeing you for another amazing season of chamber music and fun! 

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All the best,
Anita Orne
Executive Director
Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival
Classical Music with a View
Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival

Aloysia Friedmann
Founder and Artistic Director

917B Mount Baker Road • PO Box 646
Eastsound, WA 98245
(360) 376-6636