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First arrival - the Steinway piano

Welcome back, Daniel Ching!

Rehearsals – the joy of chamber music collaboration...

Daniel Ching, Aloysia Friedmann, Oliver Aldort, Ann Lemke, Mary Lynch VanderKolk, and Alecia Lawyer rehearsing Trailblazer by Alyssa Morris

Aloysia Friedmann and Yura Lee work on their viola parts

The West Coast Première of Trailblazer, composed in memory of Laila Storch

Opening Night Artists: Oliver Aldort cello, Mary Lynch VanderKolk oboe, Ann Lemke English horn, Alecia Lawyer oboe, Daniel Ching violin, Yura Lee viola, Sandy Hughes flute, Aloysia Friedmann viola, Karolina Mikolajczyk violin, Iwo Jedynecki accordion, Jun Iwasaki violin

Karolina and Iwo at the Olga Energetics Club...

... Aloysia, Sandy, and Daniel at the West Sound Community Club...

...and the day's grand finale, at the Deer Harbor Community Club

Ann Lemke plays English horn, with Jon Kimura Parker on piano

Alecia Lawyer and her oboe getting into it with pianist Jackie Parker

Mary Lynch VanderKolk performs "Gabriel's Oboe" from The Mission with the OICMF Strings;

art by Martha Farish

George Crumb's Voice of the Whale calls for some interesting piano preparation and technique

The masked musicians Jon Kimura Parker, Sandy Hughes, and Bion Tsang rehearse

Iwo Jedynecki plays for excited kids of all ages on the front lawn of Orcas Center

Arranger Rose Stokley at work

Composer John Wineglass in conversation with Michell Marshall at Orcas Island Library, discussing his piece ...And The Summer Was Over, based on Alice Walker's short story "The Flowers"

Projection of Susan Singleton's art for ...And The Summer Was Over

Lighting Designer/Livestream Engineer Jake Perrine in the booth, getting everything just right with artist Susan Singleton, art curator Ayn Gailey, and Aloysia

Composer John Wineglass, artist Susan Singleton, and art curator Ayn Gailey enjoy the rehearsal of ...And The Summer Was Over with projected art

Nikki Chooi, Jun Iwasaki, Jon Kimura Parker, Bion Tsang, and Aloysia Friedmann perform ...And The Summer Was Over, composed by John Wineglass, in front of Susan Singleton's evocative artwork

Departing Orcas...

Yura Lee, Jon Kimura Parker, and Joshua Gindele thrill the Lopez audience with Mendelssohn

A twilight trip back to Orcas

Caroline Shaw at Shaw Island!

Back at Orcas Center for Mystical Winds

An informative and entertaining pre-concert talk with Aloysia Friedmann, composer Caroline Shaw, and violist John Largess.

Movement III 1/2 of Microfictions, Vol. 1 by Caroline Shaw

Closing weekend - Romantarctica

The titular work featured Aloysia Friedmann viola and Sandy Hughes flute with projected photography by Michael Lundgren adding an extra dimension

Livestream Director Adam Stern couldn't help but conduct from his perch up in the booth

The final bow with Chad Wesselkamper bass, Yura Lee violin, Nathan Hughes oboe, Sandy Hughes flute, Annamarie Wellems cello, Aloysia Friedmann viola, Jon Kimura Parker piano, Daniel Ching violin, Joshua Gindele cello, John Largess viola, William Fedkenheuer violin -

a beautiful end to a glorious season!

Thanks to all who made our 26th season possible and wonderful – the artists, the board, the staff, all our volunteers, patrons, attendees, viewers, supporters, and the whole crew at Orcas Center who worked so hard right alongside us to make it all happen.

We look forward to sharing more OICMF news and events with you, including select video highlights from our 26th Season — keep your eyes peeled for next month's Scherzo!