Each season, since Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival’s first concerts in 1998, founder and Artistic Director Aloysia Friedmann continues to bring exceptional artists from across the United States and around the globe to perform in the beautiful San Juan Islands. Well-known stars of the music world and young artists on the rise share the stage with Aloysia (violin and viola) and OICMF’s Artistic Advisor, pianist Jon Kimura Parker, to perform exhilarating and moving programs for captivated audiences.
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Abreu, Sharon soprano – 2014, 2015, 2021
Agus, Ayke piano – 2016; violin – 2016
Alboucq, Steve trumpet – 2012, 2017, 2022
Aldort, Oliver cello – 2015, 2017, 2023
Allison, Brad trumpet – 2022
Anders, Valerie train whistle – 2024
Appel, Toby viola – 2013, 2016
Atherholt, Robert oboe – 2006
Aznavoorian, Ani cello – 2025
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Batjer, Margaret violin – 2013, 2018, 2024
Bautista, Andrea piano – 2020, 2021
Beattie, Kurt stage director – 2006
Beaver, Martin violin – 2021
Beilman, Benjamin violin – 2017, 2018
Belcher, Cecilia violin – 2020, 2022
Belcher, Richard cello – 2020, 2022
Benjamin, Adria viola – 2017
Bentley, Alfred tenor saxophone – 2007, 2017
Bergman, Lisa piano – 2003
Boland, Jan flute – 2019
Bollinger, Robyn violin – 2018, 2019, 2022, 2024
Books, Gregory alto saxophone – 2007; baritone saxophone – 2007
Borys, Roman cello – 2011, 2014, 2024; train whistle – 2024
Bostian, Carey cello – 2019
Botsford, Antoinette narrator – 2003
Boucher, Joe trombone – 2022
Bourgeois, Jeanne violin – 2012, 2017
Brey, Carter cello – 2013
Buchman, Rachel teaching artist – 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017
Burnett, Rodger horn – 2007, 2021
Burns, Stephen trumpet – 2006
Buyse, Leone flute – 2006
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Camerieri, C. J. piano – 2009; trumpet – 2009
Cao, Zheng mezzo-soprano – 2005
Cárdenes, Andrés violin – 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2017
Carter, Emilia violin – 2025
Chalifour, Martin violin – 2010, 2011, 2013, 2017, 2019
Chan, Nathan cello – 2025
Chee-Yun violin – 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2025
Ching, Daniel violin – 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025; piano – 2016; train whistle – 2024
Chitwood, Brittany train whistle – 2024
Cho, Jun piano – 2025
Chooi, Nikki violin – 2016, 2023
Chugh, Nanki author – 2025; violin – 2025
Clancy, John The Soldier – 2006
Cohan, Jeffrey flute – 1999
Collier, Katherine piano – 2011
Collin, Jacques visuals – 2024
Collins, Michael clarinet – 2016, 2017; e-flat clarinet – 2017
Copeland, Stewart drums – 2017
Cuellar, Scott piano – 2018
Cutlip, Philip baritone – 2011, 2014
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D’Agostino, Gregory organ – 2000
Danielson, Nicolas violin – 2025
de Boor, Jasper viola – 2025
de Souza, Chelsea piano – 2025
Del Curto, Héctor bandoneón – 2014
DeMaine, Robert cello – 2024; train whistle – 2024
Demmert, Wade bass trombone – 2022
DePue, Zachary violin – 2025
Dowdall, John guitar – 2019
Dunham, Deborah double bass – 2010
Dunham, James viola – 2010
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Emerich, Justin trumpet – 2007
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Farish, Martha artwork – 2022, 2023
Farnsworth, Yurie piano – 2019
Fawcett, Wilmer double bass – 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007
Fedkenheuer, William violin – 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025; train whistle – 2024
Finn, Kenneth trombone – 2006
Fisk, Eliot guitar – 2010
Fisk, Raquel clapping – 2010
Flygare, Karla flute – 2008
Folsom, Gunnar drums – 2017; percussion – 2017; timpani – 2017
Franch-Ballester, Jose clarinet – 2017, 2022
Franks, Dehner piano – 2022
Friedmann, Aloysia viola – 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025; violin – 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2020, 2021; piano – 2017; train whistle – 2024
Friedmann, John reader – 2006
Friedmann, Martin violin – 1999, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2011, 2012; viola – 2000, 2001, 2006; narrator – 2005
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Gampel, Lilit violin – 2004, 2019
Gilfry, Rod baritone – 2012
Gindele, Joshua cello – 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025; page turner – 2016; penny whistle – 2024; piano – 2016
Giraudo, Pedro double bass – 2014, 2025
Gold, Barry cello – 2018
Good, Rebecca trombone – 2017
Graham, Susan mezzo-soprano – 2019
Greensmith, Clive cello – 2021
Grgic, Mak guitar – 2019, 2024
Groenewald, Oliver trumpet – 2022
Grossman, Arthur bassoon – 2002, 2004, 2007, 2010
Grossman, David double bass – 2018, 2021, 2024
Gryphon Trio – 2011, 2014, 2024
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Hansen Downey, Roberta cello – 2015
Hansen, Paul vibraphone – 2012; percussion – 2015
Harding, David viola – 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2015, 2017
Harrell, Lynn cello – 2006
Hawley, Richie clarinet – 2021
Heggie, Jake piano – 2005, 2012
Heick, Aaron alto saxophone – 2022
Hernandez, Julian clarinet – 2018
Hester, Timothy piano – 2003
Hochhalter, Anni horn – 2018
Hoebig, Desmond cello – 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2022; amplified cello – 1999
Hoffman, Toby viola – 2018, 2022
Holliston, Robert piano – 2003
Hudson, Garrett flute – 2018
Hughes, Nathan oboe – 2015, 2018, 2023
Hughes, Sandy flute – 2023; amplified flute – 2023; crotales – 2023
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Iwasaki, Jun violin – 2023
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Jackson, Dana bassoon – 2021
Jedynecki, Iwo accordion – 2023
Jeffs, Stan trombone – 2007
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Kahane, Gabriel banjo – 2009; piano – 2009; voice – 2009
Kahane, Jeffrey piano – 2002, 2009, 2013, 2017; harpsichord – 2018
KahaneSwensenBrey – 2013
Kamins, Benjamin bassoon – 2006
Kawahara, Karl violin – 2017
Kendall, Nick violin – 2016, 2022
Kessler, Adam drums – 2022
Kim, Benny violin – 2010
Kim, Eric cello – 2010, 2013
Kocmieroski, Matthew percussion – 2003, 2007
Koenig, Gordon voice – 2021
Koenig, Mark violin – 2003
Kostov, Lachezar cello – 2013, 2015, 2020, 2021
Kotler, Owen clarinet – 2001, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2017; e-flat clarinet – 2007; bass clarinet – 2009, 2015, 2017; alto saxophone – 2022; The Devil – 2006
Kowalsky, Frank clarinet – 2007, 2008; bass clarinet – 2007
Kuhlmann, Danielle horn – 2018
Kuzmickas, Ruta piano – 2022
Kuznetsov, Artem piano – 2019
Kwon, Yoon violin – 2017
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LaMoure, Kara bassoon – 2018
Landsman, Julie horn – 2016
Largess, John viola – 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025; piano – 2016; train whistle – 2024
Laslo, Matthew magician – 2019
Lawyer, Alecia oboe – 2017, 2023
Lee, Christine cello – 2025
Lee, Tony bass-baritone – 2005
Lee, Yura viola – 2023; violin – 2023
Lehwalder, Heidi harp – 2008
Lemke, Ann English horn – 2023
Levin, Ida violin – 2004, 2012
Lin, Cho-Liang violin – 2020, 2024; train whistle – 2024
Lindemann, Jens trumpet – 2022; piccolo trumpet – 2022; flugelhorn – 2022
Liu, Eric violin – 2025
Lund, Martin soprano saxophone – 2007; alto saxophone – 2007, 2017; clarinet – 2014; baritone saxophone – 2017
Lundgren, Michael photography – 2023
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Mack, John oboe – 2000
Maffre, Muriel dancer – 2004; dancer, puppeteer, The Princess – 2006
Magelssen, Nels horn – 2017
Malakar, Sanjaya voice – 2018
Marckx, Charlotte violin – 2019, 2022
Marckx, Olivia cello – 2019, 2022
Marcus, Dan trombone – 2022
Margelli, Tad oboe – 2018
Marshall, Michell speaker – 2023
Martinez, Marlon double bass – 2017
McAllister, Timothy alto saxophone – 2015, 2017; soprano saxophone – 2017
McColl, William clarinet – 2010
McDermott, Anne-Marie piano – 2016
McGhee, Lorna flute – 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2012, 2015, 2017; amplified flute – 1999; piccolo – 2015
Mead, Monique violin – 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2017; narrator – 2007
Meneses, Zaira castanets – 2010; guitar – 2010
Meyer, Ranaan double bass – 2016, 2022
Mikolajczyk, Karolina violin – 2023
Miller, Judd electronic valve instrument – 2017
Miró Quartet – 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
Mitchelmore, Laurana piano – 2012, 2018
Montrose Trio – 2021
Moose, Rob acoustic guitar – 2009; electric guitar – 2009; tenor guitar – 2009; violin – 2009
Morales, Tony drums – 2012
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Nel, Anton piano – 2004
Nery, Gene electric guitar – 2009
Nightengale, Helen violin – 2006
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O’Connor, Mark violin – 2009
Off The Score – 2017
OICMF All-Stars – 2010, 2012
OICMF Big Band – 2022
OICMF Chamber Orchestra – 1999, 2000, 2007, 2017, 2024, 2025
OICMF Chamber Players – 2015
OICMF Ensemble string orchestra – 2005
OICMF Jazz Band – 2017
OICMF Stage Band – 2007
OICMF Strings – 2012
Ok, Jisoo cello – 2014
Olson, Esther violin – 2007
Olson, Isaac violin – 2007
Olson, Matthew violin – 2007
Orcas Choral Society chorus – 2007, 2012
Orne, Anita saw – 2017, 2019, 2024; banjo – 2007, 2017; double bass – 2018, 2019
Ovcharenko, Illia piano – 2024
Owen, Louise violin – 1998
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Pablo Ziegler Classical Tango Quartet – 2014
Parker, Ian piano – 2014
Parker, Jamie piano – 2001, 2007, 2011, 2014, 2024; knuckles – 2011
Parker, Jon Kimura piano – 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025; harpsichord – 1998, 1999, 2000, 2007, 2012, 2015, 2018, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025; amplified piano – 1999, 2023; narrator – 2004; silver train whistle – 2024; congas – 2011; cajon – 2017; voice – 2021
Parker, Sophie cymbals – 2014; narrator – 2025; piano – 2017; viola – 2022
Patipatanakoon, Annalee violin – 2011, 2014, 2024; train whistle – 2024
Paul, James conductor – 2015
Pederson, Catherine choral director – 2007
Pedro Giraudo Tango Quartet – 2025
Pierce, Benjamin dancer – 2004; dancer, puppeteer, The Devil – 2006
Pinkerton, Anne oboe – 2025
Plante, Antoine bandoneón – 2005
Polonsky, Anna piano – 2008
Porter, Charlie trumpet – 2015, 2017
Prelutsky, Jack author – 2012; narrator – 2012
Preucil, Alexandra violin – 2000, 2002, 2013, 2017
Preucil, William violin – 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2013, 2017
Puppet (created by David Densmore) The Soldier – 2006
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Radutiu, Valentin cello – 2025
Rapier, Beth cello – 2016
Red Cedar Chamber Music – 2019
Robinson, Joseph oboe – 2007
Robinson, Mary Kay violin – 2007
Rose, Jeanne Preucil violin – 2000, 2001, 2002
Rose, Stephen violin – 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
Ross, Anthony cello – 2016
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Saks, Toby cello – 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2010
Sanchez, Javier bandoneón – 2025
Sant’Ambrogio, Stephanie violin – 2006, 2013
Schickele, Peter conductor – 2007; narrator – 2007
Schleimer, Nathaniel Paul baritone saxophone – 2022
Schotten, Yizhak viola – 2011, 2014
Schwarz, Julian cello – 2019
Sempre Sisters – 2022
Shade, David feather fan – 2016
Shaham, Orli piano – 2012, 2015
Shangrow, George harpsichord – 2002, 2004; piano – 2004
Shank, Leslie violin – 2005
Sheppard, Craig piano – 2016
Sherman, Roger director – 2012
Shih, Christopher piano – 2022
Shilling, Geoffrey fiber artist – 2015, 2017, 2024
Singleton, Susan artwork – 2023
Smith, Page cello – 2008
St. John, Scott violin – 2018
Stanislav, Tereza violin – 2009
Stankevich, Dimitri tuba – 2007, 2017; train tuba – 2024
Staupe, Andrew piano – 2010, 2017
Starker, Gwen violin – 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2007
Stern, Adam conductor – 2007, 2017, 2024; narrator – 2005, 2006, 2024; piano – 2012; reciter – 2015; livestream director – 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
Storch, Laila oboe – 2002
Swanson, Eileen viola – 2007, 2012, 2017, 2021, 2024
Swanson, Stephen double bass – 2012, 2017
Swensen, Joseph violin – 2013
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Thayer, Jeff violin – 2021, 2024; train whistle – 2024
Thayer, Marlyse violin – 2024
Thayer, Olive dancer – 2024
Thayer, Walter dancer – 2024
Thomas, Jay tenor saxophone – 2022
Thompson, Gwen violin – 2003
Thomsen, Joachim Becerra flute – 2018
Thorsteinsdóttir, Saeunn cello – 2015, 2018
Time for Three – 2016, 2022
Tsai, Emily oboe – 2018
Tsang, Bion cello – 2014, 2017, 2023; amplified cello – 2023; crotales – 2023
Tucker, Robert percussion – 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007; timpani – 2007
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Valkov, Viktor piano – 2013, 2015, 2021
VanderKolk, Mary Lynch oboe – 2023
VerMeulen, Sylvia violin – 2003, 2007
VerMeulen, William horn – 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007; alphorn – 2004
Viveza – 2003
Vizzutti, Allen trumpet – 2007
von Dassow, Sasha cello – 2015
von Stade, Frederica mezzo-soprano – 2012, 2018
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Walton, Frances cello – 2015
Washburn, David trumpet – 2018
Webster, Michael clarinet – 2006
Weilerstein, Alisa cello – 2009
Wellems, Annamarie cello – 2023
Wesselkamper, Chad double bass – 2022, 2023
Wilhelmi, Wendy flute – 2009; piccolo – 2009
Williams, Anne Martindale cello – 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2017
Williams, Joe trombone – 2007, 2017
Wilson, Paris clapping – 2017
WindSync – 2018
Wulff, Susan double bass – 2006
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Yamamoto, Sandy violin – 2008, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2020, 2021, 2022
Yang, Charles violin – 2022
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Zahs, Michael narrator – 2019
Zeller, Evelyn horn – 2017
Ziegler, Pablo piano – 2014
Zori, Carmit violin – 2018
