Be sure to catch the Miró Quartet, Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival’s “Quartet in Residence,” the week of October 9-13 while the string quartet is here for an action-packed week of fun activities for all islanders! From pop-up appearances and a community concert to a mini concert “tour” onboard the inter-island ferry and several events […]
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Jon Kimura Parker and Hurricane Harvey
Posted on CBC News August 28, 2017 ‘I’m hopeful’: Vancouver pianist weathering Hurricane Harvey ‘This couldn’t be more different from the dry summer we had here in Vancouver,’ says Jon Kimura Parker A pianist from Vancouver who now lives in Houston says his home — and piano — have so far survived the pummelling winds […]
2017 Festival Artists
Aloysia Friedmann, violin, viola Jon Kimura Parker, piano, composer Steve Alboucq, trumpet Oliver Aldort, cello Jose Franch-Ballester, clarinet […]
Monique Mead is Musician in Residence May 15-19, 2017
Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival brings Carnegie Mellon University music professor Monique Mead to Orcas Island as Musician-in-Residence May 15th through 19th. She will work with string players of all ages in the public school music program and at an Advanced Master Class for community members. Monique Mead and her graduate assistant, Abbey Roemer, have […]
2017 Festival Concerts
Artistic Director Aloysia Friedmann, violin/viola, and Artistic Advisor Jon Kimura Parker, piano, welcome several Festival alumni and exciting new performers to this year’s 20th Festival Season, August 5-20. Highlights will be our quinquennial Concert on the Village Green and a newly-commissioned work by Jake Heggie for saw and string Quartet. The days of the 2017 Festival concerts […]
Miho & Diego Duo Inter-Island Spring Concerts and Workshops
Concerts and Workshops on Orcas, Lopez, and Shaw Islands The exciting Miho & Diego Duo is coming to the San Juan Islands March 28th through April 1st as part of Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival’s Musicians-in-Residence program. In addition to their work in the schools on Lopez, Shaw, and Orcas, Miho and Diego will bring […]