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May 2026 eNewsletter – Announcing the Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival 29th Summer Concert Season August 7 – 22, 2026, General Ticket Sales open June 9!
March 2026 eNewsletter – Tickets are still available for a very special Salon Concert with Iwo & Karolina, Free Livestream featuring Aloysia and Jackie with other OICMF Artists!, Recording of John Wineglass “Orcas Island” Released
February 2026 eNewsletter – A Musical Valentine, Iwo & Karolina Return to Orcas!, Mark your Calendar! OICMF’s 29th Season is August 7 – 22, 2026.
January 2026 eNewsletter – Looking Forward and Looking Back (D.S. al Coda), Save the Date: Iwo & Karolina Return to Orcas!, Vivaldi in the New Year
December 2025 eNewsletter – Happy Holidays from the Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival!, New Holiday CD by the Miró Quartet, Bach by Candlelight
November 2025 eNewsletter – See and Hear Jackie in Seattle this Thursday!, Miró Quartet with guest cellist Valentin Radutiu video, Anita’s Volunteer & Local Support Fund
October 2025 eNewsletter – 3 Chances to Enjoy Jackie and Other OICMF Artists!
September 2025 eNewsletter – Thank you to everyone who made our 28th Season truly extraordinary!
August 2025 eNewsletter – Opening Night of the 2025 Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival is here!
July 2025 eNewsletter – Opening Night of OICMF 2025 is One Month Away!, OICMF 2025 is more than just the evening concerts…..
June 2025 eNewsletter – Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival 28th Summer Concert Season, Bravo, Oliver!, Flowers!
May 2025 eNewsletter – Announcing the Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival 28th Summer Concert Season August 1 – 16, 2025, General Ticket Sales open June 13!
April 1st 2025 Skherzo eNewsletter – For the Violas, Next Steps
March 2025 eNewsletter – Welcome Christopher!, The Westerlies Musicians-in-Residence April 3 – 6, Aloysia and Anita Take Chamber Music America and Houston by Storm!
February 2025 eNewsletter – Something a Bit Romantic for February, Nut Tree Mystery
January 2025 eNewsletter – Happy New Year!
December 2024 eNewsletter – Another Video Highlight from August, 2024, Exciting News for Fans of the Our Lady of the Rock Mustards!
November 2024 eNewsletter – Another Video Highlight from August, 2024, Beat the Holiday Rush and Support OICMF!
October 2024 eNewsletter – The final movement of the Piano Quintet No. 1 in C minor by Ernö Dohnányi as performed at our Virtuoso Violins concert on August 7.
September 2024 eNewsletter – Thank you to everyone who made our 27th Season truly extraordinary!
June 2024 eNewsletter – OICMF 27th Season Ticket Sales Opening Soon!, Jon Kimura Parker Performing Beethoven’s Five Beloved Piano Concertos
May 2024 eNewsletter – OICMF Presents Jon Kimura Parker Performing Beethoven’s Five Beloved Piano Concertos, Sponsorships still available for our 27th Season!, 2024 Festival Ticket Release Schedule
March 2024 eNewsletter – For this month’s Scherzo, we’d like to hear from you!
February 2024 eNewsletter – We had a wonderful, richly varied WindSync residency!
January 2024 eNewsletter – Winter Musicians-in-Residence WindSync!
December 2023 eNewsletter – Happy Holidays from OICMF!, Highlights from Iwo and Karolina, Next up – WindSync!
November 2023 eNewsletter – Iwo and Karolina November 28 – December 1, Over the next few months, we will be sharing video highlights from our 26th Season.
October 2023 eNewsletter – Over the next few months, we will be sharing video highlights from our 26th Season, Fresh Mustard, by Popular Demand
September 2023 eNewsletter – Highlights from our 26th Season!
August 2023 eNewsletter – Our 26th Season, Pre-Concert Talks, Children’s Concert!, John Wineglass at Orcas Island Library, Open Rehearsal for Seniors
July 2023 eNewsletter – Join Us for Our 26th Season, Wherever you Are! August 4-19
June 2023 eNewsletter – 2023 Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival Our 26th Season!, Ticket Sales for the 2023 Festival begin June 14 at 7pm PDT, Bergmann Duo Concert Canceled, A Very Special Thank You
May 2023 eNewsletter – Our 26th Season! August 4-19, 2023, Ticket Sales for the 2023 Festival begin June 14 at 7pm PDT, Bergmann Duo Tickets now available!
April 2023 eNewsletter – Watch Jackie and Aloysia perform two of the greatest piano quintets in different cities this weekend!, Coming Soon – Piano!, Mark O’Connor Still Available to View, Mark Your Calendars! 26th Season Concert Dates!, …and some jazz, from Orcas Center
March 2023 eNewsletter – Mark O’Connor in Concert at Orcas Center
February 2023 eNewsletter – Stream Us!, Save the Dates our 26th Season August 4-19, 2023, A Very Special and Educational Video Starring Jackie (and a few others)
December 2022 eNewsletter – A Fun Festive Family Video from Holidays of Yore!
November 2022 eNewsletter – Highlights from “Monique Week 2022”, 25th Season Highlights!
October 2022 eNewsletter – Musician-in-Residence Monique Mead October 17-21, Do You Love the Miró Quartet? Do You Love Beethoven? Do You Want to Go to Fort Worth this November?, 25th Season Highlights!
September 2022 eNewsletter – Some Highlights from our 25th Season! August 4-20, 2022
August 2022 eNewsletter – Twenty Five Things to Know About Our Twenty Fifth Season!
July 2022 eNewsletter – Meet our new Social Media Content Creator!, 2022 25th Season Tickets Now Available!, 25th Season Artist Spotlight
June 2022 eNewsletter – Festival Ticket Sales, 25th Season Artist Spotlight
May 2022 eNewsletter – What a Night!, 25th Season Artist Spotlight, Our 25th Season is Coming! August 4-20, 2022
April 2022 eNewsletter -Third Coast Percussion – April 16, 7:00 pm PT, Our 25th Season is Coming!
March 2022 eNewsletter – Great Young Pianists, A Peek Ahead to April: Third Coast Percussion!, Musical Memory Interlude, The 25th Season of the Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival is coming! August 4-20, 2022
February 2022 eNewsletter – Meet Mary!, Aloysia, Live, in Concert from Houston, This month’s Musical Memory Interlude, Mark your Calendars!
December 2021 eNewsletter – Beethoven is Back!, Musical Memory Interlude, Happy Holidays!
November 2021 eNewsletter – A Fantastic Evening, We’re hiring!, And now…a little music
September 2021 eNewsletter – Just a few of the many highlights of OICMF’s 24th Season August 6-21, 2021
August 2021 eNewsletter – Our 24th Season, Coming to You, Wherever You Are… , Additional In-Person Tickets!, OICMF Masks!
July 2021 eNewsletter – Tickets Now Available!, OICMF Masks!
June 2021 eNewsletter – Our 24th Season August 6-21, In-person Concert Ticketing, Livestreams
May 2021 eNewsletter – An Evening of Conversation with Composer Jake Heggie, Aloysia, could you please tell us a bit about the plans for our 24th Season, August 2021?, Who Needs Yo-Yo Ma?
April 2021 eNewsletter – Our 24th Season, Cooking with John Largess, Save the Date! An Evening of Conversation with Composer Jake Heggie, Thank You, Professor Parker
March 2021 eNewsletter – Great Composers Get a Makeover With Lisa Bergman, A Very Sweet Evening, Cooking with John Largess
February 2021 eNewsletter – Hearts of Gold Gala!, Save the Dates!, Celebrate!!!
January 2021 eNewsletter – Our newly freshened logo and a few colorful OICMf icons would like to take a bow, The Bowmakers – A Film, Gregory D’Agostino – Organist and Photographer, Save the Date – Hearts of Gold February 16, 2021
December 2020 eNewsletter – The Complete Beethoven Piano Trios – Live with the Gryphon Trio, Free Happy Birthday Beethoven Zoom Party!, Holiday Shopping, It’s not Too Late for more Beethoven!
November 2020 eNewsletter – From Second to First and Back Again: Roles and Leadership inside a Professional String Quartet. A Zoom Session withWill Fedkenheuer, Back by Popular Demand, for a Limited Time Only!, A Grammy Contender!, Orchestral Beethoven – A Message from Jon Kimura Parker, There’s More Coming, Save the Dates
October 2020 eNewsletter – A Fun and Helpful Zoom Session with Monique Mead, Have You Visited Us on Social Media Lately?
September 2020 eNewsletter – A Wonderfully Different 23rd Season!, Our Web Site has a new look!
April 2020 eNewsletter – A Message from our Founder and Artistic Director (view video here), An Unprecedented Exciting Opportunity
March 2020 eNewsletter – Spring is coming, and things are happening!, Local Boy Makes Good, We’re Hiring!
February 2020 eNewsletter – March Musician-in-Residence Monique Mead, In Memoriam Alan Morgan, Recipe of the Month
January 2020 eNewsletter – Tickets on Sale January 31 for Beethoven Quartets in June!, Learn to Conduct, Chamber Music at the Spa,
December 2019 eNewsletter – Postcard from Aloysia, Recipe of the Month: Aloysia shares Friedmann family favorite cookies, just in time for your holiday baking
November 2019 eNewsletter – Leaves of Gold 2019, Get Ready for The Beethoven Cycle, Recipe of the Month
October 2019 eNewsletter – Orcas Island in Houston!, Name That Chair!, Recipe of the Month, Upcoming Performances of Home
September 2019 eNewsletter – Our 22nd Season was a Wonderful Success!!!
August 2019 eNewsletter – Change to Meet the Composer Lecture
July 2019 eNewsletter – Guitar Workshop!, Meet the Composers, Recipe of the Month, Tickets now on Sale!
May 2019 eNewsletter – Good Times with Time for Three!, Rachel Buchman is Coming!, Early Birds!
Behind the Baton Date Correction – Monday, August 5th
April 2019 eNewsletter – The Time has Come for Time for Three, Festival Music Education!
March 2019 eNewsletter – We would like to dedicate this month’s Scherzo to the memory of Aloysia’s father, Martin Friedmann, who might also be called the father of OICMF. Here is his obituary – wonderful memories of a wonderful man. He shall be sorely missed.
February 2019 eNewsletter – Musicians-in-Residence: Aloysia Friedmann and Jon Kimura Parker, Let the Temptation Begin!, New Feature: Recipes from the Artists
January 16, 2019 eNewsletter – All the exciting details of our January Musicians in Residence!, Preview of Coming Attractions
January 8, 2019 eNewsletter – Musical America Top Professionals of the Year, January Musicians-in-Residence: Aloysia Friedmann and Jon Kimura Parker, A Golden Evening
December 1, 2018 eNewsletter – Postcard from Asia, Meet Leaves of Gold Artist
Artem Kuznetsov, Happy New Year!
