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

Meet our new Social Media Content Creator! Please join us in welcoming the newest member of the OICMF Team – Social Media Content Creator Sophie Parker! You might recognize the name...Sophie has literally grown up in and with the Festival. We have all enjoyed and appreciated her work as page turner, triangle player, merch pitcher, and so much more. Her deep love and knowledge of all Festival things and people combined with her fine artistic eye (she has a degree in Visual and Dramatic Arts with a Studio Art concentration from Rice University) make her the perfect person for this role. Be sure to follow us on Instagram and like us on Facebook. You won’t want to miss any of Sophie’s posts!

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2022 25th Season Tickets Now Available! Tickets are available for our Main Stage and Lopez concerts. Read about the programs and buy tickets or sign up for the livestreams here. We are also offering three non-ticketed in-person events you won’t want to miss! This special Anniversary Season kicks off on Orcas Island with a free outdoor concert in the Village Green featuring the exciting, dynamic, and genre-bending Time for Three and Sempre Sisters – Friday, August 5, at 5:30pm. We’ll be back for another rousing time on the Village Green with our Big Band Extravaganza Concert featuring Jens Lindemann, Jon Kimura Parker, Rhapsody in Blue, and the OICMF Big Band – Sunday, August 14, at 3:00pm We’re also looking forward to our Children’s Concert on the lawn in front of Orcas Center. The fun with Ferdinand the Bull and many musical surprises happens on Wednesday, August 10, at 1:00pm. Don't forget about our "Friends of Joyce" Tickets, available for free to young people and their families - here are the details and how to get yours! Can't be here in person? Each 5:30pm (PDT) OICMF Main Stage concert from Orcas Center is available via livestream! We are so excited to bring the music to you in the concert halls, on the lawns, and on your screens for OICMF's 25th season!

25th Season Artist Spotlight

Over our next few Scherzos, we will feature artists who are joining us for our 25th Season, August 4-20. This month, we know you are going to love (and have a lot of fun with) this Over the Rainbow/Goodbye Yellow Brick Road medley by Sempre Sisters! Charlotte Marckx, violin, and Olivia Marckx, cello, will be a part of our Opening Night concerts on Lopez and on the Village Green in Eastsound and also perform in our opening weekend of Main Stage concerts at Orcas Center - A Night at the Opera. Information and tickets here

We look forward to sharing more OICMF news and events with you — keep your eyes peeled for next month's Scherzo! All the best, Anita Orne Executive Director Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival

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