Music supporters are gathering sponsors, donors and volunteers for the famed Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival opening this August on Lopez in celebration of their Crystal Anniversary.
Funds will ensure that artist fees, transportation, venue, administration and reception costs are covered for this exceptional Lopez concert. While sponsorship levels for OICMF normally start at the $500 level, for the Lopez concert only sponsors will be acknowledged at giving levels from $50 and up.
The “make or break” date for confirmed sponsorships is Feb. 11.
This year’s festival features an opening performance at Grace Church with the internationally acclaimed Miró Quartet. A reception to meet the artists will follow the late afternoon concert. Exact times of the concert and reception will be announced with the opening of ticket sales in May.
The two-week Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival presents an astonishing variety of classical music each August to sold-out audiences. Under the artistic direction of Aloysia Friedmann and artistic advisor Jon Kimura Parker, the festival brings to the islands artists such as violinists Chee-Yun, Martin Chalifour, Andrés Cárdenes and many others, classical guitarists Eliot Fisk and Zaira Meneses, contemporary composer Jake Heggie, clarinetist Owen Kotler, cellists Toby Saks, Anne Martindale Williams and Desmond Hoebig, pianists Jeffrey Kahane, Jamie Parker and of course dynamic Jon Kimura Parker. Along with the Orcas performances are pre-concert lectures, post-concert receptions to meet the artists, and dozens of outreach activities to students and community musicians.
In the past the inter-island ferry schedule has made it difficult for other islanders to attend these exquisitely professional concerts—so this year for the first time the Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival will travel to Lopez.
As Quartet-in-Residence, the members of the Miró Quartet will perform throughout the two-week festival, in addition to opening the festival August 10 on Lopez Island. Described as possessing “explosive vigor and technical finesse”, the quartet is now in its second decade of captivating audiences and critics around the world with its startling intensity, fresh perspective and mature approach.
Join others to bring this international chamber music group to Lopez. To confirm your sponsorship, call 376-6636 and identify your donation or pledge as sponsor support for the Lopez Island concert. Sponsors may also contribute securely on-line at www.oicmf.org, where you may direct your support to the Lopez Island concert. OICMF is a 501c3 non-profit organization and all gifts are tax deductible.
Music CDs and DVDs from previous OICMF concerts are available in the Lopez Library CD collections, or contact Micki Ryan and Bill Clemens at 468-4442 to arrange to borrow personal copies and previous programs, or to ask about OICMF concert experiences. For more info, visit www.oicmf.org. For more information about the Miró Quartet, visit www.miroquartet.com.
