Welcome to the 47th Annual Oregon Coast Music Festival

Our print program provides an overview of scheduled events and links to additional digital resources. We feature special poster/banners at events to highlight our business sponsors, special member sponsors, advertisers, and grants that support our festival and association activities.
The Oregon Coast Music Association (OCMA)
PO Box 663, Coos Bay, OR 97420
www.oregoncoastmusic.org
OCMA is a 501(c) (3) non-profit organization. EIN # 93-0732527

Board of Directors
Christine Moffitt, President; Catherine Brandon, Vice President;
Tom Bennett, Treasurer; Dr. Dale Harris, Recording Secretary.
Directors: Melanie Bloom, Patrick Bringardner, Carol Foster, Andrew Jones,
Michael Mlynarczyk, Dr. Michelle Petrofes, Ellen Thompson

Operational Support
Music Director – Martin Majkut
Associate Conductor – Adam Stern
Program Artistic Advisor – Aaron Johnson
Orchestra Personnel Coordinator – Nancy Johnson
Orchestra Music Librarian – John Haggard
OCMA Administrative Support – Gail Longtain
Field Audio and Technical Support – Inner Sanctum Studios & Carmen Mathews
Auditorium Manager Marshfield High School – Noah Martin
Stage Technicians – Bryce Gonzalez (Buzz); Robert (Roc) Clements
Green Room Director – Allison Richards
Print/Web Design – Justin Macduff, Macduff Design
Photo Credits – Frank Price: p.4,5,7, 20, 30; Matte Hanna: p.20, 23;
Christopher Briscoe: p.22, 23, 24; Titilayo Ayangade: p.21, 34, 35

Cover and Poster Art
“Musical Connections Across the Landscape” by Susan Chambers. We connect with music across the landscape. More information on inside back cover.

Members and In-kind Contributions
OCMA members provide significant and consistent support for all we accomplish. A detailed list of members and community volunteers is on page 28. We acknowledge business and in-kind contributions for services provided during the year andespecially during the festival. Supporting foundations, granting entities, businesses and individuals that sponsor our organization’s programs and operations are highlighted throughout.

OCMA Board

Christine Moffitt, President
Catherine Brandon, Vice President
Tom Bennett, Treasurer
Dr. Dale Harris, Recording Secretary
Directors: Melanie Bloom, Patrick Bringardner, Carol Foster, Andrew Jones,
Michael Mlynarczyk, Dr. Michelle Petrofes, Ellen Thompson

The Oregon Coast Music Festival (OCMF) has grown from a Coos Bay performance of Haydn music to a two-week-long annual festival that draws 5,000 to its varied concerts in several Coos Bay area locations. The OCMF had its beginnings in 1978, when Dr. Charles Heiden and his family moved to Coos Bay with the idea of encouraging local children to learn about orchestral music. Heiden, who had previously served as professor of violin at Willamette University, said he wanted to go somewhere “culturally impoverished,” to plant seeds of culture.

In 1978, with the help of grants from the Oregon Arts Commission and the Music Performance Trust Fund, Heiden formed the South Coast Symphonietta, made up of local musicians, and produced a performance of Haydn’s “Little Organ Mass.” This turned into a three-day annual festival that, until Heiden’s departure in 1981, was called the Haydn Festival.

Upon Heiden’s departure, Gary McLaughlin, who had served as festival concertmaster, became the director/conductor. The administrative festival details fell to the Music Enrichment Association, which evolved into the Oregon Coast Music Association. When McLaughlin left in 1991, visiting director James Paul was engaged as Music Director and Conductor of the OCMF Orchestra, with Jason Klein as Associate Conductor and assistant director of the festival.

Many of the musicians return year after year from Florida, California, and all over Oregon, to participate in the Festival, which draws crowds of locals and visitors for summer concerts in Coos Bay, North Bend, Bandon, Shore Acres, and Charleston.

Continuing Dr. Heiden’s original intention, the Oregon Coast Music Association presents a “KinderKonzert” music-in-the-schools program to provide an introduction to classical music to local elementary school students. OCMA has also instituted a program to provide scholarships and musical instruments to “promising young South Coast musicians.”

by Mitzi Loftus

OCMA Board

Christine Moffitt, President
Catherine Brandon, Vice President
Tom Bennett, Treasurer
Dr. Dale Harris, Recording Secretary
Directors: Melanie Bloom, Patrick Bringardner, Carol Foster, Andrew Jones,
Michael Mlynarczyk, Dr. Michelle Petrofes, Ellen Thompson