Oregon Coast Music Association

Orchestra II - Four Love Scenes
2025-07-26 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Marshfield High School Auditorium, S 10th & Ingersoll St, Coos Bay, OR, 97420, United States
Marshfield Auditorium, Sat. July 26 @ 7 pm.
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Martin Majkut, Conductor & Music Director – Program Notes
Nancy Zhou, Violin Soloist
Bickering Love
Louis-Hector Berlioz (1803 – 1869)
Béatrice et Bénédict
Forbidden Love
He Zhanhao (1933)
The Butterfly Lovers (Violin Concerto)
Nancy Zhou, soloist
Intermission
Love Beyond Grave
Wilhelm Richard Wagner (1813 – 1883)
Tristan und Isolde: Prelude & Liebestod
Love Conquers All
Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky (1882 – 1971)
The Firebird (suite from the ballet)
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Redfish Music Quartet
2025-07-25 19:00 - 2025-07-26 21:00 | North Bend Presbyterian Church, 2238 Pony Creek Rd, North Bend, OR, 97459, United States
Fri. July 25 @ 7 pm First Presbyterian Church, North Bend.
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The Redfish Faculty Piano Quartet, Fritz Gearhart, violin; Andrew Duckles, viola; Andrew Smith, cello; and Genevieve Feiwen Lee, piano provide two piano quartets:
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, op. 16
Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924)
Piano Quartet No. 1 in C Minor, op. 15
OCMA collaborates with the Redfish Music Festival to provide an opportunity for a chamber music concert within the OCMA Festival events. The Redfish Music Festival (named after the Redfish Rocks Marine Reserve) hosts a week long music festival in August on the beautiful southern Oregon coast. Schedules and more information are available at redfishmusicfestival.com.

Pops Orchestra - Summer Travels
2025-07-24 19:00 - 21:00 | Marshfield High School Auditorium, S 10th & Ingersoll St, Coos Bay, OR, 97420, United States
Marshfield Auditorium, Thurs. July 24 @ 7 pm.
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Adam Stern, Associate Conductor
Aaron Johnson,  clarinet, flute & saxophone
Composers have always had a love of musical geography – capturing in sound the aura of their beloved country of origin, or another locale in which they have joyously spent time. Summer Travels is a musical voyage around the globe, a mixture of favorite popular and classical works celebrating Spain, the British Isles, Jamaica, the American Northeast, and more. Clarinet and saxophone virtuoso Aaron Johnson takes center stage for a trio of evocative songs, including the most popular of all sambas, The Girl from Ipanema. Join us for a tour of some of the world’s greatest vacation spots without leaving your seat!
Program to include:
NIKOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Capriccio Espagnole
SCOTT JOPLIN: Solace
VERNON DUKE: April in Paris *
ANTÔNIO CARLOS JOBIM: The Girl from Ipanema *
KARL SUESSDORF: Midnight in Vermont *
LEROY ANDERSON: The Blue Bells of Scotland
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Orchestra I - The Melting Pot
2025-07-22 19:00 - 21:00 | Marshfield High School Auditorium, S 10th & Ingersoll St, Coos Bay, OR, 97420, United States
Marshfield Auditorium, Tues. July 22 @ 7 pm.
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Martin Majkut Conductor & Music Director – Program Notes
Event Dedication: In Memory of Tom Foster*
Missy Mazzoli (b 1980)
Sinfonia (for Orbiting Spheres)
Antonín Dvořák (1841 – 1904)
Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104, B. 191
Dace Gregory, cello
Intermission
Leonard Bernstein (1918 – 1990)
West Side Story: Symphonic Dances

*Remembrance & Tribute to Thomas R. Foster
November 17, 1947- May 1, 2025
OCMA Member and longtime sponsor Tom Foster and his wife Carol (OCMA Board member) introduced Dace Gregory to our Festival Community. It is through their generous support and enthusiasm that we successfully engaged with her in the 2024 Festival and feature her as a soloist with the Orchestra this year. Tom’s life was defined by his generosity, work ethic, devotion to community, and his love for people.
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7 Devils Presents Stillhouse Junkies
2025-07-20 14:00 - 15:30 | OIMB Boathouse, 63466 Boat Basin Rd, Charleston, OR, 97420, United States
OIMB Boathouse, Charleston, Sun. July 20 @ 2 pm. $25
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Bluegrass heroes Stillhouse Junkies are on the forefront of breaking through the genre with their free-flowing musical interplay that weaves roots, classical, Texas-swing and blues into a high-energy, intricately composed yet expansively improvised tapestry of sound.
The trio, Fred Kosak (guitar, mandolin), Alissa Wolf (fiddle), Jeanette Adams (bass) are based in the wilderness town of Durango, Colorado. Formed in 2017, the band is already 3 albums deep with singles constantly streaming out including a collaboration with Tim O’Brien. Their prolific songwriting, 3-part harmonies and outrageous instrumentals brought them the prestigious International Bluegrass Music Award “Momentum Band of the Year” in 2021.
Stillhouse Junkies are gaining a reputation as one of the most exciting bands in the acoustic music scene and traveling widely. Learn more about Stillhouse Junkies, tours, and albums on their website or follow them on Instagram @stillhousejunkies and www.stillhousejunkies.com.
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Family Mystic
2025-07-19 12:00 - 14:00 | Shore Acres State Park Gardens, 89039 Cape Arago Hwy, Coos Bay, OR, 97420, United States
Shore Acres State Park Garden Sat. July 19 @ noon.
Free. $10 parking.
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Marcelo Guitron – Guitar/Vocals
Matthew Serino – Bass/Vocals
Tommy Serino – Drums/Vocals
Love Covington – Keys/Vocals
Todd Wason – Drums/Percussion
From the Earth, For the Earth – Family Mystic is a collection of community cultivators and visionaries. Together they strive to empower and honor all walks of life, creating multi-genre spanning compositions. With the desire to create, share and inspire, Family Mystic is more than just a band; they are a transformative experience that redefines healing through song, dance, and emotional connection. Based in Portland, this collective of four visionary songwriters blends elements of classic funk/soul, 60’s/70’s psychedelia, a splash of progressive jazz fusion, with angelic four-part vocal harmonies, innovating a genre-defying experience that calls listeners into the heart of being human through the sanctity and celebration of music. They have visited Coos Bay multiple times, but never played the outdoor concert at Shore Acres.
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Afternoon Music Café
2025-07-18 14:00 - 15:00 | North Bend Public Library, 1800 Sherman Ave, North Bend, OR, 97459, United States
North Bend Public Library Fri. July 18 @ 2 pm. FREE
Sponsored in Partnership with North Bend Public Library
The concert features 8 musicians who provide outstanding dedication to community engagement, education and musical performance.
Just Jensens are siblings from a highly musical family. Wilbur Jensen, the eldest and newest member of the quartet, began playing trumpet at age six. A distinguished soloist, he has performed with renowned orchestras and artists across genres, though jazz remains a personal favorite. Judy Jensen Snyder is a versatile wind player, who joined her father’s dance band at age 11. Proficient on clarinet, alto sax, and tenor sax, Judy took up bass clarinet for this group. Bonnie Jensen Cox, a talented flautist and piccolo player also plays piano and organ. Peggy Jensen Christensen, a lifelong clarinetist, with diverse experience in chamber orchestras, woodwind quintets, concert band and a polka band is the president of the Bay Area Concert Band.
Tree-O: Peggy Maddron, Kathleen Zappelli, & Josie Reid, vocals, with keyboard, Luanne May. The singers met in the Community Choir at Southwestern Oregon Community College under the direction of Chris Rosman – Josie, as an alto, and Kathleen and Peggy as sopranos. Josie taught Art at Marshfield HS, Kathleen was the Art teacher at Sunset Middle School who later taught English, and Peggy was an Elementary teacher in North Bend. Kathleen and Josie formed the first Tree-O group 23 years ago to perform at an annual Christmas event and have stayed together ever since. Peggy joined the group about 7 years ago. Her beautiful voice elevates the group’s harmonies and blend.
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Voices of the Community
2025-07-17 19:00 - 21:00 | Hales Center for the Performing Arts, 1988 Newmark Ave, Coos Bay, OR, 97420, United States
Hales Center, SWOCC, Thurs. July 17 @ 7 pm.
Fantasia: Anela Lauren,Celtic Harp, Bruce Rowe Guitar, Adam Weiner Percussion
Side of the Tide Morris Dancers
South Coast Folk Society: Sharing, teaching, and preserving U.S. and world folk traditions for the residents of Oregon’s South Coast
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Fantasia, a progressive Celtic folk/rock band features the synchronistic blend of original music of Bruce Rowe and Anela Lauren, backed by the harmonic beats of Adam Weiner. Their inspiration comes from the ancient world of fantasy and its themes of chivalry and honor, which have been lost in the passage of time. Lauren is a classically trained pianist and harpist who embraces the freedom of jazz and improvisation. Weiner has trained and studied percussion from many cultures. Rowe has explored many genres and played across the nation.
The South Coast Folk Society will feature two dance groups
The Side of the Tide Morris Dancers will perform colorful traditional English dances to lively period music to provide an enchanting glimpse of life in the English countryside hundreds of years ago. Their high-energy dances have thrilled audiences in Seattle at Folklife, and at numerous festivals in Oregon and Washington.
International Folk Dance Troupe will feature popular village dances from the Middle East, the Balkans, South America and beyond. The group of musicians and dancers brings the energy and grace of distant lands to the stage for all
to experience.
The South Coast Folk Society is an all-volunteer, nonprofit educational organization dedicated to the preservation, study, teaching, enjoyment and continuing evolution of traditional and historical dance, music and song.
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Sugar Beets: Return to the South Coast
2025-07-16 19:00 - 21:00 | Sprague Community Theater, 1202 11th St SW, Bandon, OR, 97411, United States
35th year of performance
Sprague Community Theater, Bandon, Wed. July 16 @7pm
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The Sugar Beets return to the South Coast with a performance at the Sprague Community Center Theater on Wednesday evening July 16. The musical group has roots in our south coast. Marty Chilla is a graduate of North Bend High School and SWOCC. Marty’s mother proudly talks about the group’s legacy. They formed in a University of Oregon dorm room and have a history of playing amazing music for more than 35 years at festivals, events, rallies, kickoffs & theatre performances throughout the PNW.
The “Beets” today are a powerful eight-piece ensemble who have consistently rocked the West Coast since their college days. They have played everything from the Willamette Valley Folk Festival and Secretary of State Bill Bradbury’s inauguration to the Dalai Lama’s visit to Eugene in 2013, as well as many, many weddings. They are regulars at the Oregon Country Fair.
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Jazz Workshop with Greg and Aaron
2025-07-15 10:00 - 12:00 | Umpqua Hall – Southwestern Community College, 2110 Newmark Ave, Coos Bay, OR, 97420, United States
Southwestern Oregon Community College. Umpqua Hall Tues. July 15 @ 10:30 am. Free, registration required
Aaron Johnson and Greg Chen are New York based artists with roots on the West Coast who share their experience and interests in educational workshops. The musicians will explore the communicative nature of musical collaboration. The workshop will provide a supportive environment for participants to explore their instrumentation, practice stage etiquette and performance. Other opportunities for one-on one mentoring during the festival will be arranged during this event. Opportunities for engagement include attending Orchestra preview seminars, volunteering to usher at events, attending the open rehearsal of the Pops concert on Thursday, July 24 at 10am with an opportunity to meet some of the musicians following rehearsal.
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Jazz at the Boathouse
2025-07-13 14:00 - 15:30 | OIMB Boathouse, 63466 Boat Basin Rd, Charleston, OR, 97420, United States
Aaron Johnson, Wilbur Jensen, Dave Captein & Greg Chen
OIMB Boathouse, Charleston, Sun. July 13 @ 2 pm.
$50 – SOLD OUT
Reception catered by Black Market Gourmet
Event Sponsor: Christine Moffitt
Special Host Assistants: Carol Ventgen & Mike Perkins
Join the Quartet for a reimagining of Jazz Sambas and an exploration of repertoire associated with the Bossa Nova Craze of the 1960’s including music from the iconic 1964 album Getz/Gilberto with additional music by Laurindo Almeida, Antonio Carlos Jobim and Clare Fischer.
Aaron Johnson, saxophonist, clarinetist, and flutist returns to his home town for the Festival and joins other events throughout the week.
Wilbur Jensen, trumpet, and flugelhorn has long been part of Oregon’s music community as performer and mentor to countless musicians. Jensen’s musical legacy of engagement with internationally recognized bands is impressive. He performs with the Bay Area Concert Band, and the Just Jensens.
Dave Captein, bass, has been a professional musician for over 35 years in the Pacific Northwest with roots in Portland and on the South Coast.
Greg Chen, keyboard, is an award-winning New York performer and educator specializing in early 20th century jazz styles.
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Bay Area Concert Band Festival Kick-Off
2025-07-12 12:00 - 14:00 | Mingus Park, 500 Central Ave, Coos Bay, 97420, United States
Mingus Park, Coos Bay Sat. July 12 @ Noon. Free
A community band has been part of the Coos Bay area since the days of Louis Simpson. The Bay Area Concert Band is an integral part of the community and has partnered with the Oregon Coast Music Festival since the festival began in 1978. The Band is a recognized non-profit organization and will celebrate its Golden Anniversary this coming year.
The group of ~ 40 distinguished musicians from in and around the bay area welcomes student musicians of proven ability to join them. Conductor Stephen Simpkins will lead the band in performance of an array of typical band music including light
classical selections.
Selections include:
Amber Waves of Grain – James Curnow
American Patrol – F.W. Meacham
The Girl I Left Behind Me – Traditional, arr. Leroy Anderson
How To Train Your Dragon – John Powell
Russian Sailors’ Dance – Reinhold Gliere, arr. Merle J. Isaac
Sea Songs – R. Vaughan Williams
Wizard of Oz – Harol Arlen and E.Y. Harburg, arr. James Barnes
Zacatecas, Mexican March – Genro Codina
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Saturday Afternoon Matinee and Performance
2025-04-05 14:00 - 15:30 | Hales Center for the Performing Arts, 1988 Newmark Ave, Coos Bay, OR, 97420, United States
Matinee Performance and Preview of July Festival Events. Martin Majkut, piano; Dace Gregory, cello; Aaron Johnson flute & saxophone; Shelley Mathewson, viola & violin; and the “Just Jensens” Quartet.
Free to the Public

Student Workshop
2025-04-04 09:30 - 11:00 | Hales Center for the Performing Arts, 1988 Newmark Ave, Coos Bay, OR, 97420, United States
Music Director Martin Majkut, Viola Principal Shelley Mathewson, soloists Aaron Johnson, and Dace Gregory provide a workshop for middle and high school students. Information about student opportunities during the July Festival will be provided.

The Redfish Piano Trio
2025-03-28 19:00 - 21:00 | North Bend Presbyterian Church, 2238 Pony Creek Rd, North Bend, OR, 97459, United States
Andrew Smith, Genevieve Feiwen Lee and Fritz Gearhart perform the Elegie for Piano, Violin and Cello by Josef Suk, and the Piano Trio No. 2 in C major by Johannes Brahms.
