Annual Oregon Coast Music Festival

The 46th Oregon Coast Music Festival will fill us up with stunning music in July.

Fondly referred to as the “Tanglewood” of the West Coast, the Oregon Coast Music Festival will celebrate the 31st & final year for Maestro James Paul and welcome guest conductor, Martin Majkut for its 46th Season! This annual festival boasts two full weeks, including three Saturdays, of classical music and music education for all ages and welcomes over 80 musicians from across the country.

You’ll find a heady mix of classical and jazz art forms, taking place at venues around the Coos Bay area such as Shore Acres State Park Garden, the OIMB Boat House, stunning Mingus Park, plus a host of free seminars at the Southwest Oregon Community College. Enjoy two full weeks of outstanding music culminating with the 80-member Festival Orchestra performing three concerts in Marshfield High’s Auditorium. 

46th Oregon Coast Music Festival Special Events and Concerts - July 13-26 2023

Saturday, July 13, Noon @ Mingus Park, 10th & Commercial, Coos Bay - FREE
Festival Opening Concert with Bay Area Concert Band

Sunday, July 14, 2pm @ OIMB Boathouse, Boat Basin Road, Charleston (at the very end of the street) - $50 - SOLD OUT
Boathouse Jazz with Aaron Johnson, Wilbur Jensen, Ilya Lushtak, Dave Captein, & Greg Chen - Reception by Black Market Gourmet. Please call the office to make a ticket purchase, 541-267-0938

Tuesday, July 16, 2-4pm @ Coos History Museum, 1210 N. Front Street, Coos Bay - FREE
Community and Visiting Bands: A Century Plus of History

Wednesday, July 17, 7pm @ Hales Center for the Performing Arts, SWOCC, 1988 Newmark, Coos Bay - $15
Voices of the Community Second Wind, Vocals; Dance Sultanov, Cello; Swingin' in the Rain, Big Band. Tickets

Friday, July 19, 3pm @ Umpqua Hall 184, SWOCC, 1988 Newmark, Coos Bay - FREE with Advanced Registration
Marimba Workshop: Bahuru and Baduku Marimba Bands. Meet the musicians and learn about the music. Please call the office to register, 541-267-0938

Saturday, July 20, Noon @ Shore Acres State Park Gardens, Cape Arago Highway, Charleston - FREE ($5 parking fee at Shore Acres)
Dance in the Park: Bahuru and Baduku Marimba Bands

Sunday, July 21, 2pm @ OIMB Boathouse, Boat Basin Road, Charleston (at the very end of the street) - $25
Mipso at the Boathouse Presented by 7 Devils Brewing Co. Tickets at 7 Devils

Monday, July 22, noon @ Umpqua Hall 109, SWOCC, 1988 Newmark, Coos Bay - FREE
Adam Stern & Steven Moeckel Preview Concert I 

Wednesday, July 24, noon @ Umpqua Hall 109, SWOCC, 1988 Newmark, Coos Bay - FREE
Adam Stern & Aaron Johnson Preview the Pops 

Wednesday, July 24, 7pm @Hales Center SWOCC, 1988 Newmark, Coos Bay - FREE
“The Empire Builders” Oregon Army National Guard Band

Thursday, July 25, noon @ Coos Bay Boardwalk, Hwy 101 @ Anderson Ave - FREE
“No Brass No Ammo” Army National Guard Brass Street Band

Friday, July 26, noon @ Umpqua Hall 109, SWOCC, 1988 Newmark, Coos Bay - FREE
Adam Stern & Martin Majkut Preview Orchestra Concert II 

Friday, July 26, 7pm @ First Presbyterian Church, 2238 Pony Creek Rd., North Bend - $20
Redfish Music Quartet/Quintet

ORCHESTRA CONCERTS

Tuesday, July 23 @ 7:30
Marshfield High School Auditorium, 972 Ingersoll Ave, Coos Bay
OCMA Festival Orchestra Concert I 

Maestro James Paul will conduct the opening concert. This will be a grand performance and a celebratory finale for our Music Director and Conductor of 31 years who is retiring this year. Maestro has chosen the following compositions: Sullivan: Overture to “The Yeomen of the Guard”; Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending with Steven Moeckel soloist; and Rachmaninoff: Symphony No.2.

Thursday, July 25 @ 7:30
Marshfield High School Auditorium, 972 Ingersoll Ave, Coos Bay
OCMA Festival Orchestra Pops

Adam Stern returns to conduct the Thursday night Pops Concert with an excellent selection of music by American composers, including Gould, Joplin, Anderson, Bonds, Copland and Ellington. Saxophone soloist Aaron Johnson will join the Orchestra for three songs.

Saturday, July 27 @ 7:30
Marshfield High School Auditorium, 972 Ingersoll Ave, Coos Bay
OCMA Festival Finale Festival Orchestra Concert II 

The Saturday night performance (Orchestra II) will feature Guest Conductor Martin Majkut, who has selected Smetana: Vltava; Britten: Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes; and Dvořák: Symphony no. 9, From the New World. Majkut is Music Director for the Rogue Valley Symphony in Ashland, Oregon, Music Director of the Queens Symphony Orchestra in New York, and faculty member of Aaron Copland School of Music.