About OCMA

The Oregon Coast Music Association (OCMA) has a mission to present an annual classical music festival of the highest professional caliber and to support a varied range of year-round music performances and education activities. 

The OCMA will produce the 30th annual Oregon Coast Music Festival in July 2008 with two full symphony orchestra concerts under the direction of Music Director/Conductor James Paul, a "Pops" concert with Associate Conductor Jason Klein, and jazz, chamber music, and three free outdoor performances.

The OMCA also presents year-round events, such as concerts, the Oregon Symphony String Quartet, Trio Pacifica, the Edlos, Portland Taiko, local and regional jazz groups, chamber music recitals, the annual Festival Poster Party and this past year, provided a Christmas Concert featuring the acapella quintet "Encore!"

The OCMA presents a "KinderKonzert" music-in-the-schools program that provides an introduction to classical music to approximately 2,000 local elementary school students.

The OCMA has also initiated a scholarship/musical instrument support program for promising young South Coast musicians.

Did you know the Oregon Coast Music Festival...

• Attracts over 5,000 total patrons annually to concerts in Coos Bay, North Bend, Bandon, Shore Acres and Charleston.
  
• Is the only festival of its kind in southwestern Oregon and features top caliber performing artists from throughout the United States.
   
• Draws part of its audience from out-of-town, and to help boost the economy and popularity of Oregon ’s Bay Area during the ten-day festival.
   
• Has initiated a scholarship/musical instrument support program for promising young south coast musicians.