This year’s festival plays every corner of the Central West. Lior and Nomad String Quartet open at the Banksia Pavilion with Compassion and selections from The Blue Parade; Gryphon Baryton Trio performs Haydn in original instrumentation at Boree Cabonne Historic Homestead; tenor Andrew Goodwin and pianist Simon Tedeschi fill Orange Uniting Church with songs from the silver screen; and Ensemble Offspring brings Songbirds to Millthorpe restaurant Tonic, featuring music by First Nations composers Brenda Gifford and Nardi Simpson alongside Gerard Brophy, Robert Davidson, Alice Humphries, Fiona Loader, Ella Macens and Caitlin Yeo.

Limelight Editor’s Choice

With just a handful of instruments on stage, chamber music gives you clarityand directness like nothing else. Each musician—and each instrument—stands out, their artistry shining bright.For almost 25 years, the Sydney Symphony has nurtured the next generation of professional orchestral musicians through a comprehensive, hands-on learning experience.Partnering with Orange Chamber Music Festival, the Sydney Symphony Fellows will take part in chamber and orchestral performances and will provide learning and engagement activities to students of the Orange Region