Orange Chamber Music Festival (OCMF) has announced its 2026 program. The annual art music gem of the Central West, this year’s lineup features seven programs in every corner of the regional city – from auditoriums to homesteads, ornate local churches and fine restaurants.

The ACO Collective at the 2025 Orange Chamber Music Festival Opening Night. Photo © Peter Hislop

Lior (the recent winner of a prestigious Creative Australia Fellowship) opens the OCMF’s 2026 program at Orange’s Banksia Pavilion on 12 March. Accompanied by the Nomad String Quartet and bassist Brett Hirst, he performs a selection of his works, ranging from the monumental song cycle Compassion to numbers from his latest album, The Blue Parade.

Laura Vaughan. Photo © Albert Comper Photography

On the morning of 13 March, the Gryphon Baryton Trio – comprising baryton player Laura Vaughan, violist Katie Yap and cellist Josephine Vains – takes to the Boree Cabonne Historic Homestead for a program of works by Haydn in their original...