Join us for the 41st Annual OKM Music Festival, a beloved tradition in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, celebrating the transformative power of music and the arts! From June 6-8, 2025, experience world-class performances from the world’s most renowned classical musicians. This year, we are celebrating Norway’s art, culture, and music, featuring famous Norwegian composer, Edvard Greig.

Schedule of Events:

Friday, June 6, 2025

Mainstage:

7:00pm: Grady Nichols

Throughout a career spanning over two decades, Grady Nichols has crafted ten highly acclaimed albums and performed extensively, opening for such luminaries as Luciano Pavarotti, Ray Charles, Al Green, Wayman Tisdale and The Beach Boys. A riveting live act, his repertoire runs the gamut from his own original songs to pop/rock classics and Motown hits. His songwriting and musicianship have earned him the respect of his peers, and his albums have featured such acclaimed guest vocalists as Chicago’s Bill Champlin, Leigh Nash of Sixpence None the Richer, Andy Chrisman of 4Him and award-winning songwriter Zac Maloy.

8:30pm: Manhattan Chamber Players

The Manhattan Chamber Players are a chamber music collective of New York-based musicians who share the common aim of performing the greatest works in the chamber repertoire at the highest level. Formed in 2015 by Artistic Director and violist Luke Fleming, MCP is comprised of an impressive roster of musicians who all come from the tradition of great music making at the Marlboro Music Festival, Steans Institute at Ravinia, Music@Menlo, Yellow Barn Chamber Music Festival and Perlman Music Program, and are former students of the Curtis Institute, Juilliard School, Colburn School, and the New England Conservatory.

Doors Open at 6:00pm

Location: Woolaroc Museum and Wildlife Center, 1925 Woolaroc Ranch Road, Bartlesville, OK 74003

Showcase Series:

The Showcase Series at the OKM Music Festival is a vibrant celebration of local talent, providing a platform for emerging artists, youth performers, and community groups to shine. This collection of free concerts highlights the rich musical diversity of the region, offering a variety of performances ranging from classical to contemporary, jazz to folk, and everything in between.

10:00am: Bartlesville Ringers

11:00am: Trinity Recorder Consort

1:00pm: Wade Daniels

Location: First Presbyterian Church, 505 Dewey Ave, Bartlesville, OK 74003

Saturday, June 7, 2025

Mainstage:

6:00pm: Tulsa Honors Baroque Orchestra

With Special Guest, Thomas Lovett
Tulsa Honors Orchestra (THO) is a youth string orchestra in its 46th year of providing excellent string instruction to youth string players, as well as providing numerous fantastic opportunities for orchestra performances. THO regularly performs at Kilkenny’s Irish Restaurant, Arnie’s St Patrick’s Day, TU Lorton Performance Center, Tulsa PAC downtown Tulsa, Cascia Hall and the Mayo Hotel for Holiday Concerts.

THO is comprised of 3 orchestras: Tulsa Honors Orchestra, Tulsa Honors Baroque (Advanced Orchestra) and the Debutante Orchestra. THO meets every Monday. The Debutante Orchestra, for beginning sight reading students, meets from 4:15-5:15pm. The Tulsa Honors Orchestra rehearses from 5:30-6:30pm, the Tulsa Honors Baroque is a more challenging orchestra, which stays for an additional hour, from 6:30-7:40pm.

7:30pm: Natasha Paremski

With her consistently striking and dynamic performances, pianist Natasha Paremski reveals astounding virtuosity and profound interpretations. She continues to generate excitement from all corners as she wins over audiences with her musical sensibility and a powerful, flawless technique.

Doors Open at 5:30pm

Location: Cascia Hall Performing Arts Center, 2520 South Yorktown Avenue, Tulsa, OK 74114

Showcase Series:

The Showcase Series at the OKM Music Festival is a vibrant celebration of local talent, providing a platform for emerging artists, youth performers, and community groups to shine. This collection of free concerts highlights the rich musical diversity of the region, offering a variety of performances ranging from classical to contemporary, jazz to folk, and everything in between.

11:00am: Manhattan Chamber Players Quartet

1:00pm: Tom Davis Ft. Suns of Beaches

Location: Ambler Hall, 415 Dewey Avenue, Bartlesville, OK 74003

Sunday, June 8, 2025

Mainstage:

6:00pm: Lesa Steele Piano Studio: Eric Wu, Nick Du, Anbo Ni, Vincent Chen, Anxin Ni, Andy Zhou

7:00pm: Escher Quartet

The Escher String Quartet has received acclaim for its profound musical insight and rare tonal beauty. A former BBC New Generation Artist and recipient of the Avery Fisher Career Grant, the quartet has performed at the BBC Proms at Cadogan Hall and is a regular guest at Wigmore Hall. In its home town of New York, the ensemble serves as season artists of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.

The 2023-2024 season finds the Escher Quartet embarking upon a major project-performances of the complete cycle of quartets by Bela Bartók, culminating in a single concert performance of all six at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. The first-ever performance of all six Bartók quartets in chronological order was given by the Emerson String Quartet in March 1981, also at Alice Tully Hall, in honor of Bartók’s centenary year.

Doors Open at 5:30pm

Location: The Refinery, 100 SW Frank Phillips Blvd., Bartlesville, OK 74003

Showcase Series:

The Showcase Series at the OKM Music Festival is a vibrant celebration of local talent, providing a platform for emerging artists, youth performers, and community groups to shine. This collection of free concerts highlights the rich musical diversity of the region, offering a variety of performances ranging from classical to contemporary, jazz to folk, and everything in between.

2:00pm: OKM Music Youth Keyboard Orchestra at First Presbyterian Church, 505 Dewey Ave, Bartlesville, OK 74003

4:00pm: Brent Giddens as Elvis at The Refinery at Johnstone Sare, 100 SW Frank Phillips Blvd., Bartlesville, OK 74003

Date:
June 6-8, 2025

Location:
Various Venues,
Bartlesville, OK 74003

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