One of the musicians with the Oregon Coast Music Festival Orchestra gets his violin ready before joining the rest of the group on stage for warm-ups during a rehearsal before last year’s concert. The Festival orchestra will play gypsy-themed music for this year’s concert series.-World File Photo by Lou Sennick

Festival Orchestra

The Festival Orchestra is a remarkable assembly of regional, national and international musicians, many of whom have joined this festival for decades, under the direction of James Paul for two concerts and Jason Klein for a Pops concert.

The first orchestra concert also will include pieces by Copland, Barber, Bernstein and Dvorak.

“Gypped” is the theme of the Pops concert. Klein will lead the orchestra in performances of several gypsy-inspired tunes, including selections from “Gypsy.”

The featured guest is pianist Jon Nakamatsu, who has played with orchestras all over the world, as well as at the White House. The orchestra will support Nakamatsu on a Rachmaninofff concerto in the second orchestra concert.

* Concert I: 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, July 22.

* Pops: 7:30 p.m., Thursday, July 24.

* Concert II: 7:30 p.m., Saturday, July 26.

Marshfield Auditorium

10th and Ingersoll, Coos Bay

$20 ($18 members, $8 students)

Festival Chamber Players

Four members of the Festival Orchestra will perform a piano and strings concert featuring selections by Mozart and Beethoven.

The quartet comprises Karen Hilley on violin, Michelle Matthewson on viola, David Chinburg on cello and local pianist Ida Jo Gates.

* 7 p.m., Friday, July 25

Emmanuel Episcopal Church

400 Highland Ave., Coos Bay

$15 ($13 members, $5 students).

Stolen Sweets

The Stolen Sweets play music from the 1920s, ’30s and ’40s. The band initially formed to revive the songs of the Boswell Sisters, a 1930s trio known for auspicious, good-humored music.

The band comprises vocalists Jen Bernard, Lara Michell and Erin Sutherland, guitarist-singers Pete Krebs and David Langenes and double bass player Keith Brush. Their arrangements are inspired by the Boswells’ tight three-part harmonies and frequent tempo changes, but instead of piano, clarinet, and horns, the Sweets incorporate what they describe as gypsy jazz accompaniment. The band performs at clubs and festivals around the Northwest.

* Jazz at Jardin’s

6 p.m., Wednesday, July 23

Black Market Gourmet

495 Central Ave., Coos Bay

$75.

* Salsa and balboa dancing

10 p.m., Thursday, July 24

The Mill Casino-Hotel

3201 Tremont Ave., North Bend

$20.