That meant that flutist ClaireChase, this year’s OjaiMusicFestival music director who is often called a force of nature, fit right in ... At its best, the event is a musical wilderness, like no other festival of its caliber.
With flutist ClaireChase as this year’s music director, the California festival highlighted female composers and an array of talented performers in programming that, while admirably experimental, tended toward the monotonous ... .
The OjaiMusicFestival runs June 5 to June 8.The event traditionally draws between 3,000 and 5,000 people. Pulitzer Prize winner Susie Ibarra, set to perform multiple times at the Ojai Music Festival, is still getting used to the accolades.