A key feature of the 2025 Orange Chamber Music Festival was the community event, Cultured, a free day of music in the cultural precinct on Saturday, March 8,

The idea behind Cultured is to take classical music out of the concert hall and make it more accessible to people with more informal performances.

Our OC Life photographer caught the debut performance of the newly established Cultured Youth Orchestra and the Wula Gurray Children’s Choir who performed an Australia-themed program at the Orange Civic Theatre. They then ventured over to the Orange Regional Gallery for a specially curated performance by alumni of the acclaimed Australian Chamber Orchestra.