Welcome to the home page of the De Anza College Chamber Orchestra.
We recently began our Winter Quarter. If you play bassoon, trumpet,
oboe, horn, or clarinet, could use you this quarter. If you want to
look at the music, public domain editions of three out our five pieces
are available below.
Directions
We practice in De Anza College's A-31
(campus)
which is near Stelling and Stevens Creek in Cupertino (map).
Car and bike parking are available. Additionally, the VTA #23 stops right between our practice and
performance spaces.
Winter 2010 Music
- Beethoven, Choral Fantasy
- Beethoven, Triple Concerto (Opus 56)
- Handel, Israel in Egypt - (music was handed out in class)
- Johann Strauss, Jr., Overture to Der Zigeunerbaron (The Gypsy Baron)
- Michael Senturia, Variations on a Theme of Beethoven
(Symphony #7's Andante)
(We had tested out the fourth movement of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony,
but that won't be happening this quarter.)
Concert and Critical Rehearsal Dates
("VPAC" is the Visual and Performing Arts Center in the northeast corner of
De Anza's campus)
- VPAC rehearsal - Thursday, March 4th,
7:00-10:00pm in the VPAC
- non-VPAC dress rehearsal - Thursday, March 11th,
7:00-10:00pm in A-31
- pre-rehearsal - Sunday, March 14th, 5:00pm in the VPAC
- concert #1 - Sunday, March 14th, 7:30pm in the VPAC
-
dress rehearsal #2 -
Thursday, March 18th, 7:00-10:00pm in the VPAC
-
concert #2 (w/chorus) - Saturday, March 20th, 7:30pm in the VPAC
Online Groups
- Dacoperforms
is the Yahoo group used to post announcements to orchestra members.
It also contains member-specific files like our roster and other
class documents.
- Our Facebook page
Joining in the fun
You should register for Winter Quarter
2010! If you are already in the orchestra, put up one of these recruiting posters wherever you work or
play.
Feel free to contact the communications manager, Soren Spies, (sspies+daco@bigw.org) or the
director, Loren Tayerle (dacoperforms@yahoo.com) with any
questions. Prior orchestral experience is helpful but not required.
Schedule
We practice from 7pm-10pm on Thursday nights in De Anza's room A-31 (inside
the shaded building "A3" on this campus map -- note the
big parking structure -- parking is $2). De Anza itself is at Stevens
Creek and Highway 85 (directions).
Resources
Links
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