The De Anza College Orchestra

Welcome to the home page of the De Anza College orchestra. Registration for Spring quarter is now under way.

Winter 2009 Concerts

Chamber Ensembles

Concert on Thursday, Feb. 5th, 8PM, in room A-31.

Vivaldi, Sonata in A for guitar, harpsichord, and continuo
Beethoven, Quartet No. 4 in C Minor, Op. 18, No. 4

Sheet music with all 4 parts

Haydn, Quartet No. 63 in B-flat Major, Op. 76, No. 4

Sheet music with all 4 parts

Brandenburg Cto. #3 in G Major, Bach

String Orchestra

Sunday, March 15, 7:30PM (poster)
Visual and Performing Arts Center, De Anza College
(map -- blue in the upper right)
$10 General / $5 students & seniors

Winter, from Vivaldi's Four Seasons
Cantata #49, "Ich geh und suche mit Verlangen" (I go and seek with longing), by Bach

Notes from Emmanuel Music
Text and translation

Cantata #140, "Wachet Auf" (Sleepers, Wake), by Bach, selections

Notes from Bach Choir of Bethlehem
Text and translation

Sunday, March 22, 3:00PM
Visual and Performing Arts Center, De Anza College
$10 General / $5 students, etc

Gloria, by Vivaldi
other choral works (w/o orchestra; details)

De Anza is at Stevens Creek and Highway 85. Bike and car parking are available and the VTA #23 stops right between our practice and performance spaces.

Joining in the fun

You should register! 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

Our very own Bay Area Community Advertising guide
ArkivMusic.com's iTunes links help find classical music on iTunes
Example concert invitations (invite your friends!): fall 2005, spring 2004.