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Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra

4000 Middlefield Road #M1
Palo Alto , CA 94303
650-856-3848 | Fax: 650-856-3847

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The Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra (PACO) is an award-winning youth orchestra for regional string musicians of highschool age and younger. The emphasis on chamber music uniquely sets PACO apart from other youth orchestras in the Bay Area and the nation and lies at the core of its educational success. Also unique is the orchestra’s highly personalized commitment to both student and community. PACO was founded in 1966 by local violinist,...

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PACO was founded in 1966 by local violinist, teacher and conductor William Whitson, who served as the orchestra’s music director for thirty-six years. It is composed of five ensembles of approximately twenty-five members each who rehearse weekly and perform throughout the year, presenting an extraordinary level of music-making and commitment to their art. Its members have frequent opportunities to perform chamber music, including a summer chamber music workshop that attracts faculty from across the country. Community outreach programs bring smaller ensembles into venues around the Bay Area, including local charitable organizations.

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	46th Season Second Concert - Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra Presented by Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra at Dinkelspiel Auditorium - Stanford University December 17, 2011 The Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra will perform their second concert of the season celebrating two famous Viennese composers of the Classical and Romantic eras. The program features Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra talented alumna Dina Glendening-Keller performing Beethoven’s titanic Piano Concerto #5 (“Emperor”), coupled with his Coriolan Overture. The concert also presents Felix Mendelssohn’s brilliant Italian Symphony, which warmly and charmingly 46th Season Second Concert - Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra Presented by Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra at Dinkelspiel Auditorium - Stanford University December 17, 2011 Event Rating (0 votes)
	Sinfonia of the Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra's 46th Season First Concert Presented by Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra at Cubberley Community Center Theatre November 13, 2011 Under the direction of music director Benjamin Simon, Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra's Sinfonia Orchestra will present the first concert of the season with a program of emotive and uplifting works in a friendly environment. The concert will proudly feature Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra's 2010 Concerto Competition Winners, violinist Angela The and violist Tessera Chin, performing Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat Major for Violin and Viola, K. 364. The program will also Sinfonia of the Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra's 46th Season First Concert Presented by Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra at Cubberley Community Center Theatre November 13, 2011 Event Rating (0 votes)
	Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra's 46th Season First Concert Presented by Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra at Cubberley Community Center Theatre October 29, 2011 The Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra will perform their first concert of the 2011-2012 season. PACO's concert will feature tuba virtuoso Forrest Byram performing Mozart’s delightful Horn Concerto #1. The program also presents Dvorak’s famous Serenade for Strings, and the first of Handel’s twelve wonderful Opus 6 concerti grossi. PACO Music Director Ben Simon will be conducting this concert. Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra's 46th Season First Concert Presented by Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra at Cubberley Community Center Theatre October 29, 2011 Event Rating (0 votes)
	Sinfonia - Orchestra Concert Presented by Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra at Dinkelspiel Auditorium - Stanford University June 5, 2011 See young talent from the San Francisco Peninsula shine as the winners of the 2010 PACO Concerto Competition are showcased in this signature event. Ranging in age from ten to fourteen years old, their music will move you, their enthusiasm will inspire you, and their collective performances are sure to leave you feeling uplifted. Also on the program is a selection of string orchestra pieces from around the world, including Russia, China, Czechoslovakia, England, and the United States. This Sinfonia - Orchestra Concert Presented by Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra at Dinkelspiel Auditorium - Stanford University June 5, 2011 Event Rating (0 votes)
	Euro Zone - Orchestral Concert Presented by Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra June 4, 2011 Teddy Abrams returns to PACO with a program of masterpieces from England and Norway. Edvard Grieg’s Holberg Suite and Edward Elgar’s Serenade for Strings are old friends, too, and Gerald Finzi’s seldom-heard Bagatelles for Clarinet and String Orchestra will delight you. Tonight's American entry is the world premiere of PACO’s sixth Youth-for-Youth commission, a brand new work for string orchestra by Elizabeth Ogonek, a student at USC’s Euro Zone - Orchestral Concert Presented by Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra June 4, 2011 Event Rating (0 votes)

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