ALL-AGE HOLIDAY PLAY-ALONG ORCHESTRA

Are you bringing young people to the Holiday Play-Along?

Please sign up HERE by Friday 11/22 to help us plan for section chairs and music. 

Youngsters must be accompanied by a registered musician to join us for the final hour of our session, 4 to 5 pm.

Family and friends are welcome to join to sing-along.

THE MUSIC

• Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

• Shoreline to Skyline - Mvt. 1 - Shoreline Park

• Canadian Brass Christmas

• Chanukah, Festival of Lights Overture

• We'll play a selection from these holiday tunes in our last hour:
  Bring A Torch
  Carol of the Drum
  Christmas Holiday
  Rock, Rock Merrily on High
  Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
  Six short holiday tunes

Registration for the monthly session opens on the 1st of the month and closes on the Friday before the session at 4 pm.

SIGN UP HERE FOR THE SESSION, RESERVE YOUR CHAIR, MAKE YOUR PAYMENT, AND GET YOUR MUSIC!

THE MUSIC

• Sleeper’s Wake

• Shoreline to Skyline

• Dvorak Slavonic Dance #4  

• Pit and the Pendulum

• Funeral March of the Marionettes

• Masquerade Waltz

Registration for the monthly session opens on the 1st of the month and closes on the Friday before the session at 4 pm.

SIGN UP HERE FOR THE SESSION, RESERVE YOUR CHAIR, MAKE YOUR PAYMENT, AND GET YOUR MUSIC!

THE MUSIC

• WATER MUSIC

• BEFORE THE FROST

• SHORELINE TO SKYLINE

• SLAVIANA

• INDIFFERENT ITINERANT 

• JAMES BOND THEME

Registration for the monthly session opens on the 1st of the month and closes on the Friday before the session at 4 pm.

SIGN UP HERE FOR THE SESSION, RESERVE YOUR CHAIR, MAKE YOUR PAYMENT, AND GET YOUR MUSIC!

THE MUSIC

• Themes from The Creation

• Tournament of Temperaments

• Slavonic Dance No. 3

• Power of the Dream

• Mary Poppins

SIGN UP HERE FOR THE SESSION, RESERVE YOUR CHAIR, MAKE YOUR PAYMENT, AND GET YOUR MUSIC!

NOTE: The registration deadline for the session is Friday, June 21st at 4 pm.

Your family and friends are welcome to join us at the session!
We will play music from 2 to 4:15 pm. Following that, we will transition to a social break on the patio, and then we will show our documentary film at 4:30 pm in the main room for those who missed watching the film premiere in May.

the music

• Chorale and Fugue (Bach/Marcelli) 

• Peer Gynt Suite (Grieg/Pfortner) 

• Symph 5, Finale (Shostakovich/Bulla) 

• Into the Storm (Smith/McCashin) 

• Russian Sailor’s Dance (Gliere/Isaac)

• Take Five (Desmond/Cerulli)

SIGN UP HERE FOR THE SESSION, RESERVE YOUR CHAIR, MAKE YOUR PAYMENT, AND GET YOUR MUSIC!

MAKE SURE TO SIGN UP BY 4 PM ON FRIDAY, MAY 24TH!

TACO DOCuMENTARY FILM PREMIER

Join us

Sunday, May 5, 2024
2 pm • Film and Q&A
3 to 4:30 pm • Reception 

WHERE:  
Showplace ICON Movie Theater 
2575 California Street (at San Antonio Road) 
Mountain View, CA 94040

FREE PARKING:  
There are three levels of free parking in the garage open to the public with easy elevator access to the theater. There is plenty of handicapped parking next to the theater in a covered garage on the ground level.

GET YOUR TICKETS NOW:
Admission to film and reception is $20 per person
Admission for children & students w/ID is$10 per person

EXTRAS:
One combo popcorn & soda tix is $10
One wine or beer tix is $10

Buy Your Tickets HERE

Five years in the making, local filmmakers Kevin Ohlson and Larry Baron have followed TACO since our biggest "TACO on the Green" in downtown Los Altos in the summer of 2018. Over the years they interviewed many TACO musicians and took hundreds of hours of footage.

They came to us with one question: "Why would anyone play with a group that calls themselves 'terrible'?"

Join us on May 5th to see how they answered their question. You'll have a chance to ask Kevin questions about their process of making this documentary film in a Q&A.

A celebration reception in the bar/restaurant of the theater will follow. Simple bites for all and no-host bar. Get your popcorn & soda, beer & wine tickets too, available in advance and at the door, one hour before showtime.

Limited seating. GET YOUR TICKETS NOW!

If you cannot join us on May 5th and would like to make a donation to help offset the production cost, click here to donate.

Thank you for your support! Hope to see you at the film premier and celebration!

The music

• Italian Masters Suite (Vivaldi, Corelli, Scarlatti)

• Mozart Symphony 36, 1st Mvt. (arr by Meyer)

• Finlandia (arr by Goldsmith)

• Variations on a Theme by Haydn (Brahms arr by Whitney)

• Clarinet Candy (by Leroy Anderson)

• Concerto Gross for 3 Kazoos and Orchestra (by Robert Hirsch)

SIGN UP HERE FOR THE SESSION, RESERVE YOUR CHAIR, MAKE YOUR PAYMENT, AND GET YOUR MUSIC!

MAKE SURE TO SIGN UP BY 4 PM ON FRIDAY, april 26TH!

THE MUSIC

• Greensleeves/O Savior Sweet (Bach)

• Granada

• Dubinushka – Rimsky-Korsakov

• Brahms Symphony 4, Mvt. 4

• Slavonic Legend

• For All We Know

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MAKE SURE TO SIGN UP BY 4 PM ON FRIDAY, March 22TH!

the music

• Canticle of Praise

• Soldier's Chorus from Faust

• Slavonic Dance No. 1

• Erin Isle Sketches

• The Moldau

• The Doors on Tour

SIGN UP HERE FOR THE SESSION, RESERVE YOUR CHAIR, MAKE YOUR PAYMENT, AND GET YOUR MUSIC!

MAKE SURE TO SIGN UP BY 4 PM ON FRIDAY, February 16TH!

The music

• At the Church

• Abduction from the Seraglio

• Carmen Suite (arr. Kennedy)

• Slavonic March

• In the Bleak Midwinter

• Moon River

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Make sure to sign up by 4 pm on Friday, January 26th!

THE MUSIC

• A Carol Festival 

• Bring a Torch

• Carol of the Drum

• Christmas Holiday

• French Christmas Suite

• Jingle Beguine

• Concerto for 4 Horns in F & Orchestra by Carl Heinrich Hubler (1st movt)
  with special guests

SIGN UP HERE FOR THE SESSION, RESERVE YOUR CHAIR, MAKE YOUR PAYMENT, AND GET YOUR MUSIC!

Make sure to sign up by 4 pm on Friday, November 24th!

Note: TACO will not be hosting a public sing-along this year on the Mountain View Civic Center Plaza.

the music

• Concertata

• Beethoven Symphony 7, Mvt. 2

• Carmen Suite (Edited by Kennedy)

• Also Sprach Zarathustra

• Danse Macabre

• Rockin' Halloween

• Titanic

SIGN-UP HERE FOR THE SESSION, RESERVE YOUR CHAIR, MAKE YOUR PAYMENT, AND GET YOUR MUSIC!

Make sure to sign up by 4 pm on Friday, October 27!

The music

• Little Baroque Suite (Kirnberger arr. Scarmolin)

• Andante and Allegro from Viennese Sonatina (Mozart arr. Barnes)

• Academic Festival Overture (Brahms arr. Mueller)

• Sound of Norway (Grieg arr. Forsblad-Livingston)

• Whole Lot of Symphony Themes (arr. Wagner)

• Best of the Beatles (arr. Custer)

SIGN-UP HERE FOR THE SESSION, RESERVE YOUR CHAIR, MAKE YOUR PAYMENT, AND GET YOUR MUSIC!

Make sure to sign up by 4 pm on Friday, September 22nd!

The Music

• Song of Jupiter by GF Handel

• American Frontier (medley arr by Custer) 

• Children of Sanchez   (Chuck Mangione)

• Out of Africa (John Barry)

• Lady Gaga Dance Mix (arr by Ted Ricketts)

• Finale (Very relaxed version of Beethoven Symphony No. 5)

SIGN-UP HERE FOR THE SESSION, RESERVE YOUR CHAIR, MAKE YOUR PAYMENT, AND GET YOUR MUSIC!

Make sure to sign up by 4 pm on Friday, June 23rd!

TACO will play at the Golden Gate Band Festival on Sunday, June 11th at 3 pm in the Spreckels Temple of Music (AKA The Bandshell) on the Music Concourse in Golden Gate Park. You might be asking yourself, how did TACO get invited to participate? That is the question of the season!

Free and open to listeners, friends and family. 🎶 Join in the fun!!! 🎶

The Music

• Overture from the Magic Flute by Mozart, arr Meyer

• Turkish March by Beethoven, ed by Rosenhaus

• Farandole by Bizet, arr Isaac

• Masquerade Waltz by Khachaturian

• Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head by Bacharach arr Gordon

• Everything is Beautiful by Ray Stevens, arr Lehmeier

• Viva la Vida by Coldplay, arr Waters

Sign-Up here for the Session, Reserve your chair, Make your payment, and Get your Music!

Make sure to sign up by 4 pm on Friday, May 26th!

Join us for TACO Day of Giving on 4.23.23!

We're only 13 donors away from our goal of 100 (we had 93 last year). Your contribution not only helps us meet our participation goal but also demonstrates the community’s support of TACO and increases our chance of receiving grant funding for our program.

Spread the word, donate, or engage with us online - we appreciate your support!
 

CLICK HERE TO DONATE

and don’t forget to check with your employer to see if they will match your donation and double your impact!

Thanks for considering being a part of TACO Day of Giving!

THE MUSIC  

• Greensleeves  ~ new arrangement of this popular tune by Philip Gordon

• In a Persian Market ~ a period piece by Albert Ketèlbey

• Royal March of the Lions ~ Saint-Saens from Carnival of the Animals

• Lord of the Rings ~ The Fellowship of the Ring

• Gabriel's Oboe ~ Richard (soprano sax) will add some jazzy improv

• Siboney ~ Cuban composer Ernesto Lecuona 

THE MUSIC  

• Folk Fantasia (by Walter Watson ~ We'll warm up with this first before moving to the more difficult Frescobaldi)

• Toccata by Frescobaldi (A Renaissance/Baroque piece written in the mid-1600's)

• Schubert Symphony No. 8 Mvt. 1 (Classic aka the Unfinished Symphony)

• Flight of Valor (Commission by composer James Swearingen; Take a look at this before you come, lots of interesting challenges.) 

• American Folk Rhapsody (4 folk tunes arranged by Clare Grundman)

• Close to You (Love song made famous by the Carpenters, composed by Burt Bacharach)

THE MUSIC

• Come, Blessed Peace

• Schubert Minuetto from 5th Symphony

• Brahm’s Hungarian Dances #5 & 6, arr Ryden

• Artist’s Life Waltz

• Blue Danube Waltz

• Don’t Cry For Me Argentina

The Music

• Three Songs for Christmas, a medley by Clare Grundman

• Christmas Festival, a medley by Leroy Anderson 

• Silver Bells

• Deck the Halls

• The First Noel

• Winter Wonderland, arr by Herfurth

• Hanukkah Festival, a medley by Bernotas

• Hanukkah in Santa Monica, arr by our own Elaine Miller

• Here We Come A'Caroling

• It Came Upon the Midnight Clear

• Joy to the World

• The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)

• 12 Days of Christmas (you only need from measure.109 to the end of your part)

• Santa Claus is Coming to Town

• Dreidel Song (the first tune only from the Chanukah Festival of Lights medley)

• Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer

• Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

the music

• Hungarian Dance 5 & 6

• March of the Meistersingers

• Masquerade Waltz

• Midnight Beguine

• Celebration 

• Pirates of the Carribbean Black Pearl

The music

• Sarabande and Variations by Handel - New! 

• Mozart Symphony 25 - (we'll play all four movements)

• Beethovens Fifth Symphony, Finale arranged by Leidig (an arrangement from our library we've never played before)

• Pirates of the Caribbean, Black Pearl, No. 1

• Celebration by Meyer - New!

• La Spagnola - New!