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TACO Celebrates End of Season

TACO launches summer with a musical gathering on Sunday, June 26 at the new Los Altos Community Center in the Grand Oak Room. The session is free and open to the public. Listeners are welcome to sit on the open air patio to hear the orchestra rehearse. Registered musicians will Read more…

By Cathy Humphers Smith, 53 years7 months ago
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Life is Better with Live Music!

VIRTUAL PROJECTS  During the pandemic, we created several virtual projects which helped us feel connected to each other and contributed to the community. Our holiday concert of 10 songs was played on local cable programming directed to isolated seniors during the holidays. We collaborated with the digital student artists at Freestyle Read more…

By Cathy Humphers Smith, 53 years1 year ago
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TACO is BACK!

MUSIC IS BACK! After a year and a half of suspended activities, it was amazing to get together on July 4th for a large, celebratory afternoon of music making. It was awesome to play great music together again and to see friends, in person, connecting around this fun day after being apart for so Read more…

By Cathy Humphers Smith, 53 years1 year ago
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TACO in the New York Times (more relevant is to read the article by Tim Wu!)

From Wednesday, October 10, 2018, published in the Opinion Section of the New York Times, both online and in print ~ To the Editor: Re “In Praise of Mediocrity,” by Tim Wu (Sunday Review, Sept. 30): As the founder, director and conductor of the Terrible Adult Chamber Orchestra, I found Tim Read more…

By Cathy Humphers Smith, 53 years4 years ago
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TACO on the GREEN – Music on the Streets

  AUGUST SUMMER MUSIC  We’re into August and a highly anticipated week of TACO summer fun! We’ll gather on Sunday, August 5th from 2 to 5 pm at the LAYC to get comfortable with a set-list of familiar favorites. Our usual format including music and appetizers, we’ll play through 12 tunes and Read more…

By Cathy Humphers Smith, 53 years4 years ago
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Play with your Food ~ A fundraiser for TACO

We have launched a fundraiser to support the orchestra! We envision a cookbook full of delicious recipes and look forward to your contributions. Send in your family favorites and recipes that you associate with holidays, music and life events. Invite your family and friends to contribute to our (more…)

By Cathy Humphers Smith, 53 years5 years ago
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HOLIDAY SING-ALONG with TACO!

We host our annual Holiday Sing-Along following our rehearsal on Sunday, Nov. 26th. The community is invited to join us for this festive launch to the holiday season, from 4 to 5 pm, followed with cider and cookies. We’ll play medleys of Christmas carols, Hannukah tunes, including secular and popular Read more…

By Cathy Humphers Smith, 53 years5 years ago
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Orchestra Musician Body Warm-ups, Why not?

Whether you call yourself an athlete or you just occasionally go to the gym, most likely you do warm ups before you exercise. If you go on a run or a hike, you stretch and warm-up your legs before and after you (more…)

By Cathy Humphers Smith, 53 years6 years ago
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TACO Pop-Up Orchestra on the “Green” a Huge Success! Summer 2016

A warm, sunny evening, children playing and people wandering the streets, bright umbrellas and colorful Adirondack chairs were the backdrop for the orchestra setting up on the green. August’s First Friday coincided with (more…)

By Cathy Humphers Smith, 53 years6 years ago
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Music Education

If you are reading this, there’s a chance you are a musician. And whether you are an accomplished professional or an amateur, you are able to read and play music. Think about how you learned to do it and who taught you. (more…)

By Cathy Humphers Smith, 53 years7 years ago

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Recent posts
  • TACO Celebrates End of Season
  • Life is Better with Live Music!
  • TACO is BACK!
  • TACO Cancels events until further notice
  • TACO 10th Anniversary Year
  • Intro to Orchestra
  • Taquitos Signup Form
  • TACO in the New York Times (more relevant is to read the article by Tim Wu!)
  • Meditation as played by TACO
  • TACO on the GREEN – Music on the Streets
Articles In The Press
  • Los Altos Town Crier 03/29/2012
  • San Jose Mercury News 06/22/2012
  • Verde Magazine 4/11/2016
  • Palo Alto Weekly 3/24/2017
  • Violinist.com 12/23/2020
  • MidPeninsula Post 7/22/2021
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