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Northern Westchester's Local Professional Orchestra!

Join us as we complete our

search for a new music director!

2020/2021 TCO Concerto Competition Winners Announced!

We are happy to announce the winners of our 5th annual Concerto Competition!

Despite the pandemic, and a postponement of last year's competition, we were thrilled to be able to hold the 2020/2021 Concerto Competition!

With the wonders of modern technology, we were able to perform the Semi and Final rounds via Zoom, and it went perfectly. We had a judge calling in from Michigan, contestants from practice rooms at Juilliard and a rehearsal space in China. It was truly a global affair!

As this year has been unique, so will this year's Concerto Winners' Concert, that we hope to perform in June of this year.

Due to COVID restrictions, our Senior Division First Place winner, Jiaxun Yao, will not be able to perform with us in this concert, as she is currently in China, and she will not be able to make it back in time for this concert. We have decided to have Jiaxun perform with us next season, when she is back studying, in person, at Juilliard.

In lieu of this "COVID story", we have decided to allow the second place winner, Vivian Chen, to perform with us for the June concert. This is a first for TCO and a very unique situation. We are very excited to have Vivian join Sean Yu, our Junior Division first place winner.

Congratulations to all of the Winners of this long-awaited finish to this year, and last year's Concerto Competition!

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Dear Friends of The Chappaqua Orchestra,

This year has been extremely difficult for arts organizations around the world, and as you are aware, The Chappaqua Orchestra (TCO) has not been immune. We held our last live concert on March 8th at the Tarrytown Music Hall. Music Director candidate Reuben Blundell lead TCO for a beautiful performance of works by women composers, celebrating International Women’s Day. March 8 was the last weekend before the COVID-19 shutdown in New York, and as a result, our concert attendance was very low. With two more concerts left in our 2019/2020 season, we had to cancel everything due to safety concerns. This included our Together in Music Family Concert, with Music Director candidate Barbara Yahr, celebrating children with special needs. We also had to postpone the final rounds of our 5th Annual Concerto Competition, along with our Concerto Winners Concert, with our final Music Director candidate, Teresa Cheung.

We sorely missed the opportunity to enjoy the sunset together and serenade you from the New Castle gazebo this summer. We used that time to record our first “virtual orchestra” performance, and we are proud to present it to you here: Music Director candidate Barbara Yahr conducts TCO in Edvard Grieg’s Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46, “In the Hall of the Mountain King”. All of the TCO musicians volunteered their time to record their parts for this exciting performance, we hope you enjoy!

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2020-2021 Season Update

We have continued the hard work of planning for our next season. As of this writing, we will not be able to have in-person concerts this fall. Instead, we will be working on a filmed Chamber Music series. We are hoping to have several chamber concerts, in various venues, without audience. We will film these concerts and distribute them on social media, local television and in email communications. If in-person concerts will be allowed in the new year, we are working on two concerts for spring 2021: the return of our Music is Science Family Concert (tentatively April 2021) and our postponed Concerto Winners Concert (tentatively May 2021).

Virtual Orchestra Giving Campaign

With the stoppage of all live performances in the tri-state area, many of our musicians have had to rely on unemployment just to make ends meet. We would like to offer any help we can to our colleagues, and believe that if we can raise approximately $10,000 in our Virtual Orchestra Giving Campaign, we will be able to compensate our performers for their contributions to these upcoming concerts and recordings.

Virtual Orchestra performances: $6,000

(3 performances at $2,000 each)

Virtual Chamber Music Series: $4,000

(4 performances at $1,000 each)

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We are hoping you will be able to help by contributing what you can to make these virtual events happen. We believe even though live performances have paused, we can continue to offer you the high quality performances you have come to expect from TCO in the comfort and safety of your own home. We are grateful for your continued support of these digital efforts.

Sincerely,

David Restivo

TCO Executive Director

Join the TCO Board!

Are the arts more important to you than ever before during this time of uncertainty? Consider joining the TCO Board! Meetings are approximately once a month (roughly the first Tuesday of the month) in the evenings during our concert season. We are currently conducting all Board meetings via Zoom. Please email chappaquaorchestraexecdirector@gmail.com if you would like more information.

TCO Board

Al Krull, President

Cynthia Peterson, Artistic Director, Chamber Series

David Restivo, Executive Director

Rebecca Quigley, Secretary

Rita Ross

Davis Knobloch

Adam Schommer

David Phelan, Technical Coordinator

Kathleen Feldman, Education Director

Robert Sherman, Artistic Advisor

TCO's Music Director Finalists!

Julie Desbordes

Concert - Nov 3, 2019

Greeley/Lincoln

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Reuben Blundell

Julie Desbordes

Concert - Mar 8, 2020

Women Composers Concert

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Teresa Cheung

Julie Desbordes

Teresa Cheung

Concert - May 10, 2020

Concerto Winners' Concert

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Barbara Yahr

Teresa Cheung

Concert - April 18, 2020

Together in Music

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Russell Ger

Barbara Yahr

Russell Ger

Concert - May 5, 2019

Concerto Winners Concert

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Northern Westchester's Local Professional Orchestra!

Northern Westchester's Local Professional Orchestra!

2020/2021 TCO Concerto Competition Winners Announced!

Sean Yu

Jiaxun Yao

Jiaxun Yao

Jiaxun Yao

Jiaxun Yao

Jiaxun Yao

Vivian Chen

TCO String Quartet

Antonín Dvořák - Quartets

"American Quartet"

"Slavonic Quartet"

Thermophily Brass Trio Concert!

Saint-Saens - The Carnival of the Animals

Grieg - Peer Gynt - In the Hall of the Mountain King

Dear Friends of The Chappaqua Orchestra,

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2020-2021 Season Update

Virtual Orchestra Giving Campaign

Virtual Orchestra performances: $6,000

(3 performances at $2,000 each)

Virtual Chamber Music Series: $4,000

(4 performances at $1,000 each)

Sincerely,

David Restivo

TCO Executive Director

Join the TCO Board!

TCO Board

Al Krull, President

Cynthia Peterson, Artistic Director, Chamber Series

David Restivo, Executive Director

Rebecca Quigley, Secretary

Rita Ross

Davis Knobloch

Adam Schommer

David Phelan, Technical Coordinator

Kathleen Feldman, Education Director

Robert Sherman, Artistic Advisor

2019 Winners' Concert - Senior Division - Jaein Kim

2019 Winners' Concert - Junior Division - Kento Hong

Season Sponsors

Season Sponsors

Cynthia Peterson and TCO Chamber Players

TCO Chamber Players

TCO's Music Director Finalists!

Julie Desbordes

Julie Desbordes

Julie Desbordes

Reuben Blundell

Julie Desbordes

Julie Desbordes

Teresa Cheung

Julie Desbordes

Teresa Cheung

Barbara Yahr

Barbara Yahr

Teresa Cheung

Russell Ger

Barbara Yahr

Russell Ger

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