Events
Spring Session #1
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!
SPECIAL EVENT
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
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!
Spring Session #2
the music (TBA)
Registration for the monthly session opens on the 1st of the month and closes on the Friday before the session at 4 pm.
Spring Session #3
THE MUSIC (TBA)
Registration for the monthly session opens on the 1st of the month and closes on the Friday before the session at 4 pm.
Winter Session #3
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!
Winter Session #2
the music
Canticle of Praise
Soldier's Chorus from Faust
Slavonic Dance No. 1
Erin Isle Sketches
The Moldau
The Doors on Tour
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MAKE SURE TO SIGN UP BY 4 PM ON FRIDAY, February 16TH!
Winter Session #1
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!
Fall Session #3
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.
Fall Session #2
the music
Concertata
Beethoven Symphony 7, Mvt. 2
Carmen Suite (Edited by Kennedy)
Also Sprach Zarathustra
Danse Macabre
Rockin' Halloween
Titanic
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Make sure to sign up by 4 pm on Friday, October 27!
Fall Session #1
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)
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Make sure to sign up by 4 pm on Friday, September 22nd!
Spring Session #2
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 at the Golden Gate Park Band Festival
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!!! 🎶
Spring Session #1
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!
TACO Day of Giving
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!
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!
Winter Session #3
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
Winter Session #2
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)
Winter Session #1
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
Holiday Sing-Along with invited chorus Peninsula Cantare
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
Fall Session #2
the music
Hungarian Dance 5 & 6
March of the Meistersingers
Masquerade Waltz
Midnight Beguine
Celebration
Pirates of the Carribbean Black Pearl
Fall Session #1
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!