Welcome to 2020-2021 School year. My name is Toru Tagawa, and I am the Orchestra Teacher for Canyon del Oro High School, Cross Middle School and Harelson Elementary School. Please find your school name on links on the top to go to your school Orchestra site. You will find your Google Classroom Codes, Remind Code and Orchestra Handbook. Looking forward to seeing all of you on Zoom, then hopefully in person in the near future. Mr. Tagawa
School Instrument
5/6/20
School Instrument update. Those of you who are coming back (or moving up) to CDO, Cross or Harelson, you may keep your instrument during the summer, please let me know if you are intending to do so. If you want to return the instrument for the summer, or you are moving school next year, or not continuing with Orchestra next year for any reasons, please let me know, and we will find a way for you to return the instrument to school. Thank you. Please e-mail Mr. Tagawat at ttagawa@amphi.com
Welcome to 2019-2020 School Year
We are now on Google Classroom as of 3/25/20.
First week was a trial week, so all of you received full credit. From 3/30/20, assignment will be graded. (Minimum 4 check boxes, total 10 points, one task counts as 1 point, so lowest grade will be 6, and highest is 10)
You must be able to check 4 boxes on Orchestra E-learning sheet every week in order to receive full point. (Total, 10 points each week). . Please turn in through Google Classroom by filling out the Google Form, if not, please turn in a picture of the OrchestraE-Learning4Form and send it to ttagawa@amphi.com. If picture is not possible, you can send what you have done in email.(For example, Played for Family (Parents, Siblings, Dogs, Cats, etc), Composed a song (Song title), Learned a piece by ear(Song Title), Practiced with Youtube lesson (Link), etc).
Assignment is due every Friday at 12pm.
Please sign up for google classroom. Go to classroom.google.com and click Go to Classroom. Join Class,
Symphonic Orchestra Code is 2cnkh6w
Concert Orchestra Code is c4knaha
Cross Intermediate Orchestra Class Code: t2e72jg
Cross Advanced Orchestra Class Code: g6zlwwa
Harelson Advanced Class Code: ps7gnx2
Harelson Beginning Class Code: n44dmcj
Useful Site about Violin, Viola, Cello, and Bass playing. Including Posture to Vibrato go to
Violin: https://sites.google.com/a/ncssm.edu/slairdclass/orchestra/violin-instruction
Viola: https://sites.google.com/a/ncssm.edu/slairdclass/orchestra/viola-instruction Watch the Violin Instruction for Posture, Vibrato, how to change strings, etc.
Cello: https://sites.google.com/a/ncssm.edu/slairdclass/orchestra/cello-instruction
Bass: https://sites.google.com/a/ncssm.edu/slairdclass/orchestra/bass-instruction
Play Along with Brian Balmages Music. (Scroll down and find (The Abandoned Funhouse, Burst, Woodsplitter Fanfare, Rhythm Dance).
Alternative Style with Christian Howes,
How to Tune The Violin/Viola (Do not use the Pegs if you don’t need to)
How to Tune The Cello. (Do not use the Pegs if you don’t need to)
April 3 – 6 (Fri-Mon) Orchestra Spring Trip, LA, Rose Center Theater, (4/4). Cancelled.
May 12 (Tue) Final Concert at 6:30pm, CDO Auditorium, Cancelled.
Full Orchestra: Dvorak Symphony No.8 IV: Dvorak8IVStrings, Dvorak8IVFlObClBs Dvorak8IVHnTrTbnTuTimp
Last Movement Starts 27min. 48 second.
May 15 (Fri) Honors Assembly at 6pm, CDO Auditorium, Cancelled.
CDO/Cross Concert May 14, 2019@6:30pm
CDO HS and Cross MS’s Final Concert is on May 14th, 2019 at 6:30pm.
Canyon del Oro High School, Auditorium, 25 W. Calle Concordia, Oro Valley. (Fine Arts Building is located SW Corner of the Campus)
Free and open to the public.
Cross Middle School Intermediate Orchestra
Mytho by Soon Hee Newbold
Centrifuge by Kathryn Griesinger
Cross Middle School Advanced Orchestra
Geometric Dances by Richard Meyer, III. Traiangle Dance
Brandenburg Concerto No.5 By J. S Bach/Isaac
Cross MS Orchestra Combined
Pirates of the Caribbean
By Badelt/Richetts
Canyon del Oro High School Concert Orchestra
A Pirate’s Legend by Soon Hee Newbold
Canyon del Oro High School Symphonic Orchestra
Nabucco Overture by Giuseppe Verdi/Monday
Senior Solos by
Aidan Burgess (Love’s Greeting by Elgar)
Tania Carvajal (Romance by Debussy)
Jorja Overbey (Duos Concertants No.1 by Charles-Auguste de Beriot) with Mr.Tagawa
Kai Skaggs (Tzigane by Ravel)
Spencer Sullivan (Swan by Saint-Saens)
Gillian Gessner (Meditation from Thais by Massenet)
The Best of Queen (Combined HS Orchestra)
Dvorak’s Symphony no.9, IV. (Full Orchestra)
2018-2019 Concert Dates
CDO Orchestra and Cross Middle School Orchestra Concerts for 2018-2019 School Year will be
December 12 (Wed) CDO Feeder Concert at 6pm, CDO Auditorium
March 11 (Mon) Spring Concert at 6:30pm, CDO Auditorium
May 14 (Tue) Final Concert at 6:30pm, CDO Auditorium
Concert Order will be Cross Middle School (Intermediate, Advanced), then CDO (Concert, Symphonic) (December Concert order will be Elementary, Middle, HS)
Wonderful Trip, 3/15-3/18
CDO Orchestra and Band Traveled to Anaheim, CA to perform at the Heritage Festival at Rose Center Theater on 3/16/18. Both Orchestras and Bands performed well, and received numerous awards. Symphonic Orchestra and Wind Ensemble Received Gold 1st Place, also receiving Adjudicators Awards, and invitation to the Festivals of Gold. Concert Orchestra and Symphonic Band Received Silver Awards. Band scored highest in the Band category and received the Outstanding Ensemble award. We scored highest points for the top Orchestra and Band combined, and received Instrumental Sweepstake Award, Kai Skaggs, Violin, Gabby Cioca and Ashton Rowe received the Maestro Award for performing Solos. We also attended a concert performed by Pacific Symphony Orchestra, with Pinchas Zuckerman as violin soloist at Segerstrom Concert Hall, and spend a day at the Disneyland, and visited Little Tokyo on the way back. We had a wonderful time. Thank you all for your support!
Spring Concert, March 14, 7pm
Spring Concert is on March 14th at 7pm. CDO Auditorium
Instagram account: cdoorchestraboosterclub
Winter Concert, December 11@7pm
Winter Concert of the CDO Orchestra is on December 11@7pm @Canyon del Oro High School Auditorium. We are looking for your help in making gift baskets as our fundraiser. Thank you
Fall Concert, October 9, 2017
Fall Concert is October 9, 2017 at 7pm.
Canyon del Oro High School, Auditorium
25 W. Calle Concordia, Oro Valley. (auditorium is located SW corner of the campus, park on the West Parking Lot)
November 11, 2017. We have CDO HS Orchestra Fundraising Concert
11.11.2017 @2pm. Grace St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 2331 E. Adams Street, Tucson, AZ
Schedule of Concerts/Festival 2017-2018
Schedule of Concerts/Festival for CDO Orchestra (ABODA Festival is for Symphonic Only)
October 9 (Mon) Fall Concert at 7pm, Auditorium (6:30pm Call)
October 20 (Fri) ABODA Festival, Canceled
November 3, Deadline for sign up for Regional Orchestra Audition for CDO students.
($20 application fee, payable to CDO, memo: Orchestra audition)
December 11 (Mon) Winter Concert at 7pm (6:30pm Call)
December 19 (Tue) Final
January 27 (Sat) Regional Auditions, University of Arizona
February 16(Fri) and 17(Sat) AMEA Regional Festival (Participants only)
February 27 (tue) ABODA Festival at Desert Mountain High School, Scottsdale (Changed)
March 10 (Sat) AMEA All State Audition, Phoenix
March 14 (Wed) Spring Concert at 7pm (6:30pm Call)
March 15-18 (Thu-Sun) Orchestra Spring Trip to Los Angeles, CA
April 5 (Thu), CDO Feeder Concert at 6:00pm
April 19-21 (Thu-Sat), All-State Festival, University of Arizona (Participants only)
April26 (Thu) ABODA All State Festival, Symphonic Orchestra Only, Phoenix
May 14 (Mon) Final Concert, CDO Auditorium at 7pm (5:30pm call)
May 15 (Tue) Orchestra Banquet 6pm – 8pm at MPR
May 23 (Tue) Final