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Cross/CDO Orchestras
12/7/22@6:30pm

Cross/CDO and Feeder Concert (Harelson, Donaldson, Mesa Verde)
3/1/22@6pm

Cross/CDO Final Concert
5/10@6pm

Welcome back to the new school year. I am very excited to start the new year.

For CDO HS info, go to https://cdoorchestra.com/cdo/

For Cross MS info, go to https://cdoorchestra.com/cross/

For Harelson ES info, go to https://cdoorchestra.com/harelson/

Thank you, Toru Tagawa, Orchestra Director

Canyon del Oro High School, and Cross Middle School Orchestra’s Final Concert

May 11 @6:30pm, Canyon del Oro High School Auditorium, 25 W. Calle Concorida, Oro Valley, AZ. (Auditorium is located SW corner of the Campus in the Fine Arts Building).
Free Admission

6:30pm- Cross Middle School Intermediate Orchestra, then Advanced Orchestra

7pm – Canyon del Oro High School Concert Orchestra
7:15pm – Canyon del oro High School Symphonic Orchestra featuring 9 Seniors as soloists. Vivaldi: Concerto for Two Violins, Saint-Saens: Allegro Appasionato, Haydn: Concerto in C, Bruch: Kol Nidrei, Morricone: Cinema Paradiso, Telemann: Viola Concerto, Mozarto: Violin Concerto No.3, Phillips: The Gentle Giant. Soloists: Emma Guzman, Lily Galvan, Fiona Merritt, Jordan Heaps, Noah Nelson, Miki Hernandez, Mackenna Webster, Chase Hammett and Aiden Dionise.

CDO Feeder Concert, featuring students from Donaldson, Harelson, Mesa Verde Elementary Schools, Cross Middle School and Canyon del Oro High School Orchestras.

Wednesday, March 2, 2022 @6pm

Canyon del Oro High School Auditorium

Admission: Free, mask required.

Time:

6pm : Elementary Orchestra

6:30pm: Cross Middle School Orchestra, (Intermediate then Advanced)

7pm: Canyon del Oro High School Orchestra, (Concert, Symphonic then Combined)

Please help us by donating your Arizona Tax Credit to CDO HS Orchestra. (2022, Competing at the Worldstrides Anaheim Music Heritage Festival)

Go to CDO Webpage/Quicklink/Bookstore  https://az-amphitheater.intouchreceipting.com/
User Name: Student ID Number  (You can sign in as a Guest!!)
Password: Last Name with Capital first letter
Go to : Shop,    Then Click: Item at student’s school
School Type – High School, then click: Canyon del Oro High School
Categories: CDO Tax Credits Donation

Find: Orchestra, type in the amount, then click buy, then go to Checkout (upper right corner), then pay with your credit card.  You will need to type in your address, credit card number.

Or You can send us the check
ArizonaTaxCreditDonationFormCDOHS
Please fill out the form, then print, Check payable to CDO, memo: Orchestra, and send it to
Canyon del Oro High School
Attn: Orchestra Director, Toru Tagawa
25 W. Calle Concordia, Oro Valley 85704

CDO/Cross Orchestra Concert will be on Wednesday, October 6, 2021 @6:30pm at Canyon del Oro High School Fine Arts Auditorium (25 W. Calle Concordia, Oro Valley). Please park in the West Parking lot. Concert is free and open to the public. Masks: Required to enter the building. Concert order: Cross Intermediate, Cross Advanced, CDO Concert, and CDO Symphonic Orchestras.

Dear Students and Parents,

              Welcome to the new school year. My name is Toru Tagawa, and this is my 13th year as the Orchestra Director at Canyon del Oro High School. I am looking forward to working with all of you and making great music. At CDO, we have two orchestras, the Concert Orchestra and the Symphonic Orchestra. The Concert Orchestra is open to intermediate level students, and the Symphonic Orchestra is only open to advanced students and audition is required.

In both orchestras, we will cover a variety of literature from J.S. Bach to full orchestra music. We will be learning about composers, scales, key signatures in addition to playing your instrument. 

Please read this handbook carefully and sign the online contract by August 17, 2021. Link is at Orchestra Handbook 2021-2022 Make sure to put your T-shirt size, you will receive one Orchestra T-shirt. We will make T-shirts after we are able to meet in person. 

Symphonic Orchestra meets in the 2nd Period.

Concert Orchestra meets in the 3rd Period. 

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me. 

Sincerely,   

Toru Tagawa, ttagawa@amphi.com, 520-696-5797

Director: CDO Orchestra       

For Orchestra handbook, instrumental rental form, go to https://cdoorchestra.com/cdo/

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

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).

https://www.smartmusic.com/brian-balmages/?fbclid=IwAR2PxgpR6TPFnw8xU8xO4cczsXdaAPr228Bd4GxCTSMe27lwsneGQpgBomc

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.