2009 | 2010 Concert Season

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Auditions We are now accepting applications for auditions for the PACO 2010-2011 Season. To request an audition, please click on audition registration.

Application deadline is April 5th.
Auditions will be held on Sunday, April 25th.

If you have additional questions, please call (650) 856-3848 or send an email to info@pacomusic.org.

Youth-for-Youth Calling young composers
21 years old or younger
$500 commissioning grant plus performances.

Deadline for submission is May 1, 2010.

Click here for details.
Chamber Music For Hire Please call (650) 856-3848 or email for more information.

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Contact Us We are located at:

4000 Middlefield Road, #M1
Palo Alto, California 94303

Phone (650) 856-3848
Email: info@pacomusic.org

Welcome

...from the Music Director, Benjamin Simon

"Without music, life would be a mistake" Goethe

And who are we to argue with the great German writer and philosopher Johann Wolfgang von Goethe? But I would also argue the reverse: without life, music is not worth a darn! It takes life - energy, enthusiasm, skill, dedication, and experience - to make music, which in turn bestows beauty, excitement, challenge, and satisfaction upon its performers and listeners. The 125 extraordinary young musicians that comprise PACO's five orchestras know this well; it is what keeps them in their seats, pulling horsehair across beautifully carved pieces of wood, memorizing Mozart or tuning Tchaikovsky.

Music is slowly but surely becoming indispensable in all of their lives; a gift that will follow them in their journey through this perilous and beautiful world.

The passion of youth. The joy of music-making. Come hear PACO for yourself, and make no mistake about it.

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2009-2010 Season Partners



Foothill College Arts Alliance
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