Orchestra Directors- Become a CODA Member!
Annual membership is free and offers many benefits. Don’t forget to renew your 2018-2019 membership. CODA presents several honor orchestra experiences for school orchestra and band students in grades 7-12 throughout the school year. Check our website from time to time as we continue to provide opportunities to promote school orchestras in California.
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2018 CODA Honor Orchestra Audition Results
2018/19 Audition Excerpts and Applications
Due to the fires in Northern and Southern California, the deadline to submit auditions has been extended to:
December 8, 2018 at 11:59pm
If you were not directly affected by the fires, please do your best to adhere to the December 1 deadline.
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2018-19 CODA Events
The CODA Honor Orchestras, November 30-December 1, 2018, University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA
CODA Honors Symphony, Dr. Nicolas Waldvogel, Conductor
Symphony No. 2 by Johannes Brahms
CODA Honors String Orchestra, Toru Tagawa, Conductor
Academic Festival Overture by Johannes Brahms, arr. by Robert D. McCashin
Romance for String Orchestra by Gerald Finzi
Irish Legend by Robert Kerr, arr. by Soon Hee Newbold
The CODA All-State Honor Orchestras, February 14-17, 2019 at CASMEC in Fresno, CA
CODA High School All-State Symphony Orchestra, Dr. William LaRue Jones, Conductor
Overture to Die Fledermaus, by Johann Strauss, Jr.
Danzón No. 2, by Arturo Márquez
Finale from Symphony No. 2, by Sergei Rachmaninoff
CODA High School All-State String Orchestra, Dr. Thomas Lowenheim, Conductor
Italian Serenade for String Orchestra, by Hugo Wolf
Chamber Symphony in C minor, Op. 110a, by Dmitri Shostakovich
La Muerte del Angel, by Astor Piazzolla, arr. by Colon
CODA Junior High School All-State String Orchestra, Bob Phillips, Conductor
Sinfonia No. 2 in D Major, by Felix Mendelssohn, arr. by Moss
Seven Scottish Airs, by Gustav Holst, arr. by Phillips
Of Glorious Plumage, by Richard Meyer
Impact, by Bob Phillips
Ave Maria, by Giulio Caccini, arr. by Turner
CODA Board and General Membership Meetings
November 30, 2018 – CODA Board Meeting, University of the Pacific
December 1, 2018 – CODA General Membership Meeting, University of the Pacific
February, 2019 – CODA General Membership Meeting at CASMEC, Fresno (Time TBD)
February, 2019 – CODA Board Meeting at CASMEC, Fresno (Time TBD)
June 2019 – CODA Board Meeting (Details TBD)