Christmas cheer from TACO

[calimac]

It's here. For weeks or months now (I've lost track), the Terrible Adult Chamber Orchestra - the confessedly amateur group with which B. has been playing violin - has been planning a series of socially distanced videos of arrangements of carols and Christmas songs. Each player made their own videos at home to the beat of videos of the conductor, submitted them online (and didn't that turn out to be technically difficult), and what turned out to be some pretty talented editors put them together.

Here's the results. It's not really bad for an amateur group. It's a heck of a lot better than TACO sounds live, I can assure you of that; I was actually pretty impressed. Those who know her, spot B. among the violins!

Comments

[sturgeonslawyer]

A coworker of mine (Chiye "Meg" Yamamoto) plays viola in TACO and posted links to these a couple of days ago. Fun!

[wild_patience]

At least we're honest in our name. As you know, Bob, our sections are not what you would expect in a professional (or any normal) orchestra either. We typically have a flock of flutes and a cavalcade of cellos. I've counted 11 flutes and 14 cellos at one session. And 4 second violins. The oboist who gives the A for tuning gives the shakiest A I've ever heard, but it's all good fun.