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To contact us: Donations Gerry Norton (630) 303-1663 1517 Hillcrest Ct, Lombard, IL 60148 Bookings Clarence Reding (708) 909-7001 Membership Lori Davis (630) 935-7103 Senior Suburban Orchestra Email seniorsuburbanorchestra2000@gmail.com Senior Suburban Orchestra on Facebook |
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Our Director
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Dan Pasquale D’Andrea Praised by
the Illinois Council of Orchestras for outstanding programming-2000-01 Outstanding
Programming, 2003-04 Chamber Orchestra of the Year, 2006 and 2012 Community
Relations of the Year. Conductor Dan Pasquale D'Andrea is music director of
several ensembles, including the Senior Suburban Orchestra, Sinfonietta Bel
Canto, Sinfonietta DuPage and the Combined Church Choir of Itasca.
He served as
music director/conductor of the College of DuPage Chamber Orchestra for 11
years and the Salt Creek Sinfonietta for 14 years, and has guest
conducted several area ensembles, including most recently the Sinfonietta
DuPage and the Wheaton Symphony Orchestra. An in demand
adjudicator, Mr. D'Andrea has judged area solo competitions, and for 3
consecutive years served on the peer review board of the Hinsdale Center for
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Dan is a
harpsichordist and an award winning bassoonist, he as appeared as soloist
with several orchestras including the New England Conservatory Symphony
Orchestra, and his solo honors include co-winner of the 1990 National
Association for Composers/USA Young Performers' Competition, semi-finalist in
the 1987 Fernand Gillet Young Artist Competition, and winner of the
Double-Reed award at the 1989 Kingsville International Young Performers'
Competition. A Chicago
area native, he has received music degrees from DePaul University, New
England Conservatory, and Northern Illinois University, and is currently
Principal Bassoon with the Northwest Indiana Symphony Orchestra. Demonstrations
of his solo bassoon playing (3 videos, including "Flight of the Bumble
bee") are available on YouTube (search "Dan D'Andrea
Bassoon"); multiple videos of his conducting and artistic
direction of opera are also on YouTube. (search "Sinfonietta Bel
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