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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 seniorsuburbanorchestra@yahoo.com 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
the Arts.
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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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