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Columbia, South Carolina
David Ezell - Artistic Director and Founding Conductor
Greg Barnes - Conductor
SHARING MUSICAL
EXPERIENCES THROUGHOUT THE MIDLANDS
~FREE CONCERTS!~
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CCO History
The
Columbia Community Orchestra (CCO) launched their premier season in the
Fall of 2005. The CCO was organized by members of the Benedict
College Community Orchestra when Benedict College discontinued
its
orchestra program. David Ezell, who had conducted the Benedict
College Community Orchestra, served as the Columbia Community
Orchestra's
founding conductor.
The orchestra's goal is to provide "great music in a friendly, relaxed atmosphere for musicians and music lovers of all ages!" CCO members participate for the joy of making music, and they share in the orchestra's governance and policy making. It is an exemplary model of life-long learning through the arts. The concluding concert of its premier season featured this adult orchestra accompanying area Suzuki students as young as 5 years of age.
The orchestra's goal is to provide "great music in a friendly, relaxed atmosphere for musicians and music lovers of all ages!" CCO members participate for the joy of making music, and they share in the orchestra's governance and policy making. It is an exemplary model of life-long learning through the arts. The concluding concert of its premier season featured this adult orchestra accompanying area Suzuki students as young as 5 years of age.
Concerts are free to the public, and contributions are welcome to help meet the expenses of a volunteer community orchestra.
Pictured above are Timm
Baker, violinist (student at Eastman School of Music), and Taliaferro
Nash, violist (student at the Juillard School), playing the Sinfonie
Concertante by Mozart as featured soloists with the Columbia Community
Orchestra during our concert celebrating Mozart's 250th birthday.