Castro Valley Orchestra

04/19/2026

See you this afternoon!

04/13/2026

Meet our musician Erin DeBakcsy! You will find her leading the second violin section in our orchestra. She also plays with the Prometheus Symphony Orchestra (as do many of our other members). Learn more about her and come to see Erin at our concert on April 19th at the Castro Valley Center for the Arts!

04/09/2026

Just a little over a week before our Spring Concert on April 19th featuring Cara Wang performing Dvořák's Cello Concert in b minor! Reserve your tickets today and maybe throw in a donation so we can continue to bring you great programming! https://givebutter.com/cvospring2026

03/06/2026

Meet our musicians! Our first featured musician is one of our flute and piccolo players, who is also the CVOA Board President pro tem, Ms. Genevieve Pastor-Cohen! Meet her and the rest of the orchestra on April 19th at our Spring Concert!

02/18/2026

Save the date for our Spring Concert on April 19th at 2pm at the Castro Valley Center for the Arts! It's not often we get the pleasure of having brilliant young musicians join us on stage, and we are so excited to have Cara Wang back with us to perform Dvořák's Cello Concerto. Reserve your free tickets at https://givebutter.com/cvospring2026

12/29/2025

As 2025 comes to an end, we look forward to our spring concert on April 19, 2026 (save the date!). Consider giving a tax-deductible donation at https://givebutter.com/LOtF8C to the Castro Valley Orchestra Association so we can continue bringing the joy of live orchestral music to the East Bay.

We are always looking for more musicians to join us! And even if you don't play an instrument but are passionate about music, we have board and volunteer positions open! Visit our website at https://cvorchestra.org to learn more or send us a message!

12/02/2025

On this Giving Tuesday, please consider supporting Castro Valley Orchestra Association. We are a nonprofit dedicated to bringing orchestral music and education to our East Bay community. Visit https://givebutter.com/NqQgKM to donate and reserve your free tickets to our upcoming Dec 14th concert at Castro Valley Center for the Arts!

11/20/2025

Our Winter Concert is coming up in a few short weeks! Join us at Castro Valley Center for the Arts on December 14th at 2pm for a bit of Mendelssohn, Schubert, and Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf, narrated by local realtor/comedian Anna Laveria May!

Reserve your free tickets (https://givebutter.com/NqQgKM) and consider supporting us so we can keep bringing you concerts like this in the future!

09/05/2025

School is in session! Yes, that means CVO rehearsals have begun, but it's not too late for you to register and join us! Visit cvorchestra.org for more info. We are still looking for strings, trumpet, French horn, timpani, and harp to join our orchestra!

08/27/2025

"The beauty of classical music is that the more times you hear these pieces, the better they get - they take on deeper and deeper meanings for the listener, and for the players," Bell said. "There's not a greater gift that you can give to a child than the gift of music, and I wish every child had the opportunity to play in an orchestra."

Violinist gave a delightful TED talk in the spring - "300 Years of Classical Music in 18 Minutes" - and now everyone can watch it, please enjoy: My favorite part of it is his plea for music education: that every town and city should have as many youth orchestras as they have youth sports leagues. Wh...