Heritage American Orchestra’s mission is to bring citizens together to appreciate the great works of American Symphonic Music, Ballet and Opera of the 18th, 19th, 20th and 21st Century. HAO hires America’s best Classical Musicians to play exclusively American Music. Our great composers such as Bristow, Gottschalk, Chadwick, Coleridge-Taylor, Grant-Stills, Price, Daniels, and Macdowell, to name a few, fought for American Classical music to have its own voice and international respect. We will honor their dedication to contribute to our American Culture by performing their works while creating civic harmony through public performances.
Halloween is a great American Heritage tradition. HAO plans to brings Americans together for a new tradition, the Halloween Ballet. We use the term Ballet loosely, perhaps dance/pantomime may be more accurate. It’s a great way to keep our culture stories alive with music and movement. We start our first concert with Daniel’s Impressionist Deep Forest, a tone poem about the wonderful mysteries of the pristine, American forests. Next is Chadwick’s Romantic masterpiece, his Symphonic Sketches based on Halloween and Christmas themes which invoke the unique sound of American Symphonic writing of the late 19th century. Then we bring the stories to life with dancers. Tam O’Shanter is a Scottish tale similar to the headless horseman told by Chadwick. Sahdji is an African tale told by Grant-Stills about an African chieftess who must face the dark side of human culture after her husband the chief does not return home. Join us or consider sponsoring this live streamed event for enriching, ædifying entertainment that celebrates our American culture.
2 Concerts: [TBD] Orlando, Florida / [TBD], Central Florida
HERITAGE AMERICAN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA – HACO
In addition to our full Symphony Orchestra, HACO offers our unique 18 part chamber orchestra. The Heritage American Chamber Orchestra is made of 4 chamber groups that come together to form a chamber orchestra of only 18 musicians – allowing us to bring the gift of music to every town in American not just major cities. Music written for the 18 part ensemble is available for Youth Orchestras to encourage local youth performances.
Heritage American Orchestra Trust
The cost of producing a large orchestra with 60+ musicians requires ticket prices of over $100 and over 2,000 seats to break even. If you would like to see Heritage American Orchestras produce more concerts and keep our ticket prices in the $25-85 range, please consider donating to our Trust. Funds may only be used to pay musicians, costs for concerts and our production staff of 2.
HAO TRUST BOARD MEMBERS
If you would like to represent HAO in your state please contact us.
Nunzio grew up playing in three youth orchestras, InterSchool Orchestras, Juilliard Pre-College Symphony, and New York Youth Symphony. Studying the reasons why youth orchestras were declining, he created a new method called Youth Training Orchestras to overcome the obstacles. YTO uses HACO’s 18 part chamber orchestra made of four chamber groups: String Quartet (1-4), Woodwind Quintet (5-9), Brass Quintet (10-14) and Continuo/Strings (15-18). Students rehearse in the smaller groups and then come together to form a YTO. YTO also teaches Theory, Counterpoint and Music History. Our mission is a Youth Training Orchestra in every town in America. YTO has always been a Full Scholarship opportunity. Donations welcome.
