Members

Lakeridge High School, 1235 Overlook Dr., Lake Oswego, OR 97034 (for dress rehearsal and performance)
Directions to the Performing Arts Center (stage): The Performing Arts Center is on the left side of the school; all windows into the lobby. Enter through the glass door on the left side of the Performing Arts Center.
On concert night you can leave cases in the band room. We don’t have access to the band room on Dress Rehearsal night.

Concert Dress:
All black shirt and slacks or long skirt; black sox (or stockings) and black shoes; no fragrances, please; Some orchestra members are allergic to fragrances.

Our weekly Tuesday night rehearsals will be from 7:00-9:30pm at Athey Creek Middle School, 2110 Brandon Pl, West Linn, OR 97068  in the Band Room

There is an exterior door to the room and is adjacent to the parking lot.  Look for the Tilikum Chamber Orchestra Sandwich Board sign outside the door. 

DIRECTIONS:
From I-205 you can take either the 10th St exit or the Stafford Rd exit:
~ From 10th St exit follow your GPS to Willamette Falls Dr
~ turn RIGHT onto Willamette Falls Dr
~ if your GPS tells you to turn right into a neighborhood, DON’T (you can’t get into the school parking lot from there)
~ STAY on Willamette Falls Dr until the roundabout at Brandon Pl
~ turn RIGHT onto Brandon Pl and then up the hill into the Athey Creek parking lot
~ as you look at the front of the school the band room door is on the far left – Tilikum sign will be there

OR
~ From Stafford Rd exit follow your GPS to Borland Rd
~ turn RIGHT onto Borland Rd until the roundabout at Brandon Pl
~ go around the roundabout to turn LEFT onto Brandon Pl and then up the hill into the Athey Creek parking lot
~ as you look at the front of the school the band room door is on the far left – Tilikum sign will be there

Occasional rehearsals will be at Tigard Friends Church, 15800 SW Hall Blvd, Tigard, OR 97224 – Park in lot behind the building and enter through glass doors. Bring a Music Stand.


Rehearsal Schedule for September 9th – Rehearsal at Athey Creek Middle School, 2110 Brandon Pl, West Linn, OR 97068  in the Band Room

  • September 9th rehearsal (All times estimated)
  • 7:00-7:10 Marriage of Figaro Overture
  • 7:10-7:35 Ponderosa Congress
  • 7:35- 8:05/10 Beethoven Symphony 1 (movements 1 and 3)
  • Break
  • 8:20/25- 9 Beethoven 1 movements 4 and 2 (1 flute in movement 2)
  • 9-9:30 Biber



TCO’s 2025-26 Season Concert Schedule:

Tilikum Chamber Orchestra has set concert and rehearsal dates for our 2025-26 season. 
All of our Concerts and Dress Rehearsals will be held at Lakeridge High School, 1235 Overlook Dr, Lake Oswego, OR 97034

Rehearsal Venue for Tuesday Rehearsals:  Athey Creek Middle School, 2110 Brandon Pl, West Linn, OR 97068  (all rehearsals are 7:00-9:30pm)

Concert #1 – Saturday, October 11th – Lakeridge High –Looking to the Future, and the Past (Maybe Echoes through Time?)
Dress Rehearsal: Friday, October 10th (Lakeridge High)  7:00pm – 9:30pm
Tuesday Rehearsals:  September 9, 16, 23, 30, October 7 (Athey Creek Middle School) 7:00pm – 9:30pm

Link to Reference Recordings: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhCnRMOF7n1NOjIjd9OHBVVKtiCPtwudq

Link to Tempi, Program Notes, etc (click on the green words)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Le Nozze di Figaro Overture (5’) (parts under Parts tab, COMPLETE, and Barenreiter edition (second option). Print only the overture) 2.2.2.2-2.2.0.0- timp-str

Heinrich Biber-Battalia a 10’(14’) (parts first version that doesn’t say “alternate”) – strings 

  • Presto 1
  • Die liederliche gesellschaft von allerley humor
  • Presto 2
  • Der Mars
  • Presto
  • Aria
  • Die Schlacht
  • Lamento der Verwundeten Musquetirer

Work by Manar Hashmi “Ponderosa Congress” (ca. 12 to 15′) https://manar.io/ 
2.2.2.2-2.2.0.0- timp-str parts should be available around 8/15/25 (I’ll email them out when they’re available)

Intermission

Ludwig van Beethoven- Symphony no 1 in C Major op.21 (28’) (Parts/ Barenreiter edition) –2.2.2.2-2.2.0.0- timp-str

  1. Adagio molto-Allegro con Brio
  2. Andante cantabile con moto
  3. Menuetto (Allegro molto e vivace)
  4. Adagio- Allegro molto e vivace

Concert #2 – Saturday, December 6th – Lakeridge High –British Impressions
Dress Rehearsal: Friday, December 5th (Lakeridge High) 7:00pm – 9:30pm
Tuesday Rehearsals:  November 4, 11, 18 (Raul Gomez-Rojas will be conducting rehearsal on the 18th), 25, December 2 (Athey Creek Middle School) 7:00pm – 9:30pm
Rehearsals on November 11 and 25 will be at Tigard Friends Church, 15800 SW Hall Blvd, Tigard (park in lot behind the church and enter through glass doors)

Arrangements of Choral Music by British composers in lobby before concert (brass ensemble)

Alice Mary Smith- Endymion Overture (12’) (Parts) 2.2.2.2-4.2.3.0- timp- str

Vaughan Williams Suite for Viola (26’) (Rental Parts) 2.1.2.2-2.2.0.0-timp.perc-hp str

Soloist: Arnaud Ghillebaert (is free on concert date and tentatively agreed to perform)

Group 1

  1. Prelude
  2. Carol
  3. Christmas Dance

Group 2

  1. Ballad
  2. Moto perpetuo

Group 3

  1. Musette
  2. Polka Melancolique
  3. Galop

Intermission

Edward Elgar- Salut d’amour (5’) (Parts under Arrangements and transcriptions, the first option arranged by Elgar for Orchestra 1.2.2.2-2.0.0.0-str

Hubert Parry- Symphonic Variations (14’) (Parts Kalmus, 1st option under parts tab) 2.2.2.2-4.2.3.1- timp- str

Gustav Holst- A Somerset Rhapsody (10’) (Parts)  2(2nd also picc).2.2.2-4.2.3.1- timp. Perc – str


Concert #3 – Longing for Spring – Saturday, February 28, 2026 @7:30p (dress Feb. 27)
Dress Rehearsal: Friday, February 27th (Lakeridge High) 7:00pm – 9:30pm
Tuesday Rehearsals:  January 27, February 3, 10, 17, 24 (Athey Creek Middle School) 7:00pm – 9:30pm

Carl Maria von Weber-Overture to Oberon (10’) (Parts: Breitkopf & Hartel parts) –2.2.2.2-4.2.3.0- timp- Str

Charles Gounod-Petite Symphonie (20’) – 1.2.2.2-2.0.0.0

  1. Adagio et Allegretto
  2. Andante cantabile
  3. Scherzo
  4. Finale

Intermission

Robert Schumann- Symphony no. 1 in B flat major op. 38 (“Spring) (30’) (Parts: Urtext Parts, the second on the list) – 2.2.2.2-4.2.3.0-timp.perc-str

  1. Andante un poco maestoso- Allegro ma non troppo
  2. Larghetto
  3. Scherzo. Molto vivace
  4. Allegro animato e grazioso

Concert #4 “Fresh Identities” – Concert May 9, 2026 @ 7:30pm
Dress Rehearsal: Friday, May 8th (Lakeridge High) 7:00pm – 9:30pm
Tuesday Rehearsals: April 7, 14, 21, 28, May 5 (Athey Creek Middle School) 7:00pm – 9:30pm

Carl Friedrich Abel- Symphony in E flat major WK 18 (arr Mozart) (12’) (Parts: The parts edited by Gory) 0.0.2.2- 2.0.0.0- str

  1. Molto Allegro
  2. Andante
  3. Presto

Joseph Haydn- Symphony no 60 ‘Il Distratto’ (22’) (Parts Kalmus parts, edited by Howard Chandler Robbins Landon) 0.2.0.0-2.2.0.0-timp-str

  1. Adagio-Allegro di molto
  2. Andante
  3. Menuetto
  4. Presto
  5. Adagio (di Lamentatione)
  6. Finale-Prestissimo

Intermission

Maurice Ravel- Pavane pour une infante défunte (7’) (Parts under Arrangements and Transcriptions, edited by E. Demets) 2.1.2.2-2.0.0.0-hp-str

Maurice Ravel- Ma Mere l’oye (20’) (Parts under Arrangements and Transcriptions, the Durand & Cie 1912 parts) 2.2.2.2-2.0.0.0-timp. 3 perc-celeste.hp. str

  1. Pavane de la Belle au bois dormant
  2. Petit Poucet
  3. Laideronnette, Impératrice des Pagodes
  4. Les entretiens de la Belle et de la Bête
  5. La jardin feerique