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Welcome to the COFFS HARBOUR CITY ORCHESTRA website!

The world of orchestral music – thrilling, fun and hard work. Playing in an orchestra is a bit like moving into a street where everybody is from a different culture and speaks a different language – we’re all different but we all have the same goal. A trumpet player thinks a mute is either his hand or a metal cone, while a string player knows it’s a tiny piece of wood stuck on the bridge - woodwind players think it’s a deaf person.

Coffs Harbour City Orchestra is a community orchestra made up of people who enjoy making music. The orchestra welcomes players of all ages. You do not have to be a world class instrumentalist....but you do have to enjoy playing music...

Come join us!!

Quote: “Ars Artis” – sounds a bit rude, but it is an old Latin quote which literally means “Art for Art’s Sake”. Good music needs no economic justification – its worth is in what it is. That is why we’re still listening to Mozart.

Coffs Harbour City Orchestra is sponsored by Coffs Harbour Educational Campus which provides its rehearsal venue. This website is sponsored by Optic Empire. Coffs Orchestra is also currently in receipt of a project grant from Coffs City Council Small Grants Program and a Federal Government Community Volunteers Grant.

NEXT CONCERT: On Sunday 7 March 2010, the Orchestra will perform for residents at the Legacy Home in Coffs Harbour.

NOTE: THe Orchestra has begun its Christmas break. Rehearsals for 2010 begin on Thursday 28 January at Lecture Theatre O,CHEC campus, 7-9pm.