Join us May 9, 2010, for our annual Spring Concert, at Sheslow - 2 p.m., plus pre-concert talk at 1 p.m.

A Sit-In Adventure: Ever wished you could sit in the middle of an orchestra? Let's do it! Continuing a tradition started several years ago, we invite students to sit in with the orchestra for dress rehearsal. Dress rehearsal starts at 9:30 a.m., the Saturday morning before each Sunday concert. Dress rehearsal and concert are at Sheslow Auditorium at Drake University. Students may sit on stage in their chosen instrumental section. Parents, your children will love it!. We orchestra members love it! Just show up and we will find students a place to sit. If sitting in the audience seats is preferred, that's fine too. Come and sit with us! (Questions? Contact conductor, Carl Johnson, at seabjay@yahoo.com.)

Concert dates for the 2009-2010 season:

Gerstenberger memorial: Richard Gerstenberger, former conductor of the Des Moines Community Orchestra, passed away on March 25, 2008. The orchestra has commissioned Linda Robbins Coleman to write new music as a memorial to honor Richard. Click here for more information. 

Who Are We?  Under the baton of Music Director and Conductor, Carl Johnson, the Des Moines Community Orchestra is composed mainly of non-professional musicians whose love of music keeps them coming together to perform the great symphonic works of the masters, as well as new works by living composers.

In addition to a love of classical music, the orchestra is deeply committed to making classical music concerts accessible to everyone, regardless of financial resources. Musician members pay dues in order to keep admission free to the public!

Also, so that  financial obstacles won't prevent a musician from becoming a member of the orchestra, fellowships are available to underwrite the dues obligation.

Are you a musician interested in performing with us? Click here.

Would you like to receive our audience mailings? Due to relentless attacks by spammers, often sending 100 spam messages every day, we've had to remove our reply form from this page. As an alternative, let's try our webmaster email address below to send us your request or other comments. If you want postal letters to hear about coming concerts, we need your name and mailing address. If you want notification of coming concerts via email, tell us your name and email address. Tell us what you want. Thanks for your interest in DMCO.

DMCO is an all-volunteer, non-profit organization, and although we have no separate office, you may reach us by mail or by phone as shown below:

Des Moines Community Orchestra
P.O. Box 1796
Des Moines, Iowa 50306

Phone: 515-964-4562

Or, reach us via email: webmaster@desmoinescommunityorchestra.org