Choose Your Own Musical Adventure
This concert, you have the unique opportunity to shape our performance! As you listen, use the polls below to influence the interpretation of select pieces. Your choices will guide our orchestra’s storytelling in real-time.
Welcome Poll
Kick off the evening by letting us know how many Orchestra Collective of Orange County (OCofOC) concerts you’ve attended at the Curtis Theatre.
The Noon Witch
by Antonín Dvořák
Help us shape the dramatic conclusion to this eerie folktale by voting for the mood of the ending!
Musical Offering
by Johann Sebastian Bach
Explore Bach’s masterpiece with us by selecting the instruments that will bring each canon to life.
Enigma Variations
by Edward Elgar
Elgar’s Enigma Variations invites you to step into his world of musical friendships. Each variation captures a different personality from his life—a playful friend, a reflective confidant, or perhaps a larger-than-life character.
In-Person Voting:
During the performance, our narrator will introduce each “character,” and you’ll vote to decide who we bring to life next. Together, we’ll explore the vivid personalities that inspired Elgar’s masterpiece.