Our Story
No instrument too weird. No player too good or too new. We want you to join the People’s Orchestra!
Our director and founder is songwriter/ composer Kiya Heartwood.
We want tubas-tambourines-ukeleles-mandolins-buckets-ipads-violins-electric guitars-bassoons-flutes-saxophones-penny whistles-bagpipes-singers-rappers-clappers-charangos-guitars-piccolos-basses-cellos-triangles-bells-keyboards-banjos-sitars-bouzoukis-trombones-trumpets-clarinets-rusty pans-beat boxers-recorders-drummers-dulcimers.
Our Artistic Director
Kiya Heartwood is a singer songwriter, arranger and composer. She holds a BA in Music Composition from Converse College and studied in the graduate composition program at Westminster Choir College. She plays a number of instruments including percussion, guitar, bass, keys, ukulele and tenor banjo. Kiya has extensive teaching and performing experience. Kiya is currently studying to become a Unitarian Universalist community minister working in the arts at Starr King School for the Ministry.
For more on Kiya see www.kiyaheartwood.com. Kiya's resume
Artistic Director Kiya Heartwood
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How This Works
Our Fall Season begins September 25th and runs to December 18th, 2017. You are welcome to come and try us out. We suggest a $5-$10 donation per session. Membership is only $50 per 12 week season and includes sectionals and group lessons monthly. Don't play anything yet? Don't let that keep you from joining. Come to a rehearsal and try something out. We can help you find a place and an instrument.People donate instruments to us all the time.
Questions? Write info@peoplesorchestra.com
