OLD FRANCE HIGH SCHOOL ORCHESTRA DAVID D'ANGERS OLDA BRONZE MEDAL PLAQUE
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High school and college David d'Angers is a public institution of the Academy of Nantes, including a state high school and college. It is located in the center of Angers.
The school has nearly 1000 students, of which more than half are half-boarders and about 80 teachers. The school also has a boarding school with over a hundred students.
The orchestra OLDA
The symphony orchestra of David d'Angers high school, OLDA, was created in 1983 by Jean-Jo Roux, music teacher in high school. The third and current musical director is Thierry Rose, who succeeded Jean-François Mialot.
The orchestra is managed by a 1901 law association of musicians and their parents as well as the musical director. The orchestral work is done in the high school and college but outside the course usually Saturday morning hours.
The
orchestra consists of 65 young musicians aged 11 to 18 years, students
of Secondary School which has no section dedicated to music. This is a full symphony orchestra where all the instruments are represented.
Concerts and tours
The OLDA give twenty concerts per year of classical and contemporary music, film music and creations.
In
2012 (and in 2015), the OLDA attended the Gala Cadre Noir of Saumur
Riding School and the National Hang Hearts Angers festival opposite the
Chateau d'Angers. Tours of OLDA also took place at UN Headquarters in New York, Beijing and Shanghai.
international tours
1985 Osnabrück (Germany)
1986 Vienna (Austria)
1987: Houston, Dallas, New Orleans (USA)
1989 Salzburg, Vienna (Austria)
1990: Osnabrück, Vienna, Budapest (Austria and Hungary)
1991 Sherbrooke, Quebec, Trois-Rivières, Montreal (Canada, Quebec)
1992 Vienna and Prague (Czech Republic and Austria)
1993 Halle and Mlada Boleslav, (Germany and Czech Republic)
1994-New York-UN Hamilton Boston, Montreal (Canada and USA)
1995, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Kiel (Denmark, Sweden and Germany)
1996 Mlada Boleslav-Innsbruck (Austria and Czech Republic)
1997 New York UN, Beverly, Boston, Montreal (Canada and USA)
1998: Shanghai, Hangzhou and Beijing (China)
1999: Mlada Boleslav-Osnabrück (Czech Republic and Germany)
2000 Bamako (Mali)
2001 Barcelonnette, Embrun and Saillans (France)
2002 Berlin and Krakow (Poland and Germany)
2003 Prague / Mlada Boleslav, (Czech Republic) and Budapest (Hungary)
2004 Beijing Sougzhou, Hangzhou, Ningbo, Shanghai (China)
2005: Arles, Manosque, Cassis, Forcalquier, Saillans (France)
2006: Zagan, Wroclaw, St Georgen, Lausanne (Poland, Germany and Switzerland)
2007: New York-UN, Beverly, Boston, Montreal (Canada and USA)
2008: Osnabrück, Krakow (Poland and Germany)
2009 Montreal, Quebec (Canada)
2010: Moscow, Kazan (Russia)
2011: Granada, Bilbao (Spain)
2012: Prague, Mlada Boleslav, (Czech Republic)
2013: Finland
2014: New York, Vaudreuil, Montreal (Canada and USA)
2015: Czech Republic, Italy
2016: Buenos Aires, Cordoba (Argentina)