Anchorage Civic Orchestra

Anchorage Civic Orchestra ACO provides an outlet for talented musicians that live, play and work right here in our community.

Founded in 1988, the Anchorage Civic Orchestra was conceived as a community based orchestra. The orchestra rehearses weekly and performs symphonic music for the Anchorage community. Founders include Steve Posegate as well as other past and present members of the Anchorage Symphony Orchestra. The orchestra has more than 60 active volunteer musicians and is supplemented by additional players as indi

vidual concerts require. The ACO's roster includes people who work full time in many local industries and range in age from thirteen to seventy. Our concerts have featured guest soloists from around the world, including Russia, Japan and the United States, and have featured various instruments and young artists at our family concerts. In addition, the well-known Alaskan conductors Maurice Dubonnet and Gordon Wright have guest conducted the ACO. The ACO has also maintained its focus on enriching the musical community and community at large by bringing musicians with diverse backgrounds together to perform for and with a broad range of local communities. Members of the ACO have musical backgrounds as members of the Anchorage Youth Symphony, college and university orchestras and community orchestras in other cities. The orchestra itself has presented concerts in conjunction with Alaska Pacific University, The University of Alaska Anchorage, the Anchorage Community Schools, the Brother Francis Shelter and Abbott Loop Community Church. ACO concerts have been successful in reaching out to members of the community who do not regularly attend classical concerts as evidenced by the number of audience members who have mentioned that our concert was the first symphonic concert they had attended.

02/26/2026

Anchorage Civic Orchestra is excited to announce the winners of our 2025-26 Concerto Competition! Congratulations to the winners, and congratulations to the many talented and dedicated young musicians who auditioned. We were so impressed!
First place: Isaac Ward, cello, Schumann's "Cello Concerto in A minor," first movement
Homeschool, 12th grade
Runner-up: Lena So, flute, Chaminade's "Flute Concertino"
South High, 12th grade
Come see both winners perform their pieces at our Winter Concert, March 21st, 2026, in the Sydney Laurence theater of the PAC.

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Calling all high school musicians! ACO is hosting its annual concerto competition auditions on Saturday, December 13th. ...
11/07/2025

Calling all high school musicians! ACO is hosting its annual concerto competition auditions on Saturday, December 13th. Come audition to play a movement from a concerto with the ACO at our March 21st concert. Deadline for applications is December 5th! See our website for more details: http://www.anchoragecivicorchestra.org/concerto-competition.html

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Here are our horns post-concert. Great work, horns!
04/07/2025

Here are our horns post-concert. Great work, horns!

Thank you to everyone who came out to our concert last night! We had a fabulous time sharing music with you. Congratulat...
04/06/2025

Thank you to everyone who came out to our concert last night! We had a fabulous time sharing music with you. Congratulations to our competition winners, Henry and Bryce, for their impressive performances!
Pictured: our viola section celebrating and getting a little rowdy post-concert.

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