"Welcome to the Pasadena Community Orchestra website. We are pleased to announce that PCO will be entering its 28th season, continuing the heritage of presenting fine music to our community. We are dedicated to providing an opportunity for talented and accomplished amateur musicians from all walks of life to play symphonic music.

Our orchestra meets once a week for fellowship and music-making, and present four formal concerts to the public, free of charge. Our season concludes with a Pops concert in the park in June. PCO continues to be appreciative of your generous support and hopes you can join us in what promises to be an exciting concert season."

About Alan Reinecke

Alan has been conductor and Music Director for the Pasadena Community Orchestra since 2008. He is a busy freelance musician, having been the Timpanist of the Rio Hondo Symphony since 1983, and has performed extensively with the Riverside Philharmonic, St. Matthew's Chamber Orchestra, The Burbank Philharmonic, in addition to his twenty-five years with the Pasadena Community Orchestra.

Other prestigious groups include orchestras in Santa Barbara, The Pacific Symphony, The Long Beach Symphony, The Pasadena Symphony, The Los Angeles Music Center Opera, The Los Angeles Philharmonic New Music Group, and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. He has played with several notable conductors, including Grant Gershon, William Eddins, Patrick Flynn, David Alan Miller, John Nelson, Yuri Temirkanov, Jorge Mester, John Williams, and Simon Rattle.

Alan was educated at the University of Southern California, where he studied conducting with Daniel Lewis and Hans Beer, and percussion with Kenneth Watson and Dale Anderson. Summer festivals include The Music Academy of the West, and the Los Angeles Philharmonic Institute. Other teachers include Mitchell Peters and Raynor Carroll. He makes his home in Whittier.