Real Voices of Happy Valley 70: David Insua-cao Calderdale Fantasy Orchestra

David Insua-cao is the leader of Calderdale Fantasy Orchestra, a community orchestra and choir of 40 or so which performs a massive variety of material by the likes of Sun Ra, Ennio Morricone, David Bowie, Beatles, Leonard Cohen and many more all written out on sheet music by a team of maestros. They have over 200 tunes ready to play with parts for all instruments. Fantasy Orchestra started in Bristol and has generated daughter orchestras in Paris, Kent, Jersey, Plymouth, Mumbai and Todmorden. Some have been new to their instruments, others have dug out instruments they haven’t played since leaving school and it also includes lifelong professionals ... all levels of musicianship welcome to join though its probably best if you can read music or are prepared to have a go trying!