What’s this? An online Fan Orchestra? For Doctor Who music? That’ll never work...

November 5, 2011, 2:45 pm

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Hello. Maybe you’re here because you’re a member of the Doctor Who Fan Orchestra, or maybe because you’ve heard and appreciated our work. Or maybe you’re here by accident!

Now that you are here though – welcome. Someone suggested that the project should have a blog, so I decided to give it a try. In the future, you may see posts from me, Stephen Willis (founder and co-ordinator of the DWFO), or from Robin LaPasha (assistant co-ordinator and general friendly face), or even from members of the Orchestra. Incidentally, to keep updated with this blog, you can subscribe by email on the right-hand side – yep, just there... no, no, there... yeah.

So what is the Doctor Who Fan Orchestra? Well, for one thing, it’s exactly what it says on the tin – we are all Doctor Who fans, and we have formed an orchestra. But more than that – we are all passionate about Murray Gold’s music and its role in the revived series. One gloomy evening in early 2011, in Surrey, England, I was tinkering away in Sibelius on an arrangement of “I Am The Doctor”, the Eleventh Doctor’s theme, when a particularly crazy idea struck me. I knew that Murray’s music meant an awful lot to an awful lot of people, and I reasoned that, probably, among those fans, a lot would be musicians themselves. And that they’d give anything to be able to play music from Doctor Who. Wouldn’t it be great, I thought, if we could somehow play the music all together?

I’d heard vaguely of the YouTube Symphony Orchestra. I remember hearing the phrase, and being very excited at the idea of an online orchestra, where people from all over the world could play together through the power of the internet. And then being very disappointed when I found out that the only involvement YouTube and the internet had in the project was for would-be participants to send in audition tapes of themselves playing solo, for selection to then travel to a venue on a specific date and give a concert together.

But the seed of that idea had obviously stayed in the back of my mind, because, when I started pondering the sheer number of dedicated fans Murray Gold has, it didn’t seem that far-fetched that we could somehow band together and express our love of his music through online “performance”. After all, multi-track recording is commonplace, and has been for a good few decades now. Was it really that outlandish to suggest that amateur musicians from different countries could home-record their individual parts, and send them in by email to be mixed?

I made a tentative post on the Gallifrey Base forum, to test the waters... offering the caveat that I was well aware that this was highly ambitious, and was likely to fall flat on its face! Very quickly, though, people started to express their interest. A common theme was, “Awesome! I’ve wanted to do something like this for SO LONG!!! :D”

Eight months later, here we are. The Doctor Who Fan Orchestra has now produced two performances, having grown from 36 performers in “I Am The Doctor” to 78 in “This Is Gallifrey / Vale Decem”. I cannot say how pleased I am with how well this project has turned out, and continues to be turning out. Thanks to all participants for being interested, for recording your parts and having fun while doing it (and persevering on those tricky few bars...!). Thanks to Robin for keeping me sane throughout the whole thing, for being ever-helpful in the Facebook group and for generally banging the drum (and cymbals!) for the project. And thanks so, so much to Mr. Murray Gold, for writing this wonderful, gorgeous music in the first place, and for helping to get us “out there” on Twitter etc. 

So in answer to the question – this is who we are. As The Daily What put it, we are “a collection of musicians who collaborate across time and space”. And it just goes to show that, no matter how ridiculous an idea may seem, nothing is impossible. And yes – we all have a lot of fun recording our parts and meeting the other members... but the Doctor Who Fan Orchestra is almost a metaphor. A metaphor for how grateful we all are for this music, and how far we are willing to go, against the odds, to stand together and show our appreciation. Here's to the next piece - the beautiful "Rose's Theme" and "Doomsday"!

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Confessions of an Über Nerd -- by Lori-Ann (Alto Saxophone)

November 11, 2011, 9:27 am

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I live in a place where the men are manly and so are the women.  I jest of course, but it is a place where logging trucks are more numerous than regular cars, people still hunt for their winter’s meat, and hockey is a religion and way of life.  In fact if you are not a hockey fan it is widely speculated that you must have been dropped on your head as a child.  Confession number one: I am not a hockey fan; oh, I do play, but more out of a need for exercise than any great passion.  In fact, I play so poorly that the five year old Timbits hockey players can out-skate me. You will certainly never catch me watching a game for the sheer pleasure of it.  I prefer to spend my time on other endeavours.  Confession number two: I am a card-carrying, fully paid-up, lifelong band geek.  I’ll play in any sort of group, community or otherwise, that will have me, but I have a particular affinity for concert bands and orchestras. There is nothing quite like the wonder of getting dozens of people together to produce one cohesive sound.  It may be tantamount to herding cats at times, but by golly, when it works, it’s magic.  My passion for music is perhaps rivalled by only one thing.  Confession number three: I am a certified Sci Fi nerd.  If it involves spaceships, extra-terrestrials, government conspiracies, mutants, robots, monsters, or awkward maladroits with poor social skills I’m probably a fan of it. 

And so here enters stage left, the Doctor Who Fan Orchestra, the perfect collision of my geek and nerd universes.  Once I was through kicking myself for having missed out on the first performance of “I Am The Doctor,” it was with great anticipation and excitement that I submitted my application for “This Is Gallifrey/Vale Decem.”  The subsequent wait to receive sheet music was agonizing.  I have never checked my e-mail more frequently or at more inappropriate moments.  In fact, at the very second that I received the e-mail notification that the sheet music and midi files were available, I was knee deep in a fetid swamp being eaten alive by ravenous mosquitos and horse flies (I may be of the wild and feral variety but I still carry a smartphone and you’d be surprised where you get service).  It was with great giddiness that I sloshed back to town that day.  My impatience got the better of me, though, and I was unable to wait to get home to look up the sheet music.  With a few furtive glances over my shoulder to where the entrance to the men’s washroom loomed (my desk is located in prime real estate next to the loos) I brought up the music on my work computer.  Needless to say I was so engrossed that I was eventually caught by a colleague who had indulged in too much coffee.  Lucky for me, my nerdy confession won the day and produced bellows of laughter instead of a stern rebuke.  When the laughter ebbed away, it was replaced with a sincere curiosity.  It seems even the most hardened of bush men can be swayed by the charm of Murray Gold’s music.

Which leads me to my final confession: when it comes to film and television I notice the music before the plot and I am fascinated by Murray Gold’s compositions.  I have spent many hours enraptured by the themes, motifs, and anthems he incorporates into his music.  It is clear that I am not alone in this regard if DWFO participation numbers are anything to go by.  So to all my fellow musicians I say greetings and salutations; keep the creative channels open.  And to Stephen Willis and Robin LaPasha I say thank you for the wonderful job you’ve done in putting this whole project together.  May the blue box one day alight on your doorstep.

L-A

Alto Saxophone

 

DWFO #3: "Rose's Theme / Doomsday"

January 25, 2012, 9:27 am

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The Doctor Who Fan Orchestra are proud to present their third collaboration: "Rose's Theme / Doomsday" by Murray Gold.

An MP3 file of the final mix can be downloaded from here: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8058374/DWFO%20%233%20-%20Rose%27s%20Theme%20-%20Doom...

Check out our Facebook page here:
https://www.facebook.com/DoctorWhoFanOrchestra

This final mix includes a total of 177 submissions from 154 individual participants, ranging in age from 11 to 57, and who are located in at least 18 different countries across the world, including: United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Germany, Spain, France, Russia, Brazil, Canada, Finland, Hong Kong, Israel, Latvia, Norway, Poland, Singapore, Sweden and Switzerland.

Arranged and co-ordinated by Stephen Willis

Assistant Co-ordinator: Robin LaPasha

Piano solo: Natalie Odien

Lead Guitar: Steve Foxon

Vocal Soloists: Heather Ackroyd; Allie Savage; Rachel Adcock; Catherine Geiger

The next piece will be "Dalek Suite" (featuring music from Series One to Five). To take part, look out for instructions in the upcoming promo.

Thanks to all participants!

You Are Not Alone… -- by Heather Ackroyd (Clarinet/Soprano)

February 3, 2012, 6:22 am

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We’re now three pieces in and the Doctor Who Fan Orchestra keeps getting stronger. So far we’ve more or less doubled our numbers with each new piece, from a mere 36 for “I Am the Doctor” to 78 for “This is Gallifrey/Vale Decem” and now a staggering 154 for “Rose’s Theme/Doomsday”. Some of our members have expressed their mixed emotions at the overwhelming online response to our latest endeavour, but I think Robin (LaPasha, assistant co-ordinator) coined it perfectly when she said the word we were looking for is “humbled”.

I spent my secondary school years in bands and orchestras and choirs, but over the past couple of decades most of my musical adventures have been limited to singing in the shower or along with CDs in the car. My clarinet has barely been dusted off in all that time, although it was one of the few possessions I insisted on taking with me when I moved from Australia to the US. From time to time I thought about joining a local choir or band, but usually I never got further than just thinking about it.

Then I saw a link to “I Am the Doctor”. When I realised what it was, that people had performed their parts individually and Stephen Willis had crafted them into an amazing whole, my first emotion was delight that someone had taken the time and effort to do this, followed quickly by deep regret that I hadn’t learned about the project while it was still being conceived. Imagine my joy when I discovered there were plans to do a second piece. Here was a chance to be part of a group of people brought together by their love for two things that were also dear to my heart – music and Doctor Who.

When we got the music for “This is Gallifrey/Vale Decem” I found that learning and playing a part without a conductor was a new challenge. Stephen provided click tracks of his arrangement for us to use for timing and tuning, but it was a far cry from being surrounded by your fellow musicians as you learned the piece together under the guidance of a conductor. This method of producing a part forces you to listen carefully to what you’re doing and to self-correct as much as possible. This is where the Facebook group comes in especially handy, as we can ask our technical questions and get feedback. Sometimes someone would ask about an aspect of the piece that I hadn’t even considered, and I could incorporate the response into what I was doing. It all goes towards making us sound unified.

But none of that explains the emotion. My first few recordings for “Doomsday” were ruined by me choking up with tears halfway through. Only part of that was due to the piece itself. It’s beautiful and poignant, and is played over a scene full of loss and longing. But more than that, it was the knowledge of what I was part of that made me weep. I knew that all over the world other people were standing before their microphones, listening to Stephen’s click track, and singing or playing their hearts out to create something magical.

It turns out I was surrounded by my fellow musicians after all.

And now we are one: the DWFO's virtual anniversary

March 29, 2012, 6:25 pm

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On this day, March 29, one year ago, Stephen Willis posted in the world's main Doctor Who online forum. He suggested a virtual orchestra, with choir, and that it be called the Doctor Who Fan Orchestra. He offered his arrangement of Murray Gold's 'I am the Doctor,' in 16 parts and SATB choir, and then offered to mix together our audiorecordings. So we responded; my own first reply was "What key is it in?" A week later violist Jalen Lee suggested adding video to the audio--I mention that because although it seems obvious in hindsight, the first project and its primary features did not start out as a sure thing!

Next came the generous, gutsy, and passionate work of three dozen musical Doctor Who fans, some patience and nail-biting while waiting for submissions, and finally Stephen's careful mixing. The results went to YouTube in early July 2011, and so began the next stages of this wild and wonderful ride. We made history--but even more so than we realized at the time. For this first anniversary of the DWFO, allow me to show my pride in our now-hundreds of members, and most of all in Stephen's perseverance and hard work--by pointing out our frankly amazing, pioneering accomplishments.

Looking back, it began with the Whitacre Virtual Choir in 2009; its volunteers worldwide submit performances of the composer's vocal works under his direction. There have also been proposals and recruiting for several virtual amateur orchestras (i.e. instrumental groups)--the idea was a thriving internet meme of 2011.

But to my knowledge, the Doctor Who Fan Orchestra is:
- the first virtual orchestra to actually produce and release a work (whether fan or mainstream repertoire, professional or amateur basis!);
- the first to combine orchestral and choral elements in a large virtual collaboration; and
- the first internationally-based fan orchestra.

As others on this blog have pointed out: the membership, the score partitures, and in fact the musicianship, have all expanded tremendously since that first DWFO piece last summer. We are also proud to have inspired the recent creation of the Sherlock Fan Orchestra. Time will tell if other groups--and fandoms--follow suit. In the meantime, Stephen is planning more DWFO projects this (second) year, and we think you'll like them. Stay tuned for... well, just stay tuned!

Robin LaPasha
Assistant Coordinator

DWFO #5: "The Impossible Astronaut (Suite)"

September 18, 2012, 8:39 am

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The Doctor Who Fan Orchestra are proud to present their fifth collaboration: "The Impossible Astronaut (Suite)".

The suite contains the following themes: “I Am The Doctor in Utah”, “1969”, “Help Is On Its Way”, “I See You Silence”, “The Majestic Tale (Of A Madman In A Box)” and “Apollo 11”, as well as an unreleased cue from Nixon’s final scene in ‘Day of the Moon’ – all composed by Murray Gold.

MP3 file download: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8058374/DWFO%20%235%20-%20The%20Impossible%20Astronaut%20(Suite).mp3

(right-click the link if you want to save it!)

http://thedwfo.org

http://www.youtube.com/socksofbalhoon

https://www.facebook.com/DoctorWhoFanOrchestra

http://doctorwhofanorchestra.blogspot.com/

Twitter hashtag: #DWFO

The Doctor Who Fan Orchestra invites musical fans of Doctor Who to take part in an online collaborative celebration of Murray Gold's music. Participants submitted recordings for this work from June to September 2012.

This final mix includes a total of 316 submissions from 234 individual participants, ranging in age from 10 to 60, and who are located in at least 24 different countries across the world.

PLEASE NOTE: Before anyone asks, no, I'm afraid I can't give you sheet music so your school orchestra or similar can play the music. This is for copyright reasons.

I will ignore any such requests. Thank you for understanding!

Arranged and co-ordinated by Stephen Willis

Assistant Co-ordinator: Robin LaPasha

Web Support: Kostya LaPasha

Member Advisers: Heather Ackroyd & Camila de Camargo Pereira

The next piece will be "A Christmas Carol (Suite)" (featuring music from the 2010 Christmas Special, including “Abigail’s Song”). To take part, look out for instructions in the upcoming promotional video.

Thanks to all participants!

Full list of participants:

PICCOLOS:

Jessica Brinkley

Kyle Brown

Benton Gordon

Katie Laski

Rachel Reyes

Emily Topham

FLUTES:

Jessica Brinkley

Kyle Brown

Erin Coldan

Jennifer Crow

Erica de Jonge

Audrey Farrell

Karin Fujii

Tara Ghormley

Melissa Gillman

Benton Gordon

Audrey Horn

Taylor Huggins

Bailey Hull

Skyler Hungerford

Nikki Imberger

Fiona James

Kellina James

Resilda Lala

Mary Leneis

Nicole Maneth

Marianna

An Moris

Emily Topham

Zuzana Vaneková

Rebecca Walker

Rebecca Wang

Sini Ylönen

Rosa York

OBOES:

Nicole Maneth

Rebecca Rodgers

Andrew Trautmann

COR ANGLAIS:

Rebecca Rodgers

CLARINETS:

Heather Ackroyd

Robin Atmatzidis

Jessica Barner

Zoe Beaney

Sophie Cowdrey

Cassie Cudworth

Allison Eriksen

Chelsey Gould

Shaun H. Y.

Elisabeth Hartmark

Matt Hines

Megan Hungerford

Ambrose Kranitis

Lachlan

Aaron Lockman

Nicolas Mansart

Mitchell Pawsey

Russell Pinzino

Dasha Poloneeva

Paulette ReCord

Danielle Sammy

Ella Shurr

Christy Sobolik

Andrew Trautmann

Linus Wan

BASS CLARINET:

TheJUPP

ALTO SAXOPHONES:

Mark C. Anthony

Dominique Canning

Stephanie Eng

James Hyett

Edward Luca

Jasmine Mills

Katarina Ohlsson

Charlotte Proctor

TheJUPP

Linus Wan

Jason Whitcomb

TENOR SAXOPHONES:

Erica de Jonge

Tessa Maske

BARITONE SAXOPHONES:

Erica de Jonge

Jason Whitcomb

BASSOONS:

Matthew Drahozal

Emm Edwards

Janine Golob

Lena Sachs

FRENCH HORNS:

Janna Forney

Brenna Hines

Molly Hunt

Jillian Jade

Adrienne Killey

Jeremy Rodgers

David Scarborough

Laura Testa Allured

David Valdez

Sarah Williams

TRUMPETS:

David Baldridge

William Baldridge

David Cohen

Reed Haw

Jin Hyun

Claire Irvine

Stephanie Kimball

Troy LeBourdais

Dan Maske

Erin Palchak

Melissa Rowlands

Rob Sandow

Sarah Williams

TROMBONES:

Miles Anthony

Dylan Cargill

Natalie Cool

Bryan Freedman

Brandon Harrison

BASS TROMBONES:

Dylan Cargill

Gary Gathright

EUPHONIUM:
Dylan Cargill

TUBAS:

Tom Jozefowicz

Anton Smit

Sini Ylönen

TIMPANI:

Brandon Lambert

Nathan Olff

UNTUNED PERCUSSION:

Galia Bahat

Nia Devetzis

Jacob Lambeck

Brandon Lambert

Robin LaPasha

Euan Leslie

Nathan Olff

Emily South

Stephen Willis

MALLET PERCUSSION:

Nia Devetzis

Nicole Herman

Brandon Lambert

Nathan Olff

PIANO:

Monika Berberich

Ksenia Bulyzhnik

Juliane Bunk

Emm Edwards

Shannon Graham

Amaury Mansart

Thomas Midena

Natalie Odien

Jien Ogawa

Lara Seybert

Teresa Slonaker

CONCERT HARP:

Sharon Macauley

Margaret Mackenzie

SANDOURI & KANUN:

Robin LaPasha

MANDOLIN:

Matthew Drahozal

Jentrie Matheson

ELECTRIC GUITARS:

Denis Andreev

Tonia Curby

Colin Pochie

D. Ravenska

ELECTRIC BASSES:

Tonia Curby

Alice Pinson

Colin Pochie

Davy Sundquist

VIOLINS:

Ida Andersson

Laena Batchelder

Elliot Beagley

Erica Beimesche

Ksenia Bulyzhnik

Sophie Crawford

Nina Crisp

Alex Curtis

Allyn Custer

darkliger269

Sharon Evans

Brittany Festin

Ze Goon

MelKaty Hernduncan

Becca Horn

Kerry Kittleson

Esther Lang

Alison Liang

Jonathan Liou

Rachel Martin

Jentrie Matheson

Chiara Mezzavilla

Ashlin Michell

Esther Mildenhall

Katya Misyutina

Mitchell Nelson

Natalie Odien

Silja Ojanen

Christina Reid

Susannah Shamlian

Duncan Swan

Clarisse Thomas

Rachel Thompson

ViolinistBAKA

Brittney Washam

Amanda Winans

VIOLAS:

Ida Andersson

Courtney Couture

Ze Goon

Jalen Lee

Kayla Maske

Liz Myhre

Wendy Simmons

Georgia Steel

Yukinflake

CELLOS:

Monika Bauer

Lore Burns

Ellen

Ginger

Christine Howe

Les Hughes

Nicolas Mansart

Jackie Rogers

Angela Schmidt

Teresa Slonaker

Tanja Zett

DOUBLE BASSES:

Heidi Herbert-Lovern

Randall White

CHOIR:

Heather Ackroyd

Denis Andreev

Galia Bahat

Monika Bauer

Zoe Beaney

Hannah Beaton

Monika Berberich

Jessica Brinkley

Ksenia Bulyzhnik

Lore Burns

Emily Byers

Steven Chao

S. Clay

Lucy Courage

Darlene Crumly

Camila de Camargo Pereira

C. David Dent

Angela Dunlap

James East

Greg Ebdon

Kaitlin Embury

Angela Evrard

Jennifer Finch

Elisabeth Flaum

Brennen French

Glory Friend

Karin Fujii

Caryn Fulda

María Celeste Fux

Troy Gale

Shannon Graham

Victoria Gray

Brenda Han

Rachael Hapeman

Susan Henry

Paula Herrington Ishee

John Hicks

Audrey Horn

Becca Horn

Katie Hughes

Jin Hyun

Elizabeth Karrmann

Nicole-Anne Keyton

Robin LaPasha

Kostya LaPasha

Mary Leneis

Josie Lenski

Alison Liang

Bebe Liang

Gitta Luites

Gillion Machota

Marianna

Emily McKie

Chiara Mezzavilla

Vanessa Aisha Mostafa

Kristen Murphy

Elizabeth Nelson

Lauren O'Connor

Natalie Odien

Vincent Odien

Katarina Ohlsson

Silja Ojanen

Paulette Record

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Kayla Roberts

Melissa Rowlands

Tamsyn Sanders

Esther Scherpenisse

Scriptorpaulina

Małgorzata Słabosz

Justin Steger

Marcey Taylor

Clarisse Thomas

David Valdez

Zuzana Vaneková

Rachel W.

Rebecca Walker

Lucy Webb

Hilary Weston

Brad Williams

Stephen Willis

Jesse Wilson

Rosa York

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DWFO: About the Doctor Who Fan Orchestra

October 19, 2012, 9:20 am

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The team and some of the members of the Doctor Who Fan Orchestra look back on pieces 1-5, with explanations of the "virtual orchestra" process.

All music composed by Murray Gold, performed by the Doctor Who Fan Orchestra.

DWFO Co-ordinator: Stephen Willis
Assistant Co-ordinator: Robin LaPasha

We would like to honour the following members, who have joined us for every DWFO piece so far:

Dylan Cargill
Sharon Evans
Benton Gordon
Resilda Lala
Kostya LaPasha
Jalen Lee
Nicole Maneth
Mitchell Pawsey
Jeremy Rodgers
Rebecca Rodgers
Melissa Rowlands
ViolinistBAKA
Lucy Webb

Strings Are Cool Now -- by "J"

October 20, 2012, 11:04 am

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Being the fangirl that I am, I follow any number of Doctor Who-related news feeds on my twitter.  Last spring, Anglophenia, which is run by BBCAmerica, posted a link that got my attention immediately: a youtube video of a performance by the “Doctor Who Fan Orchestra.”  
Yep, it was, in fact, an orchestra made up of Who fans, playing Who music, arranged by yet another fan.  Being a band nerd/orch dork myself, one who loves playing film scores probably more than anything, I was doubly intrigued.
Ten minutes later – the amount of time it took to watch the performance – I had ascertained a few key points. One: this was an orchestra comprised of individuals who recorded separately, sent in their performances, and were then combined into a group.  In short, it didn’t matter where you were located, or if you were a professional.  Two: they’d be starting signups in a few short weeks for their next piece, a suite from “The Impossible Astronaut,” which is probably one of my favorite episodes of New Who and some of the most memorable music, just sayin.’  And three: I knew I had to be a part of this, no question.
The next few weeks were agony, as I hit up the DWFO facebook page, waiting for the video to be posted with details on how to participate.   I submitted my info immediately when it finally did, and it’s a good thing, too; they had so much interest they had to cap the number of applicants at 600.

The Process

For a “fan-run,” “amateur” organization, it’s sure more efficient than some more established groups I’ve been involved with!  My music and a click track were emailed to me within a few days, along with an email that preemptively answered every question I’d eventually have throughout the recording process.  Even if I’d had more questions, the other members of the orchestra were happy to discuss the nitty-gritty of recording, offer tips and tricks, and compare notes on the actual performances (bowing, for example, is something I’ve never personally had to deal with but appears exceedingly important to string players).
The submission deadline was firm from the very beginning, and even though it was months away, the summer did fly by!   As someone who has always been a major procrastinator, both the deadlines and the constant flow of discussion from orchestra members were key in keeping the project at the front of my mind.

Take Thirty-Two

After practicing the piece for a few weeks with the click-track, I knew it was now or never.  I bought a USB mic off of Amazon – a Samson Go Mic, I believe – and clamped on my headphones, and I was good to go.  Well, or so I thought.
Turns out finding the perfect spot in the room for the mic – not so close that it spikes on forte and not so far that it doesn’t even pick up on piano – is not as easy as it seems.  I messed around for an evening, both with the gain on the mic and my own positioning, until I found a spot that worked.  Then I was ready to play!
And mess up.  And try again.  And mess up.
In retrospect, it wasn’t as bad as it seemed at the time – I think I was satisfied after two or three nights.  And maybe I could have done it in one night, except after a few hours I hit a point where I only make more mistakes, and I know when to quit.  Sending off the audio was rewarding, exciting, nerve-wracking – all the nerves of a live performance, really.
The video was another issue altogether.  I knew I would be leaving town, so I had to make it in one night if I wanted to make the deadline.  The good news is, the audio is stripped out and the finished mix put in, so it wouldn’t actually matter if I messed up, as long as I looked like the note was pretty.
The bad news?  Someone probably had to listen to it to line things up before the audio was taken out!  I’m envisioning them comparing the submitted audio with the submitted video and wondering if I broke my hands and face in the interim.  Oh, and something else I learned: keeping a normal face when I’ve just flubbed a note is not as easy as it seems.  Now I think back to every concert I’ve played, with the look of disgust I now know I get telegraphing every error.  Poker face I am not.

Showtime

Today I was surprised to see that the completed video is already up!  Doctor Who loves its nods to the past and running jokes, and the fans are no different.  There are quite a few clever and funny costumes, props and jokes in the video – but I’ll let you watch it for yourself because, you know.  Spoilers and all that.
But I’m not just here to toot my own horn, as it were; at the end of the video is a preview of the next piece the DWFO will be performing, and I can’t wait to sign up!  But what about you?  Are you, or some Whovian in your life, a musician as well?  Start dusting off those reeds, doing those vocal exercises, and tuning those strings, because to be a part of this is fun you won’t want to miss!

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The Joy of Meetups – by Heather Ackroyd (Clarinet, Soprano)

December 13, 2012, 2:32 pm

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It all started on March 31^st 2012. In a welcome thread in the private DWFO Facebook group, several members mentioned they lived in or near Maryland, USA. Robin LaPasha (Assistant Co-Ordinator) indicated a couple of other members who were in nearby states and said, “Hmm… anybody else in that zone?” To which I responded, “Are you thinking what I’m thinking?”

Thus started a series of communications planning our first ever DWFO meetup. At the time the group was in the middle of learning and recording parts for the Dalek Suite, and we decided that the Memorial Day weekend (May 26^th– 28^th) would be a good time for a local get-together. Aside from being a long weekend in the US, the Dalek Suite submissions would be over and we would have just started looking at the music for our next piece (which we hadn’t settled on at the time, but it was to be a suite from The Impossible Astronaut).

None of us were quite sure what to expect, and as the hosts for the event my husband and I were a bit nervous about how it would go. It turned out our fears were unfounded. We had a total of eight participants at that first meetup, and we spent a good portion of the weekend playing music. Mostly we started learning our brand-new piece but we also revisited old DWFO projects, including regaling our neighbours with an outdoors rendition of the entire Dalek Suite.

Having taken part in several projects at that point, I’d already developed quite a strong feeling of community simply through active participation in the Facebook group. But actually being in the same room as we played the music was so much better. When we weren’t playing our DWFO music we were watching Doctor Who, or going for a swim in the nearby river, sightseeing a bit, or going out to dinner. I think we all came out of that weekend feeling much more connected, and frankly the music workshops really helped us get our heads around some of the trickier bits of The Impossible Astronaut.

Thus, when TIA was over and we were looking at the new piece – a suite from A Christmas Carol – our thoughts naturally turned to having another meetup. After some discussion about location, it was decided that we would be hosting again at our house in central Maryland in early November. A couple of the people who had come to the first one were unable to make the second, but we gained a new member for a total of seven for the November meetup.  

There aren’t words to express how wonderful it is to get together in person to play this amazing music. Even though we only have a handful of instruments, it lets us hear the piece more fully than with the guide track we receive to keep us in time for our audio submissions. And simply being able to discuss the piece and hum or play the bits we’re talking about is so much more effective than trying to describe something in text as a Facebook post. The feedback is immediate and we all improved over the course of the weekend, one to the point where he made his recordings on the Sunday.

This time around we also decided to get into a proper festive mood by creating a short dramatic video. It was a fun little project that took maybe an hour to film, and it might just shed some light on exactly how Santa manages to get around to everyone on Christmas Eve.

Here’s to many more meetups to come! 

DWFO #6: "A Christmas Carol (Suite)"

December 20, 2012, 3:01 pm

≫ Next: DWFO #7: Amy's Suite

≪ Previous: The Joy of Meetups – by Heather Ackroyd (Clarinet, Soprano)

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The Doctor Who Fan Orchestra are proud to present their sixth collaboration: "A Christmas Carol (Suite)".

The suite contains the following themes: "Come Alond Pond", "You Didn't Hit The Boy", "Fish", "Babysitter", "The Other Half's Inside The Shark", "He Comes Every Christmas", "New Memories" and "Abigail's Song" -- all composed by Murray Gold.

MP3 file download: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/8058374/DWFO%20%236%20-%20A%20Christmas%20Carol%20%28Suite%29.mp3
(right-click the link if you want to save it!)

http://thedwfo.org

http://www.youtube.com/socksofbalhoon

https://www.facebook.com/DoctorWhoFanOrchestra

http://doctorwhofanorchestra.blogspot.com/

Twitter hashtag: #DWFO

The Doctor Who Fan Orchestra invites musical fans of Doctor Who to take part in an online collaborative celebration of Murray Gold's music. Participants submitted recordings for this work from November to December 2012.

This final mix includes over 350 submissions from 241 individual participants, ranging in age from 12 to 80, and who are located in at least 25 different countries across the world.

PLEASE NOTE: Before anyone asks, no, I'm afraid I can't give you sheet music so your school orchestra or similar can play the music. This is for copyright reasons.
I will ignore any such requests. Thank you for understanding!

Arranged and co-ordinated by Stephen Willis

Assistant Co-ordinator: Robin LaPasha

Web Support: Kostya LaPasha

Member Advisers: Heather Ackroyd & Camila de Camargo Pereira

The next piece will be "Amy's Suite" - featuring some classic Amy themes as well as one or two surprises. To take part, look out for instructions in the upcoming promotional video.

Full list of participants:

PICCOLOS:
Emily Black
Kyle Brown
Benton Gordon
Katie Laski
Rachel Reyes
Stacey Severn
Mandy Tinder

FLUTES:
Emily Black
Jessica Brinkley
Kyle Brown
Camilla
Erin Coldan
Tara Ghormley
Jenna Giere
Melissa Gillman
Benton Gordon
Reid Herrera
Audrey Horn
Skyler Hungerford
Nikki Imberger
Fiona James
Kellina James
Tim Jaw
Erica de Jonge
Katie Laski
Marianna
Emily Morrison
Stacey Severn
Delphine Steiner
Courtney Thiel
Andrew Trautmann
Zuzana Vaneková
Rebecca Walker

OBOES:
Ashlee Bond-Richardson
Makea Luzader
Nicole Maneth
Kari Myers-Busch
Rebecca Rodgers
Andrew Trautmann

COR ANGLAIS:
Rebecca Rodgers

CLARINETS (Bb):
Heather Ackroyd
Elisabeth Altmann
Ashli
Jessica Barner
Zoe Beaney
Cassie Cudworth
Claire Dubedat
Allison Eriksen
Shaun H Y
Elisabeth Hartmark
Megan Hungerford
Ambrose Kranitis
Makea Luzader
Nicolas Mansart
Kari Myers-Busch
Tamara L Nehls
Mitchell Pawsey
Russell Pinzino
Paulette ReCord
Danielle Sammy
Ellie Scorah
Ella Shurr
Andrew Trautmann
Linus Wan
Stephen Willis

BASS CLARINETS:
Heather Ackroyd
Audrey Walker

CONTRABASS CLARINETS:
Richard Brockmeier
MrTheJUPP

ALTO SAXOPHONES:
Ryan Halyburton
James Hyett
Edward Luca
Andrew McLaurin
Miziek
Katarina Ohlsson
Charlotte Proctor
Jason Whitcomb

TENOR SAXOPHONES:
Veronica Grande
Erica de Jonge
Scott R Lambrecht

BARITONE SAXOPHONES:
Samantha Bittle
Jason Whitcomb

BASSOONS:
Janine Golob
Nicole Herman
Lena Faye Sachs

FRENCH HORNS:
Dominic Asuque
Julian R Green
Brenna Hines
Sarah Hopkins
Molly Hunt
Adrienne Killey
Steve Luzader
Jeremy Rodgers
David Scarborough
Jill A Sipe
Laura Testa Allured

WAGNER TUBA:
Steve Luzader

TRUMPETS:
Dominic Asuque
David Baldridge
William Baldridge
Nick Bredhauer
Kyle Cooley
Stephanie Kimball
Erin Palchak
Rob Sandow
Brendan Wayne
Geoffrey Willis

TROMBONES:
Eric Andersen
Jen Brown
Dylan Cargill
Marcus T Carroll
Kathy Chase
Natalie Cool
Chris Gadd
Mike Thorn

BASS TROMBONES:
Dylan Cargill
Marcus T Carroll

EUPHONIUM:
Dylan Cargill

TUBAS:
Dylan Cargill
Tom Jozefowicz
Anton Smit
Uscdrew

TIMPANI:
Nathan Olff

UNTUNED ORCHESTRAL PERCUSSION:
Todd Bestreski
Lore Burns
Brandon Lambert
Robin LaPasha
Gillion Machota
Nathan Olff

MALLET/TUNED ORCHESTRAL PERCUSSION:
Elise Bestreski
Nathan Olff

HANDBELLS:
Heather Ackroyd
C David Dent

TUBULAR BELLS:
Nathan Olff

PIANO:
Michael Barker
Monika Berberich
Ksenia Bulyzhnik
Robert Drane
Shannon Graham
Amaury Mansart
Natalie Odien
Jien Ogawa
Katarina Ohlsson
Sam
Daisy J Selzer
Teresa Slonaker
Paul Tognarelli
Uma Vaidya

CONCERT HARP:
Sarah Hall
Sharon Macauley
Margaret Mackenzie

KANUN:
Robin LaPasha

MANDOLIN:
Jentrie Matheson

ELECTRIC BASSES:
Hazel Fyfe
Colin Pochie

VIOLINS:
Eva Amsen
Laena Batchelder
Evan Blackney
Casey Coddaire
Nina Crisp
Allyn Custer
Brittany Festin
Ze Goon
Daniella Greene
Jenni Hickey
Becca Horn
Kerry Kittleson
Alison Liang
Rachel Martin
Jentrie Matheson
Chiara Mezzavilla
Esther Mildenhall
Mitchell Nelson
Natalie Odien
Silja Ojanen
Christina Reid
Duncan Swan
Jennifer Thompson
Rachel Thompson
Sue Thorn
ViolinistBAKA
Elizabeth Wallace
Brittney Washam
Yukinflake

VIOLAS:
Ida Andersson
Jenna Giere
Ze Goon
Lynette Kleisner Gilbert
Jordan Liberman
Ivy Loos-Austin
Yukinflake

CELLOS:
Monika Bauer
Lore Burns
Kayley Clark
Christine Howe
Julia M
Nicolas Mansart
Jackie Rogers
Teresa Slonaker
Tanja Zett

VIOLA DA GAMBA:
Phillip W Serna

DOUBLE BASSES:
Michael Barker
Phillip W Serna
Vicki Swan
Randall White

VOCAL SOLOISTS:
Caryn Fulda (Soprano 1)
Emily McKie (Alto 1)
Wendy Novicenskie (Soprano 2)
Jessica Brinkley (Alto 2)

CHOIR:
E K Abele
Heather Ackroyd
Kathryn Wallace Adams
Rachael Allman
Elisabeth Altmann
Denis Andreev
Audrey Ashburn
Colin Ashburn
Dominic Asuque
Galia Bahat
Monika Bauer
Zoe Beaney
Hannah Beaton
Monika Berberich
Elise Bestreski
Jessica Brinkley
Jen Brown
Ksenia Bulyzhnik
Juliane Bunk
Lore Burns
Emily Byers
Jennie C
Amancay Candal Tribe
Miranda Chu
Darlene Crumly
C David Dent
Matt Di Carlo
Joanna Sherlyn Dunlap
James East
Ivan Esteve
Angela Evrard
Jennifer Finch
Elisabeth Flaum
Brennen French
Cameron Friend
Glory Friend
Karin Fujii
Caryn Fulda
María Celeste Fux
Melissa Gillman
Shannon Graham
Victoria Gray
Janna Guy
Shawna Hafen
Brenda Han
Rachael Hapeman
Klara Hellgren
Susan Henry
John Hicks
Sarah Hopkins
Becca Horn
Audrey Horn
Katie Hughes
Anne C. Hunter
Uma Hunter
Paula Herrington Ishee
Elizabeth Karrmann
Nicole-Anne Keyton
Tiffany Knoell
Joy Kohlsaat
Robin LaPasha
Kostya LaPasha
Josephine Lenski
Alison Liang
Bebe Liang
Gitta Luites
Gillion Machota
Nicole Maneth
Marianna
Rachel Martin
Alyssa McDermott
Emily McKie
Graeme Mealey
Chiara Mezzavilla
Vanessa Aisha Mostafa
Kristen Murphy
Kari Myers-Busch
Elizabeth Nelson
Wendy Novicenskie
Natalie Odien
Vincent Odien
Katarina Ohlsson
Silja Ojanen
Simi Panesar
Camila de Camargo Pereira
Russell Pinzino
Anastassia Rakitianskaia
Paulette ReCord
Rhabarberqueen
Jackie Rogers
Kathie Rogers
Tamsyn Sanders
Sam Saucier
Scriptor Paulina
Ellen Shih
Małgorzata Słabosz
Tiadeets
Zuzana Vaneková
Audrey Walker
Rebecca Walker
Brittney Washam
Lucy Webb
Hilary Weston
Brad Williams
Stephen Willis
Rachel Wood
Yukinflake

DWFO #7: Amy's Suite

May 8, 2013, 5:57 am

≫ Next: DWFO #8: "50th Anniversary Suite"

≪ Previous: DWFO #6: "A Christmas Carol (Suite)"

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The Doctor Who Fan Orchestra are proud to present their seventh collaboration: "Amy's Suite".

The suite contains the following themes: "Little Amy", "The Blush of Love", "Amy's Theme", "Together" and "Amy Reprise (Two Years)" -- all composed by Murray Gold. The latter two themes (from "The Angels Take Manhattan" and "The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe") have not yet been officially released on a soundtrack, and have therefore been given unofficial titles.

MP3 file download: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/8058374/DWFO%20%237%20-%20Amy%27s%20Suite.mp3
(right-click the link if you want to save it!)

http://thedwfo.org

http://www.youtube.com/socksofbalhoon

https://www.facebook.com/DoctorWhoFanOrchestra

http://doctorwhofanorchestra.blogspot.com/

Twitter hashtag: #DWFO

The Doctor Who Fan Orchestra invites musical fans of Doctor Who to take part in an online collaborative celebration of Murray Gold's music. Participants submitted recordings for this work from March to April 2013.

This final mix includes 444 submissions from 292 individual participants, ranging in age from 10 to 81, and who are located in at least 26 different countries across the world.

PLEASE NOTE: Before anyone asks, no, I'm afraid I can't give you sheet music so your school orchestra or similar can play the music. This is for copyright reasons.
I will ignore any such requests. Thank you for understanding!

Arranged and co-ordinated by Stephen Willis

Assistant Co-ordinator: Robin LaPasha

Web Support: Kostya LaPasha

Member Advisers: Heather Ackroyd & Camila de Camargo Pereira

The DWFO will take a short break, returning later in 2013 with the "50th Anniversary Suite". We will advertise extensively nearer the time.

Thanks to all participants!

Piccolo

Kyle Brown

Benton Gordon

Gilbert Heerhartz

Katie Laski

Michelle Rosen

Stacey Severn

Courtney Thiel

Mandy Tinder

Emily Topham

Flute

Whitney Adams

Emily Black

Nikola Böcker

Jessica Brinkley

Kyle Brown

Karin Fujii

Femke Geusens

Tara Ghormley

Melissa Gillman

Katie Goodwin

Benton Gordon

Olivia Hamilton

Jenny Han

Bethany Hansen

Gilbert Heerhartz

Reid Herrera

Audrey Horn

Nikki Imberger

Fiona James

Kellina James

Erica de Jonge

Katie Laski

Mary Leneis

Rachel Linquist

Annah Lång

Camilla McGugan

An Moris

Ysrael Rodriguez

Michelle Rosen

Arielle Ruizo

Stacey Severn

Katie Spencer

Delphine Steiner

Emily Sulka

Courtney Thiel

Emily Topham

Zuzana Vaneková

Laura Wagner

Whitney Wooton

Jessica Wu

Oboe

Nicole Maneth

Rebecca Rodgers

Andrew Trautmann

Cor Anglais

Rebecca Rodgers

Clarinet (Bb)

Heather Ackroyd

Ashli Augsburger

Jessica Barner

Zoe Beaney

Mark Berbezier

Tiffany Braford

SiobhanCallaghan

Sophie Cowdrey

Cassie Cudworth

Victoria Davenport

Elizabeth Dixon

Claire Dubedat

Shaun H Y

Elisabeth Hartmark

Gilbert Heerhartz

James Hyett

Ambrose Kranitis

Debbie Larsen

Edward Luca

Makea Luzader

Nicolas Mansart

Tamara L Nehls

Paulette ReCord

Claire Revell

Lisa Reynolds

Danielle Sammy

Ella Shurr

Andrew Trautmann

Linus Wan

Stephen Willis

Bass Clarinet (Bb)

Alicea Hyland

Debbie Larsen

Christine Macfarlane

Krista Ruppert

Fiona Ryan

Contrabass Clarinet (Bb)

Richard Brockmeier

Alto Saxophone

Dominique Canning

Hedda Franqui

Yi Guo

Ryan Halyburton

Elisabeth Hartmark

James Hyett

Edward Luca

Bryan Mitchell

Charlotte Proctor

Jacob Upp

Jared Walker

Linus Wan

Jason Whitcomb

Tenor Saxophone

Tiffany Braford

Veronica Grande

Erica de Jonge

Scott R Lambrecht

Whitney Wooton

Baritone Saxophone

Samantha Bittle

Jason Whitcomb

Bassoon

Matt Hines

Lena Faye Sachs

French Horn

Meinte Boersma

Molly Hunt

Adrienne Killey

Steve Luzader

Cerridwyn Nordstrom

Jeremy Rodgers

Jill A Sipe

Laura Testa Allured

Trumpet

David Baldridge

William Baldridge

David Cohen

Kyle Cooley

Stephanie Kimball

Steve Luzader

Erin Palchak

Matt Phipps

Melissa Rowlands

Geoffrey Willis

Trombone

Eric Andersen

Dylan Cargill

Marcus T Carroll

Kathy Chase

Natalie Cool

Ryan Gaylor

Mylène Macias

Lia Risser

Mike Thorn

Bass Trombone

Dylan Cargill

Marcus T Carroll

Mike Thorn

Tuba

Dylan Cargill

Tom Jozefowicz

Anton Smit

Timpani

Brandon Lambert

Nathan Olff

Drumset

Nathan Olff

Katleen Verhoeven

Bass Drum

Brandon Lambert

Cymbals

Hadley Luker

Nathan Olff

Mark Tree

Todd Bestreski

Hadley Luker

Nathan Olff

Glockenspiel

Anna Aumann

Elise Bestreski

Amanda Chesin

Dominic Lo

Nathan Olff

Celesta

Elizabeth Brophy

Harp

Sarah Hall

Carol Levin

Sharon Macauley

Margaret Mackenzie

Elizabeth Nelson

Piano

Michael Barker

Carrie-Lynn Barr

Andrew Bohman

Rebecca Bruemmer

Juliane Bunk

Dylan Cargill

Kellie Carrigan

Hazel Chan

Chi-Linh Dinh

Immanuel Freedman

Sofia Geck

Shannon Graham

Veronica Grande

Shaun H Y

Nicole Herman

Bebe Liang

Amaury Mansart

Susana Millán

An Moris

Natalie Odien

Jien Ogawa

Katarina Ohlsson

Silja Ojanen

Samantha Poh

Donabel Roberts

Ysrael Rodriguez

Larissa Seybert

Małgorzata Słabosz

Georgia Steel

Crystal Stellwagen

Paul Tognarelli

Uma Vaidya

Clara Viúdez González

Carol Washington

Acoustic Guitar

Denis Andreev

Brianne Blackney

Amanda Chesin

Clare Good

Meg Hentges

Luke Jensen

Jentrie Matheson

Lori Monroy

Donabel Roberts

Electric Guitar

Denis Andreev

Meinte Boersma

Luca Farina

María Celeste Fux

Meg Hentges

Lori Monroy

Alexis Yang

Electric Bass Guitar

Andrew Bohman

Hazel Chan

Amber Duggins

Hazel Fyfe

David James

Dominic Lo

Jude O'Nym

Colin Pochie

Sandouri

Robin LaPasha

Kanun

Robin LaPasha

Mandolin

Jentrie Matheson

Violin

Kathryn Wallace Adams

Ahmad Iyas Abidin

Eva Amsen

Matthew Barclay

Laena Batchelder

Erica Beimesche

Evan Blackney

Katherine Chandler

Casey Coddaire

Nina Crisp

Nathalie Crocker

Allyn Custer

Gregory V Diehl

Claire Dubedat

Ze Goon

Leah Gray

Daniella Greene

Lynn Hilgers

Becca Horn

Jacob Jensen

Ian Jett

Damien Jones

Elizabeth Kent

Kerry Kittleson

Alison Liang

Hanna Livingston

Joshua Maddux

Rachel Martin

Jentrie Matheson

Chiara Mezzavilla

Esther Mildenhall

Kelsi Miller

Vanessa Aisha Mostafa

Mitchell Nelson

Natalie Odien

Christina Reid

Ysrael Rodriguez

Sreejon Sen

Duncan Swan

Jennifer Thompson

Rachel Thompson

Sue Thorn

Claudia Vogel

Elizabeth Wallace

Viola

Ida Andersson

Meinte Boersma

Raúl Domínguez

Ze Goon

Damien Jones

Meredith Jorgensen

Lynette Kleisner Gilbert

Vicky Lee

Miranda McAfee

Liz Myhre

Declan Ryan

Cello

Laena Batchelder

Monika Bauer

Lore Burns

Rachel Dunham

Hazel Fyfe

Christine Howe

Daniel Jamieson

Beth Larsen

Nicolas Mansart

Julia Miller

Ellen Shih

Teresa Slonaker

Tanja Zett

Double Bass

Michael Barker

Vicki Swan

Choir

Heather Ackroyd

Eric Andersen

Sam Asuque

Galia Bahat

Amy Baron

Monika Bauer

Zoe Beaney

Hannah Beaton

Erica Beimesche

Monika Berberich

Elise Bestreski

Tiffany Braford

Jessica Brinkley

Mary Louise Brockmeier (Soprano Solo)

Rebecca Bruemmer

Siobhan Callaghan

Amancay Candal Tribe

S. Clay

Jennifer Creevy

Darlene Crumly

Ulrike Czogalla

C David Dent

Matt Di Carlo

Chi-Linh Dinh

Joanna Sherlyn Dunlap

James East

Kaitlin Embury

Ivan Esteve

Angela Evrard

Elisabeth Flaum

Hedda Franqui

Brennen French

Glory Friend

Karin Fujii

Caryn Fulda

Melissa Gillman

Sarah Gold

Clare Good

Katie Goodwin

Victoria Gray

Shawna Hafen

Brenda Han

Bethany Hansen

Susan Henry

John Hicks

Audrey Horn

Becca Horn

Katie Hughes

Elizabeth Karrmann

Marianna Kaštan

Nicole-Anne Keyton

Kerry Kittleson

Tiffany Knoell

Kostya LaPasha

Robin LaPasha

Mary Leneis

Josephine Lenski

Bebe Liang

Dominic Lo

Barbara Lutz

Nicole Maneth

Rachel Martin

Alyssa McDermott

Camilla McGugan

Emily McKie

Chiara Mezzavilla

Iliana Mirabal

Vanessa Aisha Mostafa

Kristen Murphy

Wendy Novicenskie

Natalie Odien

Vincent Odien

Katarina Ohlsson

Silja Ojanen

Camila de Camargo Pereira

Duyen Pham

Jacqueline Phillips

Anastassia Rakitianskaia

Paulette ReCord

Melissa Rowlands

Declan Ryan

Tamsyn Sanders

Ellen Shih

Jireh Lee Silva

Małgorzata Słabosz (Alto Solo)

Crystal Stellwagen

Sue Thorn

Zuzana Vaneková

Angel Vazquez

Brontë Vincent

Clara Viúdez González

Claudia Vogel

Christine Watt

Hilary Weston

Brad Williams

Stephen Willis

Whitney Wooton

Yukinflake

 

DWFO #8: "50th Anniversary Suite"

December 28, 2013, 3:43 am

≫ Next: DWFO #9: Martha Meets Shakespeare

≪ Previous: DWFO #7: Amy's Suite

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The Doctor Who Fan Orchestra is proud to present its eighth collaboration: "50th Anniversary Suite".

The suite features the following themes: "The Mad Man With A Box", "Westminster Bridge" and "The Doctor's Theme", all composed by Murray Gold, as well as the "Doctor Who Theme" by Ron Grainer.

MP3 file download: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/8058374/DWFO%20%238%20-%2050th%20Anniversary%20Suite.mp3
(right-click the link if you want to save it!)

http://thedwfo.org

http://www.youtube.com/socksofbalhoon

https://www.facebook.com/DoctorWhoFan...

http://doctorwhofanorchestra.blogspot...

Twitter hashtag: #DWFO

The Doctor Who Fan Orchestra invites musical fans of Doctor Who to take part in an online collaborative celebration of Murray Gold's music. Participants submitted recordings for this work from September to October 2013.

This final mix includes 421 submissions from 283 individual participants, ranging in age from 11 to 69, and who are located in at least 24 different countries across the world.

PLEASE NOTE: Before anyone asks, no, I'm afraid I can't give you sheet music so your school orchestra or similar can play the music. This is for copyright reasons.
I will ignore any such requests. Thank you for understanding!

Arranged and co-ordinated by Stephen Willis

Assistant Co-ordinator: Robin LaPasha

Web Support: C. David Dent & Kostya LaPasha

Member Support: Heather Ackroyd & Camila de Camargo Pereira

The DWFO will return in 2014 with "Martha Meets Shakespeare". We will advertise extensively nearer the time.

Thanks to all participants!

Choir soloists

Soprano

Elena Dante

Alto

Karin Fujii

Instrumental soloists

Theremin

Sini Ylönen

Synth Lead

Ben Foster

Piccolo

Tiffany Braford

Benton Gordon

Gilbert Heerhartz

Courtney Thiel

Mandy Tinder

Flute

Nikola Böcker

Jessica Brinkley

Kyle Brown

Kathleen Dennison

Sarah Dillon

Tara Ghormley

Melissa Gillman

Benton Gordon

Olivia Hamilton

Jenny Han

Reid Herrera

Cinzia Hooijer

Nikki Imberger

Fiona James

Kellina James

Tim Jaw

Erica de Jonge

Marianna Kaštan

Katie Laski

Mary Leneis

Rachel Linquist

Camilla McGugan

An Moris

Rachel Reynolds

Arielle Ruizo

Dawn Schram

Amber Shakespeare

Katie Sherwood

Emily Sulka

Courtney Thiel

Mandy Tinder

Andrew Trautmann

Zuzana Vaneková

Laura Wagner

Rebecca Wang

Whitney Wooton

Oboe

Alastair Haig

Nicole Maneth

Rebecca Rodgers

Andrew Trautmann

Cor Anglais

Rebecca Rodgers

Clarinet Bb

Heather Ackroyd

Zoe Beaney

Mark Berbezier

Tiffany Braford

Grace Carey-Stuart

Sophie Cowdrey

Cassie Cudworth

Victoria Davenport

Elizabeth Dixon

Noe Dominguez

Claire Dubedat

Susannah Epstein-Boley

Allison Eriksen

Clare Good

Elisabeth Hartmark

Gilbert Heerhartz

Matt Hines

Ambrose Kranitis

Keira Kraus

Shaun Lim Hsien Yang

Makea Luzader

Hannah Milner

Paulette ReCord

Claire Revell

Lisa Reynolds

Danielle Sammy

Ella Shurr

Andrew Trautmann

Linus Wan

Bass Clarinet Bb

Grace Carey-Stuart

Sarah Gorczany

Hannah Keefer

Chris Macfarlane

Krista Ruppert

Contrabass Clarinet Bb

Richard Brockmeier

Alto Saxophone

Dominique Canning

Victoria Capaldi

Grace Carey-Stuart

Yi Guo

Ryan Halyburton

Elisabeth Hartmark

James Hyett

Edward Luca

Erin Norris

Charlotte Proctor

Dana Reynolds

Jason Whitcomb

Tenor Saxophone

Gilbert Heerhartz

Erica de Jonge

Dustin Kreidler

Scott R Lambrecht

Baritone Saxophone

Dustin Kreidler

Jason Whitcomb

Bassoon

James Glover

Janine Golob

Nicole Herman

French Horn

Rebecca Epstein-Boley

Adrienne Killey

Steve Luzader

Cerridwyn Nordstrom

Jeremy Rodgers

Kaitlin R Shaw

Laura Testa Allured

Trumpet

David Baldridge

William Baldridge

Nick Bredhauer

David Cohen

Kyle Cooley

Chelsea Harris

Stephanie Kimball

Steve Luzader

Dennis Mowers

Erin Palchak

Matthew Thompson

Trombone

Eric Andersen

Dylan Cargill

Marcus T Carroll

Kathy Chase

Natalie Cool

C David Dent

Ryan Gaylor

Brandon Harrison

Christopher Kendrick

John C Line

Dennis Mowers

Nicholas Rooch

Mike Thorn

Bass Trombone

Dylan Cargill

Marcus T Carroll

Tuba

Dylan Cargill

Tom Jozefowicz

Nicholas Rooch

Anton Smit

Concert Harp

Sarah Hall

Carol J Levin

Sharon Macauley

Margaret Mackenzie

Elizabeth Nelson

Piano

Monika Berberich

Andrew Bohman

Juliane Bunk

Chi-Linh Dinh

Alex Fry

Sofia Geck

Shannon Graham

Josh Kim

Amaury Mansart

Rachel Martin

James McBeth

Natalie Odien

Jien Ogawa

Katarina Ohlsson

Silja Ojanen

Mark Schenfisch

Georgia Steel

Crystal Stellwagen

Paul Tognarelli

Uma Vaidya

Pipe Organ

Mark Schenfisch

Electric Guitar

Brianne Blackney

Meinte Boersma

María Celeste Fux

Meg Hentges

Dustin Kreidler

Donabel Roberts

Małgorzata Słabosz

Uma Vaidya

Alexis Yang

Electric Bass Guitar

Monika Bauer

Rodolfo Bibolotti

Meinte Boersma

Andrew Bohman

Hazel Fyfe

David James

Jude O’Nym

Orfeo Pomp

Donabel Roberts

Synth Bass

Stephen Willis

Sandouri

Robin LaPasha

Violin

Kathryn Wallace Adams

Ahmad Iyas Abidin

Eva Amsen

Ida Andersson

Laena Batchelder

Erica Beimesche

Evan Blackney

Meinte Boersma

Andrea Bush

Katherine Chandler

Casey Coddaire

Nina  Crisp

Allyn Custer

Melody Duncan

Cary Eddy

Brittany Festin

Ze Goon

Leah Gray

Daniella Greene

Paula Andrea Guianan

Katy Herndon

Lynn Hilgers

Becca Horn

Ian McKenzie Jett

Damien Jones

Elizabeth Kantt

Kerry Kittleson

Alison Liang

Joshua Maddux

Rachel Martin

Jentrie Matheson

Katie McDonald

Chiara Mezzavilla

Esther Mildenhall

Kelsi Miller

Vanessa Aisha Mostafa

Mitchell Nelson

Natalie Odien

Silja Ojanen

Christina Reid

ViolinistBAKA

Kyrie Rooch

Duncan Swan

Jennifer Thompson

Rachel Thompson

Sue Thorn

Claudia Vogel

Elizabeth Wallace

Viola

Ida Andersson

Raúl Domínguez Sánchez

Ze Goon

Damien Jones

Lynette Kleisner Gilbert

Vicky Lee

Cello

Monika Bauer

Lore Burns

Hazel Fyfe

Christine Howe

Beth Larsen

Noah Littlejohn

Nicolas Mansart

Nilufar Mashian

James McBeth

Julia Miller

Teresa Slonaker

Tanja Zett

Double Bass

Vicki Swan

Snare Drum

Todd Bestreski

Andrea Franceschini

Nathan Olff

Bass Drum

Nathan Olff

Cymbals

Robin LaPasha

Drumset

Andrew Bohman

Nathan Olff

Katleen Verhoeven

Congas

Carol J Levin

Nathan Olff

Windchimes

Nathan Olff

Timpani

Nathan Olff

Tubular Bells

Nathan Olff

Glockenspiel

Nathan Olff

Elise Bestreski

Xylophone

Nathan Olff

Marimba

Nathan Olff

Choir

Heather Ackroyd

Eric Andersen

Ida Andersson

Galia Bahat

Monika Bauer

Zoe Beaney

Hannah Beaton

Erica Beimesche

Mathilde Belsoeur

Monika Berberich

Tiffany Braford

Mary Louise Brockmeier

Kyle Brown

Rebecca Bruemmer

Lore Burns

Andrea Bush

Heather Bush

Amancay Candal Tribe

Claudia Chan

David Chorzelewski

Jennifer Creevy

Nina  Crisp

Darlene Crumly

Elena Dante

C David Dent

Matt Di Carlo

Gregory V Diehl

Chi-Linh Dinh

Siobhan Dolan

Joanna Sherlyn Dunlap

James East

Ivan Esteve

Angela Evrard

Elisabeth Flaum

Hedda Franqui

Brennen French

Cameron Friend

Glory Friend

Karin Fujii

Caryn Fulda

María Celeste Fux

Rose Garcia

Melissa Gillman

Sarah Gold

Shannon Graham

Victoria Gray

Shawna Hafen

Andrew Hauge

Susan Henry

John Hicks

Pam Hicks

Lynn Hilgers

Becca Horn

Katie Hughes

Andrea Jacobsen

Elizabeth Karrmann

Marianna Kaštan

Tiffany Knoell

Kostya LaPasha

Robin LaPasha

Mary Leneis

Josephine Lenski

Bebe Liang

Barbara Lutz

Rachel Martin

Nilufar Mashian

Alyssa McDermott

Camilla McGugan

Emily McKie

Chiara Mezzavilla

Susana Millán

Brittany Miller

An Moris

Vanessa Aisha Mostafa

Dennis Mowers

Kristen Murphy

Wendy Novicenskie

Natalie Odien

Vincent Odien

Katarina Ohlsson

Silja Ojanen

Jude O'Nym

Camila de Camargo Pereira

Paulette ReCord

Arielle Ruizo

Declan Ryan

Tamsyn Sanders

Mark Schenfisch

Kaitlin R Shaw

Małgorzata Słabosz

Crystal Stellwagen

Erin Sulla

Sue Thorn

Angel Vazquez

Brontë Vincent

Claudia Vogel

Clara Viúdez González

Christine Watt

Hilary Weston

Brad Williams

Stephen Willis

Jessica Wu

Yukinflake

Tanja Zett

DWFO #9: Martha Meets Shakespeare

January 7, 2015, 12:42 am

≫ Next: DWFO #10: "Donna's Suite"

≪ Previous: DWFO #8: "50th Anniversary Suite"

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The Doctor Who Fan Orchestra are proud to present their ninth collaboration: "Martha Meets Shakespeare".

The suite featured: "Lute Song", "Elizabethan London", "Martha and the Bard", "Martha's Theme" and "The Carrionites Swarm", all composed by Murray Gold. These tracks were all heard in the S3 episode "The Shakespeare Code".

MP3 file download: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/8058374/DWFO%20%239%20-%20Martha%20Meets%20Shakespeare.mp3

(right-click the link if you want to save it!)

http://thedwfo.org

http://www.youtube.com/socksofbalhoon

http://www.facebook.com/DoctorWhoFanOrchestra

http://doctorwhofanorchestra.blogspot.com/

http://www.twitter.com/thedwfo

The Doctor Who Fan Orchestra invites musical fans of Doctor Who to take part in an online collaborative celebration of Murray Gold's music. Participants submitted recordings for this work from July to September 2014.

This final mix includes 412 submissions from 264 individual participants, ranging in age from 12 to 70, and who are located in at least 20 different countries across the world.

PLEASE NOTE: I'm afraid I can't give you sheet music so your school orchestra or similar can play the music. This is for copyright reasons. I will ignore any such requests. Thank you for understanding!

Arranged and co-ordinated by Stephen Willis

Assistant Co-ordinator: Robin LaPasha

Web Support: Kostya LaPasha & C. David Dent

Member Support: Heather Ackroyd & Camila de Camargo Pereira

The DWFO will return in 2015 with "Donna's Suite". We will advertise extensively nearer the time.

Thanks to all participants!

Soloists

Choir Tenor
Mark Schenfisch
Stephen Willis

Viola
Damien Jones

Alto Recorder
Sue Thorn

Trumpet
David Baldridge


All participants

Piccolo

Benton Gordon

Amanda Gusnard

Macey Peterson

Mandy Tinder

Flute

Ashley Barnett

Jenni Bergner

Nikola Böcker

Tiffany Braford

Jessica Brinkley

Leigha Capra

Meghan Dennehy

Tara Ghormley

Melissa Gillman

Benton Gordon

Amanda Gusnard

Jenny Han

Gilbert Heerhartz

Reid Herrera

Lucy Hull

Skyler Hungerford

Nikki Imberger

Fiona James

Kellina James

Erica de Jonge

Anaïs Kamionka

Megan Kyte

Mary Leneis

Aurore Leprince

Rachel Linquist

Camilla McGugan

Christianna Moraiti

Niki Moraiti

Katie Paulaski

Macey Peterson

Rachel Reynolds

Amber Shakespeare

Katie Sherwood

Emily Sulka

Mandy Tinder

Zuzana Vaneková

Josephine Wong

Whitney Wooton

Jessica Wu

Angeline Zavier

Oboe

Maria Lutz

Rebecca Rodgers

Julien Rozier

Clarissa Stewart

Cor Anglais

Rebecca Rodgers

Clarinet (Bb)

Heather Ackroyd

Zoe Beaney

Sara Blanco

Tiffany Braford

Grace Carey-Stuart

Sophie Cowdrey

Cassie Cudworth

Victoria Davenport

Matt Davies

Claire Dubedat

Allison Eriksen

Shane Farrell

Aida Feng

Rhiannon Ford

Aaron Goldin

Clare Good

Elisabeth Hartmark

Megan Hungerford

Jac Jenner

Ambrose Kranitis

Makea Luzader

Nicolas Mansart

Paulette ReCord

Lisa Reynolds

Krista Ruppert

Eden Schultz

Ella Shurr

Karyn Xie

Bass Clarinet (Bb)

Rosemary Anger

Grace Carey-Stuart

Alicea Hyland

Cheryl Jackson

Eden Schultz

Bassoon

James Hyett

Margaret Richter

Lena Faye Sachs

Alto Saxophone

Dominique Canning

Yi Guo

Ryan Halyburton

James Hyett

Dana McCormack

Jill Montgomery

Katarina Ohlsson

Charlotte Proctor

Jared Walker

Jason Whitcomb

Tenor Saxophone

Gilbert Heerhartz

Jac Jenner

Erica de Jonge

Dustin Kreidler

Baritone Saxophone

Dustin Kreidler

Jason Whitcomb

Soprano Recorder

Heather Ackroyd

Eva Amsen

Grace Carey-Stuart

Peter Corish

Immanuel Freedman

Elisabeth Hartmark

Marianna Kaštan

Mary Leneis

Maria Lutz

Melinda Schlimmer

Dawn Schram

Katie Sherwood

Gill Spaul

Sue Thorn

Zuzana Vaneková

Alto/Treble Recorder

Eva Amsen

Grace Carey-Stuart

Claudia Chan

Peter Corish

Immanuel Freedman

Clare Good

Elisabeth Hartmark

Marianna Kaštan

Barbara Lutz

Melinda Schlimmer

Beanie Spaul

Sue Thorn

Alto Rauschpfeife

Mary Leneis

Tenor Shawm

Mary Leneis

Tenor Crumhorn

Mary Leneis

French Horn

Kathryn Hendee

Adrienne Killey

Antonia Kohan

Steve Luzader

Cerridwyn Nordstrom

Jeremy Rodgers

Laura Testa Allured

David Lorenz Valdez

Megan VanHumbeck

Trumpet in Bb

David Baldridge

William Baldridge

David Brackenridge

Chelsea Harris

William Johnson

Stephanie Kimball

Daniel Kriozere

Edward Mills

Dennis Mowers

Erin Palchak

Brendan Wayne

Trombone

Eric Andersen

Natalie Cool

C David Dent

Daryol Dion Edwards

Elaine Hueber

Mike Thorn

Tuba

Tom Jozefowicz

Malin Medin

Nicole Murray

Anton Smit

Timpani

Brandon Lambert

Sam Levy

Nathan Olff

Snare Drum

Sarah Chase

Elisabeth Finkel

Andrea Franceschini

Grant Johnson

Brandon Lambert

Sam Levy

Bass Drum

Brandon Lambert

Sam Levy

Nathan Olff

Cymbals

Sarah Chase

Brandon Lambert

Sam Levy

Drumset

Sarah Chase

Brandon Lambert

Sam Levy

Tambourine

Sarah Chase

Brandon Lambert

Sam Levy

Mark Tree

Todd Bestreski

Andrew Bohman

Brandon Lambert

Sam Levy

Nicole Murray

Glockenspiel

Elise Bestreski

Aida Feng

Brandon Lambert

Sam Levy

Nathan Olff

Marimba

Elise Bestreski

Brandon Lambert

Sam Levy

Nathan Olff

Tubular Bells

Aida Feng

Brandon Lambert

Sam Levy

Nathan Olff

Concert Harp

Sarah Hall

Carol J Levin

Sharon Macauley

Diane Moss

Elizabeth Nelson

Piano

Monika Berberich

Andrew Bohman

Amaury Mansart

Natalie Odien

Jien Ogawa

Katarina Ohlsson

Declan Ryan

Mark Schenfisch

Crystal Stellwagen

Paul Tognarelli

Harpsichord

Shannon Graham

Crystal Stellwagen

Acoustic Guitar

Małgorzata Słabosz

Oscar Wycisk

Alexis Yang

Classical Guitar

Meg Hentges

Mandolin

Meg Hentges

Jentrie Matheson

Mark Schenfisch

Lute/Oud

Jeffrey Bunce

Kostya LaPasha

Denys Proteau

Kanun

Robin LaPasha

Electric Bass

Meinte Boersma

Andrew Bohman

David James

Luiza Gabriella Johnson

Orfeo Pomp

Donabel Roberts

Violins (I)

Kathryn Wallace Adams

Eva Amsen

Erica Beimesche

Evan Blackney

Andrea Bush

Cary Eddy

Matilda Erichs Lång

Brittany Festin

Lynn Hilgers

Tabitha Hoxie

Ian Jett

Damien Jones

Eli Kantt

Kerry Kittleson

Allyn Lambert

Heidi D Lemarr

Alison Liang

Katie McDonald

Kelsi Miller

Mitchell Nelson

Natalie Odien

Dalibor Preisler

Christina Reid

Michael Roskelley

Elizabeth Wallace

Violins (II)

Kathryn Wallace Adams

Eva Amsen

Erica Beimesche

Evan Blackney

Andrea Bush

Katherine Chandler

Cary Eddy

Brittany Festin

Lynn Hilgers

Tabitha Hoxie

Damien Jones

Eli Kantt

Kerry Kittleson

Allyn Lambert

Heidi D Lemarr

Alison Liang

Jentrie Matheson

Chiara Mezzavilla

Esther Mildenhall

Vanessa Aisha Mostafa

Natalie Odien

Dalibor Preisler

Christina Reid

Michael Roskelley

Rachel Thompson

Sue Thorn

Uma Vaidya

Christine Watt

Viola

Ida Andersson

Amah Atungsiri

Raúl Domínguez Sánchez

Jennifer Gordillo

Damien Jones

Meredith Jorgensen

Kerry Kittleson

Lynette Kleisner Gilbert

Allyn Lambert

Vicky Lee

Declan Ryan

Georgia Steel

Crystal Stellwagen

Katherine Williams

Yukinflake

Cello

Christine Howe

Daniel Jamieson

Noah Littlejohn

Nicolas Mansart

Nilufar Mashian

Julia Miller

Teresa Slonaker

Tanja Zett

Double Bass

Vicki Swan

Choir Soprano

Heather Ackroyd

Sarah Amos

Erica Beimesche

Monika Berberich

Mary Louise Brockmeier

Andrea Bush

Heather Bush

Sonnie Clay

Jennifer Creevy

Darlene Crumly

Elena Dante

Joanna Sherlyn Dunlap

Gloria Friend

Caryn Fulda

Melissa Gillman

Susan Henry

Andrea Jacobsen

JJ Kotek

Robin LaPasha

Samantha Lincroft

Alyssa McDermott

Camilla McGugan

Wendy Novicenskie

Natalie Odien

Silja Ojanen

Carolyne Rex

Małgorzata Słabosz

Brontë Vincent

Hilary Weston

Choir Alto

Monika Bauer

Zoe Beaney

Hannah Beaton

Erica Beimesche

Andrea Bush

Heather Bush

Amancay Candal Tribe

Dominique Canning

Meghan Dennehy

Chi-Linh Dinh

Elisabeth Flaum

Caryn Fulda

Melissa Gillman

Shawna Hafen

Lynn Hilgers

Elena Hirst

Katie Hughes

Andrea Jacobsen

Tiffany L Knoell

Robin LaPasha

Josephine Lenski

Annitta Lin

Samantha Lincroft

Stephanie Lokum

Nicole Maneth

Véronique Mansart

Rachel Martin

Nilufar Mashian

Camilla McGugan

Chiara Mezzavilla

Vanessa Aisha Mostafa

Kristen Murphy

Katarina Ohlsson

Jude O'Nym

Camila de Camargo Pereira

Paulette ReCord

Dawn Schram

Małgorzata Słabosz

Tara Stockford

Erin Sulla

Stephy Sunny

Zuzana Vaneková

Yukinflake

Choir Tenor

Matt Davies

C David Dent

Matt Di Carlo

Tabitha Hoxie

Nicolas Mansart

Paulette ReCord

Mark Schenfisch

Duncan Swan

David Lorenz Valdez

Brad Williams

Stephen Willis

Choir Bass

David Brackenridge

Peter Corish

Matt Davies

Ivan Esteve

Cameron Friend

Christopher Macuto Gebel

Skyler Hungerford

Kostya LaPasha

Amaury Mansart

Vincent Odien

Daniel Pope

Mark Schenfisch

Stephen Willis

 

DWFO #10: "Donna's Suite"

September 3, 2016, 11:59 am

≪ Previous: DWFO #9: Martha Meets Shakespeare

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The Doctor Who Fan Orchestra are proud to present their tenth collaboration: "Donna's Suite".

The suite featured: "Donna's Theme", "The Runaway Bride", "After the Chase", "A Noble Girl About Town", "It's Me!", "The Rueful Fate of Donna Noble" and "The Doctor Forever: Donna's Goodbye", plus a special choral credits encore of "Song of Freedom", all composed by Murray Gold. These tracks were heard in the Christmas episode "The Runaway Bride" and in episodes of Series 4.

We dedicate this suite to the late Steve Luzader, who played French Horn (and other brass instruments) with the Doctor Who Fan Orchestra on many of our projects.

Donna's Suite MP3 file download (right-click the link to save):
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/8058374/DWFO%20%2310%20-%20Donna's%20Suite.mp3

Song of Freedom MP3 file download (right-click the link to save):
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/8058374/DWFO%20%2310a%20-%20Song%20of%20Freedom.mp3

http://thedwfo.org

http://www.youtube.com/socksofbalhoon

http://www.facebook.com/DoctorWhoFanOrchestra

http://doctorwhofanorchestra.blogspot.com/

http://www.twitter.com/thedwfo

The Doctor Who Fan Orchestra invites musical fans of Doctor Who to take part in an online collaborative celebration of Murray Gold's music. Participants submitted recordings for this work from May to July 2016.

This final mix includes 336 submissions from 201 individual participants, ranging in age from 11 to 69, and who are located in at least 20 different countries across the world.

PLEASE NOTE: I'm afraid I can't give you sheet music so your school orchestra or similar can play the music. This is for copyright reasons. I will ignore any such requests. Thank you for understanding!

Arranged and co-ordinated by Stephen Willis

Assistant Coordinator: Robin LaPasha

Web Membership Services: Kostya LaPasha

Member Support: Heather Ackroyd & Camila de Camargo Pereira

Web Support: C David Dent

Thanks to all participants!

The DWFO will return - but we're not sure when! Be sure to follow our social media channels (listed above) for announcements.

DWFO Donna’s Suite
Participants by Part

Piccolo
Ashley Barnett
Benton Gordon
Gilbert Heerhartz
Camilla McGugan
Sean Moloney
Emily Sulka
Mandy Tinder

Flute 
Jennifer Bergner
Gherseän Bourget
Leigha Capra
Emma Gairin
Tara Ghormley
Benton Gordon
Amanda Gusnard
Clare Heinrich
Reid Herrera
Nikki Imberger
Fiona James
Kellina James
Erica de Jonge
Anaïs Kamionka
Rachel Linquist
Camilla McGugan
Sean Moloney
Katie Paulaski
Donabel Roberts
Kyra Schlezinger
Lainey Schlezinger
Dawn Schram
Clarissa Stewart
Emily Sulka
Elisabeth Teruel
Mandy Tinder
Andrew Trautmann
Zuzana Vaneková

Oboe 
Rebecca Rodgers
Clarissa Stewart

Cor Anglais 
Rebecca Rodgers
Lois Whitaker

Clarinet (Bb) 
Heather Ackroyd
Rosemary Anger
Rachel Arseneau
Zoe Beaney
Kieran Bhaskara
Sara Blanco
Tiffany Braford
Trischa Buhler
Cici Carey-Stuart
Sophie Cowdrey
Cassie Cudworth
Victoria Davenport
James Drake
Allison Eriksen
Aaron Goldin
Clare Good
Sarah Hawkins
Pierce Johnson
Chris Macfarlane
Nicolas Mansart
Amanda Mitchell
Paulette ReCord
Krista Ruppert
Ella Shurr
Patricia Smith
Jacqueline Smith-Thompson
Andrew Trautmann
Maddie Westenberg

Bass Clarinet (Bb) 
James Drake
Aaron Goldin
Gilbert Heerhartz
Chris Macfarlane
Cheryl Sinn

Bassoon 
Jane Hawkins
Margaret Richter

Alto Saxophone 
James Drake
Aaron Goldin
Yi Guo
Gilbert Heerhartz
Dustin Kreidler
Dana McCormack
Curtis Nichols
Jacqueline Smith-Thompson
Brian S Torres
Steve Trimble
Jason Whitcomb

Tenor Saxophone 
Erica de Jonge
Dustin Kreidler
Curtis Nichols

Baritone Saxophone 
Dustin Kreidler
Curtis Nichols
Jacqueline Smith-Thompson
Jason Whitcomb

French Horn 
Daryol Edwards
Kathryn Hendee
Adrienne Killey
Patrick de Koster
Cerridwyn Nordstrom

Trumpet in Bb 
David Brackenridge
Ben Corkett
Yasemin Dinibutun
Chelsea Harris
William Johnson
Stephanie Kimball

Trombone 
Eric Andersen
Christopher R Botos
Oscar Carlsson
C David Dent
Michelle C Flowers
Clare Heinrich
Mareike Leiter
Tom Smith
Mike Thorn

Tuba 
Daryol Edwards
Jeffrey Riggs
Anton Smit

Harp
Diane Moss

Piano 
Shannon Graham
Amaury Mansart
Mark Schenfisch
Paul Tognarelli

Violins (I) 
Kathryn Wallace Adams
Eva Amsen
Erica Beimesche
Andrea Bush
Kirsten Chesley
Casey Coddaire
Jennifer DeMars
Cary Eddy
Lynn Hilgers
Tabitha Hoxie
Joshua Iyer
Damien Jones
Allyn Lambert
Mareike Leiter
Jacqui T Lokum
Esther Mildenhall
Minh Anh Nguyen Vu
Natalie Odien
Silja Ojanen
Kerry T Peterson
Alison Robins
Elizabeth Wallace
Kate Williams

Violins (II) 
Kathryn Wallace Adams
Eva Amsen
Erica Beimesche
Evan Blackney
Meinte Boersma
Andrea Bush
Casey Coddaire
Cary Eddy
Lynn Hilgers
Tabitha Hoxie
Damien Jones
Allyn Lambert
Mareike Leiter
Heidi Lemarr
Jentrie Matheson
Minh Anh Nguyen Vu
Natalie Odien
Kerry T Peterson
Alison Robins
Sue Thorn
Kate Williams

Viola 
Raúl Domínguez Sánchez
Emma Gairin
Damien Jones
Lynette Kleisner Gilbert
Kate Williams

Cello 
Lore Burns
Nicolas Mansart
Brant Miller
Amber Schwister
Tanja Zett

Double Bass 
Vicki Swan

Acoustic Guitar 
Minh Anh Nguyen Vu
Taris Oenang
Donabel Roberts
Oscar Wycisk
Bob Zawalich

Electric Guitar
Brianne Blackney
Meinte Boersma
Meg Hentges
Taris Oenang
Oscar Wycisk
Alexis Yang
Bob Zawalich

Electric Bass 
Evan Blackney
Andrew Bohman
David James
Luiza Gabriella Johnson
Jude O'Nym
Donabel Roberts
Jason Whitcomb

Triangle
Sarah Chase
Elisabeth Finkel
Sam Levy

Bass Drum 
Sam Levy

Cymbals 
Sam Levy

Drumset 
Sarah Chase
Sam Levy

Shaker
Sam Levy

Claves
Sarah Chase
Elisabeth Finkel
Sam Levy
Ruth Little
Lois Whitaker

Cuíca
Kostya LaPasha
Robin LaPasha

Guiro
Sam Levy
Nathan Olff

Congas
Elisabeth Finkel
Sam Levy
Ruth Little

Tambourine 
Elisabeth Finkel
Sam Levy
Stephen Willis

Mark Tree
Robin LaPasha

Vibraslap
Elisabeth Finkel
Sam Levy
Nathan Olff

Flexatone
Sam Levy

Slide Whistle
Elisabeth Finkel
Sam Levy

Timpani 
Brandon Lambert
Sam Levy

Glockenspiel 
Elisabeth Finkel
Sam Levy
Nathan Olff

Xylophone
Brandon Lambert
Sam Levy
Ruth Little
Nathan Olff

Marimba 
Sarah Chase
Elisabeth Finkel
Sam Levy
Nathan Olff

Vibraphone 
Sam Levy
Nathan Olff

Choir Soprano
Heather Ackroyd
Sarah Amos
Erin Barnett
Becky Barnum
Erica Beimesche
Tiffany Braford
Mary Louise Brockmeier
Andrea Bush
Heather Bush
Claudia Chan
Jennifer Creevy
Darlene Crumly
Diana Flores Espinosa
Glory Friend
Caryn Fulda
Susan Henry
Andrea Jacobsen
Lembe Kullamaa
Robin LaPasha
Véronique Mansart
Alyssa McDermott
Camilla McGugan
Amanda Mitchell
Minh Anh Nguyen Vu
Wendy Novicenskie
Silja Ojanen
Camila de Camargo Pereira
Kerttu Pihlajamaa
Brontë Vincent
Hilary Weston
Rosa York
Tanja Zett

Choir Alto
Hannah Anderson
Zoe Beaney
Erica Beimesche
Gherseän Bourget
Jessica Brinkley
Andrea Bush
Cici Carey-Stuart
Meghan Dennehy
Chi-Linh Dinh
Yasemin Dinibutun
Elisabeth Flaum
Diana Flores Espinosa
Caryn Fulda
Melissa Gillman
Clare Good
Shannon Graham
Kathryn Hendee
Ben Hilgers
Lynn Hilgers
Luiza Gabriella Johnson
Marianna Kaštan
Tiffany Knoell
Robin LaPasha
Stephanie Lokum
Rachel Martin
Camilla McGugan
Emily McKie
Chiara Mezzavilla
Vanessa Mostafa
Kristen Murphy
Typhenn Nasri
Minh Anh Nguyen Vu
Camila de Camargo Pereira
Paulette ReCord
Margaret Richter
Angela Rodriguez
Anne Rohland
Dawn Schram
Tara Stockford
Erin Sulla
Elisabeth Teruel
Sue Thorn
Jenica Webster
Jessica Wu
Liara Yoakum

Choir Tenor
Ben Corkett
C David Dent
Tabitha Hoxie
Thomas Johnson
Denis Mansart
Nicolas Mansart
Mark Schenfisch
Brad Williams

Choir Bass
David Brackenridge
Peter Corish
Ben Corkett
Ivan Esteve Alvarez
Cameron Friend
Chris Gebel
James Hyett
William Johnson
Kostya LaPasha
Amaury Mansart
Sean Moloney
Mark Schenfisch

Instrumental Soloists

Alto Saxophone
Aaron Goldin

Electric Guitar
Taris Oenang

Piano 
Amaury Mansart 

Featured Instrumentalists

Hammond Organ
Mark Schenfisch

Electric Piano
Stephen Willis