For Dancers
About Tango Music
Golden Age Starter Kit
For Musicians
Community Tango Orchestra
Sheet Music Downloads
Hear the Orchestra
Oct. 30 - Colvin Run
Music Director
Korey Ireland
Rehearsal Coordinator
Tom Kenney
Funded in part by the DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities, an agency supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.
Special thanks to L&L Music/Wind Shop for providing instruments and to Sheridan School for providing rehearsal space
Community Tango Orchestra
The aim of the Community Tango Orchestra project is to revitalise the folk tradition of tango music as the live accompaniment for social dance. We envision a national network of musicians who can mutually support their pursuit and practice of tango music in collaboration with the growing Argentine tango dance community.
Our Music Director is Korey Ireland. Unique in the worldwide tango community, Korey is both an accomplished tango musician and composer as well as tango dance instructor. His particular passion is connecting live music with social dance.
Videos of the community tango orchestra at the Fishnet Fete 2010
Musicians
If you are a musician in the Washington, DC area and would like to get involved in playing tango music for social dancers, please contact Rehearsal Coordinator Tom Kenney at with a brief summary of your experience, your instrument, and your availability to rehearse.
About the Project
Our primary expense in maintaining a live orchestra for dancers is the need to produce sheet music for the musicians to play. Very few Golden Age tangos (used the world over for social dancing) exist today in written form. Therefore, professional composers and musicians must spend dozens of hours transcribing the music by ear, and often adapting it for the mixed skill level of today's volunteer orchestras. As part of the Community Tango Orchestra Project, we are producing these materials for our local group and will soon be posting them online for emerging community tango orchestras around the world.
Sponsor a Score
If you would like to support the production of new scores, please use the form below and your donation will be marked accordingly in our records. The estimated cost of one score is $300. Enter the amount that's right for you. Tango Mercurio is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and all contributions are fully tax-deductible.
If you prefer to make your donation by check, please write payable to Tango Mercurio and send to 4801 Connecticut Ave. NW #504, Washington, DC 20008.
