Orquestra de Samba (ODS) is a collaboration of ten Chicago area musicians with classical, jazz, latin, & Brazilian musical backgrounds. This innovative ensemble came together in 2002 to explore the depth & beauty of Brazilian music & has since brought its cultural enrichment program to thousands of people in the greater Chicago area through in-school concerts, community events, workshops, & cultural arts festivals. Today, the exciting sound of Orquestra de Samba brings audiences to their feet with percussive Batucada, powerful brass choruses, poignant melodies, & unique arrangements of works by Brazilian composers such as Pixinguinha, Antonio Carlos Jobim, & Heitor Villa-Lobos.
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