Rehearsal and Concert Schedule

Timeframe: Tuesdays, Sep. 1 - Dec. 8, 2026


Fall 2026 Repertoire for “Silver Screen Winter Dreams”

  • L’Enfance du Christ, Hector Berlioz
  • Somewhere in my Memory, from Home Alone, John Williams
  • White Christmas, Irving Berlin
  • Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
  • Home for the Holidays
  • Sleigh Ride
  • It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
  • Ode to Joy, Beethoven

Fall 2026 Calendar:

  • September 1:  First Rehearsal
    • 6:30 newbies, 7pm 8:30pm tutti
  • September 25-27: Mission Retreat
  • November 24: No Rehearsal
  • December 1: Dress rehearsal at CPAC, 6:30pm-9:30pm
  • December 3: Dress rehearsal at TPAC, 6:30-9:30
  • December 5: Silver Screen Winter Dreams Concert at CPAC, 3pm
    • 1:30pm call
  • Dec. 6: Silver Screen Winter Dreams Concert at TPAC, 3pm
    • 2pm call
  • Dec. 8: Final Rehearsal

Class Enrollment

DATES: 17 Meetings. September 1 - December 8, 2026.

TIME: 6:30 - 9:00 p.m.

FEE: $100

LOCATION: North County Campus Room N3102

INSTRUCTOR: Cassandra Tarantino

QUESTIONS: Contact instructor at ctaranti@cuesta.edu

Class Schedule – Please Note:
Our class schedules may be subject to change. You can view the most current class status anytime on the Community Programs website. To stay up to date after registering, please monitor your email, as any changes will be sent to the email address we have on file.

Cassandra Tarantino

About the Instructor

Cassandra Tarantino has her Bachelor’s Degrees in Church Music and English Literature from Westmont College, Santa Barbara.  She holds Master’s Degrees in Performance Flute from CSU, Northridge, and in Choral Conducting from SJSU. Ms. Tarantino has taught at Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo since 2006 where she conducts the Concert Choir, teaches private voice and flute, and Musicianship and Classical Music Appreciation.  

In 2006 Cassandra founded the Cuesta Concord Chorus and has enjoyed touring the world with them singing with fellow choirs and for veterans.  Ms. Tarantino was hired in 2017 as the Music Director for St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church.  

Folk music and dance are a passion for Cassandra, and you will often find her playing and dancing traditional Irish, English Country and Contra Dance music.