Pacific Symphony and presenting sponsor Yamaha invited Orange County to celebrate the joy of music through OC Can You Play? — a public pianos project.

		OC CAN YOU PLAY? January 16 - February 6 Twenty colorfully painted pianos were installed throughout Orange County for everyone to play and enjoy. Pacific Symphony invited the community to stop by, play their favorite tunes or even create their own Piano Event. From Chopsticks to Chopin, Bach to the Beatles, OC Can You Play? inspired people to reconnect to their musical soul.

Locations

Best Video Contest

Pacific Symphony hosted an "OC Can You Play? Best Video Contest" and received 27 creative entries. Below is one entry by local rock band Melee.

For more videos visit the Symphony's YouTube page Here

Photos

Click the following links to find photo albums on our Facebook page:

OC Can You Play? Pianos

OC Can You Play? Artists

OC Can You Play? Launch Event

Lang Lang plays "OC Can You Play? Piano with OCHSA

McKinley the dog visits the pianos

Press Coverage

Robert Sandla, SymphonyNOW:
OC x 3

Mike Boehm, Los Angeles Times:
Pianos will pop up all over Orange County

Brittany Levine, Orange County Register:
Painted Pianos takes to O.C. streets

Bradley Zint, Daily Pilot:
Classically Trained: Calling all pianists and sopranists

Danielle Bacher, OC Weekly:
'OC Can You Play?' to stash pianos everywhere

Sean Lara, Orange County Register:
Lagunans belt out tunes on piano at the beach

Rich Kane, Laguna Beach Patch:
VIDEO: Piano Players at Main Beach, part of Pacific Symphony's OC Can You Play? project

Franke Santos, Corona Del Mar Patch:
Pianos to Public: Play Me!

Jenn Starnes, Orange County Great Park:
Great Park Asks: ‘OC Can You Play?’

Ruth Yunker, OC Insite:
Indulging a piano fantasy

Ashley Breeding, Laguna Coastline:
Making a big play

Bidding for Good Piano Auction, Jan 30 - Feb 5

During the last week of OC Can You Play?, Pacific Symphony auctioned off 18 of the pianos on Bidding For Good, an online charity auction. All proceeds from the auction benefited Artistic and Educational initiatives of Pacific Symphony

Support

Many thanks to our sponsors who have made "OC Can You Play?" possible.

Presenting Sponsor:
Yamaha Corporation of America

www.yamaha.com

Supporting Sponsor:
Kawai America Corporation

www.kawaius.com

Official Site Partner:
South Coast Plaza

http://www.southcoastplaza.com/

Participating Sponsor:
Piano Technicians Guild

www.ptg.org

Artists

Special thanks to these talented artists for painting the pianos.

Mark Leysen
Brendan Sharkey
Philip Womack
Carolyn Yarnell
Tom Brown
Philip Womack
Luke Cantarella
Libby Farley
Alicia Rojas
Jack Marko and Eddie de la Barca
Arturo Guevara
Sharon Whelchel
Carole Boller
Cheryl Stein
Joni Renee
Kirsten Whalen
Vanessa Rangel and Katie Jaffe
Natalie Goldman
br3tt Walker
Ed Bopp