There have been 10 caches in this series, each representing the rehearsal or performance location of a local community orchestra. In each of these caches there was a composer name clue to help find the final location.
#1 TACO GC7VP83
#2 Good Shepherd Concert Series GC7W2BB
#3 Nova Vista Symphony (Revised) GC9PEZH
#4 Silicon Valley Philharmonic (Revised) GC9QZBD
#5 South Bay Philharmonic GC7YCH9
#6 San Jose Youth Chamber Orchestra GC7YQYN
#7 Palo Alto Philharmonic GC7ZBJ6
#8 Redwood Symphony GC807YZ
#9 Winchester Orchestra of San Jose GC80GE3
#10 Peninsula Symphony GC80N5G
Coords for final are shown below.
N 037° AB.CDE, W 121° VW.XYZ
A-E and V-Z can be calculated by answering the following questions about the composers in the clues.
A=Age of composer #4 when he started composing, minus 4
B=Number of letters in the surname of the famous musician that the composer #7 dedicated his Violin Sonata to
C=Last digit of composer #3's birth year
D=Number of letters in the city where composer #2 went to university and got his first job, minus 2
E=Number of letters in the US state where the composer #9 lived in 1893 and composed his “American” quartet and quintet.
V=Number of letters in the title of the composer #8's most famous dance music, minus 1
W=Number of names (given names plus surname) that composer #10 has
X=Last digit of composer #5's year of death
Y=Number of Symphonies written by composer #1
Z=Last digit of year that composer #6 became a US citizen
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