Wiley Community Orchestra

ATTENTION: Our fun and busy Summer Reading Program schedule means the library's parking lot will be full!!! You always have permission to park in the Westfield Middle School's parking lot or the Shamrock Band Parking Lot which is directly to the west of the library's parking lot, and then walk across to our building. Also, you may park across Hoover Street, to the north, in the Westfield High School parking lot.

The Wiley Community Orchestra is a one-of-a-kind, non-professional group of over 70 musicians of all ages and levels of experience. Many of the players began playing their instrument as adults, while others are young adults who haven’t touched their instruments since high school.  WCO also has musicians who are much more experienced, but appreciate the flexible attendance requirements of the WCO. Some of the group's musicians make the Sunday afternoon rehearsals and concerts a family activity, with up to four of the same family participating in some concerts.  The ages of WCO players run from middle school through retirees.

The group performs, for free, primarily in cafeterias and activity rooms of retirement villages, Alzheimer units, and nursing homes in and around the Indianapolis area. Rehearsals are hosted by the Robin Run Retirement Village in Indianapolis.  Although WCO claims 70 plus members, there are typically 35 to 50 participating in each rehearsal and concert; more than enough to make nice sounds. Concerts run about 60 minutes, and feature a wide variety of popular and classical music.