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MAR 18-20 | The definitive ode to star-crossed lovers, Romeo and Juliet caps the Colorado Symphony’s Shakespeare Festival with a wide-ranging expedition into the music inspired by the timeless drama. The concert covers not only the interpretations of masters like Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky, and Berlioz, but the definitively American translation of the play in Leonard Bernstein’s West Side Story. A quartet of actors perform scenes that dramatically stitch together the beauty of Shakespeare’s words with that of the music inspired by them.

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T H E M A G A Z I N E O F T H E C O L O R A D O S Y M P H O N Y

Volume 13 • Number 4

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Welcome

SPOTLIGHT

Beyond the Concert Hall

COLORADO SYMPHONY

Orchestra

COLORADO SYMPHONY

Board of Trustees

COLORADO SYMPHONY

Staff

2016

Sounds of Summer

How a SymphonySeason is Born

2016-2017

Season Schedule

MUSICIAN SPOTLIGHT

Susan Cahill

COMMUNITY

Support

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Colorado Symphony’s Tony Pierce and Bob Neu talk about everything that goes into bringing a new season to life.

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B E H I N D T H E S C E N E S I N T E R V I E W:

HOW A SYMPHONY SEASON IS

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WELCOME

Hello and thank you once again for joining my fellow orchestra members and me for another concert here at the Colorado

Symphony.

As we enjoy the heart of the Colorado Symphony’s 15/16 season, we are already excited about announcing our next season of concerts. In the coming 16/17 season, we’ll be presenting some of our favorite Masterworks programs, exploring more Geek and Pops concerts than ever before, and mixing genres together in a way that is sure to bring the music-loving community together like never before.

Building a new season is a truly a collaborative process between the Music Director, the Artistic Committee Committee of which I am a member, the artistic administrators in liaison with all the invited artists, the marketing team, and many others that all come together to bring you a season full of great music.

I am especially thrilled about the world premiere of the Daniel Kellogg violin concerto called Rising Phoenix. It’s a special honor to have a wonderful and talented composer write a piece of this magnitude specifically for me and the Colorado Symphony. To be a part of the creative process, from inception to birth, is very exciting! Daniel Kellogg has found inspiration from the story of the Phoenix - a magical bird of fire found in thousands of years of mythology spanning the globe in numerous cultures and religions. The solo violin will be featured as the voice of the phoenix in a five movement concerto. We hope to be able to keep you updated on its progress and please join us for the world premiere in October.

Speaking from the musicians’ vantage point, we are so happy to see you in the audience. Our hard work only truly comes alive with you here participating with us. We are grateful for your continued support and participation, and look forward to seeing you again in the 2016/17 season!

Yumi Hwang-Williams, Concertmaster

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SPOTLIGHT

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Beyond the Concert Hall

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Beethoven and BrewsEnjoy an exclusive beer tasting paired with light hors d’oeuvres and the sounds of a Colorado Symphony small ensemble performed in breweries around the city. Beethoven and Brews features an ensemble performance and four 4 oz. samples of beer from your favorite local breweries. Limited room per event, buy your tickets early!

Women of NoteWomen of Note is a membership group of goodwill ambassadors for the Colorado Symphony, encouraging individuals and organizations to attend concerts and provide financial support to the region’s premier performing arts organization. More than 95% of the funds raised through membership fees provide direct salary support to one distinguished female Colorado Symphony musician each year.

Colorado Symphony 5k Run/WalkLeave your headphones at home and help the Colorado Symphony kick off its 2016/17 concert season by participating in the Colorado Symphony 5K Run/Walk on Saturday, September 17th at Sloan’s Lake Park. Put a team together; bring your family, friends and pets, and join us for a fun-filled event featuring live music along the course.

Learn more and volunteer at:coloradosymphony.org/events

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COLORADO SYMPHONY

ANDREW LITTONMUSIC DIRECTOR

MARIN ALSOPCONDUCTOR

LAUREATE

CHRISTOPHER DRAGON

ASSOCIATE CONDUCTOR

ANDRES LOPERAASSISTANT CONDUCTOR

DUAIN WOLFECHORUS DIRECTOR

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VIOLINYumi Hwang-WilliamsConcertmaster

The Mary Rossick Kern & Jerome H. Kern Concertmaster Chair

Claude SimAssociate Concertmaster

Yi ZhaoAssistant Concertmaster

Ben Odhner Fixed 4th Chair

Paul PrimusPrincipal Second

Allegra WermuthAssistant Principal Second

Alessandra Jennings Flanagan

Fixed 3rd ChairLarisa FesmireThomas HanulikWyn HartJohn HiltonAnne-Marie HoffmanMyroslava

Ivanchenko-BartelsDorian KincaidKaren KinzieMark LampreyMiroslaw PastusiakErik Peterson Felix Petit + Robert StoyanovDelcho TenevAmy TysonVioletta Todorova+Bradley Watson Tena White

VIOLABasil Vendryes*

PrincipalCatherine Beeson

Assistant PrincipalMary Cowell

Fixed 3rd Chair Charlyn CampbellMarsha Holmes

Leah KovachHelen McDermottSummer Rhodes + Kelly ShanafeltPhillip Stevens

CELLOSilver Ainomäe

PrincipalAustin Fisher

Assistant PrincipalJudith Galecki

Fixed 3rd ChairSusan Rockey BowlesDanielle Guideri Thomas Heinrich Margaret HoeppnerMatthew SwitzerSusan Yun

BASSBrandon McLean

Principal Nicholas Recuber

Assistant PrincipalJohn ArnesenSusan Cahill James CarrollKarl Fenner *Jeremy KincaidSteven Metcalf +

FLUTEBrook Ferguson

PrincipalCatherine Peterson

2nd / Assistant Principal

Julie Duncan Thornton

PICCOLOJulie Duncan Thornton

OBOEPeter Cooper

PrincipalThe Irene & David AboschPrincipal Oboe Chair

Monica Hanulik2nd / Assistant Principal

Jason Lichtenwalter

ENGLISH HORNJason Lichtenwalter

CLARINETJason Shafer

Principal Abby Raymond

2nd / Assistant Principal

Andrew Stevens

E-FLAT CLARINETAbby Raymond

BASS CLARINETAndrew Stevens

BASSOONChad Cognata

PrincipalTristan Rennie

2nd / Assistant Principal

Roger Soren

CONTRA-BASSOONRoger Soren

HORNMichael Thornton

PrincipalCarolyn KunickiKolio Plachkov

3rd / Associate Principal

David BrusselAustin Larson

Assistant Principal

TRUMPETJustin Bartels

PrincipalPhilip Hembree

2nd / Assistant Principal

Patrick TilleryAssociate Principal

TROMBONEJohn Sipher

Principal Paul Naslund

2nd / Associate Principal

Gregory Harper

BASS TROMBONEGregory Harper

TUBAStephen Dombrowski

Principal

HARPCourtney Hershey Bress

Principal

TIMPANIWilliam Hill

PrincipalSteve Hearn

Assistant Principal

PERCUSSIONJohn Kinzie

PrincipalChair Endowed by a Friend of theColorado Symphony

Steve HearnMichael Van Wirt

ORCHESTRA LIBRARIANJoanne Goble

PrincipalJonathan Groszew

Assistant

+ = One year replacement* = On leave

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OFFICERSJerome H. Kern ,

Co-ChairDr. Mary Rossick Kern,

Co-ChairStephanie Donner, Esq.

TreasurerSusan Bowles,*

Secretary

TRUSTEESDr. Paula P. BernsteinElaine Brickman Susan Cahill*Young ChoJim CopenhaverJason Crow Zachary D. Detra, Esq. BJ DyerSandy ElliottBrook Ferguson*Jack Finlaw Dr. Everette J. Freeman Dr. Michael G. GundzikDiane S. Hill, Ph.D Dr. John Hilton*Yumi Hwang-Williams*Kathleen Johnson, Esq.

Brooks KanskiJohn Kinzie*Richard KylbergEvan LaskyPaul Lopez Jonathan Masoudi,

M.D Patrick C. McKinstry,

Esq.Joe Neguse, Esq. Kolio Plachkov*Julie RubsamJason Shafer*Jim ShpallEric Sondermann Barbara Springer Lynne Valencia Basil Vendryes*Wellington Webb

* Colorado Symphony Musician Trustee

EX-OFFICIO TRUSTEESAndrew Litton

Colorado Symphony Music Director

Mary Neidig President, Colorado Symphony Guild

Ginger White City and County of Denver, Arts & Venues

EMERITUS TRUSTEESWilliam K. CoorsJohn LowDr. W. Gerald RainerLee Yeingst

HONORARY TRUSTEESGovernor John W.

Hickenlooper Mayor Michael B.

HancockChristopher J. Ott, MD

ASSOCIATE BOARDOFFICERSJackson Stevens, ChairCharlie Siebert,

Outgoing ChairObe Ariss,

Vice Chair

Bridget McNeil, Secretary

Nick Recuber, Musician Chair

Drew Frey, Communications Chair

Jocelyn Hittle, Membership Chair

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STAFFJerome H. Kern

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Chief Financial OfficerAndrew Litton

Music DirectorRobert Neu

Senior Vice President of Artistic Planning

Anthony Pierce Senior Vice President of Program Innovation

Christina Carlson Vice President of Development

David Aeling Production and Stage Manager

Catherine Beeson Director of Community and Education Programs

Larry Brezicka Orchestra Personnel Manager

Annette Brown Staff Accountant

Aric Christensen Audio Engineer

Sherri Colgan House Manager

Stephanie Derybowski Manager of Digital Media

Christine Devereaux Special Events Planner

Christopher Dragon Associate Conductor

Susan Ellis Executive Administrator & Board Liaison

Molly Epstein Group Sales Manager

Joanne Goble Orchestra Librarian

Jonathan Groszew Assistant Orchestra Personnel Manager / Assistant Librarian

Deborah Guess Properties Master

Gerry Heise Director of Major Gifts

Philip Hiester Master Electrician

John Hilton Development Liason

Eric Israelson Chorus Manager

Susan Kelly Director of Sales and Patron Services

Christopher Kirkland Master Carpenter

Kyle Kamrath Manager of Artistic Operations

Matt Krupa Application Administrator

Andres Lopera Assistant Conductor

Ian MacIntyre Manager of Patron Services

Jessica Mays Artistic Coordinator

Seth McNew Director of Public and Community Relations

Shari Myers Education Coordinator

Parker Owens Director of Marketing

Mike Pappas New Media Center

Barbara Porter Assistant Chorus Manager

Paula Rossin, Staff Accountant

Emily Scott Artistic Administrator

Park Wm. Showalter House Manager

Norma Theisen Director of Finance and Controller

Kate White Development Administrative Assistant

Doug Yost Director of Information Services

Suzanne Yuzer Development Associate

Patron Services AssociatesAmanda Cantu Brian GoetzingerAlexis Kittner

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THE SYMPHONY FUNDStephen M. Brett, PresidentNorman L. Wilson, TreasurerJeffrey Davine, SecretaryJerome H. KernGregg O. KvistadKaren H. Long

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Recording SecretaryJ. Rene Gash

Corresponding SecretaryDonna Connolly

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Vice-President of FundraisingMaureen Solomon

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Sharon Reimer Vice-President of Membership

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Jerry Garcia Symphonic Celebration featuring Warren Haynes and the Colorado SymphonyAUG 1 MON 7:30 Red Rocks Amphitheatre T I C K E T S : axs.com

Light Up with Styx and the Colorado SymphonyAUG 29 MON 7:30 Red Rocks Amphitheatre T I C K E T S : axs.com

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Family Friendly Fourth of July with the Colorado SymphonyJUL 4 MON 7:30Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre T I C K E T S : axs.com

Arvada Center 40th Anniversary ConcertJUL 9 SAT 7:30Arvada Center Outdoor Amphitheatre Tickets: arvadacenter.org

Chris Botti and Joshua Bell with the Colorado SymphonyJUL 24 SUN 7:30 Red Rocks Amphitheatre T I C K E T S : axs.com

Mozart Under MoonlightJUL 29 FRI 7:30Arvada Center Outdoor Amphitheatre T I C K E T S : arvadacenter.org

Jerry Garcia Symphonic Celebration featuring Warren Haynes and the Colorado SymphonyAUG 1 MON 7:30 Red Rocks Amphitheatre T I C K E T S : axs.com

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Colorado Symphony’s Senior Vice President of Innovative Planning, Tony Pierce, and Senior Vice President of Artistic Planning, Bob Neu, talk about everything that goes into bringing a new season to life.

— By Seth McNew

The Colorado Symphony has more than 90 performances under more than 43 different concert titles planned for its 2016/17 season. Before a performance can ever be announced, years of planning go into selecting the concert titles, conductors, guest artists, repertoire, dates, and many other aspects of the performance. In this interview, Tony Pierce and Bob Neu draw back the curtain on what it was like to create the Colorado Symphony’s recently released 2016/17 season.

B E H I N D T H E S C E N E S I N T E R V I E W:

HOW A SYMPHONY SEASON IS BORN

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Who all is involved with building an upcoming season?Bob: It starts with the Music Director and orchestra’s Artistic Committee, a group of artistic

staff and musicians. Then other staff including Artistic, Marketing, Public Relations and Finance all start to refine the ideas keeping in mind saleability, budget and community interest. We also bring in Development to look at funding possibilities. It’s really a company-wide effort.

Tony: The Artistic Committee then remains engaged throughout the entire process. The calendar is important, so we have to make sure that the series are in place, the artists are available, and the work load of the orchestra is managed meaning we work with artists’ managers and our own personnel manager. We even engage City of Denver planners to make sure that we schedule concerts that coincide with certain city-wide events or avoid others that would make it difficult for our patrons to get to the hall.

How long ago did you start the planning process, and when was it finally set?Bob: We start about two years in advance. We’re already well into planning for the 17/18

season at this point. We work to have a season finalized by late November of each season so that Marketing can begin work on the brochure in order to have a February announcement.

Tony: It can be even longer than that sometimes – I have holds on the Red Rocks Amphitheatre calendar through the summer of 2019. You have to pounce on an opportunity when it’s available. For example, I started talking to the Flaming Lips three years ago to start wrapping our heads around how the concert this summer would happen.

There are a lot of exciting guest artists scheduled for next season. How do you decide who you want to bring to the Colorado Symphony, and how do you get in touch with them?

Tony: The Music Director and past relationships play a large role in who we are able to bring in. Then we are in close contact with management teams in places like New York and LA. The project and repertoire of course play a big role as well, since you want to find the perfect guest artist to complement the concert you are planning.

Bob: I keep a running list of artists who have had successes and should be reengaged along with lists of emerging artists and performers who are established but have never performed with the orchestra. Once we determine who we’d like to invite, I contact their managements to check on interest and availability.

What goes into deciding a concert title, especially for shows that have more than one composer featured?

Tony: We engage with all staff in marketing and artistic to find a title that will resonate with audiences and help them to understand what they will see. The title should relate to the repertoire, but should also be able to promote the underlying theme of the piece. If you are playing Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 for example, you might want to highlight “triumph” or “brotherhood”.

Bob: It’s not just the concert title either, it’s also the artwork that our marketing team creates which is unique to each concert. They work to pull together the backstory of each program and visualize it. Look at the artwork for next seasons Messiah and Tchaikovsky concerts to see what I mean.

Of all of the concerts planned for next season, which are you most excited for?Bob: That’s such a hard question to answer – we have so many great things on the horizon.

I’d have to choose La Boheme as no one does those passionate operas like Andrew Litton. Also the Bach St. Matthew Passion is at the top of my list. It’s one of THE greatest masterpieces in the repertoire and I think our take on it will be unique and very moving.

Tony: I’m really excited for Second City Guide to the Symphony. The collaboration with the comedy troupe is going to be unique and hilarious. I’m also really excited about Leroy Anderson. It’s such a great program for our traditional pops patrons, and it will feature a lot of our artists as soloists.

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Frosty & Frozen HOLIDAYDEC 21 WED 6:30

A Night In Vienna HOLIDAYDEC 31 SAT 6:30

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Tribute FREE COMMUNITY CONCERTJAN 10 TUE 7:30

A Night of Pops: Tribute to Leroy Anderson TRADITIONAL POPSJAN 14 SAT 7:30

Symphonic Firsts Conducted by Mark Wigglesworth MASTERWORKSJAN 20-21 FRI-SAT 7:30 Mark Wigglesworth, conductorMOZART Symphony No. 1 in E-� at major, K. 16SCHUBERT Symphony No. 1 in D major, D. 82BRAHMS Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 68

Inside Symphonic Beginnings INSIDE THE SCOREJAN 22 SUN 1:00

Rachmaninoff Performed by Olga Kern MASTERWORKSFEB 3-4 FRI-SAT 7:30Andrew Litton, conductorOlga Kern, pianoRACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 1 in F-sharp minor, Op. 1SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 60, “Leningrad”

Byron Stripling What a Wonderful World: TRADITIONAL POPS

A Tribute to Louis ArmstrongFEB 11 SAT 7:30Byron Stripling, trumpet/ vocals

Peter and the Wolf FAMILYFEB 12 SUN 1:00Denver Young Artists Orchestra

deRidder Conducts MASTERWORKSFEB 17-18 FRI-SAT 7:30Andre deRidder, conductorNadia Sirota, violaNICO MUHLY Viola Concerto

Christopher Dragon and Jeffrey Kahane in Concert MASTERWORKSMAR 3-5 FRI-SAT 7:30 SUN 1:00Christopher Dragon, conductorJe� rey Kahane, pianoColorado Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe, directorBRAHMS Nänie for Chorus and Orchestra, Op. 82SCHUMANN Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54BRAHMS Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90

Time For Three TRADITIONAL POPSMAR 11 SAT 7:30

Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 MASTERWORKSMAR 17-18 FRI-SAT 7:30 Marcelo Lehninger, conductorVadim Gluzman, violinTCHAIKOVSKY Marche Slave, Op. 31PROKOFIEV Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 63TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36

Inside Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 INSIDE THE SCOREMAR 19 SUN 1:00

Symphonic Tribute To Comic Con: The Tetralogy GEEKMAR 24-25 FRI-SAT 7:30Colorado Symphony Chorus, Mary Louise Burke, associate director

The Music of Michael Jackson TRADITIONAL POPSAPR 1 SAT 7:30

A Symphonic Beauty and the Beast FAMILYAPR 2 SUN 1:00

Mozart Performed by Jason Shafer MASTERWORKSAPR 7-9 FRI-SAT 7:30 • SUN 1:00Jaime Martin, conductorJason Shafer, clarinetDUKAS La Péri, Poème danséMOZART Clarinet Concerto in A major, K. 622RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade, Op. 35

HK Gruber’s Frankenstein!! MASTERWORKSAPR 21-22 FRI-SAT 7:30Kevin John Edusei, conductorGabriel Preisser, narratorJ. STRAUSS JR. On the Beautiful Blue Danube, Op. 314HK GRUBER Frankenstein!!BRAHMS/orch. SCHOENBERG Piano Quartet in G minor, Op. 25

Movie at the Symphony: E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial GEEKAPR 27 THU 7:30

Colorado Symphony Ball FUNDRAISERAPR 29 SAT 6:00

Bach St. Matthew Passion MASTERWORKSMAY 5 & 7 FRI 7:30 • SUN 1:00Cristian Macelaru, conductorNicholas Phan, EvangelistHadleigh Adams, JesusColorado Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe, directorColorado Children’s Chorale, Deborah DeSantis, artistic directorJ.S. BACH St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244

Dianne Reeves in Concert TRADITIONAL POPSMAY 13 SAT 7:30

Mahler Symphony No. 3 Conducted by Andrew Litton MASTERWORKSMAY 19-21 FRI-SAT 7:30 • SUN 1:00Andrew Litton, conductorMichelle DeYoung, mezzoColorado Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe, directorColorado Children’s Chorale, Deborah DeSantis, artistic director

MAHLER Symphony No. 3 in D minor

For full concert details and descriptions please view online at coloradosymphony.org. Full 2016/17 Colorado Symphony brochure will be available March 1, 2016.

John Denver: A Rocky Mountain High Concert Celebration SPECIAL

with the Colorado SymphonySEPT 10 SAT 7:30

El Latir de México FREE COMMUNITY CONCERT

SEPT 15 THU 7:00

Opening Weekend: Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2 MASTERWORKSSEPT 16-17 FRI-SAT 7:30Andrew Litton, conductorJon Kimura Parker, pianoBRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-� at major, Op. 83STRAUSS Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30

The Second City Guide to the Symphony TRADITIONAL POPSSEPT 24 SAT 7:30Second CityJe� rey Biegel, pianoProgram featuring the premiere of PDQ BACH’s “Concerto for VERY Grand Piano”

An Evening of Bernstein’s Best MASTERWORKSSEPT 30-OCT 2 FRI-SAT 7:30 • SUN 1:00Teddy Abrams, conductorMorgan James, vocalsSelections from Bernstein’s favorite musicals such as West Side Story, Candide, and On the Town

Kellogg’s Concerto World Premiere MASTERWORKS

Featuring Yumi Hwang-WilliamsOCT 14-15 FRI-SAT 7:30Edwin Outwater, conductorYumi Hwang-Williams, violinBEETHOVEN Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36DANIEL KELLOGG Rising PhoenixJANÁČEK Sinfonietta

Inside Dvořák Symphony No. 9 “From the New World” INSIDE THE SCOREOCT 16 SUN 1:00Christopher Dragon, conductor

La Bohème Conducted by Andrew Litton MASTERWORKSOCT 21-23 FRI-SAT 7:30 • SUN 1:00Andrew Litton, conductorColorado Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe, directorColorado Children’s Chorale, Deborah DeSantis, artistic directorPUCCINI La BohèmeSemi-staged production

Movie at the Symphony: Raiders of the Lost Ark TRADITIONAL POPSOCT 28 FRI 7:30

Halloween Spooktacular FAMILYOCT 29 SAT 2:30

Britten Performed by Augustin Hadelich MASTERWORKSNOV 4-5 FRI-SAT 7:30Courtney Lewis, conductorAugustin Hadelich, violinBARBER Symphony No. 1, Op. 9BRITTEN Violin Concerto, Op. 15BARBER Adagio for StringsELGAR In the South, Op. 50

Ben Folds: Master Work with the Colorado Symphony MASTERWORKSNOV 11-12 FRI-SAT 7:30Ben Folds, pianoBEN FOLDS Concerto for Piano and Orchestra

Shostakovich Performed by Silver Ainomäe MASTERWORKSNOV 18-20 FRI-SAT 7:30 • SUN 1:00Peter Oundjian, conductorSilver Ainomäe, celloSHOSTAKOVICH Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-� at major, Op. 107BARTÓK Concerto for Orchestra

Drums of the World FAMILY

NOV 27 SUN 1:00Colorado Symphony Percussionists

All Beethoven Featuring Symphony No. 7 MASTERWORKSDEC 2-4 FRI-SAT 7:30 • SUN 1:00David Danzmayr, conductorStephen Hough, pianoBEETHOVEN Overture to Coriolan, Op. 62BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major, Op. 37BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92

A Colorado Christmas HOLIDAYDEC 9-11 FRI 7:30 • SAT 2:30 & 6:00 • SUN 1:00Colorado Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe, directorColorado Children’s Chorale, Deborah DeSantis, artistic director

Handel’s Messiah HOLIDAYDEC 16-17 FRI-SAT 7:30 Nicholas Kraemer, conductorColorado Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe, director

Handel’s Messiah Sing-Along HOLIDAYDEC 18 SUN 4:00 Duain Wolfe, conductorColorado Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe, director

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Frosty & Frozen HOLIDAYDEC 21 WED 6:30

A Night In Vienna HOLIDAYDEC 31 SAT 6:30

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Tribute FREE COMMUNITY CONCERTJAN 10 TUE 7:30

A Night of Pops: Tribute to Leroy Anderson TRADITIONAL POPSJAN 14 SAT 7:30

Symphonic Firsts Conducted by Mark Wigglesworth MASTERWORKSJAN 20-21 FRI-SAT 7:30 Mark Wigglesworth, conductorMOZART Symphony No. 1 in E-� at major, K. 16SCHUBERT Symphony No. 1 in D major, D. 82BRAHMS Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 68

Inside Symphonic Beginnings INSIDE THE SCOREJAN 22 SUN 1:00

Rachmaninoff Performed by Olga Kern MASTERWORKSFEB 3-4 FRI-SAT 7:30Andrew Litton, conductorOlga Kern, pianoRACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 1 in F-sharp minor, Op. 1SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 60, “Leningrad”

Byron Stripling What a Wonderful World: TRADITIONAL POPS

A Tribute to Louis ArmstrongFEB 11 SAT 7:30Byron Stripling, trumpet/ vocals

Peter and the Wolf FAMILYFEB 12 SUN 1:00Denver Young Artists Orchestra

deRidder Conducts MASTERWORKSFEB 17-18 FRI-SAT 7:30Andre deRidder, conductorNadia Sirota, violaNICO MUHLY Viola Concerto

Christopher Dragon and Jeffrey Kahane in Concert MASTERWORKSMAR 3-5 FRI-SAT 7:30 SUN 1:00Christopher Dragon, conductorJe� rey Kahane, pianoColorado Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe, directorBRAHMS Nänie for Chorus and Orchestra, Op. 82SCHUMANN Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54BRAHMS Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90

Time For Three TRADITIONAL POPSMAR 11 SAT 7:30

Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 MASTERWORKSMAR 17-18 FRI-SAT 7:30 Marcelo Lehninger, conductorVadim Gluzman, violinTCHAIKOVSKY Marche Slave, Op. 31PROKOFIEV Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 63TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36

Inside Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 INSIDE THE SCOREMAR 19 SUN 1:00

Symphonic Tribute To Comic Con: The Tetralogy GEEKMAR 24-25 FRI-SAT 7:30Colorado Symphony Chorus, Mary Louise Burke, associate director

The Music of Michael Jackson TRADITIONAL POPSAPR 1 SAT 7:30

A Symphonic Beauty and the Beast FAMILYAPR 2 SUN 1:00

Mozart Performed by Jason Shafer MASTERWORKSAPR 7-9 FRI-SAT 7:30 • SUN 1:00Jaime Martin, conductorJason Shafer, clarinetDUKAS La Péri, Poème danséMOZART Clarinet Concerto in A major, K. 622RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade, Op. 35

HK Gruber’s Frankenstein!! MASTERWORKSAPR 21-22 FRI-SAT 7:30Kevin John Edusei, conductorGabriel Preisser, narratorJ. STRAUSS JR. On the Beautiful Blue Danube, Op. 314HK GRUBER Frankenstein!!BRAHMS/orch. SCHOENBERG Piano Quartet in G minor, Op. 25

Movie at the Symphony: E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial GEEKAPR 27 THU 7:30

Colorado Symphony Ball FUNDRAISERAPR 29 SAT 6:00

Bach St. Matthew Passion MASTERWORKSMAY 5 & 7 FRI 7:30 • SUN 1:00Cristian Macelaru, conductorNicholas Phan, EvangelistHadleigh Adams, JesusColorado Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe, directorColorado Children’s Chorale, Deborah DeSantis, artistic directorJ.S. BACH St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244

Dianne Reeves in Concert TRADITIONAL POPSMAY 13 SAT 7:30

Mahler Symphony No. 3 Conducted by Andrew Litton MASTERWORKSMAY 19-21 FRI-SAT 7:30 • SUN 1:00Andrew Litton, conductorMichelle DeYoung, mezzoColorado Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe, directorColorado Children’s Chorale, Deborah DeSantis, artistic director

MAHLER Symphony No. 3 in D minor

For full concert details and descriptions please view online at coloradosymphony.org. Full 2016/17 Colorado Symphony brochure will be available March 1, 2016.

John Denver: A Rocky Mountain High Concert Celebration SPECIAL

with the Colorado SymphonySEPT 10 SAT 7:30

El Latir de México FREE COMMUNITY CONCERT

SEPT 15 THU 7:00

Opening Weekend: Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2 MASTERWORKSSEPT 16-17 FRI-SAT 7:30Andrew Litton, conductorJon Kimura Parker, pianoBRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-� at major, Op. 83STRAUSS Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30

The Second City Guide to the Symphony TRADITIONAL POPSSEPT 24 SAT 7:30Second CityJe� rey Biegel, pianoProgram featuring the premiere of PDQ BACH’s “Concerto for VERY Grand Piano”

An Evening of Bernstein’s Best MASTERWORKSSEPT 30-OCT 2 FRI-SAT 7:30 • SUN 1:00Teddy Abrams, conductorMorgan James, vocalsSelections from Bernstein’s favorite musicals such as West Side Story, Candide, and On the Town

Kellogg’s Concerto World Premiere MASTERWORKS

Featuring Yumi Hwang-WilliamsOCT 14-15 FRI-SAT 7:30Edwin Outwater, conductorYumi Hwang-Williams, violinBEETHOVEN Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36DANIEL KELLOGG Rising PhoenixJANÁČEK Sinfonietta

Inside Dvořák Symphony No. 9 “From the New World” INSIDE THE SCOREOCT 16 SUN 1:00Christopher Dragon, conductor

La Bohème Conducted by Andrew Litton MASTERWORKSOCT 21-23 FRI-SAT 7:30 • SUN 1:00Andrew Litton, conductorColorado Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe, directorColorado Children’s Chorale, Deborah DeSantis, artistic directorPUCCINI La BohèmeSemi-staged production

Movie at the Symphony: Raiders of the Lost Ark TRADITIONAL POPSOCT 28 FRI 7:30

Halloween Spooktacular FAMILYOCT 29 SAT 2:30

Britten Performed by Augustin Hadelich MASTERWORKSNOV 4-5 FRI-SAT 7:30Courtney Lewis, conductorAugustin Hadelich, violinBARBER Symphony No. 1, Op. 9BRITTEN Violin Concerto, Op. 15BARBER Adagio for StringsELGAR In the South, Op. 50

Ben Folds: Master Work with the Colorado Symphony MASTERWORKSNOV 11-12 FRI-SAT 7:30Ben Folds, pianoBEN FOLDS Concerto for Piano and Orchestra

Shostakovich Performed by Silver Ainomäe MASTERWORKSNOV 18-20 FRI-SAT 7:30 • SUN 1:00Peter Oundjian, conductorSilver Ainomäe, celloSHOSTAKOVICH Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-� at major, Op. 107BARTÓK Concerto for Orchestra

Drums of the World FAMILY

NOV 27 SUN 1:00Colorado Symphony Percussionists

All Beethoven Featuring Symphony No. 7 MASTERWORKSDEC 2-4 FRI-SAT 7:30 • SUN 1:00David Danzmayr, conductorStephen Hough, pianoBEETHOVEN Overture to Coriolan, Op. 62BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major, Op. 37BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92

A Colorado Christmas HOLIDAYDEC 9-11 FRI 7:30 • SAT 2:30 & 6:00 • SUN 1:00Colorado Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe, directorColorado Children’s Chorale, Deborah DeSantis, artistic director

Handel’s Messiah HOLIDAYDEC 16-17 FRI-SAT 7:30 Nicholas Kraemer, conductorColorado Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe, director

Handel’s Messiah Sing-Along HOLIDAYDEC 18 SUN 4:00 Duain Wolfe, conductorColorado Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe, director

Celtic Woman Home for Christmas: The Symphony Tour FEATUREDEC 20 TUE 7:30

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MUSICIAN SPOTLIGHT

MEET SUSAN CAHILL: Colorado Symphony Bassist by day…

Bassist, composer, educator, and Colorado Symphony Board of Trustees member Susan Cahill has been a member of the Colorado Symphony since 1997. During her nearly two decades as a member of this orchestra, Susan has been featured as soloist many times both at Boettcher Concert Hall and throughout the country.

However, Susan is around town much more than just on stage at Boettcher. She is the co-Artistic Director of Denver Eclectic Concerts, which holds concerts monthly at Baur’s Listening Lounge, and plays in a variety of chamber ensembles. Recently she has started a band called Grande Orquesta Navarre with DeVotchKa music virtuoso Tom Haggerman and two other members. Aside from these small band engagements, Susan is a member of the Colorado Symphony Artistic Committee and Board of Trustees, teaches lessons to students around Colorado, has been a distinguished faculty member at local universities, and even does some of her own composing.

Guiding the artistic vision of the Colorado Symphony

Susan is a member of the Colorado Symphony Artistic Committee, a group of musicians and artistic staff that meet often to determine the artistic direction of the symphony including concert selection and more.

“Serving on the Artistic Committee is a very important part of my work with the symphony,” says Susan. “Specifically, the Artistic Committee helps shape the entire scope of the musical output of the symphony. We are elected by our colleagues to represent the vision of the musicians, and we work closely with the administration to make sure that we have an exciting balance of tradition and innovation.”

Susan notes that many in the orchestra perform service work, be it serving on committees, selling raffle tickets, or performing for fundraisers. “All of us know the importance of pulling

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MUSICIAN SPOTLIGHTtogether to make this an outstanding organization,” she says, “and we are really quite fortunate to have such esprit de corps.”

Building new generations of musical talent

Whether it’s giving private lessons, teaching as faculty at a university, or directing and performing at festivals, Susan is passionate about getting out in the community and teaching.

Susan has been on the faculty at the University of Denver and Colorado College, and has also had performances as faculty at each school. Last spring, her DU faculty solo recital featured her own jazz compositions as well as “Failing, an incredibly difficult piece for String Bass” which you can find on YouTube if you want to hear this magnificent piece. This summer, she’ll be at Colorado College’s Summer Music Festival performing the Rossini Duo with renowned cellist David Ying.

Susan has performed at Festival Mozaic’s yearly concert “Classical Musicians doing UnClassical Things” where she was featured as soloist, composer and chamber musician. She was also recently featured in February in The Co-directors concert of Denver Eclectic, including a performance of her piece “Sonata for Double Bass and iTunes User Agreement”, co-written with local improv actor and symphony supporter, Jon Wilkerson.

And of course — accomplished ensemble player

Aside from all of her duties with the Colorado Symphony and teaching, Susan has found time to work with various ensembles putting on performances around the world. Susan has appeared with the American roots band The Boulder Acoustic Society and was a member of the acclaimed Argentinian tango ensemble Extasis, which performed on three continents.

Most recently, she’s been performing for growing audiences in the new quartet, Grande Orquesta Navarre. “We had a great premiere performance on the Denver Eclectic Series in December, and even got a nice write up in the Denver Post. We are currently working on getting that live recording out to the public.”

Your bass is worth how much?!

Susan’s bass was made by Guiseppe Santori of Turin in 1823. A rare instrument with incredible sound, the bass is one of the highest valued instruments in the Colorado Symphony. Just how much is it worth?

“Ah, always a delicate question, a bit like asking someone their party affiliation. Let’s just say less than a nice Cheeseman park condo, but not by much!”

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SOUNDINGS 2015-2016 | COLORADOSYMPHONY.ORG PROGRAM 1

MASTERWORKS • 2015-2016SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL: ROMEO AND JULIETCOLORADO SYMPHONY CHRISTOPHER DRAGON, conductorBRIAN KUSIC, Romeo ADRIAN EGOLF, Juliet HEATHER LACY, Nurse MARK RUBALD, Friar LaurenceROBERT NEU, adaptation and director COLORADO SYMPHONY CHORUS, DUAIN WOLFE, director

Friday, March 18, 2016 at 7:30 pmSaturday, March 19, 2016 at 7:30 pmSunday, March 20, 2016 at 1:00 pmBoettcher Concert Hall

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Serenade to Music

BERNSTEIN Symphonic Dances from West Side Story

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Romeo & Juliet in Words & Music

PROKOFIEV Romeo and Juliet: Suite No. 2 I. Montagues and Capulets

TCHAIKOVSKY excerpt from Romeo and Juliet

PROKOFIEV Romeo and Juliet: Suite No. 2 II. Juliet the Young Girl

PROKOFIEV Romeo and Juliet: Suite No. 2 IV. Dance

TCHAIKOVSKY excerpt from Romeo and Juliet

PROKOFIEV Romeo and Juliet: Suite No. 1 VII. Death of Tybalt

PROKOFIEV Romeo and Juliet: Suite No. 2 V. Romeo and Juliet Before Parting

TCHAIKOVSKY excerpt from Romeo and Juliet

ROTA Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet

Friday’s concert is grateFully dedicated to JenniFer Heglin saturday’s concert is grateFully dedicated to Wellington and Wilma Webb

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PROGRAM 2 SOUNDINGS 2015-2016 | COLORADOSYMPHONY.ORG

MASTERWORKS BIOGRAPHIESCHRISTOPHER DRAGON, conductor

Australian conductor Christopher Dragon began his appointment as Associate Conductor of the Colorado Symphony in the 2015/16 season. In 2013 he was appointed the inaugural Assistant Conductor of the West Australian Symphony Orchestra, a title he holds until the end of 2015. This role provided him with the opportunity to work closely with Principal Conductor Asher Fisch in addition to numerous other engagements. In April of 2015 Dragon made his debut at the Sydney Opera House conducting the Sydney Symphony Orchestra with Australian singer/

songwriter Josh Pyke. In 2016 he will be making his debut with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra. Dragon is a member of the prestigious Symphony Services International Conductor Development Program through which he has worked with orchestras in Australia and New Zealand under the guidance of Christopher Seaman and the orchestras’ Principal Conductors. In 2014 Christopher was invited to conduct the Princess Galyani Vadhana Youth Orchestra in Thailand and earlier that year participated in the Jarvi Winter Academy in Estonia where he was awarded the Orchestra’s Favourite Conductor Prize. Dragon has also studied with numerous distinguished conductors including Paavo and Neeme Jarvi at the Jarvi Summer Festival, Fabio Luisi at the Pacific Music Festival in Japan, and conducting pedagogue Jorma Panula.

BRIAN KUSIC, Romeo

Brian Kusic has appeared on stages throughout Denver and Colorado. At the Creede Repertory Theatre he’s appeared in August: Osage County, Guys and Dolls, Our Town, Annie Get Your Gun and The Drowsy Chaperone, among many others. Vintage Theatre audiences have seen him in the role of Chris in Becky’s New Car, and he’s also performed with Senior Housing Options in Picasso at the Lapin Agile and The Hot L Baltimore. Brian studied at Metropolian State University.

ADRIAN EGOLF, Juliet

Adrian Egolf is thrilled to be joining the Colorado Symphony for Romeo and Juliet. Adrian’s credits include: As You Like It, Benediction, Death of a Salesman, Romeo and Juliet (The Denver Center for the Performing Arts), The Archbishop’s Ceiling, Is He Dead? (The Arvada Center) The Taming of the Shrew (Colorado Shakespeare Festival), Steel Magnolias (The Barth Hotel) The Graduate (The Edge Theater) Unnecessary Farce, How To Succeed, Quilters, The Ladies Man, Boomtown, Fools, Leading Ladies (Creede Repertory Theater), God of Carnage (Off Square Theater Company), The

Twelve Dates of Christmas, Of Mice and Men (Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center),Rumpelstiltskin, Androcles The Lion (Denver Children’s Theater), Boeing Boeing (Theatreworks). Training: The National Theater Institute. Adrian is also the artistic director of ScreenPLAY, a Denver theater company that produces staged readings of movie favorites.

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SOUNDINGS 2015-2016 | COLORADOSYMPHONY.ORG PROGRAM 3

MASTERWORKS BIOGRAPHIESHEATHER LACY, Nurse

Heather Lacy is making her fourth appearance with the Colorado Symphony having previously been seen in The Music Man and in the tribute to Marvin Hamlisch, One Singular Sensation. Her recent credits include productions of A Man of No importance, The Archbishop’s Ceiling and Harvey at the Arvada Center; Guys and Dolls and Big River at Lone Tree Arts Center, and The Doyle and Debbie Show at the Garner Galleria/Denver Center for the Performing Arts. Heather has also been seen at Candelight Dinner Playhouse, Loveland Theater Guild, Midtown Arts Guild and

Openstage Theater. She received an Opus nomination for Best Lead Actress, and received an Opus Award for Best Supporting Actress.

MARK RUBALD, Friar Laurence

Mark Rubald is a resident of Denver and has performed at numerous theaters locally and nationally. Notable among his credits are productions at the Arvada Center (including La Cage aux Folles, A Man for All Seasons, Of Mice and Men, Crazy for You and Ragtime); the Denver Center Theatre Company (including Dinner with Friends, Arcadia, Comedy of Errors, A Christmas Carol, The Grapes of Wrath, Three Sisters and Uncle Vanya); and Lone Tree Arts Center (Big River and South Pacific). Mark has also performed with Central City Opera, Curious Theatre and at the Old Globe in San Diego.

ROBERT NEU, adaptation and director

Robert Neu has directed over eighty productions of operas, musicals and plays throughout the country. His recent productions include Bernstein’s Mass, Peer Gynt (also adaptation), La Traviata, The Magic Flute and Carousel for the Minnesota Orchestra; Hansel and Gretel with both the Minnesota Orchestra and Colorado Symphony; Tosca and The Music Man for Colorado Symphony; Don Pasquale, Carmen and The Barber of Seville for Lyric Opera of the North; Art and Death of a Salesman for Bloomington Civic Theater; The Marriage of Figaro for Bellevue Opera; Ayn Rand in Love for Chameleon

Theater; The Laramie Project, Godspell and Blithe Spirit for Lyric Arts Theater; and On the Town, The Fantasticks, Candide and Putting It Together for Skylark Opera. Upcoming: La Boheme for Gulf Coast Symphony, On the Twentieth Century for Skylark Opera, Hansel and Gretel for Jacksonville Symphony, and Florencia en el Amazonas for Emerald City Opera. Robert teaches masterclasses in audition techniques for the University of Minnesota’s opera department, and he is a Resident Director at Lyric Arts Theater. He is a graduate of The Juilliard School and is the co-founder of Angels & Demons Entertainment, a production and arts consultancy organization.

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MASTERWORKS BIOGRAPHIESDUAIN WOLFE, conductor and Colorado Symphony Chorus, director

Recently awarded two Grammys® for Best Choral Performance and Best Classical Recording, Duain Wolfe is founder and Director of the Colorado Symphony Chorus and Music Director of the Chicago Symphony Chorus. This year marks Wolfe’s 31st season with the Colorado Symphony Chorus. The Chorus has been featured at the Aspen Music Festival for over two decades. Wolfe, who is in his 21st season with the Chicago Symphony Chorus has collaborated with Daniel Barenboim, Pierre Boulez, Bernard Haitink, Riccardo Muti, and the late Sir George Solti on numerous recordings

including Wagner’s Die Meistersinger, which won the 1998 Grammy® for Best Opera Recording. Wolfe’s extensive musical accomplishments have resulted in numerous awards, including an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts from the University of Denver, the Bonfils Stanton Award in the Arts and Humanities, the Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts, the Mayor’s Award for Excellence in an Artistic Discipline and the Michael Korn Award for the Development of the Professional Choral Art. Wolfe is also founder of the Colorado Children’s Chorale, from which he retired in 1999 after 25 years; the Chorale celebrated its 40th anniversary last season. For 20 years, Wolfe also worked with the Central City Opera Festival as chorus director and conductor, founding and directing the company’s young artist residence program, as well as its education and outreach programs. Wolfe’s additional accomplishments include directing and preparing choruses for Chicago’s Ravinia Festival, the Bravo!Vail Festival, the Berkshire Choral Festival, the Aspen Music Festival, and the Grand Teton Music Festival. He has worked with Pinchas Zuckerman as Chorus Director for the Canadian National Arts Centre Orchestra for the past 13 years.

COLORADO SYMPHONY CHORUS

2015/16 Colorado Symphony season marks the 32nd year of the Colorado Symphony Chorus. Founded in 1984 by Duain Wolfe at the request of Gaetano Delogu, then the Music Director of the Colorado Symphony, the chorus has grown over the past three decades into a nationally respected ensemble. This outstanding chorus of 180 volunteers joins the Colorado Symphony for numerous performances (more than 25 this year alone), and radio and television broadcasts.The Chorus has performed at noted music festivals in the Rocky Mountain region, including the Colorado Music Festival, the Grand Teton Music Festival and the Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival, where it has performed with the New York Philharmonic, the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Dallas Symphony. For over two decades, the Chorus has been featured at the world-renowned Aspen Music Festival, performing many great masterworks under the baton of notable conductors Lawrence Foster, James Levine, Murry Sidlin, Leonard Slatkin, Robert Spano and David Zinman. The Colorado Symphony Chorus is featured on a recent Hyperion release of the Vaughan Williams Dona Nobis Pacem and Hough’s Missa Mirabilis. In 2009, in celebration of the 25th anniversary of the chorus, Duain Wolfe conducted the chorus on a three-country, two-week concert tour of Europe, presenting the Verdi Requiem in Budapest, Vienna, Litomysl and Prague. The Chorus will return to Europe in 2016 for concerts in Paris, Strasbourg and Munich. The Colorado Symphony continues to be grateful for the excellence and dedication of this remarkable all-volunteer ensemble. For an audition appointment, call 303.308.2483.

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SOUNDINGS 2015-2016 | COLORADOSYMPHONY.ORG PROGRAM 5

MASTERWORKS BIOGRAPHIESCOLORADO SYMPHONY CHORUS ROSTER

Duain Wolfe, Founding Director and Conductor; Mary Louise Burke, Associate Conductor;Travis Branam, Assistant Conductor; Taylor Martin, Staff Conductor;Eric Israelson, Chorus Manager; Barbara Porter, Associate ManagerBrian Dukeshier, Joshua Sawicki, Danni Snyder, Accompanists

Soprano IJamie BrownLindsay R. CampbellDenelda CauseyLeEtta H. ChoiGretchen ColbertKaylin E. DanielsLaura DukeshierKate A. EmerichJenifer D. GileLori C. GillSusan GraberJennifer HarpelLynnae C. HinkleyAngela M. HuppShelley E. JoyMary E. KirschnerKrista KuhnMarina KushnirCathy LookAnne MaupinStephanie MedemaWendy L. MoraskieBarbara A. PorterLori A. RopaKelly G. RossKathi RudolphCamilia SchawelRoberta A. SladovnikStephanie A. SolichNicole J. SteginkJudy TateCourtney WilliamsCara Young

Soprano IIJude BlumAlex S. BowenAthanasia ChristusRuth A. CoberlyKerry H. CoteClaudia DakkouriEsther J. GrossLisa D. KraftErin MontigneChristine M. NyholmJeannette R. O’NanKim PflugDonneve S. RaeRebecca E. Rattray

Shirley J. RiderNancy C. SaddlerLynne M. SnyerStacey L. TravisSusan Von RoedernMarcia L. WalkerSherry L. WeinsteinSandy Woodrow

Alto IPriscilla P. AdamsLois F. BradyEmily M. BranamKimberly BrownAmy BuesingClair T. ClausonJayne M. ConradJane A. CostainSheri L. DanielAubri K. DunkinKirsten D. FranzSharon R. GayleyGabriella D. GroomPat GuittarEmily HallerMelissa J. HolstKaia M. HoopesCarol E. HorleAnnie KolstadDeanna KraftSusan McWatersLeah MeromyKristen NordenholzGinny PassothMary B. ThayerPat VirtueHeather Wood

Alto IIKay A. BootheCass ChatfieldMartha E. CoxBarbara DeckJoyce DominguezCarol A. EslickDaniela GoldenHansi HoskinsOlivia IsaacBrandy H. JacksonEllen D. Janasko

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MASTERWORKS PROGRAM NOTESRALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS (1872-1958): Serenade to Music for Chorus and OrchestraRalph Vaughan Williams was born on October 12, 1872 in Down Ampney, Gloucestershire, England, and died on August 26, 1958 in London. The Serenade to Music was composed in 1938 and premiered on October 5, 1938 in London, conducted by Sir Henry Wood. The score calls for two flutes, (second doubling piccolo). oboe, English horn, two clarinets, two bassoons, four horns, two trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, harp and strings. Duration is about 15 minutes. The Serenade was last performed on March 29, 2009, with Duain Wolfe on the podium.

Henry J. Wood (1869-1944) was one of the leading figures of British music in the first half of the 20th century. After his training at the Royal Academy of Music, he was engaged as conductor by the Savoy Theater (of Gilbert & Sullivan fame), and soon became known throughout Britain as a musician of extraordinary skill. In 1895, he organized the first of the Promenade Concerts, which proved to be such a smashing success that the series became a regular part of London’s musical life. More than just “pops” concerts, the Proms developed into a showcase for new music by British and other composers, and they continue today. For his work in producing the Proms, selecting their programs, and bringing countless British artists before the public, Sir Henry (he was knighted in 1911) came to be held in the greatest respect by the English musical community.

The Golden Anniversary of Wood’s debut as a conductor was to be celebrated in 1938, and he asked Ralph Vaughan Williams, then Britain’s leading composer, to contribute a work to the gala concert. Wood discouraged Vaughan Williams from writing a laudatory work in favor of something more general in character, music that could be used at any time or place. The composer had been interested for some time in making a musical setting of the famous verses from Act IV, Scene I of The Merchant of Venice, Shakespeare’s greatest tribute to the art of music, and he settled upon those stanzas as the text for his new piece. To pay tribute to Sir Henry, Vaughan Williams hit upon the novel idea of writing this Serenade to Music for sixteen vocal soloists who had been associated with the conductor throughout his career. Each was given a solo phrase devised especially to suit the particular characteristics of his or her voice, and the initials of each participant inscribed in the score to note the association of performer and music. The Serenade is rarely heard now in its original version for sixteen soloists; most performances employ the choral version authorized by the composer.

How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank!Here will we sit, and let the sounds of musicCreep in our ears. Soft stillness and the night

Become the touches of sweet harmony.Look how the floor of heaven

Is thick inlaid with patines of bright gold.There’s not the smallest orb which thou behold’st

But in his motion like an angel sings,Still quiring to the young-eyed cherubins;

Such harmony is in immortal souls;But whilst this muddy vesture of decay

Doth grossly close it in, we cannot hear it.Come, ho, and wake Diana with a hymn!

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MASTERWORKS PROGRAM NOTESWith sweetest touches pierce your mistress’ ear,

And draw her home with music.I am never merry when I hear sweet music.

The reason is, your spirits are attentive:The man that hath no music in himself,

Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds,Is fit for treasons, stratagems and spoils;

The motions of his spirit are dull as night,And his affections dark as Erebus.

Let no such man be trusted.Music! hark!

It is your music, of the house.Methinks it sounds much sweeter than by day.

Silence bestows that virtue on it.How many things by season seasoned areTo their right praise and true perfection!

Peace, ho! the moon sleeps with Endymion,And would not be awaked.Soft stillness and the night

Become the touches of sweet harmony.

oLEONARD BERNSTEIN (1918-1990): Symphonic Dances from West Side StoryLeonard Bernstein was born on August 25, 1918 in Lawrence, Massachusetts, and died October 14, 1990 in New York City. West Side Story was composed in 1957 and premiered in Washington, D.C. on August 20, 1957. It opened on Broadway on September 26th. The composer arranged the set of Symphonic Dances from the score two years later with assistance in the orchestration from Sid Ramin and Irwin Kostal. The score calls for piccolo, two flutes, two oboes, English horn, E-flat clarinet, two B-flat clarinets, bass clarinet, alto saxophone, two bassoons, contrabassoon, four horns, three trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, harp, piano (doubling celesta), and strings. Duration is about 21 minutes. Last performance by the orchestra was on May 8, 9, & 10, 2009, with Larry Rachleff conducting.

West Side Story was one of the first musicals to explore a serious subject with wide social implications. More than just the story of the tragic lives of ordinary people in a grubby section of New York, it was concerned with urban violence, juvenile delinquency, clan hatred and young love. The show was criticized as harshly realistic by some who advocated an entirely escapist function for the musical. Most, however, recognized that it expanded the scope of the musical through references both to classical literature (Romeo and Juliet) and to the pressing problems of modern society. Brooks Atkinson, former critic of The New York Times, noted in his book Broadway that West Side Story was “a harsh ballad of the city, taut, nervous and flaring, the melodies choked apprehensively, the rhythms wild, swift and deadly.” Much of the show’s electric atmosphere was generated by its brilliant dance sequences, for which Jerome Robbins

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MASTERWORKS PROGRAM NOTESwon the 1957-1958 Tony Award for choreography. In 1961, Bernstein chose a sequence of dance music from West Side Story to assemble as a concert work, and Sid Ramin and Irwin Kostal executed the orchestration of these “Symphonic Dances” under the composer’s direction. Bernstein said that he called these excerpts “symphonic” not because they were arranged for full orchestra but because many of them grew, like a classical symphony, from a few basic themes transformed into a variety of moods to fit the play’s action and emotions. West Side Story, like a very few other musicals — Show Boat, Oklahoma, Pal Joey, A Chorus Line, Sunday in the Park with George, Rent, Hamilton — provides more than just an evening’s pleasant diversion. It is a work that gave an entirely new vision and direction to the American musical theater.

oPETER ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893): Excerpts from Romeo and Juliet, Fantasy-OverturePeter Ilyich Tchaikovsky was born on May 7, 1840 in Votkinsk, Russia, and died on November 6, 1893 in St. Petersburg. Romeo and Juliet was composed in 1869. Nikolai Rubinstein conducted the Russian Musical Society in the premiere, in Moscow on March 16, 1870. The score calls for pairs of woodwinds plus piccolo and English horn, four horns, two trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, harp and strings. Duration of these selections is about 8 minutes. The complete work was last performed on January 15, 16, & 17, 2010; Jeffrey Kahane conducted the orchestra.

Romeo and Juliet was written when Tchaikovsky was 29. It was his first masterpiece. He was emotionally primed for his musical portrayal of the star-crossed lovers by his own romantic misadventure of the preceding year. He had been infatuated with the French opera singer Désirée Artôt, who was enjoying a considerable vogue in St. Petersburg in 1868, and he felt strongly enough to consider marrying her. He carried his suit to this lady whom he described to his brother Modeste as possessing “exquisite gesture, grace of movement, and artistic poise,” but she apparently regarded his proposal of marriage somewhat less seriously than he did — within a month she married another opera singer, Padilla y Ramos, in Warsaw. Tchaikovsky never revealed exactly how deep a wound this affair inflicted, but he did make a point of recounting their later meetings in his personal letters, always praising her beauty and artistry. His torch for Artôt may never have been fully extinguished. At any rate, while the Artôt episode was probably not directly responsible for the creation of Romeo and Juliet, it was an important emotional component of Tchaikovsky’s personality at the time. The composer, a firm believer that Fate seeks to dampen man’s every happiness, could easily have drawn a parallel between his personal loss and the tragedy of Shakespeare’s drama.

Former New York Philharmonic program annotator Edward Downes summarized the drama and power of Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet. “The composers who have been inspired, or who thought they were inspired by Shakespeare, make an endless list,” Downes wrote. “And in that history, Tchaikovsky is one of the very few who speaks with the elemental passion and strife that grip us as do the words of Shakespeare.”

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SERGEI PROKOFIEV (1891-1953): Selections from Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64Sergei Prokofiev was born on April 23, 1891 in Sontzovka, Russia, and died on March 5, 1953 in Moscow. Romeo and Juliet was composed in 1935. The ballet was premiered in Brno, Czechoslovakia in December 1938. The score calls for piccolo, two flutes, two oboes, English horn, two clarinets, bass clarinet, two bassoons, contrabassoon, four horns, cornet, two trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, harp, piano and strings. Duration of the selections on this concert is about 25 minutes.

When Prokofiev returned to Russia in 1933 after his long sojourn in the West, he had already acquired a reputation as a composer of ballet. His first balletic effort had been the volcanic Ala and Lolly written for Diaghilev in Paris in 1914, whose music is better known in its concert form as the Scythian Suite. Though Diaghilev did not like the piece and refused to stage it, he remained convinced of Prokofiev’s talent and commissioned Chout (“The Buffoon”) from him in 1921 and produced it with his Ballet Russe. Le Pas d’acier (“The Steel Step”) followed in 1927, and The Prodigal Son in 1928, the last new ballet Diaghilev produced before his death the following year. Sur le Borysthène (“On the Dnieper”) was staged, unsuccessfully, by the Paris Opéra in 1932. The last two of these works showed a move away from the spiky musical language of Prokofiev’s earlier years toward a simpler, more lyrical style, and the Kirov Theater in Leningrad took them as evidence in 1934 that he should be commissioned to compose a full-length ballet on Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. After difficulties staging the ballet in Russia, Romeo and Juliet was premiered in Brno, Czechoslovakia in December 1938 and has since come to be regarded as one of Prokofiev’s most masterful creations.

Montagues and Capulets incorporates, as slow introduction, the music accompanying the Duke as he forbids further fights between the families on pain of death, the heavy-footed Dance of the Capulet Knights from the Act I ballroom scene and a graceful transformation of the Knights’ theme to portray Juliet.

Juliet the Young Girl characterizes the several moods of the heroine, not yet 14 years old. Dance of the Five Couples is an episode from the scene of the folk festival in Act II.The Death of Tybalt is based on the music accompanying the duel of Tybalt and Mercutio,

Tybalt’s death and his funeral procession.Romeo and Juliet Before Parting is the music of the lovers’ first and only night as man and

wife.

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NINO ROTA (1911-1979): Love Theme from Romeo and JulietNino Rota was born on December 3, 1911 in Milan, and died on April 10, 1979 in Rome. The music for Franco Zeffirelli’s film version of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet was composed in 1968. Duration is about 4 minutes. This is the first performance of the work by the orchestra.

Nino Rota, born in 1911 into a musical family in Milan, began studying piano with his mother as a child, was composing by age eight, and had completed an oratorio and an opera by age thirteen. He was admitted to the Milan Conservatory in 1923 and studied privately for two years with the school’s director, Ildebrando Pizzetti, before entering the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome in 1926 as a student of Alfredo Casella; he received his diploma in composition from the Accademia the following year. From 1930 to 1931, Rota lived in Philadelphia, where he attended the Curtis Institute of Music on scholarship; his principal teachers there were Rosario Scalero in composition and Fritz Reiner in conducting. Rota ended his thorough professional training by taking a degree in literature from the University of Milan in 1937. After a brief period teaching at a music school in Taranto, he joined the faculty of the Bari Conservatory in 1939; he was named director in 1950, and remained at the school until his death, in 1979.

Though Rota wrote prolifically for the stage and concert hall — ten operas, five ballets, oratorios, cantatas, orchestral works, chamber and piano pieces — he is best remembered as the composer of more than 150 film scores. He began composing for the Italian cinema in the early 1940s, and had scored some thirty films before he first collaborated with Federico Fellini in 1952 on Lo Sciecco Bianco (“The White Sheik”). Rota composed the music for all of Fellini’s films for the next thirty years, including La Strada, La Dolce Vita, Boccaccio, Eight and a Half, Juliet of the Spirits, Satyricon and The Orchestra Rehearsal. He also worked with such other leading directors as Renato Castellani, Luchino Visconti, Franco Zeffirelli, Mario Monicelli, King Vidor and René Clément, but he found his greatest success with Francis Ford Coppola in the Godfather series; he won an Oscar for The Godfather, Part II (1974). Among Rota’s most unabashedly romantic contributions to the cinema is his music for Paramount Pictures’ 1968 Romeo and Juliet, starring Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey and directed by Franco Zeffirelli after Shakespeare’s timeless tragedy of fated young love. The film was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Picture, and Rota won the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists Award for his score.

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COMMUNITY SUPPORTMATCHING DONATIONSThank you to those companies who match current and retired employee contributions to the Colorado Symphony and to our donors who apply for these matching gifts. Please check with your Human Resources department to see if your contribution can double through the generosity of your company. To contact the Development Department directly please call Kate White at 303.308.2472

WOMEN OF NOTE DONOR LISTThe following are members of the Colorado Symphony’s support group Women of Note (WON). WON members receive exclusive benefits and event invitations throughout the season. The Colorado Symphony is grateful for the support of these dedicated individuals.

AnonymousMarin Alsop*Nancy AccettaMaggie AndersonNora BaldwinSuzanne Barber RyanPaula Bernstein*Terry Biddinger*Erna Butler*Donna ConnollyKathie FingerMary Lou FlaterJanis FrameMonica GlickmanSarah HartDiane HillEileen Honnen-McDonald*Sandy Lasky*Nancy LawrenceAnn Levy Carolyn LongmireJeri LoserMerry LowJanet Mordecai

Carol MurphyElizabeth B. NevaJane NielsenShelia O’BrienDiane PadalinoUrsula PowellMargaret RoathMary Rossick Kern*Suzanne SatterAlice SilverPhoebe SmedleyLynne ValenciaJanyce WaldRivka WeisbergJudy Wigod*Founding Member

SPECIAL PROJECT DONORS

The Colorado Symphony constantly seeks new and creative ways to preserve the cultural legacy of symphonic music while actively co-creating its future. By working on new recording and collaborations the Colorado Symphony strives to stay relevant for generations to come.

AnonymousCol. Philip Beaver and

Mrs. Kim BeaverBob and Cynthia BensonColorado Symphony Guild

Inc.Tom and Noel CongdonMr. and Mrs. Scott CromieDr. Everette J. FreemanMr. Paul E. Goodspeed and

Ms. Mary PooleJennifer HeglinMary Rossick Kern and

Jerome H. KernFred and Connie Platt

EDUCATION DONOR LISTThrough our Master Mentor’s program, Petite Musique, and Once Upon A Time school assembly performances, your Colorado Symphony

reaches thousands of young people within and well outside the Denver metro area, from months old through high school and beyond. We always work to extend and increase our outreach and could not possibly do it without your support.

PLATINUM CHAIRMAN’S SOCIETY ($50,000+)AnonymousMalone Family FoundationTarget

GOLD CHAIRMAN’S SOCIETY ($25,000+)AnonymousDaVitaHelen K. & Arthur E. Johnson

FoundationRalph L. and Florence R.

Burgess Trust

CHAIRMAN’S SOCIETY ($10,000+)AnonymousThe AJL Charitable

FoundationThe Denver FoundationUS Bank Community

DevelopmentWalter S. Rosenberry, III Trust

SILVER CONDUCTOR’S CIRCLE ($5,000+)AnonymousColorado Symphony Guild

Inc.Denver Post Charities a

McCormick Foundation Fund

ECA FoundationMrs. Sandy ElliottXcel Energy Foundation

CONDUCTOR’S CIRCLE ($2,000+)AnonymousCherry Hills Cultural

AssociatesMr. Paul EveloffDonna C. KornfeldKatherine McMurrayParker Foundation

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Scientific & Cultural Collaborative

SYMPHONY CONCERTMASTER ($1,000+)AnonymousKinder Morgan FoundationKatherine McMurray

SYMPHONY MUSICIAN ($500+)Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. G.W. QuinbySymphony Patron ($250+)Mr. Harry L. Arkin EsqJulie BelcherBetsy Herrick and Milt Kahn

COLORADO SYMPHONY 5KWe asked you to leave your headphones at home and help the Colorado Symphony kick off its 2015/16 concert season by participating in

the Colorado Symphony 5K Run/Walk on September 19th at Sloan’s Lake Park. Thank you for all your support!

GOLD CHAIRMAN’S SOCIETY ($25,000+)St. Anthony Hospital-

Centura Health

SILVER CONDUCTOR’S CIRCLE ($5,000+)Anonymous

CONDUCTOR’S CIRCLE ($2,000+)Colorado Symphony Guild

Inc.

SYMPHONY CONCERTMASTER ($1,000+)Arc Thrift StoreCommunity College Of

DenverMr. and Mrs. Harold Logan

SYMPHONY MUSICIAN ($500+)Argonaut Wine & Liquor

SYMPHONY PATRON ($250+)Beef King, LLCBing!Bistro CharlotteDenver Order UpFit To SmileHigh Point CreameryThe Publishing HousePuff’s PreservesRupert’s at the EdgeSchmitt Music Company

BALL SPONSOR LISTThe 2015 Colorado Symphony Ball raised money through table sales, individual and corporate contributions, sponsorship, silent and live auction, and real-time voting during “THE BATTLE OF

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THE BANDS” where guests voted for their favorite band. This year’s bands were the Colorado Symphony, The DaVita Blues All Stars, and Tracksuit Wedding.

PRESENTING SPONSOR ($75,000+)Avenir Foundation, Inc.

VIRTUOSO ($50,000+)Anonymous Arrow Electronics, Inc. Liberty Global

MAESTRO ($25,000+)AnonymousThe Anschutz CorporationDaVitaDelta Dental Plan of ColoradoDiscovery CommunicationsKeith and Kathie FingerIAC CorporationJerome H. Kern and

Mary Rossick KernLiberty Media CorporationLionTree Advisors, LLC

ENCORE ($15,000+)AnonymousAEG LiveMr. Stephen Brett and

Ms. L. ShoemakerFirstBank Holding Company of

ColoradoDr. Christopher Ott and

Mr. Jeremy SimonsMr. and Mrs. Jim Shpall

CONCERTMASTER ($10,000+)Mr. and Mrs. Tony AccettaBaker Botts, L.L.P.Cablevision Systems

Corporation Mr. and Mrs. Scott Campbell, Jr.Denver Broncos Football ClubMerrill LynchPentec HealthSherman & HowardSouthern Wine and SpiritsUniversity of Denver

PRINCIPAL ($5,000+)Amelie Co.AMG National Trust Bank

Ms. Maggie AndersonArrow Enterprise Computing

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Mary PooleGrant ThorntonHolland & Hart, LLPiheartmedia DenverInstitute for Children’s Mental

DisorderKPMG, LLPKUSA-9 NewsLibby Anschutz FoundationMr. Joseph MarottaPotter Anderson & Corroon, LLPRepublic National Distributing

CompanyMr. and Mrs. Richard RobinsonMr. Richard SapkinVolunteers of America

($2,000+) The Beverage Distributors

Company, LLCBoss ArchitectureBrownstein Hyatt Farber

Schreck, LLPCadre General Contractors Inc.Ms. Joy DinsdaleMrs. Susan Ellis and

Mr. Izzy AbbassMerle C. Chambers and

Hugh A. GrantCoreen and Mike Miller MoetMr. Gary A. PashelMs. Kimberly PattersonMick PerryRob and Jane ScofieldU.S. BankAlan and Judy WigodDr. and Mrs. Larry Wolff

($500+)Vince and Mary Jo Boryla

Jim and Julie CopenhaverM. Stephen and Sydney M.

EndersMs. Marcia FormanHaselden Construction, LLCSandy and Evan LaskyMrs. Barbara Marchbank

IN MEMORIAM GIFTSThe following gifts were made to the Colorado Symphony in memory of a family member, friend, or supporter of the symphony. These tributes hold an honored place with the Colorado Symphony and we are privileged to recognize them.

In memory of Gene Amole from KVOD given by:

Mr. R. Glesner and Mrs. B. Schwarm Glesner

In memory of Eleanor Scott Annable given by:

J. Fern BlackIn memory of Mr. Charles Ansbacher given by:

Swanee Hunt Family Foundation

In memory of Darthelia Baker given by:

Ms. Veatrice MonroeIn memory of Blair Chotzinhoff given by:

The Denver FoundationMr. Chet K. Hampson and Ms.

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