BIG MUSIC BOULDER STYLE
SIMONE DINNERSTEIN
MICHAEL CHRISTIE
PIANIST
MUSIC DIRECTOR
DISNEY IN CONCERT
BRUBECK BROTHERS QUARTET
MAGNIFICENT MOZART MINI-FESTIVAL
BEYOND THE SCORE速
TIME FOR THREE
AT CHAUTAUQUA IN BOULDER
2012 CONCERT SEASON
CAROLYN KUAN CONDUCTOR
JUNE 23-AUGUST 3 www.COmusic.org
YOUR SUMMER… IT’S BETTER WITH MUSIC! Your summer will only be better with brilliant musicians, celebrated conductors and inspired works - it’s better with the Colorado Music Festival. Our 2012 season continues the CMF’s rich tradition of presenting concerts filled with variety - something for everyone! Our season includes a week of “Magnificent Mozart;” a continuation of the ground-breaking “Rediscovered Masters” project, including a children’s opera that was performed at a concentration camp; family concerts; favorite masterworks from Beethoven, Prokofiev, Bach and more; innovative multi-media concerts including Beyond the Score®- an exploration of Holst’s The Planets, and Disney in Concert; the return of the acclaimed ensemble Time for Three; and much more! The best way to experience the full range of the CMF’s dynamic summer of music is to renew your subcription today or become a first-time subscriber. Subscribers can look forward to a summer filled with incredible music and impressive savings. Plus, subscribers also enjoy a host of exclusive benefits that include the best seats, easy exchanges, special offers and more. Join us this summer — it’s better with music!
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Join us! MAGNIFICENT MOZART ( July 8 -15)
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DEAR MUSIC LOVERS: Welcome back, everyone! It’s Big Music in the summertime and I’m so pleased to offer these six weeks of blockbuster performances to you. Our community has come to expect world-class performances from our Festival Orchestra. These amazing musicians converge on Boulder from orchestras across North America to share a summer of passionate music-making and the best our region offers for the perfect summer. While our musicians are here they will share the enchanting Chautauqua Auditorium stage with artists such as the Academy Award Best Actor winner, F. Murray Abraham (Salieri in Amadeus), enterprising pianist Simone Dinnerstein, and the legendary Brubeck jazz family progeny. If Mozart is your guy, I am offering five performances in one week, taking a look at the numerous areas of music upon which he made his indelible imprint. F. Murray Abraham’s insight into the creation of Salieri for the silver screen will be among so many highlights during that soul-satisfying week. My daughter, Sinclair, will be four when the festival kicks off and I want her to have the opportunity to experience live orchestral music in the most entertaining and inspiring way. This year those great Disney songs she and I sing together will come to life in multimedia performances early in the summer. She will also enjoy our Young People’s concert, “Mozart’s Magnificent Voyage” at the end June. Please bring your young children and/or grandchildren to these performances or stop by our free and open rehearsals from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. every day but Tuesdays. Our summer festival is filled with music, old and new, from salsa to the stately palaces of central Europe. I hope you find many opportunities to join us and make this your best summer ever!
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Thursday/Friday Festival Orchestra Series (“I like it big!”) – features music director Michael Christie and the Colorado Music Festival Orchestra in a feast of musical masterworks including Prokofiev’s Cinderella Suites; Disney in Concert, with magical music from your Disney favorites – a multi-media concert experience for all ages; all-Mozart concerts, including the Piano Concerto No. 25, the “Prague” Symphony, Horn Concerto 1 & 3, as well as his masterful Symphony No. 41 in C major, “Jupiter”; the return of the Chicago Symphony’s Beyond the Score® with guest conductor Carolyn Kuan and an enthralling exploration of Holst’s The Planets; Mahler’s 7th Symphony; and “Mighty Fifths” with Jay Greenberg and Beethoven, plus a world premiere by Daniel Kellogg, as commissioned by the 2011 Click commissioning club; and more!
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Sunday Chamber Orchestra Series (“I like it varied!”) – presents CMF’s Chamber Orchestra performing Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 2, with one of the greatest Beethoven pianists of our time, Simone Dinnerstein; a fun-filled family night featuring “Patriotism & Pops” with guest conductor Lawrence Golan; a unique exploration of the music of Mozart with Academy award-winning actor F. Murray Abraham; two of Mozart’s most famous works, The Marriage of Figaro and the Requiem; an evening of Rediscovered Masters, which will include Shostakovich, Haydn, and the U.S. premiere of Weinberg’s Flute Concerto No. 1; “Brandenburgs – Old & New” featuring Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos 1, 3 & 6 as well as the new works inspired by those concertos as commissioned by the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra; and more!
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Tuesday World Music Series (“I like it cross-cultural!”) – offers something for everyone, including an evening of jazz with the Brubeck Brothers Quartet, featuring two members of one of America’s most accomplished musical families, Dan Brubeck (drums), and Chris Brubeck (bass & trombone); Time for Three, the hippest string trio performing today, plus guests Matt Scarano on drums and Josh Fobare on keyboards and a hot night of Latin music with the 12-piece ensemble La Clave Secreta.
Tuesday Chamber Music Series (“I like it up close and personal!”) – NEW this year, the Chamber Music Series will feature three concerts in Boulder’s newest performance space, eTown Hall in the heart of downtown Boulder. This three concert series includes a night of Bach, Schumann, and Mozart with world-renowned pianist Simone Dinnerstein and CMF Chamber Players for; An evening of Mozart, including his famous Serenade No. 10, “Gran Partita;” and Piano Trios with CMF Chamber Players including Arensky’s Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 32 and Tchaikovsky’s Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50.
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The Grand Series (“I REALLY like it all!”) – for the ultimate music lover who doesn’t want to miss a note. Includes six Sundays, six Tuesdays, and six Thursday OR Friday concerts.
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MAGNIFICENT MOZART
– July 8–15
SPECIAL OFFER – Five concerts, just $150!*
Join us for a magnificent week of all Mozart featuring some of the composer’s greatest masterpieces. These five concerts include a unique exploration of the music of Mozart with Academy award-winning actor F. Murray Abraham; an evening of Chamber Music with the CMF Chamber Players performing the composer’s famous Serenade No. 10, “Gran Partita”; his great “Prague” and “Jupiter” symphonies; Horn Concertos 1 & 3; his masterful Piano Concerto No. 25; the Overture and Act 2 – Finale from The Marriage of Figaro; as well as the beloved popular Requiem Mass in D minor. * Best available price level 2 seats.
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CMF
2012 CHAMBER ORCHESTRA SUNDAY – 7:30 p.m.
CONCERT CALENDAR JUNE 24
OPENING NIGHT
Michael Christie, Music Director Simone Dinnerstein, Piano Dukas: Fanfare from “La Péri” Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2 Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 in A major, Op. 90, “Italian”
PATRIOTISM & POPS
JUlY 1
A fun-filled family night featuring patriotic and pops favorites!
JUlY 8
with guest soloists and the CMF Festival Chorus Marriage of Figaro, Overture & Act 2 Finale Requiem in D minor, K.626
JUlY 15
Lawrence Golan, Conductor
F. Murray Abraham, Narrator
Tickets start at just $5!
YOUNG PEOPLE’S CONCERTS
MOZART’S MAGNIFICENT VOYAGE Ages 4 & up, fun for everyone!
DESIGN-YOUR-OWN DISCOUNT Purchase 3 or more concerts and save $5 off single ticket prices!
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LISTEN ONLINE! www.COmusic.org to listen to music clips for all of the 2012 concerts.
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Visit www.COmusic.org or the Chautauqua Box Office beginning May 14, Mon-Fri, 1-6 p.m., & 1 p.m.-intermission on concert days, or call 303-440-7666. For more info and subscriber tickets, call CMF at 303-449-1397.
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FIGARO & REQUIEM
programming & guest artists subject to change. (RM=Rediscovered Masters)
Saturday, June 23, 10 a.m. & Monday, June 25, 10 a.m.
MOZART & SALIERI
REDISCOVERED MASTERS Viviana Cumplido Wilson, Flute
Shostakovich: “Hamlet” Suite, Op.32 Weinberg: Flute Concerto No. 1, Op. 75 Haydn: Symphony No. 73 in D major ‘The Hunt’
BRANDENBURGS – OLD & NEW Bach: Brandenburg Concertos 1, 3 & 6 Hartke: A Brandenburg Autumn Theofanidis: Muse Kernis: Concerto with Echoes
FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA
TUESDAY – 7:30 p.m.
THURSDAY & FRIDAY – 7:30 p.m.
SIMONE DINNERSTEIN
CINDERELLA & BRUNDIBÁR
with CMF Chamber Players Bach: Music for Solo Piano Schumann: Kinderszenen “Scenes from Childhood,” Op. 15 Mozart: Kegelstatt Trio, K. 498
JUNE 28 & 29
eTown Hall
JUNE 26
CHAMBER & WORLD MUSIC
JUlY 31
eTown Hall
JUlY 24
PIANO TRIOS
with CMF Chamber Players Arensky: Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 32 Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50
LA CLAVE SECRETA
A 12-piece modern salsa fusion ensemble that experiments with Cuban, classical, jazz, funk, Greek, Venezuelan, and even flamenco!
JULY 5 & 6 JULY 12 & 13 JULY 19 & 20
JUlY 17
TIME FOR THREE +2
Back by popular demand - the groundbreaking, category-shattering trio transcends traditional classification, with elements of classical, country western, gypsy and jazz idioms forming a blend all its own.
JULY 26 & 27
with CMF Chamber Players An evening of Mozart, including his famous Serenade No. 10, “Gran Partita”
MAGICAL MUSIC FROM THE MOVIES
Disney in Concert is an enchanting multi-media concert experience for all ages. Relive memorable moments from Disney classics… Mary Poppins, The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Little Mermaid and more!
July 12 – MASTERFUL MOZART!
AUGUST 2 & 3
eTown Hall
JUlY 3 JUlY 10
MOZART
*Featuring Ela Weissberger, Holocaust survivor and one of the original cast members
DISNEY IN CONCERT
BRUBECK BROTHERS QUARTET
An exciting jazz group featuring two members of one of America’s most accomplished musical families, Dan Brubeck (drums,) and Chris Brubeck (bass & trombone). Guitarist Mike DeMicco and pianist Chuck Lamb, complete this dynamic quartet.
Hans Krása: Brundibár* (RM) Schreker: Intermezzo Op. 8 (US Premiere) Prokofiev: Cinderella Suites
Stewart Goodyear, Piano
Piano Concerto No. 25 Symphony No. 38 in D major, “Prague”
July 13 – “JUPITER”
Horn Concertos 1 & 3 Symphony No. 41 in C major, “Jupiter”
BEYOND THE SCORE®
EXPLORES HOLST’S THE PLANETS
Carolyn Kuan, Conductor
Join us for an enthralling exploration of this work through a stunning visual and musical presentation. After intermission, enjoy a complete performance of The Planets.
MAHLER’S SEVENTH Mahler: Symphony No. 7
The Festival’s Mahler Cycle continues with Mahler’s most mysterious symphony. Sometimes called “Song of the Night,” the work has a tantalizing nocturnal quality, inspired by an evening boat ride on an alpine lake.
FESTIVAL FINALE MIGHTY FIFTHS!
Kellogg: World Premiere commissioned by CLICK! Greenberg: Symphony No. 5 (RM) Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
MAGNIFICENT MOZART MINI-FESTIVAL – JULY 8-15 SPECIAL OFFER - Five concerts, just $150!*
Join us for a magnificent week of all Mozart featuring some of the composer’s greatest masterpieces. These five concerts include a unique exploration of the music of Mozart with Academy award-winning actor F. Murray Abraham; an evening of Chamber Music with the CMF Chamber Players performing the composer’s famous Serenade No. 10, “Gran Partita”; his great “Prague” and “Jupiter” symphonies; Horn Concertos 1 & 3; his masterful Piano Concerto No. 25; the Overture and Act 2 – Finale from The Marriage of Figaro; as well as the beloved Requiem Mass in D minor. *Best available price level 2 seats.
OPENING NIGHT WITH MICHAEL CHRISTIE & SIMONE DINNERSTEIN
Beethoven – Schubert – Tyberg
Sunday, June 24 Celebrated pianist Simone Dinnerstein joins music director Michael Christie and the CMF Chamber Orchestra to kick off this spectacular concert season with Beethoven’s second piano concerto (it was actually composed before his first!). American pianist Simone Dinnerstein has been praised by TIME for her “arresting freshness and subtlety.” Also on this notto-miss opening night concert is Dukas’ Fanfare from “La Peri” and Mendelssohn’s picturesque Italian Symphony, penned during Mendelssohn’s Grand Tour of Europe.
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CINDERELLA AND BRUNDIBÁR
Hans Krása - Schreker - Prokofiev
Thursday, June 28 & Friday, June 29 Witness two very striking fairytales as the Colorado Music Festival explores Prokofiev’s Cinderella Suites and Hans Krása’s Brundibár. Composed in 1938 and originally performed by the children of Theresienstadt concentration camp in the former Czechoslovakia, Hans Krása’s Brundibár is the first piece of the Rediscovered Masters Series. Featuring a children’s chorus, the semi-staged opera contains obvious symbolism in the triumph of the children over the tyrannical organ grinder. Brundibár will be presented in collaboration with CU Opera.
PATRIOTISM & POPS
Lawrence Golan, Conductor
Sunday, July 1 The CMF Chamber Orchestra, led by guest conductor Lawrence Golan, will share their patriotism in an enthusiastic Americana program Patriotism & Pops — featuring music by many of the great American pops composers. Tickets for this fun-filled family concert start at just $5!
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DISNEY IN CONCERT
Magical Music from the Movies!
Thursday, July 5 & Friday, July 6 Come be enchanted by Disney in Concert: Magical Music from the Movies with the Colorado Music Festival Orchestra, conductor Michael Christie, projected clips, still cells, and storyboard art from the films, plus four leading vocalists. Every new generation has a favorite Disney musical, whether it’s The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Aladdin, or The Lion King. And then there are the classics, from a Mary Poppins medley to the “Yo ho” of Pirates of the Caribbean. When everyone joins together for magical moments and melodies that Mouseketeers of all ages know by heart, it feels like a small world, after all. Come early for a “picnic- in-the-park” and make this your family’s most memorable night of the summer!
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BEYOND THE SCORE®
Holst: The Planets Carolyn Kuan, Conductor
Thursday, July 19 & Friday, July 20 Delve deep into the meaning and historical context of Holst’s The Planets, one of the most beloved works of the 20th century, in Beyond the Score®: Other Worlds? Known as a pioneer of the so-called English musical renaissance, Holst looked far beyond the island of Britain to find inspiration for the suite in the ancient cultures of Greece and India, in the myths and fancies of astrology and theosophy, and in the revolutionary musical discoveries of Debussy and Stravinsky. Join us for an enthralling exploration of this work through a stunning visual and musical presentation on the first half of the concert. After intermission, enjoy a complete performance of The Planets by the Colorado Music Festival Orchestra, under the baton of guest conductor Carolyn Kuan.
REDISCOVERED MASTERS
Shostakovich - Weinberg - Haydn
Sunday, July 24 Join Michael Christie and the CMF Orchestra for a night of “Rediscovered Masters,” including Shostakovich’s “Hamlet” Suite, the U.S. premiere of Mieczyslaw Weinberg’s Flute Concerto No.1, and Haydn’s Symphony No. 73, “The Hunt,” one of his most joyous and witty works. The Rediscovered Masters Program is a series of performances celebrating Jewish composers and their music, with an emphasis on music composed before, during, and immediately after World War II. Music Director Michael Christie is committed to resurrecting these lost treasures and celebrating these artists’ rightful places in musical history.
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MAHLER’S SEVENTH Thursday, July 26 & Friday, July 27 Maestro Michael Christie continues the Festival’s Mahler cycle with one of his most powerful symphonies. With optimism and darkness, harmony and dissonance, his grand Seventh Symphony travels through an eerie nightfall into the exuberant starkness of daylight.
BRANDENBURGS - OLD & NEW
Bach - Hartke - Theofanidis - Kernis
Sunday, July 29 Join us for an evening of Brandenburg Concertos Old & New with Michael Christie and the CMF Chamber Orchestra. In 2006, the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra began the New Brandenburg Project, a series of six original commissions inspired by Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos. This special concert will feature Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos 1, 3 and 6 paired with the new works they inspired: Stephen Hartke’s “A Brandenburg Autumn,” Christopher Theofanidis’ “Muse,” and Aaron Jay Kernis’ “Concerto with Echoes.”
FESTIVAL FINALE - MIGHTY FIFTHS Kellogg - Greenberg - Beethoven
Thursday, August 2 & Friday, August 3 Michael Christie and the Colorado Music Festival Orchestra close the season with powerful notto-miss finale concert! The world premiere of a piece written by Boulder’s very own Danielle Kellogg, which was commissioned by the 2011 Click commissioning club; a performance of American composer and child prodigy Jay Greenberg’s 5th Symphony, a piece according to the New York Times “summons the specters of Tchaikovsky, Brahms, Bartok and more;” and the worlds most famous 5th Symphony Beethoven’s mighty Fifth!
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MAGNIFICENT MOZART We invite you to join us in celebrating the inspiration and genius of Mozart during the Colorado Music Festival’s Magnificent Mozart Mini-festival. One week featuring five concerts celebrating the timeless musical achievements of Mozart, a composer whose brilliance never ceases to astonish us and deeply enrich our lives.
FIGARO & REQUIEM Sunday, July 8 Featuring guest soloists and the CMF Festival Chorus Marriage of Figaro, Overture & Act 2 Finale Requiem in D minor, K. 626
MOZART WITH CMF CHAMBER PLAYERS Tuesday, July 10 (eTown Hall) An evening of Mozart chamber music, including his famous Serenade No. 10, "Gran Partita"
MASTERFUL MOZART! Thursday, July 12
YOUNG PEOPLE’S CONCERTS
MOZART’S MAGNIFICENT VOYAGE Ages 4 & up, fun for everyone!
Saturday, June 23, 10 a.m. & Monday, June 25, 10 a.m.
Stewart Goodyear, piano Piano Concerto No. 25 Symphony No. 38 in D major, "Prague"
JUPITER Friday, July 13 Andrew Bain, horn Horn Concertos 1 & 3
SPECIAL OFFER FIVE CONCERTS JUST $150!
Symphony No. 41 in C major, "Jupiter"
MOZART & SALIERI Sunday, July 15 Featuring Academy Award-winning actor and narrator F. Murray Abraham
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WORLD MUSIC
Join us! WORLD MUSIC ( June 26 - July 31)
BRUBECK BROTHERS QUARTET Tuesday, July 3 We are proud to present the world-renowned, internationally-acclaimed Brubeck Brothers Quartet — an exciting jazz group featuring two members of one of America’s most accomplished musical families, Daniel Brubeck (drums,) and Chris Brubeck (bass & trombone). Guitarist Mike DeMicco and pianist Chuck Lamb complete this dynamic quartet. They’ll be joined by a CMF woodwind quintet on the 2nd half, for a performance of Brubeck’s “Vignettes.”
LA CLAVE SECRETA Tuesday, July 31 Since its inception, La Clave Secreta has been at the forefront of Latin music, thinking outside the “music box” and beyond the prescribed formulas of the mainstream market. They are not salsa and certainly not just timba but a whole lot more, a mix of cultures and flavors with a message for serious listeners and rabid dancers alike. Today it reflects a more mature side of music and, fronted by some of the genre’s most talented professionals, it bears its own fingerprint…its own secret “clave.”
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TIME FOR THREE +2 HAPPY HOUR CONCERT Tuesday, July 17 Back by popular demand, the groundbreaking, category-shattering trio transcends traditional classification with elements of classical, country western, gypsy and jazz idioms forming a blend all its own. The funky, innovative Trio will be joined by guests Matt Scarano on drums and Josh Fobare on keyboards to bring their casual Happy Hour Concert, made popular at the Indianapolis Symphony, to Chautauqua Auditorium. The concert includes original works by Ranaan Meyer - Soft Spoken and Sundays covers such as U2’s With or Without You, Dirty Projector’s Stillness is the Move, Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah, Imogen Heap’s Hide and Seek, The Beatles’ Blackbird, Radio Head’s Idioteque and more! Time for Three has been a huge hit with CMF audiences, packing Chautauqua Auditorium two years in a row. Get your tickets early for this one — they’re sure to go fast!
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CHAMBER MUSIC eTown Hall
Join us for three unique concerts this summer at the ALL-NEW eTown Hall, conveniently located in downtown Boulder on the corner of 16th & Spruce Streets. Plus, you won’t want to miss the post-concert reception immediately following each concert, including refreshments and a chance to meet the musicians. Tickets are just $22 and include the post-concert reception!the post-concert reception!
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SIMONE DINNERSTEIN with CMF Chamber Players Tuesday, June 26, 7:30 p.m. at eTown Hall Bach: Music for Solo Piano Schumann: Kinderszenen “Scenes from Childhood,” Op. 15 Mozart: “Kegelstatt” Trio, K. 498
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MOZART Tuesday, July 10, 7:30 p.m. at eTown Hall Performed by CMF Chamber Players An evening of all Mozart chamber music, including his famous Serenade No. 10, “Gran Partita.”
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PIANO TRIOS Tuesday, July 24, 7:30 p.m. at eTown Hall Performed by Calin Lupanu, Violin; Bjorn Ranheim, Cello; and Vivienne Spy, Piano Arensky: Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 32 Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50
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MUSICAL BROWN BAGS At eTown Hall
Grab your friends, co-workers and of course your lunch and come on down to eTown Hall for Musical Brown Bags! Join us for casual conversations with each of the three world music groups performing at Chautauqua Auditorium. These fun musical talks will take place from 12-1 p.m. on Mondays, July 2 (Brubeck Brothers Quartet), July 16 (Time for Three), and July 30 (La Clave Secreta). Musical Brown Bags are free and open to the public; however, registration is requested. Register online today at www.comusic.org!
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YOUNG PEOPLE’S CONCERTS – “MOZART’S MAGNIFICENT VOYAGE”
10 a.m., Saturday, June 23 & Monday, June 25
Chautauqua Auditorium, Boulder | Tickets just $8 / $7 for groups of ten or more Ages 4 & up, fun for the whole family! This semi-staged concert for families features excerpts of Mozart’s most well known music, including themes from his operas The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni, and The Magic Flute. Introduce the young people in your life to one of the greatest composers in the history of music. After the concert, join us on the lawn for a Music Fair where kids meet costumed characters, try the instrument petting zoo, enjoy face painting, balloon tying, snacks and more!
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FAMILY FUN CONCERTS
Ages 4-7 | Chautauqua Auditorium, Boulder | Fridays at 2pm | $5/general admission Family Fun Concerts give younger children a chance to meet different sections of the orchestra, as small ensembles perform short, informal 45-minute musical programs. Meet the musicians and their instruments following each performance. (Free for children enrolled in Meet the Instruments.) June 29 | WOODWINDS | Hansel and Gretel July 13 | BRASS | Four Fantastic French Horns July 27 | STRINGS | The Sounds of Nature
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CLASSICALLY KIDS Ages 7-11 | Chautauqua Community House, Boulder | June 27 – Aug. 1 | Wednesdays | 2-4pm $12/3 or more $10 each (includes youth concert ticket + 50% discount for one adult) Classically Kids is a fun, interactive workshop series designed to introduce kids to the excitement of live classical music. Workshops include an opportunity to meet CMF’s guest artists, visit an orchestra rehearsal, learn key information about the music CMF performs, and attend a concert at Chautauqua! June 27 | Stories in Music | Composers use music to tell stories. Meet Ela Weissberger, and hear how Russian composer Serge Prokofiev portrays the beautiful Cinderella. July 11 | Masterful Mozart | Meet Stewart Goodyear, a famous piano soloist, and learn how Mozart played with the colors of the instruments to create beautiful music! July 18 | Music & The Solar System | The Planets is Gustav Holst’s most well-known composition. Explore the reaches of our galaxy through this fascinating musical depiction July 25 | Conducting is the Coolest | Standing in front of a symphony orchestra is an unforgettable experience. You’ll get your own conducting baton and Maestro Christie will share some of his secrets in a conducting lesson. August 1 | Composers! How Do They Do It? | Learn about Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, as well as newly composed pieces of music. CU Music professor Daniel Kellogg will share tips about the art of composition!
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CLASSICALLY ADULTS Adults | Chautauqua Community House | June 27 - Aug. 1 | Wednesdays | 11am-12:30pm $12/3 or more $10 each (includes a 50% voucher for the Thursday evening Festival Orchestra performance) Each workshop provides participants an opportunity to enrich their knowledge of the music CMF is performing on Thursday evening and attend a rehearsal at Chautauqua. A brown bag opportunity to share lunchtime conversation with a CMF musician will round out the morning.
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SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES
THE CAT WITH THE YELLOW STAR:
JAZZ WORKSHOP: Brubeck
A Conversation With Ela Weissberger
Ages 12 & up, at least one year of playing experience | RMCMA, Lafayette Monday, July 2 | 2-4pm
Ages 10-18 | Canyon Theater at Boulder Public Library | Friday, June 29 | 2-4pm
Young people are invited to join Ela Weissberger and hear her remarkable story. As a child she was sent to the Terezin concentration camp, and while there, performed the role of “The Cat” in productions of Brundibár - a children’s opera and propaganda piece presented for Red Cross visitors. FREE
Join jazz legend Chris Brubeck and other members of the Brubeck Brothers Quartet in a lively exploration of jazz fundamentals and improvisation techniques. Bring your instruments! Tuition: $10*
IMPROV WORKSHOP WITH TIME FOR THREE
With La Clave Secreta
JOURNEY THROUGH THE CARIBBEAN
Ages 15 & up, and bring your instruments! RMCMA, Lafayette | Monday, July 16 | 2-4pm
All Ages | RMCMA, Lafayette Monday, July 30 | 2-4pm
Join the passionate and engaging members of Time for Three, whose members are taking the musical world by storm with their inventive combination of composing, arranging, and spirited performances. Includes playing, improv, and experimentation! Tuition: $10*
Five musicians from La Clave Secreta, playing piano, bass, congas, timbale, and bongo, will ignite your musical passion and everyone will have fun as they engage in music-making, rhythm and movement. Tuition: $10* * Participants also receive a 50% discount on tickets to the workshops corresponding concert at Chautauqua Auditorium the following evening.
COMMUNITY PLAY-IN WITH MAESTRO MICHAEL CHRISTIE
Ages 15 & up (amateur, pre-professional, and professional musicians) Chautauqua Auditorium | Sunday, July 15 | 4-6pm Join CMF Music Director Michael Christie on stage at Chautauqua Auditorium for an informal rehearsal/ performance of Beethoven’s Egmont Overture and Tchaikovsky’s 4th Symphony. Music will be available through the online IMSLP for easy access. Dust off your instrument, join in the fun, and invite your family and friends to listen! Registration required. FREE!
COMMUNITY PLAY-IN PREP REHEARSAL
Ages 15 & up (amateur, pre-professional, and professional musicians) RMCMA, Lafayette | Sunday, July 8 | 4-6pm Want to get more out of the Community Play-in with Maestro Christie? The play-in preparatory rehearsal will familiarize you with the repertoire so that you are more knowledgeable about your part before sitting on stage at the Community Play-in at Chautauqua on July 15. Includes light refreshments and a visit from Maestro Christie. Instructor: Jennifer Dunn | Tuition: $10
WORKSHOP: FIDDLIN’ FOR CLASSICAL VIOLINISTS
Middle school thru adults, at least one year of playing experience RMCMA, Lafayette | Monday, July 23 | 6-8pm Are you a classically-trained violinist with an interest in learning more about improvisation and playing by ear? This workshop introduces three standard jam tunes from the bluegrass, Celtic and blues traditions and offers some insight into the bowing styles and ornamentations that accompany these fiddling traditions. Instructor: Annie Savage | Tuition: $15
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PLAN YOUR EXPERIENCE Subscription Packages can be purchased by calling
CMF at 303-449-1397, using the enclosed order form, or stopping by the CMF Office in Cottage 100 just west of the Chautauqua Dining Hall.
VENUE
TALKS UNDER THE TENT
All CMF orchestra concerts are held in the
Join musicians, journalists, scholars and other
beautiful Chautauqua Auditorium located
guests for informative FREE pre-concert talks
in historic Chautauqua Park (900 Baseline
under the CMF Tent on the north side of the
Rd., Boulder). The convergence of cultural
Auditorium. Offered every Sunday and Thursday
programming within a stunning natural
evening (except opening night and July 5) at
environment was an integral part of the
6:30 p.m.
Chautauqua movement of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. CMF is proud to continue this tradition, and encourages concertgoers
HOP 2 Chautauqua 4 FREE The Colorado Music Festival is committed
to explore the beauty of Chautauqua Park,
to providing our patrons with convenient
enjoy a pre-concert picnic, and indulge in
transportation options and parking solutions.
the rich cultural programming available
We’re happy to once again work in collabora-
year round. In February of 2006 Chautauqua
tion with Go Boulder, Via and the Colorado
Park was added to the list of National
Chautauqua Association to provide FREE
Historic Landmarks.
shuttle service for all CMF performances.
All CMF chamber music concerts are held
On nights of performance, two shuttles will
in the ALL-NEW 200 seat eTown Hall,
run continuous loops, approximately every 15
conveniently located in downtown Boulder
minutes, beginning at 5:30 p.m. (9:00 a.m. for
on the corner of 16th & Spruce Streets.
Young People’s Concerts) until concerts begin
BOX OFFICE
at 7:30 p.m., and reverse the process after each performance. One shuttle will loop from
The Chautauqua Box Office is located in the
downtown, starting at 13th and Pearl, and up
kiosk on the Chautauqua grounds between
9th Street to the north side of Chautauqua Park.
the Auditorium and Dining Hall. Hours are
(Note: This route will require a short walk, uphill,
Monday- Friday, 1-6 p.m., and 1 p.m. through
from drop off on Baseline to the Auditorium.) The
intermission on days of performance. The
other shuttle will loop from the 27th Way Park
Box Office phone is 303-440-7666.
& Ride (at 27th and Broadway, just south of Basemar) up Baseline Road for drop off on
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the south side of the Auditorium. Both routes will include additional stops, marked by the Go Boulder symbol on RTD signs.
For additional route details please visit:
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PARKING
GROUP EVENTS
Parking in Chautauqua Park is limited. CMF
The Colorado Music Festival at Chautauqua
encourages the use of the free shuttle. Parking
is a wonderful way to celebrate with your
is allowed on both sides of Baseline Road in the
officemates, employees, clients, organization
evenings during June, July and August. Parking
members, neighborhood, friends or family!
for the disabled is available in the parking lot
Purchase tickets for groups of 10 or more and
south of the Academic Hall.
receive 25% off regular single ticket prices. Your group will also receive acknowledge-
FLEXTIX
Flexible tickets for busy people! Whether you buy them for yourself or as a gift, FlexTix are designed to fit your schedule.
ment at the concert. Enjoy a picnic in the park before the performance! For more information, call the CMF Office at 303-449-1397.
Purchase FlexTix for $32 each and exchange
PICNICS IN THE PARK
them one week prior to any 2012 CMF
You can go online to pre-order a delicious
performance for the best available seats.
picnic supper from the Chautauqua Dining
It’s a great deal and an easy way to enjoy the
Hall and have it ready for pick-up when you
Colorado Music Festival this summer. FlexTix
get to the Park on concert nights. Go to
are available online at www.COmusic.org, at
www.chautauquaspecialevents.com to order.
the Chautauqua Box Office, or by using the
Note that you must order at least two days
enclosed order form.
in advance.
2012 FESTIVAL OF DINNERS Just as our summer concert season offers something for everyone, so does this year’s Festival of Dinners. Working with local chefs and businesses, hosts have planned dinners, brunches and other special events. Whatever your passion, you can find it at the Festival of Dinners - gourmet cuisine, fine wines, music, fashion, bridge and much more! All proceeds benefit the Colorado Music Festival & Rocky Mountain Center for Musical Arts. Make your reservations today at www.comusic.org/festival-of-dinners.
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THURSDAY NIGHT POST-CONCERT FIRESIDE PARTIES AT CARELLI’S Join us every Thursday night following the Festival Orchestra concerts for a postconcert Fireside Party at Carelli’s. Enjoy FREE appetizers, a happy hour priced drink menu, the warm atmosphere of Carelli’s, and post-concert conversations with your fellow concertgoers and CMF musicians.
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FIVE EASY WAYS TO ORDER On the Web (beginning April 15): Visit www.COmusic.org for convenient online ticketing and to reserve your seats before they go on sale at the Box Office.
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By Phone (beginning May 14): Call 303-440-7666 Monday through Friday, 1-6 p.m. (Have your Visa or MasterCard number ready)
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In Person (beginning May 14): Visit us at the Box Office located in the kiosk on the Chautauqua grounds, Monday through Friday, 1-6 p.m.
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By Mail: Send your order form with payment to: CMF Office, 900 Baseline Road, Cottage 100, Boulder, CO 80302
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By Fax: Fax your order form to 303-449-0071 (be sure to include your credit card number)
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COMMUNITY COMMISSIONING CLUB
YOU VOTE, YOU DECIDE! Be a part of Boulder's Community Commissioning Club. Vote for the composer you would like to see commissioned for CMF's 2013 season. Each vote is just $10 and every vote counts, so click and place your votes today! www.COmusic.org/click
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2012 TICKET PRICING
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NO SERVICE FEES!
Single Ticket Pricing 2012 Single tickets go on sale ONLINE April 15 and at the BOX OFFICE May 14.
Price Level 1 Price Level 2 Price Level 3 Price Level 4
Chamber Orchestra SUN
$49
$44
$20
$12
World Music TUES
$42
$35
$20
$12
Chamber Music at eTown TUES
$22
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Festival Orchestra THURS/FRI
$49
$44
$20
$12
Patriotism & Pops SUN JULY 1st
$20
$15
$12
$5
50% off
50% off
50% off
$12
STUDENT DISCOUNT (with valid student ID)
CHAMBER MUSIC AT ETOWN HALL June 26, July 10 & July 24
Tickets are just $22 for both the concert and the post-concert reception. All seating is general admission.
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SUBSCRIBER SINGLE TICKET DISCOUNT
$10 off – Sections A, B & GA Seat, any concert
Please note there are no discounts on GA Bench seating.
SENIORS (60+) & CHAUTAUQUA MEMBERS
$3 off – Sections A, B & GA Seat, any concert
Please note there are no discounts on GA Bench seating.
Design-Your-Own Ticket Pricing 2012 (3+ Concerts) Save $5 off single ticket prices with the Design-Your-Own Discount
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Sampler Series Ticket Pricing 2012 (6+ Concerts) Save $8 off single ticket prices with the Sampler Series Discount
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Subscriber Ticket Pricing 2012
SPECIAL OFFER
Save up to $73 off the single ticket prices for six concerts Chamber Orchestra SUN
Concert Series (6 concerts)
Festival Orchestra THURS or FRI Concert Series (6 concerts)
Grand Series* THURS or FRI
(All Sun, Tues, & Thurs or Fri concerts) (18 concerts total)
Price Level 1
Price Level 2
$246
$180
$246
$180
$594
$396
New Subscriptions are 30% off 2012 prices! For more information call
303-449-1397.
*Grand Series saves up to $96 over subscribing for all three concert series.
NOTE: Wheelchair access is available. Please let the Box Office staff know when purchasing tickets so that we may accommodate your needs promptly on the night of performance.
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