Colorado Symphony 2016/17 Season Presenting Sponsor:
POPS • 2016/2017 GREGORY ALAN ISAKOV WITH THE COLORADO SYMPHONY: REUNION COLORADO SYMPHONY CHRISTOPHER DRAGON, conductor GREGORY ALAN ISAKOV Thursday, January 12, 2017, at 7:30pm Friday, January 13, 2017, at 7:30pm Boettcher Concert Hall
Selections to be announced from stage
SOUNDINGS 2016/2017 | COLORADOSYMPHONY.ORG PROGRAM 1
POPS BIOGRAPHIES CHRISTOPHER DRAGON, conductor Australian conductor Christopher Dragon is in his second season as the Associate Conductor of the Colorado Symphony and commences his position as Principal Guest Conductor with the Denver Young Artists Orchestra. For three years, Christopher previously held the position of Assistant Conductor with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra, which gave him the opportunity to work closely with Principal Conductor Asher Fisch. Christopher works regularly in Australia and has conducted the Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, and West Australian Symphony Orchestras. His 2015 debut performance at the Sydney Opera House with Josh Pyke and the Sydney Symphony has been released on CD by ABC Music. In 2017, Christopher returns to the West Australian Symphony Orchestra for a subscription concert. In 2016, he made his Brazilian conducting debut with the Orquestra Sinfônica de Porto Alegre. He has also conducted at numerous festivals including the Breckenridge and Bangalow Music Festivals, both resulting with invitations to return. At the beginning of 2016, Christopher conducted Wynton Marsalis’ Swing Symphony as part of the Perth International Arts Festival alongside Wynton Marsalis and Jazz at the Lincoln Center Orchestra. In 2014, Christopher was selected from 100 international applicants 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. Christopher began his conducting studies in 2011 and was a member of the prestigious Symphony Services International Conductor Development Program under the guidance of course director Christopher Seaman. He has also studied with numerous distinguished conductors including Leonid Grin, Paavo and Neeme Jarvi at the Jarvi Summer Festival, Fabio Luisi at the Pacific Music Festival, and conducting pedagogue Jorma Panula.
REBECCA CARIDAD
GREGORY ALAN ISAKOV Indie-folk musician Gregory Alan Isakov is known for his masterful lyrics and lush arrangements. Tonight, Isakov reunites with the Colorado Symphony in a collaborative exploration of his work. The Colorado Symphony first joined Isakov and his band for a performance at Boettcher Hall in 2013—an experience that inspired his most recent album Gregory Alan Isakov with the Colorado Symphony, released in the summer of 2016. The charts were written by Jay Clifford of Jump, Little Children, and Tom Hagerman of DeVotchKa. Born in Johannesburg, South Africa, and calling Colorado home, Isakov has been traveling all his life. Songs that hone a masterful quality tell a story of miles and landscapes, and the search for a sense of place. His song-craft lends to deep lyrical masterpieces, with hints of his influences, Leonard Cohen and Bruce Springsteen. The Washington Post described him as "an eloquent lyricist who delivers soul searching ruminations filled with cosmic pondering, nomadic wisdom and plenty of earthy metaphors.”
Colorado Symphony 2016/17 Season Presenting Sponsor:
POPS • 2016/2017 A NIGHT OF POPS: TRIBUTE TO LEROY ANDERSON COLORADO SYMPHONY CHRISTOPHER DRAGON, conductor Tonight's Concert is Gratefully Dedicated to 9NEWS and The Ponzio Family
Saturday, January 14, 2017, at 7:30pm Boettcher Concert Hall
ANDERSON Chicken Reel ANDERSON Jazz Pizzicato – Jazz Legato STRAUSS, J. & Jos. Pizzicato Polka ANDERSON Belle of the Ball ANDERSON The Waltzing Cat BIZET Habañera from Carmen ANDERSON Blue Tango ANDERSON The Typewriter TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4: Finale — INTERMISSION — ANDERSON Clarinet Candy ANDERSON Bugler’s Holiday ANDERSON A Trumpeter’s Lullaby GREIG From Peer Gynt: Morning In the Hall of the Mountain King ANDERSON Plink, Plank, Plunk! ANDERSON The Syncopated Clock ANDERSON Horse and Buggy ROSSINI Allegro vivace from Overture to William Tell ANDERSON Sleigh Ride
SOUNDINGS 2016/2017 | COLORADOSYMPHONY.ORG PROGRAM 3
POPS BIOGRAPHIES CHRISTOPHER DRAGON, conductor Australian conductor Christopher Dragon is in his second season as the Associate Conductor of the Colorado Symphony and commences his position as Principal Guest Conductor with the Denver Young Artists Orchestra. For three years, Christopher previously held the position of Assistant Conductor with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra, which gave him the opportunity to work closely with Principal Conductor Asher Fisch. Christopher works regularly in Australia and has conducted the Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, and West Australian Symphony Orchestras. His 2015 debut performance at the Sydney Opera House with Josh Pyke and the Sydney Symphony has been released on CD by ABC Music. In 2017, Christopher returns to the West Australian Symphony Orchestra for a subscription concert. In 2016, he made his Brazilian conducting debut with the Orquestra Sinfônica de Porto Alegre. He has also conducted at numerous festivals including the Breckenridge and Bangalow Music Festivals, both resulting with invitations to return. At the beginning of 2016, Christopher conducted Wynton Marsalis’ Swing Symphony as part of the Perth International Arts Festival alongside Wynton Marsalis and Jazz at the Lincoln Center Orchestra. In 2014, Christopher was selected from 100 international applicants 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. Christopher began his conducting studies in 2011 and was a member of the prestigious Symphony Services International Conductor Development Program under the guidance of course director Christopher Seaman. He has also studied with numerous distinguished conductors including Leonid Grin, Paavo and Neeme Jarvi at the Jarvi Summer Festival, Fabio Luisi at the Pacific Music Festival, and conducting pedagogue Jorma Panula.
SATURDAY . APRIL 29 . 2017
6 pm :: Fillmore Auditorium :: Denver, Colorado presenting sponsor
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