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THE MAGAZINE OF THE COLORADO SYMPHONY Volume 15 • Number 2 CONTENTS
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Colorado Symphony Musicians
12 Colorado Symphony Board of Trustees 14
Colorado Symphony Staff
18 A Sustained Duet: The Haiti Youth Orchestra and Colorado Symphony 25
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WHEN WORK FEELS LIKE A HOLIDAY
How fortunate we are to have the brilliant cellist Yo-Yo Ma join me and your Colorado Symphony to perform the Dvořák Concerto on December 10! I feel especially lucky to be leading the bookends to that historic performance, conducting our All-Beethoven program with former Colorado Symphony Music Director Jeffrey Kahane on piano (December 1-3) and our annual Night in Vienna New Year’s Eve concert. With the flurry of excitement these concerts have stirred up, it will take all the self-control I have to stop myself from singing along with our lauded Colorado Symphony Chorus during Handel’s Messiah on December 8 and 9! Amidst this blizzard of Classics, Associate Conductor Christopher Dragon will bring his unique energy to the stage to lead our orchestra in family favorites A Colorado Christmas and Too Hot to Handel, brought back in its full glory by popular demand. Speaking of happy returns, Brian Buerkle will lead our Brass and Percussionists in Holiday Brass in our grand hall once again! Page 16 of the program has all the information you need to attend these great holiday concerts. There’s the ever-reliable maxim: When you love what you do, it hardly feels like work. Thanks to the immense talent of our musicians, their performing even the most complex works often seems effortless — and, thanks to their unmatched dedication, each performance is truly a labor of love. On behalf of the entire Colorado Symphony family, thank you for sharing your holidays and celebrating this joyous music with us. Gratefully,
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The real clamor began, however, at "After Glow," an after-party at the El Teatro hotel lounge hosted by Remix, the Colorado Symphony’s young professional group. Featured party guests Brett Mitchell and composer Mason Bates, who appeared onstage during Opening Weekend to accompany the orchestra on his laptop for his symphonic-electronica piece The B-Sides: Five Pieces for Orchestra, wove their way through the chatty crowd as cocktails and conversations flowed freely. About an hour into the event, one thing stood out above the din of laughter and glasses clinking: no one was looking at their phones. That felt so good, we want to say it again. No one looked at their phones. (Alright, for at least a few minutes.) Looking around the room, not a glowing rectangle could be seen. Everyone was totally engrossed in their conversations. That's how you know a good time is being had; we're debating reporting this rare phenomenon to the Associated Press. Events like this are what Remix is all about. Get into it. Check out coloradosymphony. org for more information.
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A SUSTAINED DUET: The Haiti Youth Orchestra and Colorado Symphony – By Rachel Trignano The act of learning music doesn’t often happen overnight. A piece can take minutes to learn but exponentially more time to truly be able to perform it. That’s why many of the Colorado Symphony’s community education efforts are based upon ongoing partnerships targeting measurable successes. Our commitment to community engagement and enrichment through music drives the relationship between the Colorado Symphony, whose music education programs reach nearly 30,000 local students each year, and the Haiti Youth Orchestra which supports Orchestra St. Pierre, a youth orchestra in the small, inland community of Mirebalais, Haiti. The Haiti Youth Orchestra (HYO) was created by Denver teenager Zachary Harris, whose parents founded local non-profit Road to Hope Haiti. In 2014, the Colorado Symphony began collecting and donating instruments to the HYO, and the effort has evolved into Symphony musicians and Haitian students shuttling back and forth between Denver and Mirebalais to teach, learn, and continually progress as musicians. “It is our responsibility as a major arts organization to steward symphonic music by encouraging the next generations of listeners, performers, composers, and teachers,” said Catherine Beeson, the Colorado Symphony’s Director of Community Education Programs and Assistant Principal Viola in the orchestra. “Music education programs like this one encourage safe risk-taking, and provide an opportunity to take responsibility for personal growth and the mentorship of others.” And the learning goes both ways. “I think it’s important to experience other cultures, and visiting Haiti in this way gives me a different perspective about life and music,” said Abby Raymond, Assistant Principal Clarinet of the Colorado Symphony and teaching artist for the Haiti Youth Orchestra.
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Anna Martens with students from the Haiti Youth Orchestra. (Courtesy HYO)
From Summer to Snow: Seasons Between Symphonies In July 2016, three Colorado Symphony musicians traveled to Mirebalais to teach and perform with the HYO students. It was a packed, rapidly paced visit as students flocked to classes every day in the intense heat to learn as much as they could over the course of several days. Five months later, three of the HYO students — trumpeter David Marcellus, violinist Peter Clervoyant, and cellist Fencia Clervoyant — came to snowy Denver to study, practice, and perform with Colorado Symphony musicians “They were blown away by the power of the Colorado Symphony sound and the generosity of spirit in the people they met,” said Catherine Beeson. “They were also touched that our Symphony members wanted to learn and perform the Haitian National Anthem with them, and so they began to learn the United States National Anthem to return the gesture.” The results went beyond improved technique and performance, however: the students were determined to take back to Haiti what they’d learned and help teach other students and strengthen the music programs there. Legacy has become a focus of this partnership: not just learning a piece once, but continuing, sharing, and reciprocating knowledge and skills.
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Another Summer in Mirebalais To perpetuate the success of the summer and winter visits, four Colorado musicians went to Mirebalais, Haiti this past July to teach the students, perform for them, and act as specialists for different sections of the orchestra. Three were returning instructors from the Colorado Symphony — Helen McDermott (Section Viola / strings specialist), Abby Raymond (Second/E-flat-Assistant Principal Clarinet / woodwinds specialist), Paul Naslund (2nd/Associate Principal Trombone / brass specialist) — and, for the first time, an apprentice joined our musicians. Anna Martens, a violinist and East High School alum who is attending Bates College, received mentorship from our musicians and acted as a string specialist for the summer program. Like last year, our musicians brought donated instruments, supplies, and music for the school kids, and found that many of the donated items from last year are still in use by the students today. The week-long music program consisted of daily group rehearsals, small group lessons, individual lessons, and performances by the visiting teaching musicians, after which a student concert on the final night was held to showcase the new music as well as pieces the students already studied. During the visit, the students learned Holst’s “Jupiter” from The Planets, Tobych’s arrangement of Carol of the Bells, Handel’s Bourree in G, Strauss’ Pizzicato Polka, and “Waltz of the Flowers” from Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker. Anna Martens demonstrating to the beginner string students. (Courtesy HYO) 20
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The Difference a Year Makes Our returning musicians could see a significant improvement in the overall program and its results.
Abby Raymond works with the clarinet students.
Being there for in-person instruction has become a necessary advantage for enhancing the summer program. “As we get to know the students and leaders and are immersed in the on-the-ground situation, we can craft a program that is both effective and unique,” said Helen McDermott. “This summer, the team expanded the program by incorporating the beginning level group into the full orchestra, which was a great inspiration to younger, less experienced students,” said Catherine Beeson. “They also had more time to spend teaching the older students how to teach, coach, and mentor younger students.” Some other changes made to the program included instructing the students in smaller groups, having one additional instructor, adding more structure to the schedule, and lengthening its duration by several days. There was also a marked difference in the students’ performance. “The students made enormous progress from the first trip with the Colorado Symphony,” said HYO founder Zach Harris. “They seemed to possess a renewed energy and passion for music as they were all incredibly attentive and inquisitive during the week-long camp.” While the program’s evolution and effects have been positive, the students and faculty in Mirebalais face year-round challenges in making music, namely a lack of resources. For one, having minimal staff means the students may not get specialized instruction on specific instruments. Another ongoing challenge for the Orchestra St. Pierre is the limited availability of instruments and supplies. “There was a young flute player named Ralph who was having trouble playing a certain note, and I realized the instrument wasn’t working right,” recalls Abby. “I gave him one of the donated flutes, and at the end of the day he handed the ‘new’ flute back to me. I told him that it was for him to keep, and he had the biggest smile on his face. After that, he really took off on the flute that week. He is a very talented boy and clearly his instrument had been holding him back.” SOUNDINGS
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Above: Paul Naslund works with the brass students. Right: Anna Martens and Helen McDermott with the HYO orchestra/band director, Joseph Mackley. (Courtesy HYO)
A Return to Denver This December, four Haitian student musicians will visit the Colorado Symphony: Peter Clervoyant, Fencia Clervoyant, and David Marcellus will return and bring newcomer and violinist Lovelie Marcellus. All four students, whose ages range from 18-22, are in higher grades at their school and are considered leaders who will return to share what they’ve learned with younger HYO students. During their stay, David, Lovelie, Peter, and Fencia will spend time with the Colorado Symphony observing rehearsals, attending private lessons with Symphony musicians, and performing side-by-side with orchestra members in a performance in the lobby of Boettcher Concert Hall. Their trip to Denver will also include excursions like sightseeing and hiking trips in the mountains, going to sports games, and visits at local high schools and museums are also on the itinerary.
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The Road Ahead Expansion, progress, and mentorship are all on the horizon for the Haiti Youth Orchestra and Colorado Symphony partnership. While the program continues to grow in size as more teachers and students join, Zach Harris has his sights set on working with more than one school. “We completed our initial set of instrument donations to a second school in Port-au-Prince, Haiti’s capital,” Zach announced. “We hope that over years of work that this second orchestra will prove as successful as the first. HYO now has around 150 students among the two orchestras.” This partnership can only be as strong as the support it receives. If you’re interested in donating instruments, supplies, or other resources, please contact Catherine Beeson at cbeeson@coloradosymphony.org or 303.534.0732. Learn more about the Haiti Youth Orchestra and their mission at haitiyouthorchestra.com or find them on /TheRoadtoHopeHaiti/
Above: Anna Martens and Helen McDermott with students. Right: Fencia Clervoyant, one of the students visiting in December, who was guided by Helen McDermott to help teach the younger students
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And suddenly there was with the angel Glory to God Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened He shall feed his flock Come unto Him His yoke is easy — INTERMISSION — PART II Behold the Lamb of God He was despised Surely, he hath borne our griefs And with his stripes we are healed All we, like sheep, have gone astray All they that see him laugh him to scorn He trusted in God Thy rebuke hath broken his heart Behold, and see if there be any sorrow He was cut off out of the land of the living But thou didst not leave his soul in hell Let all the angels of God worship him How beautiful are the feet Why do the nations so furiously rage together? Let us break their bonds asunder He that dwelleth in heaven Thou shalt break them Hallelujah PART III I know that my redeemer liveth Since by man came death Behold, I tell you a mystery The trumpet shall sound Worthy is the Lamb
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HOLIDAY MESSIAH TEXT PART I Overture “Sinfonia” RECITATIVE – Tenor Comfort ye, comfort ye My people, saith your God; speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem; and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned. The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness: Prepare ye the way of the Lord: make straight in the desert a highway for our God. ARIA – Tenor Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill made low, the crooked straight and the rough places plain. CHORUS And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together; for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it. RECITATIVE – Bass Thus saith the Lord of Hosts: Yet once a little while and I will shake the heavens and the earth, the sea and the dry land; and I will shake all nations; and the desire of all nations shall come. The Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to His temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, He shall come, saith the Lord of Hosts. ARIA - Bass But who may abide the day of His coming? and who shall stand when He appeareth? For He is like a refineros fire. CHORUS And He shall purify the sons of Levi, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness.
ARIA – Alto O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion, get thee up into the high mountain: O thou that tellest good tidings to Jerusalem, lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold you God! Arise, shine, for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee. RECITATIVE - Bass For behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people; but the Lord shall rise upon thee, and His glory shall be seen upon thee, and the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising. ARIA - Bass The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light; and they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined. CHORUS For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given, and the government shall be upon His shoulder; and His name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The Mighty God, The Everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Pifa “Pastoral Symphony” RECITATIVE – Soprano There were shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. RECITATIVE – Soprano And lo! the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them, and they were sore afraid.
RECITATIVE – Alto Behold, a virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call his name Emmanuel, God with us. SOUNDINGS
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HOLIDAY MESSIAH TEXT RECITATIVE – Soprano And the angel said unto the, Fear not; for behold I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people; for unto you is born this day in the City of David, a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. RECITATIVE – Soprano And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host, praising God and saying: CHORUS Glory to God in the highest, and peace on earth, goodwill towards men. ARIA – Soprano Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion shout, O daughter of Jerusalem! behold, thy King cometh unto thee! He is the righteous Saviour, and He shall speak peace unto the heathen. RECITATIVE – Alto Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened, and the ears of the deaf unstopped; then shall the lame man leap as a hart, and the tongue of the dumb shall sing. ARIA – Alto He shall feed His flock like a shepherd: and He shall gather the lambs with His arm, and carry them in His bosom, and gently lead those that are with young.
PART II CHORUS Behold the Lamb of God that taketh away the sin of the world. ARIA – Alto He was despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. CHORUS Surely He hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows! He was wounded for our transgressions; He was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was upon Him. CHORUS And with His stripes we are healed. CHORUS All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way. And the Lord hath laid on Him the iniquity of us all. RECITATIVE – Tenor All they that see Him laugh Him to scorn; they shoot out their lips, and shake their heads, saying CHORUS He trusted in God that He would deliver Him; let Him deliver Him, if He delight in Him.
ARIA Come unto Him, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and He will give you rest. Take His yoke upon you, and learn of Him, for He is meek and lowly of heart, and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
RECITATIVE – Tenor Thy rebuke hath broken His heart; He is full of heaviness. He looked for some to have pity on Him, but there was no man, neither found He any to comfort Him.
CHORUS His yoke is easy and His burthen is light.
ARIA – Tenor Behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto His sorrow.
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HOLIDAY MESSIAH TEXT RECITATIVE – Tenor He was cut off out of the land of the living; for the transgression of Thy people was He stricken. ARIA – Tenor But Thou didst not leave His soul in hell; nor didst Thou suffer Thy Holy One to see corruption. CHORUS Let all the angels of God worship Him ARIA – Soprano How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things. ARIA – Bass Why do the nations so furiously rage together, and who do the people imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth rise up, and the rulers take counsel together against the Lord, and against His Anointed. CHORUS Let us break their bonds asunder, and cast away their yokes from us. RECITATIVE – Tenor He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh them to scorn; the Lord shall have them in derision. ARIA – Tenor Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; Thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.
PART III ARIA – Soprano I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that He shall stand at the latter day upon the earth; and though worms destroy this body yet, in my flesh shall I see God. For now is Christ risen from the dead, the first-fruits of them that sleep. CHORUS Since by man came death, By man came also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, Even so in Christ shall all be made alive. RECITATIVE – Bass Behold, I tell you a mystery; We shall not all sleep; but we shall all be changed in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. ARIA – Bass The trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incoruptible, and we shall be changed. CHORUS Worthy is the Lamb that was slain, and hath redeemed us to God by His blood, to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory and blessing. Blessing and honour, glory and power, be unto Him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb, for ever and ever. Amen.
CHORUS Hallelujah: for the Lord God Omnipotent reigneth. The kingdom of this world has become the kingdom of our Lord, and of His Christ; and He shall reign for ever and ever. King of Kings, and Lord of Lords. Hallelujah!
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HOLIDAY BIOGRAPHIES BRETT MITCHELL, conductor Hailed for delivering compelling performances of innovative, eclectic programs, Brett Mitchell begins his tenure as Music Director of the Colorado Symphony with the 2017-18 season. Prior to this four-year appointment, he served as Music Director Designate during the 2016-17 season. Mr. Mitchell’s recently announced inaugural season as Music Director of the Colorado Symphony features such guest artists as Renée Fleming and Yo-Yo Ma, as well as a significant commitment to a broad range of American music, from Copland, Bernstein, and Gershwin to Kevin Puts, Mason Bates, and Missy Mazzoli. Other highlights include Mahler’s First Symphony, Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring, Ravel’s complete Daphnis et Chloé, and Lutosławski’s Concerto for Orchestra. Mr. Mitchell will also lead Handel’s Messiah, Wagner/Maazel’s The Ring without Words, and a two-part celebration of the music of John Williams, featuring a program of Mr. Williams’s concert works and a live-to-film performance of his score for Jurassic Park. Mr. Mitchell is also currently in his fourth and final season as a member of The Cleveland Orchestra’s conducting staff. He joined the orchestra as Assistant Conductor in 2013, and was promoted to Associate Conductor in 2015, becoming the first person to hold that title in over three decades and only the fifth in the orchestra’s hundred-year history. In this role, he leads the orchestra in several dozen concerts each season at Severance Hall, Blossom Music Center, and on tour. From 2013 to 2017, Mr. Mitchell also served as the Music Director of the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra, performing full subscription seasons at Severance Hall, and leading the orchestra on a four-city tour of China in 2015, marking the ensemble’s second international tour and its first to Asia. In addition to these titled positions, Mr. Mitchell is in consistent demand as a guest conductor. Recent and upcoming guest engagements include the orchestras of Columbus, Dallas, Detroit, Houston, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Oregon, Rochester, Saint Paul, San Antonio, and Washington (National Symphony Orchestra), among others. His Summer 2017 festival appearances include the Blossom Music Festival with The Cleveland Orchestra, the Grant Park Orchestra in Chicago, the National Repertory Orchestra in Breckenridge, the Sarasota Music Festival, and the Texas Music Festival in Houston. He has collaborated with such soloists as Rudolf Buchbinder, James Ehnes, Augustin Hadelich, Leila Josefowicz, and Alisa Weilerstein. From 2007 to 2011, Mr. Mitchell led over one hundred performances as Assistant Conductor of the Houston Symphony, to which he frequently returns as a guest conductor. He also held Assistant Conductor posts with the Orchestre National de France, where he worked under Kurt Masur from 2006 to 2009, and the Castleton Festival, where he worked under Lorin Maazel in 2009 and 2010. In 2015, Mr. Mitchell completed a highly successful five-year appointment as Music Director of the Saginaw Bay Symphony Orchestra, where an increased focus on locally relevant programming and community collaborations resulted in record attendance throughout his tenure. As an opera conductor, Mr. Mitchell has served as music director of nearly a dozen productions, principally at his former post as Music Director of the Moores Opera Center in Houston, where he led eight productions from 2010 to 2013. His repertoire spans the core works of Mozart (The PROGRAM 6
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HOLIDAY BIOGRAPHIES Marriage of Figaro and The Magic Flute), Verdi (Rigoletto and Falstaff), and Stravinsky (The Rake’s Progress) to contemporary works by Adamo (Little Women), Aldridge (Elmer Gantry), Catán (Il Postino and Salsipuedes), and Hagen (Amelia). As a ballet conductor, Mr. Mitchell most recently led a production of The Nutcracker with the Pennsylvania Ballet in collaboration with The Cleveland Orchestra during the 2016-17 season. Born in Seattle in 1979, Mr. Mitchell holds degrees in conducting from the University of Texas at Austin and composition from Western Washington University, which selected him in as its Young Alumnus of the Year in 2014. He also studied at the National Conducting Institute, and was selected by Kurt Masur as a recipient of the inaugural American Friends of the Mendelssohn Foundation Scholarship. Mr. Mitchell was also one of five recipients of the League of American Orchestras’ American Conducting Fellowship from 2007 to 2010. brettmitchellconductor.com
LAYLA CLAIRE, soprano Praised for her colourful, flexible voice and graceful stage presence, Canadian Layla Claire was a member of The Metropolitan Opera’s Lindemann Young Artist Development Program, making her debut there under Yannick Nézet-Séguin, and returning for several guest appearances including the creation of the Baroque pastiche The Enchanted Island under William Christie and as Anne Truelove in The Rake’s Progress led by James Levine. An expressive and diverse concert singer, Layla Claire has twice collaborated with the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 under both James Levine and Michael Tilson Thomas, and again in Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream under Bernard Haitink. With Yannick Nézet-Séguin, she has performed both Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis and Symphony No. 9 at Festival de Lanaudière, as well as Dvořák’s Stabat Mater with L’Orchestre Métropolitain. At Lincoln Center’s Mostly Mozart Festival she performed Beethoven’s Mass in C Major with Louis Langrée, and both Dvořák’s Requiem and Haydn’s Seasons at Grant Park Music Festival under Carlos Kalmar. This season, the soprano joins both the San Francisco Symphony and the Colorado Symphony for Handel’s Messiah. Highlights of recent opera seasons include a Salzburger Festspiele debut as Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni, a role she also has sung for Opéra de Montréal and Opernhaus Zürich, and Mozart’s La finta giardiniera at the the Aix-en-Provence Festival. Her artistic versatility has been showcased in a highly acclaimed Washington National Opera debut as Blanche de la Force in Francesca Zambello’s new production of Dialogues des Carmélites, and she was praised as the Governess in Willy Decker’s new production of Britten’s The Turn of the Screw at Opernhaus Zürich.
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JENNIFER JOHNSON CANO, mezzo-soprano Jennifer Johnson Cano is noted for her commanding stage presence and profound artistry with a warm, velvety timbre that has garnered critical acclaim. Winner of a 2012 Richard Tucker Career Grant and 2014 George London Award, Ms. Cano joined The Lindemann Young Artist Development Program at The Metropolitan Opera in 2008 and became the First Prize winner of the Young Concert Artist International Auditions in 2009. Ms. Cano has given over 100 performances at The Metropolitan Opera, with roles including Bersi, Emilia, Hansel, Mercedes, Wellgunde, and Waltraute. Other operatic appearances included Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni with Boston Lyric and Arizona Operas, Carmen in Bizet’s Carmen with Boston Lyric Opera, Diana in La Calisto with Cincinnati Opera, and Marguerite in Berlioz’s La Damnation de Faust with the Tucson Symphony. She has recently worked with an impressive array of conductors, such as James Levine, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Manfred Honeck, Marin Alsop, Robert Spano, Osmo Vänskä, and Sir Andrew Davis. Last season, she made her European debut performing John Adam’s El Niño on tour with Mr. Adams and the London Symphony Orchestra in London and Paris, and with Markus Stenz and The Radio Filharmonisch Orkest at The Royal Concertgebouw. In season 2017-18, Ms. Cano bows as Orfeo in Orfeo and Euridice with Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, and as The Sharp Eared Fox in the concert version of Janacek’s Cunning Little Vixen with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Cleveland Orchestra in Cleveland, Vienna, and Luxembourg. Orchestral engagements include Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony on tour with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Handel’s Messiah with the New York Philharmonic, Bernstein’s Jeremiah with the Atlanta, Phoenix and Charlotte Symphony Orchestras, Mozart’s Requiem with the San Diego Symphony Orchestra, as well as Brahms’ Alto Rhapsody and Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with the New Haven Symphony Orchestra.
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JOHN TESSIER, tenor Juno Award-winning tenor, John Tessier, has worked with many of the most notable conductors of our day including David Robertson, Leonard Slatkin, Plácido Domingo, John Nelson, Franz Welser-Möst, Emmanuelle Haïm, Charles Dutoit, Donald Runnicles, Robert Spano, Yannick NézetSéguin, and Bernard Labadie. In the 2017-18 season, Mr. Tessier returns for a fourth consecutive year to the stage of the Wiener Staatsoper and also joins the Edmonton and Calgary operas. Concert performances include Messiah in Chicago and Denver, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony in Calgary and Ottawa, and a Mozart Festival in Indianapolis. A broad discography spans repertoire from Bach to Bernstein and highlights include John Corigliano’s A Dylan Thomas Trilogy (Slatkin/ Nashville Symphony), Haydn’s The Creation (Glover/Music of the Baroque), Mozart Requiem (Labadie/Les Violons du Roy; Runnicles/Atlanta Symphony), and Stephen Paulus’ To Be Certain of the Dawn (Vänskä/Minnesota Orchestra).
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HOLIDAY BIOGRAPHIES TIMOTHY JONES, bass-baritone American bass-baritone, Timothy Jones, enjoys a reputation as a charismatic presence on operatic and concert stages throughout the United States, Europe, and South America. The Boston Globe hailed his voice as “stentorian and honeyed” and the Chicago Tribune called his “complete connection with the text extraordinary.” The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review praised him for his theatricality, noting that he “relished the dramatic possibilities of the songs, text and music.” Mr. Jones has soloed with the Cleveland Orchestra singing Handel’s Messiah and Bach’s St. Matthew Passion. He has also performed with Boston Baroque, Baltimore Symphony, St. Petersburg Chamber Orchestra, Austin Symphony, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Dallas Symphony, Houston Symphony, New Mexico Symphony, New Haven Symphony, Portland Symphony, Saginaw Symphony, San Antonio Symphony, Utah Symphony, Wichita Symphony Orchestra, and the Virginia Symphony. His repertoire includes the Bach’s St. John Passion, Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass, Mozart’s Requiem, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, Verdi’s Requiem, and A Sea Symphony by Vaughn Williams. He has commissioned and premiered numerous compositions by composers Derek Beryl, Robert Avalon, James Balentine, Laura Carmichael, John Vasconcelos Costa, Kevin Puts, Marcus Maroney, Pierre Jalbert, Karim Al-Zand, Anthony Brandt, Kieren MacMillian, David Passmore, David Cutler, Jeffrey Goldberg, David Heuser, Doug Opel, and Jeffrey Nytch. Mr. Jones is an alumnus of Centenary College and the University of Michigan. He is currently a professor of voice at the University of Houston Moores School of Music.
DUAIN WOLFE, director, Colorado Symphony Chorus 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. SOUNDINGS
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HOLIDAY BIOGRAPHIES COLORADO SYMPHONY CHORUS The 2017/18 Colorado Symphony Concert Season marks the 34th year of the Colorado Symphony Chorus. Founded in 1984 by Duain Wolfe at the request of Gaetano Delogu, then the Music Director of the Symphony, the chorus has grown, over the past three decades, into a nationallyrespected ensemble. This outstanding chorus of 180 volunteers joins the Colorado Symphony for numerous performances, and radio and television broadcasts, to repeat critical acclaim. 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. Among the recordings the Colorado Symphony Chorus has made is a NAXOS release of Roy Harris’s Symphony No. 4. The Chorus is also featured on a recent Hyperion release of the Vaughan Williams Dona Nobis Pacem and Stephen Hough’s Missa Mirabilis. In 2009, in celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Chorus, Duain Wolfe conducted the Chorus on a 3-country, 2-week concert tour of Europe, presenting the Verdi Requiem in Budapest, Vienna, Litomysl, and Prague, and in 2016 the Chorus returned to Europe for concerts in Paris, Strasbourg, and Munich. The Colorado Symphony continues to be grateful for the excellence and dedication of this remarkable, allvolunteer ensemble! For an audition appointment, call 303.308.2483. .
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HOLIDAY BIOGRAPHIES COLORADO SYMPHONY CHORUS Duain Wolfe, founding director and conductor Mary Louise Burke, associate conductor Travis Branam, Taylor Martin, assistant conductors Brian Dukeshier, Hsiao-Ling Lin, Danni Snyder, pianists Eric Israelson, Barbara Porter, chorus managers SOPRANO I Black, Kimberly Black, Shelby Brown, Jamie Causey, Denelda Choi, LeEtta H. Coberly, Sarah Deskin, Erin Dirksen, Sarah Dukeshier, Laura Gile, Jenifer D. Gill, Lori C. Graber, Susan. Guynn, Erika Harpel, Jennifer Heintzkill, Mary-Therese Hinkley, Lynnae C. Hittle, Erin R. Hofmeister, Mary Hupp, Angela M. Joy, Shelley E. Kim, OnYoo Kirschner, Mary E. Knecht, Melanie Long, Lisa Look, Cathy Maupin, Anne Medema, Stephanie Moraskie, Wendy L. Porter, Barbara A. Rollins, Haley Ropa, Lori A. Schawel, Camilia Schweitzer, Laura Sladovnik, Roberta A. Solich, Stephanie A. Stegink, Nicole J. Tate, Judy Wuertz, Karen Young, Cara M. SOPRANO II Ahrens, Anna Ascani, Lori Blum, Jude Bohannon, Hailey Borinski, Jackie Bowen, Alex S. Brauchli, Margot L. Christus, Athanasia Coberly, Ruth A.
Colbert, Gretchen Cote, Kerry H. Dakkouri, Claudia Gross, Esther J. Henriques, Jillian Kraft, Lisa D. Kushnir, Marina Montigne, Erin Myers, Heather H. Nyholm, Christine M. O'Nan, Jeannette R. Pflug, Kim Rae, Donneve S. Rattray, Rebecca E. Rider, Shirley J. Ruff, Mahli Saddler, Nancy C. Timme, Sydney Travis, Stacey L. Von Roedern, Susan Walker, Marcia L. Weinstein, Sherry L. Woodrow, Sandy Zisler, Joan M. ALTO I Adams, Priscilla P. Brady, Lois F. Branam, Emily M. Braud-Kern, Charlotte Brown, Kimberly Buesing, Amy Chow, Ai Ling Clauson, Clair T. Conrad, Jayne M. Daniel, Sheri L. Dunkin, Aubri K. Franz, Kirsten D. Frey, Susie Gayley, Sharon R. Groom, Gabriella D. Guittar, Pat Haller, Emily Holst, Melissa J. Hoopes, Kaia M. Kraft, Deanna Lawlor, Betsy McNulty, Emily McWaters, Susan Nordenholz, Kristen Passoth, Ginny
Pringle, Jennifer Rudolph, Kathi L. Stevenson, Melanie Thayer, Mary B. Virtue, Pat Voland, Colleen ALTO II Boothe, Kay A. Chatfield, Cass Cox, Martha E. Deck, Barbara Dominguez, Joyce Eslick, Carol A. Golden, Daniela Hoskins, Hansi Jackson, Brandy H. Janasko, Ellen D. Kibler, Janice Kolstad, Annie London, Carole A. Maltzahn, Joanna K. Marchbank, Barbara McNulty, Kelly M. Mendicello, Beverly Nittoli, Leslie M. Schalow, Elle C. Scooros, Pamela R. Townsend, Lisa Trierweiler, Ginny TENOR I Borboa, Humberto Dougan, Dustin Dukeshier, Brian Gordon, Jr., Frank Hodel, David K. Jordan, Curt Martin, Taylor S. Moraskie, Richard A. Muesing, Garvis J. Nicholas, Timothy W. Reiley, William G. Roach, Eugene Zimmerman, Kenneth TENOR II Babcock, Gary E. Bradley, Mac Carlson, James Davies, Dusty R.
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HOLIDAY PROGRAM NOTES GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL (1685-1759): Messiah, An Oratorio George Frideric Handel was born February 23, 1685 in Halle, Germany, and died April 14, 1759 in London. He composed Messiah in London between August 22 and September 14, 1741, and directed the work’s premiere at Neale’s Music Hall on Fishamble Street in Dublin on April 13, 1742. The score calls for two oboes, bassoon, two trumpets, timpani, organ, and strings. Duration is about two hours. Messiah was last performed on December 14 and 15, 2016, with Nicholas Kraemer conducting. As both composer and impresario, Handel was London’s most important producer of Italian opera in the early 18th century. He toiled doggedly throughout the 1730s to keep his theatrical ventures solvent, but the tide of fashion (and the virulent cabals of his competitors) had brought him to the edge of bankruptcy by 1739. As early as 1732, with the oratorio Esther, he begun casting about for a musical genre that would appeal to the changing fancy of the English public, but neither that work nor the oratorio Alexander’s Feast of 1736 had the success he had hoped. The strain of the situation resulted in the collapse of his health in 1737. Rumors began to circulate that Handel was finished in London. Some held that his health had given way for good; others, that he had died. The story given greatest credence was that he planned to return to the Continent. However, in the summer he suddenly sprang back to creative life, inspired by a small book of biblical texts that had been compiled by Charles Jennens, who had earlier supplied the words for the oratorio L’Allegro, il Penseroso e il Moderato, based on Milton’s poem. Handel’s imagination was fired, and he began composing on August 22nd. The stories have it that he shut himself in his room, eschewing sleep and leaving food untouched, while he frantically penned his new work. Twenty-four days later, on September 14th, he emerged with the completed score of Messiah. “I did think I did see Heaven before me and the great God Himself!” he muttered to a servant. Handel chose not to premiere Messiah in London but rather in Dublin, where he was “universally known by his excellent Compositions in all Kinds of Musick,” according to the city’s press. Choristers were assembled from Dublin’s cathedrals, the best available soloists and instrumentalists were enlisted, and the date of the premiere was set for April 13, 1742. Messiah was a triumph. Though it took some time before the oratorio enjoyed an equal success in London, Messiah came to be recognized during the next decade as Handel’s masterpiece. It was the last work he directed, only eight days before he died on April 14, 1759. For all of its unparalleled popularity, Messiah is an aberration among Handel’s oratorios, the least typical of his two-dozen works in the form: it is his only oratorio, except Israel in Egypt, whose entire text is drawn from the Bible; it is his only oratorio without a continuous dramatic plot; it is his only oratorio based on the New Testament; it is his only oratorio presented in a consecrated space during his lifetime, a reflection of the sacred rather than dramatic nature of its content (“I should be sorry if I only entertained them; I wished to make them better,” he told one aristocratic admirer); it has more choruses than any of his oratorios except Israel; the soloists in Messiah are commentators on rather than participants or characters in the oratorio’s story. None of this, of course, detracts a whit from the emotional/artistic/(perhaps) religious experience of Messiah. (Handel and Jennens never appended the definite article to the title.) Its three parts — The Advent of the Messiah, The Passion of Christ, and His Resurrection — embody the most sacred events of the Christian calendar, yet its sincerity and loftiness of expression transcend any dogmatic boundaries. In the words of George P. Upton, the American musicologist and turn-of-the-20th-century critic of the Chicago Tribune, “Other oratorios may be compared one with another; Messiah stands alone, a majestic monument to the memory of the composer, an imperishable record of the noblest sentiments of human nature and the highest aspirations of man.” ©2010 Dr. Richard E. Rodda PROGRAM 12
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Anonymous (3) Mr. and Mrs. Tony Accetta Col. Philip Beaver and Mrs. Kim Beaver Ed and Laurie Bock Roger and Susan Bowles Florence R. and Ralph L. Burgess Trust Ralph L. and Florence R. Burgess Trust Sharon and Jim Butler Jim and Janice Campbell Merle C. Chambers Young and Carolyn Cho Sylvia Sosin Cohen Colorado Real Estate Journal Tom and Noël Congdon Jane Costain and Gary Moore The Denver Foundation Zach and Joy Detra Mr. Adam and Mrs. Stephanie Donner Dr. Everette J. Freeman Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation
Diamond Chairman’s Society Anonymous The Anschutz Foundation Arrow Electronics, Inc. Avenir Foundation, Inc. Bonfils-Stanton Foundation The Butler Family Fund Merle C. Chambers Esther R. Liss Living Trust Mary Rossick Kern and Jerome H. Kern Scientific and Cultural Facilities District Sterne-Elder Memorial Fund
($100,000+)
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Thomas J. and Shirley C. Gibson Mr. Paul E. Goodspeed and Ms. Mary Poole Stephen and Margaret Hagood Mabel Y. Hughes Charitable Trust KPMG, LLP Dr. Richard and Mrs. Mary Krugman Mrs. Bette MacDonald Dr. Jon Masoudi and Dr. Marsha Tharakan Mrs. Rhea Miller Kenneth and Myra Monfort Charitable Foundation Ms. Carolyn Moore Jane Costain and Gary Moore Helen Murray Charitable Trust Drs. Sarah and Harold Nelson Dr. Christopher Ott and Mr. Jeremy Simons Frank Y. Parce Priester Foundation Republic National Distributing Company Lt. Col. and Mrs. Robert W. Riegel Raymond and Suzanne Satter Sherman & Howard George Shields Foundation, Inc. Anna and John J. Sie Foundation University of Denver U.S. Bank Foundation Verizon Wireless Mr. and Mrs. Seth Weisberg Peter Wells and Julie Gordon Alan and Judy Wigod Dr. Jack Wilson Mr. Earl and Mrs. Nancy Wright
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Silver Conductor’s Circle
($5,000+)
Anonymous Michael Altenberg and Libby Bortz Ms. Catherine H. Anderson Eugene C. & Florence Armstrong Family Foundation Ken and Zoe Barley Bob and Cynthia Benson Marc and Claudia Braunstein Dale and Marguerite Bussman Dr. and Mrs. David Campbell Mr. Willis Carpenter Mr. Gene Child Mr. Scott and Mrs. Alyssa Clarke CoBiz Financial Donna and Ted Connolly Denver Post Mr. and Mrs. Bruce DiBiase Driscoll Foundation Mr. John F. Estes III and Mrs. Norma Horner Mark and Carla Ewing Mr. Jack Finlaw and Mr. Greg Movesian Ms. Jayne Ford Shawn Fowler Thomas J. and Shirley C. Gibson Robert S. Graham Peter and Rhondda Grant Great Western Bank Mr. and Mrs John Grier Celeste and Jack Grynberg Michael and Frances Gundzik Tom Haller and Kim Patmore
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Ms. Amy Harmon Haselden Construction, LLC Jennifer Heglin Elizabeth and Steve Holtze Kenneth King Foundation Midge Korczak KUSA-9 News Donald and Margery Langmuir Steve and Pat Larson Leopold Brothers Marjorie MacLachlan Macy’s Foundation A.J. Markley Trust Mr. and Mrs. Michael Miller Mr. Craig Ponzio Precourt Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Richard Robinson Dr. Joanne Rudoff Elyse Tipton and Paul Ruttum Mr. Robert E. Schueller Scientific & Cultural Collaborative Rob and Jane Scofield David and Susan Seitz Mitch and Barbara Solich Harvey and Maureen Solomon Eric Sondermann and Tracy Dunning
Conductor’s Circle Anonymous (3) Sue Anschutz-Rodgers Robert P. Austin
($2,000+)
Mr. Hartman Axley Margaret and Larry Ballonoff Addie and Bob Barkley Fackler Legacy Gift J. Fern Black Erin Blue Jude Blum Barbara Bohlman Barbara Bridges Mr. Scott Brockett Nathan B. & Florence R. Burt Foundation Dr. Bonnie W. Camp Ms. Ellie Caulkins Professor Gerald Chapman Choquette and Hart, LLP Drs. Henry and Janet Claman John L. Coil Collage Giving Fund Bill and Nancy Cook Jim and Julie Copenhaver Polly Cordes Drs. Richard J. and Jan Marie Crawford Karen and William Curtis Lou Tate Dafoe Mrs. Jean Davenport Mr. and Mrs. Richard Deane Mark and Katherine Dickson Mr. Shannon and Mrs. Stephanie Duffy
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CO MMUN I T Y SUPPO RT Gerald S. Dunbar Ted and Margaret Eickhoff Drs. Ellen and Anthony Elias Fine Arts Foundation FirstBank Holding Company of Colorado Fran and Mike Fisher Mr. Robert Friedlander Mr. David F. Fritz Mr. and Mrs. Greg Fulton Deborah and Theodore Gaensbauer Mrs. Sally S. Gart Ms. Donna S. Gerich Mr. and Mrs. George C. Gibson Ms. Jean M. Gordon Thomas J. Jirak and Susan Graber The Friedlander Family - Great Lakes Marine Denver Celeste and Jack Grynberg Sally Haas Dr. and Mrs. Karl Hammermeister Dr. and Mrs. Robert D. Harry Lorraine and Harley G. Higbie Bill and Donna Hoberecht Mr. and Mrs. Del Hock Penny and Glen Holguin The Humphreys Foundation Thomas J. Jirak and Susan Graber Edeltraud Johnson Mr. Paul Johnson
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Richard and Mary Anne Johnston Donald and Henny Kaufmann Joe and Francine Kelso Rob and Kathy Klugman Dragon Kojic Donna C. Kornfeld Mr. George Kruger Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kugeler Sandy and Evan Lasky Warren and Nancy Lawrence Don Leach Judge and Mrs. John P. Leopold Mrs. Ann C. Levy Robert and Patricia Lisensky M. Catherine and James R. Look Marty Lord Mrs. Jeri Loser John and Merry Low Evi and Evan Makovsky Ms. Joan Manley Mr. Robert and Mrs. Barbara Marchbank Steve and Kathy McConahey Mr. and Mrs. Neil McLagan Sharon L. Menard Ms. Anne B. Mills Brett and Angela Mitchell Henry B. Mohr Adam Moore Mr. Douglas G. and Dr. Laura B. Moran Kirsten and David Morgan Robert and Carol Murphy Judie and Ron Neel Ms. Mary Neidig Elizabeth and Heather Neva Mr. Stephen Norris Dr. Bonnie M. Orkow, Ph.D. Mr. Gary and Mrs. Joyce Pashel Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Payne Sue and Edwin Peiker Bonnie C. Perkins Mr. Leonard Perlmutter Dr. Peter S. Quintero Richard Replin and Elissa Stein Myra and Robert Rich Dr. Susan B. Rifkin Matt Rippee Supansar and Robert Rodriquez Dr. and Mrs. Paul R. Rosen Ms. Margaret Roath Ms. Julie B. Rubsam Suzanne Barber Ryan Dr. and Mrs. Richard J. Sanders Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Saunders Henry R. Schmoll Ms. Barbara Servis Jon Gamm and Kathleen Sgamma Mr. and Mrs. Peter D. Shultz Sam and Marty Sloven William F. Smith and Shirley A. Scott Galen & Ada Belle Spencer Foundation Ms. Kathy Spuhler Mr. Gordon W. Stenger Vicki and Harry Sterling
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Dr. Bill Strempel Mrs. Beatrice Taplin Mr. and Mrs. Howard Turetzky Dr. and Mrs. Ed Van Bramer Normie and Paul Voillequé Richard E. Wagner Larned A. Waterman & Paul S. Messard Trust Malcolm and Donna Wheeler Mr. James Williams and Ms. Jennifer Landrum Drs. Richard and Jean Williams Michael and Sandra Wilson Mr. Duain Wolfe Jonathan and Kathryn Zeschin
Symphony Concertmaster
($1,000+)
Anonymous (5) Charles and Joan Albi Ms. Maggie Anderson Sue Anschutz-Rodgers Nancy Ball Richard and Linda Bateman Dr. and Mrs. Henry J. Beckwitt Ms. Barbara Berryman Hannah Kahn and Arthur Best John and Sandy Blue Margaret C. Bozarth Mr. Willard and Mrs. Peg Brown Ms. Patricia Butler Alice Silver and Tom Byrnes Keith and Lindsay Campbell Mr. and Mrs. John B. Chafee Dr. and Mrs. James G. Chandler Cherry Hills Cultural Associates Taesuk Cho-Hwang David and Joan Clark Sheila M. Cleworth Ms. Shirley Hamilton and Ms. G. Brooks Clouser Catherine Cole Community First Foundation John Couzens Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Cox Dr. James W. Craft Anne M. Culver Mike and Bonnie Dalke Mr. Robert and Mrs. Lenore Damrauer Dr. Stephen Dilts Dobbins Foundation Mrs. Mary Donlon Mr. Garrettson Dulin, Jr. Evan D. Ela-Collins Cockrel & Cole, P.C. Mrs. Susan Ellis and Mr. Izzy Abbass Ms. Lee C. Everding Clark and Martha Ewald Jim and Jo Ferguson Fran and Mike Fisher Rhiannon Fisher Mrs. Mary Lou Flater Singer F. Foundation Mike Fredregill Mr. and Mrs. John E. Fuller Dr. and Mrs. John H. Gale Mr. and Mrs. John A. Gallagher B.J. and Grace George
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Dr. Burton and Mrs. Lee Golub Veronica Goodrich Mr. and Mrs. Ed Greene Renee and Martin Gross Hugh and Nancy Grove Ms. Julia Gwaltney Charles A. & Pat Hadley Ms. Shirley Hamilton and Ms. G. Brooks Clouser Mr. James Hanegan The Havercroft Family Foundation Hayes Family Foundation Mrs. Joan Hazen Mr. Nick Hazen Diane D. Henry Mr. Philip Hiester and Ms. Deborah Reshotko Judith and Jim Hilton Dr. Stephen Hindes Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Hirschfeld Mrs. Eileen Honnen-McDonald Mrs. Isabella W. Horsky Renate and Joseph Hull Mr. Martin Inglis Mrs. Eleanor L. Isbill Mr. and Mrs. Bradley James Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Jenkins Bradley Joseph Robert W. Karow Ms. Kimberly Keen Mr. Allen Kemp Dr. Peter Kennealey and Dr. Colleen Murphy Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Kern Kinder Morgan Foundation Mr. Bryan Kohlenberg Ruth and George Krauss Ms. Gloria S. Kubel Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kugeler Phyllis and James Kurtz-Phelan Mr. Gregg Kvistad Minnie B. Lindsey John and Mary Lohre Mrs. Jeri Loser Mr. Greg and Mrs. Julie Lucas Jean L. Marshall Mr. and Mrs. John S. Martin Justin Mavity Angelica Daneo and Patrick McKinstry Robert Meade Ms. Janet Melson Virginia Messick Jay and Lois Miller Gene and Dee Milstein Mr. Robert R. Montgomery Janet Mordecai Anne and David Necker James Neely Mr. and Mrs. W. Peterson Nelson Mr. and Mrs. Howard Noble Dr. Richard and Mrs. Florence O’Day Ed and Jean Onderko Mr. David Parce Dan and Susan Paulien Ms. Sue Pawlik Perry C. Peine
Eric Pirritt Mr. David Porter Al and Ursula Powell Mr. Bennett L. Price Dr. Dean M. Prina Robin Pringle Nijole and Walter Rasmussen Mr. Eli Reshotko and Mrs. Adina Reshotko Steven and Joan Ringel Ayliffe and Fred Ris Ms. Margaret Roath Dr. Gregory Robbins Terri and Jay Rolls Sallie and John Ruhnka Jim and Doreen Ryan Dave Schmitz Ruth Schoening Nancy & Robert Schulein Fund Mr. and Mrs. George Shaw Dr. and Mrs. Edwin R. Smith Billie Busby and Sidney Smith Kelley Staudenmier Philip Stoffel and Tricia Hughey Dr. Darwin Strickland Marcia D. Strickland Mr. Lloyd Sweet Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Tashiro Tipton Family Foundation David Tourtelot and Nikki Headlee Kyle and Bev Turner Mr. Tim and Mrs. Lisa Walsh
CO M M U N I T Y SU P P O RT Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Ward Peter Weiser Mr. and Mrs. Tor Westgaard Richard and MaryAnn Woods Henry E. Wurst Family Foundation Dr. Martin Yussman
Symphony Musician
($500+)
Anonymous (6) Rhiannon Adler Fisher DeAnn Anderson Mr. and Mrs. Gary Armstrong Bruce Avery Ms. Nora Baldwin Mr. James D. Balog Corinne Morse and David Beeman Anne and Henry Beer Ms. Mariette Bell Claire Benson Mr. Erik Bernstein Sue and Bix Bicknell Marie and Howard Blaney Ms. Ellen Blatt Jane Bomba Ms. Therese Brady Ms. Emily Brett Mr. Briggs and Ms. Kostyashkina Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Bronesky
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Ms. Barbara Brown Mr. and Mrs. Wesley A. Brown Sandy and Rogene Buchholz M. Peyton and Suzanne D. Bucy - Bucy Family Fund Mrs. Elizabeth S. Budd Robert and Linda Bushman Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Butz Cadre General Contractors Inc. Rusty and Ellen Campos Douglas and Constance Cain Christina Carlson Ms. Barbara Carpenter Richard Caudel Caulkins Family Foundation Ms. Martha Chamberlin Daniel Chapman Dr. Kevin M. Christ Dr. David and Mrs. Delores Claassen Ms. Sherri Colgan Mr. Scott Coors and Dr. David Hurt Frances S. Corsello Ray and Kathleen Cravy Mr. Lee Cryer Anne M. Culver Hille L. Dais Suzanne Dakin Ms. Ruth Dalrymple Chris D’ambrosia Mrs. Sue Damour The Dowling Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Drew Louise and Robert Dudley Dr. and Mrs. Michael P. Earnest Max and Carol Ehrlich Mr. Edward and Mrs. Judith Elgethun Mr. Don Elliott Barbara Neal and Edward E. Ellis Mr. and Mrs. James W. Espy Courtney Ferer Dr. and Mrs. Richard Fieman Ms. Gail Fisher Mr. and Mrs. Gregg Flannery David and Debra Flitter Dr. Lauren Fraser and Ms. Rebecca Coughlin Frederick G. Fish Foundation Joann Freedman Ms. JoAnne Friedman Deborah S. Froeb Virginia E. & Robert K. Fuller Todd Gander and Terry Hsu-Gander Wes Ganter Marshall and Jenifer Gile Michael Gill The Gilman Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Jim Golanty Tamara Golden and Tim Worrall Mr. Barry J. Goldstein and Mrs. Thorey Goldstein Mr. and Mrs. James B. Grange Ms. Andrea J. Grant Mr. and Mrs. Gerald M. Greenberg Mr. and Mrs. Peter Griffiths Mr. David Hackl Donald Hagengruber
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Mr. and Mrs. Alvin W. Haggerty Charles and Linda Hamlin Mr. and Mrs. Homer Hancock Ms. Linda Harger Mr. and Mrs. George Hearne Owen and Deborah Herman Mr. and Mrs. J.B. Hewetson Mr. and Mrs. James Hidahl Ms. Susan A. Hill Chad Hollingsworth Ms. Sally Hopper Andrew Hornbrook Michael E. Huotari and Jill R. Stewart Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hucks, Jr. Michael E. Huotari and Jill R. Stewart Amanda Hutchison Robert and Betty Huzjak Mr. Jon Isenhart The Janet Melson Charitable Gift Fund Mrs. Jill Johnke Mr. Eric E. Johnson Mrs. Kathleen Johnson and Mr. Stephen Vierling Marvin and Carole Johnson Dr. and Mrs. Everette G. Jones Kathy and Arthur Judd Lina Kelso Heidi and Randy Keogh Ms. Judy H. Kessenich Mr. Michael Biere Oza and Milan Klanjsek Mel and Roberta Klein Mr. and Mrs. Stanley W. Kleinsteiber Mr. Kurt Koptish Mr. Richard Koseff Mr. William L. Kowalski Jr Eric Krein John W. Kure and Cheryl L. Solich Nancy Lambertson Mr. Richard Leather David C. Leger Deanna Rose Leino Frank and Ginny Leitz Judy and Dan Lichtin Ms. Marianne Lizza Ms. Johanna Llewellyn Mr. and Mrs. Harold Logan Paul V. LoNigro Patty Lorie Ms. Marian Lyons Mrs. Jean Macferran John Mamuscia Marian P. Gelfand Fund Mr. and Mrs. Jim Marlow Bruce W. Martin Mr. and Mrs. Gerard Martins Mr. and Mrs. Amos C. Mathews William Mathews Myron McClellan and Lawrence Phillips Dr. Jerrald McCollum Jay and Carol McCormick Ms. Tracey McCullough Karen M. McGrath Carla E. McKennett
Mrs. Bridget McNeil Ms. Carla McWilliams Mr. and Mrs. Harold ‘Bud’ Meadows Paul and Barb Moe Cheryl L. Moody Ms. Emily Morgan Ron, Hester, Fred and Estelle Nadal Mrs. Cynthia F. Nagel Ms. Marcia G. Naiman Newberry Family Fund Mrs. Kristen Nordenholz Mr. Robert and Mrs. Ilsa Nordenholz Ms. Sheila O’Brien Larry O’Donnell and Kermit Cain Ray O’Loughlin and Jamie Henderson Dr. Priscilla Zynda-Otsuki and Mr. Steve Otsuki Mary and Art Otten Mr. Gregory A. Parsons Carl Patterson David and Doris Pearlman Mr. and Mrs. George C. Pickering Mr. Cason and Rachel Pierce Ed Post Katy Powers Mr. and Mrs. H.W. Praetorius Ms. Julie Prange John Puckett Ms. Melinda Quiat Mr. and Mrs. Ted E. Rains Mr. Kameron Ray Mr. Nick Recuber
CO M M U N I T Y SU P P O RT Nancy and Gene Richards Brandon Ridenour Richard Right Hannelore Rimlinger Matt Rippee Eleanor Roberts Mr. Bernie Rogoff and Ms. Jean Greenberg Anthony C. and Patricia J. Romeo Sig and Lucille Rosefeld Ms. Carol L. Rust Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Sandt Mr. Loren Schillinger Ms. Mary Ann Schultz Patrick Scully Mr. David Seeland Dr. and Mrs. David Shander Jo Shannon Dr. and Mrs. Arnold Silverman Ms. Janice Sinden Mr. and Mrs. William H. Speaker Hanspeter Spuhler Myron and Marcia Stein Julie and John Strain Mr. and Mrs. Michael Strear Helena and Allan Striker Ryan Sullivan Carol and Cedric Tarr Judy and Rob Tate
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Brandon Thall Mr. Frank Thomson Jennifer Thurman Skip Thurman Mr. and Mrs. Carl J. Tillery Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Timblin Ms. Sheila Trader Dona Verschelden Ed and Patty Wahtera Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Ward Ms. Hanna Warren Walter and Susanna Weart Mr. Jim and Mrs. Janice White Jordan Wight Mr. Dieter and Mrs. Marianne Wons Dr. & Mrs. Roy R. Wright Dick and Lorie Young Marsha F. Young Mr. and Mrs. Ken Ziebarth R.A. Zimmerman Joan Zisler Susan Zohn
Thank 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 Advancement Department directly, please call Sean Baker at 303.534.0757.
Monica Glickman Diane Hill Elizabeth Holtze Eileen Honnen-McDonald Montjoy Kugeler Sandy Lasky Nancy Lawrence Ann Levy Nira Lipner Carolyn Longmire Jeri Loser Merry Low Janet Mordecai Karin Mote Chris Murata Carol Murphy Mary Neidig Elizabeth B. Neva Jane Nielsen Shelia O’Brien Diane Padalino Ursula Powell Margaret Roath Mary Rossick Kern Suzanne Barber Ryan Suzanne Satter Elizabeth Schlosser Barbara Servis Alice Silver Phoebe Smedley Kathy Sphuler Vicki Sterling Janyce Wald Rivka Weisberg Judy Wigod
WOMEN OF NOTE
BRETT MITCHELL SOCIETY
The following are members of the Colorado Symphony’s 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.
The following are members of the prestigious Brett Mitchell Society (BMS). BMS members are highly engaged patrons and donors who share the Colorado Symphony’s passion for artistic excellence and innovation and who support the Symphony through their subscriptions and annual donations. The Colorado Symphony is grateful for the continued support of these individuals.
MATCHING DONATIONS
Anonymous Marin Alsop Nancy Accetta Addie Barkley Paula Bernstein Catherine Bess Terry Biddinger Libby Bortz Erna Butler Taesuk Cho-Hwang Kirsten Collins Donna Connolly Anne Culver Courtney Ferer Kathie Finger Mary Lou Flater Deborah Gaensbauer
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Anonymous (3) Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Accetta Michael Altenberg and Libby Bortz Margaret and Larry Ballonoff Addie and Bob Barkley Ken and Zoe Barley Col. Philip Beaver and Mrs. Kim Beaver Bob and Cynthia Benson J. Fern Black Ed and Laurie Bock Roger and Susan Bowles Barbara Bridges Dale and Marguerite Bussman Dr. Bonnie W. Camp
Founding Member Founding Member
Founding Member
Jim and Janice Campbell Mr. Willis Carpenter Ms. Ellie Caulkins Merle C. Chambers Professor Gerald Chapman Mr. Gene Child Young and Carolyn Cho Sylvia Sosin Cohen Tom and NoĂŤl Congdon Donna and Ted Connolly Bill and Nancy Cook Jim and Julie Copenhaver Lou Tate Dafoe Dr. Stephen Dilts Ted and Margaret Eickhoff Drs. Ellen and Anthony Elias Mr. John F. Estes III and Mrs. Norma Horner Keith and Kathie Finger Mr. Jack Finlaw and Mr. Greg Movesian Fran and Mike Fisher Dr. Everette J. Freeman Mrs. Sally S. Gart Ms. Donna S. Gerich Thomas J. and Shirley C. Gibson Mr. Paul E. Goodspeed and Ms. Mary Poole Robert S. Graham Peter and Rhondda Grant Michael and Frances Gundzik Stephen and Margaret Hagood Dr. and Mrs. Karl Hammermeister Dr. and Mrs. Robert D. Harry
CO M M U N I T Y SU P P O RT Jennifer Heglin Diane S. Hill and Kevin E. Somerville Bill and Donna Hoberecht Mr. and Mrs. Del Hock Elizabeth and Steve Holtze Edeltraud Johnson Donald and Henny Kaufmann Joe and Francine Kelso Mary Rossick Kern and Jerome H. Kern Rob and Kathy Klugman Donna C. Kornfeld Mr. George Kruger Dr. Richard and Mrs. Mary Krugman Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kugeler Donald and Margery Langmuir Steve and Pat Larson Sandy and Evan Lasky Judge and Mrs. John P. Leopold Robert and Patricia Lisensky John and Merry Low Mrs. Bette MacDonald Marjorie MacLachlan Mr. and Mrs. Claude M. Maer, Jr. Evi and Evan Makovsky Dr. Jon Masoudi and Dr. Marsha Tharakan Steve and Kathy McConahey Sharon L. Menard Mr. and Mrs. Michael Miller Mrs. Rhea Miller
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Michael and Sharon Modiz Robert and Carol Murphy Ms. Mary Neidig Drs. Sarah and Harold Nelson Elizabeth and Heather Neva Frank Y. Parce Sue and Edwin Peiker Rosemary and John Priester Myra and Robert Rich Lt. Col. and Mrs. Robert W. Riegel Dr. Susan B. Rifkin Dr. and Mrs. Paul R. Rosen Dr. Joanne Rudoff Dr. and Mrs. Richard J. Sanders Raymond and Suzanne Satter Henry R. Schmoll Mr. Robert E. Schueller Rob and Jane Scofield David and Susan Seitz Ms. Barbara Servis Jon Gamm and Kathleen Sgamma Sam and Marty Sloven Phoebe Anne Smedley William F. Smith and Shirley A. Scott Anonymous Eric Sondermann and Tracy Dunning Ms. Kathy Spuhler Vicki and Harry Sterling Mr. and Mrs. Howard Turetzky Normie and Paul Voillequé Richard E. Wagner Mr. Larned Waterman, Jr. and Mr. Paul S. Mesard Mr. and Mrs. Seth Weisberg Malcolm and Donna Wheeler Jim and Janice White Alan and Judy Wigod Dr. Jack Wilson Michael and Sandra Wilson Mr. and Ms. Michael A. Zoellner
EDUCATION DONOR LIST Through our Musicurious program, 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+)
Anonymous Dresner Foundation Malone Family Foundation
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Gold Chairman’s Society
($25,000+)
Anonymous The Anschutz Foundation Mrs. Libby Anschutz Arrow Electronics, Inc. Mrs. Sandy N. Elliott
Chairman’s Society
($10,000+)
Anonymous The AJL Charitable Foundation Ralph L. and Florence R. Burgess Trust The Denver Foundation Kern Family Foundation U.S. Bank Foundation Verizon Wireless Walter S. Rosenberry, III Trust
Silver Conductor’s Circle
($5,000+)
Anonymous Colorado Symphony Guild, Inc. Denver Post Charities, a McCormick Foundation Fund Precourt Foundation Scientific & Cultural Collaborative US Bank Foundation
Conductor’s Circle
($2,000+)
Anonymous Nathan B. & Florence R. Burt Foundation Cherry Hills Cultural Associates Collage Giving Fund ECA Foundation Fine Arts Foundation Katherine McMurray Henry B. Mohr Parker Foundation TEGNA Foundation Ms. Lynne Valencia
Symphony Concertmaster
($1,000+)
Anonymous Keith and Kathie Finger Kinder Morgan Foundation Singer F. Foundation
Symphony Musician Anonymous Nancy Ball Dr. John A. and Mrs. Jane H. Coppola Mr. Billy Harris and Ms. Linda Purcell Mr. Jon Isenhart Ms. Carla McWilliams Mr. and Mrs. Howard Turetzky R.A. Zimmerman
($500+)
CO M M U N I T Y SU P P O RT
BALL SPONSOR LIST The 2017 Colorado Symphony Ball: Rock and Roll Royalty celebrated our musical guest Tracksuit Wedding and raised over $1 million to sustain Symphony programs through table sales, donations, sponsorships, silent and live auctions, and real-time donations supporting our Educational programming including Very Young Composers.
Presenting Sponsor
($75,000+)
Arrow Electronics, Inc.
Virtuoso
($50,000+)
The Anschutz Foundation Liberty Global, Inc. Malone Family Foundation United Airlines Corporate
Maestro
($25,000+)
Anonymous AMG National Trust Bank Linda Shoemaker and Stephen M. Brett Mark Carleton Mr. Edward B. Cordes Sandy Elliott HomeAdvisor IAC Corporation Mary Rossick Kern and Jerome H. Kern Liberty Media Corporation LionTree Advisors, LLC
Encore
($15,000+)
Applejack Wine & Spirits Keith and Kathie Finger KPMG, LLP Mr. Trent and Mrs. Nicole Martinet Northern Trust Company Sherman & Howard
Concertmaster
AEG Live AMC Network Baker & Hostetler, LLP Baker Botts, LLP Benefactor/Randall Carter
Rock Level
($1,000+)
FirstBank Stephanie and Adam Moore Judy and Alan Wigod
Bach Level ($10,000+)
Nancy and Tony Accetta Davis Graham & Stubbs, LLP Delta Dental Plan of Colorado Denver Broncos Football Club University of Denver Discovery Communications Stephanie and Adam Donner Dr. Everette J. Freeman, President, Community College of Denver Diane S. Hill, Ph.D. and Kevin E. Somerville, Ph.D. Libby Anschutz Foundation Dr. Christopher Ott and Jeremy Simons The Publishing House Anna and John J. Sie Foundation
Principal
Breakthru Beverage Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck Carolyn and Young Cho Alyssa and Scott Clarke Colorado Rockies Baseball Club CU Anschutz Medical Campus CU Foundation DaVita DiBiase Family Fund Jayne Ford and Ken desGarennes Ali Pashel Frankfurt and Will Frankfurt Great Western Bank John and Bridget Grier Dr. Richard and Mary Krugman Sharon Magness Blake and Ernie Blake Dr. Marsha Tharakan and Dr. Jon Masoudi Coreen and Michael Miller MillerCoors Moye White, LLP 9NEWS Gary and Joyce Pashel Republic National Distributing Company Marcia and Richard Robinson Searchlight Capital Tracy Dunning and Eric Sondermann Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits Volunteers of America Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz WilmerHale
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($500+)
Boss Architecture Cadre General Contractors Inc. Julie and Jim Copenhaver Barbara and Ed Greene A. B. Hirschfeld Sandy and Evan Lasky Susan and Howard Noble Nijole and Walter Rasmussen Jane and Rob Scofield
Donations Allée Photography Sue Anschutz-Rodgers Applejack Wine & Spirits Argonaut Wine & Liquor Bouquets Ceavco Merle C. Chambers Epicurean Jay’s Valet Live Nation Peter Lockley The Publishing House Republic National Distributing Company
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Barbara Servis Tracksuit Wedding
IN MEMORIAM GIFTS The 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 David Abosch given by: Roger and Susan Bowles Dick and Sigrid Freese Mr. John and Mrs. Karen Kinzie Mr. Duain Wolfe In memory of Mr. Charles Ansbacher given by: Swanee Hunt Family Foundation In memory of Ms. Nan L. Barnett given by: Ms. Teresa D. Case Eileen P. Hayes Carol Jordan E. Joyce Morgan Charles and Shirley Anne Sheets Janice A. Speer, classmates of Class of 1956 In memory of Terry Biddinger given by: Roger and Susan Bowles In memory of Bessie C. Burghardt given by: Bessie C. Burghardt Charitable Unitrust
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Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Hirschfeld Brad Kornfeld Mrs. Linda Kornfeld Beth Levy Ms. Patricia Loewi Mr. Robert Loup Ms. Cynthia Lowinger Ms. Julie Malek Margie Margolies Rabbi and Mrs. David Meyer Louann and Micky Miller Recht Kornfeld PC Rose Community Foundation Sharon and Charles Rosen Temple Emanuel Denver In memory of Dr. Joyce S. Freeman given by: Freeman Family Foundation Ms. JoAnne Friedman In memory of Jerry and Joyce Friedman given by: Ms. JoAnne Friedman In memory of Mr. Michael Gaughan given by: Tanya and Bruce Caughey Mr. David W. Durnell Tim and Janet Taggert In memory of Carol and Bill Gossard given by: Mr. and Mrs. Steve Wynkoop In memory of Manny Greenberg given by: Ellie Greenberg and Family The Sylvan Stool Family In memory of Mr. Ken Harper given by: Mr. Chet K. Hampson and Ms. Susan Martin In memory of Dr. H. Michael Hayes given by: Hayes Family Foundation In memory of Jeannine D. Hiester given by: Phillip C. Hiester In memory of retired musician Fred Hoeppner given by: Dr. and Mrs. Richard Bakemeier Drs. Paula and William Bernstein Roger and Susan Bowles Ed and Colleen Casper Rochelle Cohen Jim and Julie Copenhaver Mr. Edward and Mrs. Judith Elgethun David and Debra Flitter Dick and Sigrid Freese Mrs. Trisha F. Hood Mike Jalving and Susan Spero Mr. Gary Kleiman and Ms. Elisa Moran Judge and Mrs. John P. Leopold Karen Jo and Brett Levin John and Merry Low Ms. Cynthia R. Mancinelli Mr. and Mrs. James Maurer Paul and Barb Moe His friends and neighbors of Mountain View Elizabeth and Heather Neva Ms. Kathleen Newman F.R. Owen Ms. Mary Ann Rhode Don Ruggles Rob and Jane Scofield
CO M M U N I T Y SU P P O RT Mr. and Ms. Steve Straub Judy Wiese In memory of Mrs. Suzanne Kintzele given by: Ms. Marianne Bolt In memory of Kenneth W. Kohlenberg given by: Mr. Bryan Kohlenberg In memory of David Kulaas given by: Mrs. Jennifer S. Kulaas Pelham G. Pearce In memory of Lea LaParle given by: Ms. Donna S. Gerich In memory of Maurice Larue given by: Scott and Jackie Barnes Denis and Kathy Donnelly Ms. Carol A. Greenwald In memory of Edward Levy given by: Ann Levy Ms. Denison Levy In memory of Marie Lindvall given by: Anonymous In memory of Dr. James List, M.D. given by: Emma L. Dafoe In memory of Stephen Hagen given by: Mr. John A. Coppola Stacie Goldin Louis and Sherry Hannen Susan Holt Mr. Roger Tate In memory of Suzanne Hewitt Lowell given by: Mr. and Mrs. Neil W. Hamilton Mr. Charles Homsy In memory of Thomas L. McClintock given by: Colorado Symphony Guild-Foothills Unit Ms. Nancy L. Graham G.J. and P.A. Graziano James D. and Elizabeth McMahon Mrs. Carol Reeves In memory of Ruthi McEwen given by: Frank Parce In memory of Virginia McGehee given by: Sarah C. Hite In memory of their late spouses, Richard McKennett and Sarah Porter given by: Carla McKennett and David Porter In memory of Trieba Clark Meeks given by: Ms. Penny Berenbaum Deanna J. Collins Larry O’Donnell and Kermit Cain Robert Pipkin Nadine C. Racek Revocable Trust In memory of Fred and Florence Mohr given by: Brad Metziner In memory of Maurine Howell Moody given by: Mr. Robert Moody In memory of Charles Lewis Mueldener given by: Challa Patchett In memory of her husband, Ralph S. Paffenbarger, Jr., M.D. given by: Jo Ann Paffenbarger
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IN HONOR GIFTS The following gifts were made to the Colorado Symphony in honor of a family member, friend, or special occasion. These tributes hold an honored place with the Colorado Symphony and we are pleased to recognize them. In honor of Silver Ainomäe’s fine artistry given by: Elizabeth and Heather Neva In honor of Libby Anschutz given by: Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Hirschfeld Mr. and Mrs. John Sie In honor of Linda Battan given by: Nancy Battan In honor of Dr. Paula Bernstein given by: Ms. Marian Lyons Ms. Paula Folkman In honor of Marge and Ed Blaine given by: Dr. Judy Blaine In honor of Steve Brett and Linda Shoemaker for their work in our community: Anna and John J. Sie Foundation In honor of Christine and John Brown given by: Mr. Erik Bernstein In honor of Mary Louise Burke given by: Frank Y. Parce In honor of Char Campbell given by: Mr. and Mrs. Bradley James In honor of Christina Carlson given by: Ms. Marjorie H. Adler Carolyn and Ronald Baer Frederick W. Damour Virginia E. & Robert K. Fuller Mr. and Mrs. Harold Logan In honor of Jeanette Carlson given by: Joseph Goldhammer In honor of Ellie Caulkins given by: Anna and John J. Sie Foundation In honor of Taesuk Cho-Hwang given by: Ms. Ruth Williams In honor of Mary Claire and Jim Brothers given by: Ms. Melinda Quiat In honor of the Colorado Symphony Chorus given by: Jude Blum Ms. Cynthia Lowinger Susan Von Roedern Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Sladovnik In honor of the Colorado Symphony Guild given by: Billie Busby and Sidney Smith In honor of Susan Ellis given by: Deanna J. Collins In honor of Keith and Kathy Finger given by: Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan F. Zeschin In honor of Brook Ferguson, Principal Flutist given by: Mr. Robert Moody In honor of Monica Glickman given by: Ms. Ruth Schorsch In honor of Frank Gordon given by: Trevor Crandall In honor of Bill and Carol Gossard given by: Anonymous
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CO MMUN I T Y SUPPO RT In honor of retired musician, Chet Hampson given by: Susan Martin In honor of Philip C. Hiester, Master Electrician of the CSO given by: Mr. Eli Reshotko and Mrs. Adina Reshotko In honor of Diane S. Hill and Kevin E. Somerville given by: Michael P. Dowling Mr. and Mrs. Seth Weisberg In honor of Roy A. Kent given by: Anonymous In honor of Jerry Kern’s Birthday given by: Nancy Battan Mrs. Terry A. Biddinger Laura Bond Patty and Don Cook Mr. Stephen A. Edmonds Sari and Bob Freedman Mr. Philip Hiester and Ms. Deborah Reshotko Coreen and Michael Miller Ms. Julie B. Rubsam Mr. and Mrs. John Sie In honor of Mary Rossick Kern and Jerry Kern given by: Michael and Christine James Ms. Leslie Sexer Myron and Marcia Stein In honor of John and Karen Kinzie given by: Ms. Kathleen Dunnewald In honor of Keith Kirby given by: Ms. Sara Alt In honor of Nona Kolbe’s 100th Birthday given by: Brad Metziner In honor of Carole Leight given by: Mr. Erik Bernstein Ms. Melinda Quiat In honor of Ann Levy’s Birthday given by: Mrs. Sue Damour Rose Community Foundation In honor of Karen Littlefield given by: Mr. and Mrs. Steven H. Proctor In honor of Rebecca Moritzky given by: Barb Moritzky In honor of Frank Parce and Ellie Roberts given by: Mr. David Parce In honor of Jeffrey Pickard, MD given by: The Colorado Health Foundation In honor of Ken Quarles given by: Frank Y. Parce In honor of Dr. Gerald Rainer given by: Dr. and Mrs. James G. Chandler In honor of Julie Rubsam given by: Driscoll Foundation Mollie Leone
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In honor of Dr. and Mrs. Richard Sanders given by: Ms. Ann Gugenheim In honor of the matrimony of Margaret Shugrue and David Hackl given by: Mr. and Mrs. John Couzens In honor of Janice Schultz given by: Ms. Jennifer D. Spaulding In honor of Enid Slack’s Birthday given by: Mr. and Mrs. Dick Freese In honor of Jackson T. Stevens given by: Mrs. Bridget McNeil Mr. Chris Strom In honor of John and Kristine Wallack given by: Richard Falb and Gail Skaggs In honor of Robert Warner given by: Ruth Mosteller In honor of Janet Way’s 90th Birthday given by: Frank Y. Parce In honor of Darlee Whiting given by: Hayes Family Foundation In honor of Alan and Judy Wigod given by: Robert Wigod In honor of our Concertmaster, Yumi Hwang-Williams given by: Michael P. Dowling In honor of Harold Wippler given by: Ms. Linda Will In honor of Duain Wolfe for his outstanding work with the Chorus given by: Mr. Eugene J. Nuccio In honor of Barbara and Jack Zable given by: Diane K. Henderson
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