Pixar In Concert | Program Notes

2015/16 Season Colorado Symphony Pops Series presented by Arrow Electronics

POPS • 2015-2016 PIXAR IN CONCERT COLORADO SYMPHONY CHRISTOPHER DRAGON, conductor Friday, January 15, 2016 at 7:30 pm Saturday, January 16, 2016 at 2:30 pm Boettcher Concert Hall ACT ONE RANDY NEWMAN

Fanfare/ Toy Story

THOMAS NEWMAN

Finding Nemo

MICHAEL GIACCHINO Ratatouille RANDY NEWMAN

A Bug’s Life

THOMAS NEWMAN Wall-E RANDY NEWMAN

Toy Story 2

RANDY NEWMAN Cars MICHAEL GIACCHINO

Up — INTERMISSION — Act Two

MICHAEL GIACCHINO

The Incredibles

RANDY NEWMAN

Monsters, Inc.

MICHAEL GIACCHINO

Cars 2

RANDY NEWMAN

Toy Story 3

PATRICK DOYLE Brave RANDY NEWMAN

Monsters University

Presentation licensed by Disney Music Publishing and Buena Vista Concerts, a division of ABC Inc. © All rights reserved.

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The Colorado Symphony is excited to announce the return of our Community Ticketing Initiative (CTI). Launched in October 2014, the program was created in an effort to reach new and diverse audiences. The CTI supports the City of Denver’s Imagine 2020 Cultural Plan which seeks to broaden access to the cultural arts for all Denver residents.

Through the CTI, the Colorado Symphony is pleased to offer complimentary tickets to children and families throughout the 2015/16 season. The Colorado Symphony offers something for everyone. Concerts include classical, holiday, family, even music from favorite movies, cartoons, and comic books! Colorado Symphony concerts are exciting for all ages – and an experience you won’t forget!

Who is Served by the CTI? Through partnerships with local agencies and community organizations, the CTI primarily serves low-income individuals and families for whom cost is a barrier to concert attendance.

How Does it Work?

Organizations that serve the target population may request concert specific vouchers that can be redeemed for a seat to that concert. If you are interested in becoming a partner organization or learning more about current partners, please visit coloradosymphony.org/CommunityTicketing.

POPS BIOGRAPHY CHRISTOPHER DRAGON, conductor Australian conductor Christopher Dragon began his appointment as Associate Conductor of the Colorado Symphony in the 2015/16 season.

In 2013 he was appointed the inaugural Assistant Conductor of the West Australian Symphony Orchestra, a title he holds until the end of 2015.

This role provided him with the opportunity to work closely with Principal Conductor Asher Fisch in addition to numerous other engagements.

In April of 2015 Dragon made his debut at the Sydney Opera House conducting the Sydney Symphony Orchestra with Australian singer/ songwriter Josh Pyke. In 2016 he will be making his debut with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra. Dragon is a member of the prestigious Symphony Services International Conductor Development Program through which he has worked with orchestras in Australia and New Zealand under the guidance of Christopher Seaman and the orchestras’ Principal Conductors.

In 2014 Christopher was invited to conduct the Princess Galyani Vadhana Youth Orchestra in Thailand and earlier that year participated in the Jarvi Winter Academy in Estonia where he was awarded the Orchestra’s Favourite Conductor Prize. Dragon has also studied with numerous distinguished conductors including Paavo and Neeme Jarvi at the Jarvi Summer Festival, Fabio Luisi at the Pacific Music Festival in Japan, and conducting pedagogue Jorma Panula.

One Singular Sensation:

A Tribute to Marvin Hamlisch JAN 23 SAT 7:30

Christopher Dragon, conductor Jodi Benson, Donna McKechnie and Doug LaBrecque, vocals Colorado Symphony Chorus, Mary Louise Burke, associate director coloradosymphony.org 303.623.7876 BOX OFFICE MON-FRI 10 AM - 6 PM T SAT 12 PM - 6 PM SOUNDINGS 2015-2016 | COLORADOSYMPHONY.ORG PROGRAM 3

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