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WELCOME Let me start off by expressing a huge heartfelt gratitude to the residents of Colorado and to all of the patrons of the Colorado Symphony for welcoming me to Denver – you all have made me truly feel at home here already.
BRANDON MARSHALL
In my short time as Associate Conductor since the start of the 2015/16 season, I’ve experienced such a wonderful and open community and a truly diverse and thriving arts scene. With this culture, surrounded by such beautiful scenery, I now fully understand why Colorado is one of the most special places in the world. I will say this – as an Australian I am still adjusting to the cold this winter but luckily it’s warm and cozy in Boettcher Concert Hall!
Christopher Dragon conducting “The Music Man in Concert” in September.
I’m thrilled to announce that I will have the pleasure of conducting my Masterworks performance debut with the Colorado Symphony during the final weekend of Shakespeare Festival: Romeo and Juliet on March 18 – 20.
This is especially exciting as 2016 marks the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death. To celebrate the life and work of Shakespeare, the Colorado Symphony has programmed Shakespeare-related repertoire for three weekends in March including A Midsummer Night’s Dream on March 4-5 and a special Inside the Score concert on March 11 featuring Duain Wolfe and the Colorado Symphony Chorus. The Shakespeare Festival ends with Romeo and Juliet in which I’ve worked with the rest of our artistic team to build an exciting program combining the words of Shakespeare with the compositions of Tchaikovsky, Rota, and Prokofiev to create a unique and dramatic Shakespeare performance which features four local actors. It will also feature Bernstein’s American adaptation in West Side Story, one of my favorite pieces, and one that I’ve always wanted to conduct. It has been an absolute pleasure working with the Colorado Symphony this season and I’m confident it will only get better from here. Thank you again to everyone for welcoming me to your beautiful home. I hope you’ll join me here in the hall again soon. As we say in Australia to wish someone good luck before a performance – Chookas! Christopher Dragon, Associate Conductor
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VIOLIN Yumi Hwang-Williams Concertmaster The Mary Rossick Kern & Jerome H. Kern Concertmaster Chair Claude Sim Associate Concertmaster Yi Zhao Assistant Concertmaster Ben Odhner Fixed 4th Chair Paul Primus Principal Second Allegra Wermuth Assistant Principal Second Alessandra Jennings Flanagan Fixed 3rd Chair Larisa Fesmire Thomas Hanulik Wyn Hart John Hilton Anne-Marie Hoffman Myroslava Ivanchenko-Bartels Dorian Kincaid Karen Kinzie Mark Lamprey Miroslaw Pastusiak Erik Peterson Felix Petit + Robert Stoyanov Delcho Tenev Amy Tyson Violetta Todorova+ Bradley Watson Tena White VIOLA Basil Vendryes* Principal Catherine Beeson Assistant Principal Mary Cowell Fixed 3rd Chair Charlyn Campbell Marsha Holmes
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DUAIN WOLFE CHORUS DIRECTOR
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Leah Kovach Helen McDermott Summer Rhodes + Kelly Shanafelt Phillip Stevens CELLO Silver Ainom채e Principal Austin Fisher Assistant Principal Judith Galecki Fixed 3rd Chair Susan Rockey Bowles Danielle Guideri Thomas Heinrich Margaret Hoeppner Matthew Switzer Susan Yun BASS Brandon McLean Principal Nicholas Recuber Assistant Principal John Arnesen Susan Cahill James Carroll Karl Fenner * Jeremy Kincaid Steven Metcalf + FLUTE Brook Ferguson Principal Catherine Peterson 2nd / Assistant Principal Julie Duncan Thornton PICCOLO Julie Duncan Thornton OBOE Peter Cooper Principal The Irene & David Abosch Principal Oboe Chair
Monica Hanulik 2nd / Assistant Principal Jason Lichtenwalter ENGLISH HORN Jason Lichtenwalter CLARINET Jason Shafer Principal Abby Raymond 2nd / Assistant Principal Andrew Stevens E-FLAT CLARINET Abby Raymond BASS CLARINET Andrew Stevens BASSOON Chad Cognata Principal Tristan Rennie 2nd / Assistant Principal Roger Soren CONTRA-BASSOON Roger Soren HORN Michael Thornton Principal Carolyn Kunicki Kolio Plachkov 3rd / Associate Principal David Brussel Austin Larson Assistant Principal
TRUMPET Justin Bartels Principal Philip Hembree 2nd / Assistant Principal Patrick Tillery Associate Principal TROMBONE John Sipher Principal Paul Naslund 2nd / Associate Principal Gregory Harper BASS TROMBONE Gregory Harper TUBA Stephen Dombrowski Principal HARP Courtney Hershey Bress Principal TIMPANI William Hill Principal Steve Hearn Assistant Principal PERCUSSION John Kinzie Principal Chair Endowed by a Friend of the Colorado Symphony Steve Hearn Michael Van Wirt ORCHESTRA LIBRARIAN Joanne Goble Principal Jonathan Groszew Assistant + = One year replacement * = On leave
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BOARD OF TRUSTEES OFFICERS Jerome H. Kern , Co-Chair Dr. Mary Rossick Kern, Co-Chair Stephanie Donner, Esq. Treasurer Susan Bowles,* Secretary TRUSTEES Margaret Anderson Dr. Paula P. Bernstein Elaine Brickman Susan Cahill* Young Cho Jim Copenhaver Jason Crow Zachary D. Detra, Esq. BJ Dyer Sandy Elliott Brook Ferguson* Jack Finlaw Dr. Everette J. Freeman Dr. Michael G. Gundzik Diane S. Hill, Ph.D Dr. John Hilton* Yumi Hwang-Williams*
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Mary Neidig President, Colorado Symphony Guild Ginger White City and County of Denver, Arts & Venues EMERITUS TRUSTEES William K. Coors John Low Dr. W. Gerald Rainer Lee Yeingst HONORARY TRUSTEES Governor John W. Hickenlooper Mayor Michael B. Hancock Christopher J. Ott, MD ASSOCIATE BOARD OFFICERS Jackson Stevens, Chair Charlie Siebert, Outgoing Chair Obe Ariss, Vice Chair
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COLORADO SYMPHONY STAFF STAFF Jerome H. Kern Chief Executive Officer Coreen Miller Chief Financial Officer Andrew Litton Music Director Robert Neu Senior Vice President of Artistic Planning Anthony Pierce Senior Vice President of Program Innovation Christina Carlson Vice President of Development David Aeling Production and Stage Manager Catherine Beeson Director of Community and Education Programs Larry Brezicka Orchestra Personnel Manager Annette Brown Staff Accountant Aric Christensen Audio Engineer Sherri Colgan House Manager Stephanie Derybowski Manager of Digital Media Christine Devereaux Special Events Planner Christopher Dragon Associate Conductor Susan Ellis Executive Administrator & Board Liaison Molly Epstein Group Sales Manager Joanne Goble Orchestra Librarian Jonathan Groszew Assistant Orchestra Personnel Manager / Assistant Librarian Deborah Guess Properties Master Gerry Heise Director of Major Gifts Philip Hiester Master Electrician John Hilton Development Liason Eric Israelson Chorus Manager Susan Kelly Director of Sales and Patron Services
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Family Concerts for the young {and young at heart!} Half Nusofortes Please join family-friendly s pre-concert activitie in Gallery 2.
Pixar In Concert JAN 15-16 T FRI 7:30 T SAT 2:30
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Here will we sit and let the sounds of music creep in our ears William Shakespeare, the incomparable musician-of-words, waxed eloquently – and even prophetically – about music and its power to move our souls. For when we sit here in Boettcher Concert Hall, we do indeed let the sounds of music wash over us and warm us with its compelling charms.
And then the…
… soft stillness and the night become the touches of sweet harmony. Those sweetest of harmonies that emanate from this rounded stage…
…sounds and sweet airs that give delight. Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments will hum about our ears, and sometimes voices… Voices that chorus the great words and music of the spheres, joining with the magical musicians of this mighty orchestra.
Such harmony is in immortal souls. Shakespeare, the Bard of Avon, will receive his due applause in his 400th anniversary year with music of the masters, inspired by his own prodigious pen.
Music! Hark!
It is YOUR music of THIS house. Duain Wolfe, Chorus Director and Conductor, with a respectful nod to William Shakespeare: The Merchant of Venice and The Tempest
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This is a special year for theater goers and artists of every genre, as 2016 is the 400th anniversary of the passing of one of the most iconic and influential artists to ever live — William Shakespeare. The English born playwright would give us 38 plays, 154 sonnets, and more during his lifetime, and has inspired hundreds of years of art since — not only through poetry and plays, but in painting, music, and so much more. His work has also been the subject of many classical music composers who used his beautiful prose and stories as the foundation of their pieces such as by Tchaikovsky and Prokofiev, and in more modern compositions as with Bernstein in West Side Story.
The Colorado Symphony’s Shakespeare Festival
The Colorado Symphony has devoted three programs in March to Shakespeare and his work, starting with A Midsummer’s Night Dream on March 4-5. In this sweeping program, guest conductor Hans Graf will lead guest actor Maureen Thomas and the Colorado Children’s Chorale, together with the Colorado Symphony, through Felix Mendelssohn’s charming and delightful A Midsummer Night’s Dream, including the unmistakable Wedding March. On March 11, Inside the Score features Colorado Symphony Chorus director Duain Wolfe leading the orchestra and chorus in a musical exploration of Shakespeare’s most captivating lines and characters. Finally, new Associate Conductor Christopher Dragon will make his Masterworks debut on March 18-20 conducting Romeo and Juliet, the definitive ode to star-crossed lovers. This program, also including the Colorado Symphony Chorus, caps the Colorado Symphony’s Shakespeare Festival with a wide-ranging expedition into the music inspired by the timeless drama including a quartet of actors. It’s no wonder that Christopher Dragon said in his welcome letter how excited he is to conduct this as his Masterworks debut – it promises to be a magical concert experience. — Seth McNew
March 4-5: Shakespeare Festival: A Midsummer Nights Dream Hans Graf, conductor; Maureen Thomas, actor; Colorado Children’s Chorale March 11: Inside the Score: Shakespeare Festival: Colorado Symphony Chorus Duain Wolfe, conductor; Colorado Symphony Chorus March 18-20: Shakespeare Festival: Romeo and Juliet Christopher Dragon, conductor; Colorado Symphony Chorus 16 SOUNDINGS 2015-2016 | COLORADOSYMPHONY.ORG
MUSICIAN SPOTLIGHT Meet Associate Concertmaster Claude Sim Claude Sim has been with the Colorado Symphony for more than 16 years and holds the title of Associate Concertmaster. Claude is also a successful chamber musician and has been featured with the critically acclaimed Miró String Quartet, and as violist with the Grammy® Award-winning Pacifica Quartet.
Claude performs Khachaturian’s Violin Concerto During his hundreds of performances with the Colorado Symphony since 1999, Claude has performed as soloist with the orchestra on many occasions. The Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition concerts on January 29 and 30 featuring Claude as a soloist performing Khachaturian’s Violin Concerto might be the most exciting for him. “In all of my time here, I don’t think it’s ever been done,” says Claude. “It’s such a rarely done piece and a great opportunity for a fresh take. The piece is really special. The cinematic quality and sound reflect Khachaturian’s background and his Armenian roots. It’s a very accessible piece, the sweeping melodies are memorable and the infectious rhythms are inspired by folk dance.”
Finding new musical perspectives Claude is passionate about letting his mastery of classical violin translate into many different kinds of music from chamber music, to bluegrass, jazz, and Latin music. Claude even experiments with performing on different instruments and in fact, his guest appearance with the Pacifica Quartet was as violist instead of violinist. Claude is now in an ensemble formed with two local musicians, and their trio has played for events for the Colorado Symphony, such as Beethoven and Brews, and other events such as jam sessions and jazz events. “I try to play with as many varied types of musicians as possible” he says, “to get a different perspective.” He is currently writing original music for his ensemble to explore. Much of the material is rooted in the American jazz tradition, where he writes the main structure for the tunes but keeps space open for improvising. “It’s been a great challenge and joy working with my band to explore all the collective music influences we have. The endless learning process from working with world-class musicians like the other two in this trio and with the entire Colorado Symphony is what continues to inspire me.” SOUNDINGS 2015-2016 | COLORADOSYMPHONY.ORG 17
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All Gershwin featuring New York City Ballet JAN 10 T SUN 1:00 Andrew Litton, conductor/piano Members of New York City Ballet GERSHWIN Overture to Crazy for You GERSHWIN Day Full of Song GERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue GERSHWIN Who Cares?
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Tribute JAN 12 T TUE 7:30 Andres Lopera, conductor
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Inside The Score: Holst The Planets FEB 5 T FRI 7:30 Christopher Dragon, conductor
Side-By-Side with DYAO: 100 Year Celebration of the U.S. National Parks
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Pixar In Concert
JAN 15-16 T FRI 7:30 T SAT 2:30 Christopher Dragon, conductor
One Singular Sensation: A Tribute to Marvin Hamlisch
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JAN 23 T SAT 7:30 Christopher Dragon, conductor Donna McKechnie, Jodi Benson, Doug LaBrecque, vocals Colorado Symphony Chorus, Mary Louise Burke, associate director
Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition
JAN 29-30 T FRI-SAT 7:30 Jayce Ogren, conductor Claude Sim, violin SIBELIUS Romance in C major for Strings SIBELIUS “Valse Triste” from Kuolema SIBELIUS Finlandia KHACHATURIAN Violin Concerto MUSSORGSKY/RAVEL Pictures at an Exhibition
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FEB 6 T SAT 2:30 Christopher Dragon, conductor Denver Young Artists Orchestra
Sierra Boggess In Concert SPECIAL
INSIDE THE SCORE
FEB 13-14 T SAT 7:30 T SUN 1:00 Andres Lopera, conductor Sierra Boggess, vocals Colorado Children’s Chorale, Deborah DeSantis, artistic director
Mahler Symphony No. 2 “Resurrection”
FEB 19-20 T FRI-SAT 7:30 Andrew Litton, conductor Colorado Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe, director MAHLER Symphony No. 2, “Resurrection”
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SEASON AT A GLANCE
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Shakespeare Festival: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
MASTERWORKS
Béla Fleck: Return of the Banjo
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Inside The Score: An Evening of Chamber Music
INSIDE THE SCORE
MAR 4-5 T FRI-SAT 7:30 Hans Graf, conductor Maureen Thomas, actor Colorado Children’s Chorale, Deborah DeSantis, artistic director TCHAIKOVSKY The Tempest, Fantasy-Overture MENDELSSOHN A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Inside the Score: Shakespeare Festival: Colorado Symphony Chorus MAR 11 T FRI 7:30 Duain Wolfe, conductor Colorado Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe, director
An Evening with Wonderbound
MAR 12 T SAT 7:30 Christopher Dragon, conductor Wonderbound TCHAIKOVSKY excerpts from Sleeping Beauty TCHAIKOVSKY excerpts from Swan Lake TCHAIKOVSKY Serenade for Strings
Carnival of the Animals and The Story of Babar
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A Symphonic Tribute to Mel Brooks SPECIAL
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Shakespeare Festival: Romeo and Juliet
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APR 9 T SAT 7:30 Andres Lopera, conductor Colorado Symphony Chorus, Mary Louise Burke, associate director
Jeffrey and Gabriel Kahane
MAR 13 T SUN 1:00 Andres Lopera, conductor SAINT-SAËNS Carnival of the Animals POULENC The Story of Babar, the Little Elephant
MAR 18-20 T FRI-SAT 7:30 T SUN 1:00 Christopher Dragon, conductor Colorado Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe, director VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Serenade to Music BERNSTEIN Symphonic Dances from West Side Story TCHAIKOVSKY excerpts from Romeo and Juliet PROKOFIEV excerpts from Romeo and Juliet ROTA Love Theme from “Romeo and Juliet”
APR 1-2 T FRI-SAT 7:30 Jose Luis Gomez, conductor Béla Fleck, banjo JOHN ADAMS The Chairman Dances VILLA-LOBOS Chôros No. 6 BÉLA FLECK Concerto for Banjo and Orchestra No. 2
APR 15-17 T FRI-SAT 7:30 T SUN 1:00 Jeffrey Kahane, conductor/piano Gabriel Kahane, vocals/guitar BERNSTEIN Fancy Free GABRIEL KAHANE Crane Palimpsest GERSHWIN Concerto in F
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MASTERWORKS • 2015-2016 MAHLER SYMPHONY NO. 2 “RESURRECTION” COLORADO SYMPHONY ANDREW LITTON, conductor SARAH FOX, soprano KELLEY O’CONNOR, mezzo COLORADO SYMPHONY CHORUS, DUAIN WOLFE, director THE EVANS CHOIR, CATHERINE SAILER, director This weekend of concerts is gratefully dedicated to Merle Chambers and Hugh Grant Saturday’s concert is gratefully dedicated to Alan and Judy Wigod
Friday, February 19, 2016 at 7:30 pm Saturday, February 20, 2016 at 7:30 pm Boettcher Concert Hall
MAHLER
Symphony No. 2 in C minor, “Resurrection”
Allegro maestoso: Mit durchaus ernstem und feierlichem Ausdruck
Andante moderato: Sehr gemächlich
In ruhig fliessender Bewegung
Urlicht: Sehr feierlich, aber schlicht
Finale: Scherzo
This concert will be performed without intermission.
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MASTERWORKS BIOGRAPHIES
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ANDREW LITTON, conductor Colorado Symphony Music Director Andrew Litton is the newly appointed Music Director of the New York City Ballet. Mr. Litton also serves as Bergen Philharmonic Music Director Laureate, Artistic Director of the Minnesota Orchestra’s Sommerfest, and Conductor Laureate of Britain’s Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. He guest conducts the world’s leading orchestras and opera companies, and has a discography of over 120 recordings with awards including America’s Grammy, France’s Diapason d’Or, and many other honors. Besides his Grammy®-winning Walton’s Belshazzar’s Feast with Bryn Terfel and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, he also recorded the complete symphonies by Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov, a Mahler cycle with the Dallas Symphony, and many Gershwin recordings as both conductor and pianist. Mr. Litton is a graduate of the Fieldston School, New York, and received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from The Juilliard School in piano and conducting. The youngest-ever winner of the BBC International Conductors Competition, he served as Assistant Conductor at Teatro alla Scala and Exxon/Arts Endowment Assistant Conductor for the National Symphony under Rostropovich. His many honors in addition to Norway’s Order of Merit include an honorary Doctorate from the University of Bournemouth, Yale University’s Sanford Medal, and the Elgar Society Medal. An accomplished pianist, Litton often conducts from the keyboard and enjoys performing chamber music with his orchestra colleagues. For further information, visit www.andrewlitton.com.
SARAH FOX, soprano Born in Yorkshire, Sarah Fox is one of the leading English sopranos of her generation. She was educated at Giggleswick School, London University and the Royal College of Music. A former winner of the Kathleen Ferrier Award and the John Christie Award, she is equally at home in many musical genres including opera, folksong and musical theatre. Roles at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden have included Micaela/Carmen, Asteria/ Tamerlano, Zerlina/Don Giovanni and Woglinde/Der Ring des Nibelungen. Other highlights include Asteria (Munich and Barcelona opposite Domingo); Zerlina (Glyndebourne and Cincinnati); Woglinde (Salzburg & Aix-en-Provence Festivals); Susanna/Le Nozze di Figaro (Glyndebourne and The Royal Danish Opera); Ilia/Idomeneo (De Vlaamse Opera); and Mimi/La Boheme (Opera North). Her prestigious concert career has taken her worldwide. Highlights include engagements in Denver, Minneapolis, New York, San Francisco, Tel Aviv and Tokyo, as well as tours throughout the UK, Europe & Scandinavia. Collaborations include the Berlin Philharmonic/Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/ Nelsons and the Colorado Symphony Orchestra/Litton. Other highlights include concerts with Rufus Wainwright & with the John Wilson Orchestra. She is also a highly accomplished recitalist with a particular affinity for French Song. Her discography includes Il re pastore/Aminta (Classical Opera Company), The Cole Porter Songbook, Poulenc Songs and Mahler’s 4th Symphony (Philharmonia/Mackerras) for Signum/Signum Classics; Vaughan Williams’ 3rd Symphony (Halle/ Elder) for the Halle label; Vaughan Williams’ Dona Nobis Pacem (Colorado Symphony Orchestra/ Litton) and Poulenc Songs (with Graham Johnson) for Hyperion; “That’s Entertainment” (John Wilson Orchestra) for EMI classics; and “Cole Porter in Hollywood” (JWO) for Warner Classics. PROGRAM 2 SOUNDINGS 2015-2016 | COLORADOSYMPHONY.ORG
MASTERWORKS BIOGRAPHIES KRISTINA CHOE JACINTH
KELLEY O’CONNOR, mezzo-soprano Possessing a voice of uncommon allure, musical sophistication far beyond her years, and intuitive and innate dramatic artistry, the Grammy® Awardwinning mezzo-soprano Kelley O’Connor has emerged as one of the most compelling performers of her generation. She appears with many of the world’s foremost orchestras and has created meaningful artistic relationships with such eminent conductors and directors as Gustavo Dudamel, Iván Fischer, Louis Langrée, Donald Runnicles, Peter Sellars, Robert Spano, and Franz Welser-Möst. Her discography includes Golijov’s Ainadamar and Lieberson’s Neruda Songs with Robert Spano and the Atlanta Symphony as well as Adams’ The Gospel According to the Other Mary with Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with Franz Welser-Möst and the Cleveland Orchestra. www.kelleyoconnor.com
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DUAIN WOLFE, Colorado Symphony Chorus, director Recently awarded two Grammys® for Best Choral Performance and Best Classical Recording, Duain Wolfe is founder and Director of the Colorado Symphony Chorus and Music Director of the Chicago Symphony Chorus. This year marks Wolfe’s 31st season with the Colorado Symphony Chorus. The Chorus has been featured at the Aspen Music Festival for over two decades. Wolfe, who is in his 21st season with the Chicago Symphony Chorus has collaborated with Daniel Barenboim, Pierre Boulez, Bernard Haitink, Riccardo Muti, and the late Sir George Solti on numerous recordings including Wagner’s Die Meistersinger, which won the 1998 Grammy® for Best Opera Recording. Wolfe’s extensive musical accomplishments have resulted in numerous awards, including an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts from the University of Denver, the Bonfils Stanton Award in the Arts and Humanities, the Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts, the Mayor’s Award for Excellence in an Artistic Discipline and the Michael Korn Award for the Development of the Professional Choral Art. Wolfe is also founder of the Colorado Children’s Chorale, from which he retired in 1999 after 25 years; the Chorale celebrated its 40th anniversary last season. For 20 years, Wolfe also worked with the Central City Opera Festival as chorus director and conductor, founding and directing the company’s young artist residence program, as well as its education and outreach programs. Wolfe’s additional accomplishments include directing and preparing choruses for Chicago’s Ravinia Festival, the Bravo!Vail Festival, the Berkshire Choral Festival, the Aspen Music Festival, and the Grand Teton Music Festival. He has worked with Pinchas Zuckerman as Chorus Director for the Canadian National Arts Centre Orchestra for the past 13 years.
MASTERWORKS BIOGRAPHIES CATHERINE SAILER, The Evans Choir, director Catherine Sailer, Director of Choral Studies at the University of Denver Lamont School of Music, conducts the Lamont Chorale, Lamont Women’s Chorus, and the independent chamber choir, the Evans Choir. She is also the Associate Conductor of the Colorado Ballet Orchestra. Conducting credits include the Santa Fe Symphony, Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic, Beijing Symphony, National Opera of China, Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music Orchestra, Central City Opera, Bravo! Vail Valley Festival, Aspen Music Festival, Oregon Bach Festival Chorus and Orchestra, Madrigal Vocale (Brazil), Rheinpfalz International Choir, and the Shanghai International Choral League. She has collaborated as conductor or chorus master with singers William Warfield and Marilyn Horne and conductors Bramwell Tovey, Robert Spano, Ed Spanjaard, Eric Whitacre, Victor Yampolsky, Marius Szmolig, Stephen Alltop, David Amram, Tan Dun, David Fanshawe, and Marin Alsop, and prepared choruses for performances with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Colorado Symphony, Aspen Festival Orchestra, and Cheyenne Symphony Orchestra. Catherine Sailer received the Doctor of Music with honors in conducting from Northwestern University and the Bachelor and Master of Music degrees in Piano Performance and Conducting from the University of Denver. She is president of Colorado ACDA, and was selected as an ICEP exchange fellow to China. She was named the winner of the Robert Shaw Fellowship in 2005, chosen by Chorus America and supported by Warner Brothers and the National Endowment for the Arts. Her other awards include first place at the American Choral Director’s Association Conducting Competition.
COLORADO SYMPHONY CHORUS 2015/16 Colorado Symphony season marks the 32nd year of the Colorado Symphony Chorus. Founded in 1984 by Duain Wolfe at the request of Gaetano Delogu, then the Music Director of the Colorado Symphony, the chorus has grown over the past three decades into a nationally respected ensemble. This outstanding chorus of 180 volunteers joins the Colorado Symphony for numerous performances (more than 25 this year alone), and radio and television broadcasts. The Chorus has performed at noted music festivals in the Rocky Mountain region, including the Colorado Music Festival, the Grand Teton Music Festival and the Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival, where it has performed with the New York Philharmonic, the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Dallas Symphony. For over two decades, the Chorus has been featured at the worldrenowned Aspen Music Festival, performing many great masterworks under the baton of notable conductors Lawrence Foster, James Levine, Murry Sidlin, Leonard Slatkin, Robert Spano and David Zinman. The Colorado Symphony Chorus is featured on a recent Hyperion release of the Vaughan Williams Dona Nobis Pacem and Hough’s Missa Mirabilis. In 2009, in celebration of the 25th anniversary of the chorus, Duain Wolfe conducted the chorus on a three-country, twoweek concert tour of Europe, presenting the Verdi Requiem in Budapest, Vienna, Litomysl and Prague. The Chorus will return to Europe in 2016 for concerts in Paris, Strasbourg and Munich. The Colorado Symphony continues to be grateful for the excellence and dedication of this remarkable all-volunteer ensemble. For an audition appointment, call 303.308.2483.
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MASTERWORKS BIOGRAPHIES COLORADO SYMPHONY CHORUS ROSTER Duain Wolfe, Founding Director and Conductor; Mary Louise Burke, Associate Conductor; Travis Branam, Assistant Conductor; Taylor Martin, Staff Conductor; Eric Israelson, Chorus Manager; Barbara Porter, Associate Manager Brian Dukeshier, Joshua Sawicki, Danni Snyder, Accompanists Soprano I Jamie Brown Lindsay R. Campbell Denelda Causey LeEtta H. Choi Gretchen Colbert Kaylin E. Daniels Laura Dukeshier Kate A. Emerich Jenifer D. Gile Lori C. Gill Susan Graber Jennifer Harpel Lynnae C. Hinkley Angela M. Hupp Shelley E. Joy Mary E. Kirschner Krista Kuhn Marina Kushnir Cathy Look Anne Maupin Stephanie Medema Wendy L. Moraskie Barbara A. Porter Lori A. Ropa Kelly G. Ross Kathi Rudolph Camilia Schawel Roberta A. Sladovnik Stephanie A. Solich Nicole J. Stegink Judy Tate Courtney Williams Cara Young Soprano II Jude Blum Alex S. Bowen Athanasia Christus Ruth A. Coberly Kerry H. Cote Claudia Dakkouri Esther J. Gross Lisa D. Kraft Erin Montigne Christine M. Nyholm Jeannette R. O’Nan Kim Pflug Donneve S. Rae Rebecca E. Rattray
Shirley J. Rider Nancy C. Saddler Lynne M. Snyer Stacey L. Travis Susan Von Roedern Marcia L. Walker Sherry L. Weinstein Sandy Woodrow Alto I Priscilla P. Adams Lois F. Brady Emily M. Branam Kimberly Brown Amy Buesing Clair T. Clauson Jayne M. Conrad Jane A. Costain Sheri L. Daniel Aubri K. Dunkin Kirsten D. Franz Sharon R. Gayley Gabriella D. Groom Pat Guittar Emily Haller Melissa J. Holst Kaia M. Hoopes Carol E. Horle Annie Kolstad Deanna Kraft Susan McWaters Leah Meromy Kristen Nordenholz Ginny Passoth Mary B. Thayer Pat Virtue Heather Wood Alto II Kay A. Boothe Cass Chatfield Martha E. Cox Barbara Deck Joyce Dominguez Carol A. Eslick Daniela Golden Hansi Hoskins Olivia Isaac Brandy H. Jackson Ellen D. Janasko
Janice Kibler Carole A. London Joanna Maltzahn Barbara Marchbank Kelly T. McNulty Beverly Mendicello Leslie M. Nittoli Kali Paguirigan Lisa Pak Pamela R. Scooros Lisa Townsend Ginny Trierweiler Tenor I James DeMarco Dustin Dougan Brian Dukeshier Joel C. Gewecke Frank Gordon, Jr. Forrest Guittar, Jr. Chris E. Hassell David K. Hodel Richard A. Moraskie Garvis J. Muesing Timothy W. Nicholas William J. O’Donnell William G. Reiley Ryan Waller Kenneth A. Zimmerman Tenor II Gary E. Babcock Mac Bradley Dusty R. Davies Stephen C. Dixon Roger Fuehrer John H. Gale Kenneth E. Kolm Taylor S. Martin Brandt J. Mason Stephen J. Meswarb Tom A. Milligan Ronald L. Ruth Jerry E. Sims Jeffrey P. Wolf
Bass I John G. Adams Travis D. Branam Grant H. Carlton George Cowen Robert E. Drickey Benjamin Eickhoff Corey Falter Matthew Gray Douglas D. Hesse Donald Hume Thomas J. Jirak Nalin J. Mehta Kenneth Quarles Trevor B. Rutkowski David R. Struthers Duane White Benjamin Williams Brian W. Wood Bass II Bob Friedlander Dan Gibbons Chris Grossman Eric W. Israelson Terry L. Jackson Roy A. Kent Mike A. Kraft Robert F. Millar, Jr. Kenneth Moncrieff Greg A. Morrison Eugene J. Nuccio John R. Phillips Russell R. Skillings Wil W. Swanson Tom G. Virtue
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MASTERWORKS BIOGRAPHIES THE EVANS CHOIR The Evans Choir is a chamber choir made up of professional singers and conductors in the Denver area committed to performing and promoting choral music at the highest level. Under the direction of founder-conductor Catherine Sailer, the ensemble performs a wide variety of repertoire, from the Renaissance to the Avant-Garde. The Evans Choir has collaborated in productions with the New York Philharmonic, Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Central City Opera, Asian Performing Arts of Colorado, Colorado Ballet, Christopher O’Reily, Josh Groban, the Playground Ensemble, Quattro Mani, Star Wars in Concert National Tour, Joseph Galema, and composers Tan Dun and Morten Lauridsen. Festival appearances include the Bravo! Vail Valley Festival, the Aspen Music Festival and the LA premiere of Poet Li Bai. The choir is named after Evans Chapel, where members of the choir performed together in Sailer’s first conducting recital, and the beautiful Mt. Evans.
THE EVANS CHOIR ROSTER Soprano Lydia Arenas Sharon Billings Clelyn Brown Megan Buness Gracie Carr Jennifer Ferguson Joanna Fleming Claire He Cathy Schulze Kaitlin Smith Ana Spadoni
Alto Krista Beckman Piper Brown Faith Goins Hannah Greene Carolyn Hoffman Skye Savage Heidi Schmidt Danica Smith Myranda Whitesides
Tenor Nick Capozzola Kevin Gwinn Blake Nawa’a Matthew Stewart Amra Tomsic
Bass Lucas Alexander Sam Baird William Barksdale Rich Dunston John Hetzler Conrad Kehn Ryan Kozak Jody Manford Zeky Nadji Paul Zink
Carnival of the Animals and the Story of Babar MAR 13 T SUN 1:00
Andres Lopera, conductor SAINT-SAËNS Carnival of the Animals POULENC The Story of Babar, the Little Elephant
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MASTERWORKS PROGRAM NOTES GUSTAV MAHLER (1860-1911): Symphony No. 2 for Soprano and Mezzo-Soprano Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra in C minor, “Resurrection” Gustav Mahler was born on July 7, 1860 in Kalischt, Bohemia, and died on May 18, 1911 in Vienna. The Symphony No. 2 was composed between 1888 and 1894. Richard Strauss conducted the Berlin Philharmonic in the work’s first three movements on March 4, 1895. Mahler himself led the first complete performance later that year, on December 13th in Berlin. doubling English horn), E-flat clarinet, four clarinets (3rd doubling bass clarinet, 4th doubling E-flat clarinet), four bassoons (4th doubling contrabassoon), six horns, six trumpets, four trombones, tuba, two timpani, percussion, two harps, organ, and strings, plus an offstage band of four horns, four trumpets, timpani, percussion; soprano and mezzo-soprano soloists, and chorus. The last performance by the orchestra was on June 5-7, 2009, with Jeffrey Kahane conducting. In August 1886, the distinguished conductor Arthur Nikisch, later music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, appointed the 26-year-old Gustav Mahler as his assistant at the Leipzig Opera. At Leipzig, Mahler met Carl von Weber, grandson of the composer, and the two worked on a new performing edition of the virtually forgotten Weber opera Die drei Pintos (“The Three Pintos,” two being impostors of the title character). Following the premiere of Die Drei Pintos, on January 20, 1888, Mahler attended a reception in a room filled with flowers. This seemingly beneficent image played on his mind, becoming transmogrified into nightmares and waking visions, almost hallucinations, of himself on a funeral bier surrounded by floral wreaths. The First Symphony was completed in March 1888 and its successor was begun almost immediately. Mahler, spurred by the startling visions of his own death, conceived the new work as a tone poem entitled Totenfeier (“Funeral Rite”). The title was apparently taken from the translation by the composer’s close friend Siegfried Lipiner, titled Totenfeier, of Adam Mickiewicz’s Polish epic Dziady. Though he inscribed his manuscript, “Symphony in C minor/First Movement,” Mahler had no idea at the time what sort of music would follow Totenfeier, and he considered allowing the movement to stand as an independent work. The next five years were ones of intense professional and personal activity for Mahler. He resigned from the Leipzig Opera in May 1888 and applied for posts in Karlsruhe, Budapest, Hamburg and Meiningen. To support his petition for this last position, he wrote to Hans von Bülow, director at Meiningen until 1885, to ask for his recommendation, but the letter was ignored. Richard Strauss, however, the successor to Bülow at Meiningen, took up Mahler’s cause on the evidence of his talent furnished by Die Drei Pintos and his growing reputation as a conductor of Mozart and Wagner. When Strauss showed Bülow the score for the Weber/Mahler opera, Bülow responded caustically, “Be it Weberei or Mahlerei [puns in German on ‘weaving’ and ‘painting’], it makes no difference to me. The whole thing is a pastiche, an infamous, out-of-date bagatelle. I am simply nauseated.” Mahler, needless to say, did not get the job at Meiningen, but he was awarded the position at Budapest, where his duties began in October 1888. In 1891, Mahler switched jobs once again, this time leaving Budapest to join the prestigious Hamburg Opera as principal conductor. There he encountered Bülow, who was director of the Hamburg Philharmonic concerts. Bülow had certainly not forgotten his earlier low estimate of Mahler the composer, but after a performance of Siegfried he allowed that “Hamburg has now acquired a simply first-rate opera conductor in Mr. Gustav Mahler.” Encouraged by Bülow’s admiration of his conducting, Mahler asked for his comments on the still-unperformed Totenfeier. Mahler described their encounter: SOUNDINGS 2015-2016 | COLORADOSYMPHONY.ORG PROGRAM 7
MASTERWORKS PROGRAM NOTES “When I played my Totenfeier for Bülow, he fell into a state of extreme nervous tension, clapped his hands over his ears and exclaimed, ‘Beside your music, Tristan sounds as simple as a Haydn symphony! If that is still music then I do not understand a single thing about music!’ We parted from each other in complete friendship, I, however, with the conviction that Bülow considers me an able conductor but absolutely hopeless as a composer.” Mahler, who throughout his career considered his composition more important than his conducting, was deeply wounded by this behavior, but he controlled his anger out of respect for Bülow, who had extended him many kindnesses and become something of a mentor. Bülow did nothing to quell his doubts about the quality of his creative work, however, and Mahler, who had written nothing since Totenfeier three years before, was at a crisis in his career as a composer. A year after Bülow’s withering criticisms Mahler found inspiration to compose again in a collection of German folk poems by Ludwig Achim von Arnim and Clemens Brentano called Des Knaben Wunderhorn (“The Youth’s Magic Horn”). He had known these texts since at least 1887, and in 1892 set four of them for voice and piano, thereby renewing some of his creative self-confidence. The following summer, when he was free from the pressures of conducting, he took rustic lodgings in the village of Steinbach on Lake Attersee in the lovely Austrian Salzkammergut, near Salzburg, and it was there that he resumed work on the Second Symphony, five years after the first movement had been completed. Without a clear plan as to how they would fit into the Symphony’s overall structure, he used two of the Wunderhorn songs from the preceding year as the bases for the internal movements of the piece. On July 16th, he completed the orchestral score of the Scherzo, derived from Des Antonius von Padua Fischpredigt, a cynical poem about St. Anthony preaching a sermon to the fishes, who, like some human congregations, return to their fleshly ways as soon as the holy man finishes his lesson. Only three days later, Urlicht (“Primal Light”) for mezzo-soprano solo was completed; by the end of the month, the Andante, newly conceived, was finished. By late summer 1893, the first four movements of the Symphony were finished, but Mahler was still unsure about the work’s ending. The finality implied by the opening movement’s “Funeral Rite” seemed to allow no logical progression to another point of climax. As a response to the questions posed by the first movement, he envisioned a grand choral close for the work, much in the manner of the triumphant ending of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. “My experience with the last movement of my Second Symphony was such that I literally ransacked world literature, even including the Bible, to find the redeeming word.” Still, no solution presented itself. In December 1892, Bülow’s health gave out and he designated Mahler to be his successor as conductor of the Hamburg Philharmonic concerts. A year later Bülow went to Egypt for treatment but died suddenly at Cairo on February 12, 1894. Mahler was deeply saddened by the news. He met with Josef Förster the same day and played through the Totenfeier with such emotion that his friend was convinced it was offered “in memory of Bülow.” Förster described the memorial service at Hamburg’s St. Michael Church: “Mahler and I were present at the moving farewell.... The strongest impression to remain was that of the singing of the children’s voices. The effect was created not just by Klopstock’s profound poem [Auferstehen — ‘Resurrection’] but by the innocence of the pure sounds issuing from the children’s throats. The funeral procession started. At the Hamburg Opera, where Bülow had so often delighted the people, he was greeted by the funeral music from Wagner’s Götterdämmerung [conducted by Mahler]. PROGRAM 8 SOUNDINGS 2015-2016 | COLORADOSYMPHONY.ORG
MASTERWORKS PROGRAM NOTES “Outside the Opera, I could not find Mahler. But that afternoon I hurried to his apartment as if to obey a command. I opened the door and saw him sitting at his writing desk. He turned to me and said: ‘Dear friend, I have it!’ I understood: ‘Auferstehen, ja auferstehen wirst du nach kurzen Schlaf.’ I had guessed the secret: Klopstock’s poem, which that morning we had heard from the mouths of children, was to be the basis for the finale of the Second Symphony.” On June 29, 1894, three months later, Mahler completed his monumental “Resurrection” Symphony, six years after it was begun. Mahler once wrote, “What is best in music is not to be found in the notes.” Music, he believed, reflected the greatest thoughts of man, and the creative musician needed to bring to his work not only a technical skill but also the best qualities of a man of letters, a philosopher and a painter. There was no higher calling in Mahler’s world than the one to which he had been summoned. “What one makes music out of is still the whole — that is, the feeling, thinking, suffering human being,” he wrote to his protégé Bruno Walter. Mahler’s symphonies, especially those incorporating the sung word, carry transcendent messages of hope, as though, wrote Philip Barford, “In the background of his mind there seems always to be the image of a ladder up which humanity can climb to heaven.” After the funeral rite of the Second Symphony’s opening (and the two intervening intermezzo-like movements), the surpassingly beautiful Urlicht for mezzo-soprano soloist, with its symbolism of holy light leading the soul out of the darkness of death, serves to introduce the vision of resurrection — the resurrection of the body in Klopstock’s poem and the transfiguration of the spirit as it soars toward eternal light in verses added by Mahler. The composer himself gave the following guide to the unfolding of this epochal Symphony: “1st movement. We stand by the coffin of a well-loved person. His life, struggles, passions and aspirations once more, for the last time, pass before our mind’s eye. — And now in this moment of gravity and of emotion which convulses our deepest being, our heart is gripped by a dreadfully serious voice which always passes us by in the deafening bustle of daily life: What now? What is this life — and this death? Do we have an existence beyond it? Is all this only a confused dream, or do life and this death have a meaning? — And we must answer this question if we are to live on. “2nd movement — Andante (in the style of a Ländler). You must have attended the funeral of a person dear to you and then, perhaps, the picture of a happy hour long past arises in your mind like a ray of sun undimmed — and you can almost forget what has happened. “3rd movement — Scherzo, based on Des Antonius von Padua Fischpredigt. When you awaken from the nostalgic daydream [of the preceding movement] and you return to the confusion of real life, it can happen that the ceaseless motion, the senseless bustle of daily activity may strike you with horror. Then life can seem meaningless, a gruesome, ghostly spectacle, from which you may recoil with a cry of disgust! “4th movement — Urlicht (mezzo-soprano solo). The moving voice of naïve faith sounds in our ear: I am of God, and desire to return to God! God will give me a lamp, will light me to eternal bliss! “5th movement. We again confront all the dreadful questions and the mood of the end of the first movement. The end of all living things has come. The Last Judgment is announced and the ultimate terror of this Day of Days has arrived. The earth quakes, the graves burst open, the dead rise and stride hither in endless procession. Our senses fail us and all consciousness fades away at the approach of the eternal Spirit. The ‘Great Summons’ resounds: the trumpets of the SOUNDINGS 2015-2016 | COLORADOSYMPHONY.ORG PROGRAM 9
MASTERWORKS PROGRAM NOTES apocalypse call. Softly there sounds a choir of saints and heavenly creatures: ‘Rise again, yes, thou shalt rise again.’ And the glory of God appears. All is still and blissful. And behold: there is no judgment; there are no sinners, no righteous ones, no great and no humble — there is no punishment and no reward! An almighty love shines through us with blessed knowing and being.” ©2015 Dr. Richard E. Rodda
Urlicht (“Primal Light”) O Röschen rot! Der Mensch liegt in grösster Not! Der Mensch liegt in grösster Pein! Je lieber möcht’ ich im Himmel sein!
Oh red rose! Man lies in deepest need, Man lies in deepest pain. Much would I rather be in heaven!
Da kam ich auf einen breiten Weg: Da kam ein Engelein und wollt’ mich abweisen! away. Ach nein! Ich liess mich nicht abweisen! Ich bin von Gott und will wieder zu Gott! Der liebe Gott wird mir ein Lichtchen geben, Wird leuchten mir in das ewig selig Leben!
Then I came onto a broad path: An angel came and wanted to send me Ah, no! I would not be sent away. I am from God and will return to God! Dear God will give me a light, Will illumine me to eternal, blessed life!
* * * Chorus and Soprano Aufersteh’n, ja aufersteh’n wirst du, mein Staub, nach kurzer Ruh: Unsterblich Leben wird der dich rief dir geben.
Rise again, yes you will rise again, my dust, after a short rest: Immortal life will He who called you grant to you.
Wieder aufzublüh’n wirst du gesät! Der Herr der Ernte geht und sammelt Garben uns ein, die starben!
To bloom again you are sown! The Lord of the harvest goes and gathers sheaves, even us, who died!
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MASTERWORKS PROGRAM NOTES Mezzo-Soprano O glaube, mein Herz, o glaube, es geht dir nichts verloren! Dein ist, was du gesehnt, dein was du geliebt, was du gestritten!
O believe, my heart, o believe, Nothing will be lost to you! What you longed for is yours, Yours, what you have loved, what you have struggled for!
O glaube, du warst nicht umsonst geboren! Hast nicht umsonst gelebt, gelitten!
O believe, You were not born in vain! You have not lived in vain, Suffered in vain! Chorus
Was entstanden ist, das muss vergehen! Was vergangen, aufersteh’n! Hör auf zu beben! Bereite dich zu leben!
What was created must pass away! What has passed away must rise! Cease trembling! Prepare yourself to live! Soprano and Mezzo-Soprano
O Schmerz! Du Alldurchdringer, dir bin ich entrungen! O Tod! Du Allbezwinger, nun bist du bezwungen! Mit Flügeln, die ich mir errungen, in heissem Liebesstreben, werd’ ich entschweben zum Licht, zu dem kein Aug’ gedrungen!
O suffering! You that pierce all things, From you have I been wrested! O death! You that overcome all things, now you are overcome! With wings that I have won for myself in the fervent struggle of love, I shall fly away to the light which no eye has pierced. Chorus
Sterben werd’ ich, um zu leben!
I shall die in order to live! Soloists and Chorus
Aufersteh’n, ja aufersteh’n wirst du, mein Herz, in einem Nu! Was du geschlagen, zu Gott wird es dich tragen!
Rise again, yes you will rise again, my heart, in the twinkling of an eye! What you have conquered will carry you to God!
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COMMUNITY SUPPORT George Shields Foundation, Inc Mr. Paul E. Goodspeed and Ms. Mary Poole Michael and Frances Gundzik Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Hagood Mr. Johannes Heim Mabel Y. Hughes Charitable Trust Mr. and Mrs. Gopal Iyengar Ms. Maxine Johnson Frank and Ginny Leitz Mrs. Bette MacDonald Macy’s Foundation Ms. Marie Maltz Mrs. Rhea Miller Ms. Myra Monfort Helen Murray Charitable Trust National Endowment for the Arts Northern Trust Company Mr. and Mrs. John Priester Dr. and Mrs. W. Gerald Rainer Ralph L. and Florence R. Burgess Trust Lt. Col. and Mrs. Robert W. Riegel Carolyn Brown Samuels Trust The Schramm Foundation Don and Ellen Scott Phoebe Anne Smedley Mitch and Barbara Solich Harvey and Maureen Solomon VAL-U-ADS of Colorado, Inc The Honorables Wellington and Wilma Webb Alan and Judy Wigod Mr. Sandy Zisman and Ms. Janis Frame SILVER CONDUCTOR’S CIRCLE ($5,000+) Anonymous A.J. Markley Trust Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation Ms. Cynthia Auer Ken and Zoe Barley Bob and Cynthia Benson Marc and Claudia Braunstein Dale and Marguerite Bussman
Dr. and Mrs. David Campbell Ronald E. Carlson Mr. Willis Carpenter Choquette and Hart, LLP Donna and Ted Connolly Jane Costain and Gary Moore The Denver Foundation Dobbins Foundation Ms. Stephanie Donner Lee Everding Fackler Legacy Gift Thomas J. and Shirley C. Gibson Robert S. Graham Peter and Rhondda Grant Celeste and Jack Grynberg Charles A. and Pat Hadley Jennifer Heglin Thomas J. Jirak and Susan Graber Barbara Kendrick Donald and Margery Langmuir Steve and Pat Larson Carole Leight Ms. Marjorie MacLachlan Magnolia Hotel Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. McClintock Steve and Kathy McConahey Merck Partnership for Giving Merrill Lynch Ken and Myra Monfort Foundation Drs. Sarah and Harold Nelson Dr. Christopher Ott and Mr. Jeremy Simons Frank Y. Parce Dan and Susan Paulien Mr. and Mrs. Craig Ponzio Myra and Robert Rich Miriam C. Robins Ms. Julie B. Rubsam Suzanne Barber Ryan Raymond and Suzanne Satter Rob and Jane Scofield David and Susan Seitz Mr. Chard P. Smith, Jr. Mr. Clyde Eaton Smith Mr. Bobby G. Stevenson Elyse Tipton and Paul Ruttum Mr. and Mrs. Seth Weisberg
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Ms. Deloris R. Wright Joyce Zeff and Family CONDUCTOR’S CIRCLE ($2,000+) Anonymous (4) Michael Altenberg and Libby Bortz Mr. William H. Anderson Sue Anschutz-Rodgers Eugene C. & Florence Armstrong Family Foundation Robert P. Austin Mr. Hartman Axley Nancy Ball Addie and Bob Barkley Paul S. and Sara Jane Barru J. Fern Black Mike and Julie Bock Barbara Bohlman Roger and Susan Bowles Mr. Scott Brockett Mr. Willard Brown Nathan B. and Florence R. Burt Foundation Mr. and Mrs. K.W. Calkins Bonnie Camp Gracie and Bill Carr Dr. and Mrs. James G. Chandler Professor Gerald Chapman Mr. Gene Child Colorado Real Estate Journal Bill and Nancy Cook Jim and Julie Copenhaver Mr. and Mrs. Herschel Cravitz Daniels-Houlton Family Foundation Davis Graham & Stubbs, LLP Mr. and Mrs. Richard Deane The Dickson Family Gift Fund Dr. and Mrs. Ted Eickhoff EnCana Cares (USA) Foundation Clark and Martha Ewald Carla Ewing Fran and Michael Fisher The Friedlander Family Great Lakes Marine Denver Deborah and Theodore Gaensbauer Ms. Donna S. Gerich Mr. and Mrs. George C. Gibson
COMMUNITY SUPPORT Mr. and Mrs. William H. Gleason Monica Glickman and Craig Carver Veronica Goodrich Ms. Jean M. Gordon Sally Haas Mr. Philip Hiester and Ms. Deborah Reshotko Lorraine and Harley G. Higbie Diane S. Hill and Kevin E. Somerville Bill and Donna Hoberecht Mr. and Mrs. Del Hock Elizabeth and Steve Holtze Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hucks, Jr. The Humphreys Foundation Hunt Alternatives Fund Edeltraud Johnson Richard and Mary Anne Johnston Joe and Francine Kelso Ms. Midge Korczak Donna C. Kornfeld
Stuart and Janet Kritzer Family Foundation Mr. George Kruger Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kugeler Larned A. Waterman & Paul S. Messard Trust Warren and Nancy Lawrence Don Leach Judge and Mrs. John P. Leopold Mrs. Ann C. Levy Robert and Patricia Lisensky Livingston Family Foundation Ms. Sara Long M. Catherine and James R. Look Ron and Jeri Loser John and Merry Low Marjorie MacLachlan Ms. Joan Manley Virginia and Bill McGehee Mr. and Mrs. Neil McLagan Mr. Ed Mellor Mile High United Way Michael and Sharon Modiz
Henry B. Mohr Kirsten and Dave Morgan Robert and Carol Murphy Mr. and Mrs. Ron Neel Mr. and Mrs. Mark Newhouse Mr. David Parce Kerry Pearlman Sue and Edwin Peiker Bonnie C. Perkins Dr. Peter S. Quintero Ralph L. Smith Foundation Nijole and Walter Rasmussen Steven and Joan Ringel Rose Community Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Paul R. Rosen Brian and Michele Rowland Henry R. Schmoll Patricia Schueller Mr. Robert E. Schueller Mrs. Nancy Schulein Kathleen Sgamma Roger Shapiro and Renee Peterson Alice Silver and Tom Byrnes Ruth S. Silver
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COMMUNITY SUPPORT Galen & Ada Belle Spencer Foundation The Stanley Works Mr. Gordon W. Stenger Mrs. Beatrice Taplin Marion Thurnauer and Alexander Trifunac Dr. and Mrs. Ed Van Bramer Normie and Paul Voillequé Paul Von Behren and Denise McCleary Loren E. Warner Malcolm and Donna Wheeler Drs. Richard and Jean Williams Michael and Sandra Wilson Lee and Doris Yeingst SYMPHONY CONCERTMASTER ($1,000+) Anonymous (4) Mr. and Mrs. Tony Accetta James Bailey Michelle C. Bailey Mr. Robert M. Balas Margaret and Larry Ballonoff Mr. James D. Balog Tyler Barstow Nancy Battan Dr. and Mrs. Henry J. Beckwitt Hannah Kahn and Arthur Best Marcia D. Bishop Mr. and Mrs. Howard G. Brand John and Sandy Blue Jude Blum Margaret C. Bozarth Joseph Bronesky Don and Nita Burkhardt Pat Butler Buyersynthesis, Inc. Keith and Lindsay Campbell Mr. and Mrs. John B. Chafee Drs. Jodi A. Chamber and Sally Palmer The Chrysalis Fund Drs. Henry and Janet Claman David and Joan Clark Sheila M. Cleworth Ms. Shirley Hamilton and Ms. G. Brooks Clouser
Drs. Marc Cohen and Kathryn Hobbs James and Toni Cohig John L. Coil Mr. Donald Cook Mr. Ronald Covey Karen and William Curtis Deborah Reshotko and Speaking of Dance Deep Space Systems Linda Diekvoss and Paul Parish Mrs. Mary Donlon Mr. and Mrs. William D. Doty Mr. Garrettson Dulin, Jr. Gerald S. Dunbar Max and Carol Ehrlich Drs. Ellen and Anthony Elias John Estes Jim and Jo Ferguson Mr. Jack Finlaw Dr. Lauren Fraser and Ms. Rebecca Coughlin Frederick G. Fish Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Robert Freedman Mr. David F. Fritz Ms. Martha S. Fulford Mr. and Mrs. John E. Fuller Mr. and Mrs. Greg Fulton Dr. and Mrs. John H. Gale Georgia and Woody Garnsey B.J. and Grace George Dr. David M. Gillum The Gilman Family Foundation Ms. Katherine Gold Lynda Goldstein Dr. Burton and Lee Golub Jonathan and Julia Gordon Renee and Martin Gross Dr. and Mrs. Robert D. Harry Mr. and Mrs. Leeon E. Hayden Mrs. Joan Hazen Diane D. Henry Judith Hilton Ms. Christine L. Honnen Marilyn Howard Renate and Joseph Hull Michael E. Huotari and Jill R. Stewart Mrs. Eleanor L. Isbill Carol James Mr. Douglas C. Jones Dr. and Mrs. Michael Kelley
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Mr. Allen Kemp Dr. Peter Kennealey and Dr. Colleen Murphy Mr. John Kenney Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Kern Oza and Milan Klanjsek Ruth and George Krauss Phyllis and James Kurtz-Phelan Mr. Gregory Kushnir KUVO Leopold Brothers Life on Capitol Hill John and Mary Lohre Jean L. Marshall Mr. and Mrs. John S. Martin Barbara McDonnell Dr. and Mrs. John G. McFee Mr. and Mrs. David McGaw Katherine McMurray Robert Meade Ms. Janet Melson Sharon L. Menard Ms. Anne Akiko Meyers Ms. Jennifer Miller Ms. Anne B. Mills Gene and Dee Milstein MM Rhodes Fund Mr. Robert R. Montgomery James Neely Mr. and Mrs. W. Peterson Nelson Network for Good Mr. Stephen Norris Sheila O’Brien Dr. and Mrs. Richard T. O’Day Ed and Jean Onderko Dr. Bonnie M. Orkow, Ph.D. Dr. and Mrs. Bruce C. Paton Mr. and Mrs. Michael Pokorny Al and Ursula Powell The Publishing House Mrs. Dorothy M. Read Eli Reshotko Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ris Mr. and Mrs. Dave Rootes Dr. Turpin H. Rose Jim and Doreen Ryan Ruth Schoening William Schumacher Dr. and Mrs. David Shander Mr. and Mrs. George Shaw Singer Family Foundation Sam and Marty Sloven Billie Smith
COMMUNITY SUPPORT Mr. David C. Smith Marlis and Shirley Smith William and Janice Smith William Smith and Shirley Scott Eric Sondermann Victoria Sterling Marcia D. Strickland Helena and Allan Striker Lou and Katherine Svoboda Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Tashiro Tipton Family Foundation Mr. John B. Trueblood Kyle and Bev Turner Villager Publishing Co., Inc. Mr. Peter Wells Consul Emeritus and Mrs. Tor Westgaard Jon Wilkerson Dr. John Willhardt Jerry Winter Jim and Marlene Wogsland Henry E. Wurst Family Foundation Ms. Phyllis J. Young Dick and Lorie Young Linda Roberts Zinn
SYMPHONY MUSICIAN ($500+) Anonymous (9) Dr. and Mrs. Jules Amer American Endowment Foundation Arc Thrift Stores Bruce Avery Lewis and Judith Babcock Michelle and Stephen Bailey Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Baldwin Carlos Barradas Mr. Edward Bartholic Richard and Linda Bateman Mr. and Mrs. James Beall Mary Bessesen Mrs. Terry A. Biddinger Mr. and Mrs. Kermit J. Boothroyd Mr. and Mrs. Grant Bowry Ms. Susan Brasel Christopher Brauchli Ms. Betty Brega Ms. Emily Brett Dr. and Mrs. David Brewer Michael and Catherine Brondos
Joseph Bronesky Ms. Barbara Brown Mr. and Mrs. Peter K. Bryan Rogene and Sandy Buchholz M. Peyton and Suzanne Bucy David and Elizabeth Budd Zelpha Bulow Judge Doris E. Burd Billie Busby and Sidney Smith Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Butz Mr. David Cahn Douglas and Constance Cain Lois M. Calvert Teresa Campos Roger and Barbara Chamberlain Dr. and Mrs. David Claassen Delores I. Clark Sylvia Sosin Cohen Catherine Cole Ms. Sherri Colgan Colorado Rockies Baseball Club Mr. and Mrs. Clark Colton Dee Colton Community Foundation
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COMMUNITY SUPPORT Mr. Frederic Conover Ms. Karen Cook Paul and Eileen Cooper Mr. Scott Coors and Dr. David Hurt Frances S. Corsello Dr. James W. Craft Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Craft Ray and Kathleen Cravy Anne M. Culver William Curtis Mike and Bonnie Dalke Ms. Ruth Dalrymple Jesse Davidson and Ellen Blatt Denver Percussion, LLC Dr. Stephen Dilts George and Yonnie Dikeou Dorothy Dowden The Dowling Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Drew Kathryn and Gary Dudley Ms. Kathleen Dunnewald Mr. Stephen A. Edmonds Evan and Kim Ela Lucy and Dan Ellerhorst Mr. and Mrs. James W. Espy Ms. Lee C. Everding Mark and Carla Ewing Dr. and Mrs. Richard A. Fieman Ms. Gail Fisher Paul S. Fisher Franklin Templeton Investor Services, LLC Mrs. Joann Freedman Deborah Froeb Virginia E. and Robert K. Fuller Deborah Gaensbauer Mr. and Mrs. John A. Gallagher Linda Laird Giedl Andrea Grant Mr. John and Mrs. Judy Green Mr. Robert Greene Mr. and Mrs. Peter Griffiths Martha and Jim Groebe Julia Gwaltney Mr. and Mrs. Alvin W. Haggerty Dr. and Mrs. John L. Hall Ms. Grace M. Halmi Linda Hamlin Sarah Hart
Mr. David J. Hayes Keith Herman Melvin and Carolyn Hess Judith Hilton Mr. Stephen Hindes Cynthia Hinds Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Hirschfeld Sarah C. Hite Dr. Bradley O. Hofer Mike and Vicki Hoffman Graham and Cathy Hollis Robert Homiak and Susan Schneider Ms. Sally Hopper Mrs. Isabella W. Horsky Robert and Betty Huzjak Bradley James Andrew Johanos and Maria Poczobutt-Johanos Bruce and Mary Jane Johnson Dr. and Mrs. Everette G. Jones Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Judd Mr. and Mrs. Colman Kahn Robert W. Karow Dr. Chris and Janice Karras Steve and Kim Keen Dr. Richard and Carla Kem Kemp Family Fund Jan Kennaugh and Chip Horne Heidi and Randy Keogh Judy Kessenich Dr. E. Glenn Kindle Oza and Milan Klanjsek Mel and Roberta Klein Mr. and Mrs. Finn and Margrethe B. Knudsen Mrs. Tatyana Kostyashkina Eric Krein John W. Kure and Cheryl L. Solich Deanna Rose Leino Don and Ingrid Lindemann Patty Lorie-Kupetz John W. Kure and Cheryl L. Solich Ms. Hope Lowry Mrs. Jean Macferran Mr. Brian A. and Mrs. Diane C. Magoon Mr. and Mrs. Frederick L. Mann Harold P. Martin, M.D. Johnathan Masoudi
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Mr. and Mrs. Amos C. Mathews Dr. Jody Mathie and Mr. John F. Hoffman Ms. Tracey McCullough Carla E. McKennett Mr. and Mrs. Harold “Bud” Meadows Virginia Messick Coreen Miller Mr. and Mrs. Jay Miller Ron and Bonnie Milzer The Moe Family Charitable Fund Monkey’s Uncle Comedy Improv Ms. Veatrice Monroe Keith Moore Kirsten and David Morgan William and Rosemarie Murane Barbara Neal and Edward E. Ellis Ms. Marcia G. Naiman Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Newberry Robert and Ilse Nordenholz Larry O’Donnell and Kermit Cain Dr. Priscilla Zynda-Otsuki and Mr. Steve Otsuki Mary and Art Otten Jo Ann Paffenbarger Carl Patterson Pave Life Ms. Sue Pawlik David and Doris Pearlman Leah Peer Perry C. Peine Patrick and Susan Pientka David and Louise Pinkow Hugh Pitcher and Linda Lebsack Ed Post Mr. Bennett L. Price Terence T. Quirke Richard Replin and Elissa Stein Dr. Richard and Sandra Roark Eleanor Roberts Mr. Robert Rodriquez Terri and Jay Rolls Sig and Lucille Rosefeld Mr. and Mrs. William E. Russell Ms. Carol L. Rust Cynthia L. Schauer
COMMUNITY SUPPORT Dave Schmitz G.A. and W.B. Scholten Ms. Mary Ann Schultz Schwab Fund for Charitable Giving Ms. Carla L. Seeliger Mr. Frank D. Seffinger Mr. and Mrs. Karl O. Seller Betty and Maurice Serotta Jo Shannon Mr. and Mrs. Peter D. Shultz Singer Family Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Arnold Silverman Drs. Robert H. Slover, II and Robin Slover Edwin Smith James Smith Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Smith Mr. and Mrs. William H. Speaker Hanspeter and Kathryn Spuhler State Farm Companies Foundation Myron and Marcia Stein Mr. Daniel Stenersen
Gordon Stenger and Brooke Goudy Mrs. Mary L. Stewart Mr. Philip T. Stoffel Julie and John Strain Mrs. Elaine B. Strauch Dr. Bill Strempel Carol and Cedric Tarr Mr. Frank Thomson Mr. Charles Thorman Mr. and Mrs. Carl J. Tillery Nan Timbel David Tourtelot and Nikki Headlee Barbara J. Tramutt Helen Tuttle Mr. and Mrs. Thomas G. Virtue Ed and Patty Wahtera The Sylvan Stool Family Ms. Shirley Ward Russ Wehner Realty Co. Peter Weiser Rosemary Whitaker Jordan Wight Daniel C. Williams Yumi Williams
Werner and Mary Winkler Mr. and Mrs. Dieter Wons George and Beth Wood Richard and MaryAnn Woods Amy Wright Marsha F. Young Tom Zeiler Kenneth Ziebarth R.A. Zimmerman SYMPHONY PATRON ($250+) *Please review the donor benefits on our website Anonymous (8) Margaret and Norm Aarestad Richard and Susan Abernethy Fran Adams Jim and Lorraine Adams Carol J. Addington Carole and Robert Adelstein Amica Companies Foundation Ms. Catherine H. Anderson
behavioral quantitative fundamental Providing professional investment advisory services for institutional and high-net-worth clients since 2005
Greenwood Village, CO www.brcinvest.com
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COMMUNITY SUPPORT DeAnn Anderson Mr. and Mrs. John Andrews Mr. Roger Bagwell Bank of America Mr. Phil Barber and Ms. Caroline Lapp Barringer High Country Marketing, Inc. Mr. Roger Bates and Ms. Debra Brew Mr. Mark Beamer Mr. and Mrs. Edgardo L. Belen Mariette Bell George and Phee Belsey Ms. Barbara Benedict Ms. Margaret Bass Berglund Dr. Thomas Berl and Ms. Diane Pincus Sue and Bix Bicknell Ms. Joella Blackburn Marie and Howard Blaney Mr. and Mrs. Paul I. Bortz Ms. Alisa Bourne Dr. James W. Boyd Mr. and Mrs. Michael Boyle Mr. Jeffrey Breslaw Jeff and Elaine Brickman Mr. and Mrs. Hal Brooks Ms. Karen Bruggenthies David and Elizabeth Budd Ms. Linda Bushman Shirley and Roland Calhoun Dr. and Mrs. Ned Calonge Rusty and Ellen Campos Ms. Hilary Carlson Shelly Catterson Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Cheroutes Ms. Deborah Clendenning Barbralu Cohen Harold Cohen and Sue Miller Ms. Jo Ellen Cohen Mr. and Mrs. Robert I. Cohen Ms. Gretchen G. Colbert Jo Collester The Colorado Trust Mr. David Conger Ms. Mary Cook Ben and Ann Cooper Dr. John A. and Mrs. Jane H. Coppola Mr. Robert M. Cox Jr. CU Denver Live Margaret Cunningham Mrs. Jean Davenport Jesse Davidson
Mr. Larry Day Mr. and Mrs. John D. De Leon Ronald L. Deal Denver Area Music Teachers Association Mr. and Mrs. Josiah B. Dodds Leland and Margaret Dong Denis and Kathy Donnelly Peter and Marian Downs Ms. Marina Dubrova Roger and Carol Dutton Mike and Vicki Earnest Ms. Janice G. Eckhardt Mrs. Renate Edmundson Mr. and Mrs. William Eichelberger Evan and Kim Ela Donald Elliott Ms. Gislinde G. Engelmann Bede and Burton Epstein Mary E. Faini Ms. Elizabeth J. Feitner Ms. Janice E. Ferguson Vince and Dorothy Fesmire Mr. and Mrs. James W. Fleet David and Debra Flitter Jim Foster Richard W. Foster John and Lorna Fox Nile Frederickson Freeman Family Foundation Mitch Freeman Mr. Jason Friedlander Carol Friend Norbert and Linda Frueh Terry Hsu-Gander and Todd Gander Dr. and Mrs. Arthur D. Garfein Ms. Rosanne Garrett Lester and Joan Garrison Caleb and Sidney Gates Mr. Ilia Geltser Tom Gilida Mike and Lori Gill Dr. and Mrs. Stanley H. Ginsburg Dr. Gerry and Karen Glancy Tamara Golden and Tim Worrall Mr. Joseph Goldhammer and Mrs. Elizabeth Block Scott and Roberta Goodall Dr. and Mrs. Stephen A. Gorden Tom and Char Gottlieb
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Mr. and Mrs. James B. Grange James and Pamela Green Mr. and Mrs. Gerald M. Greenberg Robert Greene and James Harvey Dr. and Mrs. Daniel J. Greenholz Harry Gregory Nancy and Russ Gregory Mr. Stephen Gregory Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Griffiths Ann Groshek Mr. and Mrs. Michael D. Groshek Fred and Carol Grover Mariellen and Robert Guerra Mr. and Mrs. Russell W. Haas Mr. Douglas B. Hager Misty Haisfield Arthur E. Hall, Jr. Halvorson-Freese 21st Century Fund Mr. Chet K. Hampson and Ms. Susan Martin Mr. and Mrs. Homer Hancock Mr. and Mrs. Carroll R. Harr Vance Harral Col. Lee Harrell (USAF, Retired) and Madeline Homler Mr. Billy Harris and Ms. Linda Purcell Ms. Lois Hartman Ed and Steph Harvey Ms. Dani Hayes Lindsay Hayes Jimin He Mr. Richard W. Healy Mr. and Mrs. George Hearne Mr. and Mrs. John Helfrich Dr. Raymond Henkel Julie Herzog Douglas Hesse and Becky Bradway Ms. Susan A. Hill Julia Ho Mr. William Hoffman Ruth and George Hopfenbeck M. J. Hopkins Bob Horecky Andrew Hornbrook Ms. Joan Houlton Ken and Sue Hovland
COMMUNITY SUPPORT Duane and Katy Howell Ms. Helen O. Hull Dr. Roberta Shaklee and Mr. Edward Hurry Lynn and David Hurst Chuck Husted IBM International Foundation Jennifer Janezic Jeffco Brass Ensemble Mr. and Mrs. Paul Jeffery Mr. and Mrs. Tim Jenkins Craig N. Johnson and Alicia J. McCommons Margie Lee Johnson Stanley and Barbara Jones Betsy Herrick and Milt Kahn Thomas and Veronika Kalan Margaret T. Kaluk Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Kane Donald and Susan Kany Mrs. Diana Kasson Donald and Henny Kaufmann Ms. Regina Q. Keating Mr. J. K. Kelly
Ms. Patricia Kershaw and Mr. Kevin Kershaw Judy Kessenich Charlotte Kilpatrick John C. Kinnamon Mrs. Margie A. Kinslow Rob and Kathy Klugman Stephen and Nancy Kneipple Elmer and Doris Koneman Mr. Keith Lautenbach Richard S. Leaman Mr. Bernard Leason Dr. and Mrs. Robert Lederer Peggy Lehmann Ms. Carol J. Lens Philip R. Levy Judy and Dan Lichtin Marie Lindvall Littleton Drum Studio Karen L. and John E. Litz Nancy Livingston J. P. Loveridge Fred and Bonnie Luhman Ms. Marian Lyons Mr. Claude M. Maer, Jr. Antoinette Macaluso and
Donald Hagengruber John Mamuscia Debbie and Gary Mandelbaum Mr. and Mrs. Paul Marcus Mara Marks Peggy and David Marks Ms. Awilda R. Marquez William J. Martinez & Judith C. Shlay Cathy and Bruce Martin Mrs. Anne Martins Mr. and Mrs. Gerard Martins Mr. James L. Marvin William and Joy Mathews Mr. Steven Mattics Mrs. Dorothy B. Mauk Myron McClellan and Lawrence Phillips Mr. and Mrs. Robert McClelland Dr. Jerrald McCollum MaryKate McCutcheon Lori McDermott Nina and Rex McGehee Mrs. Bridget McNeil Mr. and Mrs. Charles Metzger
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COMMUNITY SUPPORT MHA Petroleum Consultants, LLC Flora and Morris Mizel Foundation Mr. William Mohrman Elizabeth Montgomery Kelvin and Sara Moore Mrs. Patty H. Moore Mr. Douglas G. and Dr. Laura B. Moran Peggy Morgan James and Karin Mote Mrs. Terry S. Murphy Mr. and Mrs. James Nalven Elizabeth Frank and Harry Newman Paul and Barbara Nicholas Ms. Decker Swann Mr. and Mrs. Alan F. Nies Schubert M. Ogden Oracle Matching Gifts Program John and Mary Ann Parfrey Susan S. Parkhurst Mr. Gregory A. Parsons Ginny Passoth Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Peterson Mr. and Mrs. George C. Pickering Fred and Connie Platt Ms. Sally G. Plummer Mary and Bernard Polak Mr. Dan Poole Diana Poole and Steve Lass Mr. and Mrs. H.W. Praetorius Robert and Sarah Przekwas Mr. Frank Quamen Mr. Paul G. Quinn Ms. Alice Quirico Dick Ramsey Richard M. Randall Ralph and Inky Ratcliff Ms. Joan Ratz Ms. Julia Rawlings Melinda H. Reed William and Suzanne Reed David and Jennifer Reinecke Robert B. Renfro Russell Reynolds Maxine and Ed Richard Nancy and Gene Richards Linda A. Rickard- Ackerman Dr. Susan B. Rifkin Dr. Gregory Robbins
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Roberts Mr. Phil Rock and Ms. Pamela L. Page Mr. Bernie Rogoff and Ms. Jean Greenberg Anthony Romeo Mr. and Mrs. Brian Rose Bernard and Beverly Rosen Judith and Allan Rosenbaum Mr. and Mrs. Jack Ross Mary Ann Ross Molly O. Ross Ross Double Bass Jennifer Rowe Stan and Betty Rudeen Mr. Alan Rudolph Judy and Ron Ruth Stanley and Karen Saliman Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Sandt Mr. Al Sardello Dr. Donald W. Schiff, M.D. Mr. Gary Schneider Ms. Shirley A. Scott Mr. John D. Sears Mr. David Seeland Floy Senior Ms. Barbara Servis Barbara and Bob Shaklee Barbara Sharp Charles and Shirley Anne Sheets David and Patricia Shelton Bobbi and Gary Siegel Mr. and Mrs. Sid Smith Stephen A. & Marsha Smith Social Vets South Suburban Music Teachers Association Mrs. Susan Spangler Dr. Leroy Stahlgren and Ms. Diana Lee Mr. and Mrs. Paul C. Stanko Tim Steele and Inge La Cour Nicole J. Stegink Thomas Stephens David Stevens Mrs. Donna Stiles Ms. Edelgard Stoeger Mr. and Mrs. William A. Stolfus Sam and Martha Stott Bill and Shirley Stout Mr. and Ms. Steve Straub Arthur & Stephanie Strasburger
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Mr. and Mrs. William E. Sweet, III Ms. Cle C. Symons Mrs. Mary C. Symonton Syntes Language Group, Inc. Vincent and Gay Tagliavore William E. Bradford, Jr. and Chin Keong Tan Walt and Sally Tejan Mr. Tom Teske Ms. Nancy Thoennes Barbara Thorngren Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Timblin Mr. and Mrs. Paul Trantow Mrs. Sherry E. Merrill and Mr. Stephen P. Treat Mr. and Mrs. Howard Turetzky United Way of Larimer County Dr. and Mrs. Gary D. Vander Ark Heather Van Dusen Phyllis M. Vandeharr Dr. and Mrs. Bolko and Sue Von Roedern Mr. and Mrs. John C. Vaughey Ms. Leslee Viehoff Mr. and Mrs. James M. Voorhees Laurence Wagley Julie and Bob Wallace John and Kristine Wallack Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Ward Carley J. Warren Ms. Rosamond Warren Walter and Susanna Weart Mr. and Mrs. Galen R. Weaver Mr. Kirk Weber Patti and Jay Webster Lisa Weil Rev. Stephen R. Weston Rosemary Whitaker Ms. Carol White Sidney J. and Shirley B. White Whiting Oil & Gas Exploration Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Whitney Norman Wikner Mr. Davis J. Williams Dr. and Mrs. Roger A. Williams Astrida K. Wilson
COMMUNITY SUPPORT Mr. and Mrs. Daniel T. Winston Dr. and Mrs. Robert R. Wolfe Judith Wong-Roberts Ms. June Wood Pat Wynne Dr. Robert and Mrs. Rosemary Yakely Douglas and Barbara Yost Linda and Gene Young Mr. and Ms. Michael A. Zoellner Ms. Karen Zollars Mr. and Mrs. Vladimir M. Zolotoochin
MATCHING DONATIONS 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 Development Department directly please call Kate White at 303.308.2472
WOMEN OF NOTE DONOR LIST The following are members of the Colorado Symphony’s support group Women of Note (WON). WON members receive exclusive benefits and event invitations throughout the season. The Colorado Symphony is grateful for the support of these dedicated individuals.
Anonymous Marin Alsop* Nancy Accetta Maggie Anderson Nora Baldwin Suzanne Barber Ryan Paula Bernstein* Terry Biddinger* Erna Butler* Donna Connolly Anne Culver Kathie Finger Mary Lou Flater Janis Frame Monica Glickman Sarah Hart Diane Hill Eileen Honnen-McDonald* Sandy Lasky* Nancy Lawrence Carolyn Longmire Jeri Loser Merry Low Janet Mordecai Carol Murphy Elizabeth B. Neva Jane Nielsen
Chant: Mystery and Mysticism “Symphonie des Mysteres” – Joaquin Nin-Culmell Six Male Voices and Richard Robertson, organ
February 12 and 14
Charles Wood: St. Mark Passion Mixed Voices and Richard Robertson, organ
March 18, 19 and 20
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COMMUNITY SUPPORT Shelia O’Brien Diane Padalino Ursula Powell Margaret Roath Mary Rossick Kern* Suzanne Satter Alice Silver Phoebe Smedley Lynne Valencia Janyce Wald Rivka Weisberg Judy Wigod *Founding Member
SPECIAL PROJECT DONORS The Colorado Symphony constantly seeks new and creative ways to preserve the cultural legacy of symphonic music while actively co-creating its future. By working on new recording and collaborations the Colorado Symphony strives to stay relevant for generations to come. Anonymous Col. Philip Beaver and Mrs. Kim Beaver Bob and Cynthia Benson Colorado Symphony Guild Inc. Tom and Noel Congdon Mr. and Mrs. Scott Cromie Dr. Everette J. Freeman Mr. Paul E. Goodspeed and Ms. Mary Poole Jennifer Heglin Mary Rossick Kern and Jerome H. Kern Fred and Connie Platt
EDUCATION DONOR LIST Through our Master Mentors program, Petite Musique, and Once Upon A Time school assembly performances, your Colorado Symphony reaches thousands of
young people within and well outside the Denver metro area, from months old through high school and beyond. We always work to extend and increase our outreach and could not possibly do it without your support.
Scientific & Cultural Collaborative
PLATINUM CHAIRMAN’S SOCIETY ($50,000+) Anonymous Malone Family Foundation Target
SYMPHONY MUSICIAN ($500+) Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. G.W. Quinby
GOLD CHAIRMAN’S SOCIETY ($25,000+) Anonymous DaVita Helen K. & Arthur E. Johnson Foundation Ralph L. and Florence R. Burgess Trust CHAIRMAN’S SOCIETY ($10,000+) Anonymous The AJL Charitable Foundation The Denver Foundation US Bank Community Development Walter S. Rosenberry, III Trust SILVER CONDUCTOR’S CIRCLE ($5,000+) Anonymous Colorado Symphony Guild Inc. Denver Post Charities a McCormick Foundation Fund ECA Foundation Mrs. Sandy Elliott Xcel Energy Foundation CONDUCTOR’S CIRCLE ($2,000+) Anonymous Cherry Hills Cultural Associates Mr. Paul Eveloff Donna C. Kornfeld Parker Foundation
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SYMPHONY CONCERTMASTER ($1,000+) Anonymous Kinder Morgan Foundation Katherine McMurray
SYMPHONY PATRON ($250+) Julie Belcher
COLORADO SYMPHONY 5K
We asked you to leave your headphones at home and help the Colorado Symphony kick off its 2015/16 concert season by participating in the Colorado Symphony 5K Run/Walk on September 19th at Sloan’s Lake Park. Thank you for all your support! GOLD CHAIRMAN’S SOCIETY ($25,000+) St. Anthony HospitalCentura Health SILVER CONDUCTOR’S CIRCLE ($5,000+) Anonymous CONDUCTOR’S CIRCLE ($2,000+) Colorado Symphony Guild Inc. SYMPHONY CONCERTMASTER ($1,000+) Arc Thrift Store Community College Of Denver Mr. and Mrs. Harold Logan
COMMUNITY SUPPORT SYMPHONY MUSICIAN ($500+) Argonaut Wine & Liquor SYMPHONY PATRON ($250+) Beef King, LLC Bing! Bistro Charlotte Denver Order Up Fit To Smile High Point Creamery The Publishing House Puff’s Preserves Rupert’s at the Edge Schmitt Music Company
BALL SPONSOR LIST The 2015 Colorado Symphony Ball raised money through table sales, individual and corporate contributions, sponsorship, silent and live auction, and real-time voting during “THE BATTLE OF THE BANDS” where guests voted for their favorite band. This year’s bands were the Colorado Symphony, The DaVita Blues All Stars, and Tracksuit Wedding. PRESENTING SPONSOR ($75,000+) Avenir Foundation, Inc. VIRTUOSO ($50,000+) Anonymous Arrow Electronics, Inc. Liberty Global MAESTRO ($25,000+) Anonymous The Anschutz Corporation DaVita Delta Dental Plan of Colorado Discovery Communications Keith and Kathie Finger IAC Corporation Jerome H. Kern and Mary Rossick Kern Liberty Media Corporation
LionTree Advisors, LLC ENCORE ($15,000+) Anonymous AEG Live Mr. Stephen Brett and Ms. L. Shoemaker FirstBank Holding Company of Colorado Dr. Christopher Ott and Mr. Jeremy Simons Mr. and Mrs. Jim Shpall CONCERTMASTER ($10,000+) Mr. and Mrs. Tony Accetta Baker Botts, L.L.P. Cablevision Systems Corporation Mr. and Mrs. Scott Campbell, Jr. Denver Broncos Football Club Merrill Lynch Pentec Health Sherman & Howard Southern Wine and Spirits University of Denver PRINCIPAL ($5,000+) Amelie Co. AMG National Trust Bank Ms. Maggie Anderson Arrow Enterprise Computing Solutions NA Ballard Spahr LLP BeneFactor Bouquets Young and Carolyn Cho Colorado Rockies Baseball Club Coors Distributing Company Davis Graham & Stubbs, LLP Deep Space Systems Ms. Stephanie Donner Eide Bailly Mrs. Sandy Elliott Dr. Everette J. Freeman Mr. Paul E. Goodspeed and Ms. Mary Poole Grant Thornton Holland & Hart, LLP iheartmedia Denver Institute for Children’s Mental Disorder KPMG, LLP
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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.
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COMMUNITY SUPPORT In memory of Willis Dutra-Silveria given by: Ms. Janet M. Erjavec In memory of Frances E. given by: Cynthia Schauer In memory of Lynn Erion given by: Ms. Jo Ellen Cohen In memory of Dr. Joyce S. Freeman given by: Freeman Family Foundation In memory of Julie Gannon given by: Deep Space Systems 5K team 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 The Sylvan Stool Family In memory of Eleanor Hayden given by: Ms. Jean Melville In memory of Dr. H. Michael Hayes given by: Hayes Family Foundation In memory of Allen Johannes Heim given by: Arik Heim Christian Heim Lauren Yager In memory of Jeannine D. Hiester given by: Phillip C. Hiester In memory of Maurice Larue given by: Scott and Jackie Barnes Denis and Kathy Donnelly Ms. Carol A. Greenwald
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In memory of Roxanne Pinneo given by: Quality Life Services Ms. Dorothy Wright In memory of Michael Schatz given by: Ms. Jo Ellen Cohen In memory of Robert Schulein given by: The Denver Foundation Mrs. Nancy Schulein In memory of Mary Ruth Smith given by: Ms. Anne H. Wheeler In memory of his wife, Tracy Smith given by: Mr. Clyde Eaton Smith In memory of Betty Sonnenberg given by: Sylvia Kreider In memory of Lee and Margaret Tipton given by: Tipton Family Foundation In memory of Ablie Ubran given by: Mr. and Mrs. David McGaw In memory of Sue Van Deusen given by: M Cati Flater David P. and Chady L. Hall Ms. Violet Wagener In memory of Guenther Vogt given by: Mr. Charles Anderson Ms. Anne Oberbroeckling In memory of Lisa Gayle Wigod given by: Alan and Judy Wigod In memory of Jim Withers given by: Ann and Henry Jesse In memory of Bill Zishkagiven by: Lisa, Susan, and Ellen Madsen In memory of Josephine Zoglo given by: Regina Zoglo
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COMMUNITY SUPPORT 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 Libby Anschutz given by: Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Hirschfeld In honor of Kristina Arko given by: Alenka Han In honor of Linda Battan given by: Nancy Battan In honor of Christina Carlson Ms. Marjorie H. Adler Carolyn and Ronald Baer Frederick W. Damour In honor of Their Friends in the Colorado Symphony Chorus given by: Susan von Roedern In honor of Pera Beth Eichelberger’s Birthday given by: Marian Bakken Karen Fabean In honor of Ms. Jo Ellen Cohen’s birthday given by: Mandelbaum Family Charitable Foundation Ms. Sharon Marks Flora and Morris Mizel Foundation Ms. Faye Gardenswartz In honor of Monica Glickman given by: Ms. Ruth Schorsch In honor of Bill and Carol Gossard given by: Anonymous
In honor of retired CSO musician, Chet Hampson given by: Susan Martin In honor of James Hart given by: Ms. Kathleen Anna Schmidt In honor of Philip C. Hiester, Master Electrician CSO given by: Adina and Eli Reshotko In honor of Jerry Kern given by: Nancy Battan Mrs. Terry A. Biddinger Laura Bond Patty and Don Cook Stephen A. Edmonds Sari and Bob Freedman In honor of Mary Rossick Kern and Jerry Kern given by: Michael and Christine James Myron and Marcia Stein In honor of John and Karen Kinzie given by: Ms. Kathleen Dunnewald In honor of Kathy Newman’s 70th Birthday given by: Ms. Sheila Lehrburger In honor of Scott O’Neil given by: Colorado Symphony Guild, Inc.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 Frank Y. Parce given by: Mr. David Parce In honor of Eleanor Roberts given by: Mr. David Parce In honor of Dr. and Mrs. Richard Sanders given by: Ms. Ann Gugenheim
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In honor of Kathleen Schmidt given by: Edith M. and Norman C. Bertelsen In honor of Enid Slack’s Birthday given by: Mr. and Mrs. Dick Freese In honor of Irene Szyliowicz’s 80th Birthday given by: Dr. and Mrs. Bernard Spilka In honor of Kris and John Wallack given by: Mr. Richard Falb Gail Skaggs In honor of Robert Warner given by: Ruth Mosteller In honor of Darlee Whiting given by: Hayes Family Foundation In honor of Rowena Zelkind Dr. and Mrs. Bernard Spilka
THE HORACE TUREMAN SOCIETY Named for the first conductor of the Denver Civic Orchestra, the Horace Tureman Society honors an exceptional group of people who have pledged future support for the Symphony through an estate gift. The Tureman Society recognizes in perpetuity those making estate gifts through wills, living trusts, annuities, IRAs, retirement plans, charitable trusts, life insurance designations, or other legacy giving vehicles. Anonymous (2) Richard and Susan Abernethy Edgardo and Lisa Belen Mr. and Mrs. David M. Budd Mr. Jim Caputo Mr. Gene Child J. Harold Corp Trust
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