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BEHIND THE SCENES I N T E R V I E W:

HOW A SYMPHONY SEASON IS BORN Colorado Symphony’s Tony Pierce and Bob Neu talk about everything that goes into bringing a new season to life. page 16

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Welcome

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Beyond the Concert Hall

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Orchestra

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SPOTLIGHT

COLORADO SYMPHONY

COLORADO SYMPHONY

Board of Trustees COLORADO SYMPHONY

Staff 2016

Sounds of Summer How a Symphony Season is Born 2016-2017

Season Schedule MUSICIAN SPOTLIGHT

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Susan Cahill

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Support

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COMMUNITY

WELCOME

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ello and thank you once again for joining my fellow orchestra members and me for another concert here at the Colorado Symphony.

As we enjoy the heart of the Colorado Symphony’s 15/16 season, we are already excited about announcing our next season of concerts. In the coming 16/17 season, we’ll be presenting some of our favorite Masterworks programs, exploring more Geek and Pops concerts than ever before, and mixing genres together in a way that is sure to bring the music-loving community together like never before.

Building a new season is a truly a collaborative process between the Music Director, the Artistic Committee Committee of which I am a member, the artistic administrators in liaison with all the invited artists, the marketing team, and many others that all come together to bring you a season full of great music.

I am especially thrilled about the world premiere of the Daniel Kellogg violin concerto called Rising Phoenix. It’s a special honor to have a wonderful and talented composer write a piece of this magnitude specifically for me and the Colorado Symphony.

To be a part of the creative process, from inception to birth, is very exciting! Daniel Kellogg has found inspiration from the story of the Phoenix - a magical bird of fire found in thousands of years of mythology spanning the globe in numerous cultures and religions. The solo violin will be featured as the voice of the phoenix in a five movement concerto. We hope to be able to keep you updated on its progress and please join us for the world premiere in October.

Speaking from the musicians’ vantage point, we are so happy to see you in the audience. Our hard work only truly comes alive with you here participating with us. We are grateful for your continued support and participation, and look forward to seeing you again in the 2016/17 season!

Yumi Hwang-Williams, Concertmaster

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SPOTLIGHT Beyond the Concert Hall

Remix Remix is a community that engages, inspires and connects young professionals with the Colorado Symphony. Join a community of young symphony-goers to share in Colorado Symphony performances, happy hours around town, and special events unlike any you’ve ever seen.

Beethoven and Brews Enjoy an exclusive beer tasting paired with light hors d’oeuvres and the sounds of a Colorado Symphony small ensemble performed in breweries around the city. Beethoven and Brews features an ensemble performance and four 4 oz. samples of beer from your favorite local breweries. Limited room per event, buy your tickets early!

Women of Note Women of Note is a membership group of goodwill ambassadors for the Colorado Symphony, encouraging individuals and organizations to attend concerts and provide financial support to the region’s premier performing arts organization. More than 95% of the funds raised through membership fees provide direct salary support to one distinguished female Colorado Symphony musician each year.

Colorado Symphony 5k Run/Walk Leave your headphones at home and help the Colorado Symphony kick off its 2016/17 concert season by participating in the Colorado Symphony 5K Run/Walk on Saturday, September 17th at Sloan’s Lake Park. Put a team together; bring your family, friends and pets, and join us for a funfilled event featuring live music along the course.

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KYM THOMSON

DANNY TURNER

COLORADO SYMPHONY

ANDREW LITTON

MARIN ALSOP

MUSIC DIRECTOR

CONDUCTOR LAUREATE

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

CHRISTOPHER DRAGON

ANDRES LOPERA

ASSISTANT CONDUCTOR

DUAIN WOLFE CHORUS DIRECTOR

ASSOCIATE CONDUCTOR

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 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* Kathleen Johnson, Esq.

Brooks Kanski John Kinzie* Richard Kylberg Evan Lasky Paul Lopez Jonathan Masoudi, M.D Patrick C. McKinstry, Esq. Joe Neguse, Esq. Kolio Plachkov* Julie Rubsam Jason Shafer* Jim Shpall Eric Sondermann Barbara Springer Lynne Valencia Basil Vendryes* Wellington Webb * Colorado Symphony Musician Trustee EX-OFFICIO TRUSTEES Andrew Litton Colorado Symphony Music Director

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

Bridget McNeil, Secretary Nick Recuber, Musician Chair Drew Frey, Communications Chair Jocelyn Hittle, Membership Chair ASSOCIATE BOARD MEMBERS Whitney Ariss Andrea Copland Rachel Ellis Sara Hare Gerry Heise William Kowalski Sarah Parmley Chris Strom Kelly Waltrip Rachel Yeates

Magical Music of Harry Potter APR 10 SUN 1:00

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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

Christopher Kirkland Master Carpenter Kyle Kamrath Manager of Artistic Operations Matt Krupa Application Administrator Andres Lopera Assistant Conductor Ian MacIntyre Manager of Patron Services Jessica Mays Artistic Coordinator Seth McNew Director of Public and Community Relations Shari Myers Education Coordinator Parker Owens Director of Marketing Mike Pappas New Media Center Barbara Porter Assistant Chorus Manager Paula Rossin, Staff Accountant Emily Scott Artistic Administrator Park Wm. Showalter House Manager Norma Theisen Director of Finance and Controller Kate White Development Administrative Assistant Doug Yost Director of Information Services Suzanne Yuzer Development Associate Patron Services Associates Amanda Cantu Brian Goetzinger Alexis Kittner Lead Patron Services Associate Michael Mrkacek Robert Steiger Lead Patron Services Associate Nilgen Velazco George Ward Robert Warner Senior Patron Services Associate and Symphony Concierge Lindsey White

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THE SYMPHONY FUND Stephen M. Brett, President Norman L. Wilson, Treasurer Jeffrey Davine, Secretary Jerome H. Kern Gregg O. Kvistad Karen H. Long COLORADO SYMPHONY GUILD OFFICERS Mary Neidig President Susan Seitz President-Elect Constance Bender Recording Secretary J. Rene Gash Corresponding Secretary Donna Connolly Treasurer Sara Moore Assistant Treasurer Linda Ackerman Vice-President of Fundraising Maureen Solomon Vice-President of Information Management Sharon Reimer Vice-President of Membership Deanna Leino Vice-President of Music Education Janet Weisheit Parliamentarian Sharon Reimer Immediate Past President Maureen Solomon Mentor to the President Boettcher Concert Hall Denver Performing Arts Complex 1000 14th Street, Box #15 Denver, CO 80202 Phone: 303.292.5566 Fax: 303.293.2649 Email: orders@coloradosymphony.org Tickets: 303.623.7876 coloradosymphony.org

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The Flaming Lips with the Colorado Symphony

MAY 26 THU 7:30

Red Rocks Amphitheatre

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JUN 16 THU 7:30

Red Rocks Amphitheatre

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Family Friendly Fourth of July with the Colorado Symphony

JUL 4

MON 7:30

Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre

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Arvada Center 40th Anniversary Concert

JUL 9

SAT 7:30

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Chris Botti and Joshua Bell with the Colorado Symphony

JUL 24 SUN 7:30

Red Rocks Amphitheatre

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Mozart Under Moonlight

JUL 29 FRI 7:30

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Jerry Garcia Symphonic Celebration featuring Warren Haynes and the Colorado Symphony

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MON 7:30

Red Rocks Amphitheatre

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Light Up with Styx and the Colorado Symphony

AUG 29 MON 7:30

Red Rocks Amphitheatre

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B E H I N D T H E S C E N E S I N T E R V I E W:

HOW A SYMPHONY SEASON IS BORN

Colorado Symphony’s Senior Vice President of Innovative Planning, Tony Pierce, and Senior Vice President of Artistic Planning, Bob Neu, talk about everything that goes into bringing a new season to life.

— By Seth McNew

The Colorado Symphony has more than 90 performances under more than 43 different concert titles planned for its 2016/17 season. Before a performance can ever be announced, years of planning go into selecting the concert titles, conductors, guest artists, repertoire, dates, and many other aspects of the performance. In this interview, Tony Pierce and Bob Neu draw back the curtain on what it was like to create the Colorado Symphony’s recently released 2016/17 season.

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Who all is involved with building an upcoming season?

Bob: It starts with the Music Director and orchestra’s Artistic Committee, a group of artistic staff and musicians. Then other staff including Artistic, Marketing, Public Relations and Finance all start to refine the ideas keeping in mind saleability, budget and community interest. We also bring in Development to look at funding possibilities. It’s really a company-wide effort.

Tony: The Artistic Committee then remains engaged throughout the entire process. The calendar is important, so we have to make sure that the series are in place, the artists are available, and the work load of the orchestra is managed meaning we work with artists’ managers and our own personnel manager. We even engage City of Denver planners to make sure that we schedule concerts that coincide with certain city-wide events or avoid others that would make it difficult for our patrons to get to the hall.

How long ago did you start the planning process, and when was it finally set?

Bob: We start about two years in advance. We’re already well into planning for the 17/18 season at this point. We work to have a season finalized by late November of each season so that Marketing can begin work on the brochure in order to have a February announcement.

Tony: It can be even longer than that sometimes – I have holds on the Red Rocks Amphitheatre calendar through the summer of 2019. You have to pounce on an opportunity when it’s available. For example, I started talking to the Flaming Lips three years ago to start wrapping our heads around how the concert this summer would happen.

There are a lot of exciting guest artists scheduled for next season. How do you decide who you want to bring to the Colorado Symphony, and how do you get in touch with them?

Tony: The Music Director and past relationships play a large role in who we are able to bring in.

Then we are in close contact with management teams in places like New York and LA. The project and repertoire of course play a big role as well, since you want to find the perfect guest artist to complement the concert you are planning.

Bob: I keep a running list of artists who have had successes and should be reengaged along with lists of emerging artists and performers who are established but have never performed with the orchestra. Once we determine who we’d like to invite, I contact their managements to check on interest and availability.

What goes into deciding a concert title, especially for shows that have more than one composer featured?

Tony: We engage with all staff in marketing and artistic to find a title that will resonate with audiences and help them to understand what they will see. The title should relate to the repertoire, but should also be able to promote the underlying theme of the piece. If you are playing Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 for example, you might want to highlight “triumph” or “brotherhood”.

Bob: It’s not just the concert title either, it’s also the artwork that our marketing team creates which is unique to each concert. They work to pull together the backstory of each program and visualize it.

Look at the artwork for next seasons Messiah and Tchaikovsky concerts to see what I mean.

Of all of the concerts planned for next season, which are you most excited for?

Bob: That’s such a hard question to answer – we have so many great things on the horizon.

I’d have to choose La Boheme as no one does those passionate operas like Andrew Litton. Also the Bach St. Matthew Passion is at the top of my list. It’s one of THE greatest masterpieces in the repertoire and I think our take on it will be unique and very moving.

Tony: I’m really excited for Second City Guide to the Symphony. The collaboration with the comedy troupe is going to be unique and hilarious. I’m also really excited about Leroy Anderson. It’s such a great program for our traditional pops patrons, and it will feature a lot of our artists as soloists.

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ANNOUNCING THE

La Bohème Conducted by Andrew Litton OCT 21-23

MASTERWORKS

FRI-SAT 7:30 • SUN 1:00

Andrew Litton, conductor Colorado Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe, director Colorado Children’s Chorale, Deborah DeSantis, artistic director PUCCINI La Bohème Semi-staged production

Movie at the Symphony: Raiders of the Lost Ark OCT 28

TRADITIONAL POPS

FRI 7:30

Halloween Spooktacular OCT 29

Britten Performed by Augustin Hadelich NOV 4-5

For full concert details and descriptions please view online at coloradosymphony.org. Full 2016/17 Colorado Symphony brochure will be available March 1, 2016.

John Denver: A Rocky Mountain High Concert Celebration with the Colorado Symphony SEPT 10

FREE COMMUNITY CONCERT

THU 7:00

Opening Weekend: Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2 SEPT 16-17

MASTERWORKS

FRI-SAT 7:30

Andrew Litton, conductor Jon Kimura Parker, piano BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 83 STRAUSS Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30

The Second City Guide to the Symphony SEPT 24

TRADITIONAL POPS

SAT 7:30

SEPT 30-OCT 2 FRI-SAT 7:30 • SUN 1:00

MASTERWORKS

Teddy Abrams, conductor Morgan James, vocals Selections from Bernstein’s favorite musicals such as West Side Story, Candide, and On the Town

Kellogg’s Concerto World Premiere Featuring Yumi Hwang-Williams OCT 14-15

MASTERWORKS

SUN 1:00

Christopher Dragon, conductor

NOV 11-12

MASTERWORKS

FRI-SAT 7:30

Shostakovich Performed by Silver Ainomäe NOV 18-20

FRI-SAT 7:30 • SUN 1:00

MASTERWORKS

Peter Oundjian, conductor Silver Ainomäe, cello SHOSTAKOVICH Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major, Op. 107 BARTÓK Concerto for Orchestra

FAMILY

Colorado Symphony Percussionists

All Beethoven Featuring Symphony No. 7 DEC 2-4

FRI-SAT 7:30 • SUN 1:00

MASTERWORKS

David Danzmayr, conductor Stephen Hough, piano BEETHOVEN Overture to Coriolan, Op. 62 BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major, Op. 37 BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92

A Colorado Christmas DEC 9-11

FRI 7:30 • SAT 2:30 & 6:00 • SUN 1:00

HOLIDAY

Colorado Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe, director Colorado Children’s Chorale, Deborah DeSantis, artistic director

DEC 16-17

Edwin Outwater, conductor Yumi Hwang-Williams, violin BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36 DANIEL KELLOGG Rising Phoenix JANÁČEK Sinfonietta

OCT 16

Ben Folds: Master Work with the Colorado Symphony

Handel’s Messiah

FRI-SAT 7:30

Inside Dvořák Symphony No. 9 “From the New World”

Courtney Lewis, conductor Augustin Hadelich, violin BARBER Symphony No. 1, Op. 9 BRITTEN Violin Concerto, Op. 15 BARBER Adagio for Strings ELGAR In the South, Op. 50

Drums of the World NOV 27 SUN 1:00

Second City Jeffrey Biegel, piano Program featuring the premiere of PDQ BACH’s “Concerto for VERY Grand Piano”

An Evening of Bernstein’s Best

MASTERWORKS

FRI-SAT 7:30

Ben Folds, piano BEN FOLDS Concerto for Piano and Orchestra

SAT 7:30

El Latir de México SEPT 15

SPECIAL

FAMILY

SAT 2:30

HOLIDAY

FRI-SAT 7:30

Nicholas Kraemer, conductor Colorado Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe, director

Handel’s Messiah Sing-Along DEC 18 INSIDE THE SCORE

HOLIDAY

SUN 4:00

Duain Wolfe, conductor Colorado Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe, director

Celtic Woman Home for Christmas: The Symphony Tour DEC 20

TUE 7:30

FEATURE

SEASON AT A GLANCE

Frosty & Frozen DEC 21

A Night In Vienna DEC 31

HOLIDAY

Symphonic Tribute To Comic Con: The Tetralogy

FREE COMMUNITY CONCERT

TUE 7:30

A Night of Pops: Tribute to Leroy Anderson JAN 14

Inside Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4

SAT 6:30

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Tribute JAN 10

HOLIDAY

WED 6:30

TRADITIONAL POPS

SAT 7:30

Symphonic Firsts Conducted by Mark Wigglesworth

MASTERWORKS

JAN 20-21 FRI-SAT 7:30 Mark Wigglesworth, conductor MOZART SCHUBERT BRAHMS

JAN 22

INSIDE THE SCORE

SUN 1:00

FEB 3-4

MASTERWORKS

FRI-SAT 7:30

Andrew Litton, conductor Olga Kern, piano RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 1 in F-sharp minor, Op. 1 SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 60, “Leningrad”

Byron Stripling What a Wonderful World: A Tribute to Louis Armstrong FEB 11

TRADITIONAL POPS

Peter and the Wolf FEB 12

FAMILY

Denver Young Artists Orchestra

FEB 17-18

MASTERWORKS

FRI-SAT 7:30

MAR 3-5

MAR 11

MASTERWORKS

FRI-SAT 7:30 SUN 1:00

APR 2

FAMILY

SUN 1:00

Mozart Performed by Jason Shafer FRI-SAT 7:30 • SUN 1:00

MASTERWORKS

Jaime Martin, conductor Jason Shafer, clarinet DUKAS La Péri, Poème dansé MOZART Clarinet Concerto in A major, K. 622 RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade, Op. 35

APR 21-22

MASTERWORKS

FRI-SAT 7:30

Kevin John Edusei, conductor Gabriel Preisser, narrator J. STRAUSS JR. HK GRUBER BRAHMS/orch. SCHOENBERG

On the Beautiful Blue Danube, Op. 314 Frankenstein!!

Piano Quartet in G minor, Op. 25

Movie at the Symphony: E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial APR 27

GEEK

THU 7:30 FUNDRAISER

SAT 6:00

Bach St. Matthew Passion MAY 5 & 7

FRI 7:30 • SUN 1:00

MASTERWORKS

Cristian Macelaru, conductor Nicholas Phan, Evangelist Hadleigh Adams, Jesus Colorado Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe, director

St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244

Dianne Reeves in Concert MAY 13

TRADITIONAL POPS

SAT 7:30

Mahler Symphony No. 3 Conducted by Andrew Litton MAY 19-21

FRI-SAT 7:30 • SUN 1:00

MAHLER

Symphony No. 3 in D minor

MASTERWORKS

Andrew Litton, conductor Michelle DeYoung, mezzo Colorado Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe, director Colorado Children’s Chorale, Deborah DeSantis, artistic director TRADITIONAL POPS

SAT 7:30

Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 MAR 17-18

A Symphonic Beauty and the Beast

J.S. BACH

Christopher Dragon, conductor Jeffrey Kahane, piano Colorado Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe, director BRAHMS Nänie for Chorus and Orchestra, Op. 82 SCHUMANN Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54 BRAHMS Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90

Time For Three

TRADITIONAL POPS

SAT 7:30

Colorado Children’s Chorale, Deborah DeSantis, artistic director

Andre deRidder, conductor Nadia Sirota, viola NICO MUHLY Viola Concerto

Christopher Dragon and Jeffrey Kahane in Concert

APR 1

APR 29

SUN 1:00

deRidder Conducts

The Music of Michael Jackson

Colorado Symphony Ball

SAT 7:30

Byron Stripling, trumpet/ vocals

GEEK

MAR 24-25 FRI-SAT 7:30 Colorado Symphony Chorus, Mary Louise Burke, associate director

HK Gruber’s Frankenstein!!

Rachmaninoff Performed by Olga Kern

INSIDE THE SCORE

SUN 1:00

APR 7-9

Symphony No. 1 in E-flat major, K. 16 Symphony No. 1 in D major, D. 82 Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 68

Inside Symphonic Beginnings

MAR 19

FRI-SAT 7:30

Marcelo Lehninger, conductor Vadim Gluzman, violin TCHAIKOVSKY Marche Slave, Op. 31 PROKOFIEV Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 63 TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36

MASTERWORKS

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MUSICIAN SPOTLIGHT MEET SUSAN CAHILL: Colorado Symphony Bassist by day…

“A showcase for the amazing Susan Cahill, (she) made the double bass sing...with a marvelously disembodied, woody timbre.”

— The Colorado Springs Gazette, 2010

Bassist, composer, educator, and Colorado Symphony Board of Trustees member Susan Cahill has been a member of the Colorado Symphony since 1997. During her nearly two decades as a member of this orchestra, Susan has been featured as soloist many times both at Boettcher Concert Hall and throughout the country.

However, Susan is around town much more than just on stage at Boettcher. She is the co-Artistic Director of Denver Eclectic Concerts, which holds concerts monthly at Baur’s Listening Lounge, and plays in a variety of chamber ensembles.

Recently she has started a band called Grande Orquesta Navarre with DeVotchKa music virtuoso Tom Haggerman and two other members. Aside from these small band engagements, Susan is a member of the Colorado Symphony Artistic Committee and Board of Trustees, teaches lessons to students around Colorado, has been a distinguished faculty member at local universities, and even does some of her own composing.

Guiding the artistic vision of the Colorado Symphony Susan is a member of the Colorado Symphony Artistic Committee, a group of musicians and artistic staff that meet often to determine the artistic direction of the symphony including concert selection and more.

“Serving on the Artistic Committee is a very important part of my work with the symphony,” says Susan. “Specifically, the Artistic Committee helps shape the entire scope of the musical output of the symphony. We are elected by our colleagues to represent the vision of the musicians, and we work closely with the administration to make sure that we have an exciting balance of tradition and innovation.”

Susan notes that many in the orchestra perform service work, be it serving on committees, selling raffle tickets, or performing for fundraisers. “All of us know the importance of pulling continued on page 23

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Building new generations of musical talent Whether it’s giving private lessons, teaching as faculty at a university, or directing and performing at festivals, Susan is passionate about getting out in the community and teaching.

Susan has been on the faculty at the University of Denver and Colorado College, and has also had performances as faculty at each school. Last spring, her DU faculty solo recital featured her own jazz compositions as well as “Failing, an incredibly difficult piece for String Bass” which you can find on YouTube if you want to hear this magnificent piece. This summer, she’ll be at Colorado College’s Summer Music Festival performing the Rossini Duo with renowned cellist David Ying.

Susan has performed at Festival Mozaic’s yearly concert “Classical Musicians doing UnClassical Things” where she was featured as soloist, composer and chamber musician. She was also recently featured in February in The Co-directors concert of Denver Eclectic, including a performance of her piece “Sonata for Double Bass and iTunes User Agreement”, co-written with local improv actor and symphony supporter, Jon Wilkerson.

And of course — accomplished ensemble player Aside from all of her duties with the Colorado Symphony and teaching, Susan has found time to work with various ensembles putting on performances around the world. Susan has appeared with the American roots band The Boulder Acoustic Society and was a member of the acclaimed Argentinian tango ensemble Extasis, which performed on three continents.

Most recently, she’s been performing for growing audiences in the new quartet, Grande Orquesta Navarre. “We had a great premiere performance on the Denver Eclectic Series in December, and even got a nice write up in the Denver Post. We are currently working on getting that live recording out to the public.”

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MASTERWORKS BIOGRAPHIES JOSÉ LUIS GOMEZ, conductor José Luis Gomez started his musical career as a violinist, and by the age of 11 he was Concertmaster of the Youth Orchestra of Zulia State — part of El Sistema de Orquestas Juveniles de Venezuela. He graduated from the Manhattan School of Music in New York before embarking on a European orchestral career. Deciding to follow his dream to have more creative input and influence on musical direction he took conducting lessons from Lu Jia, Muhai Tang and John Nelson. After just six months of studying conducting he went on to win First Prize at the International Sir Georg Solti Conductor’s Competition, securing a sensational and rare unanimous decision from the jury. Gomez’s electrifying energy, talent and creativity earned him immediate acclaim from the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra where he was appointed to the position of Assistant Conductor, a post created especially for him by Paavo Jarvi and the orchestra directly upon the conclusion of the competition. Recent symphonic highlights included debuts with Royal Liverpool and Rochester Philharmonic; Frankfurt Radio, Colorado, Vancouver, Edmonton, Pasadena, Tucson, New Zealand and the National Taiwan Symphony Orchestras; and Sinfonia Varsovia; as well as invitations to Orquesta Sinfonica de Castilla y Leon and Orquestra Sinfonica Brasileira This season sees Gomez make his Carnegie Hall debut conducting the YPhil International Philharmonic Orchestra, as well as his Moscow State Conservatory debut. He also returns for much anticipated concerts with the Tucson and Colorado Symphony Orchestras and conducting the widely televised New Years Eve concert in Sofia with soprano Federica Lombardi.

Gomez will become Music Director Designate of the Tucson Symphony beginning in the 201617 season.

BELA FLECK, banjo Béla Anton Leoš Fleck was born in New York and named after Béla Bartók, Leoš Janáček and Anton Webern. Fleck has been nominated for 32 Grammys® in more unique categories than any artist in Grammy® history, winning 16 of them. Widely considered the world’s premier banjo, Fleck is an artist who has completely redefined the limits of the instrument. First making his name in the seminal bluegrass ensemble New Grass Revival with Sam Bush, Fleck then formed The Flecktones which combined elements of jazz, jam-band and folk music and has become wildly popular for its brilliant genredefying live concerts. In 2001 Fleck delivered Perpetual Motion, his acclaimed foray into the classical world, which picked up two Grammys.® Since writing and performing concerti with double bassist, Edgar Meyer and tabla master Zakir Hussain, Fleck made his Deutsche Grammophon debut in 2013 with his concerto for solo banjo, The Imposter, commissioned by and recorded with The Nashville Symphony.

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MASTERWORKS PROGRAM NOTES JOHN ADAMS (born in 1947): The Chairman Dances (Foxtrot for Orchestra) John Adams was born in Worcester, Massachusetts on February 15, 1947. The Chairman Dances, from the opera Nixon in China, composed in 1985, was premiered on January 31, 1986 by the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Lukas Foss. The opera was premiered in Houston in October 1987. The score calls for two piccolos, calls for two flutes (both doubling piccolo), two oboes, two clarinets, bass clarinet, two bassoons, four horns, two trumpets, two trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, piano, harp and strings. Duration is about 12 minutes. The last performance by the orchestra was on January 30 and February 1, 1992.

John Adams is one of today’s most acclaimed composers. Audiences have responded enthusiastically to his music, and he enjoys a success not seen by an American composer since the zenith of Aaron Copland’s career: a recent survey of major orchestras conducted by the League of American Orchestras found John Adams to be the most frequently performed living American composer; he received the University of Louisville’s distinguished Grawemeyer Award in 1995 for his Violin Concerto; in 1997, he was the focus of the New York Philharmonic’s Composer Week, elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and named “Composer of the Year” by Musical America Magazine; he has been made a Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Ministry of Culture; in 1999, Nonesuch released The John Adams Earbox, a critically acclaimed ten-CD collection of his work; in 2003, he received the Pulitzer Prize for On the Transmigration of Souls, written for the New York Philharmonic in commemoration of the first anniversary of the World Trade Center attacks, and was also recognized by New York’s Lincoln Center with a two-month retrospective of his work titled “John Adams: An American Master,” the most extensive festival devoted to a living composer ever mounted at Lincoln Center; from 2003 to 2007, Adams held the Richard and Barbara Debs Composer’s Chair at Carnegie Hall; in 2004, he was awarded the Centennial Medal of Harvard University’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences “for contributions to society” and became the first-ever recipient of the Nemmers Prize in Music Composition, which included residencies and teaching at Northwestern University; he was a 2009 recipient of the NEA Opera Award; he has been granted honorary doctorates from the Royal Academy of Music (London), Juilliard School and Cambridge, Harvard, Yale and Northwestern universities, honorary membership in Phi Beta Kappa, and the California Governor’s Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Arts.

The Chairman Dances (Foxtrot for Orchestra) is a by-product of Adams’ 1985 opera, Nixon in China, premiered in Houston in 1987. The opera, explained Michael Steinberg in his liner notes for the recording of The Chairman Dances on Nonesuch Records, is “neither comic nor strictly historical though it contains elements of both. It is set in three days of President Nixon’s visit to Beijing in February 1972, one act for each day. The single scene of the third act takes place in the Great Hall of the People, where there is yet another exhausting banquet, this one hosted by the Americans.”

The preface to the score gives the following description of The Chairman Dances: “Madame Mao, alias Jiang Ching, has gatecrashed the Presidential banquet. She is seen standing first where she is most in the way of the waiters. After a few minutes, she brings out a box of paper lanterns and hangs them around the hall, then strips down to a cheongsam, skin-tight from neck to ankle, and slit up to the hip. She signals the orchestra to play and begins to dance herself.

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MASTERWORKS PROGRAM NOTES together. They are back in Yenan, the night is warm, they are dancing to the gramophone ...

“Act Three, in which both reminiscing couples, the Nixons and the Maos, find themselves contrasting the vitality and optimism of youth with their present condition of age and power, is full of shadows; Jiang Ching’s and Mao’s foxtrot in the opera is therefore more melancholy than The Chairman Dances. This is, uninhibitedly, a cabaret number, an entertainment, and a funny piece; as the Chairman and the former actress turned Deputy Head of the Cultural Revolution make their long trip back through time they turn into Fred and Ginger. The chugging music we first hear is associated with Mao; the seductive swaying-hips melody — La Valse translated across immense distances — is Jiang Ching’s. You might imagine the piano part at the end being played by Richard Nixon.”

o HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS (1887-1959): Chôros No. 6 Heitor Villa-Lobos was born on March 5, 1887 in Rio de Janeiro, and died there on December 17, 1959. The Chôros No. 6 was composed in 1926, and premiered on July 18, 1942 by the Orquestra do Teatro Municipal at the Teatro Municipal in Rio de Janeiro, conducted by the composer. The score calls for piccolo, two flutes, two piccolos, two oboes, English horn, two clarinets, bass clarinet, soprano saxophone, two bassoons, contrabassoon, four horns, four trumpets, four trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, celesta, two harps and strings. Duration is about 25 minutes. The piece was last performed on May 29, 30, and 31, 1992, with Andreas Delfs conducting the orchestra.

The Chôros No. 6 is from a series of sixteen works by the Brazilian master Heitor Villa-Lobos bearing that title which are scored for a varied instrumentation ranging from solo guitar to full orchestra combined with mixed chorus. The term derived from the popular bands of Rio de Janeiro that originated in the mid-19th century which freely mixed winds, guitars and simple percussion instruments. Their repertory at first comprised polkas, waltzes and other European imports, but later came to be associated with such characteristic Brazilian dances as the maxixe, tango brasileiro and samba. Villa-Lobos believed that these bands epitomized Brazilian native music, and he attempted to capture their essence in his series of Chôros, as he explained in a note in the score: “The Chôros represents a new form of musical composition in which are synthesized the different modalities of Brazilian, Indian and popular music, having for principal elements Rhythm, and any typical Melody of popular character.”

Villa-Lobos composed the Chôros No. 6 in 1926, during his years in Paris, but he could not arrange for its premiere until he conducted it in Rio de Janeiro with the Orquestra do Teatro Municipal on July 18, 1942, though he performed it frequently thereafter. The composer wrote, “The climate, the color, the temperature, the light, the chirping of birds, the scent of the molasses grass among the chicken coops, and all the elements of nature in the arid and remote interior of Brazil provided inspirational motifs for this work.” The Chôros No. 6, a 25-minute span comprising several continuous, complementary sections, calls for a large orchestra supplemented a battery of percussion that includes numerous instruments traditionally used in Brazilian folk and popular music.

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MASTERWORKS PROGRAM NOTES BÉLA FLECK (born in 1958): Banjo Concerto No. 2, “Juno” Béla Fleck was born July 10, 1958 in New York City. He composed the Banjo Concerto No. 2 in 20152016 on a joint commission from the Colorado Symphony, Louisville Orchestra, South Carolina Philharmonic and Canton (Ohio) Symphony Orchestra, who premiered the work on March 19, 2016 under the direction of Gerhardt Zimmermann with the composer as soloist. The score calls for piccolo, two flutes, two oboes, English horn, two clarinets, two bassoons, two horns, two trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion and strings. Duration is about 30 minutes. This is the first performance of the work by the Colorado Symphony.

For the premiere of Béla Fleck’s Banjo Concerto No. 2, “Juno” by the Canton Symphony, Tom Wachunas, that orchestra’s Program Annotator, provided the following information. It is reprinted here with the kind permission of the author and the CSO. For the world premiere of Juno, Béla Fleck’s Second Concerto for Banjo and Orchestra, I was privileged to have a delightful telephone conversation with the composer himself on March 6, 2016. We began with talking about the Concerto’s title, Juno, named for his son, now 2½ years old.

“When I was searching for titles, I realized that the biggest change in my life [since the Banjo Concerto No. 1] was that I was writing as a father,” Fleck said. “The world’s not the same when you become a father, and you see things very differently. You’re a different person when you’re part of that process. It’s not so much about me, even though writing a banjo concerto is sort of a heroic effort. But this time I had a different point of view.”

This is not to say that his new Concerto is a specific narrative about Juno or parenthood as such. When Fleck began composing the piece in 2015, the reality of Juno’s presence necessitated significant adjustments in his working schedule and methods, which nonetheless enabled him to explore new and more refined interactions between banjo and orchestra. In that sense, Juno, as both a person and a process, is, as Fleck puts it, “… inevitably all over this piece.”

In the course of performing his First Banjo Concerto, The Impostor, some forty times since its premiere in 2011, Fleck gained a more inspired sense of orchestral dynamics, which he hopes will be apparent in his new work. “It’s still very much a dilettante’s concerto, just like the first one,” he says of Juno, adding, “I love classical music, but I’m not trained. I’m doing it for love and trying to do something good as an outsider. But I’m not as outside as I was for the First Concerto.

I have a better idea of what can be expressed with an orchestra.”

As demonstrated in The Impostor, Fleck’s virtuosic banjo playing is nothing short of astonishing. In composing it, he looked to do unexpected things with the banjo, things that people wouldn’t think possible with that instrument. “It was like writing with a chip on my shoulder,” Fleck recalled. “I made a very difficult piece to play, which I’m proud of, and now it’s easy for me to play. But for this new piece, I really wanted to write something that fell off the banjo, like butter. I even thought I’d call it “Ripple and Flow” for a while, because I’m really trying to take advantage of the things that the banjo does that are so natural and effortless, things that other instruments would labor at and never get.… I’ve still written a pretty rhythmically complicated and adventurous piece, but I think I did a lot better at using the colors of the

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MASTERWORKS PROGRAM NOTES orchestra and allowing them to do what they do best while hopefully allowing what the banjo can do best, maybe even more so than the First Concerto.”

Along with Fleck’s sensitivities to orchestral colors in Juno, there is also a decidedly more conscious employment of the traditional concerto format of three movements in fast–slow–fast order. “I did a better job on the slow music this time,” he notes. “Slow music is one of the really great things an orchestra can do — beautiful, open, big or relaxed sounds.” He describes the tempo of first movement as medium and as an overture-like exposition of most of the piece’s themes. The slow second movement brings back a motif foreshadowed in the first. Fleck describes it as having “…a lot of ostinato [a short, repeated figure], a lot of underlying rhythms in an odd time meter, with different kinds of harmony in an uneven flow and an old-fashioned sound.” And so on through to further developments, which Fleck calls “one long thought,” in the faster third movement. In characterizing the overarching content and energy of Juno as avoiding overtly bluegrass or Appalachian associations, Fleck strikes a lighthearted chord when he says, “Once again, I’m attempting to put the banjo into different waters and not have it play the role of the hayseed.”

A prominent element that recurs throughout the Concerto is what he calls “groups of five” — something he first explored in The Impostor — in which he presented many variations of asymmetrical sub-divisions, including groupings of five notes that “stuff” as many notes as he could into a beat. For Juno, he says, “Whenever I got the opportunity, I would stick an interesting group of five in, and I decided it was my fun number for the whole piece. I looked for places where five could be an identifying mark. You’ll find it scattered throughout, but in different ways.” ©2015 Dr. Richard E. Rodda

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COMMUNITY SUPPORT Mr. Donald Cook Mr. Ronald Covey Karen and William Curtis Mike and Bonnie Dalke 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 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 Dr. Burton and Lee Golub Jonathan and Julia Gordon Renee and Martin Gross Hugh and Nancy Grove Ms. Julia Gwaltney M.R. Hammond Dr. and Mrs. Robert D. Harry Mr. and Mrs. Leeon E. Hayden Mrs. Joan Hazen Mr. Nick Hazen Diane D. Henry Judith and Jim Hilton Ms. Christine L. Honnen Marilyn Howard Renate and Joseph Hull Michael E. Huotari and Jill R. Stewart Mrs. Eleanor L. Isbill Mr. and Mrs. Bradley James Mr. Douglas C. Jones Hannah Kahn and Arthur Best Ms. Kimberly Keen

Dr. and Mrs. Michael Kelley Mr. Allen Kemp Dr. Peter Kennealey and Dr. Colleen Murphy Mr. John Kenney Heidi and Randy Keogh Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Kern Ms. Denise Keyser Ms. Anastashia Khokhryakova Oza and Milan Klanjsek Ruth and George Krauss Phyllis and James KurtzPhelan Mr. Gregory Kushnir KUVO Mr. Dwight Landes Leopold Brothers Life on Capitol Hill Minnie B. Lindsey John and Mary Lohre Mrs. Barbara Marchbank 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 Ms. Anne Akiko Meyers Ms. Jennifer Miller Ms. Anne B. Mills Gene and Dee Milstein MM Rhodes Fund Mr. Robert R. Montgomery Anne and David Necker James Neely Mary Neidig Mr. and Mrs. W. Peterson Nelson Network for Good Elizabeth and Heather Neva Mr. Stephen Norris Sheila O’Brien Dr. Richard and Mrs. Florence O’Day Ed and Jean Onderko Dr. Bonnie M. Orkow, Ph.D. Dr. and Mrs. Bruce C. Paton Mr. and Mrs. Mike Pokorny Al and Ursula Powell The Publishing House Mrs. Dorothy M. Read Mr. Eli Reshotko and Mrs. Adina Reshotko Ayliffe and Fred Ris

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Terri and Jay Rolls Mr. and Mrs. Dave Rootes Dr. Turpin H. Rose Sallie and John Ruhnka 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 Mr. David C. Smith Marlis and Shirley Smith William and Janice Smith William Smith and Shirley Scott Eric Sondermann and Tracy Dunning Vicki and Harry Sterling Marcia D. Strickland Helena and Allan Striker Mr. Steven Suflas Lou and Katherine Svoboda Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Tashiro Mr. Roger P. Thomasch Tipton Family Foundation Mr. John B. Trueblood Kyle and Bev Turner Villager Publishing Co., Inc. Richard E. Wagner Mr. Peter Wells Consul Emeritus and Mrs. Tor Westgaard Jon Wilkerson Dr. John Willhardt Drs. Richard and Jean Williams Mr. Jerry Winter and Ms. Lois Keener Jim and Marlene Wogsland Henry E. Wurst Family Foundation Ms. Phyllis J. Young Dick and Lorie Young Linda Roberts Zinn SYMPHONY MUSICIAN ($500+) Anonymous (10) Dr. and Mrs. Jules Amer American Endowment Foundation Arc Thrift Stores Bruce Avery Lewis and Judith Babcock Michelle and Stephen Bailey

COMMUNITY SUPPORT Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Baldwin Carlos Barradas Mr. Edward Bartholic Richard and Linda Bateman Mr. and Mrs. James Beall Anne and Henry Beer Mary Bessesen Mrs. Terry A. Biddinger Mr. and Mrs. Kermit J. Boothroyd Mr. and Mrs. Grant Bowry Ms. Susan Brasel Mr. and Mrs. 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

Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Butz Mr. David Cahn Douglas and Constance Cain Lois M. Calvert Teresa Campos Caulkins Family Foundation 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 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 Ms. Ruth Dalrymple Jesse Davidson and Ellen Blatt Denver Beer, Co. 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. Shirley M. Duman Ms. Kathleen Dunnewald Leslie Easton Ms. Dianne Eddolls 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

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COMMUNITY SUPPORT Franklin Templeton Investor Services, LLC Mrs. Joann Freedman Freedman Family Foundation Deborah Froeb Virginia E. and Robert K. Fuller Deborah Gaensbauer Mr. and Mrs. John A. Gallagher Woody and Georgia Garnsey Linda Laird Giedl Andrea J. 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 Charles and 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 Mr. Chevis F. Horne, Jr. Mrs. Isabella W. Horsky Robert and Betty Huzjak Yumi Hwang-Willams Mr. and Mrs. Andrew M. Johanos Mrs. Jill Johnke Bruce and Mary Jane Johnson Mrs. Kathleen Johnson Margie Lee Johnson Marvin and Carole 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. Stanley W. Kleinsteiber Mr. and Mrs. Finn and Margrethe B. Knudsen Mrs. Tatyana Kostyashkina Eric Krein John W. Kure and Cheryl L. Solich Penny and Dick Leather David C. Leger Deanna Rose Leino Nancy and Paul Levitt Theodore Lichtmann Don and Ingrid Lindemann Mr. Joseph Lubinski 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 Bruce Martin Harold P. Martin, M.D. Johnathan Masoudi and Marsha Tharaka Mr. and Mrs. Amos C. Mathews Dr. Jody Mathie and Mr. John F. Hoffman Dr. Jerrald McCollum Ms. Tracey McCullough Carla E. McKennett Mr. and Mrs. Harold “Bud” Meadows Virginia Messick Coreen and Michael Miller Mr. and Mrs. Jay Miller Thomas Milligan Ron and Bonnie Milzer The Moe Family Charitable Fund Monkey’s Uncle Comedy Improv

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Ms. Veatrice Monroe Kathie Moore 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 Ms. Sally Ochsner Larry O’Donnell and Kermit Cain Ray O’Loughlin and Jamie Henderson 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 Mr. Nick Recuber Richard Replin and Elissa Stein Nancy and Gean Richards Dr. Richard and Sandra Roark Eleanor Roberts Mr. Robert Rodriquez Mr. Steven M. Ropa Sig and Lucille Rosefeld Mr. and Mrs. William E. Russell Ms. Carol L. Rust Cynthia L. and Paul D. Schauer 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

COMMUNITY SUPPORT Mr. and Mrs. Peter D. Shultz Singer Family Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Arnold Silverman Drs. Robert H. Slover, II and Robin Slover Mr. and Mrs. 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 Philip Stoffel and Tricia Hughey Julie and John Strain Mrs. Elaine B. Strauch Mr. and Mrs. Michael Strear Dr. Bill Strempel Carol and Cedric Tarr

Judy and Rob Tate Mr. Frank Thomson Mr. Charles Thorman Mr. and Mrs. Carl J. Tillery Nan Timbel David Tourtelot and Nikki Headlee Barbara J. Tramutt Mr. and Mrs. Paul Trantow 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 Dr. and Mrs. Roy R. Wright 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 Mr. and Mrs. Ken 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 DeAnn Anderson Mr. and Mrs. John Andrews Mr. Roger Bagwell Bank of America

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COMMUNITY SUPPORT 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 Mr. and Mrs. James B. Grange James and Pamela Green Mr. and Mrs. Gerald M. Greenberg

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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 Duane and Katy Howell Ms. Helen O. Hull Dr. Roberta Shaklee and Mr. Edward Hurry Lynn and David Hurst Chuck Husted

COMMUNITY SUPPORT 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 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 MaryKate McCutcheon Lori McDermott Nina and Rex McGehee Mrs. Bridget McNeil Mr. and Mrs. Charles Metzger MHA Petroleum Consultants, LLC Flora and Morris Mizel Foundation Mr. William Mohrman Elizabeth Montgomery Kelvin and Sara Moore Mrs. Patty H. Moore

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COMMUNITY SUPPORT 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 and Patricia 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 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

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Barbara Thorngren Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Timblin Mrs. Sherry E. Merrill and Mr. Stephen P. Treat 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 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

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COMMUNITY SUPPORT 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 Kathie Finger Mary Lou Flater Janis Frame Monica Glickman Sarah Hart Diane Hill Eileen Honnen-McDonald* Sandy Lasky* Nancy Lawrence Ann Levy Carolyn Longmire Jeri Loser Merry Low Janet Mordecai

Carol Murphy Elizabeth B. Neva Jane Nielsen 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

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.

SPECIAL PROJECT DONORS

GOLD CHAIRMAN’S SOCIETY ($25,000+) Anonymous DaVita Helen K. & Arthur E. Johnson Foundation Ralph L. and Florence R. Burgess Trust

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 Mentor’s program, Petite Musique, and Once Upon A Time school assembly performances, your Colorado Symphony

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PLATINUM CHAIRMAN’S SOCIETY ($50,000+) Anonymous Malone Family Foundation Target

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 Katherine McMurray Parker Foundation

COMMUNITY SUPPORT Scientific & Cultural Collaborative SYMPHONY CONCERTMASTER ($1,000+) Anonymous Kinder Morgan Foundation Katherine McMurray SYMPHONY MUSICIAN ($500+) Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. G.W. Quinby Symphony Patron ($250+) Mr. Harry L. Arkin Esq Julie Belcher Betsy Herrick and Milt Kahn

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

SYMPHONY MUSICIAN ($500+) Argonaut Wine & Liquor SYMPHONY PATRON ($250+) Beef King, LLC Bing!

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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

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COMMUNITY SUPPORT 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

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 KUSA-9 News Libby Anschutz Foundation Mr. Joseph Marotta Potter Anderson & Corroon, LLP Republic National Distributing Company Mr. and Mrs. Richard Robinson Mr. Richard Sapkin Volunteers of America

($2,000+) The Beverage Distributors Company, LLC Boss Architecture Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP Cadre General Contractors Inc. CONCERTMASTER Ms. Joy Dinsdale ($10,000+) Mrs. Susan Ellis and Mr. and Mrs. Tony Accetta Mr. Izzy Abbass Baker Botts, L.L.P. Merle C. Chambers and Cablevision Systems Hugh A. Grant Corporation Coreen and Mike Miller Mr. and Mrs. Scott Campbell, Jr. Moet Denver Broncos Football Club Mr. Gary A. Pashel Merrill Lynch Ms. Kimberly Patterson Pentec Health Mick Perry Sherman & Howard Rob and Jane Scofield Southern Wine and Spirits U.S. Bank University of Denver Alan and Judy Wigod Dr. and Mrs. Larry Wolff

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Jim and Julie Copenhaver M. Stephen and Sydney M. Enders Ms. Marcia Forman Haselden Construction, LLC Sandy and Evan Lasky Mrs. Barbara Marchbank

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 Gene Amole from KVOD given by: Mr. R. Glesner and Mrs. B. Schwarm Glesner In memory of Eleanor Scott Annable given by: J. Fern Black In memory of Mr. Charles Ansbacher given by: Swanee Hunt Family Foundation In memory of Darthelia Baker given by: Ms. Veatrice Monroe In memory of Blair Chotzinhoff given by: The Denver Foundation Mr. Chet K. Hampson and Ms. Susan Martin Mrs. Nancy Schulein In memory of Robert and Selma Cohen Barbralu Cohen In memory of William R. Cook given by: Karen Cook In memory of Harold Dillon given by: Ellen Coulter Lisa Dillon John and Meritt Hutton Scott Hutton Leslee Viehoff

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