Program Notes: Holiday Brass

HOLIDAY 2022/23

HOLIDAY BRASS

BRIAN BUERKLE, conductor COLORADO SYMPHONY

BRASS & PERCUSSION

Tuesday, December 13, 2022 at 7:00pm

Boettcher Concert Hall

ENRIQUE CRESPO “Spirit of Brass”

TRAD. CAROLS “Christmas Around the World”

I. Past 3 O’Clock (England)

II. El Cant dels Ocells – Song of the Birds (Catalonia)

III. Do You Hear What I Hear? (America)

GABRIELI Hodie Christus Natus Est from Sacrae Symphoniae

TRADITIONAL CAROLS

Suite of Medieval Carols

I. Exultemus et Letemur

II. Orientis Partibus

III. The Prophecy of the Tenth Sibyl

TRAD. ENGLISH CAROL “In the Bleak Midwinter”

TRAD. CAROLS Suite of Carols

I. Good Christian Men Rejoice III. Angels We Have Heard On High — INTERMISSION —

Tuesday’s concerT is dedicaTed To Prologis

HOLIDAY 2022/23

PHIL SNEDECOR “A Christmas Fanfare”

TORMÉ “The Christmas Song”

TRAD. ENGLISH CAROL “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing”

KIRKPATRICK “Away In A Manger”

POPULAR CAROLS A Wintry Mix

I. Jingle Bells II. Dreidel Song III. Welcome Christmas IV. 12 Days of Christmas V. You’re a Mean One Mr. Grinch VI. Christmas Time is Here VII. I Saw Three Ships VIII. Rock of Ages IX. It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year X. Let There Be Peace on Earth

CONCERT RUN TIME IS APPROXIMATELY 1 HOUR AND 17 MINUTES WITH A 20 MINUTE INTERMISSION

FIRST TIME TO THE SYMPHONY? SEE PAGE 8 OF THIS PROGRAM FOR FAQ’S TO MAKE YOUR EXPERIENCE GREAT!

HOLIDAY BIOGRAPHIES

BRIAN BUERKLE, conductor

Brian Buerkle currently serves as Principal Trumpet of the Kentucky Symphony Orchestra and the Sinfonia Gulf Coast and has previously held positions as Acting 4th/Utility in the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, 2nd/ Sub-Principal in the West Virginia Symphony Orchestra, 2nd in the Lexing ton Philharmonic, and 2nd in the State of Mexico Symphony Orchestra.

As an active freelance musician, Brian has traveled the world performing and recording with some of America’s finest orchestras; including the Pittsburgh Symphony, Detroit Symphony, Cincinnati Symphony and Pops, Columbus Symphony, Colorado Symphony, Seattle Symphony, Grand Rapids Symphony, Indianapolis Symphony, and Louisville Orchestra.

He is also a member of several innovative chamber ensembles, including the Spectrum Brass, Canterbury Brass, Sinfonia Chamber Brass, and the Pittsburgh Brass. Brian is currently an Art ist-in-Residence at the Bay View Music Festival and is a former faculty member of the prestigious Boston University Tanglewood Institute.

Brian is also an accomplished conductor and arranger. His publications have been performed and recorded by groups worldwide, and his conducting experience ranges from brass ensem bles and vocal choirs to symphony orchestras. Over the years, Brian’s guest conducting appear ances have been with the Colorado Symphony, Grand Rapids Symphony, Suburban East Coast Music Festival Honors Orchestra, Kentucky Symphony Orchestra, Bay View Chamber Brass, Sinfo nia Chamber Brass, and in 2018, he made his overseas conducting debut with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra.

Brian received a Bachelor’s Degree in Music Performance from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and a Master’s Degree in Music Performance from Duquesne University. In 2010, he was featured in an article of the International Trumpet Guild Magazine, recognizing his many achievements as a professional musician. He is a music critic for the Ameri can Record Guide, and the Owner/President of the Southern Ohio Music Company. Brian resides in Cincinnati, OH, where he enjoys an active and diverse musical career.

HOLIDAY 2022/23

FACE VOCAL BAND HOLIDAY SPECIAL WITH YOUR COLORADO SYMPHONY

SCOTT O’NEIL, conductor

Thursday, December 15, 2022 at 7:30pm Boettcher Concert Hall

Program to be announced from stage.

CONCERT RUN TIME IS APPROXIMATELY 2 HOUR WITH A 20 MINUTE INTERMISSION

FIRST TIME TO THE SYMPHONY? SEE PAGE 8 OF THIS PROGRAM FOR FAQ’S TO MAKE YOUR EXPERIENCE GREAT!

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HOLIDAY BIOGRAPHIES

SCOTT O’NEIL, conductor

As a conductor, Scott O’Neil recently completed a nine-year tenure as Resident Conductor with the Colorado Symphony in Denver. During his time there he performed with some of the classical world’s elite soloists, such as Itzhak Perlman, Joshua Bell, Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, Pinchas Zukerman, Lang Lang, Van Cliburn, Christopher O’Riley, Cameron Carpenter and Sharon Isbin, as well as leaders in the larger musical world, such as Steve Vai, Chris Botti, Bela Fleck, Victor Wooten, Tracy Silverman, Eileen Ivers, Sarah McLachlan, Ben Folds, Ingrid Michaelson, Amos Lee, Rufus Wainwright, Gregory Alan Isakov, Devotchka, The Lumineers, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Susan Egan and Will Chase.

Mr. O’Neil has also created and developed an extensive series of concerts, entitled Inside the Score, which combined art, entertainment and enlightenment to engage audiences in explorations of a wide variety of music and ideas. Under the umbrella of Inside the Score fell a number of sub-series, including biography (Letters from Mozart, The Best of Beethoven, Brahms: A Life in Music, Rachmaninoff: From Tragedy to Triumph), individual masterpieces (Mozart’s Jupiter Symphony – This I Believe!, Eroica!, Beethoven’s Fifth, Stravinsky’s Petrushka, Debussy’s La mer, the “The Debussy Code”) and a cross-genre concert – Shuffle – which includes everything from Bach, Elgar, and Prokofiev to Metheny, Björk, and Philip Glass, as well as a feature concert with cross-over artist Kip Winger. (Once the front man for the band Winger, he now composes “classical” music reminiscent of Honegger and Messiaen.) In this vein, O’Neil has also presented Masterworks programs with “cross-over” elements, notably featuring Victor Wooten, performing the premiere of his own Bass Whisperer concerto, co-written with Conni Ellisor.

Mr. O’Neil’s engaging manner in addressing audiences has led to extensive speaking engagements, including a TED-talk on music he composed for Arrow Electronics. As an arranger/orchestrator, Mr. O’Neil has created and orchestrated numerous works for the Colorado Symphony (Arrow: Five Years Out! – an original composition, Pat Metheny’s “The First Circle” as well as Minuano, Björk’s Overture, “107 Steps” and “New World,” a live version of Philip Glass’s Changing Opinions); he has also written orchestrations for Ingrid Michaelson, Eileen Ivers and Bela Fleck.

Scott O’Neil continues to guest conduct and to lead his own ensemble, the Rosetta Music Society, in Denver, creating new, innovative programming and constantly seeking to draw wider audiences to live performances of music from Bach to today’s cutting-edge artists.

HOLIDAY BIOGRAPHIES

FACE, vocal band

Face Vocal Band is an internationally acclaimed all-vocal rock band from Boulder, Colorado who have been captivating audiences for over two decades with their infectious energy punctuated by an endearing love of performance. “Blending modern popular tunes with complex harmonies, brilliant beat-box rhythms and superb singing… Face take their audience on a musical journey and it’s fantastic fun.” (FringeReview.co.uk)

Performing over 120 shows per year around the world, the band was named 2019 A Cappella Music Awards’ “Quintet of the Year.” Face also competed on the hit NBC series “The Sing-Off,” headlined at Edinburgh, Scotland’s prestigious Festival Fringe, and has opened for legendary performers such as Jon Bon Jovi, Barenaked Ladies, Jay Leno, The Wailers, 38 Special, Manhattan Transfer, Rick Springfield, and Culture Club & Boy George.

Back home in Colorado, Face continues to be voted “Best Local Band/ Musician” by numerous publications and audience awards, and regularly performs for packed audiences in iconic venues such as Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Paramount Theatre, Swallow Hill, Boulder Theater, Soiled Dove Underground, and the Denver Bronco’s Mile High Stadium.

Critics and fans world-wide describe Face as “a true American heartland sound.” (Recorded A Cappella Review Board) “[Face] communicates with a directness and warmth – perhaps America at its best.” (Norbbottens Kuriren) “Soulful singing stands out above the crowd.” (FringeReview. co.uk)