Soundings Magazine Summer 2021

The Magazine of the Colorado Symphony

SOUNDINGS

SUMMER 2021

THE MAGAZINE OF THE COLORADO SYMPHONY Volume 17 • Number 4

THE MAGAZINE OF THE COLORADO SYMPHONY Summer 2021

CONTENTS

3 First-Timers Guide FAQ 4 Colorado Symphony Musicians 5 Colorado Symphony Board of Trustees 6 Colorado Symphony Staff 7 Season Preview with Your Colorado Symphony 8 Conductor Biography COVER PHOTO BY AMANDA TIPTON

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FIRST-TIM ERS GUIDE FAQ WHAT IF I AM LATE? For the comfort and enjoyment of our musicians and patrons, late seating is at the discretion of the House Manager and takes place during pauses in the program. Ushers will let you know when you may enter the hall.

They may seat you in an area other than your ticketed seat so as to not disturb other patrons, and you may take your ticketed seat during intermission.

WHEN SHOULD I CLAP? During most Classics performances, there is a short, silent pause between each movement of a piece. You can determine how many movements there are in a piece, and how many silent pauses there will be, by looking at your program — the movements in each piece will be listed there. Applause is usually reserved for the end of the final movement of the piece, after the conductor has signaled the end of the final note with his or her baton or hand. Holding applause between movements is considered respectful of the performers' concentration and mindful of musical continuity.

WHAT IS YOUR CELL PHONE/PHOTO/ VIDEO POLICY? We ask that you please silence your cell phones and refrain from talking or texting on them during performances. Flash photography is prohibited at all times. We ask that you please refrain from taking any photos or video during Classics or Movie at the Symphony concerts unless the conductor is off the podium. During Symphony Pops concerts you may take pictures without a flash and may record short cell phone videos.

Please be courteous to your fellow concertgoers and be aware that if at any time your cell phone/camera use becomes a distraction to others, an usher may ask you to stop.

CAN I BRING FOOD OR DRINKS INTO THE CONCERT? You are welcome to bring drinks purchased at one of the bars into all concerts. Food is not allowed in the Hall, including food purchased in the Lobby. Please be courteous to your

fellow concert-goers while consuming your beverages so as not to disrupt the concert.

For a complete list of items not allowed inside Boettcher Concert Hall, please visit the artscomplex.com website.

CAN I BRING THE KIDS? Kids of all ages will enjoy our Family, education concerts, and many of our Symphony Pops, Holiday, and Summer concerts. All children require a ticket regardless of age, and child tickets are $10. Classics concerts tend to be between 2 and 21/2 hours long. Please consider this when deciding whether or not to bring your child. If your child is disturbing other patrons, an usher may ask you to take your child into the lobby for the remainder of the performance, without refund.

HOW LONG IS A TYPICAL CONCERT? Program length varies, but a typical performance lasts about two hours, including one 20 minute intermission. Visit the event page on our website, or flip to the performance details in this Soundings Magazine.

WHAT IF I’M UNABLE TO ATTEND MY PERFORMANCE? Subscribers may exchange tickets free of charge — one of many subscriber benefits!

Non-subscribers may exchange for an additional fee. You may exchange tickets in person, by phone, or online for another performance within the same season. There is an additional cost if seating upgrades apply, and all exchange requests are subject to availability. You may also donate your tickets back to the Colorado Symphony and receive a donation receipt.

HOW CAN I FIND OUT IF A CONCERT IS CANCELED DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER? We rarely cancel a concert due to inclement weather, but when this occurs we will send a direct email notification to all ticket holders.

Updates, cancellations, or changes will be posted on coloradosymphony.org and on the event page for the concert.

For more FAQ’s see the Plan Your Visit section of coloradosymphony.org SOUNDINGS

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PHOTO: DEAN ALEXANDER

COLORADO SYMPHO NY

CHRISTOPHER DRAGON

MARIN ALSOP

DUAIN WOLFE

RESIDENT CONDUCTOR

CONDUCTOR LAUREATE

CHORUS DIRECTOR

VIOLIN

Yumi Hwang-Williams Concertmaster Mary Rossick Kern and Jerome H. Kern Concertmaster Chair​

Mary Cowell Fixed 3rd Chair Sofia Basile Marsha Holmes Leah Kovach Helen McDermott Kelly Shanafelt Phillip Stevens

Claude Sim Associate Concertmaster CELLO Yi Zhao Assistant Concertmaster Seoyoen Min Principal Merle Chambers Chair Dmitri Pogorelov Fixed 4th Chair/First Paul Primus Principal Second Allegra Wermuth Assistant Principal Second Alessandra Jennings Flanagan Fixed 3rd Chair/Second Larisa Fesmire Thomas Hanulik Wyn Hart John Hilton Anne-Marie Hoffman Myroslava IvanchenkoBartels Dorian Kincaid Karen Kinzie Susan Paik Miroslaw Pastusiak Megan Prokes Robert Stoyanov Yue Sun Delcho Tenev Amy Tyson Bradley Watson Tena White Wenting Yuan

VIOLA

Basil Vendryes Principal Catherine Beeson Assistant Principal

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Fred & Margaret Hoeppner Chair

Chloe Hong Assistant Principal Judith McIntyre Galecki Fixed 3rd Chair Susan Rockey Bowles Allison Drenkow * Danielle Guideri Thomas Heinrich Margaret Hoeppner Matthew Switzer

BASS

Steve Metcalf Principal Nicholas Recuber Assistant Principal John Arnesen Susan Cahill Jeremy Kincaid Owen Levine August Ramos

OBOE

TRUMPET

ENGLISH HORN

TROMBONE

Peter Cooper Principal

Justin Bartels Principal Irene & David Abosch Chair Philip Hembree Nicholas Tisherman 2nd / Associate 2nd / Assistant Principal Patrick Tillery Jason Lichtenwalter Assistant Jason Lichtenwalter

CLARINET

John Sipher Principal Paul Naslund 2nd / Associate Principal Gregory Harper

Jason Shafer Principal Abby Raymond 2nd / Assistant Principal Andrew Stevens BASS TROMBONE Gregory Harper

E-FLAT CLARINET Abby Raymond

BASS CLARINET Andrew Stevens

BASSOON

TUBA

Stephen Dombrowski Principal

HARP

Courtney Hershey Bress Chad Cognata Principal Principal Tristan Rennie TIMPANI 2nd / Assistant Principal William Hill Roger Soren Principal Steve Hearn CONTRABASSOON Assistant Principal Roger Soren

HORN

Michael Thornton Principal FLUTE Carolyn Kunicki Brook Ferguson Kolio Plachkov Principal Flute 3rd / Associate Principal Catherine Peterson Matthew Eckenhoff 2nd / Assistant Principal Patrick Hodge Tom & Noëy Congdon Chair Assistant Julie Duncan Thornton

PERCUSSION

John Kinzie Principal Friend of the Colorado Symphony Chair Steve Hearn Michael Van Wirt

ORCHESTRA LIBRARIAN Lyle Wong

PICCOLO

Julie Duncan Thornton

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* = One year replacement + = On leave

BOARD OF TRU STEES L.T. Sandvik

OFFICERS Jerome H. Kern Richard Kylberg James D. Butler Susan Bowles

CEO & Chair of the Board of Trustees Vice Chair & Trustee | At Large Treasurer & Trustee | Community Leader Secretary | Ex-Officio Trustee & Colorado Symphony, Cello

TRUSTEES Anthony T. Accetta Maggie Anderson

Community Leader Managing Partner, Lifeline Vascular Care Dr. Paula P. Bernstein Clinical Psychologist Kai Chin Community Leader Young Cho Community Leader Mary Cowell* Colorado Symphony, Viola, Fixed 3rd Chair Matthew Eckenhoff* Colorado Symphony, Horn Sandy Elliott Community Leader Bob Friedlander Community Leader Amy Harmon Founder, Urban Market Partners, LLC Courtney Hershey Bress* Colorado Symphony, Principal, Harp Diane S. Hill, Ph.D. Consulting Psychologist, Somerville Partners Yumi Hwang-Williams* Colorado Symphony, Concertmaster Dr. Vesna Jevtovic-Todorovic, Chair of Anesthesiology, MD, PhD, MBA University of Colorado School of Medicine Bill Johnson Group Vice President, DCP Midstream Richard D. Krugman, MD Distinguished Professor, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Kempe Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect Lynn McDonald Community Leader Steve Metcalf* Colorado Symphony, Principal, Bass Bill Myers Managing Director, Communications, Liberty Global, Inc. Deana M. Perlmutter Partner, Forbes Tate Partners Mike Richardson, Esq. Associate, Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP Malik Robinson Executive Director, Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Julie Rubsam Community Leader

Claude Sim* Nick Tisherman* Lorenzo A. Trujillo Mike VanWirt* Andra Zeppelin Yi Zhao*

Business Development Manager, Academy Bank Colorado Symphony, Violin, Associate Concertmaster Colorado Symphony, Oboe 2nd/Assistant Principal Attorney and Mariachi Director/ Professor, MSU Denver Colorado Symphony, Section Percussion Community Leader Colorado Symphony Violin, Assistant Concertmaster

EX-OFFICIO TRUSTEES Soley Maria

Kentwood Real Estate, Chair, Colorado Symphony Associate Board Partner, Holland & Hart, DYAO Board Member President, Colorado Symphony Guild

Susan Oaks Sue Pawlik Ginger White

Deputy Director, Arts & Venues City & County of Denver

EMERITUS TRUSTEES William K. Coors** John Low** Will McFarlane** Dr. Gerald Rainer** Mary Rossick Kern Community Leader Lee Yeingst Retired, Colorado Symphony Musician

HONORARY TRUSTEES Governor Jared Polis Mayor Michael B. Hancock

Governor of Colorado Mayor of Denver

*Colorado Symphony Musician Trustee **In Memorium

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STAF F MARKETING/PUBLICITY & COMMUNITY RELATIONS

LEADERSHIP TEAM Jerome H. Kern Susan Ellis Coreen Miller Parker Owens Anthony Pierce

Chief Executive Officer & Chair of the Board of Trustees Chief Administrative Officer Chief Operating Officer & Chief Financial Officer Chief Marketing Officer Chief Artistic Officer

ARTISTIC Anthony Pierce Chief Artistic Officer David Aeling Production Stage Manager Aric Christensen Audio Engineer Dante Dunlap Properties Master Jonathan Groszew Director of Orchestral Personnel Philip Hiester Master Electrician Sam Jaehnig Head Carpenter Dustin Knock Manager of Artistic Operations Mike Pappas New Media Center Hitomi Sipher Assistant Librarian Julie Strom Assistant Orchestra Personnel Manager Lyle Wong Orchestra Librarian Izabel Zambrzycki Artistic General Manager

CONDUCTORS & CHORUS DIRECTION Duain Wolfe Christopher Dragon Travis Branam Eric Israelson Mary Louise Burke Taylor Martin Barbara Porter

Chorus Director, Colorado Symphony Chorus Resident Conductor Assistant Conductor, Colorado Symphony Chorus Chorus Manager Associate Conductor, Colorado Symphony Chorus Assistant Conductor, Colorado Symphony Chorus Assistant Chorus Manager

DEVELOPMENT David Rosen

Development Services and Support Manager 303.308.2469 | drosen@coloradosymphony.org Adriel Long Institutional Relations & Stewardship Manager 303.308.2464 | along@coloradosymphony.org

Parker Owens Stephanie Derybowski Nick Dobreff Kayla Hayes

Chief Marketing Officer Application Support Manager Director of Publicity and Community Relations Digital Media Manager

SALES & PATRON SERVICES Susan Kelly Gina Biss Amanda Cantu Samantha Cantu Mike Christou Jeremy Cuebas Molly Epstein Kelsey Holmes Rob Warner Joy Xiaodan

Director of Sales & Patron Services Patron Services Associate Manager of Patron Services Patron Services Associate Patron Services Associate Lead Patron Services Associate Group Sales Associate Patron Services Associate Lead Patron Services Associate and Concierge Patron Services Associate

THE SYMPHONY FUND Stephen M. Brett Norman L. Wilson Susan K. Ellis James D. Butler Jerome H. Kern Suzanne Ryan William Wallace

President Treasurer Secretary Director

GUILD OFFICERS Sue Pawlik President Sara Moore co-President Jerry Wolfe Recording Secretary Janet Weisheit Treasurer Patty Goward Assistant Treasurer Nancy Lawrence Co-VP of Fundraising Mary Neidig Co-VP of Fundraising Carolyn Cho VP of Membership Susan Thomas VP of Information Management Linda Rickard Ackerman VP of Music Education Donna Lynch Corresponding Secretary Kathy Swanson Manager, CSG Shop Monica Owen CSG Shop Buyer

EDUCATION Jesse Martinez Breanna McCaughey

Director Community Education Education Coordinator

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FINANCE Coreen Miller Ben Boone Annette Brown

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Chief Operating Officer & Chief Financial Officer Senior Manager of Finance Staff Accountant

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The Colorado Symphony is the primary tenant and resident 501(c)(3) not for profit organization performing in the venue.

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FREE COMMUNITY CONCERT • SUMMER 2021 2021/22 SEASON PREVIEW WITH YOUR COLORADO SYMPHONY CHRISTOPHER DRAGON, conductor Sunday, July 18, 2021 at 2:30p.m.

Boettcher Concert Hall

MOZART

Marriage of Figaro: Overture, K. 492

BEETHOVEN/ arr. Karajan

The European Anthem

PROKOFIEV Classical Symphony, Op. 25 (Symphony No. 1) Larghetto PROKOFIEV Romeo and Juliet Suite No. 2, Op. 64c Montagues & Capulets ANDERSON

Sleigh Ride

J. STRAUSS II

Champagne Polka

EBB/KANDER

New York, New York

DANNY ELFMAN/ arr. McKenzie

The Nightmare Before Christmas Suite

ROSSINI

William Tell Overture: Selections

MAHLER Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp minor Adagietto DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 “From the New World” Molto vivace MUSSORGSKY/ Pictures at an Exhibition arr. Ravel The Hut on Fowl’s Legs The Great Gate of Kiev

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FREE COMMUNITY CONCERT • BIOGRAPHY CHRISTOPHER DRAGON, conductor Australian conductor Christopher Dragon is the Music Director of the Wyoming Symphony Orchestra and Resident Conductor of the Colorado Symphony. He joined the Colorado Symphony in the 2015/2016 Season as Associate Conductor – a position he held for four years. For three years prior, Dragon held the position of Assistant Conductor with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra, which gave him the opportunity to work closely with Principal Conductor Asher Fisch.

Dragon works regularly in Australia and has guest conducted the Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and West Australian Symphony Orchestras. His 2015/16 debut performance at the Sydney Opera House with John Pyke and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra was released on album by ABC Music and won an ARIA the following year. Dragon’s international guest conducting includes Orquestra Sinfônica de Porto Alegre, Omaha Symphony, San Diego Symphony Orchestra, Singapore Symphony Orchestra, and the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra.

He has also conducted at numerous festivals including the Breckenridge and Bangalow Music Festivals, with both resulting in immediate re-invitations. At the beginning of 2016, Dragon conducted Wynton Marsalis’ Swing Symphony as part of the Perth International Art Festival alongside Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra.

Dragon began his conducting studies in 2011 and was a member of the prestigious Symphony Services International Conductor Development Program in Australia under the guidance of course director Christopher Seaman. He has also studied with numerous distinguished conductors including Leonid Grin, Paavo and Neeme Jarvi at the Jarvi Summer Festival, Fabio Luisi at the Pacific Music Festival and conducting pedagogue Jorma Panula.

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