ERIC ROTH, conductor
COLORADO SYMPHONY CHORUS, MARY LOUISE BURKE, principal associate director
Friday November 1, 2024 at 7:30pm
Saturday, November 2, 2024 at 7:30pm
Boettcher Concert Hall
Program to be announced from the stage
CONCERT RUN TIME IS APPROXIMATELY 2 HOURS AND 15 MINUTES. INCLUDING A 20 MINUTE INTERMISSION.
PROUDLY SUPPORTED BY
AWR Music’s Eric Roth is a formidable musical force: a music director/ conductor, an orchestrator/arranger, a producer of concerts and recordings, a composer of original music, and much more.
Eric is the music director and chief arranger for A New World: intimate music from FINAL FANTASY, the chamber music ensemble concert production by AWR Music Productions and video game developer SQUARE ENIX. Since premiering in 2014, the production has performed outstanding concerts on four continents and released two acclaimed full-length recordings. He is also the associate music director and an orchestrator/arranger for Distant Worlds: music from FINAL FANTASY, the global live orchestral performance phenomenon.
Eric was the conductor of the orchestra for The Beach Boys’ unprecedented Holiday Vibrations Orchestra Tour in 2022, performing many of his own orchestra arrangements of these all-time great songs with the legendary band. He was the conductor of the orchestra for “Weird Al” Yankovic’s historic Strings Attached Tour in 2019, performing dozens of monumental multimedia shows throughout the United States and Canada. Eric was also the conductor of the orchestra for the once-in-a-lifetime Surprise, Oprah! A Farewell Spectacular! concert at the United Center in Chicago with a roster of performers which included Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder, Patti LaBelle, Usher, Kristin Chenoweth, Jamie Foxx, and Josh Groban. He has also worked as a conductor on projects with Five for Fighting, Seal, Jewel, Dennis DeYoung and Stevie Nicks, and has conducted many prominent symphony orchestras and other ensembles around the world.
Additional orchestration/arranging credits include two best-selling Mannheim Steamroller Christmas Symphony albums, the Pat Benatar/Neil Giraldo orchestra production with the Pittsburgh Symphony, KC and the Sunshine Band with the Memphis Symphony, Five For Fighting orchestra and string quartet productions, Twelve Doors: Tribute to Noriyuki Iwadare, and many others.
principle associate director, Colorado Symphony Chorus
Mary Louise Burke is in her 31st season as Principal Associate Director of the Colorado Symphony Chorus. In addition to assisting Chorus Director Duain Wolfe, she also prepares the chorus for various Colorado Symphony pops concerts and special projects, including Too Hot to Handel. In the summer of 2022, she conducted the Symphony chorus on their concert tour of Austria. She has worked as the Associate Director of the Colorado Children’s Chorale, participating in hundreds of concerts and dozens of the Chorale’s regional, national and international tours. She was also Vocal Director of the Children’s Chorale, where she provided specialized vocal coaching and opera preparation. With an expertise in vocal technique, Burke frequently conducts seminars in vocal and choral techniques for area church and community choirs. She is the Vocal Advisor at Montview Presbyterian Church and has taught classes in Find Your Authentic Voice at the University of Denver. She has a Doctorate in Voice Performance and Pedagogy from the University of Colorado.
The Colorado Symphony’s 2024/25 Season marks the 41st year of the Colorado Symphony Chorus. Founded in 1984 by Duain Wolfe, our chorus has earned a reputation as one of the finest symphonic choruses in the United States. This outstanding chorus of volunteers joins the Colorado Symphony for numerous performances each year, to repeated critical acclaim.
Under the direction of the Colorado Symphony’s Principal Conductor Peter Oundjian, Resident Conductor Christopher Dragon, Chorus Director Duain Wolfe, Associate Chorus Directors Mary Louise Burke and Taylor Martin, and guest conductors from around the world, the Chorus performs the great Masterworks, as well as pops concerts, movies, and special projects. Additionally, the Chorus has been featured annually at the Bravo!Vail Music Festival, performing with the New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra or Dallas Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of notable conductors Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Jaap van Zweden, Alan Gilbert, Fabio Luisi, Hans Graf, as well as 25 years with the Aspen Music Festival.
In 2009, in celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Chorus, Duain Wolfe conducted the chorus on a 3-country, 2-week concert tour of Europe, presenting the Verdi REQUIEM in Budapest, Vienna, Litomysl, and Prague; in 2016 the chorus returned to Europe for concerts in Paris, Strasbourg, and Munich. In the summer of 2022, the Chorus toured Austria, performing to great acclaim in Vienna, Graz and Salzburg.
Duain Wolfe, Founding Director and Conductor Laureate
Taylor Martin, Director Designate and Conductor
Mary Louise Burke, Principal Associate Director and Conductor
Jared Joseph, Assistant Conductor
Hsiao-Ling Lin and ShaoChun Tsai, Pianists
David Rosen, Chorus Manager
Barbara Porter, Associate Manager
Eric Israelson, Chorus Manager Emeritus
Sopranos
Sarah Coberly
Angie Collums
Alaina Headrick
Elizabeth Hedrick-Collins
Anne Lopez
Lindsey Kermgard
Barbara Porter
Altos
Joanna K. Maltzahn
Elizabeth Scarselli
Kim Trubetskoy
Benita Wandel
Tenors
Jim Carlson
John Gale
Will Hosea
James Jenson
Kenneth E. Kolm
Sean Lund-Brown
David Rosen
Ryan Waller
Max Witherspoon
Matthew Gray
Basses
Jack Dinkel
Bob Friedlander
Matthew Gray
Camden McPhee
Matthew Molberg
Russ Skillings
AWR Music Productions and Square Enix are proud to introduce FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH Orchestra World Tour, an electrifying new concert based entirely on the groundbreaking game from SQUARE ENIX.
Experience all new symphonic arrangements of the music of FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH including beloved scores by Nobuo Uematsu and exciting new contributions from Mitsuto Suzuki, Masashi Hamauzu, and many other esteemed composers and arrangers, performed by an orchestra and chorus of over 100 musicians led by renowned conductors Arnie Roth and Eric Roth. With stunning, high-definition video scenes created exclusively for this production by SQUARE ENIX, immerse yourself in the world of one of the most visionary games of all time with this sensational multimedia concert experience!
AWR Music is a multi-faceted musical services company, offering excellence in live entertainment, tour support, original music composition, orchestration, preparation, and audio production for the recording, film, and new media industries. Artists and projects include FINALFANTASY VII REMAKE Orchestra World Tour, NieR Orchestra Concert re:12018, Distant Worlds: music from FINAL FANTASY, Game of Thrones-Live Concert Experience, Hugh Jackman, Weird Al Yankovic, The Who, Diana Ross, Mannheim Steamroller, PBS Soundstage, The Oprah Winfrey Show, Dennis DeYoung, Peter Cetera, and Live Nation. For more information, please visithttps://awrmusic.com/
Square Enix Co., Ltd. develops, publishes, distributes and licenses SQUARE ENIX®, EIDOS® and TAITO® branded entertainment content around the world. The Square Enix group of companies includes a global network of leading development studios and boasts a valuable portfolio of intellectual property, including: FINAL FANTASY®, which has sold over 164 million units worldwide; and DRAGON QUEST®, which has sold over 83 million units worldwide; TOMBRAIDER®, which has sold over 85 million units worldwide; and the legendary SPACE INVADERS®. Square Enix Co., Ltd. is a Japan-based, wholly owned subsidiary of Square Enix Holdings Co., Ltd. More information on Square Enix Co., Ltd. can be found athttps://www. jp.square-enix.com/All associated trademarks are owned by and used under license from SQUARE ENIX CO. LTD.© SQUARE ENIX CO. LTD. All Rights Reserved