Program - Halloween Spooktacular!

2021/22 SEASON PRESENTING SPONSOR:

FAMILY 2021/22

HALLOWEEN SPOOKTACULAR! PERFORMED BY YOUR COLORADO SYMPHONY NICHOLAS KOO, conductor

Saturday, October 30, 2021 at 2:30pm Boettcher Concert Hall

MOZART

Don Giovanni, K. 527: Overture

SAINT-SAËNS

Danse macabre, Op. 40

JOHN WILLIAMS "Hedwig’s Theme" from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone MUSSORGSKY

Night on a Bald Mountain

HAYDN

Adante from Symphony No. 94, G Major ‘Surprise’

STRAVINSKY

The Firebird: Suite (1919 Version)

BERLIOZ

March to the Scaffold from Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14

CONCERT RUN TIME IS APPROXIMATELY 45 MINUTES WITH NO INTERMISSION

FIRST TIME TO THE SYMPHONY? SEE PAGE 7 OF THIS PROGRAM FOR FAQ’S TO MAKE YOUR EXPERIENCE GREAT! PROUDLY SUPPORTED BY SOUNDINGS

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FAMILY BIOGRAPHY NICHOLAS KOO, conductor Nicholas Koo is a Korean-American conductor currently serving the Colorado Symphony Orchestra as an assistant. Just this past summer, he was recipient of the Perotti-Holmes endowed fellowship, serving the role of assistant conductor at the Colorado College Summer Music Festival under conductor Scott Yoo. In partnership with television’s PBS, the festival was featured in the critically-acclaimed series Now Hear This where Mr. Koo conducted the festival orchestra in music by Aaron Copland. In previous summers, Nicholas also served as music director for the Atlantic Music Festival Contemporary Ensemble and as assistant conductor of the Atlantic Music Festival Symphony Orchestra. More recently, Mr. Koo has been active in the Chicago area having made guest conducting appearances with the Illinois Valley Symphony Orchestra and the Southloop Symphony of Chicago in addition to serving the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association in both artistic and public media relations.

A recipient of Bienen’s Eckstein Scholarship, Nicholas received his master’s degree in conducting from the Northwestern University Bienen School of Music in 2018 and where he is now pursuing a doctoral degree under Victor Yampolsky. He also served as assistant conductor with the Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra on its first international tour to China in 2018, highlighting the works of Gustav Mahler and Leonard Bernstein. In partnership with the Northwestern University Opera Company, Nicholas conducted a production of Johann Strauss II’s Die Fledermaus as well as the world premiere of a contemporary opera with the university composer’s collective. An advocate for new music, he served as assistant conductor to Alan Pierson and the Northwestern Contemporary Music Ensemble prior to and throughout the pandemic.

Originally from Bay Area, California, Nicholas attended the University of California Berkeley for undergraduate degrees in both molecular cell biology and music where he began his conducting studies with David Milnes. A two-time recipient of the Alfred Hertz Memorial Travelling Scholarship, Nicholas has participated in various masterclasses, working with notable musical figures such as Esa-Pekka Salonen, Gustavo Dudamel, and Valery Gergiev. His list of mentors include Peter Oundjian, Giancarlo Guerrero, John Storgårds, Donald Nally, Mallory Thompson, and Vance George, among many others.

PROGRAM II

C O L O R A D O SY M P H O N Y.O R G

HOLIDAY AT THE SYMPHONY!

Elf ™ in Concert!

DEC 18-19 SAT 7:30 ✣ SUN 2:30 Movie screened with live orchestra performing full film score. MPAA Rating: PG ELF and all related characters and elements © & ™ New Line Productions, Inc. (s21)

Disney’s A Muppet Christmas Carol in Concert DEC 22-23 WED-THU 7:00 Movie screened with live orchestra performing full film score. Stay for the credits, you’ll be glad you did!

MPAA Rating: PG

COLORADOSYMPHONY.ORG

Face masks and proof of vaccination required

Welcome Back We are looking forward to seeing you at Boettcher Concert Hall this season!

COVID-19 Protocols To protect audiences and the community from illness and to slow the transmission of COVID-19, the Colorado Symphony joins the resident companies of the Denver Performing Arts Complex — Colorado Ballet, Denver Center for the Performing Arts, and Opera Colorado — in requiring both proof of full vaccination and face masks to attend indoor public performances starting October 1, 2021. Please see Coloradosymphony.org for full details.

Please see Coloradosymphony.org for full details.