2016/17 SEASON
Educational Programs of the Colorado Symphony
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Open Rehearsals
GRADES 6-12
Experience your Colorado Symphony as they rehearse and prepare for an upcoming concert. This program offers an opportunity to observe the orchestra at work and will especially engage middle school band and orchestra students. Please visit coloradosymphony.org/education for details. CURRICULUM CONNECTIONS COST NOTES
SEP 14 9:30AM-12PM SEP 29 9:30AM-12PM OCT 13 9:30AM-12PM OCT 19 10AM-12:30PM NOV 3 9:30AM-12PM NOV 17 9:30AM-12PM DEC 1
9:30AM-12PM
JAN 19 FEB 2 FEB 16 MAR 2
9:30AM-12PM 9:30AM-12PM 9:30AM-12PM 9:30AM-12PM
MAR 16 9:30AM-12PM APR 6
9:30AM-12PM
APR 20 9:30AM-12PM
MAY 3 10AM-12PM MAY 16 10AM-12:30PM
Music, Language Arts, History $5 per student/adult For groups of 20 or more, the coordinating teacher attends free. Financial assistance is available. Strauss Also Sprach Zarathustra Leonard Bernstein’s Best Beethoven Symphony No. 2, Daniel Kellogg Rising Phoenix Puccini La Bohème Barber Symphony No. 1, Barber Adagio for Strings, Elgar In the South Bartok Concerto for Orchestra, Kodaly Dances of Galanta Beethoven Symphony No. 7, Beethoven Overture to Coriolan Mozart, Brahms, and Schubert 1st Symphonies Shostakovich “Leningrad” Symphony No. 7 Stravinsky “Petrouchka”, Muhly Viola Concerto Brahms Symphony No. 3, Brahms Nanie for Chorus and Orchestra Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4, Tchaikovsky Marche Slave Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade, Dukas La Peri, Poeme Danse Gruber Frankenstein!!, Brahms/orch. Schoenberg Piano Quartet in G minor, Strauss On the Beautiful Blue Danube Bach St. Matthew Passion Mahler Symphony No. 3
All repertoire subject to change. These are working rehearsals. Some pieces of music listed may not be rehearsed on that particular date. Compositions featuring vocalists will likely not have the soloists or chorus present.
Youth Concerts
GRADES 3-8
SYMPHONIC STORYTELLING The 2016-2017 Colorado Symphony Youth Concerts “Symphonic Storytelling” features symphonic literature from every major historical era, and composers from Europe, Asia and the Americas. Students will be guided through a process of imagination linking the music they hear to elements of story such as characters, setting, actions, and consequences. Many of the works students will hear at the concert are themselves based on stories. These stories will be included with the Colorado State Music Standards and Common Core aligned materials featuring the program’s repertoire, enabling classroom study in advance of the field trip. Make your reservations early! CURRICULUM CONNECTIONS DATES TIMES COST NOTES
BERNSTEIN RIMSKY-KORSAKOV STRAVINSKY STRAUSS WILLIAMS RAVEL PROKOFIEV RAVEL ROSSINI
Music, Language Arts, History November 1, 8, 15 January 11, 12, 24, 25 Two performances daily: 9:50am and 11:15am (50 minutes) $5 per student/adult For groups of 20 or more, the coordinating teacher attends free. Financial assistance is available. Candide Overture Scheherazade Russian Dance from Petrouchka Also Sprach Zarathustra Imperial March Beauty and the Beast from Mother Goose Suite Sword Fight and Death of Tybalt from Romeo and Juliet Fairy Garden from Mother Goose Suite Finale from William Tell Overture
Master Mentors
GRADES K-12
SYMPHONY MUSICIAN TEACHING ARTISTS VISIT YOUR SCHOOL This highly flexible program provides support for music students of any grade. At the request of the teacher Colorado Symphony musician Teaching Artists can lead instrument demonstrations, listening/singing/movement workshops, coachings for band/orchestra students, advice for students interested in pursuing a career in the musical performing arts, composition/improvisation, or another specific request. CURRICULUM CONNECTION COST NOTES
Music $120 per hour per CSO Teaching Artist. Save $30 per hour per hour when combined with Open Rehearsal reservation Financial assistance is available.
Hispanic Heritage School Day Concert
GRADES 3-12
Assistant Conductor Andrés Lopera will lead the Colorado Symphony in a celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month with a program of Cultura Latina in the musical arts. Folklorico, Sing-along, and standard symphonic repertoire from South American, American, and European composers will be performed in an educational setting with Maestro Lopera guiding students through the rich history of Hispanic music. CURRICULUM CONNECTIONS DATE COST NOTES
Drums of the World
Music, History, Language Arts, Social Studies October 5, 9:50AM $5 per student/adult For groups of 20 or more, the coordinating teacher attends free. Financial assistance is available.
GRADES 3-8
Take a trip around the world with the Colorado Symphony’s world-class percussionists creating exciting rhythms with drums and other surprising percussion instruments. CURRICULUM CONNECTIONS DATE TIMES COST NOTES
Petite Musique
Music, History, Science November 29 Two performances, 9:50AM and 11:15AM (50 minutes) $5 per student/adult For groups of 20 or more, the coordinating teacher attends free. Financial assistance is available.
AGES 0-7
This specially designed program introduces the instruments of the orchestra to very young children in venues throughout the metro area. Our 16 piece orchestra and narrator perform an interactive program which incorporates storytelling, singing, and movement with music. This year’s program, Petite Buckaroos, will delight young children, teachers, and parents. COST DATES LOCATIONS TiMES NOTES
$5 per child/adult April 4, 18, 24, and 25 Visit coloradosymphony.org/musicurious Two performances daily: 10am and 11:30am (45 minutes) For groups of 20 or more, the coordinating teacher attends free. Financial assistance is available.
In School Programming
GRADES PRE K-5
A Colorado Symphony small ensemble will visit your school to present a program of music integrated with language arts, math or science. Choose from the options below, including available program combinations that can serve all grades. Music of Life
Grades 3-5 An imaginative integrated arts program highlighting the relationships between music and life sciences. Eco-systems and metamorphosis are combined with music concepts of theme and variations, and melodic development. Teachers receive preparation materials prior to the performance. See below for suggested Once Upon A Time pairings to include programming for lower elementary grade students. Mathnotes Grades 3-5 An innovative and popular integrated arts program highlighting the relationships between music and mathematics. Teachers receive preparation materials prior to the performance. See below for suggested Once Upon A Time pairings to include programming for lower elementary grade students. Once Upon A Time Grades Pre K-5 These storytelling programs introduce students to classical music, instruments or the orchestra, and support language arts instruction. See below for program combinations that can serve all grades. Grades Pre K-2: Aesop Times Two: The Tortoise and the Hare & The Boy Who Cried Wolf The Steadfast Tin Soldier Audrey and the Amazing Violin Grades 3-5: Tunji and the Giant Paul Bunyan Jack and the Beanstalk
AVAILABLE PROGRAM COMBINATIONS MathNotes + The Steadfast Tin Soldier Music of Life + Aesop’s Fables Jack and the Beanstalk + Aesop’s Fables Other program combinations can be made for an additional fee CURRICULUM CONNECTIONS
Music, Language Arts, Math, Science
COST
$800 for two back-to-back performances
NOTES
Financial assistance is available.
There is simply no substitute to hearing a professional group live! It was such a pleasure to bring our students. Thank you again for a top-notch experience! Very well done! Centennial Elementary School Music Specialist
To Make a Reservation For any of the Colorado Symphony’s MUSICURIOUS programs please visit the MUSICURIOUS page at coloradosymphony.org to reserve online. For any questions, contact the Education Coordinator, Shari Myers.
Contact Us Shari Myers Education Department 1000 14th Street, #15 303.534.0755 smyers@coloradosymphony.org
Financial Assistance Financial assistance is available for student scholarships or transportation costs. Please visit the EDUCATION page at coloradosymphony.org to download an application, then send in your completed form to the Education Coordinator, Shari Myers.
Thank you to the these organizations for their generous support Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation Avenir Foundation Bonfils-Stanton Foundation Clyde Eaton Smith Cherry Hills Cultural Association Denver Post Charities Denver Public Schools Dobbins Foundation Enterprise Holdings Foundation Frederick G. Fish Foundation Galen and Ada Bell Spencer Foundation Helen K. and Arthur E. Johnson Foundation Humprheys Foundation
Kinder Morgan Foundation Nathan B. and Florence R. Burt Foundation Ralph and Florence R. Burgess Trust Schramm Foundation US Bank Foundation The Denver Foundation The Kenneth King Foundation The Virginia Hill Foundation Walter S. Rosenberry III Charitable Trust Xcel Energy Foundation
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