Program - Disney In Concert: Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas & Halloween Spooktacular!

Colorado Symphony 2017/18 Season Presenting Sponsor:

MOVIE AT THE SYMPHONY DISNEY IN CONCERT: TIM BURTON’S THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS COLORADO SYMPHONY CHRISTOPHER DRAGON, conductor Thursday’s Concert is Gratefully Dedicated to The Denver Post Friday’s Concert is Gratefully Dedicated to Delta Dental Plan of Colorado

Thursday, October 26, 2017, at 7:30 p.m.

Friday, October 27, 2017, at 7:30 p.m.

Boettcher Concert Hall ACT I Overture Intro THIS IS HALLOWEEN Post Party JACK’S LAMENT Sally’s Lament Wandering Jack (Part I) Wandering Jack (Part II) WHAT’S THIS? Sally’s Potion Jack Returns TOWN MEETING SONG Bedtime Stories Experiments20 Sally Escapes

ACT II Jingle Bells Bunny MAKING CHRISTMAS Nabbed OOGIE BOOGIE’S SONG Here Comes Santa Claus Big Send Off SALLY’S SONG Jack’s Big Moment Christmas Storm POOR JACK Jack to the Rescue Back to Business FINALE Reprise End Credits *Song titles in ALL CAPS

Butterfly JACK’S OBSESSION Work in Progress KIDNAP THE SANDY CLAWS — INTERMISSION— Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas Music by Danny Elfman © 1993 Buena Vista Music Company Presentation licensed by Disney Concerts. All Rights Reserved

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MOVIE AT THE SYMPHONY BIOGRAPHIES CHRISTOPHER DRAGON, conductor Australian conductor Christopher Dragon is in his third season as the Associate Conductor of the Colorado Symphony and continues his position as Principal Guest Conductor with the Denver Young Artists Orchestra. For three years, Christopher previously 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. Christopher works regularly in Australia and has conducted the Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, and West Australian Symphony Orchestras. His 2015 debut performance at the Sydney Opera House with Josh Pyke and the Sydney Symphony has been released on CD by ABC Music. In 2017, Christopher returns to the West Australian Symphony Orchestra for a subscription concert. In 2016, he made his Brazilian conducting debut with the Orquestra Sinfônica de Porto Alegre. He has also conducted at numerous festivals including the Breckenridge and Bangalow Music Festivals, both resulting with invitations to return. At the beginning of 2016, Christopher conducted Wynton Marsalis’ Swing Symphony as part of the Perth International Arts Festival alongside Wynton Marsalis and Jazz at the Lincoln Center Orchestra. In 2014, Christopher was selected from 100 international applicants to conduct the Princess Galyani Vadhana Youth Orchestra in Thailand and earlier that year participated in the Jarvi Winter Academy in Estonia where he was awarded the Orchestra’s Favourite Conductor Prize. Christopher began his conducting studies in 2011 and was a member of the prestigious Symphony Services International Conductor Development Program 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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Halloween Spooktacular Presentied By:

FAMILY • 2017/18 HALLOWEEN SPOOKTACULAR COLORADO SYMPHONY JASON SEBER, conductor Tonight’s Concert is Gratefully Dedicated to Macy’s Foundation

Saturday, October 28, 2017, at 2:30 p.m.

Boettcher Concert Hall “Superheroes at the Symphony” JOHN WILLIAMS

Superman March

DANNY ELFMAN Arr. Wasson

Music from Spider-Man

JOHN WILLIAMS

“ Harry’s Wondrous World” from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

JOHN WILLIAMS

“Rey’s Theme” from Star Wars: The Force Awakens

JOHN WILLIAMS

“Imperial March” from Star Wars

ALAN SILVESTRI Orch. Ross

“Captain’s March” from Captain America (The First Avenger)

ROSSINI

Overture to William Tell: Allegro vivace

WAGNER

Ride of the Valkyries

JOHN WILLIAMS

Olympic Fanfare and Theme

COPLAND

Fanfare for the Common Man

MICHAEL GIACCHINO Orch. Chambers

Incredits from The Incredibles

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FAMILY BIOGRAPHIES JASON SEBER, conductor Known for his affable and engaging approach, Jason Seber is currently the David T. Beals III Associate Conductor of the Kansas City Symphony.

After a highly successful initial season as Assistant Conductor in 2016-17, Seber was promoted to Associate Conductor, and he continues to lead the Kansas City Symphony in nearly 70 performances each season for Classics Uncorked, Pops, Family, Screenland at the Symphony, and education concerts, as well as Christmas Festival, Symphony in the Flint Hills, and a multitude of other programs in the community. He also serves as cover conductor for Michael Stern and guest conductors on the Classical series. Prior to his appointment with the Kansas City Symphony, Seber served as Education and Outreach Conductor of the Louisville Orchestra for three seasons and Music Director of the Louisville Youth Orchestra. Seber previously served as Assistant Conductor of the Cleveland Pops Orchestra and the National Repertory Orchestra. He has collaborated in performances with artists ranging from Jinjoo Cho, Christopher O’Riley, Conrad Tao, Lisa Vroman, and Joyce Yang to Boyz II Men, Peter Cetera, Melissa Etheridge, Ben Folds, Brian Stokes Mitchell, and My Morning Jacket. Seber has guest conducted the Charleston (South Carolina), Colorado, Houston, Indianapolis, Mansfield (Ohio), National and Windsor (Ontario) symphonies, as well as the Cleveland Pops and the Denver Young Artists Orchestra. This season’s highlights include leading the WorldStrides Honors Performance Series Orchestra in concerts at the Sydney Opera House and Carnegie Hall, and return engagements with the Colorado Symphony and Houston Symphony.

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