SYMPHONY IN THE SUMMER
THE MAGAZINE OF THE COLORADO SYMPHONY
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Summer is finally here, and your Colorado Symphony is turning up the heat with a wide variety of concerts that could very well outshine the Colorado sun.
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9 The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses June 30 and July 1 at 7:30 p.m. Boettcher Concert Hall
Our 2017 Summer Season is an incredible showcase of the symphonic music our musicians so masterfully perform in venues as varied as our programs. We’re thrilled to return to the iconic Red Rocks Amphitheatre to perform with audience favorites like Amos Lee, Diana Krall, and Pink Martini. At the Arvada Center’s intimate amphitheater, we’ll perform our everpopular Mozart Under Moonlight and reprise the hit Tribute to Leroy Anderson. We’re also bringing the smooth sounds of Kenny Loggins and Christopher Cross to Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre—who says you need a marina to go sailing? I’m particularly excited for our Free Season Preview on Saturday, July 22, when I’ll lead you through highlights of our 2017/18 Season—my first as Music Director—at Boettcher Concert Hall!
12 Mozart Under Moonlight July 8 at 7:30 p.m. Arvada Center for the Arts & Humanities 14
La La Land In Concert July 12 and 14 at 7:30 p.m. Boettcher Concert Hall
16 Tribute to Leroy Anderson July 20 at 7:30 p.m. Arvada Center for the Arts & Humanities 17
Season Preview July 22 at 7:30 p.m. Boettcher Concert Hall
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Harry Potter and the Chamber Of Secrets In Concert July 29 at 7:30 p.m. and July 30 at 1:00 p.m. Boettcher Concert Hall For tickets: 303.623.7876 coloradosymphony.org Boettcher Concert Hall Denver Performing Arts Complex 1000 14th Street, #15 Denver, CO 80202 Phone: 303.292.5566 Fax: 303.293.2649 tickets@coloradosymphony.org
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DANNY TURNER
COLORADO SYMPHONY
BRETT MITCHELL
ANDREW LITTON
MUSIC DIRECTOR
PRINCIPAL GUEST CONDUCTOR
CHRISTOPHER DRAGON
ANDRES LOPERA
ASSISTANT CONDUCTOR
DUAIN WOLFE CHORUS DIRECTOR
ASSOCIATE CONDUCTOR
VIOLIN Yumi Hwang-Williams Concertmaster The Mary Rossick Kern & Jerome H. Kern Concertmaster Chair Claude Sim Associate Concertmaster Yi Zhao Assistant Concertmaster Ben Odhner Fixed 4th Chair 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 Miroslava IvanchenkoBartels Dorian Kincaid Karen Kinzie Mark Lamprey Susan Paik Miroslav Pastusiak Erik Peterson Robert Stoyanov Delcho Tenev Amy Tyson Bradley Watson Tena White Wenting Yuan
Charlyn Campbell   Marsha Holmes Leah Kovach Helen McDermott Kelly Shanafelt Phillip Stevens
VIOLA Basil Vendryes Principal Catherine Beeson Assistant Principal Mary Cowell Fixed 3rd Chair
OBOE Peter Cooper Principal Jason Lichtenwalter Jordan Pyle*
CELLO Austin Fisher Acting Principal Judith McIntyre Acting Assistant Principal Susan Rockey Bowles Danielle Guideri Thomas Heinrich Margaret Hoeppner Matthew Switzer Alice Yoo* Susan Yun BASS Steve Metcalf
Principal
Nicholas Recuber Assistant Principal John Arnesen Susan Cahill James Carroll Jeremy Kincaid Owen Levine FLUTE Brook Ferguson Principal Catherine Peterson 2nd / Assistant Principal Julie Duncan Thornton PICCOLO Julie Duncan Thornton
ENGLISH HORN Jason Lichtenwalter CLARINET Jason Shafer Principal Abby Raymond 2nd / Assistant Principal Andrew Stevens E-FLAT CLARINET Abby Raymond BASS CLARINET Andrew Stevens BASSOON Chad Cognata Principal Tristan Rennie 2nd / Assistant Principal Roger Soren CONTRA-BASSOON Roger Soren HORN Michael Thornton Principal Austin Larson Assistant Principal David Brussel Carolyn Kunicki+ Kolio Plachkov+ 3rd / Associate Principal Kaitlyn Resler* TRUMPET Justin Bartels Principal Philip Hembree 2nd / Assistant Principal Patrick Tillery Associate Principal
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TROMBONE John Sipher Principal Paul Naslund 2nd / Associate Principal Gregory Harper BASS TROMBONE Gregory Harper TUBA Stephen Dombrowski Principal HARP Courtney Hershey Bress Principal TIMPANI William Hill Principal Steve Hearn Assistant Principal PERCUSSION John Kinzie Principal Steve Hearn Michael Van Wirt ORCHESTRA LIBRARIAN Joanne Goble Principal Jonathan Groszew Assistant
* = Summer replacement + = Summer leave
BOARD OF TRUSTEES/STAFF OFFICERS Jerome H. Kern, Co-Chair Dr. Mary Rossick Kern, Co-Chair Stephanie Donner, Esq. Treasurer Susan Bowles,* Secretary TRUSTEES Anthony T. Accetta Dr. Paula P. Bernstein Susan Cahill* Young Cho Jim Copenhaver Zachary D. Detra, Esq. BJ Dyer Sandy Elliott Jack Finlaw Dr. Everette J. Freeman Amy Harmon Diane S. Hill, Ph.D. Jessica Hobbs Yumi Hwang-Williams* Kathleen Johnson, Esq. John Kinzie* Richard D. Krugman, M.D. Richard Kylberg P. Evan Lasky Jonathan Masoudi, M.D. Patrick McKinstry, Esq. Bill Myers Joe Neguse, Esq Kolio Plachkov* Nick Recuber* Julie Rubsam L. T. Sandvik Jason Shafer* Eric Sondermann Brandon L. Thall * Colorado Symphony Musician Trustee EX-OFFICIO TRUSTEES Sarah Moore President, Colorado Symphony Guild Ginger White City and County of Denver, Arts & Venues EMERITUS TRUSTEES William K. Coors John Low W. Gerald Rainer Lee Yeingst HONORARY TRUSTEES Governor John Hickenlooper Mayor Michael B. Hancock Christopher J. Ott, M.D. ASSOCIATE BOARD OFFICERS Jackson Stevens, Chair William Kowalski, Treasurer Andrea Copland, Secretary Chris Strom, Marketing Chair Rachel Yeates, Membership Chair Brandon Seifert, Events Chair ASSOCIATE BOARD MEMBERS
Marilyn Brock Mike Fredregill Gerry Heise Leah Kovach Bridget Kennedy McNeil Sarah Parmley Kelly Waltrip
STAFF LEADERSHIP TEAM Jerome H. Kern Chief Executive Officer Coreen Miller Chief Financial Officer Anthony Pierce Chief Artistic Officer Christina Carlson Chief Advancement Officer Parker Owens Chief Marketing Officer Susan Ellis Chief Administrative Officer Doug Yost Chief of Information Services ARTISTIC Brett Mitchell Music Director Andrew Litton Principal Guest Conductor Duain Wolfe Chorus Director, Colorado Symphony Chorus Christopher Dragon Associate Conductor Andres Lopera Assistant Conductor Emily Scott Director of Artistic Administration Dave Aeling Production Stage Manager Travis Branam Assistant Conductor, Colorado Symphony Chorus Larry Brezicka Orchestra Personnel Manager Mary Louise Burke Associate Conductor, Colorado Symphony Chorus Aric Christensen Audio Engineer Joanne Goble Principal Orchestra Librarian Jonathan Groszew Assistant Orchestra Personnel Manager / Assistant Librarian Deborah Guess Properties Master Philip Hiester Master Electrician Eric Israelson Chorus Manager Sam Jaehnig Head Carpenter
Kyle Kamrath Manager of Artistic Operations Taylor Martin Assistant Conductor, Colorado Symphony Chorus Jessica Mays Outreach Coordinator Mike Pappas New Media Center Barbara Porter Assistant Chorus Manager Phillip Strom Artistic Coordinator ADVANCEMENT / DEVELOPMENT Sean Baker Annual Giving Manager Kate Bentley Development Associate Emily Spirk Development Administrative Assistant EDUCATION Catherine Beeson Director of Community Education Programs Shari Myers Education Coordinator FINANCE Annette Brown Staff Accountant Paula Rossin Staff Accountant INFORMATION SERVICES Matt Krupa Manager of Information Technology MARKETING / PUBLIC & COMMUNITY RELATIONS Stephanie Derybowski Digital Media Specialist Rachel Trignano Publicist SALES & PATRON SERVICES Susan Kelly Director of Sales & Patron Services Ian MacIntyre Manager of Patron Services Amanda Cantu Lead Patron Services Associate Molly Epstein Group Sales Associate
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Rosa Gasdia Patron Services Associate Kelsey Holmes Patron Services Associate Theresa Illich Patron Services Associate Alexis Kittner Lead Patron Services Associate Rosa Torres Patron Services Associate Nilgen Velazco Patron Services Associate Rob Warner Lead Patron Services Associate & Concierge Michael Williams Patron Services Associate THE SYMPHONY FUND Stephen M. Brett, President Norman L. Wilson, Treasurer Susan K. Ellis, Secretary Jerome H. Kern Gregg O. Kvistad Karen H. Long Suzanne Ryan COLORADO SYMPHONY GUILD OFFICERS Sarah Moore, President Patty Goward, Recording Secretary Donna Connolly, Treasurer Janet Weisheit, Assistant Treasurer Nancy Lawrence, VP of Fundraising Sue Pawlik, VP of Membership DeWayne Thomas, VP of Information Management Deanna Leino, VP of Music Education Toshiko Mihara, Corresponding Secretary Mary Neidig, Immediate Past President Boettcher Concert Hall Denver Performing Arts Complex 1000 14th Street, No. 15 Denver, CO 80202 Phone: 303.292.5566 Fax: 303.293.2649 Email: tickets@ coloradosymphony.org Tickets: 303.623.7876 coloradosymphony.org
SUMMER • 2017 THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: SYMPHONY OF THE GODDESSES COLORADO SYMPHONY KELLY CORCORAN, conductor DENVER PRO CHORALE, TAYLOR MARTIN, director Friday, June 30, 2017, at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, July 1, 2017, at 7:30 p.m. Boettcher Concert Hall
- ACT I Overture (2017) - Interludes Dragon Roost Island Majora’s Mask Medley Breath of the Wild A Link Between Worlds - The Symphony Prelude - The Creation of Hyrule Movement I - Skyward Sword Movement II - Ocarina of Time - ACT II Temple of Time Intermezzo Movement III - The Wind Waker Movement IV - Twilight Princess Movement V - Time of the Falling Rain - Finale -
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SUMMER • 2017 KELLY CORCORAN, conductor Named “Best Classical Conductor” in 2015 by the Nashville Scene, Kelly Corcoran is a passionate advocate for the robust place of classical music in our lives and the lives of future generations. Corcoran is Artistic Director of Intersection, a contemporary music ensemble dedicated to challenging the traditional concert experience with concerts for all ages. Corcoran conducted the Nashville Symphony for nine seasons both as Associate Conductor and Director of the Symphony Chorus where she conducted the orchestra in hundreds of performances and was the primary conductor for the education and community engagement concerts. Corcoran founded the Nashville Philharmonic Orchestra thirteen years ago and continues to serve on the board. Corcoran has appeared as a guest conductor with many major orchestras including The Cleveland Orchestra, the Atlanta, Detroit, Houston, Milwaukee, and National Symphonies, often with return engagements. Abroad, Corcoran has appeared with orchestras in Argentina, England, Spain, Mexico, and Chile. Corcoran has worked with a range of artists and styles such as Béla Fleck and Amy Grant, film scores in concert, and as a regular conductor with The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses tour. Corcoran attended The Boston Conservatory and Indiana University. Her primary mentors are Leonard Slatkin and Marin Alsop. She also focused on contemporary literature with Pierre Boulez at the Lucerne Festival. Corcoran cares deeply about equity, our youth, and the future of classical music, and participated in REAL (Racial Equity in Arts Leadership), Project Music and Leadership Music, and is an Advisor for Music Makes Us. More details are available at www. kellycorcoran.net.
JASON MICHAEL PAUL, producer A pioneer and leader in the live symphonic concert industry, Jason Michael Paul Entertainment, Inc. produces and promotes concerts for leading international artists, including a series of live symphonic concerts that make video game music come to life. International concert events include: Dear Friends – Music from FINAL FANTASY; More Friends – Music from FINAL FANTASY; PLAY! A Video Game Symphony; rePLAY: Symphony of Heroes; The Legend of Zelda – 25th Anniversary Concerts; and The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses. A leader in film orchestra projects, Jason Michael Paul was the first to take video game music to the masses. In 2004, JMP brought the first concert featuring music and visuals from FINAL FANTASY to the United States. More recently, Nintendo asked JMP to commemorate the 25th anniversary of their AAA series with a concert featuring the music from The Legend of Zelda. The success of those shows spawned a worldwide touring sensation with The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses Second Quest and Master Quest. Jason Michael Paul has produced concerts all over the world for artists and companies such as Luciano Pavarotti, The Three Tenors, Elton John, Foo Fighters, Outkast, Michael McDonald, James Ingram, Patti Austin, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Seattle Symphony, San Diego Symphony, Tokyo Philharmonic, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Detroit Symphony, Dallas Symphony, Houston Symphony, Oregon Symphony, Utah Symphony, Ft. Worth Symphony, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony, Nintendo, Sony Computer Entertainment America, Bethesda, Square Enix, Konami, Electronic Arts, Disney, Madison Square Garden Network, PBS, LiveNation, AEG, and Nederlander. 10 SOUNDINGS SUMMER 2017 | COLORADOSYMPHONY.ORG
SUMMER • 2017 TAYLOR MARTIN, artistic director, Denver Pro Chorale assistant conductor, Colorado Symphony Chorus Taylor Martin is a dynamic conductor, educator, and professional singer working with Denver’s diverse populations since 2012. Taylor has served as the Artistic Director of the Denver Pro Chorale since 2016, performing diverse programs, and developing collaborations with the Breckenridge Music Festival, Colorado Symphony, among others. In 2016, Taylor was appointed Assistant Conductor of the Colorado Symphony Chorus, serving as Chorus Director of Video Games Live at Red Rocks Amphitheater, and for Danny Elfman’s Music From the Films of Tim Burton, at Boettcher Concert Hall. In collaboration with the Colorado Symphony and Chorus, Taylor prepared the Denver Pro Chorale for Zelda Symphony of the Goddesses. An impassioned educator in Denver, Taylor has taught with the non-profit organization, El Sistema Colorado, since its infancy, developing key elements of the choral curriculum. The program brings free music education to under-served students in the Globeville and Swansea neighborhoods in Denver, and has become an important part of the cultural fabric of Colorado. As an active professional singer, Taylor sings regularly with the Colorado Bach Ensemble, and Saint Martin’s Chamber Choir, with whom he joined the Santa Fe Desert Chorale for a performance of Mozart’s Requiem in the summer of 2014. Taylor serves as Director of Music at Christ the King Catholic Church in Denver, where he directs four ensembles, and is a sought-after clinician and guest conductor throughout the Greater Denver Area. Taylor holds an Artist Diploma and Master of Music from the University of Denver’s Lamont School of Music.
DENVER PRO CHORALE Founded in 2012, the Denver Pro Chorale is comprised of musicians based in the Denver Metropolitan area. The Denver Pro Chorale specializes in singing diverse choral repertoire including works of living composers from around the world. The ensemble was featured with musicians of the Breckenridge Music Festival in August 2016, and has performed with the Colorado Symphony, Saint Martin’s Chamber Choir, and the choirs of Metropolitan State University. In 2014 the chorale was a featured ensemble at the Colorado Music Educator’s Association convention in Colorado Springs. Now in its fifth season, The Denver Pro Chorale has developed collaborations across musical, and visual arts disciplines, and has developed an educational partnership with the Denver-based nonprofit, El Sistema Colorado. SOPRANO Manda Baker Monica Garcia Paige Sentianin Katie Hom Christine Strickland Abigail Cher Amy Austin Stephanie Doolos Anna Vavra Anne Lopez Kim Cowan Colleen Keefe Misty Dupuis
ALTO Carrie Buechner Stacy Krueger Brienna Jarrell Natalie Thompson Christie Connolley Amber Parrish Jessica Sweet Elizabeth Gangware
TENOR Kevin Guzzo Jacob Muehsam Chris Garcia James Jensen Kevin Mackin Bryan Grosbach Josh Jackson Joey Salmon
BASS Mike Ballard Nicholas Boyer Adam Brown Mike Hardey Jonathan Bradshaw Andrew Fish Donald Hume Eitan Kantor Taylor Nelson Curtis Sosias Chris Francis
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SUMMER • 2017 MOZART UNDER MOONLIGHT COLORADO SYMPHONY CHRISTOPHER DRAGON, conductor STEVEN LIN, piano Saturday, July 8, 2017, at 7:30 p.m. Arvada Center for the Arts & Humanities
MOZART
Overture to Don Giovanni, K. 527
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K. 466 Allegro Romanza Rondo: Allegro assai — INTERMISSION — MOZART Symphony No. 39 in E-flat major, K. 543 Adagio – Allegro Andante con moto Menuetto: Allegretto Allegro
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SUMMER • 2017 CHRISTOPHER DRAGON, conductor Australian conductor Christopher Dragon is in his second season as the Associate Conductor of the Colorado Symphony and commences 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.
STEVEN LIN, piano Taiwanese American pianist Steven Lin is an immediately engaging and imaginative young artist, applauded by the New York Times for playing that is “…immaculately voiced and enhanced by admirable subtleties of shading and dynamics.” His list of awards includes the 2012 Concert Artists Guild Victor Elmaleh Competition and the John Giordano Jury Chairman Discretionary Award at the 2013 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. Steven’s recent engagements include performances at the Washington Performing Arts Series, and recitals for Strathmore Performing Arts Center, Sun Valley Piano Festival and Chicago’s Dame Myra Hess Series. As a soloist, he was featured with the Kansas City Symphony, with other orchestral performances including the Waco and Victoria symphonies in Texas, the Hilton Head Symphony, and a return engagement with the Tulare County Symphony. He is also featured prominently in the Cliburn Competition documentary film, Virtuosity, which premiered on PBS in June 2015. Steven Lin is a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music and The Juilliard School, where he studied under Robert McDonald and Matti Raekallio.
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SUMMER • 2017 LA LA LAND IN CONCERT COLORADO SYMPHONY
Wednesday, July 12, 2017, at 7:30 p.m. Friday, July 14, 2017, at 7:30 p.m. Boettcher Concert Hall
SUMMIT ENTERTAINMENT Presents A MARC PLATT Production An IMPOSTOR PICTURES / GILBERT FILMS Production A DAMIEN CHAZELLE Film RYAN GOSLING • EMMA STONE “LA LA LAND” JOHN LEGEND • ROSEMARIE DEWITT Casting by DEBORAH AQUILA, CSA & TRICIA WOOD, CSA Choreographer MANDY MOORE Music Supervisor STEVEN GIZICKI Executive Music Producer MARIUS DE VRIES Music by JUSTIN HURWITZ Lyrics by BENJ PASEK & JUSTIN PAUL Score by JUSTIN HURWITZ Costume Designer MARY ZOPHRES Film Editor TOM CROSS, ACE Production Designer DAVID WASCO Director of Photography LINUS SANDGREN, FSF Executive Producer MICHAEL BEUGG Produced by FRED BERGER, p.g.a. • JORDAN HOROWITZ, p.g.a. • GARY GILBERT • MARC PLATT, p.g.a. Written and Directed by DAMIEN CHAZELLE
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See Brett on the podium at these events:
All-Beethoven Conducted by Brett Mitchell
Renée Fleming with the Colorado Symphony
DEC 1-3 FRI-SAT 7:30 Q SUN 1:00
SEPT 9 SAT 7:30 Brett Mitchell, conductor Renée Fleming, soprano
Brett Mitchell, conductor Jeffrey Kahane, piano
Handel’s Messiah
Opening Weekend: Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 SEPT 15-17 FRI-SAT 7:30 SUN 1:00 Q
Brett Mitchell, conductor Mason Bates, electronica
DEC 8-9 FRI-SAT 7:30 Brett Mitchell, conductor Colorado Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe, director
A Night In Vienna DEC 31 SUN 6:30
Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue
Brett Mitchell, conductor
SEPT 22-24 FRI-SAT 7:30 SUN 1:00 Q
Brett Mitchell, conductor Kevin Cole, piano
Yo-Yo Ma with the Colorado Symphony DEC 10 SUN 7:30 Brett Mitchell, conductor Yo-Yo Ma, cello
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SUMMER • 2017 A NIGHT OF POPS: TRIBUTE TO LEROY ANDERSON COLORADO SYMPHONY CHRISTOPHER DRAGON, conductor
Thursday, July 20, 2017, at 7:30 p.m. Arvada Center for the Arts & Humanities
ANDERSON ANDERSON STRAUSS, J. & Jos. ANDERSON ANDERSON BIZET ANDERSON ANDERSON TCHAIKOVSKY
Chicken Reel Jazz Pizzicato Pizzicato Polka Belle of the Ball The Waltzing Cat Habañera from Carmen Blue Tango The Typewriter Symphony No. 4: Finale — INTERMISSION — ANDERSON Clarinet Candy ANDERSON Bugler’s Holiday ANDERSON A Trumpeter’s Lullaby GREIG From Peer Gynt: Morning In the Hall of the Mountain King ANDERSON Plink, Plank, Plunk! ANDERSON The Syncopated Clock ANDERSON Horse and Buggy ROSSINI Allegro vivace from Overture to William Tell ANDERSON Sleigh Ride
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SUMMER • 2017 SEASON PREVIEW COLORADO SYMPHONY BRETT MITCHELL, conductor CHRISTOPHER DRAGON, conductor ANDRES LOPERA, conductor Saturday, July 22, 2017, at 7:30 p.m. Boettcher Concert Hall
BERLIOZ
Roman Carnival Overture
BEETHOVEN
Symphony no. 5 in C minor, Op. 67
I. Allegro con brio
MUSSORGSKY
A Night on Bald Mountain
KLAUS BADELT
Suite from Pirates of the Caribbean
KEVIN PUTS
Millennium Canons — INTERMISSION —
WAGNER
“The Ride of the Valkyries” from Die Walküre
JOHN WILLIAMS
Theme from Jurassic Park
MOZART
Overture to The Marriage of Figaro , K. 492
KHACHATURIAN
“Sabre Dance” from Gayane
TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony no. 5 in E minor, Op. 64
IV. Finale: Andante maestoso - Allegro vivace
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BRETT MITCHELL, conductor Hailed for delivering compelling performances of innovative, eclectic programs, Brett Mitchell has been named the fourth Music Director of the Colorado Symphony, beginning in the 2017/18 Season. Prior to this fouryear appointment, he will serve as Music Director Designate during the 2016/17 Season. Mr. Mitchell is also currently the Associate Conductor of The Cleveland Orchestra. He joined the orchestra as Assistant Conductor in 2013, and was promoted to his current position in 2015, becoming the orchestra’s first Associate Conductor in over three decades and only the fifth in its 98-year history. In this role, he leads the orchestra in several dozen concerts each season at Severance Hall, Blossom Music Center, and on tour. Mr. Mitchell also serves as the Music Director of the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra, which he recently led on a four-city tour of China. In addition to these titled positions, Brett Mitchell is in consistent demand as a guest conductor. Recent and upcoming guest engagements include the orchestras of Columbus, Dallas, Detroit, Houston, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Oregon, Rochester, Saint Paul, and Washington (National Symphony Orchestra), among others. He has collaborated with such soloists as Rudolf Buchbinder, James Ehnes, Leila Josefowicz, and Alisa Weilerstein, and has served as cover conductor and musical assistant at The Philadelphia Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, London Philharmonic Orchestra, and Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. Born in Seattle in 1979, Brett Mitchell holds degrees in conducting from the University of Texas at Austin and composition from Western Washington University, which selected him as its Young Alumnus of the Year in 2014. He also studied at the National Conducting Institute, and was selected by Kurt Masur as a recipient of the inaugural American Friends of the Mendelssohn Foundation Scholarship. Mr. Mitchell was also one of five recipients of the League of American Orchestras’ American Conducting Fellowship from 2007 to 2010.
CHRISTOPHER DRAGON, conductor (biography on page 13) ANDRES LOPERA, conductor Colombian conductor Andres Lopera is one of the leading Latin-American artists in the United States with nearly a decade of engagements in both North and South America. A passionate conductor who believes in the transformational power of music, Lopera is now the Assistant Conductor of the Colorado Symphony, having formerly led the Oregon Symphony, Toledo Symphony, New World Symphony, National Repertory Orchestra, and Portland Columbia Symphony Orchestra. He has also appeared with professional and youth orchestras throughout Central and South America, including Honduras, where he led the Youth Orchestra of the Americas in a musical camp for both young and professional musicians. In 2012, Lopera was appointed Music Director of the Metropolitan Youth Symphony, for which he oversaw 12 different orchestral ensembles with more than 450 students. Also an accomplished trombonist, Lopera’s musical development started with the Red de Bandas de Antioquia and Red de Escuelas de Musica de Medellin, both El Sistema like programs developed in Colombia. Lopera earned a Master of Music degree in Orchestral Conducting from New England Conservatory of Music and in Trombone Performance from the University of Texas at Austin. Prior to these programs, he was awarded degrees in Conducting and Trombone from the Universidad EAFIT in Medellin, Colombia. His principal teachers were Hugh Wolff and David Loebel, with additional studies with Ludovic Morlot, Michael Tilson Thomas, and Marin Alsop. 18 SOUNDINGS SUMMER 2017 | COLORADOSYMPHONY.ORG
SUMMER • 2017 HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS™ IN CONCERT COLORADO SYMPHONY JOHN WILLIAMS, composer COLORADO SYMPHONY CHORUS, MARY LOUISE BURKE, associate director
Saturday, July 29, 2017, at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, July 30, 2017, at 1:00 p.m. Boettcher Concert Hall
Produced by
Justin Freer, President/Founder/Producer Brady Beaubien, Co-Founder/Producer
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SUMMER • 2017 JUSTIN FREER, president/founder/producer, CineConcerts American composer/conductor JUSTIN FREER was born and raised in Huntington Beach, CA. He has established himself as one of the West Coast’s most exciting musical voices and has quickly become a highly sought-after conductor and producer of film music concerts around the world. Freer began his formal studies on trumpet, playing in wind ensembles, marching bands, and community orchestras. He quickly turned to piano and composition and composed his first work for wind ensemble at age eleven. Continuing trumpet performance while studying piano and composition, Freer saw multiple wind ensemble, choral, and big band performances of his music while still a teenager and gave his professional conducting debut at age sixteen. Continually composing for various different mediums, he has written music for world-renowned trumpeters Doc Severinsen and Jens Lindemann and continues to be in demand as a composer and conductor for everything from orchestral literature to chamber music at some of the most well known concert halls, festivals, music clinics, and conventions in the world. Major League Soccer called upon Freer to compose and conduct music for the 2011 and 2012 Major League Soccer Championship Cups in Los Angeles, CA. He has served as composer for several independent films and has written motion picture advertising music for some of 20th Century Fox Studios’ biggest campaigns including Avatar, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Dragonball Evolution, and Aliens in the Attic. In recent seasons, his works have been performed by the Musashino Academia Musicae Wind Ensemble, Texas All-State Symphonic Band, the Grand Symphonic Winds and the wind bands of the University of North Texas, Purdue University, Kansas State University, University of North Dakota, University of Illinois, Indiana University, UCLA, St. Cloud State University, and Cal State University, Los Angeles, among many others. His music has also appeared as a subject of discussion at the Oxford Round Table of Scholars and has been performed throughout the world from New York City’s Carnegie Hall to Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall. Freer has been recognized with numerous grants and awards from organizations including ASCAP, BMI, the Society of Composers and Lyricists, and the Henry Mancini Estate. He is the Founder and President of CineConcerts, a company dedicated to the preservation and concert presentation of film, TV, and media music set to picture with whom he has produced, curated, and conducted full length music score performances live with film for such wide ranging titles as Gladiator, The Godfather, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, It’s A Wonderful Life, and most recently Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone — he also spent several years as one of the principal conductors for The Lord of the Rings Trilogy In Concert and conducted the European concert run of Titanic. Mr. Freer earned both his B.A. and M.A. degrees in Music Composition from UCLA, where his principal composition teachers included Paul Chihara and Ian Krouse. In addition, he was mentored by legendary composer/conductor Jerry Goldsmith.
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SUMMER • 2017 CineConcerts is one of the leading producers of live music experiences performed with visual media. Founded by producer/conductor Justin Freer and producer/writer Brady Beaubien, CineConcerts has engaged millions of people worldwide in concert presentations that redefine the evolution of live experience. Recent and current live concert experiences include Gladiator, The Godfather, It’s a Wonderful Life, DreamWorks Animation In Concert, Star Trek: The Ultimate Voyage 50th Anniversary Concert Tour, and Breakfast at Tiffany’s. Justin Freer has quickly become one of the most sought-after conductors of film music with a long list of full symphonic live to projection projects. He has appeared with some of the world’s leading orchestras including the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, and Sydney Symphony Orchestra. From full-length movie screenings with live orchestra to music-interactive sporting event experiences to original 3D-environment holiday programming, CineConcerts is at the forefront of live entertainment.
JOHN WILLIAMS, composer One of the most popular and successful American orchestral composers of the modern age, John Williams is the winner of five Academy Awards, 17 Grammys, three Golden Globes, two Emmys, and five BAFTA Awards from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Best known for his film scores and ceremonial music, Williams is also a noted composer of concert works and a renowned conductor. Williams’ scores for such films as Jaws, E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial, Schindler’s List, as well as the Indiana Jones series, have won him multiple awards and produced best-selling recordings, and his scores for the original Star Wars trilogy transformed the landscape of Hollywood film music and became icons of American culture. Williams has composed the music and served as music director for nearly eighty films, including Saving Private Ryan, Amistad, Seven Years in Tibet, The Lost World, Rosewood, Sleepers, Nixon, Sabrina, Schindler’s List, Jurassic Park, Home Alone, Far and Away, JFK, Hook, Presumed Innocent, Always, Born on the Fourth of July, the Indiana Jones trilogy, The Accidental Tourist, Empire of the Sun, The Witches of Eastwick, the Star Wars trilogy, E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial, The Empire Strikes Back, Superman, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Jaws, and Goodbye Mr. Chips. Williams has been awarded several gold and platinum records, and his score for Schindler’s List earned him both an Oscar and a Grammy. In 2000, at the ShoWest Convention USA, he was honored as Maestro of the Year by the National Association of Theater Owners. John Williams was born in New York and moved to Los Angeles with his family in 1948. There he attended UCLA and studied composition privately with Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco. After service in the Air Force, Mr. Williams returned to New York to attend the Juilliard School, where he studied piano with Madame Rosina Lhevinne. While in New York, he also worked as a jazz pianist, both in clubs and on recordings. He then returned to Los Angeles, where he began his career in the film industry, working with such composers as Bernard Herrmann, Alfred Newman, and Franz Waxman. He went on to write music for many television programs in the 1960s, winning two Emmy Awards for his work. In January 1980, Williams was named nineteenth SOUNDINGS SUMMER 2017 | COLORADOSYMPHONY.ORG 21
SUMMER • 2017 Conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra since its founding in 1885. He assumed the title of Boston Pops Laureate Conductor, following his retirement in December 1993, and currently holds the title of Artist-in-Residence at Tanglewood. Williams has written many concert pieces, including a symphony, a sinfonietta for wind ensemble, a cello concerto premiered by Yo-Yo Ma and the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Tanglewood in 1994, concertos for the flute and violin recorded by the London Symphony Orchestra, concertos for the clarinet and tuba, and a trumpet concerto, which was premiered by the Cleveland Orchestra and their principal trumpet Michael Sachs in September 1996. His bassoon concerto, The Five Sacred Trees, which was premiered by the New York Philharmonic and principal bassoon player Judith LeClair in 1995, was recorded for Sony Classical by Williams with LeClair and the London Symphony. In addition, Mr. Williams has composed the well-known NBC News theme “The Mission;” “Liberty Fanfare,” composed for the re-dedication of the Statue of Liberty; “We’re Lookin’ Good,” composed for the Special Olympics in celebration of the 1987 International Summer Games; and themes for the 1984, 1988, and 1996 Summer Olympic games. His most recent concert work Seven for Luck — for soprano and orchestra — is a seven-piece song cycle based on the texts of former U.S. Poet Laureate Rita Dove. Seven for Luck was given its world premiere by the Boston Symphony under Mr. Williams with soprano Cynthia Haymon. John Williams has led the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra on United States Tours in 1985, 1989, and 1992, and on a tour of Japan in 1987. He led the Boston Pops Orchestra on tours of Japan in 1990 and 1993. In addition to leading the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Symphony Hall and at Tanglewood, Williams has appeared as guest conductor with a number of major orchestras, including the London Symphony, the Cleveland Orchestra, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Chicago Symphony, the Pittsburgh Symphony, the Dallas Symphony, the San Francisco Symphony, and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Williams holds honorary degrees from fourteen American universities, including Berklee College of Music in Boston, Boston College, Northeastern University, Tufts University, Boston University, the New England Conservatory of Music, and the University of Massachusetts at Boston. On June 23, 2000, he became the first inductee into the Hollywood Bowl Hall of Fame
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SUMMER • 2017 MARY LOUISE BURKE, associate director, Colorado Symphony Chorus Mary Louise Burke is in her 23rd season as Associate Chorus 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 chorus projects. Burke is also Associate Director of the Colorado Children’s Chorale, conducting the Concert Choir and acting as vocal coach for the Chorale. With an expertise in vocal technique, Burke frequently does 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.
COLORADO SYMPHONY CHORUS The 2016-2017 Colorado Symphony Concert Season marks the 33rd year of the Colorado Symphony Chorus. Founded in 1984 by Duain Wolfe at the request of Gaetano Delogu, then the Music Director of the Symphony, the chorus has grown, over the past three decades, into a nationally-respected ensemble. This outstanding chorus of 180 volunteers joins the Colorado Symphony for numerous performances (more than 25 this year alone), and radio and television broadcasts, to repeat critical acclaim. The Chorus has performed at noted music festivals in the Rocky Mountain region, including the Colorado Music Festival, the Grand Teton Music Festival, and the Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival, where it has performed with the New York Philharmonic, the Philadelphia Orchestra, and the Dallas Symphony. For over two decades, the Chorus has been featured at the world-renowned Aspen Music Festival, performing many great masterworks under the baton of notable conductors Lawrence Foster, James Levine, Murry Sidlin, Leonard Slatkin, Robert Spano, and David Zinman. Among the recordings the Colorado Symphony Chorus has made is a NAXOS release of Roy Harris’s Symphony No. 4. The Chorus is also featured on a recent Hyperion release of the Vaughan Williams Dona Nobis Pacem and Stephen Hough’s Missa Mirabilis. 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, and in 2016 the Chorus returned to Europe for concerts in Paris, Strasbourg, and Munich. From Evergreen to Lochbuie, and Boulder to Castle Rock, singers travel each week to rehearsals and performances in Denver totaling about 80 a year. The Colorado Symphony continues to be grateful for the excellence and dedication of this remarkable, all-volunteer ensemble! For an audition appointment, call 303.308.2483.
COLORADO SYMPHONY CHORUS Duain Wolfe, Founding Director and Conductor; Mary Louise Burke, Associate Director; Travis Branam, Assistant Conductor; Taylor Martin, Assistant Conductor; Eric Israelson, Chorus Manager; Barbara Porter, Associate Manager; Brian Dukeshier, Danni Snyder, Accompanists SOPRANO Carissa Anderson Jamie Brown Megan Buness Kim Cowan Katie Hom Angela Hupp
Colleen Keefe Karen Mize Paige Sentianin Sara Persily Natalie Thompson Athena Wilkinson
ALTO Sharon Billings Carrie Buechner Barb Deck Sara Echelberger Madeline Gardner Brienna Jarrell
Amber Parrish Amanda Pearo Elizabeth Peterson Chelsea Smith Tamiya Stone
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SUMMER • 2017 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets™ In Concert Produced by CineConcerts Justin Freer, President/Founder/Producer Brady Beaubien, Co-Founder/Producer Jennifer Wootton, Production Associate David Hoffis, Sound Engineer/Production Supervisor Ed Kalnins, Playback Operator and Synthesizer Production Marketing Director: Kory Kelly Press Manager: Andrew P. Alderete Worldwide Representation: WME Entertainment Music Preparation: JoAnn Kane Music Service Music Editing: Ramiro Belgardt and Ed Kalnins Sound Remixing: Justin Moshkevich, Igloo Music Studios A Very Special Thanks to: Warner Bros. Consumer Products, The Blair Partnership, Mark Graham, Amos Newman, Jamie Richardson, Alex Rabens, and John Williams.
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