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WELCOME TO TINY TOTS! Children are welcome to move during the program. Feel free to let little ones get up, dance, and participate in the interactive moments. Adults are expected to remain seated throughout the program unless there is an emergency. Some instruments are quite fragile. Please do not touch (or let a child touch) a musician's instrument unless the musician offers for you to do so. Have any questions, comments, or concerns? Find a volunteer or staff member in a Tiny Tots shirt and we'll be happy to help!
ABOUT US Inside the Orchestra is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. We firmly believe that introducing children to the world of music and the arts at a young age strengthens not only that child, but the community as a whole. In order to be inclusive of all children, we underwrite our concerts, thus providing experiences that are otherwise unavailable to many children, communities, and schools.
OUR MAIN PROGRAMS Our programs get children "inside the orchestra" by seating them on the floor and surrounding them with professional musicians and performers. Programs include diverse music and feature guest artists from other cultural organizations.
Tiny Tots Designed for children six and under. Tiny Tots seats the audience inside of a 30+ piece orchestra. Programs are held in locations all around the Denver metro area, from Parker to Boulder and in between.
Inside the Orchestra for Schools
A 14-16 piece orchestra outreach program for k-8 schools. The repertoire and approach to learning are designed to support and enhance school curricula. We offer this program in English and Spanish/English bilingual formats.
Additional Programs Inside the Orchestra offers programs for children with sensory processing disorders in partnership with the Autism Society, programs for home school students in kindergarten through 8th grade, and - for the grownups - we have one exciting adults-only event per year, Inside the Orchestra for Adults. Find out more about all of our programs at insidetheorchestra.org
CONDUCTOR Dan Leavitt
Dan has a Master of Arts in Music from the University of Denver. He has written over 500 arrangements that are played all over the world. Dan has taught at the University of Colorado Boulder, Metropolitan State University, Colorado Christian University and Cherry Creek High School. He is currently the conductor of the Mercury Ensemble and has conducted the Colorado Ballet and the Denver Municipal Band. Dan has performed with numerous artists and ensembles such as Andrea Bocelli, Barry Manilow, Ray Charles, John Denver, Bob Hope, The Canadian Brass, The Irish Tenors, Mannheim Steam Roller, Aaron Copland, The Denver Brass, Denver Chamber Orchestra, Colorado Chamber Players, Central City Opera, and The Colorado Symphony. He has performed four times for Presidents of the US. He has recorded with the Colorado Symphony, The Boulder Brass, Rare Silk, and can be heard on Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman by Joan Tower. He has a passion for conducting, performing, composing, and music education.
TEACHING ARTIST Maggy Stacy
Maggy Stacy is a Teaching Artist with DCPA Education and works to develop skills, confidence, and creativity in young people through the performing arts and arts integration. Maggy also works as an acting and public speaking coach, audio book narrator, and performer in the Denver Metro area.
2018-19 TINY TOTS SEASON FALL 2018 Sat. 10/20 The Hangar at Stanley Marketplace Tues 10/23 Northglenn Christian Church Wed 10/24 Temple Sinai Mon 10/29 Cielo at Castle Pines Sat 11/3 The Village Center at CU Boulder CHRISTMAS 2018 Sat 12/15 McNichols Building Sat 12/22 McNichols Building WINTER 2019 Tues 2/12 Cielo at Castle Pines Wed 2/13 Mile Hi Church Sat 2/16 History Colorado Mon 2/25 Boettcher Concert Hall Tues 2/26 Temple Emanuel Sat 3/2 The Falls Event Center, Littleton SPRING 2019 Sat 4/27 McNichols Building Thurs 5/2 Boulder JCC Mon 5/6 Cielo at Castle Pines Wed 5/8 Denver Red Shield SUMMER 2019 Sat 7/6 The Hangar at Stanley Marketplace
Register online at insidetheorchestra.org/tiny-tots-events Venues and dates are subject to change
REPERTOIRE TO BE SELECTED FROM Livery Stable Blues Symphony no. 6 Movement 3 The Whistler and His Dog Grand Canyon Suite On the Trail Jurassic Park The Wasps Concerto Grosso
Lopez (1889-1970) & Nunez (1884-1934)
Beethoven (1770-1827) Pryor (1869-1942) Grofé (1892-1972) Williams (1932- ) Vaughn Williams (1872-1958) Corelli (1653-1713)
Featuring Hannah Kahn Dance
Peter and the Wolf Excerpts The Magic Flute Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja
Prokofiev (1891-1953) Mozart (1756-1791)
Featuring Central City Opera
The Waltzing Cat The Bare Necessities
Anderson (1908-1975) Gilkyson (1916-1999)
PROGAM NOTES LIVERY STABLE BLUES - RAY LOPEZ AND AL NUNEZ This piece was made famous by the “Original Dixieland Jass Band” in 1917 and was part of the first jazz record ever recorded! Get ready to join the brass quintet on the farm – listen to the trumpet squawk like a chicken and neigh like a horse while the trombone moos like a cow in response. SYMPHONY NO. 6, MOVEMENT 1 - LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Beethoven titled this symphony the “Pastoral Symphony” and it’s meant to sound like a day on the countryside. This first movement portrays the “awakening of cheerful feelings on arrival in the countryside.” Kids will listen along and pretend like they are exploring a beautiful, sun-warmed forest. Keep your ears out for the bird sounds played by the flute making their way through the trees. THE WHISTLER AND HIS DOG - ARTHUR PRYOR This piece was written in 1905 and is perhaps the best-known piece of orchestra music that includes a part for a whistler, though some orchestras choose to have a piccolo perform it. Imagine you’re out on a walk with your dog, smiling and whistling and enjoying the beautiful day. Can you try to whistle for your dog? Watch as our conductor whistles away at the podium.
GRAND CANYON SUITE, ON THE TRAIL - FERDE GROFE Each movement of the Grand Canyon Suite portrays a different Grand Canyon scene. On the Trail is one of the best-known movements and is all about taking a donkey ride through the canyon. Sit on your donkey and bounce up and down as you take the bumpy ride to the bottom of the Grand Canyon. THEME FROM JURASSIC PARK - JOHN WILLIAMS John Williams wrote this main theme to portray the “awesome beauty” of dinosaurs in nature. Listen to the soaring strings and the majestic brass. Let’s stomp like dinosaurs before the piece begins – are you a big dinosaur or a small one? A nice or a scary dinosaur?
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THE WASPS - RALPH VAUGHN WILLIAMS Listen to the buzzing string players and the trilling wind instruments at the beginning of this piece and you’ll understand why it's called The Wasps! After the wasps buzz all around, the orchestra plays a fun melody that sounds like hard-working honey bees flying around their hive. Use your hands to make little stingers on your head and buzz like bees. Buzz along as we begin the piece.
CONCERTO GROSSO - ARCHANGELO CORELLI A concerto grosso is a piece of music that features multiple musicians or instrument sections as soloists. We’ll be joined by members of the Hannah Kahn Dance Company as they flutter around during this piece. Put on your animal noses if you brought them and enjoy their performance. PETER AND THE WOLF - SERGEI PROKOFIEV One of the best-known pieces of orchestra music for children, Peter and the Wolf, is a symphonic fairytale that uses a narrator and musical themes to tell a story. Today we will hear small excerpts and listen to the flute sound like a bird, the oboe like a duck, the strings and the bassoon like two different people, the clarinet like the cat, and the horns like a hungry wolf. DER VOGELFÄNGER BIN ICH JA - WLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART This piece of music features a bird catcher singing about all the birds he is going to catch. Listen as a member of Central City Opera joins us for this piece. THE WALTZING CAT - LEROY ANDERSON Leroy Anderson wrote a lot of fun programmatic music for orchestra – programmatic music is music that paints a picture or tells a story. Imagine a bunch of furry kittens waltzing around at a fancy party at this piece and listen to them meow. We’ll all practice our meowing. Watch the conductor throughout the piece and he’ll show you when it’s your turn to meow along with the orchestra. THE BARE NECESSITIES - TERRY GILKYSON We’re going to end the concert with a wild number! Get on your feet and dance away.
MUSICIANS VIOLIN Lynne Glaeske Reinier Knetsch Steve Erickson Annamaria Karacson Naomi Sue Smith Kathy Thayer Gyongyi Petheo Lionel Young Takanori Sugishita Lila Woolman Hong An Beth McKenna Greenberg
FLUTE Valerie Johnson OBOE Kathryn Dupuy Simpson CLARINET Mary Jungerman BASSOON Deborah Torp
TRUMPET Dawn Kramer VIOLA Derek McDonald  Lora Stevens James Shaw HORN Sarah Richardson Devon Park Ron Torp CELLO Sue McCullough Wayne Templeman Steve Simpson Cedra Kuehn Jennifer Fouse TROMBONE Jeff Craig CONTRABASS Andrew Wolfe Mike Fitzmaurice Ron Bland TUBA Andy Holmes. Mike Dunn Robin Olschner PERCUSSION Peter Cooper
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