WINTER
2019
Food from A-List caterer, Y.Lo Epicure, craft beer courtesy of Strange Craft and Wit's End breweries, music mixes by DJ Trevor from Music on T.A.P., prosecco and wine, games, auctions, and prizes. Cap off the night with a powerhouse immersive orchestra concert featuring your favorite superhero music. All proceeds bring Inside the Orchestra programs to kids. www.insidetheorchestra.org/adults Use promo code "WinterTTots" for 10% off all tickets.
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!
2018-2019 SEASON WINTER 2019 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
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 have a completely open door policy, 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
REPERTOIRE TO BE SELECTED FROM The Seasons - Autumn
Alexander Glazunov (1865-1936)
Let's Go Fly A Kite
The Sherman Brothers
The Four Seasons - Winter
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Skaters Waltz
Emile Waldteufel (1837-1915)
Symphony no. 4
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
William Tell Overture - Storm Gioacchino Rossini (1792-1868) The Four Seasons - Spring
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Featuring Kim Robards Dance
Student Concerto
Specific Performances Only
Alpine Symphony - Sunrise
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Thunder
Imagine Dragons
Carnival Overture
Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)
You Are My Sunshine
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.
PROGRAM NOTES THE SEASONS, AUTUMN – ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV Each section of this piece is meant to sound like defining features of that season: snow, hail, wild song birds, and more, though today we'll just be playing a portion of the section about Autumn. Imagine looking all around at the beautiful colors of the fall trees before we perform this piece.
LET'S GO FLY A KITE – RICHARD M. SHERMAN AND ROBERT SHERMAN Let’s Go Fly A Kite is from Mary Poppins. The Sherman Brothers composed all the music for that movie as well as many other Disney Movies. Though the Mary Poppins movie is based on a book, this scene where the family reconnects by flying a kite together isn’t in the original story – it was actually inspired by the Sherman Brother’s father and his love of kites. We’ll have singer Alton Williams join the orchestra for this piece. THE FOUR SEASONS, WINTER – ANTONIO VIVALDI Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons is a group of four violin concerti based on accompanying sonnets about each season. These concerti were one of the earliest examples of program music, music that has some sort of narrative element (be it a story, a poem, an allegory, etc). The winter movement sounds like shivering in the cold and shiny, sharp icicles glistening in the sun. Children will pretend to throw snowballs and shiver along with this cold music. SKATERS WALTZ – EMILE WALDTEUFEL The very beginning of the piece is meant to sound like a poised skater, getting ready to take off in the cold wintry air. Shortly into the piece, the skater works up to full speed! This piece is a waltz because it has 3 beats per measure. Sway back and forth, like ice skaters skating along with a waltz.
SYMPHONY NO. 4 – JOHANNES BRAHMS We’ll be performing an excerpt from the 3rd movement of Brahms Symphony no. 4. When we perform this piece at Tiny Tots, we’ll listen to how it sounds like the spring air is warming things up and melting the ice and snow. Listen to the "drip-drop" of melting snow from the string section.
CONT. OVERTURE TO WILLIAMS TELL, STORM – GIOACCHINO ROSSINI Today we’ll be playing the “storm” section from the famous William Tell overture. Listen to the orchestra depict raindrops getting heavier until the storm is directly above before it slowly retreats again. Kids will use their hands and their bodies to imitate the growing rainstorm. THE FOUR SEASONS, SPRING - ANTONIO VIVALDI Listen to the birds chirping and fluttering about the violin section as a thunder storm approaches. Kids will dance in the breeze like happy flowers before dancers from Kim Robards Dance join us. ALPINE SYMPHONY – RICHARD STRAUSS Strauss’ An Alpine Symphony is another piece of program music – it depicts the experience of 11 hours from dawn till dusk climbing a mountain in the Alps. We’ll be performing “Sunrise” from the very beginning of the piece. Kids will slowly go from a crouched to a standing position as they pretend to be the rising sun along with the music as it gets louder. THUNDER – IMAGINE DRAGONS In every Tiny Tots performance, we try to include a modern pop piece or famous movie music to show kids that orchestra music is all around them – that orchestra music is relevant and exciting and already a part of their lives. Thunder features bass-drum sounding beats throughout the chorus that correspond with lyrics about thunder and lightning. Children will get to stomp along with the bass drum’s thunder-beats during this piece. CARNIVAL OVERTURE – ANTONIN DVORAK Carnival Overture is part of a trilogy of pieces composed by Dvorak all about “nature, life, and love.” Carnival overture is from the “life” section of this trilogy. It is meant to invoke the lively atmosphere of a carnival setting: barking dogs, shouting vendors, a bustling crowd, and more. Play pretend and run in place along with this fun music that sounds like playing outside on a summer day. YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE You Are My Sunshine was originally a country music song, recorded in 1939. However, it has been covered and re-recorded so many times that it’s lost most of it’s ties to country music. Kids will get to dance and sing along with the orchestra during this piece. Check out the next page for our new lyrics
MUSICIANS VIOLIN Reinier Knetsch Lynne Glaeske Annamaria Karacson Steve Erickson Naomi Sue Smith Kathy Thayer Gyongyi Petheo Ingrid Peoria Lionel Young Hong An
FLUTE Valerie Johnson OBOE Kathryn Dupuy Simpson CLARINET Mary Jungerman BASSOON Deborah Torp
VIOLA TRUMPET Â Lora Stevens Dawn Kramer Sarah Richardson Derek McDonald James Shaw HORN CELLO Devon Park Cedra Kuehn Ron Torp Wayne Templeman Sue McCullough Jennifer Fouse TROMBONE CONTRABASS Jeff Craig Mike Fitzmaurice Andrew Wolfe Ron Bland Andy Holmes TUBA Jason Thompson Mike Dunn PERCUSSION Peter Cooper
YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE You are my sunshine My only sunshine You make me happy When skies are grey You'll never know dear How much I love you Please don't take my sunshine away The other night dear While I lay sleeping I dreamt I held a new trombone When I awoke dear It really was there So I played it around my home You are my sunshine My only sunshine You make me happy When skies are grey You'll never know dear How much I love you Please don't take my sunshine away
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