SUMMER 2019
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 or Inside the Orchestra shirt and we'll be happy to help!
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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 Disorder 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: InsidetheOrchestra.org
We need your help. We have a wait list of schools that is longer than we can meet. Because we prioritize high-need schools, our school programs are completely supported by donors and grants. Every donation keeps open access for a child.
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YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
Every $10 donation made by midnight 6/30 gets you a chance to win 5 tickets to EVERY SINGLE Tiny Tots next season & two VIP tickets to our annual adults’ event. Plus, every donation made at today's Tiny Tots makes you eligible to win the summer gift bag too. Head to the donation table or visit: INSIDETHEORCHESTRA.ORG/DONATE
“In my 21 years as an educator I have experienced a lot of very strong programs brought into schools and can confidently state that Inside the Orchestra is by far the best experience I have seen. ” Principal, Knapp Elementary
REPERTOIRE TO BE SELECTED FROM Livery Stable Blues
Ray Lopez (1889–1979)
Symphony no. 4
Pyotr Illyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
arr. Dan Leavitt
Featuring Alton Williams
Piano Concerto
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
9:30 Concert - C Major 10:45 Concert - D Major Carnival Overture
Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)
The Waltzing Cat
Leroy Anderson (1908-1975)
The Four Seasons
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Spring Featuring Kim Robards Dance
Blue Danube Waltz
Johann Strauss (1804-1849)
Jurassic Park
John Williams (1932- )
Thunder
Imagine Dragons
Featuring Alton Williams
Symphony no. 5
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
You Are My Sunshine
arr. Dan Leavitt
Featuring Alton Williams
PROGRAM NOTES LIVERY STABLE BLUES - RAY LOPEZ 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. 4, MOVEMENT 4 - PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY Tchaikovsky is said to have dedicated this symphony to his patroness and good friend, a woman named Nadezhda von Meck. The 4th movement is meant to spark joy with its bright melodies and fast-moving notes. This music sounds like the excitement of a sunny summer morning – kids will jump up in excitement as the orchestra plays. TWINKLE, TWINKLE LITTLE STAR Twinkle, Twinkle is a popular English lullaby based on a poem titled The Star written in the 1800s, sung to the tune of an old French melody. There are actually 5 verses to this song, though only the first one is widely known. Time to get silly with this song! You’ll get to sing this song with tiny voices, then with big voices, and then one last time however you choose. PIANO CONCERTO – JOSEPH HAYDN Haydn is known as “the father of the symphony,” though he really excelled at every type of music. He wrote 107 symphonies, 62 piano piano sonatas, 26 operas, and so much more! A student soloist will join us for 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. 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.
CONT.
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.
BLUE DANUBE WALTZ – JOHANN STRAUSS Strauss is known as “The Waltz King” and this piece helped to solidify that nickname. It is so popular it has become and unofficial anthem of Austria. It was written to celebrate the River Danube that flows through Vienna. This music sounds like swinging back and forth on the playground. 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. Pretend to go on a walk or a hike through the mountains – imagine all of the beautiful things that you would see around you. 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. SYMPHONY NO. 5, MOVEMENT 1 – LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN This movement is one of the best-known pieces of classical music ever created. It took Beethoven 4 years to write this symphony. The 4 notes this piece is famous for are known as a motif: a short fragment of music repeated many times in different ways. Time for a “conduct-along!” Kids will get on their feet and help conduct the orchestra. 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 its 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.
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, 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 Heather Hughes
Heather is an actor, Teaching Artist and theatre-maker. Heather works as a Teaching Artist and Coach for the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, working with actors ages 3 to 103. She has taught for New Victory Theatre and ENACT in NYC, as well as Sloane-Kettering Memorial Hospital, where she led a weekly therapeutic drama program in the Pediatric Oncology Unit. Heather has most recently been seen on stage at The Galleria Theater in DragOn and in The 39 Steps at Lone Tree Arts Center. Her voice can be heard and her face can be seen in numerous radio and television commercials. Heather earned both a BA in Acting, and a Secondary Teaching license from Western State Colorado University in Gunnison, Colorado. She is the proud wife of Steve, and the proud mom of Birdie.
MUSICIANS VIOLIN Lynne Glaeske Reinier Knetsch Steve Erickson Annamaria Karacson Naomi Sue Smith Kathy Thayer Lionel Young Ingrid Peoria Lila Woolman VIOLA James Shaw Isaac White Nancy McNeill
FLUTE Valerie Johnson OBOE Kathryn Simspon CLARINET Mary Jungerman BASSOON Deborah Torp TRUMPET Derek McDonald Dawn Kramer
CELLO Wayne Templeman Cedra Kuehn Jennifer Fouse
HORN Devon Park Ron Torp Steve Simpson
CONTRABASS Mike Fitzmaurice Ron Bland Andy Holmes
TROMBONE Jeff Craig Andrew Wolfe
PERCUSSION Mark Foster
TUBA Mike Dunn
Fall 2019
Tues. 10/22 - Cielo at Castle Pines Wed. 10/23 - Temple Sinai, Denver Sat. 10/26 - The Village Center at CU Boulder Sat. 11/2 - Lamar Street Center, Arvada
Christmas 2019
Sat. 12/7 - Cielo at Castle Pines Sat. 12/21 - McNichols Building, Denver Check back online for a 3rd Christmas Date
Winter 2020
Sat. 2/15 - McNichols Building, Denver Tues. 2/18 - Mile Hi Church, Lakewood Mon. 2/24 - Boettcher Concert Hall, Denver Wed. 2/26 - Temple Emanuel, Denver Sat. 2/29 - The Falls Event Center, Littleton
2019-2020 SEASON Spring 2020
Sat. 4/18 - McNichols Building, Denver Tues. 4/21 - Boulder JCC We. 4/29 - Denver Red Shield Thurs. 4/30 - Cielo at Castle Pines Tues. 5/5 - Waymire Dome, Brighton
Summer 2020
Sat. 6/27 - Mile High Station
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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