8 minute read
An Evening with Kristin Chenoweth and Your Colorado Symphony
Friday, August 12, 2022 at 7:30 p.m. Boettcher Concert Hall
Program to be announced from stage.
CONCERT RUN TIME IS APPROXIMATELY 2 HOURS WITH A 20 MINUTE INTERMISSION.
PROUDLY SUPPORTED BY SEASON SPONSORS
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KRISTIN CHENOWETH, vocalist
Emmy and Tony Award winning actress and singer Kristin Chenoweth’s career spans film, television, voiceover and stage. In 2015, Chenoweth received a coveted star on The Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 2009, she received an Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her role in “Pushing Daisies.” In 1999, she won a Tony Award for “You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown” and she was also nominated for her original role of Glinda the Good Witch in “Wicked” in 2004. Chenoweth has been nominated for two Emmy Awards and for a People’s Choice Award for her role on “Glee.” In 2009, she wrote an upliftingly candid, comedic chronicle of her life so far, “A Little Bit Wicked,” which debuted on the New York Times Hardcover Non-Fiction Best Seller List.
Chenoweth starred alongside Scott Wolf in the holiday film “The Christmas Song,” on Hallmark Channel in November 2019 and the film “Holidate” which premiered on Netflix in 2020. She released the album “For The Girls” in 2019 which is a heartfelt tribute to the great female singers throughout history, particularly some of Kristin’s heroes and friends. Guest artists include Ariana Grande, Dolly Parton, Jennifer Hudson and Reba McEntire. The album includes Chenoweth’s personally charged interpretations of classic songs identified with such iconic artists as Barbra Streisand, Lesley Gore, Linda Ronstadt, Dinah Washington, Dolly Parton and more.
Chenoweth has performed to sold-out audiences across the world, including performances at Carnegie Hall and Royal Albert Hall. Chenoweth released “The Art of Elegance,” her album of American Songbook classics via Concord Records. The album debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Current Jazz and Traditional Jazz charts, and #1 on Amazon’s Vocal Pop chart. Chenoweth also returned to the stage in her limited engagement MY LOVE LETTER TO BROADWAY, at the LuntFontanne Theatre, receiving rave reviews. In 2014, she released a CD and DVD of her own live concert performance, “Kristin Chenoweth: Coming Home.” Chenoweth also performed with iconic The Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra in their annual Christmas concert which aired on PBS and BYUtv in December 2019.
In 2015, Chenoweth earned a Drama Desk Award, Outer Critics Circle Award and Broadway. com Audience Choice Award for her lead role in the Roundabout Theatre Company’s “On the Twentieth Century.” She also earned nominations for a Tony Award and a Drama League Award. Chenoweth is slated to star as “Madeline” in the musical comedy “Death Becomes Her,” an in-theworks adaptation of the 1992 film directed by Robert Zemeckis.
Chenoweth recently starred in the second season of NBC’s hit comedy series “Trial & Error,” receiving critical acclaim for her performance as Heiress Lavinia Peck-Foster. She was seen in the Starz original series “American Gods,” where she reunited with executive producer Bryan Fuller in the role of Easter. Notable television roles include appearances in “The West Wing,” Disney’s “Descendants” and “The Muppets.” In film, Chenoweth voiced the role of Gabi in the hit animated film “Rio 2” and Fifi, Snoopy’s beloved French poodle in “The Peanuts Movie.” She starred in the indie teen drama entitled “Hard Sell” and additional film credits have included “The Boy Next Door,” “Deck the Halls,” “Twelve Men of Christmas,” “Four Christmases,” “RV,” “Bewitched,” “The Pink
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Panther,” “Hit & Run” and “Family Weekend.” She also starred in NBC’s “Hairspray Live!” as Velma Von Tussle in December 2016. Chenoweth voiced the role of Princess Skystar in Lionsgate/ Hasbro’s “My Little Pony: The Movie,” and can also be heard in the Sony Pictures animated film “The Star.”
Chenoweth is a passionate supporter of charities which dedicate their time and efforts to helping those in need. She formed a charity partnership with the Broken Arrow Performing Arts Center (BAPAC) Foundation in her home state of Oklahoma. Chenoweth’s accomplishments were honored by her hometown with BAPAC naming “The Kristin Chenoweth Theatre” in 2012. Partnering with the BAPAC in a labor of love, Kristin launched an annual Broadway Bootcamp in 2015, providing young Broadway hopefuls with the opportunity to take classes, hold performances and learn from top mentors in the entertainment industry including Kristin herself. In her lifelong mission to cultivate arts education across the globe, Chenoweth has also created “Places! The Kristin Chenoweth Tour Experience,” a unique educational program for young singers that puts them right next to her performing on stage. Each concert in Chenoweth’s ongoing tour will feature local participants from higher education conservatories, universities, and colleges for the immersive educational experience.
Chenoweth is a graduate of Oklahoma City University with a Master’s degree in Opera Performance. She is an inductee into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame, as well as the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame.
MARY-MITCHELL CAMPBELL, conductor
Mary-Mitchell Campbell is a conductor, music director, orchestrator, composer and arranger who recently joined the Colorado Symphony as an Imagination Artist where she’ll develop and conduct a Tribute to Stephen Sondheim on September 23-24, 2022. She has served as the Music Director for many Broadway shows including: Mean Girls, The Prom, My Love Letter to Broadway with Kristin Chenoweth, Tuck Everlasting, Finding Neverland, Big Fish, The Addams Family, Company, and Sweeney Todd. She also music directed Stephen Sondheim’s last musical Road Show at the Public Theater. She won a Drama Desk for Best Orchestrations for the 2006 revival of Company starring Raul Esparza and was nominated for Best Orchestrations for her work on the Off-Broadway productions of Allegro and Hello Again. She has a very active concert career and performs frequently with Kristin Chenoweth, Gavin Creel, Jonathan Groff, Laura Benanti and Raul Esparza. In her pop career she has worked with Alicia Keys, Katy Perry, John Legend, Amy Grant, Kelly Clarkson, Stevie Wonder, James Taylor, Elvis Costello, and Josh Groban in concerts. She has conducted the Chicago Symphony, the Cincinnati symphony, the Dallas symphony, the Nashville Symphony, and many other symphonies around the United States. She is passionate about arts education and poverty reduction. She is the Founder and Co-Executive Director of ASTEP- Artists Striving To End Poverty (www.asteponline.org) which recruits and trains high level artists to work with kids in extreme situations to teach them health education and life skills through the arts. She is a regular volunteer with ASTEP programs in the US, Africa and India. She is from North Carolina and has taught on the faculties of Juilliard, NYU, and Boston College.
SEPTEMBER
50th Anniversary Celebration of John Denver’s ALTERNATIVE Rocky Mountain High with the Colorado Symphony SEP 8 THU 7:30 Perlman Plays Hollywood SPOTLIGHT with your Colorado Symphony SEP 10 SAT 7:30 Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue with Peter Oundjian CLASSICS SEP 16-18 FRI-SAT 7:30 ✹ SUN 1:00 Tribute To Stephen Sondheim with Mary-Mitchell Campbell SEP 23-24 FRI-SAT 7:30 Dragon Conducts Scheherazade CLASSICS SEP 30 - OCT 2 FRI-SAT 7:30 ✹ SUN 1:00
OCTOBER
Latin Beats: Sonidos de las Américas FREE CONCERT OCT 6 THU 7:00 Warner Bros. presents MOVIE AT THE SYMPHONY Bugs Bunny at the Symphony OCT 8-9 SAT 7:30 ✹ SUN 2:30 Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons CLASSICS OCT 14-16 FRI-SAT 7:30 ✹ SUN 1:00 Disney’s Hocus Pocus in Concert MOVIE AT THE SYMPHONY OCT 21-22 FRI-SAT 7:30 Disney in Concert: Tim Burton’s MOVIE AT THE SYMPHONY The Nightmare Before Christmas OCT 28-29 FRI-SAT 7:30 Halloween Spooktacular! FAMILY OCT 30 SUN 2:30
NOVEMBER
Beethoven’s Eroica Symphony with Peter Oundjian CLASSICS NOV 4-6 FRI-SAT 7:30 ✹ SUN 1:00 Dancing Queen - A Tribute to ABBA with Rajaton SYMPHONY POPS NOV 10 THU 7:30 Colorado Symphony Presents: SPOTLIGHT ienna Boys Choir in Concert NOV 11 FRI 7:30 An Evening with Bernadette Peters SPOTLIGHT and your Colorado Symphony NOV 12 SAT 7:30 Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 with Olga Kern CLASSICS NOV 18-20 FRI-SAT 7:30 ✹ SUN 1:00 Home Alone in Concert MOVIE AT THE SYMPHONY NOV 25-26 FRI-SAT 7:30 Colorado Symphony Presents: The TEN Tenors — HOLIDAY Home For The Holidays NOV 27 SUN 2:30
DECEMBER
A Symphonic Evening with Chris Thile
CLASSICS
DEC 2-4 FRI-SAT 7:30 ✹ SUN 1:00 Celtic Woman: The Best of Christmas Tour HOLIDAY DEC 5 MON 7:30 A Colorado Christmas HOLIDAY DEC 9-11 FRI 7:30 ✹ SAT 2:30 & 6:00 ✹ SUN 1:00 Holiday Brass HOLIDAY DEC 13 TUE 7:00 Face Vocal Band Holiday Special HOLIDAY with your Colorado Symphony DEC 15 THU 7:30 Too Hot To Handel HOLIDAY DEC 17-18 SAT 7:30 ✹ SUN 2:30 Disney’s Frozen™ in Concert MOVIE AT THE SYMPHONY DEC 21 WED 7:00 Elf™ in Concert MOVIE AT THE SYMPHONY DEC 22-23 THU-FRI 7:00 A Night in Vienna HOLIDAY DEC 31 SAT 6:30
JANUARY
Harry Potter and The Sorcerer’s Stone™ – MOVIE AT THE SYMPHONY In Concert JAN 6-8 FRI-SAT 7:30 ✹ SUN 1:00 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Tribute FREE CONCERT JAN 10 TUE 7:30 Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloé CLASSICS JAN 13-15 FRI-SAT 7:30 ✹ SUN 1:00 Gilbert & Sullivan’s H.M.S. Pinafore SYMPHONY POPS JAN 20-21 FRI-SAT 7:30 Drums of the World FAMILY JAN 22 SUN 2:30 Mozart & Now with Peter Oundjian CLASSICS JAN 27-29 FRI-SAT 7:30 ✹ SUN 1:00
FEBRUARY
Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn Song Cycle ALTERNATIVE with the Colorado Symphony FEB 3-4 FRI-SAT 7:30 Beethoven Symphony No. 8 CLASSICS FEB 10-12 FRI-SAT 7:30 ✹ SUN 1:00 RZA Ballet
FEB 19 SUN 2:30 Beethoven’s Emperor Concerto
FEB 24-26 FRI-SAT 7:30 ✹ SUN 1:00
MARCH
Nathaniel Rateliff with the Colorado Symphony MAR 3-4 FRI-SAT 7:30 Bartok Concerto for Orchestra
MAR 10-12 FRI-SAT 7:30 ✹ SUN 1:00 DYAO Side By Side
MAR 15 WED 7:00 Brahms Requiem with Peter Oundjian
MAR 24-26 FRI-SAT 7:30 ✹ SUN 1:00
ALTERNATIVE
FAMILY
CLASSICS
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FREE CONCERT
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APRIL
Carnival of The Animals with The Denver Zoo FAMILY APR 2 SUN 2:30 Voice and Violin with Joshua Bell SPOTLIGHT and Larisa Martinez APR 14 FRI 7:30 Beethoven Violin Concerto CLASSICS APR 21-23 FRI-SAT 7:30 ✹ SUN 1:00 Rachmaninoff Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini CLASSICS APR 28-30 FRI-SAT 7:30 ✹ SUN 1:00
MAY
Aymée Nuviola and the Colorado Mambo Orchestra SPOTLIGHT MAY 6 SAT 7:30 Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker CLASSICS conducted by Andrew Litton MAY 12-14 FRI-SAT 7:30 ✹ SUN 1:00 A Tribute to John Williams SPOTLIGHT MAY 18 THU 7:30 Colorado Symphony Gala FUNDRAISER MAY 20 SAT 6:00 Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring with Peter Oundjian CLASSICS MAY 26-28 FRI-SAT 7:30 ✹ SUN 1:00
