Soundings Magazine Winter 2019-20, March 6-8, 2020

THE MAGAZINE OF THE COLORADO SYMPHONY Volume 17 • Number 3

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THE MAGAZINE OF THE COLORADO SYMPHONY Volume 17 • Number 3 CONTENTS

6 Welcome 8 First-Timers Guide FAQ 10 Colorado Symphony Musicians 12 Colorado Symphony Board of Trustees 14 Colorado Symphony Staff 18 Beethoven 2020 Celebration 22 Music Binds our Community Together 26 Community Support

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WELCO M E Welcome to Boettcher Concert Hall!

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In my role as Chief Advancement Officer with the Colorado Symphony, I spend a lot of time visiting with patrons and donors, discussing their love of symphonic music and discovering what motivates them to support this organization.

John Burtness Chief Advancement Officer

 I love the music and this orchestra has never been better.  The music feeds me in ways that I can’t explain – it feeds my soul!  We cannot imagine a city without an orchestra, and this one is superb.

In a culture that seems to thrive on finding ways to disagree, symphonic music provides a platform to celebrate the beauty of our shared humanity. In response, people contribute to us because they are moved by the music, have a passion for this art form, and because they want to be part of this incredible community of music lovers, forming relationships that enrich their lives.

In short, people give out of a sense of gratitude and celebration.

If you are one of the more than 3,000 people who provide about 45% of our budget each year in contributed revenue, thank you for your investment in us and in this incredible music!

If you would like to join this community of supporters and help ensure that we continue to thrive, please see the information page at the end of the program insert for this concert. Or better yet, give me a call at 303.308.2495 to discuss ways you can support us and why you would like to do so. I would love to hear your story.

Thanks again for joining us!

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FIRST-TIM ERS GUIDE FAQ WHAT IF I AM LATE? For the comfort and enjoyment of our musicians and patrons, late seating is at the discretion of the House Manager and takes place during pauses in the program. Ushers will let you know when you may enter the hall.

They may seat you in an area other than your ticketed seat so as to not disturb other patrons, and you may take your ticketed seat during intermission.

WHEN SHOULD I CLAP? During most classics performances, there is a short, silent pause between each movement of a piece. You can determine how many movements there are in a piece, and how many silent pauses there will be, by looking at your program — the movements in each piece will be listed there. Applause is usually reserved for the end of the final movement of the piece, after the conductor has signaled the end of the final note with his or her baton or hand. Holding applause between movements is considered respectful of the performers' concentration and mindful of musical continuity.

WHAT IS YOUR CELL PHONE/PHOTO/ VIDEO POLICY? We ask that you please silence your cell phones and refrain from talking or texting on them during performances. Flash photography is prohibited at all times. We ask that you please refrain from taking any photos or video during Classics or Movie at the Symphony concerts unless the conductor is off the podium. During Symphony Pops concerts you may take pictures without a flash and may record short cellphone videos. Please be courteous to your fellow concert-goers and be aware that if at any time your cell phone/ camera use becomes a distraction to others, an usher may ask you to stop.

CAN I BRING FOOD OR DRINKS INTO THE CONCERT? You are welcome to bring drinks purchased at one of the bars into all concerts. Food is not allowed in the Hall, including food purchased in the Lobby. Please be courteous to your 8

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fellow concert-goers while consuming your beverages so as not to disrupt the concert.

For a complete list of items not allowed inside Boettcher Concert Hall, please visit the artscomplex.com website.

CAN I BRING THE KIDS? Kids of all ages will enjoy our Family, education concerts, and many of our Symphony Pops, Holiday, and Summer concerts. All children require a ticket regardless of age, and child tickets are $10. Classics concerts tend to be between 2 and 21/2 hours long. Please consider this when deciding whether or not to bring your child. If your child is disturbing other patrons, an usher may ask you to take your child into the lobby for the remainder of the performance, without refund.

HOW LONG IS A TYPICAL CONCERT? Program length varies, but a typical performance lasts about two hours, including one 20 minute intermission. Visit the event page on our website, or flip to the performance details in this Soundings Magazine.

WHAT IF I’M UNABLE TO ATTEND MY PERFORMANCE? Subscribers may exchange tickets free of charge — one of many subscriber benefits! Single-ticket holders may exchange for an additional fee. You may exchange tickets in person, by phone, or online for another performance within the same season. There is an additional cost if seating upgrades apply, and all exchange requests are subject to availability. You may also donate your tickets back to the Colorado Symphony and receive a donation receipt.

HOW CAN I FIND OUT IF A CONCERT IS CANCELED DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER? We rarely cancel a concert due to inclement weather, but when this occurs we will send a direct email notification to all ticket holders.

Updates, cancellations, or changes will be posted on coloradosymphony.org and on the event page for the concert.

For more FAQ’s see the Plan Your Visit section of coloradosymphony.org

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ASSISTANT CONDUCTOR

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Yumi Hwang-Williams Concertmaster Mary Rossick Kern and Jerome H. Kern Concertmaster Chair

Claude Sim Associate Concertmaster + Yi Zhao Acting Associate Concertmaster Merle Chambers Chair

Dmitri Pogorelov Acting Assistant Concertmaster 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 Myroslava Ivanchenko-Bartels Dorian Kincaid Karen Kinzie Susan Paik Miroslaw Pastusiak Megan Prokes Robert Stoyanov Yue Sun Delcho Tenev Amy Tyson Bradley Watson Tena White Wenting Yuan

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CELLO

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Chloe Hong Assistant Principal Judith Galecki Fixed 3rd Chair Susan Rockey Bowles Allison Drenkow* Danielle Guideri Thomas Heinrich Margaret Hoeppner Matthew Switzer

BASS

Steve Metcalf Principal Nicholas Recuber Assistant Principal John Arnesen Susan Cahill Jeremy Kincaid Owen Levine

FLUTE

Brook Ferguson Principal Catherine Peterson 2nd/Assistant Principal Tom & Noëy Congdon Chair

Julie Duncan Thornton

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PICCOLO

Julie Duncan Thornton

OBOE

Peter Cooper Principal Irene & David Abosch Chair

Nicholas Tisherman 2nd/Assistant Principal Jason Lichtenwalter

ENGLISH HORN Jason Lichtenwalter

CLARINET

Jason Shafer Principal Abby Raymond 2nd/Assistant Principal Andrew Stevens

E-FLAT CLARINET Abby Raymond

TRUMPET

Justin Bartels Principal Philip Hembree 2nd/Associate Principal Patrick Tillery Assistant Principal

TROMBONE

John Sipher Principal Paul Naslund 2nd/Associate Principal Gregory Harper

BASS TROMBONE Gregory Harper

TUBA

Stephen Dombrowski Principal

HARP

BASS CLARINET

Courtney Hershey Bress Principal

BASSOON

TIMPANI

Andrew Stevens

Chad Cognata Principal Tristan Rennie 2nd/Assistant Principal Roger Soren

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CONTRABASSOON

John Kinzie Principal

Roger Soren

HORN

Michael Thornton Principal Carolyn Kunicki Kolio Plachkov 3rd/Associate Principal Matthew Eckenhoff Patrick Hodge Assistant

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BOARD OF TRU STEES HONORARY TRUSTEES OFFICERS Jerome H. Kern CEO & Chair Richard Kylberg Vice Chair & Trustee James D. Butler Treasurer & Trustee Susan Bowles Secretary & Ex-officio Trustee

TRUSTEES Anthony T. Accetta Margaret Anderson Dr. Paula P. Bernstein Kai Chin Young Cho Mary Cowell* Sandy Elliott Alessandra Flanagan* Amy Harmon Courtney Hershey Bress* Diane S. Hill, Ph.D. Margaret Hoeppner* Yumi-Hwang-Williams* Vesna Jevtovic-Todorovic, MD, Ph.D., MBA Bill Johnson Kathleen Johnson, Esq John Kinzie* Richard D. Krugman, MD

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COLORADO SYMPHONY ASSOCIATE BOARD Soley Bogadottir Ryan Cohn Chris Cole Stephanie Costa Allison D'Angiolillo Erica Hanger Jordan Kleiman William Kowalski Angie Nelson Kip Wallen

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ARTISTIC Anthony Pierce Chief Artistic Officer Dave Aeling Production Stage Manager Aric Christensen Audio Engineer Dante Dunlap Properties Master Lyle Wong Orchestra Librarian Jonathan Groszew Orchestra Personnel Manager Philip Hiester Master Electrician Sam Jaehnig Head Carpenter Matt Koveal Manager of Artistic Operations Mike Pappas New Media Center Julian Pichette Audio Engineer Hitomi Sipher Assistant Orchestra Librarian Julie Strom Assistant Orchestra Personnel Manager Phillip Strom Artistic Coordinator Izabel Zambrzycki Artistic General Manager

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COMING SOON! J A N U A R Y

Barber Piano Concerto performed by Olga Kern

CLASSICS

JAN 10-12 FRI-SAT 7:30 n SUN 1:00 Brett Mitchell, conductor

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Tribute

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JAN 14 TUE 7:30

Bertie Baigent, conductor

In partnership with the MLK, Jr. Holiday Commission, and Denver Arts & Venues.

A Tribute to Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops

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M A R C H SYMPHONY POPS

Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3

CLASSICS

JAN 24-26 FRI-SAT 7:30 n SUN 1:00 Brett Mitchell, conductor

Gilbert & Sullivan: The Pirates of Penzance Albert Bergeret, conductor The New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players Colorado Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe, director

Star Wars Return of the Jedi in Concert

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Mandolin Orange Christopher Dragon, conductor

JAN 31-FEB 1 FRI-SAT 7:30

Brett Mitchell, conductor Jessica Rivera, soprano, Meg Bragle, alto John Tessier, tenor, Sidney Outlaw, baritone Colorado Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe, director BEETHOVEN Missa Solemnis, Op. 123

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JAN 17 FRI 7:30

Christopher Dragon, conductor

SYMPHONY POPS

Strauss A Hero’s Life conducted by Brett Mitchell

Brett Mitchell, conductor The Percussion Collective RAVEL Boléro CHRISTOPHER THEOFANIDIS Drum Circles: Concerto for 7 Percussionists and Orchestra R. STRAUSS Ein Heldenleben (A Hero’s Life)

The Music of Queen with the Colorado Symphony Carnival of the Animals

CLASSICS

FEB 7-9 FRI-SAT 7:30 n SUN 1:00

Bertie Baigent, conductor SAINT-SAËNS Carnival of the Animals

Marin Alsop Conducts

Jun Märkl, conductor Ingrid Fliter, piano CHOPIN Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21 DEBUSSY La Mer RAVEL La Valse

CLASSICS

MAR 20-22 FRI-SAT 7:30 n SUN 1:00

Marin Alsop, conductor BARBER Essay No. 2, Op. 17 COPLAND Suite from Appalachian Spring PROKOFIEV Suite from Romeo and Juliet

A Symphonic Valentine

ALTERNATIVE

FEB 14 FRI 7:30

Bertie Baigent, conductor Laquita Mitchell, soprano

Legendary Women’s Voices: An Evening with Cynthia Erivo

SPOTLIGHT

FEB 15 SAT 7:30

Christopher Dragon, conductor Cynthia Erivo, vocalist

Music and Art: A Symphonic Exploration

ALTERNATIVE

MAR 27 FRI 7:30 Brett Mitchell, conductor Clifford Still Museum ADAM SCHOENBERG Finding Rothko RACHMANINOFF Isle of the Dead BEETHOVEN Quartet for Strings No. 16 in F major, Op. 135 JAMES CLARKE World Premiere

Disney’s Fantasia In Concert

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HalfNotes

MAR 28-29 SAT 7:30 n SUN 2:30

Denver Young Artists Orchestra Side By Side 2020

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MAR 15 SUN 2:30

Chopin Piano Concerto No. 2 featuring Ingrid Fliter

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CLASSICS

MAR 6-8 FRI-SAT 7:30 n SUN 1:00

MAR 13-14 FRI-SAT 7:30

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FEB 21-23 FRI-SAT 7:30 n SUN 1:00

FEB 27-29 THU-FRI 7:30 n SAT 2:00

Mandolin Orange with the Colorado Symphony

JAN 18 SAT 7:30

Beethoven Missa Solemnis featuring the Colorado Symphony Chorus

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Colorado Symphony Announces Beethoven 2020 Celebration

By Nick Dobreff

“What you are, you are by accident of birth; what I am, I am by myself.

There are and will be a thousand princes; there is only one Beethoven.”

— Ludwig van Beethoven

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Beethoven. The name itself carries an immense, mystical power; a mononymous title for one of the most innovative, well known, and impactful musicians in human history. Despite living his life over two centuries ago, Ludwig van Beethoven’s music remains as relevant and groundbreaking today as it was at its inception.

To commemorate the 250th year since Beethoven’s birth, the Colorado Symphony will celebrate his unmatched brilliance with a series of musical performances in Boettcher Concert Hall and across Colorado throughout 2020, bringing the full orchestra and chamber ensembles to underserved communities in the state where access to live symphonic music is often difficult or impossible to realize.

“Our Beethoven 2020 Initiative will ensure access to live symphonic music for all of Colorado as we strive to impact the state in a geographically diverse way,” said Anthony Pierce, Chief Artistic Officer for the Colorado Symphony. “In showcasing the entire ensemble as well as smaller ensembles made up of Colorado Symphony musicians in venues throughout the state, this yearlong series promises to be a memory maker for Colorado residents statewide.”

The Beethoven 2020 celebration officially kicked off December 16, 2019 with a special, one-night only performance of the Colorado Symphony’s annual All Beethoven concert, which featured Beethoven’s Overture from Egmont, his “Emperor” Fifth Piano Concerto, and the astounding Fifth Symphony.

The tour portion of this yearlong celebration will take the Colorado Symphony on the road to over 10 different venues throughout the state, beginning January 19 at Red Rocks Park and Amphitheatre. Chamber ensembles led by Colorado Symphony Concertmaster Yumi Hwang-Williams and Assistant Principal Bass Nicholas Recuber will perform as part of Local Set, an intimate, indoor Red Rocks experience at the Visitor Center, featuring local Colorado musicians, themed menus for a full dinner buffet, drinks, and the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for a backstage tour of the venue.

In February, Recuber will lead a chamber ensemble in a performance at Colorado State University in Fort Collins. And in March, his chamber ensemble will perform

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STORIES OF NOTE at the Salida SteamPlant Event Center in Salida and the New Center for the Arts in Crested Butte.

“Even though the vast majority of musicians in the Colorado Symphony are transplants, i.e. we moved here after winning an audition, most symphony players quickly fall in love with the state and find it hard to leave,” said Recuber. “The Beethoven 2020 initiative is a great way for us to combine our passion for Classical music and our love of this wonderful state.”

The month of March will also see Hwang-Williams’ chamber ensemble traveling for performances in Steamboat Springs.

“Beethoven’s enduring message of hope over adversity resounds so clearly and loudly that people will commemorate this towering Genius with celebrations all over the world for his 250th Birthday,” said Hwang-Williams. “I’m so thrilled to participate, along with several colleagues, in bringing his chamber music to outlying areas of Colorado for the Beethoven 2020 initiative. We hope to connect with these communities and share our passion for music through the universal language of Beethoven.”

And the yearlong celebration only picks up steam from there as the second half of the Colorado Symphony’s 2019/20 Season positively overflows with repertoire from Beethoven’s illustrious career, showcasing the entire range of his brilliance as a composer. That includes performances of his spiritually expressive Missa Solemnis with the Colorado Symphony Chorus February 21-23, the inventive Fourth Piano Concerto featuring soloist Garrick Ohlsson April 3-5, and his beautifully tranquil Violin Concerto with soloist Simone Porter May 8-10. The 2019/20 Season culminates May 22-24 with Beethoven’s groundbreaking Third Symphony, the “Eroica” — a work which represented a true turning point in musical history as it bridged the Classical and Romantic eras.

What’s more, thousands of students from throughout the Front Range will participate in 12 Youth Concerts at Boettcher Concert Hall throughout the 2019/20 Season, the focus of which will be Beethoven, his musical influences, and artists who were influenced by Beethoven himself.

Following the conclusion of the 2019/20 Season, the Colorado Symphony will return to Red Rocks Park and Amphitheatre on July 26, 2020. In what will be one of the most awe-inspiring performances in the storied venue’s history, the Colorado Symphony

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will perform Beethoven’s monumental Ninth Symphony outdoors under the stars.

This once-in-a-lifetime performance will feature nearly 500 musicians on stage as the full orchestra will be accompanied by a massive community chorus made up of the Colorado Symphony Chorus, Anschutz Chorus, and more, along with four vocal soloists for an outdoor musical experience unlike any ever seen in Colorado.

“This Red Rocks performance is going to be truly special,” added Pierce. “Our state’s most iconic venue has hosted many of the greatest musicians of all time. But it’s never seen 500 musicians on stage at one time.”

In September, a pair of full ensemble performances will take place with the Colorado Symphony hitting the road for concerts at the Montrose Pavilion and the Avalon Theatre in Grand Junction. And later that month, a mid-sized ensemble will perform at the Fox West Theater in Trinidad. The tour concludes in November when Brook Fergusen, Principal Flute, leads a chamber ensemble in a performance of Beethoven repertoire at the Mancos Opera House.

“As our proud name ‘Colorado Symphony’ suggests, we are Colorado’s only full-time symphony orchestra and have a commitment to reach the entirety of our state,” said Ferguson. “We feel fortunate to have the opportunity to share the music of Beethoven with many audiences outside of the Denver metro area and to explore this music in a wide array of venues.”

The Colorado Symphony’s 2020/21 Season schedule will be released in March 2020 with additional Beethoven repertoire still to come and additional tour dates to be announced as they become available.

When the year concludes, over 100,000 Colorado residents will have experienced Beethoven throughout the state — from Denver to Mancos and Grand Junction to Fort Collins. Indeed, Colorado will have stood at the forefront of a worldwide celebration, commemorating the life and work of a cherished musical icon.

Plaudite, amici, comedia finita est.

For tickets and more information about the Colorado Symphony’s Beethoven 2020 initiative, please visit ColoradoSymphony.org. Beethoven 2020 is sponsored in part by the Colorado State Unviersity System.

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Music inspires.

Music is inclusive.

Music binds our community together.

By Nick Dobreff and Cecile Forsberg The Colorado Symphony is dedicated to serving our diverse community through engaging symphonic experiences, both within Boettcher Concert Hall and throughout Colorado. In that spirit, the Colorado Symphony along with the Denver Young Artists Orchestra and El Sistema Colorado combined to host the first-ever Denver Music Education Convening at the Colorado Symphony offices in downtown Denver on October 3 and 4, 2019.

The goal of the convening was to identify and implement actions that increase equity, diversity, and inclusivity for Denver youth music education in a transformational, measurable, and sustainable manner.

Undertaking that goal was a veritable who’s who of the Denver musical arts community, bringing together thirty-nine organizations including Denver Public Schools, Bonfils-Stanton Foundation, the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD), Universities, and numerous not for profit 501(c)3 organizations.

“The Bonfils-Stanton Foundation was pleased to support this important convening,” said Gina Ferrari, Director of the Grants Program with the Bonfils-Stanton Foundation.

“I was so impressed with the number and diversity of organizations participating, demonstrating the interest and need in finding strategies to address equitable access to music education. The convening’s collaborative and creative approach to identifying shared purpose and next steps was really inspiring and I’m excited about the possibilities moving forward.”

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Through robust discussions – led by Team Tipton consultants – the convening discussed topics ranging from the definition of an active musical life, diversity of musical genres, and the impact of music education. There are many diverse organizations incorporating all genres of music through educational work. Some programs overlap while others are unique in and of themselves. The consensus in the room was that an active musical life will mean many things to many different people and all Denver youth should have access to these opportunities across our community.

This convening was a shining moment for musical arts education in Denver as organizations came together across a variety of shared values to create the following ambitious vision statement: “We use music to amplify the silenced and reimagine community.” Team Tipton challenged the convening to define actionable steps to make this ambitious vision a reality and the participating organizations committed to creating a Denver Music Education Coalition. This coalition will engage all community stakeholders to define the mission and overarching vision of the coalition.

“The Colorado Symphony was honored to host the inaugural Denver Music Education Convening in conjunction with DYAO and El Sistema Colorado,” said Jesse Martinez, Director of Community Education with the Colorado Symphony. “The opportunity to collaborate with a group of passionate organizations who are committed to improving equity, diversity, and inclusivity within Denver youth music education was inspiring and beneficial for all involved. We look forward to taking the next steps towards the creation of a viable Denver Music Education Coalition as we strive to create a lasting impact on youth music education in Denver for years to come.”

Plans for an initial meeting are already underway with plans in motion to reach out to the community to ensure that all voices are represented at the table including students, performers, educators, parents, organizations, funders, and more.

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STRAUSS A HERO’S LIFE CONDUCTED BY BRETT MITCHELL PERFORMED BY YOUR COLORADO SYMPHONY BRETT MITCHELL, conductor THE PERCUSSION COLLECTIVE Friday, March 6, 2020 at 7:30pm Saturday, March 7, 2020 at 7:30pm Sunday, March 8, 2020 at 1:00pm

2019/20 SEASON PRESENTING SPONSOR:

Friday's Concert is Gratefully Dedicated Colorado State University System Saturday's Concert is Gratefully Dedicated to Young and Carolyn Cho.

Boléro

RAVEL

CHRISTOPHER THEOFANDIS Drum Circles: Concerto for 7 Percussionists and Orchestra Rivers and Anthems Sparks and Chants How Can you Smile When You’re Deep in

Thought?

Spirits and Drums Three Chords and the Truth -INTERMISSIONR. STRAUSS Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40 “Der Held” (The Hero) “Des Helden Widersacher” (The Hero’s

Adversaries) “Des Helden Gefährtin” (The Hero’s

Companion) “Des Helden Walstatt” (The Hero at Battle) "Des Helden Friedenswerke" (The Hero's

Works of Peace) "Des Helden Weltflucht und Vollendung"

(The Hero's Retirement from this World

and Completion) CONCERT RUN TIME IS APPROXIMATELY 1 HOUR AND 35 MINUTES WITH A 20 MINUTE INTERMISSION This weekend's Preludes are hosted by Assistant Conductor, Bertie Baigent.

Guests will learn all about the weekend's program.

There will be a Talkback on Friday, March 6, 2020.

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PHOTO: ROGER MASTROIANNI

BRETT MITCHELL, conductor Hailed for delivering compelling performances of innovative, eclectic programs, Brett Mitchell was named the fourth Music Director of the Colorado Symphony in September 2016. He served as the orchestra’s Music Director Designate during the 16/17 season and began his four year appointment in September 2017.

Mr. Mitchell concluded his tenure as the Associate Conductor of The Cleveland Orchestra in August 2017. He joined the orchestra as Assistant Conductor in 2013 and was promoted to Associate 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 led the orchestra in several dozen concerts each season at Severance Hall, Blossom Music Center, and on tour. Mr. Mitchell also served as the Music Director of the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra (COYO), which he recently led on a four-city tour of China, marking the ensemble’s second international tour and its first to Asia. In May, 2019 he returned to the Cleveland Orchestra to lead subscription performances of An American in Paris.

In addition to his work in Cleveland and Denver, Brett Mitchell is in consistent demand as a guest conductor. Recent and upcoming guest engagements include subscription debuts with the Minnesota Orchestra and the Dallas, San Antonio, Vancouver and New Zealand Symphonies and the Orquesta Sinfonica del Principado de Asturias in Spain, as well as debuts with the Grant Park Music Festival in downtown Chicago and the Indianapolis Symphony during the orchestra’s summer festival at Conner Prairie. He has also appeared with the Detroit, National, Houston, Milwaukee and Oregon Symphonies, the Rochester Philharmonic, and the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra among others.

From 2007 to 2011, Brett Mitchell led over one hundred performances as Assistant Conductor of the Houston Symphony. He also held Assistant Conductor posts with the Orchestre National de France, where he worked under Kurt Masur from 2006 to 2009, and the Castleton Festival, where he worked under Lorin Maazel in 2009 and 2010. In 2015, Mr. Mitchell completed a highly successful five-year tenure as Music Director of the Saginaw Bay Symphony Orchestra, where an increased focus on locally relevant programming and community collaborations resulted in record attendance throughout his tenure.

As an opera conductor, Brett Mitchell has conducted nearly a dozen productions, principally during his tenure as Music Director of the Moores Opera Center in Houston, where he led eight productions from 2010 to 2013. His repertoire spans the core works of Mozart (The Marriage of Figaro and The Magic Flute), Verdi (Rigoletto and Falstaff), and Stravinsky (The Rake’s Progress), to contemporary works by Adamo (Little Women), Aldridge (Elmer Gantry), Catán (Il Postino and Salsipuedes), and Hagen (Amelia).

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CLASSICS BIOGRAPHIES In addition to his work with professional orchestras, Mr. Mitchell is also well-known for his affinity for working with and mentoring highly talented young musicians aspiring to be professional orchestral players. His work with COYO during his Cleveland Orchestra tenure was highly praised and he is regularly invited to work with the orchestra at the Cleveland Institute of Music as well as at summer orchestral training programs such as the Texas Music Festival, National repertory Orchestra, Interlochen and Sarasota Music Festival.

Born in Seattle in 1979, Brett Mitchell holds degrees in conducting from the University of Texas in Austin and composition from Western Washington University, which selected him as its 2014 Young Alumnus of the Year. He 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 Program from 2007 to 2010.

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CLASSICS BIOGRAPHIES THE PERCUSSION COLLECTIVE The Percussion Collective’s latest season was met with extraordinary critical acclaim. Their first tour to China featured performances of Garth Neustadter’s Seaborne in a collection of fabulous venues including Shanghai’s Symphony Hall, the stunning Jiangjsu Grand Theatre in Nanjing, and the mystical Temple in Beijing.

“The extraordinary Percussion Collective brought the audience a level of artistry, beauty, and insight more commonly found in great string quartets.” Beijing Morning Post, October 2018 In March, the group was joined by Yellow Barn’s Artistic Director, Seth Knopp for a sold out performance at the Nasher Sculpture Garden in Dallas that included Martin Bresnick’s anti-war piece, Caprichos Enfaticos. The program also included one of percussion’s seminal works, Village Burial With Fire by English composer James Wood.

“This was truly masterful performing, and it is a lesson in getting capacity crowds to contemporary music performances.” - TheaterJones Reviews, March 2019 In their first orchestral showcase, The Percussion Collective had three nights of standing ovations for their world premiere performances of Christopher Theofinidis’s Drum Circles with The Oregon Symphony and their Music Director, Carlos Kalmar. In this piece, four members of The Collective and the orchestra’s own percussion section surrounded the orchestra in a circle, creating an extraordinary spatial and theatrical effect.

“A phenomenally exciting world premiere performance of Drum Circles by American composer Chris Theofinidis.” - Northwest Reverb, November 2018 The 2019/20 season began with The Collective’s debut at the Aspen Music Festival. The group will perform Theofanidis Drum Circles with the acclaimed Aspen Festival Orchestra under the direction of Michael Stern. Later in the season, the group will perform this exciting new concerto with the Baltimore Symphony, Colorado Symphony, Curtis Symphony Orchestra in Verizon Hall, and Hartford Symphony. Another orchestral highlight of the season will be the world premiere of Seaborne with Orchestra with the Louisville Orchestra and their Music Director, Teddy Abrams. Spring of 2020, includes The Percussion Collective’s first appearances in Europe, with a tour that includes debut recitals at the Musikverein in Vienna, Amsterdam’s renowned Concertgebouw and the Purcell Room in London. The group will continue their residencies at American universities with master classes and recitals throughout the country including the University of Texas in Austin and the University of Nebraska in Lincoln.

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CLASSICS PROGRAM NOTES MAURICE RAVEL (1875-1937): Boléro Maurice Ravel was born on March 7, 1875 in Ciboure, France and died on December 28, 1937 in Paris. He composed Boléro between July and October 6, 1928 as a ballet on commission from the dancer Ida Rubinstein, who performed the premiere at the Paris Opéra on November 20, 1928; Walter Straram conducted. The score calls for piccolo, two flutes, two oboes, oboe d’amore (alto oboe), English horn, E-flat clarinet, two B-flat clarinets, bass clarinet, three saxophones, two bassoons, contrabassoon, four horns, four trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, celesta, harp, and strings. Duration is about 17 minutes. Bolero was last performed on November 11, 2017, with Christopher Dragon on the podium.

Ravel originated what he once called his “danse lascive” at the suggestion of Ida Rubinstein, the famed ballerina who also inspired works from Debussy, Honegger, and Stravinsky.

Rubinstein’s balletic interpretation of Boléro, set in a rustic Spanish tavern, portrayed a voluptuous dancer whose stomps and whirls atop a table incite the men in the bar to mounting fervor. With growing intensity, they join in her dance until, in a brilliant coup de théâtre, knives are drawn and violence flares on stage at the moment near the end where the music modulates, breathtakingly, from the key of C to the key of E. So viscerally stirring was the combination of the powerful music and the ballerina’s suggestive dancing at the premiere (November 20, 1928) that a near-riot ensued between audience and performers, and Miss Rubinstein narrowly escaped injury. The usually reserved Pitts Sanborn reported that the American premiere, conducted by Arturo Toscanini at Carnegie Hall on November 14, 1929, had a similar effect on its hearers: “If it had been the custom to repeat a number at a symphonic concert, Boléro would surely have been encored, even at the risk of mass wreckage of the nerves.”

Of the musical nature of this magnificent study in hypnotic rhythm and orchestral sonority, Ravel wrote in 1931 to the critic M.D. Calvocoressi, “I am particularly desirous that there should be no misunderstanding about this work. It constitutes an experiment in a very special and limited direction, and should not be suspected of aiming at achieving anything different from or anything more than it actually does achieve. Before its first performance, I issued a warning to the effect that what I had written was a piece lasting about seventeen minutes and consisting wholly of ‘orchestral tissue without music’ — of one long, very gradual crescendo. There are no contrasts, there is practically no invention except the plan and the manner of execution. The themes are altogether impersonal ... folktunes of the usual Spanish-Arabian kind, and (whatever may have been said to the contrary) the orchestral writing is simple and straightforward throughout, without the slightest attempt at virtuosity.... I have carried out exactly what I intended, and it is for listeners to take it or leave it.” Listeners have.

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CLASSICS PROGRAM NOTES CHRISTOPHER THEOFANIDIS (b. 1967): Drum Circles for Percussion Quartet and Orchestra Christopher Theofanidis was born on December 18, 1967 in Dallas. He composed Drum Circles in 2019. It was premiered on March 9, 2019 in Portland by the Oregon Symphony with The Percussion Collective as soloists, conducted by Carlos Kalmar. The score calls for piccolo, two flutes, two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, four horns, three trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, and strings. Duration is about 25 minutes. This is the first performance of the work by the orchestra.

(Theofanidis Christopher Theofanidis, one of America’s most prominent composers, was born in Dallas on December 18, 1967, and studied at the University of Houston (B.M.), Eastman School of Music (M.M.) and Yale University (M.A. and D.M.A.). He has served on the faculty of the Yale University School of Music since September 2008; his previous teaching appointments include the Peabody Institute in Baltimore, Juilliard School, University of Houston, American Festival of the Arts, Texas Piano Institute, Atlantic Center for the Arts, and HighSCORE Festival in Italy.

In summer 2014, he joined the faculty the Aspen Music Festival, where he is now Composerin-Residence and Co-Director of the Composition Program. Theofanidis has held residencies with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, California Symphony and Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, and has also served as a delegate to the United States–Japan Foundation’s Leadership Program. His numerous awards include the Prix de Rome, a Guggenheim Fellowship, Barlow Prize, Charles Ives Fellowship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, Bearns Prize of Columbia University, Fulbright Fellowship for study in France, six ASCAP Morton Gould Prizes, and a 2007 Grammy nomination for The Here and Now for chorus and orchestra, based on the poetry of Rumi. In October 2003, his Rainbow Body won the First Prize of £25,000 in the Masterprize Competition, a London-based, British-American partnership of EMI, London Symphony Orchestra, Gramophone magazine, Classic FM, and National Public Radio whose winner is chosen jointly by the public and a panel of experts; Rainbow Body has subsequently become one of the most frequently performed pieces by a living composer. Among Theofanidis’ commissions are compositions for the 25th anniversary of the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., 700th anniversary of the Grimalkin Empire in Monaco, opening of Bass Hall in Fort Worth, 100th anniversary of the Oregon Symphony, and Heart of a Soldier for the San Francisco Opera in observance of the tenth anniversary of 9/11.

Theofanidis said that Drum Circles, composed in 2019 on a joint commission from the Colorado Symphony, Hartford Symphony, Aspen Music Festival, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Curtis (Institute) Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, and Oregon Symphony, “keeps coming back to the idea of dialogue and delight, and centers around the joy of sound and collaboration.”

Drum Circles calls for a solo percussion quartet as well as three percussionists from the orchestra, and derives its title from the distribution of the instruments around the orchestra. Theofanidis commented, “I like the idea of definition of personality characteristics — the specific character of the music — threading through each movement. Each movement’s personality determines all the musical decisions I made, from timbre to rhythm to phrasing to melodic line…. The first movement, Rivers and Anthems, is a flood of bright clangorous chimes, bells, crotales [finger cymbals], vibraphone, xylophone; they’re playing ‘super melodies’ on top of these cascades of rivers. In contrast, Sparks and Chants features marimbas in a brittle environment created by PROGRAM VI

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CLASSICS PROGRAM NOTES ‘dry’ instruments: slats, woodblocks, and claves, while the orchestra focuses on strings. The central movement, How Can You Smile When You’re Deep in Thought?, has a bright, punchy sound, like something from the 1940s. Spirits and Drums is shockingly different. It’s ritualistic — all the soloists are playing drums [rather than pitched instruments]. The sound is somewhat threatening, with a lot of low sonorities. The orchestra’s strong statements are punctuated by silence and space. Three Chords and Truth (or, Learning to Breathe Again) is like contemporary country western music and also blues, which can say a lot with a very restricted number of chords played in different voicings. The movement is intimate and lyrical rather than going out with a bang.”

 RICHARD STRAUSS (1864-1949): Ein Heldenleben (“A Hero’s Life”), Op. 40 Richard Strauss was born on June 11, 1864 in Munich and died September 9, 1949 in GarmischPartenkirchen. Ein Heldenleben was begun during the summer of 1898 and completed on December 27th of that year. The composer conducted the Orchestra of the Musikgesellschaft of Frankfurt-amMain in the premiere on March 3, 1899. The score calls for piccolo, three flutes, four oboes, English horn, E-flat clarinet, two B-flat clarinets, bass clarinet, three bassoons, contrabassoon, eight horns, five trumpets, three trombones, tenor and bass tubas, timpani, percussion, two harps, and strings.

Duration is about 43 minutes. Ein Heledenleben was last performed on March 8-10, 2013, with Jun Märkl on the podium.

“No man is perhaps a hero to his valet; but Strauss is evidently a hero to himself.” The autobiographical nature of Strauss’ Ein Heldenleben did not slip past Philip Hale, nor has it been less than obvious to anyone else. Literary autobiography and self-portraiture (à la Rembrandt) had been acceptable artistic genres for centuries. So why not music?

So why not Strauss? In 1898, the year of Ein Heldenleben, Strauss was the most talked-about composer in the world. This work was the seventh of his orchestral tone poems, each new arrival greeted with a flurry of international interest by press and public alike. They (Don Juan, Death and Transfiguration, Also sprach Zarathustra, et al.) were sensational works that carried programmatic music and the art of orchestration to heights that no one else, except Berlioz, had conceived. Strauss was also one of the preeminent conductors of the day, and when he composed Ein Heldenleben he was principal conductor of the Berlin Court Opera and past music director of the Berlin Philharmonic. He parlayed all these activities into an immense income, and it is quite likely that he was the wealthiest composer of concert music ever. With all this, he had a right to be proud.

Early in 1898, Strauss undertook to portray a general overview of the heroic spirit in a tone poem. He painted six aspects of this spirit in Ein Heldenleben. The first three sections portray the participating characters: “The Hero” (“his pride, emotional nature, iron will, richness of imagination, inflexible and well-directed determination supplant low-spirited and sullen obstinacy” noted the modest composer); “His Adversaries” (Strauss said nothing about them — the cackling, strident music speaks for itself ); and “His Beloved” (“It’s my wife I wanted to show.

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CLASSICS PROGRAM NOTES She is very complex, very feminine, a little perverse, a little coquettish”). The fourth section, in which the hero girds his loins to do battle against his enemies, was considered the height of modernity when it was new. Section five is an ingenious review of at least thirty snippets selected by Strauss from nine of his earlier works. The finale tells of the hero’s withdrawal from the earthly struggles to reach “perfection in contemplative contentment,” in the obscure words of the composer.

For Strauss’ appearance as guest conductor with the New York Philharmonic in 1921, Lawrence Gilman prepared the following synopsis of Ein Heldenleben, to which the composer gave his approval: “1. Der Held (The Hero). We hear first the valorous theme of the Hero. Subsidiary themes picture his pride, depth of feeling, inflexibility, sensitiveness, imagination.

“2. Des Helden Widersacher (The Hero’s Adversaries). Herein are pictured an envious and malicious crew, filled with all uncharitableness. The theme of the Hero appears in sad and meditative guise. But his dauntless courage soon reasserts itself, and the mocking hordes are put to rout.

“3. Des Helden Gefährtin (The Hero’s Companion). A solo violin introduces the Hero’s Beloved.

After an earnest phrase heard again and again, the orchestra breaks into a love song of heroic sweep and passion. As the ecstasy subsides, the mocking voices of the foe are heard remotely.

“4. Des Helden Walstatt (The Hero at Battle). Suddenly the call to arms is heard. Distant fanfares (trumpets off-stage) summon the Hero to the conflict. The orchestra becomes a battlefield. A triumphant outburst proclaims his victory.

“5. Des Helden Friedenswerke (The Hero's Works of Peace). Now begins a celebration of the Hero’s victories of peace, suggesting his spiritual evolution and achievements. We hear quotations of themes from Strauss’ earlier works: reminiscences of Death and Transfiguration, Don Quixote, Don Juan, Till Eulenspiegel, Macbeth, Also sprach Zarathustra, the music-drama Guntram, and the exquisite song Traum durch die Dämmerung (‘Dream at Twilight’).

“6. Des Helden Weltflucht und Vollendung (The Hero's Retirement from this World and Completion). The tubas mutter the uncouth and sinister phrase that voices the dull contempt of the benighted adversaries. Furiously, the Hero rebels and the orchestra rages. His anger subsides. An agitated memory of storm and strife again disturbs his mood, but the solo violin reminds him of the consoling presence of the Beloved One. Peace descends upon the Hero’s spirit, and the finale is majestic and serene.” ©2019 Dr. Richard E. Rodda

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THE SYMPHONY FUND BOARD OF DIRECTORS Gregg O. Kvistad Stephen M. Brett, President Suzanne Ryan Norman L. Wilson, Treasurer William Wallace *Susan K. Ellis, Secretary *Non-Member Jerome H. Kern

ENDOWED CHAIRS AND FUNDS The following members of the Symphony family have established special funds to perpetuate the work of the Colorado Symphony for future generations. These endowed funds are gifts from individuals who have loved, believed in, and supported the orchestra. To these individuals, the Colorado Symphony extends endless gratitude.

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Irene and David Abosch Oboe Chair Merle Chambers Assistant Concertmaster Chair Tom and Noёy Congdon Flute Chair Dave and Pam Duke Families Guest Artist and Guest Conductor Fund • Friend of the Colorado Symphony Principal Percussion Chair

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Nancy & Anthony Accetta ∆ ∑ ß Ω Anonymous ∆ δ Col. Philip Beaver and Mrs. Kim Beaver ∆ Ω Ed and Laurie Bock ∆ Ω Linda Shoemaker and Steve Brett ß Ω Sharon and Jim Butler ß Ω Jim and Janice Campbell ∆ δ Merle C. Chambers Ω Young and Carolyn Cho ∆ ∑ ß Ω Mr. John F. Estes III and Mrs. Norma Horner ∆ George L. Shields Foundation, Inc. Keegan Gerhard and Lisa Bailey Mr. Paul E. Goodspeed and Ms. Mary Poole ∆ Peter and Rhondda Grant ∆ δ Ed and Jenni Haselden ∆ ß The Estate of Gloette Hess Ω Diane S. Hill and Kevin E. Somerville ∆ ß Ω Dr. Vesna Jevtovic-Todorovic and Dr. Slobodan Todorovic ß Carolyn Longmire ∆ ∑ Ω Mr. Cliff Louis ß Margulf Foundation ¥ Coreen and Mike Miller ∆ ß Miller Family Foundation Mrs. Rhea Miller ∆ δ Kenneth and Myra Monfort Charitable Fund Mr. Larry Mueller ß Drs. Sarah and Harold Nelson ∆ δ Dr. Christopher Ott and Mr. Jeremy Simons ß

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Mr. Craig Ponzio Ω Lt. Col. and Mrs. Robert W. Riegel ∆ Ω Sig Rosenfeld ∆ δ Raymond and Suzanne Satter ∆ ∑ δ Estate of Henry R. Schmoll Δ Ω Harvey and Maureen Solomon ∆ ∑ δ Normie and Paul Voillequé ∆ δ Mr. and Mrs. Seth Weisberg ∆ ∑ Ω Alan and Judy Wigod ∆ The Nancy S. & Earl L. Wright Foundation ¥

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Michael Altenberg and Libby Bortz ∆ ∑ δ Anonymous Ω Eugene C. & Florence Armstrong Family Foundation Ken and Zoe Barley ∆ Ω Bob and Cynthia Benson ∆ Ω Laura Briger ß Mr. Willis Carpenter ∆ δ Mr. Randy Carter ß The Chill Foundation Sylvia Sosin Cohen ∆ δ Ms. Sherri Colgan ∆ Ω Donna and Ted Connolly ∆ ∑ Ω Karen and William Curtis ∆ Ω Mr. and Mrs. Richard Deane Ω Mr. Adam and Mrs. Stephanie Donner ß The Friedlander Family - Great Lakes Marine Denver ∆ Ms. Melanie Geary ß Thomas J. and Shirley C. Gibson ∆ δ Tom Haller and Kim Patmore Ω Byron and Lisa Haselden ß Jennifer Heglin ∆ ∑ δ Heritage Eagle Bend and Ms. Gloria Sankel Lorraine and Harley Higbie Fund William Johnson ∆ ß Kevin Kelley and Husch Blackwell ß Kregg Charitable Fund Donald and Margery Langmuir ∆ δ Steve and Pat Larson ∆ δ Mr. Todd Laurie ß Mrs. Bette MacDonald ∆ δ Marjorie MacLachlan ∆ Ω Ms. Carolyn Moore Fred and Connie Platt ∆ δ Mr. and Mrs. Walter C. Rakowich ß Dr. Joanne Rudoff ∆ δ Elyse Tipton and Paul Ruttum ∆ Ω Ms. Gloria Sankel Rob and Jane Scofield ∆ ß δ David and Susan Seitz ∆ Ω Anna and John J. Sie Foundation ß Mr. and Mrs. John Sie ∆ ß Mr. Adam Sohn ß Walter Family Foundation ¥ Mr. and Ms. Michael A. Zoellner ∆ Ω

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COMMU NI T Y SU PPORT Conductor’s Circle ($2,000+)

Charles and Joan Albi Ω American Endowment Foundation Anonymous Robert P. Austin Ω Mr. Hartman Axley δ Margaret and Larry Ballonoff ∆ Addie and Bob Barkley ∆ ∑ δ Ms. Barbara Berryman Ω J. Fern Black ∆ Ω Ms. Barbara Bohlman Roger and Susan Bowles ∆ ∑ δ Margaret C. Bozarth Ω Ms. Barbara Bridges ∆ ß George and Beth Brinkworth Mr. Scott Brockett Mr. Willard and Mrs. Margaret Brown John and Carol Burtness ∆ ß Mr. and Mrs. Martin Cahill Ω Dr. Bonnie W. Camp ∆ δ Dr. Helena L. Chum ∆ Sheila M. Cleworth δ John L. Coil Ω Christopher Cole Bill and Nancy Cook ∆ Ω Michele and Laurence Corash LOU Fund Mr. Edward B. Cordes ß Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Cox Anne M. Culver ∑ Ω Lou Tate Dafoe ∆ δ Mr. Robert and Mrs. Lenore Damrauer Daniels-Houlton Family Foundation Ω Ms. Dana Davis ß Mark and Katherine Dickson δ Dr. Stephen Dilts ∆ Ω Alicia Economos ß

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Drs. Ellen and Anthony Elias ∆ Ω Ms. Susan Ellis ß Mr. Paul Finkel ß Fran and Mike Fisher ∆ Ω Mr. and Mrs. David Fleishhacker Mr. Roger Freeman and Mrs. Mi-Sun Cho-Freeman ß Deborah and Theodore Gaensbauer ∆ ∑ Dr. and Mrs. John H. Gale Ω Mrs. Sally S. Gart/The Jerry Gart Family Foundation ∆ Ω ß Mr. Keith Geeslin Ms. Donna S. Gerich ∆ Mr. and Mrs. George C. Gibson δ Veronica Goodrich δ The Grynberg Family δ Mr. Jerome Guillen Ms. Shirley Hamilton and Ms. G. Brooks Clouser Ω Dr. and Mrs. Karl Hammermeister ∆ Ω Dr. and Mrs. Robert D. Harry ∆ Ω Hayes Family Foundation Ms. Deborah Hayes and Mr. Jim Martin ∆ Colleen Healey Charitable Fund Mr. Glen Holguin and Mrs. Penny Holguin Elizabeth and Steve Holtze ∆ ∑ Ω Dr. Nancy A. Huff ∆ Renate and Joseph Hull δ Humphreys Foundation Dr. and Mrs. David E. Hutchison Ω Richard and Mary Anne Johnston ∆ Ω Dr. and Mrs. Everette G. Jones Ω Henny Kaufmann ∆ δ Joe and Francine Kelso ∆ δ Mr. Tripp Kerr and Mrs. Ann Kerr ß Mr. Michael R. Klein Rob and Kathy Klugman ∆ Ω Mr. George Kruger ∆ Ω Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kugeler ∆ ∑ Ω Mr. and Mrs. Gary P. Landis ∆ Ω Warren and Nancy Lawrence δ Don Leach Ω Judge and Mrs. John P. Leopold ∆ δ Robert and Patricia Lisensky ∆ δ M. Catherine and James R. Look Ω John and Merry Low ∆ ∑ δ Evi and Evan Makovsky ∆ Ω Ms. Joan Manly Houlton Ω Ms. Marcela de la Mar ß Stephen McConahey Family Foundation Ω John and Helen McGuire Mr. and Mrs. Neil McLagan Ω Ms. Janet Melson Sharon L. Menard ∆ δ Ms. Joan Virginia Messick Ω Ms. Anne B. Mills¥ Henry B. Mohr ¥ Mr. Robert R. Montgomery δ Kirsten and David Morgan Rosemarie Murane δ Robert and Carol Murphy ∆ ∑ Ω Judie and Ron Neel ∆ Ω Ms. Mary Neidig ∆ ∑ Elizabeth and Heather Neva ∆ ∑ δ Mr. Stephen Norris Mr. and Mrs. John O'Dorisio ß Dr. Bonnie M. Orkow, Ph.D. Ω Kerry Pearlman Ω Sue and Edwin Peiker ∆ δ Bonnie C. Perkins δ Andrea S. Pollack and William Hankinson Dr. Peter S. Quintero ∆ Ω Richard Replin and Elissa Stein ∆ δ Myra and Robert Rich ∆ δ Dr. Susan B. Rifkin ∆ Mr. Richard Roman and Mrs. Clara Restrepo ∆ Elyse Tipton and Paul Ruttum ∆ Ω Dr. and Mrs. Richard J. Sanders ∆ δ

Dick & Jeanne Saunders ∆ Ω Robert E. Schueller and Patricia Schueller ∆ Ω Kathleen Sgamma ∆ Ω Carole and George Shaw ∆ Ω Singer Family Foundation Sam and Marty Sloven ∆ δ Ms. Susan Smith Δ William F. Smith and Shirley A. Scott ∆ δ Eric Sondermann and Tracy Dunning ∆ Gordon Stenger Ω Mrs. Marcia D. Strickland ∆ δ Lou and Katherine Svoboda δ Mrs. Beatrice Taplin δ Mr. and Ms. Bennett Thompson ß Kyle and Bev Turner ¥ Dr. and Mrs. Ed Van Bramer ∆ Ω Richard E. Wagner ∆ δ Mr. Kip Wallen ß Mr. Larned Waterman, Jr. and Mr. Paul S. Mesard ∆ δ Malcolm and Donna Wheeler ∆ Ω Mr. Robert Wiegand II and Ms. Kimberly Raemdonck Ω James Williams and Jennifer Landrum ∆ Drs. Richard and Jean Williams δ

Symphony Concertmaster ($1,000+)

Anonymous Mr. Robert M. Balas δ Bartholic Family Foundation Richard & Linda Bateman Ω Dr. Charles W. Baucum Dr. and Mrs. Henry J. Beckwitt δ Ms. Mariette Bell Claire Benson Ω John and Sandy Blue δ Ms. Ingrid H. Boyd Elizabeth Bradley Ω

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Matthew Briger ß Sandy and Rogene Buchholz Ω Evalina Burger ß Mr. Brad Busse and Ms. Christine Benero ß Ms. Patricia Butler Ω Alice Silver and Tom Byrnes ∑ Ω Calerich Family Foundation Keith and Lindsay Campbell δ Ms. Martha W. Cannon Ms. Jane Carlstrom Ms. Martha Chamberlin Dr. and Mrs. James G. Chandler Ω Henry and Janet Claman Foundation Ω David and Joan Clark Ω Mr. David Clark Ms. Deborah Clendenning ¥ Catherine Cole δ Polly Cordes ß Drs. Yuko and Chris D'Ambrosia ß Ms. Julia Day Σ Zach and Joy Detra ß Mr. Scott Dewar ß Mrs. Mary Donlon Ω Mr. Eric Donnelly ß Dulin Charitable Trust Mr. Garrettson Dulin, Jr. Ω Renee Duncan ß Mr. Carl and Mrs. Nancy Eklund ß Mr. and Mrs. James W. Espy Ω Ms. Jennifer Evans ß Jim and Jo Ferguson Mr. Keith Fisher ß Mr. Scott Fisher and Ms. Janice Fisher ß Mrs. Mary Lou Flater ∑ δ Mr. and Mrs. John E. Fuller δ Mr. and Mrs. Greg Fulton Mr. John A. Gallagher and Mrs. Diane Gallagher Ω

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April 23-26, 2020 Newman Center for the Performing Arts NewmanTix.com/Lamont 303.871.7720 Tickets $16-$35 Reserved Seating

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COMMU NI T Y SU PPORT Marian and Lou Gelfand ¥ Ms. Jenay H. Gifford ß Mr. William H. Gleason and Mrs. Helen Gleason Dr. Burton and Mrs. Lee Golub Ω Ms. Jean M. Gordon Ω Mr. and Mrs. Ed Greene ß Ω Renee and Martin Gross Ω Hugh and Nancy Grove Mrs. Becky Hammond δ Mr. James Hanegan ß Mr. Nick Hazen Ω Mr. Brian R. Hedlund Ann Herron Mr. and Mrs. J.B. Hewetson ß Mr. Philip Hiester and Ms. Deborah Reshotko δ Mrs. Eileen Honnen-McDonald ∑ δ Mr. Mark Hopkins and Ms. Jennifer Hopkins ß Robert and Betty Huzjak Ms. Maria D. Irivarren ¥ Mrs. Eleanor L. Isbill δ Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Jenkins δ Marvin and Carole Johnson Ω Robert W. Karow Mr. Matthew R. Keeney ß Mr. Allen Kemp δ Dr. Peter Kennealey and Dr. Colleen Murphy Jonathan and Beth Kern Family Fund Professor Edward R. Kinney and Dr. Charles A. Dinarello Don and Jody Kirkpatrick Mrs. Oza Klanjsek and Mr. Milan Klanjsek ∑ Mr. Buz A. Koelbel and Mrs. Sherri S. Hoelbel ß Mr. Gregg Kvistad and Mrs. Amy Kvistad ß Mr. Abbott Lawrence and Martin Marietta ß Minnie B. Lindsey Charles and Gretchen Lobitz ß Ω Paul & Jackie LoNigro Mrs. Jeri Loser ∆ ∑ δ Ms. Lucinda Low and Mr. Daniel B. McGraw Marchbank Family Foundation Mrs. Barbara Marchbank and Mr. Robert Marchbank Ms. Kathleen Markey Mr. Bruce W. Martin and Mrs. Catherine Ann Martin Mr. Chet Hampson and Ms. Susan Martin δ Dr. Jerrald McCollum Ω Katherine McMurray Ω Ms. Anne Mead Mr. Robert Meade Anne and Bill Mills ∆ Ms. Sacha Millstone Mr. Scott Moore Janet Mordecai ∑ Ω Mrs. Carol A. Murphy Mr. and Mrs. Bill Myers ß Jenks Necker Charitable Fund Anne and David Necker James Neely Ω Nelson Family Foundation Ω Hans E. and Margaret C. Neville Ω Ray O'Loughlin and Jamie Henderson Ω Ed and Jean Onderko Ω Mr. Gary and Mrs. Joyce Pashel Ms. Sue Pawlik Ω Mrs. Alice Perlmutter ¥ Ω Al and Ursula Powell ∑ Ω Mr. & Mrs. James Proffitt Nijole and Walter Rasmussen David and Jennifer Reinecke Ω The Renee and Martin Gross Family Foundation Mr. Eli Reshotko and Mrs. Adina Reshotko Ω Al Richards ß Mr. James J. Riggs and Mrs. Diane E. Riggs ß Steven and Joan Ringel ∑ δ Ayliffe and Fred Ris

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Ms. Margaret Roath ∆ ∑ Dr. Gregory Robbins Ω Anthony C. and Patricia J. Romeo Ω Ms. Julie B. Rubsam Sallie and John Ruhnka Ms. Carol L. Rust Jim and Doreen Ryan δ Mr. Nemat Sanandaji ß Dean Sanpei ß Mr. Loren Schillinger Ruth Schoening δ Ms. Elizabeth Scully and Mr. Patrick Scully ß Jo Shannon δ Mr. and Mrs. Peter D. Shultz δ Mr. Jerry E. Sims and Mrs. Carol J. Buchanan Ω Mr. Eric D. Sipf and Mrs. Susan H. Sipf ß Billie Smith William Smitham ß Ms. Kathy Spuhler ∆ ∑ Hanspeter Spuhler δ Dr. and Mrs. Richard W. Talley Ms. Kathryn Taylor Ω Mrs. Barbara L. Tedstrom Tipton Family Foundation Ω Ms. Sheila Trader Ms. Erin Trapp ß Mr. and Mrs. Howard Turetzky ∆ δ Dr. David H. Wagner Jr ß Mrs. and Mr. Anne & Stephen Waite John and Kristine Wallack δ Mr. Tim and Mrs. Lisa Walsh Mr. Jason & Mrs. Kelly Waltrip Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Ward Ω Mr. and Mrs. Jim White ∆ Mr. Jordan Wight Dr. Martin Yussman ß Ms. Lauren Zandstra Jon and Kathy Zeschin

Symphony Musician ($500+)

DeAnn Anderson Ms. Maggie Anderson ß Anonymous Ω Bruce Avery Marti Awad ß David H. and Lornel A. Baker Nancy Ball δ Mr. James Balog and Ms. Suzanne Balog Anne and Henry Beer Ω Dr. Douglas Bell and Dr. Michelle Bell Mr. Joe Bertsch ß Mr. Dean Beyer Michael Biere and Patricia Romero Ω Mr. and Mrs. Howard Blaney Ω Ms. Soley M. Bogadottir Mark and Therese Brady Mr. and Mrs. Mark Brennan ß Mr. Briggs and Ms. Kostyashkina Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Bronesky Ms. Barbara Brown Mr. John Bruno Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bushman Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Butz δ Lois M. Calvert δ Rusty and Ellen Campos δ Casey Christensen ß Dr. David and Mrs. Delores Claassen Ω Ms. Toni H. Cohig Catherine Coleman ß Ann Connor ß Paul and Eileen Cooper δ Kerry and Walter Cote Ω Mrs. Barbara Cravitz Mr. and Mrs. Herschel Cravitz Ω

Hille L. Dais Ms. Ruth Dalrymple Rebecca David ß Anne C. Dillen and Mark Dillen ß Margaret Dong Denis and Kathy Donnelly δ The Dowling Foundation Ω Mr. Ian Dreifaldt ß Gary and Kathryn Dudley Louise and Robert Dudley δ Roger & Carol Dutton Ω Ms. Cate Eckenrode Dave Edwards ß Carol Ehrlich Evan and Kim Ela ¥ Ω Lucy and Dan Ellerhorst Ω Mr. Don Elliott Mr. Sean Everhart Mr. Bayard Ewing Ω Mr. and Mrs. Mark Ewing Ω Mr. Stephen Fenton ß Dr. and Mrs. Richard A. Fieman δ Ms. Alexandra Fischer Mr. and Mrs. Gregg Flannery Ω Ms. Allison Foster ß Joann Freedman Dick and Sigrid Freese δ Ms. JoAnne Friedman Virginia E. & Robert K. Fuller δ Ms. Lauren Gamba ß Lester and Joan Garrison δ Mike Gaughan and Jeff Julin ß Ω Mr. Michael Gifford and Ms. Jenay Heath Gifford ß The Gilman Family Foundation Ω Mr. Herman Goellnitz ¥ Tamara Golden and Tim Worrall Scott and Roberta Goodall

Mr. and Mrs. James B. Grange Ω Ms. Andrea J. Grant Ω Carolyn Green ß Mr. Felton Green and Mrs. Nancy Green Dennis and Eileen Griffin Ω Peter and Yvonne Griffiths Ω Ms. Julia Gwaltney Donald Hagengruber Halvorson-Freese 21st Century Fund Charles and Linda Hamlin Ω Ms. Linda E. Hamlin Homer and Treva Hancock Ω Ms. Darlene K. Harmon δ Mr. Frank Harney ß Mr. Billy Harris and Ms. Linda Purcell ¥ Ω Dr. Raymond Henkel Owen and Deborah Herman Melvin and Carolyn Hess δ HHSB Family Fund ¥ Mr. James Hidahl and Mrs. Patricia Hidahl Ω Mrs. Patricia C. Higgins Ms. Carol Hildebrand Dr. Stephen Hindes Ω Mr. and Mrs. Joseph I. Hirsch Mr. and Ms. Arthur Hodges ß Ms. Sally H. Hooper Ruth and George Hopfenbeck δ M. J. Hopkins δ Ms. Sally Hopper Ω Andrew Hornbrook Ω Michael E. Huotari and Jill R. Stewart Ω Yumi Hwang-Williams ∑ ß Ω Nancy C. Ives Mr. and Mrs. Bradley James δ Mr. Tim Jenkins Mr. and Mrs. Cody Jennings ß Mrs. Jill Johnke

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COMMU NI T Y SU PPORT Mr. Eric E. Johnson Mrs. Kathleen Johnson and Mr. Stephen Vierling Mr. Douglas C. Jones Emily B. Joy Ω Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Judd δ Mr. Jeff Julin ß Betsy Herrick and Milt Kahn ¥ Ω Garrick Keatts ß Dr. Richard and Mrs. Carla Kem Ms. Judy H. Kessenich Mark Kessler Ms. Soraya Khalje ß John and Alicia Kinnamon Mel and Roberta Klein δ Mr. and Mrs. Stanley W. Kleinsteiber δ Stuart and Janet Kritzer Family Foundation John W. Kure and Cheryl L. Solich δ Mr. John W. Kure Phyllis and James Kurtz-Phelan δ Ms. Nancy Lambertson Sandy and Evan Lasky ∑ ß δ Henny Lasley ß David C. Leger δ Mr. Kenneth B. Leonard Mr. and Mrs. Don Lewis Judy and Dan Lichtin Chui Mei G. Lively and Robert D. Lively Patty Lorie Ω Mr. Greg and Mrs. Julie Lucas ∑ Ms. Marian Lyons Mrs. Jean Macferran δ Ernie Blake and Sharon Magness Blake Christopher Marchbanks Jean L. Marshall Ω Ms. Susan Martin William J. Martinez & Judith C. Shlay Ms. Tanya R. Mathews ß Steve and Kathy McConahey ∆ Ω Michael E. McGoldrick Ω Ms. Karen M. McGrath Carla E. McKennett Ω Ms. Carla McWilliams Mr. Harold 'Bud' Meadows and Mrs. BJ Meadows Ω Ms. Christine D. Metzger Jay and Lois Miller δ Paul & Barb Moe δ Janell Moerer ß Kelvin and Sara Moore Ω Col. & Mrs. Jeffrey Neely Mrs. Jane Netzorg and Mr. Gordon Netzorg Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Newberry Ω Mr. Timothy W. Nicholas Mr. Randy Oakes and Mrs. Susan Oaks ß Dr. Richard and Mrs. Florence O'Day Ω Larry O'Donnell and Kermit Cain ¥ Dr. Priscilla Zynda-Otsuki and Mr. Steve Otsuki Ω Mary and Art Otten δ Mary Chloe Ourisman ß Mr. Rick Palacio ß Frank Y. Parce ∆ δ Carl Patterson David and Doris Pearlman Ω Maggie Petray ß Mr. Anthony Pierce ß Mr. & Mrs. Cason and Rachel Pierce Mr. David K. Porter Ed Post Ω Mr. and Mrs. H.W. Praetorius δ Mr. and Mrs. G.W. Quinby Ω Rich Ramsey Ω

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Melinda H. Reed Ω Ms. Mary Reeve Nancy and Gene Richards δ Dr. Richard and Sandra Roark Ω Eleanor Roberts δ Ms. Susan D. Rodger Mr. Bernie Rogoff and Ms. Jean Greenberg Ω Dr. and Mrs. Paul R. Rosen ∆ Parker Rothhammer ß Ellen Ruble ß Suzanne Barber Ryan ∑ δ Mr. Clayton Saylor Cynthia L. and Paul D. Schauer Ω John Schilling Mr. Donald Schott Ms. Mary Ann Schultz δ Mrs. Melanie Seatvet Mr. David Seeland δ Ms. Carla L. Seeliger Ms. Isabel Shanahan Dr. David Shander and Mrs. Karen Shander Ω Barbara L. Sharp Mr. Daniel Shurz Ms. Alice Silver Dr. and Mrs. Arnold Silverman δ Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Sisk Ms. Lynn M. Slouka Drs. Robert H. Slover, II and Robin Slover Ms. Bonnie Smith ß Dr. and Mrs. Edwin R. Smith δ Sparks Charitable Giving Fund Mr. Norman Spivy Mr. Thomas R. Stephens and Mr. Todd H. Enders δ Jackson T. Stevens The Sylvan Stool Family Mr. and Mrs. Michael Strear Mr. and Mrs. William E. Sweet, III Ω Judy and Rob Tate δ Mr. Frank Thomson Ω Barbara Thorngren δ Mr. and Mrs. Carl J. Tillery Ω David Tourtelot and Nikki Headlee Ω Tricia Collins Fund Ms. Heather Van Dusen Mrs. Sue Von Roedern Ω Todd VonLintel ß Ms. Tina Walls ß Ms. Hanna Warren Warren and Mary Washington ∑ Walter and Susanna Weart δ Mrs. Virginia Westgaard Ms. Bette J. Wilkinson Ms. Mary Wollard Dr. and Mrs. Roy R. Wright δ Dick and Lorie Young δ Mr. and Mrs. Ken Ziebarth δ Mr. Ken Ziebarth Joan Zisler While we are only able to list a portion of our 2019/20 Season donors, we acknowledge and thank every donor who contributed this past season, no matter the amount.

Every donor and dollar keeps the music playing on for Colorado!

COMMU NI T Y SU PPORT

CORPORATE AND FOUNDATION SUPPORT IMPRESARIO ($100,000+)

Avenir Foundation, Inc.

Sterne-Elder Memorial Fund PRESENTER ($75,000+)

Vera and Joseph Dresner Foundation VIRTUOSO ($50,000+)

The Virginia Hill Foundation

MAESTRO ($25,000+)

Ralph L. and Florence R. Burgess Trust Lloyd J. King & Eleanor R. King Foundation

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CORPORATE AND FOUNDATION SUPPORT ENCORE

($15,000+) Colorado Creative Industries Colorado State University System FirstBank Florence R. and Ralph L. Burgess Trust Fund Frontier Fire Protection Kenneth King Foundation Live Nation Shapiro Family Chiropractic Trice Jewelers U.S. Engineering Co.

CONCERTMASTER

Husch Blackwell LLP IMA Financial Group Inc. KPMG LLP Marshall-Rodeno Associated OfficeScapes Plante Moran Prologis RIDA Development Robinson Waters & O'Dorisio PC The Schramm Foundation Semple Brown Design, P.C. Tributary Real Estate U.S. Bank U.S. Bank Foundation

INSTRUMENTALIST

($10,000+)

($3,000+)

AEG Live Blue Moon Brewing Co. - Rino Colorado Real Estate Journal Grace Bay Resorts HealthONE Macy's Martin Marietta Helen Murray Charitable Trust Northern Trust Sherman & Howard Trautman & Shreve Inc. University of Denver VAL-U-ADS of Colorado, Inc.

Fine Arts Foundation Jay's Valet Rick Steves' Europe Inc. The Peninsula New York Scientific & Cultural Collaborative Verizon Wireless

SOLOIST ($500+)

COMPOSER ($7,500+)

The Chill Foundation

PRINCIPAL ($5,000+)

A.J. Markley Trust Colorado Rockies Baseball Club Leopold Bros. Distilling Baceline Investments Baker & Hostetler, LLP Benefactor/Randall Carter Beyond Campus Innovations, Inc. Centura Health Colorado State University System Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP DCP Midstream The Denver Foundation The Denver Post Community Foundation Ernst & Young, LLP Henry Shein Medical Group

Aloft Denver AOR Inc. Barolo Grill Baker Botts, L.L.P. The Broadmoor Cherry Creek Shopping Center Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Clinimark Denver International Airport Denver Museum of Nature and Science Encore Electric Fackler Legacy Gift Fairfield and Woods PC FourPoint Energy Four Seasons Hotel Denver Great West Life Guild Mortgage Cherry Creek ISEC Inc Medtronic, Inc. Mile High United Way QEP Resources, Inc. Sage Hospitality Sip | eat + drink SOL Bras and Sleepwear Wines For Humanity

IN MEMORIAM GIFTS

The following gifts were made to the Colorado Symphony in memory of a family member, friend, or supporter of the Symphony. These tributes hold an honored place with the Colorado Symphony and we are pleased to recognize them.

In memory of Bass Clarinetist Mr. Don Ambler given by: Mr. Robert Rodine In memory of Gene Amole's KVOD given by: Mr. R. Glesner and Mrs. B. Schwarm Glesner

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In memory of Eugene Curtis and Florence Ann Armstrong given by: Eugene C. & Florence Armstrong Family Foundation In memory of Claire Barbara given by: Mr. and Mrs. Skip Anderson In memory of Andrew Bermingham given by: Mrs. Marcia D. Strickland

In memory of Virginia Bonvicini given by: Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Ferretti Ms. Bernice Lane Mr. and Mrs. Scott Mosser Frank Y. Parce In memory of Valerie G. Brown given by: Nancy Carnes Ives In memory of Donald J. Carlstrom given by: Ms. Jane Carlstrom In memory of MingWah Chan given by: Fungyee Chan In memory of Dr. Phil Choquette given by: Mr. Greg Blake Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Graves Ms. and Mr. Alison Lusk Ms. Penny Taylor Matthew and Janet Walworth In memory of Blair Chotzinhoff, Jerry Endsley, Ken Harper, and Harry T. Safstrom given by: Mr. Chet Hampson and Ms. Susan Martin In memory of Leland Dong given by: Margaret Dong In memory of Max Ehrlich given by: Carol Ehrlich In memory of Richard M. Eslinger given by: Mr. John T. Kelly In memory of Dr. Constantine John Falliers given by: Penny and Dick Leather John and Merry Low In memory of Jerry Friedman and Joyce Freeman given by: Ms. JoAnne Friedman

In memory of Keith Hammond given by: Mr. and Mrs. Rus Dewitt Mrs. Becky Hammond Ms. Candy McCampbell Mr. Joseph Zuchter and Ms. Carol Catardi In memory of Seonghee Hedlund given by: Mr. Brian R. Hedlund In memory of Arnold Heller given by: Dr. and Ms. Arnold Heller In memory of Glo Hess given by: Frank Y. Parce In memory of Harley Higbie, Jr. given by: Lorraine Higbie Rosemarie Murane In memory of Fred Hoeppner given by: Margaret Hoeppner In memory of Samuel Lancaster given by: Ms. Mary Louise Burke Mr. Keith F. Corrette In memory of Mary Langehough given by: Ms. Tawney S. Willett In memory of Ann Levy given by: Ms. Peggy Brody Dick and Sigrid Freese In memory of Marie Lindvall given by: Anonymous In memory of John W. Low given by: Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. David Arkell AMG National Trust Bank Foundation Douglas and Constance Cain Mr. Willis Carpenter Ms. Lee C. Everding

DIVERSE VOICES

February 1 - First Baptist Church of Denver - 7:30 PM February 2 - Mountain View United Methodist Church - Boulder 2:00 PM Rudy Perrault Exodus William Grant Still Danzas de Panama Gabriela Lena Frank Leyendas: An Andean Walkabout

COMPOSING CLIMATE

March 20 - Stewart Auditorium - Longmont - 7:15 PM (Presented by the Longmont Museum) March 21 - First Baptist Church of Denver - 7:30 PM March 22 - Mountain View United Methodist - Boulder - 2:00 PM Ludwig Van Beethoven Symphony No. 6 “Pastoral” Gwyneth Walker Earth and Sky ~ Featuring: Musica Harmonia String Trio Dianna Link World Premiere (CU Composition Competition winner)

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COMMU NI T Y SU PPORT Ms. Rebecca A. Fischer Mr. and Mrs. James E. Hautzinger Ms. Carol Hildebrand Elizabeth and Steve Holtze Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Hutchens Ms. Lucinda Low and Mr. Daniel B. McGraw Ms. M. A. McEwan and Mr. P Tiley Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Marchand Rosemarie Murane Mrs. Jane Netzorg Judi and Robert Newman Gordon R. and Pam Parker Jane I. Ryan Mrs. Victoria Sahani Mr. Mark Silverman Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Smith Mrs. Marcia D. Strickland University of Denver Nancy S. and Earl L. Wright Foundation In memory of Paul Lucas given by: Ms. Kathie Lucas In memory of Dorothy Mauk given by: Ms. Sue Pawlik In memory of Thomas Luther McClintock given by: Lenny Gail and Robin Steans In memory of William and Virginia McGehee given by: Ms. Robin McGehee In memory of John and Helen McGuire given by: John and Helen McGuire In memory of Ken Miller given by: Ms. Ashley I. Geisel In memory of Maurine Moody given by: Mr. Robert Moody In memory of William "Bill" E. Murane given by: Mrs. Madelon Affeld Charles Anderson Mr. and Mrs. James K. Aronstein Ms. Patsy Benedict Mr. Donald L. Berlin Mr. and Mrs. Jock Bickert Mr. Willis Carpenter Mrs. Mimi Chenoweth Sheila M. Cleworth Ms. Mary Cook Mrs. Dana Crawford James Cruz, Jr. and Family Ms. Nancy Downing Ms. Mary Duell Mr. and Mrs. Martin Dumler Nancy and Mike Farley Vincent Favoriti and Mary Grace & Len McCue Dick and Sigrid Freese Virginia E. & Robert K. Fuller Ms. Georgia M. Garnsey Alan G. and Sally R. Gass Caleb and Sidney Gates Mr. and Mrs. Mark E. Goldstein Mr. and Mrs. Michael D. Groshek Mr. and Mrs. Sam Guyton James Hasler Sarah C. Hite Ms. Mary T. Hoagland Ruth and George Hopfenbeck CE Kahn Fund John and Merry Low Ms. Evelyn B. McClearn Rosemarie Murane Ms. Pat Pascoe Ms. Carol S. Prescott

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Ms. Mary Reeve Dr. and Mrs. Ronald H. Resnick Ms. Jeanne R. Robb Rob and Jane Scofield Carole and George Shaw Ms. Susan Sheridan Mr. Erik Solof Mrs. Marcia D. Strickland Ms. Margaret Trousdale Mrs. Teresa White & Eide Bailly LLP Grace Willhoit Mr. William R. Wilson Mr. and Mrs. Richard Wohlgenant Ms. Florence C. Wolfe Mrs. Diane Woodworth-Jordan and the CCHN Board In memory of William Murane, Robert Schulein & Blair Chotzinhoff given by: Nancy & Robert Schulein Fund In memory of Frank Y. Parce given by: Mr. and Mrs. David Askin Kerry and Walter Cote Ms. Martha S. Fiser Nancy and Russ Gregory Mr. and Mrs. Paul E. Lingenfelter Ms. Sally Ochsner Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth M. Manka Ms. Desiree A. Parrott-Alcorn Ken and Patti Quarles Ms. Addie Roberts Mr. Russ Skillings Eleanor Roberts Ms. Lori Snyder Mr. Wes Showalter Ms. Janet G. Way In memory of Gerard Porter given by: The Lakewood Estates Patio HOA In memory of Herman D. Post given by: Herman D. Post Fund In memory of Gerald Rainer given by: Mr. Erik Peterson In memory of my husband, William H. Roberts given by: Mrs. Irene Roberts In Memory of Bolko von Roedern given by: Mrs. Sue Von Roedern In memory of Erwin I. Rogoff, “Country Before Self” given by: Mr. Bernie Rogoff and Ms. Jean Greenberg In memory of Lucille S. Rosenfeld given by: Sig Rosenfeld In memory of Frances and Eugene Schaefer given by: Cynthia L. and Paul D. Schauer In memory of Sidney Schetina given by: Mr. Willis Carpenter Marian and Lou Gelfand Mr. and Mrs. Jeff H. Groezinger Drs. David and Miriam Weil Ms. Lisa Weil In memory of Betty Sonnenberg given by: Sylvia J. Kreider In memory of Kasiel Steinhardt, M.D. given by: June & Sylvan Stool Family Charitable Fund In memory of Mary Symonton given by: Anonymous In memory of Lee and Margaret Tipton given by: Tipton Family Foundation In memory of Lisa Gayle Wigod given by: Alan and Judy Wigod In memory of Eileen and Jerry Walker given by: Ms. Erika Walker

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COMMU NI T Y SU PPORT IN HONOR GIFTS The following gifts were made to the Colorado Symphony in honor of a family member, friend, or special occasion.

These tributes hold an honored place with the Colorado Symphony and we are pleased to recognize them.

In honor of Catherine Beeson given by: Nancy Livingston In honor of Dr. Paula Bernstein's birthday given by: Mr. Erik Bernstein In honor of Drs. Paula and William Bernstein given by: Ms. Paula Folkman In honor of Steve Brett and Linda Shoemaker for all they do for our community given by: Anna and John J. Sie Foundation In honor of John and Christine Brown given by: Ms. Barbara Brown In honor of Charlie Burrell given by: Clinimark Dr. Renee Cousins King Mr. Paul B. Batchelder In honor of Duain Wolfe and Mary Louise Burke given by: Claire Benson In honor of Willis Carpenter given by: Ms. Marian Lyons In honor of Young and Carolyn Cho given by: Mr. and Mrs. Don Lewis In honor of Jo Ellen Cohen's 70th Birthday given by: Mrs. Debbi Alpert Ms. Peggy Beck Mr. Martin M. Berliner Ms. Martha W Cannon Ms. Sharon M. Engle Ms. Jody Epstein Ms. Shirley "Cookie" Gold Lynne Green Mr. Barry Hirschfeld Mrs. and Mr. Brooks Luby Mandelbaum Family Charitable Foundation Ms. Cheri L. Michelson Ms. Jane L. Montgomery Mrs. Ricki G. Rest Ms. Fatosh Saribal Mrs. Barbara Sidon Ms. Dorothea Thomson In honor of Christopher Dragon given by: Marjorie R. Thirlby In honor of Joyce Elliott given by: Mr. Don Elliott In honor of Janice Gieskieng for Christmas and her Birthday given by: Ms. Linda McGoff & The McGoff Family In honor of Jim Greenwood given by: DaVita In honor of Chet Hampson given by: Ms. Susan Martin In honor of Byron Haselden's 50th Birthday. “With love, The Chrisman Family� given by: Mr. Jim D. Chrisman In honor of Ed Haselden given by: The Jerry Gart Family Foundation In honor of Jutta Herrmann given by: Carla Cheuvront

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In honor of Philip C. Hiester, Master Electrician CSA given by: Mr. Eli Reshotko and Mrs. Adina Reshotko In honor of Diane Hill for Women of Note given by: Mr. and Mrs. Seth Weisberg In honor of Anne Marie Hoffman given by: Mr. Peter Poses In honor of Co and David Hohnbaum given by: Mrs. Marcie B. Haloin In honor of Bill Johnson: DCP Midstream Charitable Fund In honor of Jerry and Mary Kern given by: Jonathan and Beth Kern Family Fund Ms. Susan Ellis In honor of Keith Kirby given by: Ms. Sara Alt In honor of Leah Kovach given by: Mrs. Marilyn Mishkin In honor of John and Merry Low given by: Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Marchand In honor of Dr. Marv Lubeck given by: Dr. and Mrs. Ronald H. Resnick In honor of Sachiko Nakahira given by: T.R. Reid & Peggy McMahon In honor of the Non-Violent Marching Band String Members given by: Posner-Wallace Foundation In honor of Leonard Perlmutter given by: Alice Perlmutter In honor of Anthony Pierce given by: Pinon Real Estate Group In honor of Abby Raymond given by: Mr. and Mrs. Allan R. Raymond In honor of Julie Rubsam given by: Mollie Leone In honor of Kristine and John Wallack given by: Richard Falb and Gail Skaggs In honor of Darlee Whiting given by: Hayes Family Foundation In honor of all the little princesses in the world, including my niece Ava Mi-Sun Williams given by: Ms. Ruth Williams In honor of Duain Wolfe given by: Claire Benson

THE HORACE TUREMAN LEGACY SOCIETY Named for the first conductor of the Denver Civic Orchestra, the Horace Tureman Legacy Society honors an exceptional group of people who have pledged future support for the Symphony through an estate gift. The Society recognizes in perpetuity those making estate gifts through wills, living trusts, annuities, IRAs, retirement plans, charitable trusts, life insurance designations, or other legacy giving vehicles. To learn more about including the Colorado Symphony in your estate planning, please call 303.308.2475 or visit coloradosymphony.org/Planned-Giving.

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BOETTCHER CONCERT HALL INFORMATION BOETTCHER CONCERT HALL INFORMATION FOR COLORADO SYMPHONY CONCERT TICKETS AND INFORMATION: call 303.623.7876.

THE COLORADO SYMPHONY’S WEBSITE, coloradosymphony.org, provides information on all Colorado Symphony activities at Boettcher Concert Hall and other venues around Colorado including performances at Red Rocks Park & Amphitheatre, the Arvada Center for the Performing Arts, and more.

Other venues may require the use of another ticketing source; however, you will always be directed to the official ticketing agent or source by using coloradosymphony.org/navigation.

LATE SEATING: In consideration of our musicians, guest artists, crew, staff, and your fellow patrons, late seating is at the discretion of the House Manager and takes place during pauses in the program. Ushers will let you know when you may enter the hall. They may seat you in an area other than your ticketed seat so as to not disturb other patrons, and you may take your ticketed seat during intermission.

NO SMOKING: Boettcher Concert Hall is a smoke free venue. Any and all forms of smoking are prohibited in the venue.

NO FILMING: Audio or video recording devices, GoPros, professional cameras, or cameras with removable lenses are not allowed in the hall.

SECURITY: In furtherance of Denver Arts & Venues ongoing initiative to create a safe and secure environment for all patrons and employees of the Denver Performing Arts Complex, the Colorado Symphony Association is pleased to partner with the Denver Performing Arts Complex on the newlyintroduced security measures for Boettcher Concert Hall and all venues within the complex.

We encourage you to arrive up to 45 minutes prior to the start of your event. This will alleviate congestion in all walk ways and entrances and will allow for proper screening. To review the full policy and prohibited items, please visit artscomplex.com.

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In the event of a building emergency patrons will be notified by an announcement from the stage. Should the building need to be evacuated, please exit the nearest door, or according to instructions given from stage.

FIRST AID FACILITIES for all patrons are available. Please inquire with an usher should you need these facilities or assistance. Please report any accidents, falls, or lost items to an usher promptly.

ELEVATOR is located within the venue after passing through security and having your ticket scanned. Please follow the signs to the southeast end of the main lobby. The elevator is to the left of the entrance of Gallery 1 on the first level of the lobby.

COAT CHECK is located underneath the main lobby stairs in the hallway leading to Gallery 1.

BAR SERVICE is provided at most concerts.

Concessions are managed by Centerplate.

Please see the FAQ page regarding policy on food and beverage in Boettcher Concert Hall.

The Colorado Symphony reserves the right to change the concessions policy at any time.

The Colorado Symphony Association does not manage concessions, ordering, or realize profit from concessions.

LOST AND FOUND items should be reported promptly to the House Manager, via an usher, or directly. Lost items are kept by the usher staff until the end of the performance. After the performance items are taken to Arts & Venues Lost and Found. If attempting to claim lost property during or shortly after your performance, please see an usher. If you’ve left the hall and have a lost item, please call 720.865.4200.

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