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THE MAGAZINE OF THE COLORADO SYMPHONY Volume 16 • Number 2 CONTENTS
6 Welcome 8 Sponsor Spotlight 10 Colorado Symphony Musicians 12 Colorado Symphony Board of Trustees 14 Colorado Symphony Staff 18 Colorado Symphony Guild — 83 Years Strong 22 Meet Bertie Baigent 23 Bringing Music to Life 25 Community Support
Itzhak Perlman with the Colorado Symphony Conducted by Brett Mitchell Jan 10
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COMING SOON
GROWTH ENCOURAGING
WE APPLAUD THE COLORADO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA FOR 40 YEARS OF CREATING EXTRAORDINARY MUSICAL EXPERIENCES
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Welcome to Boettcher Concert Hall! Since moving to Colorado, this has become one of my favorite times of year, perfectly capturing the splendor of the Centennial State as it transforms into a winter wonderland complete with snowcapped mountains and breathtaking natural beauty—the hills really are alive with the sound of music! This is also a particularly special time at Boettcher as we join together with friends, family, and loved ones to celebrate the holiday season with beautiful symphonic sounds. We have a lot to be thankful for this season, as we’re delighted to welcome Bertie Baigent to Denver as our new Assistant Conductor. He comes to us with remarkable talent and a passion for music-making that we know will resonate with all of you. I’m so looking forward to his work on the podium with our orchestra and watching as he builds a rapport with you this season. Our holiday concert season is positively brimming with something for everyone. I’m particularly excited for a brand new program we’ve put together: A Classical Christmas. We so often think of holiday concerts as being mainly pops-driven, but classical composers—from Handel in the Baroque, to Berlioz in the nineteenth century, to Holst and Barber in the twentieth—wrote wonderful works to commemorate the season, so we’re eager to share this special program in a pair of concerts devoted exclusively to the “classical” side of Christmas on December 7 and 8. Of course, we’re also thrilled to reprise the holiday favorites you’ve come to know and love with Associate Conductor Christopher Dragon conducting A Colorado Christmas (December 14-16) and Too Hot to Handel on December 21 and 22. We’ll also ring in 2019 together as your Colorado Symphony and I present in A Night in Vienna on New Year’s Eve. On behalf of the entire Colorado Symphony family, thank you for sharing your holidays with us as we celebrate this joyous music together. Warmly,
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BERTIE BAIGENT
DUAIN WOLFE
MUSIC DIRECTOR
ASSOCIATE CONDUCTOR
ASSISTANT CONDUCTOR
CHORUS DIRECTOR
Bill Gossard Chair
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Yumi Hwang-Williams Concertmaster Claude Sim Associate Concertmaster Yi Zhao Assistant Concertmaster – Merle Chambers Chair
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 Mark Lamprey Susan Paik Miroslaw Pastusiak Erik Peterson + Megan Prokes * Robert Stoyanov Delcho Tenev Amy Tyson Bradley Watson Tena White Wenting Yuan
VIOLA
Basil Vendryes Principal Catherine Beeson Assistant Principal Mary Cowell Fixed 3rd Chair Marsha Holmes Leah Kovach Helen McDermott Summer Rhodes * Kelly Shanafelt Phillip Stevens
CELLO
Judith McIntyre Acting Principal – Fred & Margaret Hoeppner Chair
Seth Biagini* Susan Rockey Bowles Jennifer Choi Allison Drenkow* Danielle Guideri Thomas Heinrich Margaret Hoeppner Matthew Switzer
BASS
Steve Metcalf Principal Nicholas Recuber Assistant Principal John Arnesen Susan Cahill+ James Carroll 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
BASS CLARINET Andrew Stevens
BASSOON
Chad Cognata Principal Tristan Rennie 2nd/Assistant Principal Roger Soren
CONTRABASSOON Roger Soren
HORN
Michael Thornton Principal Carolyn Kunicki Kolio Plachkov 3rd/Associate Principal Matthew Eckenhoff Patrick Hodge Assistant
TRUMPET
Justin Bartels Principal Philip Hembree 2nd/Assistant Principal Patrick Tillery Associate Principal
TROMBONE
John Sipher Principal Paul Naslund 2nd/Associate Principal Gregory Harper
BASS TROMBONE Gregory Harper
TUBA
Stephen Dombrowski Principal
HARP
Courtney Hershey Bress Principal
TIMPANI
William Hill Principal Steve Hearn Assistant Principal
PERCUSSION
John Kinzie Principal Chair – Friend of The Colorado Symphony Chair
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ORCHESTRA LIBRARIAN Joanne Goble Principal
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BOARD OF TRU STEES HONORARY TRUSTEES OFFICERS Jerome H. Kern CEO & Chair of the Board of Trustees Susan Bowles Secretary & Ex-officio Trustee James D. Butler Treasurer & Trustee
TRUSTEES Anthony T. Accetta Dr. Paula P. Bernstein Susan Cahill* Young Cho Zachary D. Detra, Esq. Stephanie Donner Sandy Elliott Alessandra Flanagan* David Hackl Amy Harmon Diane S. Hill, Ph.D. Margaret Hoeppner* Yumi-Hwang-Williams* Kathleen Johnson, Esq John Kinzie* Leah Kovach* Richard D. Krugman, MD Richard Kylberg Bill Myers
Governor John Hickenlooper Mayor Michael B. Hancock Christopher J. Ott, M.D.
Diane Nagler Deana M. Perlmutter Erik Peterson* Nick Recuber* Julie Rubsam L.T. Sandvik Brandon L. Thall Mike VanWirt* Joe Verrengia
REMIX ASSOCIATE BOARD Kelly Waltrip, Chair Marilyn Brock Heather Church Nicole Donnelly Allison D’Angiolillo Chelsea Eversmann Caiti Glasgo William Kowalski, Vice Chair Louis Lugo Soley Maria Jennifer Meikle Samantha Nuechterlein Chris Strom Nicholas Tisherman Kip Wallen
EX OFFICIO TRUSTEES Arthur Hodges William Kowalski Brett Mitchell Sara Moore Ginger White
EMERITUS TRUSTEES William K. Coors** Mary Rossick Kern John Low Will McFarlane** Dr. Gerald Rainer** Lee Yeingst * Colorado Symphony Musician Trustee ** In Memorium
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STAF F MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS LEADERSHIP TEAM Jerome H. Kern John Burtness Susan Ellis Coreen Miller
Chief Executive Officer & Chair of the Board of Trustees Chief Advancement Officer Chief Administrative Officer Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer Chief Marketing Officer Chief Artistic Officer
Parker Owens Anthony Pierce
ARTISTIC Anthony Pierce Brett Mitchell Duain Wolfe
Chief Artistic Officer Music Director Chorus Director, Colorado Symphony Chorus Bertie Baigent Associate Conductor Christopher Dragon Associate Conductor Dave Aeling Production Stage Manager Travis Branam Assistant Conductor, Colorado Symphony Chorus Mary Louise Burke Associate Conductor, Colorado Symphony Chorus Aric Christensen Audio Engineer Joanne Goble Principal Orchestra Librarian Jonathan Groszew Orchestra Personnel Manager Deborah Guess Properties Master Philip Hiester Master Electrician Eric Israelson Chorus Manager Sam Jaehnig Head Carpenter Matt Koveal Manager of Artistic Operations Taylor Martin Assistant Conductor, Colorado Symphony Chorus Mike Pappas New Media Center Julian Pichette Audio Engineer Barbara Porter Assistant Chorus Manager Phillip Strom Artistic Coordinator Izabel Zambrzycki Artistic General Manager
ADVANCEMENT John Burtness Taylor Atkinson Sean Baker
Chief Advancement Officer Annual Giving Manager Senior Manager of Corporate Partnerships Caiti Glasgo Director of Major Gifts Emily Spirk Advancement Coordinator David Rosen Advancement Database Coordinator
EDUCATION Jesse Martinez Shari Myers
Director of Community Education Education Coordinator
FINANCE Coreen Miller Ben Boone Annette Brown
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Parker Owens Stephanie Derybowski Nick Dobreff Kayla Hayes
Chief Marketing Officer Applications Support Manger Manager of Publicity and Community Relations Digital Media Coordinator
SALES & PATRON SERVICES Susan Kelly Director of Sales & Patron Services Gina Bliss Patron Services Associate Amanda Cantu Asst. Manager of Patron Services Jeremy Cuebas Patron Services Associate Molly Epstein Group Sales Associate Rosa Gasdia Patron Services Associate Frederika Gilbert Patron Services Associate Theresa Illich Patron Services Associate Alexis Kittner Patron Services Associate Ian MacIntyre Manager of Patron Services Jonathan Seid Patron Services Associate Rosa Torres Patron Services Associate Rob Warner Lead Patron Services Associate & Concierge
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COLORADO SYMPHONY GUILD OFFICERS Sara Moore President Donna Connolly President Elect Jerry Wolfe Recording Secretary Janet Weisheit Treasurer Patty Goward Assistant Treasurer Mary Neidig VP of Fundraising Rose Blaschke VP of Membership Susan Thomas VP of Information Management Linda Rickard Ackerman VP of Music Education Donna Lynch Corresponding Secretary Kathy Swanson Manager CSG Shop Monica Owen CSG Shop Buyer
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Itzhak Perlman with the Colorado Symphony
Ingrid Michaelson Trio presents: Songs for the Season DEC 3 MON 7:30
JAN 10 THU 7:30
A Tribute to Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops
A Classical Christmas Conducted by Brett Mitchell DEC 7-8 FRI-SAT 7:30
JAN 12 SAT 7:30
Dvořák Symphony No. 9
JAN 18-20 FRI-SAT 7:30 n SUN 1:00
Ten Tenors — Home for the Holidays with your Colorado Symphony
Movie at the Symphony: Amadeus Live
DEC 9 SUN 6:30
JAN 25-26 FRI-SAT 7:30
Amadeus Live is a production of Avex Classics International
A Colorado Christmas
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Celtic Woman: The Best of Christmas Tour
Mendelssohn Double Concerto featuring Yumi Hwang-Williams
DEC 17 MON 7:30
FEB 1-3 FRI-SAT 7:30 n SUN 1:00
Holiday Brass
Symphonic Tribute to Comic Con — V
DEC 19 WED 7:30
FEB 8 FRI 7:30
Too Hot to Handel
HalfNotes
Sondheim & Lloyd Webber Showcase
DEC 21-22 FRI-SAT 7:30
FEB 9 SAT 7:30
A Night in Vienna
A Classical Romance
DEC 31 MON 6:30
FEB 14, 16-17 THU, SAT 7:30 n SUN 1:00
Nat King Cole & Me — An Evening with Gregory Porter
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Colorado Symphony Guild – 83 Years Strong By Nick Dobreff For Colorado Symphony patrons, a visit to Boettcher Concert Hall isn’t complete without a trip to the Guild Shop. The Shop, for short, is a gift-givers delight full of unique souvenirs, seasonal fashions, and the only place to get your hands on one of the physical recordings produced by the Colorado Symphony. But what may be less apparent to patrons is the long, storied history shared between the Colorado Symphony and the Guild – a relationship that stretches back to the very birth of the ensemble now known as the Colorado Symphony. In 1922, the Denver Civic Symphony Orchestra, a semi-professional precursor to the
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Denver Symphony Orchestra, was established by the Civic Symphony Society. During the Great In 1973, a $30,000 Depression, the ensemble struggled to pay musicians and find customers willing to pay for Guild gift underwrote performances. In 1934, the Symphony’s volunteer publicist, Helen Marie Black, along with prominent the orchestra’s first local figures Jeanne Cranmer and Lucille Wilkin founded the Denver Symphony Orchestra. Black recording. would go on to become the first woman CEO of a major United States symphony orchestra, while serving as the Denver Symphony Orchestra’s business manager for more than 30 years, including twelve of them as an unpaid volunteer. Shortly after the founding of the Denver Symphony Orchestra, Ms. Cranmer envisioned an organization that would serve the DSO, not only in fundraising but as a nurturer of great music and future audience creation from the youth of the city. In 1935 she hosted a luncheon with six of her friends, including Helen Marie Black, at the Denver Country Club. It was at this meeting that the wheels were set in motion to form just such an organization. During a gathering at Mrs. Cranmer’s home with 75 of Denver’s cultural leaders, the Women’s Committee for the Orchestra was officially formed with Ms. Cranmer elected as Chairmen, a post she held until 1940. The Women’s Committee became the precursor to the Denver Symphony Guild, which changed its name in 1940 and in 1947 saw the establishment of Music Appreciation Groups in various areas of Denver. The objective of these groups was to support the Denver Symphony Orchestra and encourage musical appreciation, knowledge, and participation of its members and the community as a whole. This mission continues to be the Guild's purpose today. Throughout their history, Guild members have been vital to many Symphony events and programs. As far back as 1947, the Guild promoted the orchestra’s first Red Rocks concert series by staffing five Thursday-Friday ticket booths in strategic Denver locations preceding the weekend events. The Guild helped expand the orchestra’s Education Department with the formation of the Junior Guild’s original “Tiny Tots” program in 1967. In 1973, a $30,000 Guild gift underwrote the orchestra’s first recording. And when Boettcher Hall opened in 1977 and was dedicated in 1978, Guild members served as ushers for introductory tours as well as the inaugural “Pick a Seat” program. The Guild has maintained this strong relationship through the best and worst of times
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It’s produced more than $450,000 in total net proceeds for the Colorado Symphony.
in the Symphony’s history. When, in 1988, the Denver Symphony Orchestra suffered a severe financial downturn which resulted in the concert season being suspended for several months, the Guild remained loyal. Their devotion was rewarded as the Symphony survived and emerged stronger as the Colorado Symphony. Thereafter the Guild Board voted on a name change to Colorado Symphony Guild as it is known today.
After 83 years, the CSG continues to be an invaluable component of the Colorado Symphony’s success. Since its inception, the Guild has provided over $4 million in donations to the Colorado Symphony. Last year the Guild generously gave $81,000 in total denotations and this year The Guild plans to donate $84,000 to commemorate their 84 years in existence. “The generous support of the Colorado Symphony Guild is vital to the success of our organization,” said Brett Mitchell, Music Director. “We’re grateful not only for the Guild’s outstanding financial support through fundraising efforts and sales at the Guild Shop, but also for the support they provide to our musicians and staff throughout the season. Their passion and enthusiasm for the Colorado Symphony energizes our entire organization.” The Guild is made up of six chapters located throughout Denver. They include the Applewood-North, Denver East, Career-Metro, Bow Mar-Littleton, Highlands Ranch/Lone Tree, and Hilltop-Southeast Chapters. Each chapter is responsible for holding at least one fundraiser a year and all members pay yearly dues. Chapters vary in size with each having its own officers and a Chapter Chairman who also serves on the Guild’s Board of Directors. All chapters meet monthly from September through May with meetings taking place at members’ homes, community clubhouses, churches, or local restaurant. “The efforts and enthusiasm of Guild members make the Colorado Symphony Guild a unique and invaluable part of the Colorado Symphony,” said Jerry Kern, Colorado Symphony CEO and Chair of the Board of Trustees. “The Colorado Symphony would not be where it is today without their support over these last 83 years.” Today, the most visible and well-known element of the Guild is the Shop, which debuted in 1983 as a card table in the Boettcher Concert Hall lobby selling wrapping paper. The Guild Shop has evolved into a go-to boutique for unique musically oriented gifts, recordings produced by the Colorado Symphony, fine leather goods and jewelry, and 20
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trend setting clothing that appeals to the diverse patrons of the Colorado Symphony. The Shop renews its merchandise annually, bringing in new vendors, artisans, and clothing lines each season. The Shop’s transformation over time has been justified as it’s produced more than $450,000 in total net proceeds for the Colorado Symphony. The future of the Guild involves attracting new members and helping the symphony’s continued growth by building on their six Denver chapters with the implementation of a new chapter catering specifically to working adults. This proposed chapter would offer more convenient meeting times for adults with busy schedules. “Every great city needs a great symphony and our Colorado Symphony feeds the hearts, minds, and souls of this community,” said Sara Moore, Guild President. “The Guild is proud of its past successes and looks forward to adding to those successes in the future.” The support and dedication of the Guild has been vital to the success of the Colorado Symphony since its inception 84 years ago. Become a part of the Guild’s future and learn how you can give back by becoming a Guild member today at coloradosymphonyguild.org. SOUNDINGS
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STORIES OF NOTE Following a comprehensive international search and audition process, we are proud to announce that Bertie Baigent has joined your Colorado Symphony as Assistant Conductor.
“It’s a privilege to be joining the Colorado Symphony as assistant conductor,” Baigent said. “Throughout the audition and interview process, I thoroughly enjoyed my time with the orchestra and felt a strong connection with the musicians. I look forward to exploring Colorado and immersing myself in American music and culture.” Baigent comes to the Colorado Symphony following prior appointments as musical director of the London Young Sinfonia and the Waterperry Opera Festival. He graduated from the University of Cambridge in 2016 and received his Master’s in Conducting with Sian Edwards at the Royal Academy of Music, London. “All of us at the Colorado Symphony are delighted to welcome Bertie Baigent as our new assistant conductor,” Music Director Brett Mitchell said. “Bertie impressed us with his skills on and off the podium during his audition, and we look forward to the contributions he’ll make to both our orchestra and our community.” Baigent’s experience includes: • Conducting with the WDR Sinfonie Orchestra, the Gürzenich Orchestra, the Britten Sinfonia, and the London Sinfonietta. • Receiving the 2017 Royal Academy of Music’s Sir Henry Wood Scholarship and Ernest Read Conducting Prize. • Training as a cellist and pianist and prize-winning Fellow of the Royal College of Organists. “The acquisition of a very talented and accomplished young conductor like Bertie is a testament to the strength of our orchestra and the health of our organization as it continues to develop artistically,” Colorado Symphony CEO Jerry Kern said. “We are sure that our audiences and the Denver community will embrace him and enjoy his work on the podium.” Look for Bertie’s upcoming performances at coloradosymphony.org. 22
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Baigent made his official Colorado Symphony debut this season conducting Halloween Spooktacular! this October 28.
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Donate an Instrument and Change a Child’s Life The Colorado Symphony invites you to bring instruments you no longer play to a concert and donate them at the Bringing Music to Life table in the lobby. Please bring your instruments to a performance on any of these dates: November 16, 17 & 18 December 7 & 8 January 18, 19, 20, 25 & 26 Bringing Music to Life will repair your instruments and award them to children in deserving, underfunded school music programs throughout Colorado. Over the past nine years, more than 12,000 children have benefited from this nonprofit program. Thanks for giving the gift of music to children in Colorado! Bringing Music to Life is a project of the Colorado Nonprofit Development Center
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A CLASSICAL CHRISTMAS CONDUCTED BY BRETT MITCHELL COLORADO SYMPHONY BRETT MITCHELL, conductor ANNA CHRISTY, soprano ANDREW GARLAND, baritone COLORADO SYMPHONY CHORUS, DUAIN WOLFE, director Friday, December 7, 2018, at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, December 8, 2018, at 7:30 p.m. Boettcher Concert Hall
ARNOLD arr. Palmer
The Holly and the Ivy (Fantasy on Christmas Carols)
HOLST
Christmas Day
BARBER Die Natali: Chorale Preludes for Christmas, Op. 37 O Come, O Come, Emanuel — Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming — We Three Kings — God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen — Good King Wenceslas — Silent Night — O Come, O Come, Emanuel — O Come, All Ye Faithful — Joy to the World — Silent Night BERLIOZ The Shepherds’ Farewell from L’Enfance du Christ continued on next page
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2018/19 Hallelujah from Messiah
HANDEL arr. Mozart
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TRADITIONAL arr. Jackfert
I Saw Three Ships
ADAM arr. Jackfert
O Holy Night
HOPKINS arr. Jackfert
We Three Kings
FINZI
In Terra Pax, Opus 39
RANDOL BASS
Gloria
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BRETT MITCHELL, conductor Hailed for presenting engaging, in-depth explorations of thoughtfully curated programs, Brett Mitchell began his tenure as Music Director of the Colorado Symphony in July 2017. Prior to this appointment, he served as the orchestra’s Music Director Designate during the 2016/17 season. He leads the orchestra in ten classical subscription weeks per season as well as a wide variety special programs featuring such guest artists as Renée Fleming, Yo-Yo Ma, and Itzhak Perlman. Mr. Mitchell is also in consistent demand as a guest conductor. Highlights of his 2018-19 season include subscription debuts with the Minnesota Orchestra and Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, and return appearances with the orchestras of Cleveland, Dallas, and Indianapolis. Other upcoming and recent guest engagements include the Detroit, Houston, Milwaukee, National, Oregon, and San Antonio symphonies, the Grant Park Festival Orchestra, the Rochester Philharmonic, the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, and the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Mitchell also regularly collaborates with the world’s leading soloists, including YoYo Ma, Renée Fleming, Rudolf Buchbinder, Kirill Gerstein, James Ehnes, Augustin Hadelich, Leila Josefowicz, and Alisa Weilerstein. From 2013 to 2017, Mr. Mitchell served on the conducting staff of The Cleveland Orchestra. He joined the orchestra as Assistant Conductor in 2013, and was promoted to Associate Conductor in 2015, becoming the first person to hold that title in over three decades and only the fifth in the orchestra’s hundred-year history. In these roles, he led the orchestra in several dozen concerts each season at Severance Hall, Blossom Music Center, and on tour. From 2007 to 2011, Mr. 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 appointment as Music Director of the Saginaw Bay Symphony Orchestra. As an opera conductor, Mr. Mitchell has served as music director of nearly a dozen productions, principally at his former post 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). As a ballet conductor, Mr. Mitchell most recently led a production of The Nutcracker with the Pennsylvania Ballet in collaboration with The Cleveland Orchestra during the 2016-17 season. In addition to his work with professional orchestras, Mr. Mitchell is also well known for his affinity for working with and mentoring young musicians aspiring to be professional orchestral players. His tenure as Music Director of the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra from 2013 to 2017 was highly praised, and included a four-city tour of China in June 2015, marking the orchestra’s second international tour and its first to Asia. Mr. Mitchell is regularly invited to work with the highly talented musicians at the Cleveland Institute of Music and the orchestras at this country’s high-level training programs, such as the National Repertory Orchestra, Texas Music Festival, Sarasota Music Festival, and Interlochen Center for the Arts. SOUNDINGS
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HOLIDAY BIOGRAPHIES Born in Seattle in 1979, Mr. Mitchell holds degrees in conducting from the University of Texas at Austin and composition from Western Washington University, which selected him as its Young Alumnus of the Year in 2014. He also 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 from 2007 to 2010. For more information, please visit www.brettmitchellconductor.com
ANNA CHRISTY, soprano Praised by The New York Times as “nimble of voice, body and spirit,” soprano Anna Christy continues to impress and delight audiences with an extraordinary blend of sparkling voice, powerful stage presence, and innate musicality. The 2018-19 season will see Ms. Christy as Tytania in Robert Carsen’s production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream with Opera Philadelphia. She also debuts with Colorado Symphony Orchestra singing In Terra Pax conducted by Brett Mitchell. Last season, Anna returned to the Canadian Opera Company as Gilda in Rigoletto. She also returned to Japan for performances of Lauretta in Gianni Schicchi with Seiji Ozawa. Other roles included the title role in Lucia de Lammermoor with the Florida Grand Opera, Marzelline in Fidelio with Boston Baroque, and Adele in Die Fledermaus with Des Moines Metro Opera. On the concert stage, Ms. Christy has been a featured soloist in the New York City Opera Gala “American Voices” and portrayed Angela in a semi-staged version of Kurt Weill’s The Firebrand of Florence with the Collegiate Chorale at Carnegie Hall. She has performed Candide with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Carmina Burana with the Saint Louis Symphony, Mahler’s Symphony No. 4, Candide, and Die Entführung aus dem Serail with the Chicago Symphony at the Ravinia Festival. Other concert engagements have included appearances with the Philadelphia Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, New York Festival of Song, and solo recitals in Japan. Ms. Christy made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Papagena in Julie Taymor’s new production of Die Zauberflöte followed by Hortense in the world premiere of Tobias Picker’s An American Tragedy. Two more debuts followed with appearances as Muffin in the world premiere of William Bolcom’s A Wedding at the Lyric Opera of Chicago and with Opera Theatre of Saint Louis as Zemire in Zemire et Azor. Other important engagements for Ms. Christy include her San Francisco debut as Angel More in The Mother of Us All conducted by Donald Runnicles and directed by Christopher Alden; Marzelline in a concert version Fidelio with the San Francisco Symphony conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas; Zerlina in Don Giovanni with the Los Angeles Opera; and Mrs. Nordstrom in A Little Night Music and Annabelle in The Glass Blowers with New York City Opera. She made her Santa Fe Opera debut as Jiang Ching in the world premiere of Madame Mao and later returned as Celia in Lucio Silla. Selected by New York City Opera, Anna Christy is the recipient of the Martin E. Segal Award presented annually to nominees by two of Lincoln Center’s twelve resident arts constituents. She is also the recipient of a Richard Tucker Music Foundation Career Grant, the ARIA Award, Sullivan Foundation Grant, a Richard F. Gold Grant and the Shouse Debut Artist Award from Wolf Trap Opera.
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HOLIDAY BIOGRAPHIES ANDREW GARLAND, baritone Baritone Andrew Garland is widely recognized as a leader in recital work with dozens of performances around the country including Carnegie Hall with pianist Warren Jones and programs of modern American songs all over the Unites States and in Canada. Jones, Marilyn Horne, Steven Blier, a number of American composers, and several major music publications all endorse him as a highly communicative singer leading the way for the song recital into the 21st Century. He brings his highly communicative style to the concert stage with orchestras including the Atlanta Symphony, Boston Baroque, The Handel and Haydn Society, Boston Youth Symphony, National Philharmonic, Albany Symphony, Colorado Symphony, Washington Master Chorale at the Kennedy Center and National Chorale at Lincoln Center. Other concert performances include Handel’s Messiah with Boston Baroque, UMS (Ann Arbor, MI), Dartmouth Handel Society (Helmuth Rilling, conductor) the Colorado Bach Ensemble, Arizona Symphony, Virginia Symphony and others; Carmina Burana, Ein Deutches Requiem, Five Mystical Songs, Dona Nobis Pacem, Hodie, Faure Requiem and Duruflé Requiem. Particularly suited for baroque repertoire, Garland has sung numerous performances with Boston Baroque, The Handel and Haydn Society, and the Colorado Bach Ensemble and sang in Cincinnati Opera’s first Baroque production (La Calisto). He has also soloed with Emmanuel Music in Boston. Garland is the winner of the Lavinia Jensen, NATSAA, Washington International, American Traditions, NATS and Opera Columbus Competition and was a prize winner in the Montreal International, Jose Iturbi, Gerda Lissner, McCammon and Palm Beach International Competitions. He was an apprentice at the San Francisco Opera Center and the Seattle Opera and Cincinnati Opera Young Artists programs. In addition to sustaining a busy performance schedule, Garland has recently joined the voice faculty at The University of Colorado-Boulder.
DUAIN WOLFE, director, Colorado Symphony Chorus Recently awarded two Grammys® for Best Choral Performance and Best Classical Recording, Duain Wolfe is founder and Director of the Colorado Symphony Chorus and Music Director of the Chicago Symphony Chorus. This year marks Wolfe’s 35th season with the Colorado Symphony Chorus. The Chorus has been featured at the Aspen Music Festival for over two decades. Wolfe, who is in his 25th season with the Chicago Symphony Chorus has collaborated with Daniel Barenboim, Pierre Boulez, Bernard Haitink, Riccardo Muti, and the late Sir George Solti on numerous recordings including Wagner’s Die Meistersinger, which won the 1998 Grammy® for Best Opera Recording. Wolfe’s extensive musical accomplishments have resulted in numerous awards, including an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts from the University of Denver, the Bonfils Stanton Award in the Arts and Humanities, the Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts, the Mayor’s Award for Excellence in an Artistic Discipline, and the Michael Korn Award for the Development of the Professional Choral Art. Wolfe is also founder of the Colorado Children’s Chorale, from which he retired in 1999 after 25 years; the Chorale celebrated its 40th anniversary last season. For 20 years, Wolfe also worked with the Central City Opera Festival as chorus director and conductor, founding and directing the company’s young artist residence program, as well as its education and outreach programs. Wolfe’s additional accomplishments include directing and preparing choruses for Chicago’s Ravinia Festival, the Bravo!Vail Festival, the Berkshire Choral Festival, the Aspen Music Festival, and the Grand Teton Music Festival. He has worked with Pinchas Zuckerman as Chorus Director for the Canadian National Arts Centre Orchestra for the past 13 years.
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HOLIDAY BIOGRAPHIES COLORADO SYMPHONY CHORUS The 2018-2019 Colorado Symphony concert season marks the 35th year of the Colorado Symphony Chorus. Founded in 1984 by Duain Wolfe at the request of Gaetano Delogu, then the Music Director of the Symphony, the chorus has grown, over the past three decades, into a nationally respected ensemble. This outstanding chorus of 185 volunteers joins the Colorado Symphony for numerous performances (more than 25 this year alone), and radio and television broadcasts, to repeat critical acclaim. The Chorus has performed at noted music festivals in the Rocky Mountain region, including the Colorado Music Festival, the Grand Teton Music Festival and the Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival, where it has performed with the New York Philharmonic, the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Dallas Symphony. For over two decades, the Chorus has been featured at the world-renowned Aspen Music Festival, performing many great masterworks under the baton of notable conductors Lawrence Foster, James Levine, Murry Sidlin, Leonard Slatkin, Robert Spano and David Zinman. Among the seven recordings the CSO Chorus has made is a NAXOS release of Roy Harris’s Symphony No. 4, as well as a remarkable recording of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9. The Chorus is also featured on a Hyperion release of the Vaughan Williams Dona Nobis Pacem and Stephen Hough’s Missa Mirabilis. Most recently, the Orchestra and Chorus has released a world-premier recording of William Hill’s The Raven. In 2009, in celebration of the 25th anniversary of the chorus, Duain Wolfe conducted the chorus on a 3-country, 2-week concert tour of Europe, presenting the Verdi Requiem in Budapest, Vienna, Litomysl and Prague, and in 2016 the chorus returned to Europe for concerts in Paris, Strasbourg and Munich. From Evergreen to Brighton, and Boulder to Castle Rock, singers travel each week to rehearsals and performances in Denver totaling about 80 a year. The Colorado Symphony continues to be grateful for the excellence and dedication of this remarkable all-volunteer ensemble! For an audition appointment, visit the symphony website for an on-line sign up form. www.coloradosymphony.org
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HOLIDAY BIOGRAPHIES COLORADO SYMPHONY CHORUS Duain Wolfe, Founding Director and Conductor; Mary Louise Burke, Associate Conductor; Travis Branam, Taylor Martin, Assistant Conductors; Brian Dukeshier, Hsiao-Ling Lin, Danni Snyder, Pianists; Eric Israelson, Barbara Porter, Chorus Managers; SOPRANO I Black, Kimberly Black, Shelby Brazell, Madeline Brown, Jamie Causey, Denelda Coberly, Sarah Dirksen, Sarah Emerich, Kate A. Gile, Jenifer D. Gill, Lori C. Graber, Susan Heintzkill, Mary-Therese Hinkley, Lynnae C. Hittle, Erin R. Hofmeister, Mary Hupp, Angela M. Jordan. Cameron Joy, Shelley E. Kim, Michelle Knecht, Melanie Levy, Juliet Long, Lisa Look, Cathy Maupin, Anne Mitchell, Angela Moraskie, Wendy L. Porter, Barbara A. Schawel, Camilia Sladovnik, Roberta A. Solich, Stephanie A. Stegink, Nicole J. Tate, Judy Wuertz, Karen York, Hannah Young, Cara M. SOPRANO II Ascani, Lori Blum, Jude Bohannon, Hailey Borinski, Jackie Bowen, Alex S. Brauchli, Margot L. Coberly, Ruth A. Colbert, Gretchen Cote, Kerry H. Dakkouri, Claudia Irwin, Emily R. Kendall, Chelsea Kittle, Grace A.
Kraft, Lisa D. Kushnir, Marina Linder, Dana Machusko, Rebecca E. Montigne, Erin Mulvany, Suzanne Nesbit, Angie Nyholm, Christine M. O'Nan, Jeannette R. Pflug, Kim Rae, Donneve S. Rider, Shirley J. Roth, Sarah Ruff, Mahli Saddler, Nancy C. Timme, Sydney Von Roedern, Susan K. Walker, Marcia L. Weinstein, Sherry L. Woodrow, Sandy Zisler, Joan M. ALTO I Adams, Priscilla P. Braud-Kern, Charlotte Brown, Kimberly Cauthen, Rachael Franz, Kirsten D. Frey, Susie Gayley, Sharon R. Groom, Gabriella D. Guittar, Pat Haller, Emily Holst, Melissa J. Hoopes, Kaia M Kim, Annette Kraft, Deanna McNulty, Emily McWaters, Susan Nordenholz, Kristen Passoth, Ginny Pringle, Jennifer Rudolph, Kathi L. Schmicker, Kate Stevenson, Melanie Thayer, Mary B. Virtue, Pat Voland, Col leen
ALTO II Boothe, Kay A. Cox, Martha E. Daniel, Sheri L. Deck, Barbara Dominguez, Joyce Eslick, Carol A. Golden, Daniela Holmes, Kelsey Hoskins, Hansi Jackson, Brandy H. Janasko, Ellen D. Kibler, Janice LeBaron, Andrea London, Carole A. Maltzahn, Joanna K. Marchbank, Barbara J. Nittoli, Leslie M. Scooros, Pamela R. Worthington, Evin TENOR I Dougan, Dustin Gordon, Jr., Frank Guittar, Jr., Forrest Hodel, David K. Jordan, Curt Moraskie, Richard A. Mosser, Shane Muesing, Garvis J. Nicholas, Timothy W. Rehberg, Dallas Reiley, William G. Roach, Eugene Zimmerman, Kenneth A. TENOR I I Babcock, Gary E. Bradley, Mac Carlson, James Davies, Dusty R. Dinkel, Jack Fuehrer, Roger Gale, John H. Hunt, Leonard Ibrahim, Sami Kolm, Kenneth E. Lively, Mark McCracken, Todd Meswarb, Stephen J. Milligan, Tom A.
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Richardson, Tyler Ruth, Ronald L. Seamans, Andrew J. Shaw, Kyle Sims, Jerry E. Colorado Symphony Chorus Founding Director and Conductor Duain Wolfe Associate Conductor Mary Louise Burke Assistant Conductors Travis Branam Taylor Mart in Pianists Brian Dukeshier Hsiao-Ling Lin Danni Snyder Chorus Managers Eric Israelson Barbara Porter Bass I Adams, John G. Cowen, George Drickey, Robert E. Gray, Matthew Hesse, Douglas D. Jirak, Thomas J. Patterson, Ethan R. Quarles, Kenneth Ragan, Jimmy Ravid, Frederick Struthers, David R. Bass II Friedlander, Robert Grossman, Chris Israelson, Eric W. Jackson, Terry L. Kent, Roy A. Morrison, Greg A. Nuccio, Eugene J. Potter, Tom Skillings, Russell R. Skinner, Jack Smedberg, Matthew Swanson, Wil W. Taylor, Don Virtue, Tom G. Zhang, Alex
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HOLIDAY PROGRAM NOTES Holst: Christmas Day Good Christian men, rejoice With heart, and soul, and voice; Give ye heed to what we say: News! News! Jesus Christ is born today: Ox and ass before him bow, And he is in the manger now. Christ is born today! God rest you merry, gentlemen, Let nothing you dismay, Remember Christ our Saviour Was born on Christmas day, To save us all from woe and sin, When we were gone astray. O tidings of comfort and joy. In Bethlehem, in Jewry, This blessed Babe was born, And laid within a manger, Upon that holy morn; The which his mother, Mary, Did nothing take in scorn. O tidings of comfort and joy. Good Christian men, rejoice With heart, and soul, and voice; Now ye hear of endless bliss: Joy! Joy! Jesus Christ was born for this! He hath oped the heav’nly door, And man is blessed evermore. Christ was born for this! Come, ye lofty, come, ye lowly, Let your songs of gladness ring; In a stable lies the Holy, In a manger rests the King; See, in Mary’s arms reposing, Christ by highest heav’n adored; Come, your circle round him closing, Pious hearts that love the Lord. The first Nowell the angels did say, Was to certain poor shepherds in fields as they lay; In fields where they lay keeping their sheep, PROGRAM 8
On a cold winter’s night that was so deep. Nowell, Nowell, Nowell, Born is the King of Israel. Come, ye poor, no pomp of station Robes the child your hearts adore: He, the Lord of all salvation, Shares your want, is weak and poor: Oxen, round about behold them; Rafters naked, cold and bare, See the shepherds, God has told them That the Prince of Life lies there. Come, ye children, blithe and merry, This one child your model make; Christmas holly, leaf and berry, All be prized for his dear sake; Come, ye gentle hearts, and tender, Come, ye spirits, keen and bold; All in all your homage render, Weak and mighty, young and old. High above a star is shining, And the Wisemen haste from far: Come, glad hearts, and spirits pining: For you all has risen the star. Let us bring our poor oblations, Thanks and love and faith and praise: Come, ye people, come, ye nations, All in all draw nigh to gaze. Now to the Lord sing praises, All you within this place, And with true love and brotherhood Each other now embrace; This holy tide of Christmas All others doth deface. O tidings of comfort and joy. Good Christian men, rejoice With heart, and soul, and voice; Now ye need not fear the grave: Peace! Peace! Jesus Christ was born to save! Calls you one, and calls you all, To gain his everlasting hall: Christ was born to save!
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HOLIDAY PROGRAM NOTES Berlioz: Shepherds’ Farewell from L’Enfance du Christ (The Childhood of Christ) Il s’en va loin de la terre, He is going far from the land, Où dans l’étable il vit le jour. Where in a stable he first saw the light De son père et de sa mére, of day. Qu’il reste le constant amour! May he stay in the constant love of his Qu’il grandisse, qu’il prospère, father and his mother! Et qu’il soit bon père à son tour! May he grow and prosper, and at last Oncques si, chez l’idolâtre become a good father in his turn! Il vient à sentir le malheur, If, surrounded by idolatry, Fuyant la terre marâtre, He should ever be troubled, Chez nous qu’il revienne au bonheur! Fleeing a hostile land, Que la pauvreté du pâtre May he find peace with us! Reste toujours chère à son coeur! May we, humble shepherds Cher enfant, Dieu te bénisse! Stay always dear to his heart! Dieu vous bénisse, heureux époux! Dear child, God bless thee! Que jamais de l’injustice, God bless you, happy pair! Vous ne puissiez sentir les coups! May you never feel the blows of injustice Qu’un bon ange vous avertisse May a good angel warn you Des dangers planant sur vous! Of the dangers lurking around you! ******* Handel: Hallelujah from Messiah Hallelujah, for the Lord God Omnipotent reigneth. The Kingdom of this world is become the Kingdom of our Lord, and of His Christ; and He shall reign for ever and ever. King of Kings, and Lord of Lords. ******* Finzi: In Terra Pax (Peace on Earth) A frosty Christmas Eve when the stars were shining Fared I forth alone where westward falls the hill, And from many a village in the water’d valley Distant music reach’d me peals of bells a-ringing: The constellated sounds ran sprinkling on earth’s floor As the dark vault above with stars was spangled o’er.
Then sped my thoughts to keep that first Christmas of all When the shepherds watching by their folds ere the dawn Heard music in the fields and marvelling could not tell Whether it were angels or the bright stars singing. And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them, and they were sore afraid. And the angel said unto them: Fear not; for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day, in the city of David, a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you; ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.
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HOLIDAY PROGRAM NOTES And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men. But to me heard afar it was starry music Angels’ song, comforting as the comfort of Christ
When he spake tenderly to his sorrowful flock: The old words came to me by the riches of time Mellow’d and transfigured as I stood on the hill Heark’ning in the aspect of th’eternal silence.
******* Bass: Gloria Gloria in excelsis Deo, et in terra pax hominibus bonae voluntatis. Laudamus te, benedicimus te, adoramus te, glorificamus te. Gratias agimus tibi propter magnam gloriam tuam. Domine Deus, Rex coelestis, Deus pater omnipotens. Domine Fili unigenite Jesu Christe, Domine Deus, Agnus Dei, Filius Patris, qui tollis peccata mundi: miserere nobis; qui tollis peccata mundi: suscipe deprecationem nostram; qui sedes ad dexteram Patris: miserere nobis. Quoniam tu solus sanctus, tu solus Dominus, tu solus altissimus, Jesu Christe, cum sancto spiritu, in gloria Dei Patris. Amen.
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Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men of good will. We praise you, we bless you, we worship you, we glorify you. We give you thanks for your great glory. Lord God, heavenly King, God the Father almighty. The only-begotten Son, Lord Jesus Christ, Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, you take away the sin of the world: have mercy on us; you take away the sin of the world: receive our prayer; you are seated at the right hand of the Father: have mercy on us. For you alone are the Holy One, you alone are the Lord, you alone are the Most High, Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit, in the glory of God the Father. Amen.
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HOLIDAY PROGRAM NOTES MALCOLM ARNOLD (1921-2006): The Holly and the Ivy (Fantasy on Christmas Carols) (1952) Arranged by Christopher Palmer (1946-1995) Malcolm Arnold, born in Northampton in 1921, entered the Royal College of Music, London in 1938 as a scholarship student in composition, conducting and trumpet. In 1941, he won the Cobbett Prize for Chamber Music Composition and joined the trumpet section of the London Philharmonic Orchestra; the following year he became Principal Trumpet of the LPO. After a stint in military service in 1944-1945 and a brief tenure with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, he returned to the LPO, where he came to be known as one of the country’s leading instrumental virtuosos. In 1948, Arnold won the Mendelssohn Scholarship for study in Italy; he retired from the LPO that year to devote himself to composition and guest conducting. Much of his work during the years immediately following was for the cinema (he wrote some 120 film scores — Bridge on the River Kwai won an Academy Award in 1958), but his later music ranges from opera and incidental music to orchestral, chamber and vocal compositions. Among Arnold’s many screen credits is the score for the 1952 British film The Holly and the Ivy, which starred Ralph Richardson as a clergyman whose duties to his congregation so consumed his attention that he neglected his own children. The drama’s tensions are played out when his now-grown offspring return home for a family Christmas gathering. Arnold’s music is built around several familiar holiday melodies, which in 1991 were woven into a Fantasy on Christmas Carols by English composer, arranger, writer and film music authority Christopher Palmer.
GUSTAV HOLST (1874-1934): Christmas Day (1910) Gustav Holst arrived at the Royal College of Music, London, in 1893 from his family home in Cheltenham determined to become a piano virtuoso, but severe neuritis forced him to abandon that plan and instead take up trombone as his main instrument. The interest in composition he had evinced as a teenager continued to grow during his college days, however, and he carried on a regular schedule of creative work in addition to his practice and performance. He also read voraciously during those years, and settled on Walt Whitman, the Scottish poet George MacDonald, and William Morris as his favorite authors. Morris, a painter and printer and the father of the English arts and crafts movement, was then a leading advocate of socialism, and Holst attended the weekly meetings in his house in Hammersmith to hear lectures by George Bernard Shaw and others. He was particularly impressed with Morris’ views that art and education should be available to the entire range of British society. When Holst was appointed to the faculty of Morley College in South London in 1907, ending an exhausting decade of playing trombone in various orchestras and popular bands, he made Morris’ educational philosophy manifest. The College had been founded late in the 19th century “to promote the advanced study by men and women belonging to the working classes of subjects not directly connected with any handicraft, trade or business.” Holst eagerly shared his knowledge, and never turned anyone away from his classes. He made such progress with his students’ musical education that just four years after he joined the faculty he was able to mount a production of Purcell’s The Fairy Queen, which had not been performed since that composer’s death in 1695. In 1910, Holst wrote a “Fantasy on Old Carols” for performance by the students of Morley College, taking as thematic material Good Christian Men Rejoice, God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen and The First Nowell, which he ingeniously layered with a little-known “old Breton” (his term) Christmas song titled Come Ye Lofty, Come Ye Lowly.
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HOLIDAY PROGRAM NOTES SAMUEL BARBER (1910-1981): Die Natali, Chorale Preludes for Christmas, Op. 37 (1960) Samuel Barber enjoyed a warm association with Serge Koussevitzky and the Boston Symphony Orchestra from the time they first performed his Overture to “The School for Scandal” in 1940. Six years later Koussevitzky and the BSO premiered Barber’s Cello Concerto with Raya Garbousova, and in 1948 they introduced Knoxville: Summer of 1915 with Eleanor Steber. In 1953, two years after Koussevitzky’s death, Barber received a commission for a choral work based on the Prayers of Kierkegaard from the Koussevitzky Foundation, which had been established by the conductor in memory of his wife, Natalie, who had died in 1942. A second commission from the Foundation, in 1960, resulted in the orchestral work Die Natali carminum sequentia (“At Christmastime, a Series of Carols”), whose title refers both to Natalie Koussevitzky (to whose memory the score is dedicated) and to the holiday season that provided the work’s thematic material. Die Natali treats O Come, O Come, Emanuel, Good King Wenceslas, We Three Kings and other familiar Christmas melodies and takes as its centerpiece a meditative arrangement of Silent Night.
HECTOR BERLIOZ (1803-1869): The Shepherds' Farewell from L’Enfance du Christ (1850-1854) “The aim of religious music,” Hector Berlioz once said, “is to move and uplift the soul by the expression of the feelings that live and breathe within the words to which it is set.” In the early 1850s, Berlioz, serving as his own librettist, shaped the story of the Flight into Egypt as told in the Second Chapter of the Gospel of St. Matthew into a series of sharply focused dramatic tableaux that he titled L’Enfance du Christ (“The Childhood of Christ”). The Farewell of the Shepherds to the Holy Family is a gentle swaying song to accompany the departure of Mary, Joseph and the Christ Child from Bethlehem.
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL (1685-1759): Hallelujah from Messiah (1741) A unique instrumentation accompanies this Hallelujah as it is an arrangement that was done by Amadeus Mozart. In 1789, Mozart arranged the work to be performed in the homes of Vienna’s nobility without any intention of ever publishing the work. Messiah is one of the best-known and most widely performed of all musical works. It is the only important piece of Baroque music with an unbroken performance tradition from the time of its premiere (1742) to our own day. It was heard in America as early as 1770. A performance of Messiah by over 500 musicians was the focus of the celebration of the centennial of Handel’s birth at Westminster Abbey in 1784. (It was then thought that he was born in 1684 — the monument above his grave in the Abbey still wrongly bears that date.) In 1789, Mozart arranged the orchestral accompaniments for a performance in Vienna sponsored by that champion of “ancient” music, Baron von Swieten, Court Librarian and librettist for Haydn’s The Creation. George Bernard Shaw reported in one of his turn-of-the-20th-century columns of music criticism on a London performance involving some 4,000 (!) participants. (Concerning the tradition of the audience standing for the Hallelujah Chorus initiated by George II during one of Handel’s Messiah performances, Shaw noted that “it is the nearest sensation to the elevation of the Host known to English Protestants.”) Today, there is probably not a major city in the Western world that does PROGRAM 12
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HOLIDAY PROGRAM NOTES not hear Messiah at least once a year. “Other oratorios may be compared one with another,” according to George P. Upton, “but Messiah stands alone, a majestic monument to the memory of the composer, an imperishable record of the noblest sentiments of human nature and the highest aspirations of man.” The most famous moment in Messiah is the chorus Hallelujah, the grand acclamation of Christ’s resurrection that closes Part II of the oratorio.
THREE TRADITIONAL CAROLS Though the text of I Saw Three Ships Come Sailing In reached its finished form in William Sandys’ Christmas Carols, Ancient and Modern in 1833, its subject and sentiments reach far back into European folklore. The poem, whose earlier variants date from as far back as 1666, dealt with the Mediterranean wanderings of the relic skulls of the three Magi, which were taken by Empress Helena to Constantinople in the fourth century and then to Milan before finally coming to rest in Cologne Cathedral in 1162, where they remain to this day. The tune stems from ancient anonymous English 17th-century stock. Though Adolphe Adam (1803-1856) gained renown during his time as the composer of some 53 operas for the stages of Paris, he is best remembered for his ballet Giselle and for the lovely Cantique de Noël — O Holy Night. The music and lyrics of We Three Kings, one of the first enduringly popular Christmas songs written in America, are by John Henry Hopkins, Jr. (1820-1891), who was born in Pittsburgh and studied at the University of Vermont and General Theological Seminary in New York City, where he was appointed as the school’s first music director in 1855. He based the words of We Three Kings, written for a Christmas pageant at the Seminary in 1857, on the account in the Gospel of St. Matthew of the Magi’s visit to the Nativity.
GERALD FINZI (1901-1956): In Terra Pax, Opus 39 (1954) The lyricism, tenderness and expressive immediacy that characterize the English pastoral tradition at its best are perfectly captured in the music of Gerald Finzi. Finzi, the son of a shipbroker, was born in London on July 14, 1901. His delicate temperament was shaped after his father died when the boy was eight and his three elder brothers passed away shortly thereafter, and little altered by four years of private schooling in England and a year’s rest cure in Switzerland. Finzi began music study with Ernest Farrar when he returned to London in 1915, but Farrar’s death in combat the following year affected the young musician deeply. He studied sporadically with Edward Bairstow, organist at York Minster, until 1922, when he settled in the Gloucestershire countryside. He returned to London in 1925 to take counterpoint lessons with R.O. Morris, and there met many leading English musicians and immersed himself in the cultural life of the capital. From 1930 to 1933, Finzi taught at the Royal Academy of Music, but he was unsuited to the discipline and stresses of a faculty post and withdrew to the village of Aldbourne in Wiltshire; in 1937, he built a modest house at Ashmansworth in Hampshire. Though philosophically a pacifist, Finzi reluctantly admitted the necessity of World War II, and he worked at the Ministry of War Transport in London from 1941 to 1945. He continued to compose after the war, even after being diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Disease in 1951. Gerald Finzi died in Oxford in September 1956.
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HOLIDAY PROGRAM NOTES Finzi composed the exquisite “Christmas scene” In Terra Pax (“Peace on Earth”) in 1954 on the poem Noel: Christmas Eve, 1913 (subtitled Pax hominibus bonae voluntatis — Peace and goodwill to all men) by Robert Bridges (1844-1930), Britain’s Poet Laureate from 1913 until his death. Finzi set the first and last of Bridges’ three stanzas for solo baritone, and, in place of the second stanza, inserted a choral episode based on familiar Christmas verses from the Gospel of St. Luke: And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. When the chorus invokes the voice of the angel, the soprano responds: Fear not; for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy. Finzi’s gentle, lyrical pastoralism is the perfect musical medium for evoking the English countryside that provides the setting of Bridges’ poem, and allows the jubilant strains embodying the celestial vision from St. Luke to provide formal and expressive balance at the center of this wonderful work.
RANDOL BASS (B. 1953): Gloria (1990) Composer, arranger, conductor, singer and pianist Randol Bass was born in Forth Worth in 1953 and studied at the University of Texas at Austin, College-Conservatory of Music in Cincinnati and Robert Shaw Institute at Ohio State University. His arrangements and original works have been performed and commissioned by such noted ensembles as the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Cleveland Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, Boston Pops and Colorado Symphony. Bass has also founded several civic orchestras and choral groups in Texas; he is currently Director and Conductor of the community-based Metropolitan Winds of Dallas. Bass composed his Gloria for the 1990 holiday concerts of the New York Pops Orchestra. The work is a jubilant setting of the ancient text from the Roman Catholic Mass that praises the deity and supplicates for “peace on earth to men of good will.” ©2018 Dr. Richard E. Rodda
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HOLIDAY BIOGRAPHIES CHRISTOPHER DRAGON, conductor Australian conductor Christopher Dragon is in his fourth season as the Associate Conductor of the Colorado Symphony. For three years he previously held the position of Assistant Conductor with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra, which gave him the opportunity to work closely with Principal Conductor Asher Fisch. Christopher works regularly in Australia and has guest conducted the Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and West Australian Symphony Orchestras. His 2015 debut performance at the Sydney Opera House with Josh Pyke and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra was released on album by ABC Music and won an ARIA the following year. Christopher’s international guest conducting includes the Orquestra Sinfônica de Porto Alegre, the San Diego Symphony Orchestra and the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. He has also conducted at numerous festivals including the Breckenridge and Bangalow Music Festivals, with both resulting in immediate re-invitations. At the beginning of 2016 Mr. Dragon conducted Wynton Marsalis’ Swing Symphony as part of the Perth International Arts Festival alongside Wynton Marsalis and Jazz at the Lincoln Center Orchestra. Christopher Dragon began his conducting studies in 2011 and was a member of the prestigious Symphony Services International Conductor Development Program in Australia under the guidance of course director Christopher Seaman. He has also studied with numerous distinguished conductors including Leonid Grin, Paavo and Neeme Järvi at the Järvi Summer Festival, Fabio Luisi at the Pacific Music Festival, and conducting pedagogue Jorma Panula. Christopher Dragon, conductor (bio and headshot pickup)
THE TEN TENORS The TEN Tenors are undoubtedly one of Australia’s greatest entertainment success stories, with more than 90 million people worldwide witnessing their unmistakable charm, camaraderie and vocal power. Following 20 years of sell-out performances across the globe, including more than 2,500 of their own headline concerts, The TEN Tenors have cemented their place as Australia’s premier classical-crossover group. Celebrated for their colorful repertoire, breathtaking arrangements and powerful live performances, The TEN Tenors respectfully tip their hats not only to the great classical composers, but to contemporary music’s most popular artists. From Queen, Bowie, Lennon and Winehouse, an evening with The TEN Tenors is guaranteed to surprise and delight in equal measure. Amidst their own explosive live concert experiences and remarkable achievements including six platinum and gold records and over 3.5 million concert tickets sold, The TEN Tenors have also performed alongside countless music legends including Andrea Bocelli, André Rieu, John Travolta, Nicole Kidman, Geoffrey Rush, Keith Urban, Rod Stewart, Alanis Morissette, Sarah Brightman, Willie Nelson, Katherine Jenkins, and Christina Aguilera. They’re no strangers to television either, with iconic appearances on some of the world’s biggest broadcast events including performing exclusively for chat show queen Oprah Winfrey on Oprah’s Ultimate Australian Adventure, appearing on the Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon for an audience of 32 million viewers, and Poland 2012 UEFA Cup in Warsaw. Arena Der Stars 2002 and PROGRAM 16
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HOLIDAY BIOGRAPHIES 2005. Long-time member and Touring Musical Director, of The TEN Tenors, Michael Edwards says “So many people come to our show the first time expecting arias or standard crossover repertoire, but it only takes one song for them to realize this is not like any other tenor show out there and they better be ready to laugh, cry and party like they are at a rock concert”. The group’s producer, D-J Wendt adds, “We like to think audiences come to our show to hear arias and classical pieces, we will always give you a little of that but be ready to have fun and party with ten very good looking Aussie blokes that know how to have fun, but more than that, know how to create an ensemble sound like no other group can achieve”.
CAMERON BARCLAY Born and raised in Auckland, New Zealand, Cameron Barclay also lived and went to school in Avellino, Italy, which he considers to be his second home. He is proud to be the first New Zealander in this Australian-based group. Cameron is a graduate of both the University of Auckland and the New Zealand School of Music where he studied singing, French, and Italian. He was a 2010/2011 PwC Dame Malvina Major Emerging Artist for NBR New Zealand Opera, and was also a member of the Chapman Tripp Opera Chorus for three years. Recent performance highlights include the role of Raoul in Ken Hill’s Original Phantom of the Opera in Tokyo; the role of Frederic in the New Zealand Tour of The Pirates of Penzance; singing the national anthem of Argentina for their rugby match against the All Blacks in Wellington, New Zealand; and recording Margaret Wegener’s “Ode to a Nightingale” with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, the first recording of this work. His operatic roles include Alfred in Die Fledermaus; Peter Quint/Prologue in The Turn of the Screw; the title role in Candide; the title role in Albert HerringI; and the role of Beppe in I Pagliacci. Cameron’s concert and oratorio repertoire includes “Messiah” (Handel); “Missa Solemnis” (Beethoven); “The Creation” (Haydn); “Magnificat” (Bach); and “Serenade for Tenor Horn and Strings” (Britten).
DANIEL BELLE Born and raised in Sydney, Daniel Belle holds a Bachelor of Music (Performance), having studied at The Sydney Conservatorium of Music, and the Australian Institute of Music. After completing his training, Daniel was asked to join The TEN Tenors. Performing with The TEN Tenors Double Platinum tour, Daniel has sung throughout Australia, Europe and The United States. Daniel is also featured on The Ten Tenors holiday album Our Christmas Wish, the follow up On Broadway, and, most recently, the Wish You Were Here album. Daniel has an enviable list of musical theatre credits. In 2009, he joined the cast of Jerry Springer the Opera at the Sydney Opera House before his departure for the European tour of The TEN Tenors. Upon his return, Daniel was cast as the understudy Jean Valjean in the Australian national production of Les Miserables, performing the role hundreds of times throughout the country. He continued to the Asian tour, performing the role in Manila, Singapore and Dubai before his return to Australia. Daniel played the role of Terry in the Australian premiere production of Sideshow at Sydney’s Hayes Theatre, and joined the cast of My Fair Lady at the Capitol Theatre in Sydney, covering the role of Freddy at the end of 2017.
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HOLIDAY BIOGRAPHIES MICHAEL EDWARDS Michael Edwards began singing at age eight when he joined Australian Boys Choral Institute, an organization he was involved with for fifteen years. As a chorister, Michael has sung with numerous choirs including the National Youth Choir of Australia, the Adelaide Chamber Singers, and The Consort of Melbourne. In 2013, Michael graduated from Melbourne Conservatorium of Music with a Bachelor of Music, majoring in classical voice. During his time at the Conservatorium, Michael’s vocal quartet was awarded the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music Chamber Music Prize, and, in 2014, came in second in the state-wide 3MBS radio competition “The Talent.” In 2016, they were featured finalists in the Great Romantics Competition hosted by the Melbourne Recital Centre. Michael has performed in the Victorian Youth Opera program in their workshop of Assembly, their production of The Play of Daniel, and in the world premiere of The Grumpiest Boy in the World. With the Victorian Opera Chorus, Michael performed in gala concerts and stage productions of Nixon in China, La Traviata, and I Pagliacci. In 2015, Michael performed in Victorian Opera’s ANZAC centenary production “Remembrance,” touring Melbourne and regional Victoria. Michael joined The TEN Tenors in 2014, and has travelled throughout Australia, Europe, USA, South Korea and South America.
KEANE FLETCHER A graduate of the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts in Perth, Keane Fletcher made his debut with The TEN Tenors in 2010 and has appeared with them in theatres, stadiums and concert halls all over the world. He can be heard on their most recent album Wish You Were Here, as well as the albums Our Christmas Wish, On Broadway, Double Platinum, and Nostalgica. His television appearances with the group include “Oprah’s Ultimate Australian Adventure;” NBC’s “The Today Show” in New York City; The Melbourne Cup, Australia’s most prestigious thoroughbred horse race; “Ready Steady Cook;” “Sunrise;” and the opening of the UEFA Cup (European football) in Warsaw. His theatre credits include the Australian tour of We Will Rock You, understudying and performing the lead role of Galileo; “The 27 Club” (The Butterfly Club), Merrily We Roll Along (Watch This); Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story; (Live Theatre Prod.); Altar Boyz (Precedent Prod.); Hello Again (Darlinghurst Theatre); and The Good Fight for the New York Music Theatre Festival.
PAUL GELSUMINI Paul Gelsumini completed a Bachelor of Music in Voice Performance from Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, and a Diploma of Arts in Music Theatre from APO Arts Academy, also in Melbourne. Before joining The TEN Tenors, Paul also studied in Tuscany, Italy, where he performed as a guest soloist at the inaugural Puccini Festival, an annual summer opera festival to present the operas of the famous Italian composer Giacomo Puccini. Paul joined The TEN Tenors in 2011. His credits include serving as Touring Music Director for several years, co-vocal and vocal production on the The TEN Tenors albums Home for the Holidays, On Broadway and Wish You Were Here. Paul is currently the longest serving member of the group. Paul wishes to thank his fiancée, family and friends for their on-going love and support throughout the years.
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HOLIDAY BIOGRAPHIES NIGEL HUCKLE Nigel Huckle is an Australian-born singer and actor, raised in Roanoke, Virginia, via Singapore. He has performed in venues around the world, most notably with the international touring company of Cameron Mackintosh’s new production of Les Misérables as Feuilly (1st cover Enjolras) in 2016, in Manila, Singapore, and in the inaugural season of the illustrious Dubai Opera. He joins The TEN Tenors having previously performed with esteemed companies, most recently as Barnaby Tucker in Hello, Dolly! with Australia’s The Production Company; Lt. Cable in South Pacific at the Tony Award®-winning Utah Shakespeare Festival; and Mr. One in Adding Machine with B-side Theatricals in New York City. He trained at Shenandoah Conservatory in Winchester, Virginia, where he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre, having sung in shows across the musical theatre canon and with Shenandoah’s Grammy-winning Conservatory Choir in their performance of Brahms’ Requiem.
NATHAN LAY Nathan Lay completed his Bachelor of Music at the Melba Conservatorium of Music in Melbourne, Australia, and has established a career in the Melbourne opera, oratorio, and concert scene. He has won the National Liederfest; Australian Music Events’ Opera Scholar of the Year; the Royal Melbourne Philharmonic Aria; the Australian International Opera Award; and placed third in the Herald Sun Aria. He has performed with Opera Australia; Melbourne Opera; Sydney Chamber Opera; the Royal Melbourne Philharmonic; the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra; and extensively with Victorian Opera. Nathan was the winner of the 2016 Australian International Opera Award. This prestigious prize allowed him the opportunity to study with acclaimed international tenor Dennis O’Neill at the Wales International Academy of Voice. In 2017, Nathan was involved in the inaugural release on the new Australian Sony Masterworks label. The album, Remembrance, features songs and poems in memory of the soldiers who fought in World War I, with Nathan featured on ten tracks. Also in 2017, Nathan made his first appearance with Sydney Chamber Opera as Tarquinius in their acclaimed production of Britten’s The Rape of Lucretia. This production was performed again in 2018 in Hobart, Tasmania, as a part of the Dark Mofo festival. Throughout 2018, Nathan has been working with Opera Australia, touring Victorian schools for their production of “By the Light of the Moon” (The Owl and the Pussycat).
ADRIAN LI DONNI From Melbourne, Adrian Li Donni is a graduate of Circle in the Square Theatre School in New York City. He played the ill-fated lover Lun Tha in The King and I for numerous companies internationally, including the newly restored The King and I for Lyric Stage in Dallas, Texas; The Production Company theatre company in Melbourne; a UK/Ireland tour for Curve Theatre; and in the recent GFO and Opera Australia national tour (Sydney Opera House debut). Adrian’s favorite productions include a concert tour of “Broadway to Australia - An evening with Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens;”“Festival of Broadway – An evening with Stephen Schwartz;” Jesus Christ Superstar in Slovenia; performing the role of Le Fou in Disney’s Beauty and The Beast at Melbourne Zoo; and the role of The Engineer in The Art Centre Gold Coast’s production of Miss Saigon. Adrian’s performances as Kayama in Pacific Overtures earned him Melbourne’s performing arts’ Green Room Award for “Best Supporting Actor.” Adrian would like to thank his ever supportive family, partner, friends, teachers and the team at Ian White Management for their love and guidance. SOUNDINGS
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HOLIDAY BIOGRAPHIES JARED NEWALL Growing up in Perth, Jared fell in love with music theatre at an early age. Some of Jared’s early credits include Oliver; My Fair Lady; Guys and Dolls; Sweet Charity; and Les Miserables. Jared began his professional music theatre career in 2007 as part of the tribe in Hair. Later that year, he performed the role of Steve in Rent. In 2008, Jared moved to Victoria to attend the University of Ballarat, to study Music Theatre. During his time in Ballarat, Jared had the opportunity to play Homer Collins in Adam Guettel’s Floyd Collins, Joseph “Jojo” Morse in Cy Coleman’s The Life, and Muzzy’s Boy/Ensemble in Thoroughly Modern Millie. His highlight was the chance to play the role of Bobby Strong in Urinetown, under the direction of Tom Healey. After graduating in 2010, Jared was cast in the Australasian Premiere season of It’s Only Life. He worked closely with the show’s composer, John Bucchino, who also accompanied the piece. In early 2011 Jared played the role of David in the concert version of Milk and Honey as part of their Jerry Herman Triptych. This year marks Jared’s 8th year touring with The TEN Tenors, and each year has been better than the last.
JAMES WATKINSON James Watkinson is currently studying a Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting and Marketing) at The University of Melbourne. James has been singing for most of his life in school choirs, musical theatre, and his high school rock band. James played Frank Abagnale Jr. in Melbourne’s OCPAC’s Catch Me If You Can, for which he received the award for “Best Male in a Leading Role” at the 2016 Music Theatre Guild of Victoria (MTGV) awards. He was also nominated for an MTGV award for “Best Supporting Actor in a Musical” for his performance as Chuck in Footloose in 2015. Last year, James was selected to perform at Matthew Lee Robinson’s New Voices. Other credits include: Launchpad Drama’s Starbound (2013-16), CLOC Musical Theatre’s Wicked (2016) and Company Eleven’s They’re Playing Our Song (2017). James made his debut with The TEN Tenors in 2017, and wants to thank all the people that encouraged him to pursue singing throughout his youth, especially his grandfather Russel Martin who was always James’ biggest fan. James would like to acknowledge Rosemarie Harris and Paul Gelsumini for their wonderful tutelage.
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Alice Silver and Tom Byrnes Mr. and Mrs. Martin Cahill Douglas and Constance Cain Keith and Lindsay Campbell Ms. Jane Carlstrom Dr. and Mrs. James G. Chandler David and Joan Clark Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Sheila M. Cleworth Ms. Shirley Hamilton and Ms. G. Brooks Clouser Catherine Cole Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Cox Ms. Marilyn M. Davis Denver Museum Of Nature & Science Mrs. Mary Donlon Mr. Carl and Mrs. Nancy Eklund Evan D. Ela-Collins Cockrel & Cole, P.C. Ms. Susan Ellis Mr. James W. Espy Clark and Martha Ewald Fackler Legacy Gift Jim and Jo Ferguson Eileen & Paul Finkel Mrs. Mary Lou Flater Ms. Jayne Ford Frederick G. Fish Foundation Joan M. French Mr. and Mrs. John E. Fuller Mr. and Mrs. Greg Fulton Dr. and Mrs. John H. Gale Mr. and Mrs. John A. Gallagher Ms. Jillian Gibbs Dr. Burton and Mrs. Lee Golub Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company Hugh and Nancy Grove Ms. Misty Haisfield Mr. James Hanegan Melody Harris The Havercroft Family Foundation Hayes Family Foundation Mr. Nick Hazen Ms. JC Heinen Ann Herron Margaret Hoeppner Mrs. Eileen Honnen-McDonald Ruth and George Hopfenbeck M. J. Hopkins Mr. Joshua N. Hunt Michael E. Huotari and Jill R. Stewart Dr. and Mrs. David E. Hutchison Yumi Hwang-Williams IBM International Foundation Intrinsic Well Being Med Spa Mrs. Eleanor L. Isbill Mr. and Mrs. Bradley James Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Jenkins Mr. Douglas C. Jones Robert W. Karow Dr. Richard and Mrs. Carla Kem Mr. Allen Kemp Dr. Peter Kennealey and Dr. Colleen Murphy Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Kern Mishele Kieffer
Kinder Morgan Foundation Mr. Michael Biere John and Alicia Kinnamon Don Kirkpatrick Mr. Richard Koseff Phyllis and James Kurtz-Phelan Mr. Gregg Kvistad Mr. John LeBel Minnie B. Lindsey Mr. and Mrs. Alan Lipner Dr. Leonard Loudis Cathleen Lynch John Mamuscia Marchbank Family Foundation Jean L. Marshall Mr. and Mrs. John S. Martin Mr. Trent and Mrs. Nicole Martinet Dr. Jody Mathie and Mr. John F. Hoffman Mr. David McCleod Dr. and Mrs. John G. McFee Ms. Robin McGehee Katherine McMurray Robert Meade Ms. Janet Melson The Janet Melson Charitable Gift Fund Gene and Dee Milstein Mr. Robert R. Montgomery Janet Mordecai Mr. Chuck and Mrs. Becky Morris James and Karin Mote Chris Murata Mr. and Mrs. Bill Myers Anne and David Necker Mr. and Mrs. W. Peterson Nelson Mr. Zack Neumeyer Derek Newcom Stephen Norris Dr. Richard and Mrs. Florence O’Day OfficeScapes Ed and Jean Onderko Ms. Sue Pawlik Kerry Pearlman Al and Ursula Powell Mr. Bennett L. Price Mr. & Mrs. James Proffitt The Renee and Martin Gross Family Foundation Mr. Eli Reshotko and Mrs. Adina Reshotko Steven and Joan Ringel Ayliffe and Fred Ris Mr. Daniel L. Ritchie Dr. Gregory Robbins Eleanor Roberts Ms. Susan D. Rodger Sallie and John Ruhnka Jim and Doreen Ryan Suzanne Barber Ryan Saunders Construction, Inc. Amanda Sawyer Ruth Schoening Mrs. Nancy Schulein Elizabeth Scully Shanahan’s Steakhouse Ms. Carole Shaw
COMING SOON
WE HAVE SOMETHING NEW BREWING Opening Late November Denver’s newest addition to the dining scene, Former Saint Craft Kitchen and Taps tempts with an adventuresome Colorado-inspired menu. Perfectly complemented with local craft beers and cocktails. Enjoy Life in the Spirit. Join us for dinner before the show. Visit FormerSaintDenver.com.
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CO MMUN I T Y SUPPO RT Mr. and Mrs. George Shaw Mr. and Mrs. Peter D. Shultz Dr. and Mrs. Arnold Silverman Singer Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Sisk Billie Smith Billie Busby and Sidney Smith Hanspeter Spuhler Mr. Kevin Stephenson Mr. & Mrs. Terry J. Stevinson Bill Strempel Mrs. Marcia D. Strickland Helena and Allan Striker Superfly Events Lou and Katherine Svoboda Mr. Lloyd Sweet Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Tashiro Judy and Rob Tate Tipton Family Foundation Ms. Sheila Trader Kyle and Bev Turner Mrs. Anne Waite Sam Walker Mr. Tim and Mrs. Lisa Walsh Dr. and Mrs. Warren Washington Peter Weiser Mr. and Mrs. Jim White Lauren Whitney Henry E. Wurst Family Foundation
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Anonymous (6) DeAnn Anderson Dr. Irv Arenberg Bruce Avery James Bailey The James and Alvina Bartos Balog Foundation Mr. Edward Bartholic Nancy Battan Dr. and Mrs. Henry J. Beckwitt Anne and Henry Beer Mr. Douglas Bell Ms. Mariette Bell Claire Benson Mr. David Bentley Marie and Howard Blaney Blue Moon Brewing Company – RiNo Ms. Soley M. Bogadottir Laura Borbely Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Boyle Mark and Therese Brady Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Brauchli Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Bronesky Ms. Barbara Brown Brooke Brown Mr. John Bruno Sandy and Rogene Buchholz Mrs. Elizabeth S. Budd Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bushman Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Butz
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Rusty and Ellen Campos Mr. Marc Camron and Ms. Victoria Camron Mr. and Mrs. Tod Cavey Cherry Creek Shopping Center Dr. David and Mrs. Delores Claassen Ms. Toni H. Cohig Tricia Collins Fund Mr. John A. Coppola Frances S. Corsello Kerry and Walter Cote Dr. James W. Craft Ray and Kathleen Cravy Curtis Hotel Hille L. Dais Ms. Ruth Dalrymple Yuko D'Ambrosia Mr. Scott M. Davis Dobbins Foundation Margaret Dong The Dowling Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Drew Gary and Kathryn Dudley Louise and Robert Dudley Dr. and Mrs. Michael P. Earnest Max and Carol Ehrlich Mr. Edward and Mrs. Judith Elgethun Lucy and Dan Ellerhorst Barbara Neal and Edward E. Ellis Mr. Bayard Ewing Mrs. Carla Ewing Mr. and Mrs. Mark Ewing Mr. Stuart Fehr Dr. & Mrs. Richard Fieman Ms. Elizabeth Fischer and Mr. D. Elliott Mr. and Mrs. Gregg Flannery Ms. Allison Foster Ms. Kirsten D. Franz Dr. Lauren Fraser and Ms. Rebecca Coughlin Joann Freedman Dick and Sigrid Freese Ms. JoAnne Friedman Mr. David F. Fritz Virginia E. & Robert K. Fuller Todd Gander and Terry Hsu-Gander Marvin and Shirley Gang Lester and Joan Garrison Caleb and Sidney Gates General Electric Foundation Marshall and Jenifer Gile The Gilman Family Foundation Monica Glickman and Craig Carver Tamara Golden and Tim Worrall Mr. and Mrs. James B. Grange Ms. Andrea J. Grant Ms. Carolyn Grant Mr. Felton Green Mr. and Mrs. Ed Greene Dennis and Eileen Griffin Mr. and Mrs. Peter Griffiths Mr. Mark Grueskin Ms. Mariellen Guerra Michael and Frances Gundzik Ms. Julia Gwaltney
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin W. Haggerty Scott G. Halford Charles and Linda Hamlin M.R. Hammond Mr. and Mrs. Homer Hancock Mr. Billy Harris and Ms. Linda Purcell Mrs. Joan Hazen Dr. Raymond Henkel Owen and Deborah Herman Cathey A. Herren Mr. and Mrs. J.B. Hewetson Mr. and Mrs. James Hidahl Mrs. Patricia C. Higgins Dr. Stephen Hindes Ms. Sally Hopper Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hucks, Jr. Ms. Jane A. Hultin Robert and Betty Huzjak Karen Hyde Mr. Jon Isenhart Codey James Michael and Jennifer Janezic Jax Fish House & Oyster Bar Jay’s Valet Mrs. Jill Johnke Marvin and Carole Johnson Mr. Eric E. Johnson Mrs. Kathleen Johnson and Mr. Stephen Vierling Dr. and Mrs. Everette G. Jones Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Judd Maria Jump
Betsy Herrick and Milt Kahn Ms. Susan Kelly Ms. Judy H. Kessenich Mark Kessler Ms. Soraya Khalje Vivek Khemka Kirkland Museum Of Fine & Decorative Art The Kitchen Mistress Mel and Roberta Klein Mr. and Mrs. Stanley W. Kleinsteiber Mr. Briggs and Ms. Kostyashkina Sylvia J. Kreider Stuart & Janet Kritzer Family Foundation Ms. Emma Kucharski John W. Kure and Cheryl L. Solich Ms. Nancy Lambertson Steve and Pat Larson Richard S. Leaman Penny and Dick Leather David C. Leger Mr. Owen Levine Mr. Paul V. LoNigro Patty Lorie Ms. Marian Lyons Ms. Antoinette MacAluso Mrs. Jean Macferran Mr. Stephen and Ms. Mara Marks Mr. Bruce William Martin Mr. Chet K. Hampson and Ms. Susan Martin William J. Martinez & Judith C. Shlay Myron McClellan and Lawrence Phillips
Open Space 2018-19 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS • NOV 4—Violinist Midori plays Sibelius
• MAR 23—Pixar in Concert
• NOV 23-25—The Nutcracker Ballet
• APR 27—Dvořák’s New World Symphony and Ellis Island: The Dream of America with actors & projected images
• JAN 19 & 20—Pianist Garrick Ohlsson plays Rachmaninoff • FEB 9—Mahler Symphony No. 4 with soprano Mary Wilson • MAR 2—Elgar Cello Concerto with Astrid Schween & Beethoven Symphony No. 4
• MAY 4—The Music of David Bowie
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CO MMUN I T Y SUPPO RT Mr. and Mrs. Robert McClelland Dr. Jerrald McCollum Mr. and Mrs. Timothy McCutcheon Michael E. McGoldrick Ms. Karen M. McGrath Carla E. McKennett McNeil Designer Portraits Ms. Carla McWilliams Mr. and Mrs. Harold ‘Bud’ Meadows Mr. Steve Metcalf Mr. Stephen Mill Jay and Lois Miller The Moe Family Charitable Fund Kelvin and Sara Moore Mr. David Mosteller Jason Murphy Mrs. Cynthia F. Nagel Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Newberry Mr. and Mrs. Alan F. Nies Larry O’Donnell and Kermit Cain Ray O’Loughlin and Jamie Henderson Mary and Art Otten Mr. Gary and Mrs. Joyce Pashel Charles Patterson Mr. Anthony Pierce Mr. Cason and Rachel Pierce Russ Poole Mr. David Porter Ed Post Mr. Garrod S. Post Mr. and Mrs. H.W. Praetorius QEP Resources, Inc. Nick Recuber Ms. Haley C. Reidy Al Richards Nancy and Gene Richards Ms. Sabina Rizzo Charles P. Rogers MD Mr. Bernie Rogoff and Ms. Jean Greenberg Anthony C. and Patricia J. Romeo Mr. Albert Ross Ms. Julie B. Rubsam Dr. Joanne Rudoff Ms. Carol L. Rust Sage Hospitality James and Carol Salbenblatt Mrs. Coleen Sanders Cynthia L. and Paul D. Schauer Loren Schillinger Ms. Elizabeth Schlosser David Schmidt G.A. and W.B. Scholten Ms. Mary Ann Schultz Elizabeth Scully Mr. David Seeland Ms. Carla L. Seeliger Betty and Maurice Serotta Edward Shaoul Jo Shannon Barbara L. Sharp
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Sen. Nan Spencer St. Julien Hotel & Spa Mr. Thomas R. Stephens Philip Stoffel and Tricia Hughey Julie and John Strain Arthur and Stephanie Strasburger Mr. and Ms. Steve Straub Dr. Darwin Strickland Mr. Steve Swalm Mr. and Mrs. William E. Sweet, III Symphony Kids Rock Table To Tavern Mr. and Mrs. John Tabor Carol and Cedric Tarr Mr. Frank Thomson Mr. and Mrs. Carl J. Tillery Mr. Aaron Torres David Tourtelot and Nikki Headlee Mr. Ted Trimpa Dick and Pat Tucker Mr. and Mrs. William A. Tuthill, III Albin Ulle Gerald A. Unruh Ms. Heather Van Dusen Robert J. Varga Jr. Mrs. Sue Von Roedern Mr. David Wagner John and Kristine Wallack Mr. Kip Wallen Mr. Jason & Mrs. Kelly Waltrip Carley J. Warren Ms. Hanna Warren Walter and Susanna Weart Mr. and Mrs. Tor Westgaard Ms. Rosemary Williamson David Wilson Jordan Wright Dr. and Mrs. Roy R. Wright Dick and Lorie Young Mr. and Mrs. Ken Ziebarth Susan Zohn John Zuckert While we are only able to list a portion of our 2017-18 donors, we acknowledge and thank all of our donors and patrons who contributed this past season, no matter the amount. Every dollar and donor count!
MATCHING DONATIONS Thank you to companies that match current and retired employee charitable contributions, and to our donors who apply for these matching gifts. Please check with your Human Resources Department to see if your contribution can double through the generosity of your company. For more about matching gifts at the Colorado Symphony, please call Sean Baker at 303.534.0757 .
WOMEN OF NOTE DONOR LIST The following are members of the Colorado Symphony’s Women of Note (WON) for the 18/19 Season as of June 30th, 2018. Every year, funds raised through Women of Note membership dues help to offset the salary cost of one distinguished female Colorado Symphony musician. This year's honoree is Cathy Peterson, Assistant Principal Flute. WON members receive exclusive benefits and event invitations throughout the season. To join or renew your Women of Note membership please contact Caiti Glasgo at 303.308.2475.
Founding Members
Marin Alsop Paula Bernstein Terry Biddinger Erna Butler Eileen Honnen-McDonald Sandy Lasky Mary Rossick Kern
2017/18 Donors
Nancy Accetta Adelaide Barkley Ms. Catherine Bess
Alice Silver Donna Connolly Ms. Anne M. Culver Mrs. Mary Lou H. Flater Deborah Gaensbauer Ms. Monica Glickman Elizabeth Holtze Mrs. Eileen Honnen-McDonald Yumi Hwang-Williams Montjoy Kugeler Sandy Lasky Ann Levy Nira Lipner Mrs. Carolyn Longmire Jeri Loser Merry Low Julie Lucas Ms. Janet Mordecai Karin Mote Ms. Christie Murata Carol Murphy Ms. Mary Neidig Ms. Sheila O’Brien Ursula Powell Ms. Barbara Servis Ms. Patricia Somerville Ms. Kathy Spuhler Mary Washington Rivka Weisberg
Comfort and Joy A H O L I DAY C D F R O M C P R C L A S S I C A L
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CO MMUN I T Y SUPPO RT BRETT MITCHELL SOCIETY The following are members of the Colorado Symphony’s Brett Mitchell Society (BMS) for the 18/19 Season as of June 30th, 2018. BMS members are highly engaged benefactors who share the Colorado Symphony passion for artistic excellence and innovation and who support the Symphony through their subscriptions and annual donations. The Colorado Symphony is grateful for the continued support of these individuals. To join or renew your Brett Mitchell Society membership please contact Caiti Glasgo at 303.308.2475. Anonymous (3) Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Accetta Michael Altenberg and Libby Bortz Margaret and Larry Ballonoff Ken and Zoe Barley Col. Philip Beaver and Mrs. Kim Beaver J. Fern Black John and Carol Burtness Dr. Bonnie W. Camp Mr. Willis Carpenter Professor Gerald Chapman Young and Carolyn Cho Ms. Sherri Colgan Tom and Noëy Congdon Donna and Ted Connolly Bill and Nancy Cook Drs. Richard J. and Jan Marie Crawford Karen and William Curtis Lou Tate Dafoe Drs. Ellen and Anthony Elias Mr. John F. Estes III and Mrs. Norma Horner Keith and Kathie Finger Fran and Mike Fisher Deborah and Theodore Gaensbauer Ms. Donna S. Gerich Thomas J. and Shirley C. Gibson Mr. Paul E. Goodspeed and Ms. Mary Poole Robert S. Graham Stephen and Margaret Hagood Dr. and Mrs. Karl Hammermeister Dr. and Mrs. Robert D. Harry Jennifer Heglin Diane S. Hill and Kevin E. Somerville Bill and Donna Hoberecht Elizabeth and Steve Holtze Richard and Mary Anne Johnston Donald and Henny Kaufmann Joe and Francine Kelso Mary Rossick Kern and Jerome H. Kern Rob and Kathy Klugman Mr. George Kruger Dr. Richard and Mrs. Mary Krugman Mr. and Mrs. Gary P. Landis Donald and Margery Langmuir
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Judge and Mrs. John P. Leopold Marjorie MacLachlan Evi and Evan Makovsky Sharon L. Menard Coreen and Mike Miller Ms. Anne Mills Brett and Angela Mitchell Ms. Mary Neidig Frank Y. Parce Sue and Edwin Peiker Fred and Connie Platt Myra and Robert Rich Lt. Col. and Mrs. Robert W. Riegel Dr. Susan B. Rifkin Mr. Richard Roman Sig Rosenfeld Dr. and Mrs. Richard J. Sanders Raymond and Suzanne Satter Henry R. Schmoll Robert E. Schueller and Patricia Schueller David and Susan Seitz Barbara Servis Kathleen Sgamma William F. Smith and Shirley A. Scott Harvey and Maureen Solomon Vicki and Harry Sterling Dr. and Mrs. Ed Van Bramer Paul and Normie Voilleque Richard E. Wagner Mr. Larned Waterman, Jr. and Mr. Paul S. Mesard Alan and Judy Wigod Mr. James Williams and Ms. Jennifer Landrum Dr. Jack Wilson Michael and Sandra Wilson
EDUCATION DONOR LIST Through our Musicurious program, your Colorado Symphony reaches thousands of young people within and well outside the Denver metro area, from month’s-old through high school and beyond. We always work to extend and increase our outreach and could not possibly do it without your support. Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Accetta Ms. Valerie Antonioli Mr. Chase Barton Mr. Ronald Bibby Emanouil Bontchev Ms. Linda M. Buell Nathan B. & Florence R. Burt Foundation Prof. Elizabeth C. Childs Jim and Julie Copenhaver Kerry and Walter Cote Ursula Davis Ms. Marcia DeBell Darlene Deichert The Denver Post Community Foundation Ms. Loralee Dischner Anita Donnelly
Dresner Foundation Michael Eller Mrs. Jane H. Engle Ms. Anne C. Fendrich Fine Arts Foundation Joan M. French The Fries Foundation Stephen and Elizabeth Gannon Ms. Marilyn Gary Alan G. and Sally R. Gass Mr. Jason Golden Stacie Goldin Kent I. and Fredrika S. Groff Ms. Regina A. Hackley Ms. Sarah Halverstadt Mr. Chet K. Hampson and Ms. Susan Martin Ms. Kaaren Hardy Diana Haskell Ms. Joyce Hofer Mr. and Mrs. Samuel H. Hofer Mrs. Isabella W. Horsky Mr. William Hurlbut Mr. Jon Isenhart Betsy Herrick and Milt Kahn Ms. Miriam Kapner Kinder Morgan Foundation Sylvia J. Kreider Ms. Nancy Lambertson Mr. & Mrs. Dan K. Levin Liberty Global, Inc. Mr. Jason Lichtenwalter Mr. Brian Lucas Ms. Donna Ludwig Ms. Jane Macgregor Ms. Judith Macomber Malone Family Foundation Chris Marye Ms. Bonnie Merenstein Ms. Lisa M. Metzler Mr. and Mrs. Adam Morris Mr. Andrew Morton Ms. Elizabeth Nelms Ms. Katie O’Brian Ms. Jennifer Olson Barbara J. Pierpoint Ralph L. and Florence R. Burgess Trust Ms. Beverly Robin Mr. and Mrs. Brian Rose Ms. Perla Sanchez Ms. Jane Schroll Scientific & Cultural Collaborative Sherilee Selby Ms. Cheri Seupaul Singer Family Foundation John and Kathleen Sloan Symphony Kids Rock Ms. Lois Thornton U.S. Bank Foundation Ms. Beth Ventura-Ball Verizon Wireless Ms. Jane Wingle The Nancy S. & Earl L. Wright Foundation Bob and Kathy Zachman
BALL SPONSOR LIST The Colorado Symphony Ball is our biggest annual fundraising event, securing over $1 million dollars to support all of the Symphony’s programs and events. Thank you to everyone who helped to make the 2018 Colorado Symphony Ball, RhapsodyRock, a huge success. Visit coloradosymphony.org/Tickets/SpecialEvents for more about the next Ball on April 6, 2019!
Presenting Sponsor
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Virtuoso
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Maestro
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Encore
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Concertmaster
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Arrow Electronics, Inc. Malone Family Foundation AMG National Trust Bank Anonymous Mr. Mark Carleton Keith and Kathie Finger IAC Corporation Mary Rossick Kern and Jerome H. Kern Liberty Global, Inc. Liberty Media Corporation LionTree Advisors, LLC The Fries Foundation The Anschutz Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Accetta Ms. Amy C. Harmon KPMG LLP Sherman & Howard Linda Shoemaker and Stephen Brett Tina Walls, Erin Trapp, and Friends
CoBiz Financial Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP Discovery Communications Ernst & Young, LLP Diane S. Hill and Kevin E. Somerville Dr. Christopher Ott and Mr. Jeremy Simons University of Denver
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AEG Live Baker & Hostetler, L.L.P. Bank of America Young and Carolyn Cho Colorado Rockies Baseball Club Ms. Stephanie Copeland CU Foundation Delta Dental Plan of Colorado Denver International Airport BeneFactor/Randall Carter FirstBank Haselden Construction LLC Dr. Richard and Mrs. Mary Krugman
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Rock Level
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Ms. Isabelle Clark Colorado State University Mr. Roger Freeman Mr. Roger Lynch Ms. Diane Nagler Mr. Adam Sohn Ms. Erin Trapp Ms. June Travis John and Carol Burtness Jim and Julie Copenhaver Mr. Brian Freeman Mr. and Mrs. Ed Greene Ms. JC Heinen Mr. Matthew R. Keeney Sandy and Evan Lasky Mr. John LeBel
Mr. David Mosteller OfficeScapes Rob and Jane Scofield
Donations & Auction GIK
AEG Live Altour Travel Arrow Electronics, Inc. Barolo Grill Blue Moon Brewing Co. - Rino Mr. Aryeh B. Bourkoff Roger and Susan Bowles Brooke Brown Sharon and James Butler Merle C. Chambers Cherry Creek Shopping Center Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Mr. Edward B. Cordes Polly Cordes Denver Museum Of Nature and Science Zach and Joy Detra Mr. Carl and Mrs. Nancy Eklund Ms. Jayne Ford Mr. Keegan Gerhard Mr. James Hanegan Melody Harris Mr. Joshua N. Hunt Karen Hyde Intrinsic Well Being Med Spa Codey James Jax Fish House & Oyster Bar
($500+)
point of no return The gripping, challenging story of a team of elite climbers on a remote peak in Myanmar.
Jan 23 at 7:30 pm Tickets from $34 / $18 kids Subscriptions also available newmancenter.du.edu 303-871-7720 Newman Center box office 2344 E Iliff Ave Cory Richards
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Vivek Khemka Kirkland Museum Of Fine & Decorative Art The Kitchen Mistress Rob and Kathy Klugman Mr. Gregg Kvistad Leopold Brothers LiveNation Dr. Leonard Loudis Mr. Greg and Mrs. Julie Lucas Cathleen Lynch Mr. Trent and Mrs. Nicole Martinet Coreen and Mike Miller Jason Murphy Mr. and Mrs. Bill Myers Mr. Zack Neumeyer Al Richards Mr. Daniel L. Ritchie Ms. Sabina Rizzo Robertson Family Foundation Sage Hospitality Mrs. Coleen Sanders Elizabeth Scully Shanahan’s Steakhouse Edward Shaoul Mr. Adam Sohn St. Julien Hotel & Spa Ms. Judith Z. Steinberg Mr. Kevin Stephenson Superfly Events Table To Tavern United Airlines Mr. David Wagner Sam Walker David Wilson John Zuckert
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 Gene Amole’s KVOD given by: Mr. R. Glesner and Mrs. B. Schwarm Glesner In memory of Nan Barnett given by: Carol Jordan In memory of Jeanette R. Bibby given by: Mr. Ronald Bibby In memory of Edward Bolle given by: Chin K. Tan In memory of Aurthur Boss given by: Mr. and Mrs. David J. Harguth In memory of Donald J. Carlstrom given by: Ms. Jane Carlstrom In memory of Blair Chotzinoff, Jerry Endsley, Ken Harper and Harry T. Safstrom given by: Mr. Chet K. Hampson and Ms. Susan Martin
In memory of Thomas and James Coberly given by: Mrs. Ruth Coberly In memory of Leland Dong given by: Mrs. Margaret M. Dong In memory of Peter Drobeck given by: Mr. & Mrs. James and Kathy Robinson In memory of Sidney H. Edwards given by: Mrs. Bryna Edwards In memory of Dr. Constantine John Falliers given by: Penny and Dick Leather John and Merry Low In memory of Bill and Carol Gossard given by: Mr. and Mrs. Steve Wynkoop In memory of Manny Greenberg given by: Ellie Greenberg & Family Ms. Susan Stark In memory of Stephen Close Hagan, who loved the music that the Colorado Symphony brought to his life. Given by: Mr. John A. Coppola Stacie Goldin Patricia E. Hagen Louis and Sherry Hannen Susan Holt Mr. Roger Tate In memory of H. Michael Hayes given by: Hayes Family Foundation In memory of Harley G. Higbie, Jr. given by: Mr. and Mrs. Martin Anderson Mr. and Mrs. Brewster B. Boyd Mr. and Mrs. Mackintosh Brown Mrs. Mimi Chenoweth Ms. Geraldine Cohen Denver Investments Dick and Sigrid Freese Caleb and Sidney Gates Mr. Peter and Mrs. Rhondda Grant Ms. Mary T. Hoagland Ruth and George Hopfenbeck Ms. Katherine Kurtz Mr. and Mrs. David Lansdowne Mr. and Mrs. Neil Peck Mrs. Marcia D. Strickland Ms. Marjorie S. Tweedy Wednesday Music Party Mr. and Mrs. Tor Westgaard In memory of Fred Hoeppner given by: Mr. Edward and Mrs. Judith Elgethun Mrs. Margaret Hoeppner In memory of Gloria Kubel given by: Ms. Claudia Deasy Ms. Ruth H. Epstein Ms. Marjorie E. Kathmann Ms. Barbara Servis
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CO MMUN I T Y SUPPO RT In memory of Samuel Lancaster given by: Mr. Keith F. Corrette In memory of Mary Langehough given by: Ms. Tawney S. Willett In memory of Marie Lindvall given by: Anonymous In memory of Jack London given by: Marie and Howard Blaney In memory of William McGehee given by: Mr. Scott M. Davis Mr. Peter and Mrs. Rhondda Grant Sarah C. Hite Dr. and Mrs. David E. Hutchison Mr. & Mrs. B. Bryan Jones, III In memory of William & Virginia McGehee given by: Ms. Marilyn M. Davis Ms. Robin McGehee Mr. Lloyd W. Moore Mr. and Mrs. Richard Wohlgenant In memory of Anna Meyer given by: Eric Sondermann and Tracy Dunning In loving memory of my wife, Beverly Pfeifle given by: Mr. David Pfeifle In memory of Gerald Porter given by: Mr. James G. Kennedy Mr. Ed Bezjak Dr. and Mrs. Bolko von Roedern Mr. and Mrs. Roger Johnson Mr. and Ms. Kenneth A. Zimmerman Ms. Barbara Porter In memory of Sarah Porter and Richard (Dick) McKennett given by: Carla E. McKennett In memory of Herman D. Post given by: Dr. Robin D. Post In memory of Dr. W. Gerald Rainer given by: Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Robert and Joan Bell Mr. Robert Birdsong Roger and Susan Bowles Jennifer Heglin Dr. and Mrs. David E. Hutchison Bill, Suzanne, and Meghan Farrell David and Debra Flitter Dr. Richard and Mrs. Mary Krugman Mr. Frederick Mimmack John and Merry Low Dr. and Mrs. Morris H. Susman Dick and Pat Tucker In memory of Don Ridgway given by: Mr. and Mrs. Howard Blaney
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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: Mr. Sigmund J. Rosenfeld In memory of Frances and Eugen Schaefer given by: Cynthia L. and Paul D. Schauer In memory of Robert Schulein and Blair Chotzinhoff given by: Mrs. Nancy Schulein In memory of Dr. Roberta Shaklee given by: Mr. Edward Hurry In memory of Dale and Myrna Shreve given by: Mr. Eric Shreve In memory of Betty Sonnenberg given by: Sylvia J. Kreider In memory of Barbara Stair given by: Ms. Dana Ceuca In memory of Lee and Margaret Tipton given by: Tipton Family Foundation In memory of Donald Trovinger given by: Ms. Susan White Mr. Richard Newton In memory of Jane Harper Wagner given by: Wall, Smith, Bateman Inc. In memory of Terry C. Weverstad given by: Ms. Surilda J. Hudson In memory of Zelda K. Witkind given by: Mr. Richard Morris In memory of Randy Wren given by: Ms. Ann Cearley
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 Carolyn and Charles Blatt given by: Ms. Ellen Blatt In honor of Steve Brett & Linda Shoemaker for all they do in the community given by: Anna and John J. Sie Foundation In honor of Michael and Elizabeth Brittan given by: Dr. Judy Blaine In honor of Bill & Jo Calhoun given by: Ms. Molly Calhoun
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The company of A Christmas Carol. Photo by Adams VisCom.
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In honor of Sachiko Nakahira given by: T.R. Reid & Peggy McMahon
In honor of Willis Carpenter given by: Ms. Marian Lyons
In honor of Samantha Nuechterlein given by: Mr. Rich & Ms. Pamela Boden
In honor of Mary Claire and Jim Brothers given by: Ms. Jane A. Hultin
In honor of Frank Parce given by: Mr. David Parce
In honor of Stephanie and Adam Donner given by: Denver Public Schools Denver Public Schools Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Herb Donner
In honor of Frank Parce’s 80th Birthday given by: Frank Y. Parce Eleanor Roberts
In honor of Susan & Herbert Donner’s 50th Anniversary given by: Mr. Adam and Mrs. Stephanie Donner In honor of Joyce Elliot given by: Ms. Elizabeth Fischer and Mr. D. Elliott In honor of Hanna Farris given by: Sherilee Selby In honor of Keith and Kathy Finger given by: Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan F. Zeschin In honor of my mother, Louise Pennington, who gave me a music education, which has profoundly influenced who I am today. Given by: Ms. Jillian Gibbs In honor of Jan Gieskieng given by: Ms. Linda McGoff In honor of the matrimony of Margaret Shugrue and David Hackl given by: Mr. and Mrs. John Couzens In honor of retired CSO musician, Chet Hampson given by: Mr. Chet K. Hampson and Ms. Susan Martin In honor of Amy Harmon given by: Mr. Todd and Mrs. Sarah Alijani In honor of Bill Hill given by: Ms. Elizabeth Nelms In honor of Diane Hill given by: Charles and Gretchen Lobitz Mr. and Mrs. Seth Weisberg In honor of Jerry and Mary Kern given by: Yumi Hwang-Williams Mr. Greg and Mrs. Julie Lucas In honor of Jerry Kern’s 80th Birthday given by: Mr. Bruce Wald In honor of Keith Kirby given by: Ms. Sara Alt In honor of Ann Kslazek given by: Anonymous In honor of Andrew Litton given by: Mr. Paul Primus In honor of John and Merry Low given by: Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Marchand
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In honor of Nancy Polk given by: Ms. Marje Adelstein In honor of Barbara Porter given by: Dr. and Mrs. Bolko von Roedern In honor of Julie Rubsam given by: Driscoll Foundation Mollie Leone In honor of Kevin Seno given by: Shelby Carne In honor of James Thomas given by: Liesl Thomas In honor of Jennifer Vendryes given by: Ms. Mariellen Guerra In honor of Kristine and John Wallack given by: Richard Falb and Gail Skaggs In honor of the people at Western Oncology Hematology given by: Frank Y. Parce In honor of Darlee Whiting given by: Hayes Family Foundation In honor of Ava Williams given by: Ms. Ruth Williams In honor of Scott Williams’ birthday given by: Daniel Williams In honor of Harold Wippler given by: Mr. & Mrs. Bruce O. Will
THE HORACE TUREMAN SOCIETY Named for the first conductor of the Denver Civic Orchestra, the Horace Tureman Society honors an exceptional group of people who have pledged future support for the Symphony through an estate gift. The Horace Tureman 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 legacy in your estate planning please contact Caiti Glasgo at 303.308.2475. Richard and Susan Abernethy The Estate of Nan L. Barnett
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