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THE MAGAZINE OF THE COLORADO SYMPHONY Volume 16 • Number 4 CONTENTS
6 Welcome 10 Colorado Symphony Musicians 12 Colorado Symphony Board of Trustees 14 Colorado Symphony Staff 18 2019/20 Season 20 The Best of Both Worlds 25 Community Support
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COMING SOON
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WELCO M E
Welcome Friends, There’s nothing quite like spring and summer in Colorado. Whether you’re reveling in the natural splendor throughout our state, hiking, biking, mountain climbing, or enjoying live outdoor entertainment, there’s no shortage of exciting activities to explore while relishing some of the best weather anywhere in the country. With that in mind, we’ve put together an incredible 2019 summer lineup that will showcase our musicians in some of the state’s top venues. We’ll return to the iconic Red Rocks Amphitheatre for must-see collaborations with Béla Fleck and the Flecktones along with Sam Bush, Jerry Douglas, and Abigail Washburn on May 30, Tenacious D on July 25, John Prine on July 28, “Weird Al” Yankovic on August 1, and Josh Groban on August 28. And this June the Colorado Symphony will join world-renowned tenor Andrea Bocelli for an unforgettable performance at the Pepsi Center as part of his international tour. There’re also plenty of opportunities to see us throughout the state as Assistant Conductor Bertie Baigent leads performances of Mozart Under Moonlight in three incredible venues including the Dillon Outdoor Amphitheatre on July 10, the Arvada Outdoor Amphitheatre on July 11, and the Campus Commons Performance Hall at the University of Northern Colorado on July 12. Back home in Boettcher Concert Hall, Music Director Brett Mitchell will be on the podium for our free 2019/20 Season Preview concert on July 6 and for a special concert celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Lunar Landing on July 20. We’ll also screen the sixth installment of the Harry Potter Concert Series with Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince™ in Concert from August 2–4. We look forward to being a part of your summer memories as we share this wonderful music throughout Colorado. See you this summer! Tony Pierce Chief Artistic Officer
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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 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 Diane Nagler
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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
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Arnie Roth, conductor Colorado Symphony Chorus
Béla Fleck: Friends & Family
Cinco de Mayo Fiesta para la Familia MAY 5 SUN 2:30
Brett Mitchell, conductor Colorado Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe, director Colorado Children’s Chorale, Deborah DeSantis, artistic director
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Christopher Dragon, conductor Presented in collaboration with the Mexican Cultural Center
Berlioz Symphonie fantastique
MAY 10-12 FRI-SAT 7:30 SUN 1:00
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Dvořák Symphony No. 7
Bobby McFerrin with the Colorado Symphony Chorus SEP 7 SAT 7:30
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An Intimate Evening with Kristin Chenoweth and the Colorado Symphony SEP 14 SAT 7:30
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Rick Steves - A Symphonic Journey with the Colorado Symphony SEP 15 SUN 2:00
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Opening Weekend: Mendelssohn Violin Concerto featuring Yumi Hwang-Williams SEP 20-22 FRI-SAT 7:30 ■ SUN 1:00
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Rhapsody & Rhythm: The Gershwin Concert Experience SEP 28 SAT 7:30
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Disney in Concert: Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas NOV 1-2 FRI-SAT 7:30
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Mozart Symphony No. 40
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Renée Fleming - The Brightness of Light- Colorado Premiere NOV 15 & 17 FRI 7:30 ■ SUN 1:00
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Home Alone in Concert NOV 29 FRI 7:30
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Aretha: A Tribute
The Goonies in Concert OCT 11 FRI 7:30
Verdi Requiem – 35 Anniversary Celebration of the Colorado Symphony Chorus
NOV 22-24 FRI-SAT 7:30 ■ SUN 1:00
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DEC 13-15 FRI 7:30 ■ SAT 2:30 & 6:00 ■ SUN 1:00
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Handel’s Messiah — Awakening DEC 20-21 FRI-SAT 7:30
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MAR 20-22 FRI-SAT 7:30 ■ SUN 1:00
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Disney’s Fantasia in Concert
MAR 28–29 SAT 7:30 ■ SUN 2:30
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Mahler Symphony No. 9 conducted by Brett Mitchell MAY 1-3 FRI-SAT 7:30 ■ SUN 1:00
Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3 JAN 24-26 FRI-SAT 7:30 ■ SUN 1:00
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Elgar Enigma Variations conducted by Christopher Dragon MAY 8-10 FRI-SAT 7:30 ■ SUN 1:00
Gilbert & Sullivan: The Pirates of Penzance ARROW SYMPHONY POPS
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Chopin Piano Concerto No. 2 featuring Ingrid Fliter CLASSICS
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Legendary Women’s Voices: An Evening with Cynthia Erivo FEB 15 SAT 7:30
MAR 6-8 FRI-SAT 7:30 ■ SUN 1:00
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A Tribute to Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops
FEB 14 FRI 7:30
Strauss A Hero’s Life conducted by Brett Mitchell
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Holst The Planets
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JAN 14 TUE 7:30
Beethoven Missa Solemnis featuring the Colorado Symphony Chorus
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows™ Part 1 in Concert JAN 3-5 FRI-SAT 7:30 ■ SUN 1:00
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Celtic Woman: The Best of Christmas Tour
DEC 16 MON 7:30
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Big Band Classics conducted by Brett Mitchell MAY 16 SAT 7:30
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Beethoven Symphony No. 3 “Eroica” conducted by Brett Mitchell MAY 22-24 FRI-SAT 7:30 ■ SUN 1:00
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THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS WHEN BRAHMS MET RADIOHEAD By Nick Dobreff
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On any given evening with the Colorado Symphony, you could find yourself in the midst of a master work by Beethoven, Mozart, Mahler, or similarly immersed in the contemporary music of Prince, The Flaming Lips, Jim James, or Aretha Franklin. In an effort to guide concertgoers, orchestras across the country classify their events into categories that briefly encapsulate a theme or genre; even though all of it is spectacular symphonic music. The distinctions — namely pops and classical — help guide patrons, but they also illuminate a barrier that exists between these two distinct musical worlds. Enter Steve Hackman, a composer, conductor, producer, and a leading voice among a new generation of classical musicians intent on redefining the ‘classical’ genre by creating imaginative hybrid compositions that blur the lines between high and pop art. This style applies modern musical techniques to the classical repertoire and vice versa. The result is evocative works, commonly known as mashups, that are both derivative yet wholly original. On June 1, 2019, Hackman conducts the Colorado Symphony premiere of Brahms vs. Radiohead — his melding of Johannes Brahms’ iconic First Symphony (1876) with Radiohead’s seminal electro-rock album, OK Computer (1997). Using a process of de- and re-construction, analysis, and re-creation, the program utilizes a full 70-piece orchestra and three vocal soloists as Hackman intertwines all four movements of the First Symphony with eight songs from OK Computer. The result is a collaboration over a century in the making as Hackman pushes the musical envelope, superimposing Radiohead songs above Brahms’ music, altering Radiohead’s melodies to coexist with Brahms’ harmonies, and interjecting the philosophies of one into the other, creating a compelling and captivating new world that captures the essence of both works. “The piece stays in the romantic sound world of Brahms, using only the instruments he would have used to debut his Symphony, but woven in, superimposed, and inserted are the melodies and music of Radiohead,” writes Hackman on his website. “At times we hear the melodies and words of Radiohead suspended over Brahms’ original music; at times we hear the orchestra playing the music of Radiohead but with the
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dense counterpoint Brahms. Every combination is explored, and we constantly move from one to the other, but the piece is seamless and many times the audience is left wondering which is which, and how the combination was even possible.” The two works do share similar defining characteristics. Most significantly, there is a pervasive mood of anxiety and unease that permeates each. Brahms was famously plagued by the omnipresent shadow of his idol, Ludwig van Beethoven, needing more than two decades to finish his First Symphony as the pressure of being heralded as his successor mounted. “You have no idea what it’s like to hear the footsteps of a giant like that behind you,” said Brahms. In the end, he was able to conquer his symphonic demons by embracing the past in a composition that both echoes the work of Beethoven and simultaneously stands alone as a monumental symphonic work. For Radiohead, the dread was existential as themes of social alienation, consumerism, emotional isolation, and political turmoil were channeled through each anxiously electric note and lyric of OK Computer. The footsteps they heard were a warning of humanity's impending overreliance on technology, and this album foretold a societal monotony resulting from the need to capture memories rather than living them — Radiohead saw social media coming before it happened. To convey this unease, Radiohead, unlike Brahms, turned away from their past, discarding the Britt Pop and Rock sound from their first two albums — Pablo Honey and The Bends — instead creating a unique blend of guitar rock and electronica that would become a defining sound of the New Millennium. Brahms vs. Radiohead and Hackman’s other symphonic mashups are not without their critics. Some consider the deconstruction of such beloved works to be akin to sacrilege. Others contend that classical and contemporary music belong in their own separate categories and shouldn’t be changed or altered in any way. “A lot of people would say that music like this doesn’t belong together, possibly, and they would say there are barriers between these musics, and they’re categorized into sort of artificial different camps,” said Hackman to Grammy.com. “In my mind, and I think in the mind of many of the musicians on this stage, those barriers are artificial, and they’re in our minds, and if you can’t see them, are they really there?” 22
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In a post on his website in May 2018, Hackman further addressed these criticisms: “Some may purport that these two pieces are separated by more than just time. They may seek to label and categorize them, and perhaps judge their respective and comparative values accordingly. I believe that the more we truly understand the creative and technical processes that result in any kind of art — regardless of genre or category — the more similar they will reveal themselves to us." Hackman’s creation exemplifies music as a living, breathing organism. Utilizing two of the great musical works of all time, he shows both their similarities and differences in a creative tapestry of sound that is a delight to behold. So, where Radiohead eschews tradition, Brahms maintains it, but both share a kindred spirit: They are visionary, unrivaled and, for one night, co-headliners at Boettcher Concert Hall. SOUNDINGS
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CLASSICS 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. Dragon 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. Dragon’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 Dragon conducted Wynton Marsalis’ Swing Symphony as part of the Perth International Arts Festival alongside Wynton Marsalis and Jazz at the Lincoln Center Orchestra. 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.
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SANDY CAMERON, violin Declared “brilliant” by The Washington Post, violinist Sandy Cameron is one of the most strikingly unique artists of her generation. Since her debut at the age of 12 in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, Cameron has performed extensively as a soloist throughout the world. Here are some personal highlights of Cameron’s work: Places: The White Nights Festival in St. Petersburg, Russia, when the sun would barely set, was one of the first of a number of unique performance experiences Cameron has had. Another standout was her first time to Australia, performing at the Adelaide Festival of the Arts. Performing in an Olympic stadium in South Korea and bringing world premiere performances to Tokyo have also been very special. Additionally, Cameron has enjoyed playing in David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, Royal Albert Hall in London, and the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, Germany. Orchestras: The Seattle Symphony and the Kirov Orchestra were the first two great orchestras Cameron had the privilege of performing with. Since then, collaborations have included the San Diego Symphony, Colorado Symphony, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Tokyo Philharmonic, and the National Symphony Orchestra, among others. Projects: The most rewarding experience of Cameron’s career is Danny Elfman’s Violin Concerto, “Eleven Eleven”. Elfman wrote this concerto for Cameron, and she had the great pleasure and honor of presenting the world premiere with conductor John Mauceri at the Prague Proms in June 2017. It was received with great success, and they had the luxury of continuing that success in Hamburg at the Elbphilharmonie. She first began working with Elfman while performing with the Los Angeles based Cirque du Soleil show, “IRIS”, which ran from 2011-2013. Since Cirque, she’s had a number of exciting experiences which include performing Tan Dun’s Martial Arts Trilogy, touring globally with renowned trumpeter-composer Chris Botti, as a featured soloist in Austin Wintory’s score to the video game Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate, and a number of featured solo appearances in concert productions such as Danny Elfman’s Music from the Films of Tim Burton, Disney’s The Nightmare Before Christmas Live in Concert, Disney’s The Little Mermaid Live in Concert, and Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory Live in Concert, all at the Hollywood Bowl. The outstanding violin played by Cameron, crafted by Pietro Guarnerius of Venice, c. 1735, is on extended loan through the generous efforts of the Stradivari Society® of Chicago. COLUMBIA ARTISTS MANAGEMENT LLC Tim Fox, President – Alison Williams, Vice President – Erika Noguchi, Associate Manager 5 Columbus Circle @ 1790 Broadway, New York, NY 10019
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CLASSICS PROGRAM NOTES BERNARD HERRMANN (1911-1975): Suite from Psycho Bernard Herrmann was born on June 29, 1911 in New York City and died December 24, 1975 in Los Angeles. The soundtrack for Alfred Hitchcock’s classic thriller Psycho was composed in 1960. The score calls for string orchestra. Duration is about 19 minutes. This is the first performance of the Suite by the orchestra. All who have seen Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho or Vertigo, Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane or The Magnificent Ambersons, Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver or any other of the 56 movies for which he provided the background scores know the music of Bernard Herrmann. Herrmann was not only among the most prolific, and unquestionably the greatest, of all the native-born composers for American films during the golden age of Hollywood in the 1940s and 1950s, but he also wrote a sizeable body of concert and stage music, and was one of the most enterprising conductors of his generation. Bernard Herrmann, born in New York City in 1911, studied the violin as a youngster and won a $100 prize for a song titled The Bells in a composition competition when he was thirteen. That success decided him on a career in music, and he studied composition as an undergraduate at New York University with Philip James and Percy Grainger, and later with Bernard Wagenaar at Juilliard, where he also took conducting lessons from Albert Stoessel. Herrmann made his debut as composer and conductor on Broadway with his score for a ballet scene in the 1932 show Americana; two years later, he was appointed to the musical staff of CBS. In 1933, he founded the New Chamber Orchestra, which he directed for several years in adventurous concerts featuring the music of Ives, Cowell, Varèse and other modernists, an activity for which he received awards from the department store Lord & Taylor and the Society of American Composers for broadening the musical repertory. At CBS, Herrmann was responsible for providing background music for several radio series, including Orson Welles’ Mercury Theater. (Herrmann was a collaborator on the famous 1938 War of the Worlds broadcast that panicked the nation.) When Welles moved to Hollywood to produce Citizen Kane, he brought along Herrmann as his composer. The music that Herrmann provided for that epochal movie became the touchstone of his work in Hollywood, and a paragon of the sweeping, symphonic film score precisely integrated to the drama on the screen. For the next quarter century, Herrmann was one of the busiest composers in Hollywood, creating perhaps his most outstanding work for the medium with Alfred Hitchcock’s The Trouble with Harry, The Man Who Knew Too Much, The Wrong Man, Vertigo, North by Northwest, Psycho and Marnie; Herrmann also provided music for Hitchcock’s television series. In 1966, with fashion and commercial expediency prompting studio executives to abandon the traditional symphonic film score in favor of a more saleable collection of potentially popular tunes, Herrmann had a falling out with Hitchcock over the music for Torn Curtain, which was scrapped in favor of a more conventional score by John Addison. Herrmann moved to London, where he continued to write for films and to conduct and record his own music as well as works by other composers. In 1975, he returned to Hollywood to record the soundtrack for Taxi Driver; he died of a heart attack just hours after finishing the sessions. In addition to his widely known work as a film composer, Herrmann also created concert and stage works throughout his life. His creative catalog includes a ballet (The Skating Rink, inspired by the 19th-century prints of Currier & Ives), an opera drawn from Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights, a symphony, a violin concerto, several orchestral pieces (some incorporating music from his movies), works for chorus and orchestra (including one based on Dickens’ A Christmas Carol) and a few chamber compositions. Herrmann’s music, whether intended to be heard in the dark or in the light, always grew from his strongly held belief in the essentially PROGRAM 4
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CLASSICS PROGRAM NOTES communicative power of his art. “Musically I count myself as an individualist,” he said. “I believe that only music which springs out of genuine emotion is alive and important. I hate all cults, fads and circles. I feel that a composer should be true to his own innate instincts and tastes, and develop these to the best of his ability, no matter what the present vogue may be.... I am not interested in music, or any work of art, that fails to stimulate the appreciation of life and, more importantly, pride in life.” Though it became Herrmann’s most famous score, and one of Alfred Hitchcock’s greatest commercial successes, Psycho almost never reached the movie screen. Hitchcock made the film, based on a grisly novel by Robert Bloch, as an experiment in what he wryly termed “black comedy” on a tight budget and in stark black-and-white. Paramount Studios and Hitchcock both disliked the first cut of the film and thought that it should be edited to one hour and “got rid of” as a television show. When Hitchcock screened that initial version for Herrmann in December 1959, however, the composer had an idea, and he told the director to “go away for your Christmas holidays, and when you come back we’ll record the score and see what you think.” Herrmann’s idea was to match the tense, shocking images and the monochrome look of the film with music for strings alone, “to complement the black-and-white photography of the film with a black-and-white score” (and to fit Hitchcock’s tight budget restrictions). With Herrmann’s score heightening the movie’s drama and providing it with continuity, Psycho not only created a sensation when it was released the following year, but quickly became an icon of Hollywood film-making. Herrmann’s score has lost none of its power to disturb and to shock, and Psycho still offers one of the most chilling experiences available to the movie-goer. The present suite for strings provides both an example of the composer’s technique of developing short motives into substantial blocks of music and an emotional distillation of several of the film’s most memorable scenes. (Herrmann’s screaming violins, which mirror Janet Leigh’s terror during the murder-inthe-shower sequence, make one of the scariest sounds ever created. Hitchcock, by the way, reportedly helped the actress’ reaction at the crucial moment in that scene when he had ice water pumped, unannounced, through the plumbing.) “33% of the effect of Psycho was due to the music,” Hitchcock calculated.
MAURICE RAVEL (1875-1937): Mother Goose (complete ballet) Maurice Ravel was born on March 7, 1875 in Ciboure, Basses-Pyrénées, France and died December 28, 1937 in Paris. Mother Goose was originally composed in 1908 as a suite of five pieces for piano, four-hands. It was first heard in that form on April 20, 1910 at the Salle Gaveau in Paris as part of the inaugural concert of the Société Musicale Indépendant, performed by the child pianists Jeanne Leleu and Geneviève Durony. In 1911, Ravel orchestrated and expanded the piano suite into a ballet, which was premiered in Paris at the Théâtre des Arts on January 28, 1912; Gabriel Grovlez conducted. The score calls for piccolo, two flutes, two oboes, English horn, two clarinets, two bassoons, contrabassoon, two horns, timpani, percussion, celesta, harp, and strings. Duration is about 30 minutes. Duration is about 30 minutes. The complete ballet was last performed on January 16-18, 2004, with Thierry Fischer leading the orchestra. “I would settle down on his lap, and tirelessly he would begin, ‘Once upon a time ...’ It was Beauty and the Beast and The Ugly Empress of the Pagodas, and, above all, the adventures of a little mouse he invented for me. I laughed a great deal at this last story; then I felt remorseful, as I had to admit it was very sad.” So Mimi Godebski reminisced in later years about the visits of SOUNDINGS
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CLASSICS PROGRAM NOTES Maurice Ravel to her family’s home during her childhood. Ravel, a contented bachelor, enjoyed these visits to the Godebskis, and took a special delight in playing with the young children — cutting out paper dolls, telling stories, romping around on all fours. Young Mimi and her brother Jean were in the first stages of piano tutelage in 1908, and Ravel decided to encourage their studies by composing some little pieces for them portraying their favorite fairy stories. Ravel based his music on four traditional tales: Sleeping Beauty, Hop o’ My Thumb, Empress of the Pagodas and Beauty and the Beast. To these he added an evocation of The Fairy Garden as a postlude. In 1911, he made a ravishing orchestral transcription of the original five pieces, added to them a prelude, an opening scene and connecting interludes, and produced a ballet with a scenario based on the Sleeping Beauty story for the Théâtre des Arts in Paris. The production, though it quickly disappeared from the boards, was successful at the premiere, and its warm charm led the celebrated dancer Nijinsky, who was in the audience, to tell Ravel, “It’s like dancing at a family party.” Such child-like miniatures as comprise Ma Mère l’Oye were much to Ravel’s impeccable taste. Hardly over five feet tall, he was most comfortable in surroundings that were small in scale, and precisely managed. Lawrence Davies wrote, “The suite can be regarded as the equivalent of the dwarf trees, tiny glass models and china ornaments that filled the composer’s diminutive room [in his home].” Especially in the dazzling translucence of the orchestral transcription that the composer provided for the ballet, these tiny tone paintings display the polish, balance and logic that led Stravinsky to admiringly describe their creator as “a Swiss watchmaker.” To properly evoke the youthful naïveté of the fantasy tales, Ravel composed in a deliberately simplified style, characterized by suave melody and luscious, atmospheric harmony untouched by rhythmic or textural complexities. The opening Prelude and Dance of the Spinning Wheel present the Princess Florine, who pricks her finger on a spindle and falls into a deep sleep. The tiny Pavane of the Sleeping Beauty, only twenty measures long, summons the Good Fairy, who watches over the Princess during her somnolence. An interlude leads to the Conversations of Beauty and the Beast. Ravel prefaced this scene with lines from the tale as interpreted by Marie Leprince de Beaumont in 1757: “ ‘When I think how good-hearted you are, you do not seem to me so ugly.’ ‘Yes, I have, indeed, a kind heart; but I am a monster.’ ‘There are many men more monstrous than you.’ ‘If I had wit, I would invent a fine compliment to thank you, but I am only a beast.’ ‘Beauty, will you be my wife?’ ‘No, Beast!’ ‘I die content since I have the pleasure of seeing you again.’ ‘No, my dear Beast, you shall not die; you shall live to be my husband!’ The Beast had disappeared, and she saw at her feet only a prince more beautiful than Love, who thanked her for having broken his enchantment.” This piece, influenced by a certain Satie-esque insouciance, is among the most graphic in Ravel’s output. The high woodwinds sing the delicate words of the Beauty, while the Beast is portrayed by the lumbering contrabassoon. At first the two converse, politely taking turns in the dialogue, but after their betrothal, both melodies are entwined, and finally the Beast’s theme is transfigured into a floating wisp in the most ethereal reaches of the solo violin’s range. Following an Interlude, Hop o’ My Thumb treats the old legend taken from Perrault’s anthology of 1697. “A boy believed,” noted Ravel of the tale, “that he could easily find his path by means of the bread crumbs which he had scattered wherever he passed; but he was very much surprised when he could not find a single crumb: the birds had come and eaten everything up.” The strings meander through scales as the boy wanders through the woods, with a few of his aviary nemeses returning to scavenge for the last morsels of bread. Laideronnette, Empress of the Pagodas depicts a young girl cursed with ugliness by a wicked PROGRAM 6
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CLASSICS PROGRAM NOTES fairy. According to Ravel’s inscription, “She undressed herself and went into the bath. The pagodas [grotesque little figures made of porcelain, crystal or precious jewels] began to sing and play on instruments; some had theorbos [large lutes] made of walnut shells; some had viols made of almond shells; for they were obliged to proportion the instruments to their figures.” This tale, too, has a happy ending in which the Empress’ beauty is restored. The music, introduced by a lovely interlude featuring the harp, is decidedly oriental in character, and is playable in the original version almost entirely on the black keys of the piano. The rapt, introspective splendor of the closing Fairy Garden is not derived from a particular story, but is Ravel’s masterful summation of the beauty, mystery and wonder that pervade Ma Mère l’Oye. Its tranquil, shimmering serenity is matched among Ravel’s works only by some pages from the opera L’Enfant et les sortilèges, his other masterwork inspired by a vision of childhood. During this final scene of the ballet, Prince Charming awakens Princess Florine with a kiss, and all the characters gather around the royal couple as the Good Fairy bestows her blessing. Roland-Manuel, the composer’s friend and biographer, wrote of Ma Mère l’Oye, “By virtue of a privilege which he shared with the greatest creative artists, the composer never lost, in his obstinate determination to acquire technical mastery, that fresh sensibility which is the privilege of childhood and is normally lost with advancing years. He retained intact a freedom of imagination and an artless power.... Ma Mère l’Oye shows us the secret of his profound nature and the soul of a child who has never left fairyland, who does not distinguish between the natural and the artificial, and who appears to believe that everything can be imagined and made real in the material world, if everything is infallibly logical in the mind.”
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DANNY ELFMAN (B. 1953): Concerto for Amplified Violin and Orchestra, “Eleven Eleven” Danny Elfman was born on May 29, 1953 in Los Angeles. He composed his Violin Concerto in 2017. It was premiered on June 21, 2017 at the Smetana Hall in Prague by the Czech National Symphony Orchestra, conducted by John Mauceri with Sandy Cameron as soloist. The score calls for three flutes (third doubling piccolo), two oboes, English horn, two clarinets, bass clarinet, three bassoons (third doubling contrabassoon), four horns, three trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, harp, celesta, and strings. Duration is about 40 minutes. This is the first performance by the orchestra. Any new piece of classical music will inevitably be judged and described in terms of other works. “What does it sound like?” is the question people ask. Only after getting to know that work, does it become a thing unto itself. Danny Elfman’s violin concerto, “Eleven Eleven” is a good case in point. What is important about the music of Danny Elfman—music that has evolved from darkly dangerous rock and roll to full symphonic compositions—is his unique genius for melody, a willingness to be playful, and an empathetic resonance with the music of his time. And, unlike other composers who come to the concert hall or opera house from outside their domains, he always sounds like Danny Elfman. To this we now can add a deep river of emotion, first heard in the second movement of his Serenada Schizophrana (2004), and taken to even greater depths in the third movement of the violin concerto. Danny is, after all, a funny and serious guy, whose SOUNDINGS
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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 Veronica Goodrich 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 Colleen Healey Charitable Fund 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 John and Alicia Kinnamon Don Kirkpatrick Mr. Richard Koseff Phyllis and James Kurtz-Phelan Mr. Gregg Kvistad 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 Gene and Dee Milstein Mr. Robert R. Montgomery Mr. Scott Moore Janet Mordecai Mr. Chuck and Mrs. Becky Morris James and Karin Mote Chris Murata Bill and Kim Myers Anne and David Necker Jenks Necker Charitable Fund Mr. and Mrs. W. Peterson Nelson
Nelson Family Foundation Zack Neumeyer Derek Newcom 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 Nick Recuber 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 Ms. Margaret Roath Dr. Gregory Robbins Eleanor Roberts Ms. Susan D. Rodger Ms. Julie B. Rubsam Sallie and John Ruhnka Jim and Doreen Ryan Suzanne Barber Ryan Saunders Construction, Inc. Amanda Sawyer Mr. Loren Schillinger Ruth Schoening Mrs. Nancy Schulein Elizabeth Scully Kathleen Sgamma Shanahan’s Steakhouse Ms. Carole Shaw Mr. and Mrs. George Shaw
Mr. and Mrs. Peter D. Shultz Dr. and Mrs. Arnold Silverman Jerry Sims and Carol Buchanan 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 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 Warren and Mary Washington Peter Weiser Mr. and Mrs. Jim White Lauren Whitney Henry E. Wurst Family Foundation
SYMPHONY MUSICIAN Anonymous (6) Aloft Denver DeAnn Anderson Dr. Irv Arenberg Bruce Avery
($500+)
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COMMU NI T Y SU PPORT James Bailey Baker Botts, L.L.P. 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 Ms. Soley M. Bogadottir Laura Borbely Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Boyle Mark and Therese Brady Elizabeth Bradley 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 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 The Curtis – Downtown Denver 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 Mr. Roger Dutton Dr. and Mrs. Michael P. Earnest Carol Ehrlich Mr. Edward and Mrs. Judith Elgethun Lucy and Dan Ellerhorst Mr. Don Elliott 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
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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 Mrs. Louise E. 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 HHSB Family Fund Mr. and Mrs. James Hidahl Mrs. Patricia C. Higgins Dr. Stephen Hindes Ms. Sally Hopper Chevis Horne and Jan Kennaugh Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hucks, Jr. Ms. Jane A. Hultin Robert and Betty Huzjak Karen Hyde Ms. Maria Irivarren Mr. Jon Isenhart Mr. Bradley James Codey James Michael and Jennifer Janezic Jax Fish House & Oyster Bar Jay’s Valet Mr. Tim Jenkins Mrs. Jill Johnke Marvin and Carole Johnson Mr. Eric E. Johnson Mrs. Kathleen Johnson and Mr. Stephen Vierling Dr. and Mrs. Everette G. Jones Emily B. Joy Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Judd St. Julien Hotel & Spa Maria Jump Betsy Herrick and Milt Kahn Ms. Susan Kelly Jan Kennaugh and Chevis Horne Advised Fund 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 Mr. John W. Kure 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 Don and Brenda Lewis Dan and Judy Lichtin Mr. Paul V. LoNigro Patty Lorie Ms. Marian Lyons Ms. Antoinette Macaluso Mrs. Jean Macferran Christopher Marchbanks Mr. Stephen and Ms. Mara Marks Mr. Bruce William Martin Mr. Chet Hampson and Ms. Susan Martin William J. Martinez & Judith C. Shlay Myron McClellan and Lawrence Phillips 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 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 Carl Patterson 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 Rich Ramsey QEP Resources, Inc. 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 Dr. Joanne Rudoff Ms. Carol L. Rust
Open Space 2018-19 SEASON
• MAR 23—Pixar in Concert with clips & music from Toy Story, Coco, Finding Nemo & more
• APR 27—The
Dream of America with Dvořák’s New World Symphony
and Peter Boyer’s Ellis Island featuring actors & projected images
PROUD SUPPORTER OF THE COLORADO SYMPHONY
• MAY 4—The
Music of David Bowie with Tony Vincent from “The Voice”
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Ticket start at $15; Students $5! www.BoulderPhil.org
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COMMU NI T Y SU PPORT Sage Hospitality | Walter Isenberg James and Carol Salbenblatt Mrs. Coleen Sanders Cynthia L. and Paul D. Schauer 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 Ms. Isabel Shanahan Jo Shannon Barbara L. Sharp Sip | eat + drink Sen. Nan Spencer Mr. Norman Spivy 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 makes the music happen!
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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 2018/19 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. 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
2018/19 Donors
Nancy Accetta Adelaide Barkley Ms. Catherine Bess Alice Silver Donna Connolly Ms. Anne M. Culver Kathie Finger Mrs. Mary Lou H. Flater Deborah Gaensbauer Ms. Monica Glickman Dr. Diane Hill 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. Elizabeth Neva Ms. Sheila O’Brien Ursula Powell Ms. Barbara Servis Ms. Patricia Somerville Ms. Kathy Spuhler Mrs. Vicki Sterling Mary Washington Rivka Weisberg Ms. Judy Wigod
BRETT MITCHELL SOCIETY The following are members of the Colorado Symphony’s Brett Mitchell Society (BMS) for the 2018/19 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 (5) Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Accetta Margaret and Larry Ballonoff Addie and Bob Barkley Ken and Zoe Barley Col. Philip Beaver and Mrs. Kim Beaver Bob and Cynthia Benson J. Fern Black Ed and Laurie Bock Roger and Susan Bowles John and Carol Burtness Dr. Bonnie W. Camp Jim and Janice Campbell Mr. Willis Carpenter Professor Gerald Chapman Young and Carolyn Cho Dr. Helena L. Chum Ms. Sherri Colgan Tom and Noël Congdon Donna and Ted Connolly Bill and Nancy Cook Jim and Julie Copenhaver
Anne M. Culver Karen and William Curtis Lou Tate Dafoe Mr. and Mrs. Richad Deane Dr. Stephen Dilts 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 Mrs. Sally S. Gart Ms. Donna S. Gerich 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 Henny Kaufmann Joe and Francine Kelso Rob and Kathy Klugman Mr. George Kruger Dr. Richard and Mrs. Mary Krugman Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kugeler Mr. and Mrs. Gary P. Landis Donald and Margery Langmuir Sandy and Evan Lasky Judge and Mrs. John P. Leopold Mrs. Jeri Loser John and Merry Low Marjorie MacLachlan
DOUBLE THE CELTIC FUN! ECHOES OF THE CELTIC FUSION 15 & 16 7:30PM EMERALD ISLES MARCH MARCH 17 2:00PM MARCH 9 & 10 3:00PM with CELTIC COLORADO PIPES & DRUMS, RICK SEATON, PIPE ORGAN and AUBREY JACOBS, SOPRANO BETHANY LUTHERAN CHURCH
with CELTIC COLORADO PIPES & DRUMS, WICK SCHOOL OF IRISH DANCE ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGHLAND DANCERS, AND MORE! NEWMAN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
TICKETS & INFO: newmantix.com/denverbrass or 303-832-HORN(4676)
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COMMU NI T Y SU PPORT Evi and Evan Makovsky Sharon L. Menard Coreen and Mike Miller Anne and Bill Mills Robert and Carol Murphy Ms. Mary Neidig Ben and Pattie Nelson Drs. Sarah and Harold Nelson Elizabeth and Heather Neva Sue and Edwin Peiker Fred and Connie Platt Myra and Robert Rich Lt. Col. and Mrs. Robert W. Riegel Dr. Susan B. Rifkin Sig Rosenfeld Elyse Tipton and Paul Ruttum Dr. and Mrs. Richard J. Sanders Raymond and Suzanne Satter Henry R. Schmoll Robert E. Schueller and Patricia Schueller David and Susan Seitz Ms. Barbara Servis Sam and Marty Sloven William F. Smith and Shirley A. Scott Harvey and Maureen Solomon Eric Sondermann and Tracy Dunning Ms. Kathy Spuhler Vicki and Harry Sterling Dr. and Mrs. Ed Van Bramer Normie and Paul Voillequé Richard E. Wagner Mr. Larned Waterman, Jr. and Mr. Paul S. Mesard Mr. and Mrs. Seth Weisberg Malcolm and Donna Wheeler Alan and Judy Wigod James Williams and Jennifer Landrum Dr. Jack Wilson Michael Wilson Mr. and Ms. Michael A. Zoellner
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 Chipotle Jim and Julie Copenhaver Kerry and Walter Cote Ursula Davis Ms. Marcia DeBell Darlene Deichert The Denver Post Community Foundation Ms. Loralee Dischner
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Anita Donnelly Dresner Foundation Evan D. Ela-Collins Cockrel & Cole, P.C. 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 Genesee Mountain Foundation Mr. Jason Golden Stacie Goldin Kent I. and Fredrika S. Groff Ms. Regina A. Hackley Ms. Sarah Halverstadt Mr. Chet Hampson and Ms. Susan Martin Ms. Kaaren Hardy Billy Harris and Linda Purcell Household Diana Haskell HHSB Family Fund Ms. Joyce Hofer Mr. and Mrs. Samuel H. Hofer Mrs. Isabella W. Horsky Mr. William Hurlbut Ms. Maria Irivarren Mr. Jon Isenhart Betsy Herrick and Milt Kahn Ms. Miriam Kapner Kinder Morgan Foundation Sylvia J. Kreider Margulf Foundation Ms. Nancy Lambertson Mr. & Mrs. Dan K. Levin Liberty Global, Inc. Mr. Jason Lichtenwalter Mr. Brian Lucas Ms. Donna Ludwig Ms. Jane Macgregor Judy Macomber Malone Family Foundation Chris Marye Ms. Bonnie Merenstein Ms. Lisa M. Metzler Henry B. Mohr 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 Mr. Christopher Ball and Ms. Beth Ventura-Ball Verizon Wireless Walter Family Foundation Ms. Jane Wingle
The Nancy S. & Earl L. Wright Foundation Bob and Kathy Zachman
Tender Belly Volunteers of America
Rock Level
($1,000+)
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!
Ms. Isabelle Clark Colorado State University Mr. Roger Freeman Mr. Roger Lynch Ms. Diane Nagler Mr. Adam Sohn Ms. Erin Trapp Ms. June Travis
Presenting Sponsor
($75,000+)
Bach Level
($500+)
Virtuoso
($50,000+)
Maestro
($25,000+)
Donations & Auction GIK
($500+)
BALL SPONSOR LIST
Arrow Electronics, Inc.
Malone Family Foundation Anonymous AMG National Trust Bank 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
Encore
($15,000+)
Concertmaster
($10,000+)
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
Principal
($5,000+)
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 KUSA 9NEWS | TEGNA Foundation Adam Moore | LIV Sotheby’sInternational Realty Bryant Martin PwC Eric Sondermann and Tracy Dunning Steele Creek Stonebridge Companies
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 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 The Curtis – Downtown Denver Denver Museum of Nature and Science Zach and Joy Detra Mr. Carl and Mrs. Nancy Eklund Jayne Ford Keegan Gerhard and Lisa Bailey Mr. James Hanegan Melody Harris Mr. Joshua N. Hunt Karen Hyde Intrinsic Well Being Med Spa Codey James Jax Fish House & Oyster Bar St. Julien Hotel & Spa 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 Zack Neumeyer
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In memory of Nan Barnett given by: Carol Jordan
Al Richards Mr. Daniel L. Ritchie Ms. Sabina Rizzo Robertson Family Foundation Sage Hospitality | Walter Isenberg Mrs. Coleen Sanders Elizabeth Scully Shanahan’s Steakhouse Edward Shaoul Mr. Adam Sohn Ms. Judith Z. Steinberg Mr. Kevin Stephenson Superfly Events Table To Tavern United Airlines Mr. David Wagner Sam Walker David Wilson John Zuckert
In memory of Jeanette R. Bibby given by: Mr. Ronald Bibby
IN MEMORIAM GIFTS
In memory of Thomas and James Coberly given by: Mrs. Ruth Coberly
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 Claire Barbara given by: Mr. and Mrs. Skip Anderson
In memory of Edward Bolle given by: Chin K. Tan In memory of Virginia Bonvicini given by: Mr. And Mrs. Eugene Ferretti Ms. Bernice Lane Mr. And Mrs. Scott Mosser Frank Y. Parce In memory of Aurthur Boss given by: Mr. and Mrs. David J. Harguth In memory of Donald J. Carlstrom given by: Ms. Jane Carlstrom In memory of MingWah Chan given by: Fungyee Chan In memory of Blair Chotzinoff, Jerry Endsley, Ken Harper and Harry T. Safstrom given by: Mr. Chet Hampson and Ms. Susan Martin
In memory of Eugene Curtis and Florence Ann Armstrong given by: Eugene C. & Florence Armstrong Family Foundation In memory of Leland Dong given by: Mrs. Margaret M. Dong In memory of Peter Drobeck given by: Mr. & Mrs. James and Kathy Robinson
J efferson Symphony is the largest community orchestra in Jefferson
County. Now in its 66th Season, JSO was named Best Community Orchestra by Westword magazine. Sunday, March 31, 4 p.m. Young Artists Concert featuring works by Wagner, Sibelius and Prokofiev
Dr. William Morse, Music Director & Principal Conductor
Sunday, May 5, 4 p.m. Fiesta de Cinco de Mayo celebrating music of Mexico
We invite you to hear the symphony orchestra in the acoustically rich venue of Wheat Ridge United Methodist Church.
Visit www.jeffsymphony.org to learn more about JSO, purchase tickets or join our emailing list. USE PROMO CODE SOUNDINGS TO SAVE 10% OF TICKET PURCHASES.
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In memory of Sidney H. Edwards given by: Mrs. Bryna Edwards
In memory of Mary Langehough given by: Ms. Tawney S. Willett
In memory of Max Ehrlich given by: Carol Ehrlich
In memory of Marie Lindvall given by: Anonymous
In memory of Dr. Constantine John Falliers given by: Penny and Dick Leather John and Merry Low
In memory of Jack London given by: Marie and Howard Blaney
In memory of Jerry Friedman and Joyce Freeman given by: Ms. JoAnne Friedman 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 Paul Lucas given by: Ms. Kathie Lucas 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 John and Helen McGuire In memory of Dorothy Mauk given by: Ms. Sue Pawlik In memory of Anna Meyer given by: Eric Sondermann and Tracy Dunning
In memory of H. Michael Hayes given by: Hayes Family Foundation
In memory of Maurine Moody given by: Mr. Robert Moody
In memory of Glow Hess given by: Frank Y. Parce
In memory of William “Bill” E. Murane given by: Mr. Charles E. Anderson Ms. Patricia H. Aronstein Ms. Patsy Benedict Mr. Donald L. Berlin CCHN Board Mr. Willis Carpenter Mrs. Mimi Chenoweth Sheila M. Cleworth Ms. Mary Cook Mrs. Dana Crawford James Cruz, Jr. and Family Ms. Nancy Downing Ms. Mary Duell Mr. and Mrs. Martin Dumler Eide Bailly LLP Nancy and Mike Farley Vincent Favoriti and Mary Grace & Len McCue Dick and Sigrid Freese Virginia E. & Robert K. Fuller Georgia Garnsey Alan G. and Sally R. Gass Caleb and Sidney Gates Mr. and Mrs. Mark E. Goldstein Mr. and Mrs. Michael D. Groshek Mr. and Mrs. Sam Guyton James Hasler Sarah C. Hite Ms. Mary T. Hoagland Ruth and George Hopfenbeck CE Kahn Fund John and Merry Low Ms. Evelyn B. McClearn Rosemarie Murane Ms. Pat Pascoe Ms. Carol S. Prescott Ms. Mary Reeve Dr. and Mrs. Ronald H. Resnick Rob and Jane Scofield Mr. and Mrs. George Shaw
In memory of Jeannine D. Hiester given by: Philip Hiester 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 Rosemarie Murane Mr. and Mrs. Neil Peck Mrs. Marcia D. Strickland Ms. Marjorie S. Tweedy Kate Bermingham Mr. and Mrs. Tor Westgaard In memory of Fred Hoeppner given by: Mr. Edward and Mrs. Judith Elgethun Mrs. Margaret Hoeppner In memory of Mary Symonton given by: DCP Midstream Charitable Fund In memory of Gloria Kubel given by: Ms. Claudia Deasy Ms. Ruth H. Epstein Ms. Marjorie E. Kathmann Ms. Barbara Servis In memory of Samuel Lancaster given by: Ms. Mary Louise Burke Mr. Keith F. Corrette
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COMMU NI T Y SU PPORT Ms. Susan Sheridan Mr. Erik Solof Mrs. Marcia D. Strickland Ms. Margaret Trousdale Grace Willhoit Mr. William R. Wilson Mr. and Mrs. Richard Wohlgenant Ms. Florence C. Wolfe In memory of William Murane, Robert Schulein & Blair Chotzinhoff given by: Nancy & Robert Schulein In loving memory of my wife, Beverly Pfeifle given by: Mr. David Pfeifle In memory of Gerald Porter given by: Mr. Ed Bezjak Mr. and Mrs. Roger Johnson Mr. James G. Kennedy Ms. Barbara Porter Dr. and Mrs. Bolko von Roedern Mr. and Ms. Kenneth A. Zimmerman 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 Mr. Erik Peterson Dr. and Mrs. Morris H. Susman Dick and Pat Tucker
Mr. and Mrs. Jeff H. Groezinger Drs. David and Miriam Weil Ms. Lisa Weil 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 Mary Symonton given by: Anonymous 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 Eileen and Jerry Walker given by: Ms. Erika Walker 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 Lisa Gayle Wigod given by: Alan and Judy Wigod 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 memory of Don Ridgway given by: Mr. and Mrs. Howard Blaney
In honor of Carolyn and Charles Blatt given by: Ms. Ellen Blatt
In memory of Don Ridgway, who along with my mother, Barbara Ridgway, was a life-long subscriber to the Colorado Symphony. Given by: Ms. Kathryn Taylor
In honor of Steve Brett & Linda Shoemaker for all they do in the community given by: Anna and John J. Sie Foundation
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 honor of Michael and Elizabeth Brittan given by: Dr. Judy Blaine In honor of John and Christine Brown given by: Ms. Barbara Brown In honor of Bill & Jo Calhoun given by: Ms. Molly Calhoun
In memory of Lucille S. Rosenfeld given by: Mr. Sigmund J. Rosenfeld
In honor of Willis Carpenter given by: Ms. Marian Lyons
In memory of Frances and Eugen Schaefer given by: Cynthia L. and Paul D. Schauer
In honor of Young and Carolyn Cho given by: Don and Brenda Lewis
In memory of Sidney Schetina given by: Mr. Willis Carpenter Marian and Lou Gelfand
In honor of Mary Claire and Jim Brothers given by: Ms. Jane A. Hultin
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In honor of Andrew Litton given by: Mr. Paul Primus
In honor of Stephanie and Adam Donner given by: Denver Public Schools Denver Public Schools Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Herb Donner
In honor of John and Merry Low given by: Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Marchand
In honor of Susan & Herbert Donner’s 50th Anniversary given by: Mr. Adam and Mrs. Stephanie Donner
In honor of Sachiko Nakahira given by: T.R. Reid & Peggy McMahon
In honor of Dr. Marv Lubeck given by: Dr. and Mrs. Ronald H. Resnick
In honor of Christopher Dragon given by: Marjorie R. Thirlby
In honor of Non-Violent Marching Band String Members given by: Posner-Wallace Foundation
In honor of Joyce Elliot given by: Ms. Elizabeth Fischer and Mr. D. Elliott
In honor of Samantha Nuechterlein given by: Mr. Rich & Ms. Pamela Boden
In honor of Janice Gieskieng for Christmas and her Birthday given by: Linda McGoff and The McGoff Family
In honor of Frank Parce given by: Mr. David Parce
In honor of Hanna Farris given by: Sherilee Selby
In honor of Frank Parce’s 80th Birthday given by: Frank Y. Parce Eleanor Roberts
In honor of Keith and Kathy Finger given by: Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan F. Zeschin
In honor of Anthony Pierce given by: Pinon Real Estate Group
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 Nancy Polk given by: Ms. Marje Adelstein
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: Ms. Susan Martin In honor of Amy Harmon given by: Mr. Todd and Mrs. Sarah Alijani In honor of Jutta Herrmann given by: Carla Cheuvront In honor of Philip C. Hiester, Master Electrician CSO given by: Mr. Eli Reshotko and Mrs. Adina Reshotko 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 Anne Marie Hoffman given by: Mr. Peter Poses In honor of Co and David Hohnbaum given by: Mrs. Marcie B. Haloin In honor of Jerry and Mary Kern given by: Ms. Susan Ellis 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 Leah Kovach given by: Mrs. Marilyn Mishkin
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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 In honor of Duain Wolfe given by: Claire Benson
THE HORACE TUREMAN LEGACY SOCIETY Named for the first conductor of the Denver Civic Orchestra, the Horace Tureman Legacy Society honors an exceptional group of people who have pledged future support for the Symphony through an estate gift. The Society recognizes in perpetuity those making estate gifts through wills, living trusts, annuities, IRAs, retirement plans, charitable trusts, life insurance designations, or other legacy giving vehicles. To learn more about including the Colorado Symphony in your estate planning, please contact Caiti Glasgo at 303.308.2475.
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