HIGH 5 CARES

FROM PAGE 2 e Colorado Chapter of HopeKids was the May and June 2023 recipient of the High 5 Cares program. Photo courtesy of High 5 Plumbing.

A child enjoys the rst ride on a new bike. Native American Bank employees assembled 25 bikes for the Denver Indian Center. Photo courtesy of Native American Bank. any additional funds generated from employee donations and profits from the High 5 clothing line.

Since its inception, nearly $82,000 has been donated to more than 40 di erent nonpro ts.

Being spotlighted in July and August is Clothes To Kids of Denver, a nonpro t based in Denver’s University Hills neighborhood. Learn more at clothestokidsdenver.org.

High 5 Plumbing is a familyowned and operated business co-owned by Levi and Cassi Torres founded in 2012. e small business serves customers across the greater metro area out of its main location in north Denver, 850 E. 73rd Ave. Unit 4, and its Littleton location at 8000 S. Lincoln St. Unit 3. To learn more about High 5 Plumbing, visit high5plumbing.com.

BY CHANCY J. GATLIN-ANDERSON SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

On Sept. 12, 2001, legendary cellist Yo-Yo Ma was scheduled to perform Antonín Dvořák’s Cello Concerto with the Denver Symphony. e day prior to the performance, the United States was shaken by the events of 9/11, one of the most tragic losses of life in American history.

Colorado Symphony cellist, Margaret Hoeppner, vividly remembers Ma’s performance that night. Instead of playing the planned Dvořák piece, Yo-Yo Ma decided to play Edward Elgar’s Cello Concerto, a composition written in the aftermath of World War I. As the Colorado Symphony’s longest tenured member with 62 seasons under her belt, the performance after 9/11 is Hoeppner’s most powerful, moving memory as a part of the orchestra.

“Ma’s performance brought the audience and the orchestra a sense of solace and some comfort during that terribly difcult time. For me it was a sense that life will go on and that we will recover from this horrible tragedy,” said Hoeppner. “Because of the beauty of his performance, it gave us all hope. It gave me hope that we would survive and that this is something we would recover from.” e Colorado Symphony is celebrating 100 years of symphonic music in Colorado. e 2023-2024 season is highlighted by a trio of

For the 2023-2024 Centennial Season of the Colorado Symphony, Yo-Yo Ma will return to Denver to play Elgar’s Cello Concerto, the same piece that brought comfort to concert-goers in the wake of 9/11. Ma will perform along with the Colorado Symphony at 7 p.m. on May 5 at Boettcher Concert Hall at the Denver Performing Arts Complex. is is one of more than 150 performances o ered by the Colorado Symphony throughout the season.