LIFEST Y LES AN ADVERTISING SECTION OF EVERGREEN NEWSPAPERS | VOL. 13 ISSUE 4 • APRIL 2021
Taking Center Stage
My Fair Lady - 2016 The weekend has arrived in Evergreen, the heart of Colorado’s foothills. After a lovely meal, you arrive at Center Stage ready to relax and enjoy a great show. From the deck of the historic theater overlooking Bear Creek, you enjoy a drink or dessert with friends. Read on to find out more about the theater nestled in pines and Ovation West Performing Arts, the organization making award-winning magic happen, right in your hometown of Evergreen. From its modest beginnings in 1972 the Evergreen Chorale grew to become one of Colorado’s leading non-profit performing arts organizations and rebranded in July 2018 as Ovation West Performing Arts, an umbrella for choral music, musical theatre, music education, a concert series, and the charming Center Stage Theater, overlooking downtown Evergreen – right next to the Lariat Lodge. The organization produces a broad range of programming from traditional choral/orchestral
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OF THE MONTH repertoire to jazz, ethnic, eclectic, and pop concert music and large-scale, traditional as well as brand new musical theatre productions. Ovation West features talented lay and professional adult performers from the Foothills community as well as the wider Denver area, while also developing the next generation of musical talent through their programs. One of the central elements of Ovation West is one of Colorado’s premier large adult community choirs, the Evergreen Chorale with 85 voices, and its smaller sister, Altezza Chamber Choir, featuring 24 select voices. The two choirs are under the musical direction of Ovation West Artistic and Principal Musical Director,
Christine Gaudreau, and a team of brilliant musical professionals. Both choirs often collaborate with other Colorado-based performing arts organizations, including our local Evergreen Chamber Orchestra and the Jefferson Symphony Orchestra. These auditioned choirs are open to adults and high school students of all ages with a love for and experience in choral or vocal music. Ovation West Musical Theatre continues the Chorale’s critically acclaimed tradition of excellence with two large-scale semi-professional productions every year at Center Stage. These shows have been nominated for/ won numerous local theatre awards. In recent years, the organization was thrilled to present several regional premieres of new shows, such as The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Lend Me a Tenor – The Musical. The
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