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Every family has its own traditions for celebrating the holidays, and ours is no exception.

But finding time in the kitchen in December is always a bit of a “Christmas miracle” because our plates are also full every year with family visits and my annual New Year’s Eve concert.

For the last decade, that concert has been with the Houston Symphony. This year, though, is the start of a new tradition: we’ll be with you right here in Boettcher Concert Hall as I conduct our Colorado Symphony’s A Night in Vienna concert on New Year’s Eve! We’ll get an early start on ringing (and bowing, and drumming...) in the New Year at 6:30 p.m., so we can all go out and enjoy the fireworks and festivities that make up our own New Year’s Eve traditions.

And here’s yet another reason to celebrate New Year’s Eve with your Colorado Symphony: that night, we’ll announce from stage the grand prize winner of our 2016 fundraising raffle. One lucky Symphony supporter will be taking home a 2016 Honda Pilot, generously donated by Rocky Mountain Honda Dealers Association.

Our raffle is just one of many ways you can support your Colorado Symphony. So from our Colorado Symphony family to yours, thank you for your loyal support this year, and for many more to come.

With best wishes for a happy holiday season and a bright New Year ahead, Brett Mitchell Music Director Designate Colorado Symphony

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With the recent appointment of our new Music Director Designate Brett Mitchell and our improving financial health, all of us at the Colorado Symphony are especially grateful to our donors for making these tremendous accomplishments possible. Our growth and longevity depend directly on your generous and ongoing support. Please make your taxdeductible donation before the New Year.

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES OFFICERS Jerome H. Kern, Co-Chair Dr. Mary Rossick Kern, Co-Chair Stephanie Donner, Esq. Treasurer Susan Bowles,* Secretary TRUSTEES Dr. Paula P. Bernstein Susan Cahill* Young Cho Jim Copenhaver Zachary D. Detra, Esq. BJ Dyer Sandy Elliott Jack Finlaw Dr. Everette J. Freeman Dr. Michael G. Gundzik Diane S. Hill, Ph.D. Jessica Hobbs Yumi Hwang-Williams* Kathleen Johnson, Esq.

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Catherine Beeson is a busy woman.

As a musician and education leader for the Colorado Symphony, she performs double-duty as Assistant Principal Viola and Director of Community Education Programs.

“I play music because I love it and I can’t live without it,” says Beeson, “and I bring it to other people because there is nothing more rewarding than creating community by sharing.”

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The Haiti Youth Orchestra Beeson cultivates and grows this community through Colorado Symphony’s MusiCurious education programs, which bring on-site mentorship to K-12 students throughout metro Denver while drawing 25,000 attendees to Youth Concerts every year.

MusiCurious has expanded to include adult education programs and provide sensory-friendly concerts, as well.

Catherine’s goals are as ambitious as her workload, and it’s little surprise that she found a kindred spirit in Denver native and local high school student Zach Harris, who founded the Haiti Youth Orchestra under his parents’ non-profit organization Road to Hope Haiti.

Zach, who has two adopted Haitian siblings, was just fourteen when he started the Haiti Youth Orchestra in 2012 and began supporting Orchestra St. Pierre, a high school youth orchestra in the small, inland community of Mirebalais.

In 2014, he reached out to the Colorado Symphony for help in collecting instruments for the students.

“Our initial goal was to collect instruments to support Zach’s project, and we did for two years,” Beeson explains. “We eventually began brainstorming a partnership that could create a system of self-sustaining youth orchestras in the many communities and towns far from Port-au-Prince, where access to arts programs is limited.”

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This partnership eventually culminated in a week-long trip to Haiti in June 2016 for three Colorado Symphony musicians: trombonist Paul Naslund, clarinetist Abby Raymond, and violist Helen McDermott. They arrived in Port-Au-Prince on June 6 with donated instruments and supplies in tow, tired but ready to teach the equally-eager Haiti Youth Orchestra students.

Within just one day of side-by-side lessons with the Symphony musicians, Mirebalais’ Youth Orchestra members were able to play two songs all the way through.

One of the first pieces they learned and performed was “Le Desalinienne,” Haiti’s national anthem—which they have since performed at the beginning of their school year and to celebrate the opening of another school.

"Music literally vibrates at a frequency that causes us to change on a molecular level. I am called, compelled, to bring that to everyone I can."

– Catherine Beeson This was mere weeks before Hurricane Matthew descended upon Haiti in October, hitting Mirebelais with severe winds and rain. While the community was spared the worst of the storm’s damages, it underwent days of darkness and extreme weather.

Incredibly, three students from the HYO—cellist Fencia Clervoyant, her older brother violinist Peter Clervoyant, and trumpeter David Marcellus—were still able to travel to Denver for a week-long visit of shadowing, receiving instruction, and socializing with the Colorado Symphony musicians this November, which can be read about on our blog. continued on page 22

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All of Haiti Youth Orchestra’s programs—including the students’ November visit to Denver—are supported by Zach Harris’ own fundraising efforts, and have been since the orchestra's founding in 2012.

It’s a testament to his dedication and mission-driven work: “Music has played such a large role in my life. I loved the idea of taking energetic, young kids who had never even seen some of these instruments and [helping them create] their very own orchestra.”

Beeson shares the same passion for making and sharing music. “Music literally vibrates at a frequency that causes us to change on a molecular level,” she says. “I am called, compelled, to bring that to everyone I can.”

And that she does. We know the influence and results of the Colorado Symphony’s music education programs are a success not just because of statistics, but because the students tell us so. We keep their thank you notes and drawings at our desks next to our family pictures and pen cups.

Programs like these wouldn’t be possible without the generous support of you, our Colorado Symphony patrons and donors. Your ticket purchases are vital and valued, and make up about 43% of our revenue. The rest of our operating costs come from donations from individuals, foundations, and corporations.

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MASTERWORKS BIOGRAPHIES PETER OUNDJIAN, conductor A dynamic presence in the conducting world, Toronto-born conductor Peter Oundjian is renowned for his probing musicality, collaborative spirit, and engaging personality. Oundjian’s appointment as Music Director of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra (TSO) in 2004 reinvigorated the Orchestra with numerous recordings, tours, and acclaimed innovative programming as well as extensive audience growth. In August 2014, he led the TSO on a tour of Europe, which included a sold-out performance at Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw and the first performance of a North American orchestra at Reykjavik’s Harpa Hall. Oundjian was appointed Music Director of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra (RSNO) in 2012. Under his baton, the orchestra has enjoyed several successful tours including one to China, and has continued its relationship with Chandos Records. Few conductors bring such musicianship and engagement to the world’s great podiums—from Berlin, Amsterdam, and Tel Aviv, to New York, Chicago, and Sydney. He has also appeared at some of the great annual gatherings of music and music-lovers: from the BBC Proms and the Prague Spring Festival, to the Edinburgh Festival and The Philadelphia Orchestra’s Mozart Festival, where he was Artistic Director from 2003 to 2005. Oundjian was Principal Guest Conductor of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra from 2006 to 2010 and Artistic Director of the Caramoor International Music Festival in New York between 1997 and 2007. Since 1981, he has been a visiting professor at the Yale School of Music, and was awarded the university’s Sanford Medal for distinguished service to music in 2013.

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SILVER AINOMÄE, cello Silver Ainomäe was born in Tallinn, Estonia. At the age of six he began to play the cello and piano. In 1990, Ainomäe’s family migrated from Estonia to Finland. At the age of twelve, he was accepted to the Sibelius-Academy in Helsinki, where his teachers were Hannu Kiiski and Arto Noras. Studies at the Sibelius-Academy concluded with Master’s Degree in 2005 after which he continued developing his skills in London’s Guildhall School of Music and Drama and Razumovsky Academy under the guidance of professor Oleg Kogan. Silver participated in his first international competition when he was eight years old. Since then he has been competing regularly, winning multiple prizes and awards at competitions including Isang Yun, Lutoslawski, and Paulo competitions. Silver has performed in more than 30 countries—hundreds of concerts with various chamber music ensembles and world class orchestras. His soloist debut was in 2000 with the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, and since then he has performed concertos with Finnish Radio Orchestra, Zürich Chamber Orchestra, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Tapiola Sinfonietta and Colorado Symphony, conducted by Paavo Järvi, Andrew Litton, Marin Alsop and others. Previously Principal Cellist of the Colorado Symphony, Silver was appointed Associate Principal Cellist of the Minnesota Orchestra in 2016. He has appeared as guest principal with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Baltimore Symphony, Philharmonia Orchestra, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, and St. Paul Chamber Orchestra. As an active chamber musician and educator, Silver has performed and taught at the biggest festivals in Finland, Estonia, Switzerland, Greece, Germany, and UK. PROGRAM 2 SOUNDINGS 2016-2017 | COLORADOSYMPHONY.ORG

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MASTERWORKS PROGRAM NOTES DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH (1906-1975): Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major, Op. 107 Dmitri Shostakovich was born on September 25, 1906, in St. Petersburg and died August 9, 1975, in Moscow. He wrote his First Cello Concerto in 1959 for Mstislav Rostropovich, who was the soloist in the work’s premiere with the Leningrad State Philharmonic Orchestra on October 4, 1959; Yevgeny Mravinsky conducted. The score calls for pairs of flutes (second doubling piccolo), oboes, clarinets and bassoons (second doubling contrabassoon), horn, timpani, celesta, and strings. Duration is about 30 minutes. The concerto was last performed on April 9-11, 2010, with Ralph Kirshbaum as the soloist and Douglas Boyd conducting the orchestra.

By the mid-1950s, Dmitri Shostakovich had developed a musical language of enormous subtlety, sophistication, and range, able to encompass such pieces of “Socialist Realism” as the Second Piano Concerto, Festive Overture, and Symphonies No. 11, “The Year 1905” and No. 12, “Lenin”, as well as the profound outpourings of the First Violin Concerto, Tenth Symphony, and late string quartets. The First Cello Concerto, written for Mstislav Rostropovich during the summer of 1959, straddles both of Shostakovich’s expressive worlds, a quality exemplified by two anecdotes told by the great cellist himself: “Shostakovich gave me the manuscript of the First Cello Concerto on August 2, 1959. On August 6, I played it for him from memory, three times. After the first time he was so excited, and of course we drank a little bit of vodka. The second time I played it not so perfect, and afterwards we drank even more vodka. The third time I think I played the Saint-Saëns Concerto, but he still accompanied his Concerto. We were enormously happy....”

“Shostakovich suffered for his whole country, for his persecuted colleagues, for the thousands of people who were hungry. After I played the Cello Concerto for him at his dacha in Leningrad, he accompanied me to the railway station to catch the overnight train to Moscow. In the big waiting room we found many people sleeping on the floor. I saw his face, and the great suffering in it brought tears to my eyes. I cried, not from seeing the poor people but from what I saw in the face of Shostakovich....”

The ability of Shostakovich’s music, like the man himself, to display the widest possible range of moods in succession, or even simultaneously, is one of his most masterful achievements. (The same may be said of Mahler, whose music was an enormous influence on Shostakovich.) The opening movement of the First Cello Concerto may be heard as almost Classical in the clarity of its form and the conservatism of its harmony and themes, yet there is a sinister undercurrent coursing through this music, a bleakness of spirit not entirely masked by its ceaseless activity.

The following Moderato grows from sad melodies of folkish character, piquantly harmonized, which are gathered into a huge welling-up of emotion before subsiding to close the movement. The extended solo cadenza that follows without pause is an entire movement in itself. (Shostakovich had used a similar formal technique in the Violin Concerto No. 1 of 1948.)

Thematically, it springs from the preceding slow movement, and reaches an almost Bachian depth of feeling. The cadenza leads directly to the finale, one of Shostakovich’s most witty and sardonic musical essays. With disarming ease, the main theme of the first movement is recalled in the closing section of the finale to round out the Concerto’s form. “It is difficult to think of any PROGRAM 4 SOUNDINGS 2016-2017 | COLORADOSYMPHONY.ORG

MASTERWORKS PROGRAM NOTES modern concerto,” wrote Alan Frank, “which pursues its objectives in so purposeful a manner with little or no exploration of by-ways.”

In addition to its purely musical value, Shostakovich’s First Cello Concerto deserves a significant footnote in Russia’s modern artistic history. The piece was written for Rostropovich, about whom the composer said in his purported memoirs, Testimony, “In general, Rostropovich is a real Russian; he knows everything and he can do everything. Anything at all. I’m not even talking about music here, I mean that Rostropovich can do almost any manual or physical work, and he understands technology.” Shostakovich and Rostropovich were close friends during the composer’s later years, and they lived as neighbors for some time in the Composers’ House in Moscow. Rostropovich gave the Concerto both its world premiere (Leningrad; October 4, 1959) and its first American performance (Philadelphia; November 6, 1959), and was the inspiration for Shostakovich’s Cello Concerto No. 2 of 1966. In 1974, Rostropovich and his wife, the soprano Galina Vishnevskaya, defected to live and work in the West; four years later they were stripped of their Russian citizenship and became “non-persons” in their native land. In 1979, Dmitri and Ludmilla Sollertinsky published their Pages from the Life of Dmitri Shostakovich, which was essentially the Soviet rebuttal to the scathing criticism leveled in Testimony, issued several months earlier. Though Rostropovich was one of Shostakovich’s best friends and most important artistic motivators, his name is not even mentioned in the Sollertinskys’ Pages, and the fine First Cello Concerto is dismissed in the book with a mere, passing half-sentence.

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MASTERWORKS PROGRAM NOTES BÉLA BARTÓK (1881-1945): Concerto for Orchestra Béla Bartók was born on March 25, 1881, in Nagyszentmiklós, Hungary, and died on September 26, 1945, in New York City. He composed his Concerto for Orchestra between August 15th and October 8, 1943, at Saranac Lake, New York. Sergei Koussevitzky conducted the first performance, with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, on December 1, 1944. The score calls for three flutes (third doubling piccolo), three oboes (third doubling English horn), three clarinets (third doubling bass clarinet0, three bassoons (third doubling contrabassoon), four horns, three trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, two harps, and strings. Duration of the work is approximately 35 minutes. The orchestra last performed the piece on January 6 & 7, 2012, with Larry Rachleff on the podium.

Béla Bartók came to America in October 1940, sick of body and afflicted of spirit. He had been frail all of his life, and the leukemia that was to cause his death five years later had already begun to erode his health. Adding to the trial of his medical condition was the war raging in Europe, a painful source of torment to Bartók’s ardent Hungarian patriotism. Upon leaving his homeland, he not only relinquished the native country so dear to him, but also forfeited the secure financial and professional positions he had earned in Budapest. Compromise in the face of Hitler’s brutal inhumanity, however, was never a possibility for a man of Bartók’s adamantine convictions.

“He who stays on when he could leave may be said to acquiesce tacitly in everything that is happening here,” he wrote on the eve of his departure. “This journey [to America] is like plunging into the unknown from what is known, but unbearable.” Filled with apprehension, he made the difficult overland trip to Lisbon, then sailed on to New York.

Sad to say, Bartók’s misgivings were justified. His financial support from Hungary was, of course, cut off, and money worries aggravated his delicate physical condition. He held a modest post as a folk music researcher at Columbia University for a number of months, but that ended when funding from a grant ran out. His health declined enough to make public appearances impossible after 1943. His chief disappointment, however, was the almost total neglect of his compositions by the musical community. At the end of 1942 he lamented, “The quasi boycott of my works by the leading orchestras continues; no performances either of old works or new ones. It is a shame — not for me, of course.” It is to the credit of ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) that the organization provided money for the hospital care that enabled Bartók to continue composing to the very end of his life.

It was at that nadir in his fortunes that the commission for the Concerto for Orchestra was presented to Bartók. Phillip Ramey related the circumstances: “By early 1943, things had gotten so bad that two old friends of Bartók, [violinist] Joseph Szigeti and [conductor] Fritz Reiner, suggested to Sergei Koussevitzky [music director of the Boston Symphony] that he commission an orchestral work in memory of his wife, Natalie. Koussevitzky agreed and, one spring day, while Bartók was in a New York hospital undergoing tests, he appeared unexpectedly and startled the composer by offering him a commission for $1,000 on behalf of the Koussevitzky Foundation. Bartók, as fastidious as ever, would initially only accept half of that amount because he feared that his precarious health might prevent him from fulfilling Koussevitzky’s request.”

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MASTERWORKS PROGRAM NOTES The commission and an ASCAP-sponsored stay at a sanatorium in Saranac Lake in upstate New York fortified Bartók’s strength enough so that he could work on this new orchestral piece “practically night and day,” as he wrote to Szigeti. Upon its premiere, the Concerto for Orchestra was an instant success. It was accepted immediately into the standard repertory and led to a surge of interest in Bartók’s other works. He died less than a year after this work, the last he completed for orchestra, was first heard, not realizing that he would soon be acclaimed as one of the greatest composers of the 20th century.

“The title of this symphony-like work is explained by its tendency to treat single instruments or instrument groups in a ‘concertant’ or soloistic manner,” wrote the composer to clarify the appellation of the score. Concerning the overall structure of the Concerto’s five movements, he noted, “The general mood of the work represents, apart from the jesting second movement, a gradual transition from the sternness of the first movement and the lugubrious death-song of the third, to the life-assertion of the last one.” The first and last movements, Bartók continued, “are in more or less regular sonata form,” while “the second consists of a chain of independent short sections by wind instruments introduced in five pairs (bassoons, oboes, clarinets, flutes and muted trumpets). A kind of ‘trio’ — a short chorale for brass instruments and snare drum — follows, after which the five sections are recapitulated in a more elaborate instrumentation....

The form of the fourth movement — ‘Interrupted Intermezzo’ — could be rendered by the symbols ‘A B A — interruption — B A.’” The interruption to which Bartók referred is a parody of the German march theme from the first movement of Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 7 “Leningrad,” which was in turn a mocking phrase based on a song from Lehár’s The Merry Widow.

The Concerto for Orchestra is one of the masterworks of 20th-century music, perhaps “the best orchestral piece of the last twenty-five years,” as Koussevitzky told its composer. It is a brilliant work, both as a technical and musical accomplishment, and it is a glowing testimony to the unquenchable spirit and rugged courage of one of the greatest musical creators of the modern age.

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Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Judd Mr. and Mrs. Colman Kahn Robert W. Karow Mrs. Diana Kasson Dr. and Mrs. Michael Kelley Ms. Judy H. Kessenich John and Alicia Kinnamon Oza and Milan Klanjsek Mel and Roberta Klein Mr. and Mrs. Stanley W. Kleinsteiber Midge Korczak Eric Krein Gregg Kvistad David C. Leger Judy and Dan Lichtin Theodore Lichtmann Patty Lorie Mr. Joseph Lubinski Mrs. Jean Macferran Bruce W. Martin Harold P. Martin, M.D. Mr. Chet K. Hampson and Ms. Susan Martin Mr. and Mrs. Amos C. Mathews Mr. and Mrs. Robert McClelland Ms. Tracey McCullough Carla E. McKennett Virginia Messick Jay and Lois Miller Ron and Bonnie Milzer The Moe Family Charitable Fund Ms. Kathie Moore William and Rosemarie Murane Ms. Marcia G. Naiman Mr. and Mrs. Alan F. Nies Larry O’Donnell and Kermit Cain Ray O’Loughlin and Jamie Henderson Carl Patterson David and Doris Pearlman Ms. Leah Peer Ms. Karen Peterson Mr. and Mrs. George C. Pickering Patrick and Susan Pientka Mr. Hugh Pitcher Sally Plummer Mary and Bernard Polak Ed Post Mr. and Mrs. H.W. Praetorius Mr. Bennett L. Price Mr. Nick Recuber Richard Replin and Elissa Stein Nancy and Gene Richards Dr. Richard and Mrs. Sandra Roark Dr. Gregory Robbins Eleanor Roberts Mr. Steven M. Ropa Sig and Lucille Rosefeld Mr. and Mrs. William E. Russell

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COMMUNITY SUPPORT Ms. Carol L. Rust Mr. Clayton Saylor Cynthia L. and Paul D. Schauer Ms. Mary Ann Schultz Ms. Carla L. Seeliger Mr. and Mrs. Karl O. Seller Betty and Maurice Serotta Ms. Barbara Servis Dr. and Mrs. David Shander Jo Shannon Mr. and Mrs. Conner W. Shepherd Ph.D. Dr. and Mrs. Arnold Silverman Drs. Robert H. Slover, II and Robin Slover Dr. and Mrs. Edwin R. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Smith James Smith and Robert Karow Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Smith Mr. and Mrs. William H. Speaker Hanspeter and Kathryn Spuhler Mr. Daniel Stenersen Gordon Stenger and Brooke Goudy Mrs. Mary L. Stewart Mrs. Elaine B. Strauch Mr. and Mrs. Michael Strear Mrs. Mary C. Symonton Dr. and Mrs. Richard W. Talley Carol and Cedric Tarr

Judy and Rob Tate Td Ameritrade Mr. Frank Thomson Mr. Charles Thorman Mr. and Mrs. Carl J. Tillery Nan Timbel Tipton Family Foundation David Tourtelot and Nikki Headlee Barbara J. Tramutt Mr. and Mrs. Paul Trantow Helen Tuttle Mr. and Mrs. Thomas G. Virtue Ed and Patty Wahtera Ms. Shirley Ward Peter Weiser Rosemary Whitaker Jordan Wight Daniel C. Williams Werner and Mary Winkler Jim and Marlene Wogsland Mrs. Marianne Wons Mr. and Mrs. Dieter Wons George and Beth Wood Richard and Mary Ann Woods Amy Wright Dr. and Mrs. Roy R. Wright Marsha F. Young

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COMMUNITY SUPPORT Tom Zeiler Mr. and Mrs. Ken Ziebarth R.A. Zimmerman Mr. and Ms. Michael A. Zoellner Ms. Regina M. Zoglo

MATCHING DONATIONS

Diane Padalino Ursula Powell Margaret Roath Mary Rossick Kern* Suzanne Barber Ryan Suzanne Satter Alice Silver Phoebe Smedley Kathy Sphuler Janyce Wald Rivka Weisberg Judy Wigod *Founding Member

WOMEN OF NOTE DONOR LIST

The Colorado Symphony constantly seeks new and creative ways to preserve the cultural legacy of symphonic music while actively co-creating its future. By working on new recordings and collaborations, the Colorado Symphony strives to stay relevant for generations to come.

Thank you to those companies who match current and retired employee contributions to the Colorado Symphony, 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. To contact the Development Department directly please call Kate White at 303.308.2472.

The following are members of the Colorado Symphony’s Women of Note (WON). WON members receive exclusive benefits and event invitations throughout the season.

The Colorado Symphony is grateful for the support of these dedicated individuals.

Anonymous Marin Alsop* Nancy Accetta Addie Barkley Paula Bernstein* Terry Biddinger* Libby Bortz Erna Butler* Taesuk Cho Kirsten Collins Donna Connolly Anne Culver Courtney Ferer Kathie Finger Mary Lou Flater Monica Glickman Diane Hill Elizabeth Holtze Eileen Honnen-McDonald* Montjoy Kugeler Sandy Lasky* Nancy Lawrence Ann Levy Carolyn Longmire Jeri Loser Merry Low Janet Mordecai Carol Murphy Elizabeth B. Neva Jane Nielsen Shelia O’Brien

SPECIAL PROJECT DONORS

Anonymous Col. Philip Beaver and Mrs. Kim Beaver Bob and Cynthia Benson Colorado Symphony Guild, Inc. Tom and Noel Congdon Mr. and Mrs. Scott Cromie Dr. Everette J. Freeman Mr. Paul E. Goodspeed and Ms. Mary Poole Jennifer Heglin Mary Rossick Kern and Jerome H. Kern Fred and Connie Platt Mr. Dan Poole Dr. and Mrs. Paul R. Rosen

EDUCATION DONOR LIST

Through our Musicurious program, your Colorado Symphony reaches thousands of young people within and well outside the Denver metro area, from months-old through high school and beyond. We always work to extend and increase our outreach and could not possibly do it without your support.

PLATINUM CHAIRMAN’S SOCIETY ($50,000+) Anonymous Malone Family Foundation Target GOLD CHAIRMAN’S SOCIETY ($25,000+) Anonymous

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And Miracles.

WATCH ANCIENT MYTHS COME TO LIFE Everyone likes a good story, and Chinese culture has 5,000 years full of them. Historic epics, timeless literary classics, and mystical folklore make up this world of deities and magic. Each Shen Yun performance includes short dance stories of heroes who battle demons, fly up to the heavens, and visit deep-sea palaces.

Packed with action, courage, and humor, these tales embody the wisdom and virtues of ancient China.

“Magnificent choreography and artistry and dance...”

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“Dramatic sound ... the orchestra is exceptional...”

— Dr. Sarah Parks, assistant professor of music and director of music program, St. Norbert College

“Really out of this world! ... You have to see it to believe it.”

— Christine Walevska, world-renowned cellist, saw Shen Yun 4 times

“Simply astounding to watch and a pleasure to the ear.” — Opera Online Melodies That Capture the Spirit of Ancient China The origins of Chinese music can be dated back to distant antiquity.

Ancient Chinese instruments share a deep connection with Heaven and Earth. The delicate notes of the plucked pipa evoke a sense of celestial realms. The enchanting sound of the 4,000-year-old erhu mimics the human voice. Leading the melody amidst a full Western orchestra, they create a profound musical experience that resonates deep in the heart.

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COMMUNITY SUPPORT CHAIRMAN’S SOCIETY ($10,000+) Anonymous The AJL Charitable Foundation Florence R. and Ralph L. Burgess Trust Ralph L. and Florence R. Burgess Trust Walter S. Rosenberry, III Trust SILVER CONDUCTOR’S CIRCLE ($5,000+) Anonymous Colorado Symphony Guild Inc. The Denver Foundation Denver Post Charities, a McCormick Foundation Fund PeyBack Foundation US Bank Community Development Xcel Energy Foundation CONDUCTOR’S CIRCLE ($2,000+) Anonymous Cherry Hills Cultural Associates ECA Foundation Katherine McMurray Parker Foundation Scientific & Cultural Collaborative SYMPHONY CONCERTMASTER ($1,000+) Anonymous Kinder Morgan Foundation SYMPHONY MUSICIAN ($500+) Anonymous Dr. John A. and Mrs. Jane H. Coppola Mr. Billy Harris and Ms. Linda Purcell Ms. Carla McWilliams

BALL SPONSOR LIST

The 2016 Colorado Symphony Ball raised money through table sales, individual and corporate contributions, sponsorship, silent and live auctions, and real-time voting during “THE BATTLE OF THE BANDS: REMATCH” where guests voted for their favorite band. This year’s bands were the Colorado Symphony, The DaVita Blues All Stars, and Tracksuit Wedding.

PRESENTING SPONSOR ($75,000+) The Anschutz Foundation Arrow Electronics, Inc. VIRTUOSO ($50,000+) Anonymous Liberty Global MAESTRO ($25,000+) Anonymous AMG National Trust Bank

DaVita Expedia Keith and Kathie Finger IAC Corporation Mary Rossick Kern and Jerome H. Kern ENCORE ($15,000+) Delta Dental Plan of Colorado Mrs. Sandy Elliott LionTree Advisors, LLC Dr. Christopher Ott and Mr. Jeremy Simons Sherman & Howard Linda Shoemaker and Steve Brett CONCERTMASTER ($10,000+) Mr. and Mrs. Tony Accetta Baker Botts, LLP Baker & Hostetler, LLP Centura Health Davis Graham & Stubbs, LLP Denver Broncos Football Club Discovery Communications Adam and Stephanie Donner Diane S. Hill and Kevin E. Somerville Amanda Precourt/The Precourt Foundation The Publishing House University of Denver PRINCIPAL ($5,000+) AEG Live AMC Network Sue Anschutz-Rodgers BeneFactor Boss Architecture Breakthru Beverage Cadre General Contractors, Inc. Mr. Scott Campbell Colorado Rockies Baseball Club Cooley, LLP CU Anschutz Medical Campus Ms. Susan Drumm Mrs. Susan Ellis and Mr. Izzy Abbass Ms. Jayne Ford Dr. Everette J. Freeman, President, Community College of Denver GBSM, Inc. Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP Hogan Lovells U.S. LLP KPMG, LLP Libby Anschutz Foundation Dr. Jon Masoudi The Private Banking and Investment Group at Merrill Lynch Coreen and Michael Miller 9NEWS The Pashel/Chapman Group Pentec Health

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COMMUNITY SUPPORT Republic National Distributing Company Mr. and Mrs. Richard Robinson Mr. and Mrs. Jim Shpall Eric Sondermann and Tracy Dunning Mr. Walker and Mrs. Jenna Stapleton Volunteers of America Willis Towers Watson ($2,000+) Merle C. Chambers and Hugh A. Grant Mr. John F. Estes, III and Mrs. Norma Horner Four Five One Events Mr. Paul E. Goodspeed and Ms. Mary Poole Mr. and Mrs. Ed Greene Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Hirschfeld Mr. Keith Ladner Alan and Judy Wigod ($1,000+) Mr. Brad Bawmann Jim and Julie Copenhaver Mr. and Mrs. Bruce DiBiase Ms. Donna S. Gerich Ms. DeAnn Grasingers Bill and Donna Hoberecht Sandy and Evan Lasky

Mr. and Mrs. Howard Noble Elyse Tipton and Paul Ruttum Mr. Adam Wimmer ($500+) Mr. Rick D. Bailey Alvina Crouse Ms. Dianne Eddolls Mr. Stephen A. Edmonds Forensic Pursuit Ms. Lisa Hayes Mr. Brooks and Ms. Lauren Kanski Mr. Thomas Lorz Ms. Mary Neidig Nijole and Walter Rasmussen Ms. Barbara Servis Mr. John H. Voorheis Mr. Ernest and Mrs. Patti Ward IN-KIND DONATIONS Applejack Wine & Spirits Bouquets Ceavco Constellation Brands DaVita Blues All Stars Epicurean

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COMMUNITY SUPPORT Jays Valet Leopold Brothers Live Nation The Publishing House Republic National Distributing Company Tivoli Brewing Tracksuit Wedding

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 privileged to recognize them.

In memory of Gene Amole from KVOD given by: Mr. R. Glesner and Mrs. B. Schwarm Glesner In memory of Eleanor Scott Annable given by: J. Fern Black In memory of Mr. Charles Ansbacher given by: Swanee Hunt Family Foundation In memory of Darthelia Baker given by: Ms. Veatrice Monroe In memory of Blair Chotzinhoff given by: The Denver Foundation Mr. Chet K. Hampson and Ms. Susan Martin Mrs. Nancy Schulein In memory of Robert and Selma Cohen given by: Barbralu Cohen In memory of William R. Cook given by: Karen Cook In memory of Harold Dillon given by: Ellen Coulter Lisa Dillon John and Meritt Hutton Scott Hutton Leslee Viehoff In memory of Willis Dutra-Silveria given by: Ms. Janet M. Erjavec In memory of Frances E. given by: Cynthia Schauer In memory of Mr. Gerald Endsley given by: Mr. Chet K. Hampson and Ms. Susan Martin In memory of Lynn Erion given by: Ms. Jo Ellen Cohen In memory of her father, Barney Fox, on Father’s Day given by: Leslie Tjarks

In memory of Dr. Joyce S. Freeman given by: Freeman Family Foundation Ms. JoAnne Friedman In memory of Julie Gannon given by: Deep Space Systems 5K team In memory of Mr. Michael Gaughan given by: Tanya and Bruce Caughey Mr. David W. Durnell Tim and Janet Taggert In memory of Carol and Bill Gossard given by: Mr. and Mrs. Steve Wynkoop In memory of Manny Greenberg given by: Ellie Greenberg and Family The Sylvan Stool Family In memory of Mr. Ken Harper given by: Mr. Chet K. Hampson and Ms. Susan Martin In memory of Eleanor Hayden given by: Ms. Jean Melville In memory of Dr. H. Michael Hayes given by: Hayes Family Foundation In memory of Allen Johannes Heim given by: Arik Heim Christian Heim Lauren Yager In memory of Jeannine D. Hiester given by: Phillip C. Hiester In memory of Lea LaParle given by: Ms. Donna S. Gerich In memory of Maurice Larue given by: Scott and Jackie Barnes Denis and Kathy Donnelly Ms. Carol A. Greenwald In memory of Edward Levy given by: Ann Levy Ms. Denison Levy In memory of Dr. James List, M.D. given by: Emma L. Dafoe In memory of Ronald S. Loser given by: Mr. and Mrs. Louis P. Bansbach, III Mr. Jim Bowers Ms. Betty Brega Mr. and Mrs. Mackintosh Brown Mr. and Mrs. George M. Canon Centennial Airport Mr. Robert L. Eaton Mrs. Ann B. Fawcett Barbara H. and Charles Ferguson Mr. Joesph Flierl Mr. and Mrs. Robert K. Fuller Mr. Frank M. Hall, III Mr. Roger D. Hunt Judge and Mrs. John P. Leopold Meg MacDonald

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COMMUNITY SUPPORT Mr. and Mrs. Neil McLagan Brian and Deborah Magoon Ms. Lucille Maun Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Olson Ms. Virginia L. Park Robinson Waters & O’Dorisio, PC Mr. William C. Rodraun Ms. Julie Shade Ms. Karyn Thompson-Panos Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Warren In memory of Suzanne Hewitt Lowell given by: Mr. and Mrs. Neil W. Hamilton Mr. Charles Homsy In memory of Thomas L. McClintock given by: Colorado Symphony Guild-Foothills Unit Ms. Nancy L. Graham G.J. and P.A. Graziano James D. and Elizabeth McMahon Mrs. Carol Reeves In memory of Ruthi McEwen given by: Frank Parce In memory of Pierson F. Melcher given by: Cynthia Melcher In memory of her husband, Ralph S. Paffenbarger, Jr., M.D. given by: Jo Ann Paffenbarger In memory of Roxanne Pinneo given by: Quality Life Services Ms. Dorothy Wright In memory of Dorothy Presta given by: Mr. and Mrs. William Cowan Ms. Mary Neidig P. A. Price In memory of Mr. Harry T. Safstrom given by: Mr. Chet K. Hampson and Ms. Susan Martin In memory of Michael Schatz given by: Ms. Jo Ellen Cohen In memory of Robert Schulein given by: The Denver Foundation Mrs. Nancy Schulein In memory of David Callistus Smith given by: Mr. Stephen M Book Ms. Darla Duval Ms. Lougena M. Foxhoven Mr. Tony and Mrs. Gina Gradisher Ms. Colleen Higgins Ms. Carmen Huff Mr. Charles R. McMullin Shawn Miller Ms. Letitia Ottem Mr. James Schmitt Ms. Krista Wright Ms. Katarina Zarlengo

In memory of Mary Ruth Smith given by: Ms. Anne H. Wheeler In memory of his wife, Tracy Smith given by: Mr. Clyde Eaton Smith In memory of Betty Sonnenberg given by Sylvia Kreider In memory of Lee and Margaret Tipton given by: Tipton Family Foundation In memory of Ablie Ubran given by: Mr. and Mrs. David McGaw In memory of Sue Van Deusen given by: M Cati Flater David P. and Chady L. Hall Ms. Violet Wagener In memory of Guenther Vogt given by: Mr. Charles Anderson Ms. Anne Oberbroeckling In memory of Jean Watt given by: Rob and Jane Scofield In memory of Lisa Gayle Wigod given by: Alan and Judy Wigod In memory of Jim Withers given by: Ann and Henry Jesse In memory of Dorothy Yoder given by: Ms. C. D. Chalfant Ms. Joanne Y. Dearth In memory of Bill Zishka given by: Lisa, Susan, and Ellen Madsen In memory of Josephine Zoglo given by: Regina Zoglo

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 Libby Anschutz given by: Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Hirschfeld Mr. and Mrs. John Sie In honor of Kristina Arko given by: Alenka Han In honor of Linda Battan given by: Nancy Battan In honor of Mary Louise Burke given by: Frank Y. Parce

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COMMUNITY SUPPORT In honor of Christina Carlson given by: Ms. Marjorie H. Adler Carolyn and Ronald Baer Frederick W. Damour In honor of their Friends in the Colorado Symphony Chorus given by: Susan Von Roedern In honor of Pera Beth Eichelberger’s Birthday given by: Anonymous Marian Bakken Karen Fabean In honor of Ms. Jo Ellen Cohen’s birthday given by: Mandelbaum Family Charitable Foundation Ms. Sharon Marks Flora and Morris Mizel Foundation Ms. Faye Gardenswartz In honor of Monica Glickman given by: Ms. Ruth Schorsch In honor of Bill and Carol Gossard given by: Anonymous In honor of retired CSO musician, Chet Hampson given by: Susan Martin In honor of James Hart given by: Ms. Kathleen A. Schmidt In honor of Philip C. Hiester, Master Electrician CSO given by: Adina and Eli Reshotko In honor of Dr. Diane Hill given by: Michael P. Dowling In honor of our Concertmaster, Yumi Hwang-Williams given by: Michael P. Dowling In honor of Jerry Kern given by: Nancy Battan Mrs. Terry A. Biddinger Laura Bond Patty and Don Cook Mr. Stephen A. Edmonds Sari and Bob Freedman Mr. and Mrs. John Sie In honor of Mary Rossick Kern and Jerry Kern given by: Michael and Christine James Myron and Marcia Stein In honor of John and Karen Kinzie given by: Ms. Kathleen Dunnewald In honor of Carole Leight given by: Ms. Melinda Quiat In honor of Kathy Newman’s 70th Birthday given by: Ms. Sheila Lehrburger

In honor of Scott O’Neil given by: Colorado Symphony Guild, Inc. In honor of Frank Y. Parce given by: Mr. David Parce In honor of Ken Quarles given by: Frank Y. Parce In honor of Dr. Gerald Rainer given by: Dr. and Mrs. James G. Chandler In honor of Chuck and Janet Robinson’s 50th Wedding Anniversary given by: Jim and Lorraine Adams In honor of Eleanor Roberts given by: Mr. David Parce In honor of Dr. and Mrs. Richard Sanders given by: Ms. Ann Gugenheim In honor of Kathleen Schmidt given by: Edith M. and Norman C. Bertelsen In honor of Enid Slack’s Birthday given by: Mr. and Mrs. Dick Freese In honor of Robert Steiger given by: Gretchen Williams In honor of Irene Szyliowicz’s 80th Birthday given by: Dr. and Mrs. Bernard Spilka In honor of John and Kristine Wallack given by: Mr. Richard Falb Gail Skaggs In honor of Robert Warner given by: Ruth Mosteller In honor of Darlee Whiting given by: Hayes Family Foundation In honor of Rowena Zelkind given by: Dr. and Mrs. Bernard Spilka

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 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.

Anonymous (2) Richard and Susan Abernethy Edgardo and Lisa Belen Mr. and Mrs. David M. Budd

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COMMUNITY SUPPORT Mr. Jim Caputo Mr. Gene Child J. Harold Corp Trust Anne M. Culver Ms. Janice G. Eckhardt William G. Fairfield Ms. Grace L. Freye Ms. Carol K. Gossard Ms. Jennifer Guess Ms. Donna E. Hamilton Mr. James Harold Mr. Johannes Heim Cathey A. Herren Mrs. Janice E. Hesser Ms. Blanche B. Hilf Senta G. Holtzmann Ms. Margaret R. Houston Jane A. Hultin Virginia Ruth Hungerford Mr. and Mrs. Gopal Iyengar Ms. Gloria E. Johnston-McGregor Mrs. Suzanne W. Joshel Mr. Geoffrey Kuhn Sandy and Evan Lasky Deanna Rose Leino Frank and Ginny Leitz Ms. Ann C. Levy John and Merry Low Sandey Luciano Evi and Evan Makovsky

Mrs. Sue McFarlane Mr. Willis M. McFarlane Mr. James Mead and Ms. Carol Svendsen Steve G. Morton Mr. Thomas Murray Ms. Lori Needler Mr. and Mrs. Ron Neel Judith Nichols Mr. William Oliver Gordon R. and Pam Parker Armeda Plank Barbara J. Powell James Robert Pratt Dr. and Mrs. W. Gerald Rainer Mrs. Lee R. Roberts Mr. Neil F. Roberts Mr. Bruce M. Rockwell Audrey D. and Harvey D. Rothenberg Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Runice Suzanne Barber Ryan Richard and JoAnne Sanders Ms. Floy L. Senior James and Jenene Stookesberry Mr. Richard Thackrey James D. and Judy Vaughn John R. and Kristine E. Wallack Ms. Elizabeth P. Wright The Patricia G. Wunnicke Trust Phyllis J. Young

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