Program - A Tribute to the Music of George Michael and Drums of the World

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SYMPYHONY POPS • 2017/18 FAITH A TRIBUTE TO THE MUSIC OF GEORGE MICHAEL COLORADO SYMPHONY CHRISTOPHER DRAGON, conductor ALISHA ZALKIN DAN KALISHER KURTIS KEBER MARC SLUTSKY DANIEL VIRAMONTES BENJAMIN CARON Saturday, November 25, 2017, at 7:30 p.m.

Boettcher Concert Hall

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SYMPHONY POPS BIOGRAPHIES CHRISTOPHER DRAGON, conductor Australian conductor Christopher Dragon is in his third season as the Associate Conductor of the Colorado Symphony and continues his position as Principal Guest Conductor with the Denver Young Artists Orchestra. For three years, Christopher previously held the position of Assistant Conductor with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra, which gave him the opportunity to work closely with Principal Conductor Asher Fisch. Christopher works regularly in Australia and has 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 has been released on CD by ABC Music. In 2017, Christopher returns to the West Australian Symphony Orchestra for a subscription concert. In 2016, he made his Brazilian conducting debut with the Orquestra Sinfônica de Porto Alegre. He has also conducted at numerous festivals including the Breckenridge and Bangalow Music Festivals, both resulting with invitations to return. At the beginning of 2016, Christopher conducted Wynton Marsalis’ Swing Symphony as part of the Perth International Arts Festival alongside Wynton Marsalis and Jazz at the Lincoln Center Orchestra. In 2014, Christopher was selected from 100 international applicants to conduct the Princess Galyani Vadhana Youth Orchestra in Thailand and earlier that year participated in the Jarvi Winter Academy in Estonia where he was awarded the Orchestra’s Favourite Conductor Prize. Christopher began his conducting studies in 2011 and was a member of the prestigious Symphony Services International Conductor Development Program under the guidance of course director Christopher Seaman. He has also studied with numerous distinguished conductors including Leonid Grin, Paavo and Neeme Jarvi at the Jarvi Summer Festival, Fabio Luisi at the Pacific Music Festival, and conducting pedagogue Jorma Panula.

PROGRAM 2

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Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloé FEB 2-4 FRI-SAT 7:30 SUN 1:00 n

Brett Mitchell, conductor Jessica Rivera, soprano Colorado Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe, director DEBUSSY DEBUSSY ESA-PEKKA SALONEN RAVEL

Syrinx Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun Five Images After Sappho Daphnis et Chloé (complete ballet)

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Colorado Symphony 2017/18 Season Presenting Sponsor:

FAMILY • 2017/18 DRUMS OF THE WORLD COLORADO SYMPHONY MASTER PERCUSSIONISTS OF THE COLORADO SYMPHONY JOHN KINZIE STEVE HEARN MICHAEL VAN WIRT ELIZABETH VAN WIRT MIKE TETRAULT Today's Concert is Gratefully Dedicated to KPMG, LLP

Sunday, November 26, 2017, at 1:00 p.m.

Boettcher Concert Hall JOHN KINZIE

Sweep It Out

MARIO GAETANO

Junk Funk

ADI MORAG

Octabones

STEVE HEARN

Loco Cajon Trio

OWEN CLAY CONDON

MANFRED “AMADEUS” MENKE

Quadruple Helix

JOHN KINZIE

Petroleum

CHRIS CROCKARELL

Tarzan

Traditional arr. Mike Tetreault

Algeria Do Samba

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Eine Kleine Tischmusik

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FAMILY BIOGRAPHIES JOHN KINZIE, Principal Percussionist Prior to joining the Colorado Symphony as Principal Percussionist in 1985, John Kinzie was Principal Percussionist with the Toledo Symphony Orchestra, a position he won at the age of 19. John has appeared with Strings in the Mountains, The National Repertory Orchestra, and the Grand Teton music festivals, and has been a featured soloist with the Toledo Symphony, Colorado Music Festival, Yale School of Music, Grand Teton Music Festival, and the Colorado Symphony on numerous occasions. He also performs with the Colorado Symphony chamber group “Once Upon a Time,” a group formed to inspire the imaginations of young schoolchildren and to excite them about music. In 1996, John became the head of the percussion division of the Lamont School of Music at the University of Denver, where he teaches percussion and timpani performance as well as percussion ensemble, master classes, and percussion pedagogy and repertoire.

STEVE HEARN, Assistant Principal Timpani & Percussionist Assistant principal timpani/section percussion with the Colorado Symphony, Steve Hearn is also the principal timpanist of the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music and a founding member of the Lumos Percussion Group. He has appeared with the Strings in the Mountains, Grand Teton, and Cabrillo music festivals, and has been a featured concerto soloist with the Colorado Symphony and Cabrillo Festival Orchestra, among others. Steve previously held the position as Percussionist/Timpanist in the U.S. Army Field Band, Washington, D.C., were he toured the 48 continental states performing concerts with the Concert Band and Chorus. Active as an educator, chamber musician, and drum set specialist, he was the assistant to Robert van Sice at Rotterdam’s Conservatory of Music and was the Director of Percussion Studies at New Mexico State University. He has performed recitals and chamber music in Holland, Belgium, Illinois, Colorado, New Mexico, Maryland, and Washington, D.C., as well as given master classes in nearly all 50 states.

FAMILY BIOGRAPHIES MICHAEL VAN WIRT, Section Percussionist Michael Van Wirt has established himself as an emerging professional percussionist across the United States. In addition to his appointment as Section Percussionist in the Colorado Symphony, Michael has performed with the Houston Symphony and was a New World Symphony Fellow during the 2014-2015 season. He is an alumnus of the Aspen Music Festival, Colorado College Summer Music Festival, and the Alan Abel Summer Percussion Seminar. Michael has studied in Denmark at the Royal Danish Academy of Music, in Japan at the Nagoya Institute for the Arts, and performed in Australia and New Zealand, Spain, and Portugal. Michael was given the Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Performance and the Frank Toth Leadership Award from the University of Denver, where he received his Bachelors of Music under Professor John Kinzie.

He attended the University of Miami under Matt Strauss and Svet Stoyanov and obtained his Masters Degree in music in 2012.

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FAMILY BIOGRAPHIES ELIZABETH VAN WIRT, percussion Elizabeth Van Wirt (née Galvan) performs regularly as an orchestral percussionist, chamber musician, and soloist. Recent engagements include the Colorado Symphony, New World Symphony, Grammy-nominated choral ensemble Seraphic Fire, and the Florida Grand Opera. Elizabeth is also principal percussionist of the South Florida-based Nu Deco Ensemble, an innovative twenty-first century orchestra. Elizabeth was the third prize laureate of the prestigious Universal Marimba Competition 2011 in Belgium. She is recorded as a soloist on Ney Rosauro’s disc “Early Mallet Works” and most recently featured on the 2016 album “Onyx,” released by the Society of Composers, Inc. In addition to her varied performance career, she has maintained a schedule of teaching private lessons and in classroom settings, as well as the collegiate level (Miami Dade College, 2011 – 2015). She holds two degrees from the University of Miami Frost School of Music and a Masters Degree from the Manhattan School of Music. Elizabeth currently lives in Denver, Colorado, and is a proud Yamaha Performing Artist.

MICHAEL TETREAULT, percussion Michael Tetreault holds a Bachelor of Music from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY and a Master of Music Degree from the Royal Academy of Music in London, UK. He holds positions as Principal Timpanist of the Central City Opera and Fort Collins Symphony, and as Percussionist with the Colorado Springs Philharmonic and Boulder Philharmonic. He is also on the percussion faculty at the University of Colorado, Boulder.

Tetreault has performed domestically and abroad with the London Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic, Toronto Symphony, Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal, Colorado Symphony, Colorado Ballet, Orchestre de Paris, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, RTE Concert Orchestra (Dublin), Ulster Orchestra (Belfast), and the Halle Orchestra (Manchester). As a chamber musician, he has collaborated with Roomful of Teeth, Quattro Mani, Alarm Will Sound, and Ann Murray. He has performed at festivals in England, Scotland, Ireland, Holland, Germany, and France, and has recorded extensively for Albany Records, Bis Records, Warner Bros. Records, Bridge Records, Sony Classical, RTE Radio/TV, and the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).

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