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THE MAGAZINE OF THE COLORADO SYMPHONY Volume 15 • Number 3 CONTENTS

6 Welcome 8 Spotlight 10

Colorado Symphony Musicians

12 Colorado Symphony Board of Trustees 13

Colorado Symphony Staff

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Musician Spotlight: Nicholas Tisherman

20 Corporate Council: A Musical Foundation Built on Community Support 23

Community Support

COMING SOON

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Welcome to the Colorado Symphony! As we celebrate the dawn of a new year, our musicians, Board of Trustees, and staff thank you for your continued support and passion for outstanding symphonic music. I am thrilled to be sharing my first message with you, the patrons and supporters of this phenomenal organization, since joining the Symphony staff in October as Chief Advancement Officer.

It is a privilege to be part of the Colorado Symphony team and to be building relationships with the 3,000 individuals, John Burtness foundations, and corporations who make philanthropic Chief Advancement Officer investments in the Symphony. These contributions allow us to produce incredible performances while balancing our budget and keeping tickets affordable for everyone.

Passion, talent, and hours of practice enable our musicians to create the beautiful music that we all enjoy. In a similar way, passion and generosity drive our donors’ support and extends our reach to many other parts of the community through education and outreach programs. Through this support, our donors become co-stewards of our work in creating beautiful music for all to enjoy.

Entering 2018, we have an extraordinary opportunity to assure the future of the Symphony by adding new gifts to our endowment while creating a perpetual resource to support musicians and programs. A local foundation has offered a matching gift opportunity, adding a dollar to every new dollar raised for our endowment. To date, we have more than doubled our endowment to nearly $22 million and our near-term goal is to double that again to $50 million. We look forward to updating you on our progress moving forward.

In the meantime, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to help us reach our goals via the enclosed envelope in your Soundings program.

On behalf of all of us, thank you again for all that you do to support the Colorado Symphony and we look forward to sharing in its bright future together.

John Burtness Chief Advancement Officer

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JOIN THE BRETT MITCHELL SOCIETY In a time of new beginnings, the Colorado Symphony is pleased to launch the Brett Mitchell Society, a meaningful way for our most engaged donors and subscribers to have direct access to our new Music Director and have a profound role in the health and future of our orchestra. The Brett Mitchell Society was founded in the early spring of 2017 to give dedicated patrons at a certain giving level deeper access to the Symphony they love.

Brett Mitchell Society members receive extra perks throughout the season, including our quarterly newsletter From the Podium, Masterclasses with Brett Mitchell, Advance Access to one-night-only concerts and special events, and that’s just the start! Brett Mitchell Society members possess the unique opportunity to influence the shared vision of the Society and of the Colorado Symphony, and to present the Symphony to people everywhere as a world-class orchestra.

To join the 100+ households who are helping ensure the Colorado Symphony’s future, please email rsvp@coloradosymphony.org or call Kate Bentley at 303.308.2472.

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Yumi Hwang-Williams Concertmaster Claude Sim Associate Concertmaster Yi Zhao Assistant Concertmaster Paul Primus Principal Second Allegra Wermuth Assistant Principal Second Alessandra Jennings Flanagan Fixed 3rd Chair/Second Larisa Fesmire Thomas Hanulik Wyn Hart John Hilton Anne-Marie Hoffman Myroslava Ivanchenko-Bartels Dorian Kincaid Karen Kinzie Mark Lamprey Susan Paik Miroslaw Pastusiak Erik Peterson Megan Prokes * Adrienne Short * Robert Stoyanov Delcho Tenev Amy Tyson Bradley Watson Tena White Wenting Yuan

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ANDRÉS LOPERA

ASSISTANT CONDUCTOR

DUAIN WOLFE CHORUS DIRECTOR

ASSOCIATE CONDUCTOR

Mary Cowell Acting Assistant Principal Charlyn Campbell Marsha Holmes Leah Kovach Helen McDermott Summer Rhodes * Kelly Shanafelt Phillip Stevens Catherine Beeson + Assistant Principal

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Judith McIntyre Acting Principal Austin Fisher Assistant Principal Susan Rockey Bowles Andrew Briggs * Danielle Guideri Thomas Heinrich Margaret Hoeppner Matthew Switzer Susan Yun

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Steve Metcalf Principal Nicholas Recuber Assistant Principal John Arnesen Susan Cahill James Carroll Jeremy Kincaid Owen Levine

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Catherine Peterson Acting Principal Michael Williams * Julie Duncan Thornton 3rd/Assistant Principal Brook Ferguson + Principal

PICCOLO

Julie Duncan Thornton

OBOE

Peter Cooper Principal

The Irene & David Abosch Principal Oboe Chair

Nicholas Tisherman 2nd/Assistant Principal Jason Lichtenwalter

ENGLISH HORN Jason Lichtenwalter

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Jason Shafer Principal Abby Raymond 2nd/Assistant Principal Andrew Stevens

E-FLAT CLARINET Abby Raymond

BASS CLARINET Andrew Stevens

BASSOON

Chad Cognata Principal Tristan Rennie 2nd/Assistant Principal Roger Soren

CONTRABASSOON Roger Soren

HORN

Michael Thornton Principal Carolyn Kunicki Kolio Plachkov 3rd/Associate Principal David Brussel

TRUMPET

Justin Bartels Principal Philip Hembree 2nd/Assistant Principal Patrick Tillery Associate Principal

TROMBONE

John Sipher Principal Paul Naslund 2nd/Associate Principal Gregory Harper

BASS TROMBONE Gregory Harper

TUBA

Stephen Dombrowski Principal

HARP

Courtney Hershey Bress Principal Timpani William Hill Principal Steve Hearn Assistant Principal

PERCUSSION John Kinzie Principal

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Steve Hearn Michael Van Wirt

ORCHESTRA LIBRARIAN

Joanne Goble Principal Jonathan Groszew Assistant

* = One year replacement + = On leave

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BOARD OF TRU STEES HONORARY TRUSTEES OFFICERS Jerome H. Kern Co-Chair Mary Rossick Kern Co-Chair Stephanie Donner, Esq. Treasurer & Trustee Susan Bowles Secretary

TRUSTEES Anthony T. Accetta Dr. Paula P. Bernstein Susan Cahill* Young Cho Jim Copenhaver Zachary D. Detra, Esq. BJ Dyer Sandy Elliott Jack Finlaw Austin Fisher* Amy Harmon Diane S. Hill, Ph.D. Jessica Hobbs Margaret Hoeppner* Kathleen Johnson, Esq John Kinzie* Leah Kovach* Richard D. Krugman, MD

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REMIX ASSOCIATE BOARD Kelly Waltrip, Chair Marilyn Brock Heather Church Nicole Donnelly Chelsea Eversmann Mike Fredregill Caiti Glasgo Bridget Kennedy McNeil Steve Metcalf Andy Evans William Kowalski Leah Kovach David Kuwayama Samantha Nuechterlein Sarah Parmley Brooke Smith Jackson Stevens Chris Strom Alexandra Tilton Kip Wallen Rosie Williamson Rachel Yeates

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STA F F LEADERSHIP TEAM Jerome H. Kern John Burtness Susan Ellis Coreen Miller

Parker Owens Anthony Pierce

Chief Executive Officer Chief Advancement Officer Chief Administrative Officer Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer Chief Marketing Officer Chief Artistic Officer

ARTISTIC Anthony Pierce Brett Mitchell Andrew Litton Duain Wolfe

Christopher Dragon Andres Lopera Dave Aeling Travis Branam

Larry Brezicka Mary Louise Burke

Aric Christensen Joanne Goble Jonathan Groszew

Deborah Guess Philip Hiester Eric Israelson Sam Jaehnig Matt Koveal Taylor Martin

Mike Pappas Barbara Porter Emily Scott Phillip Strom

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ADVANCEMENT John Burtness Sean Baker

Kate Bentley

Caiti Glasgo Emily Spirk Doug Yost

Chief Advancement Officer Senior Manager of Corporate Partnerships Senior Manager of Individual Giving & Brett Mitchell Society Manager of Annual Giving Advancement Coordinator Advancement Services Manager

EDUCATION Catherine Beeson

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MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS Parker Owens Stephanie Derybowski Nick Dobreff

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FEB 2-4 FRI-SAT 7:30 ■ SUN 1:00 Brett Mitchell, conductor Jessica Rivera, soprano Colorado Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe, director

John Williams: An American Journey

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Star Wars: A New Hope – Live In Concert with the Colorado Symphony SP E C IAL

FEB 9-10 FRI-SAT 7:30 Brett Mitchell, conductor Justin Bartels, trumpet Yumi Hwang-Williams, violin Jason Shafer, clarinet

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FEB 16-18 FRI-SAT 7:30 ■ SUN 1:00 Brett Mitchell, conductor Kirill Gerstein, piano

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NICHOLAS TISHERMAN Last fall, the Colorado Symphony welcomed its newest musician, Nicholas Tisherman, as 2nd/Assistant Principal Oboe. A graduate of the New England Conservatory, Tisherman has also performed with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Sarasota Orchestra, and the San Antonio Symphony. In this edition of Soundings, Nicholas shares some insight on his career, moving to Denver, and working with a childhood idol.

What role did your family play in your early musical development?

I come from a pretty musical family, comprised primarily of clarinetists including my grandfather, my uncle, his son, and my twin brother. No one in my family ever pushed me into music, but I always had someone to inspire me. So it became very easy to get into the field and start studying seriously early on because I always had those role models.

What factors drew you to oboe instead of the clarinet?

When it came time to choose our instruments, the oboe seemed close enough to the clarinet that it felt familiar. My mother played the oboe through college and that’s where the idea started. But I felt like I was forging a different path. Someone told me it was a challenge and I thought, ‘How hard can that be?’ It turned out to be every bit as challenging as they said it would be, but it was worth it.

Do you have any favorite composers or pieces you love to perform?

Bach is my favorite composer because his works contain some of the most gorgeous oboe writing. No matter what you’re playing by Bach, it’s going to be something delicious and beautiful.

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What are your early impressions of living in Denver?

When I was here for my audition, I was so focused that I don’t think I noticed the mountains for three days. Shortly thereafter, I looked up and saw these gorgeous mountains and I fell in love. Seeing the city and the mountains behind it, I just knew I really wanted to live here.

What have you learned in your first few months with the Colorado Symphony?

It’s been nothing but learning so far as I figure out how to adapt to the work load, going through so much music so quickly, and keeping my chops up outside of rehearsal. I have to keep my playing at the highest level to be on par with this orchestra as it’s such a fantastic group.

What is an interesting fact that people may not know about you?

For my 10th birthday, I received a CD recording of Peter Cooper, Principal Oboist of the Colorado Symphony, playing Oboe concertos. I used to listen to it nonstop, sometimes even falling asleep at night while listening to it. Now I’m here and I get to sit next to Peter every day.

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A MUSICAL FOUNDATION BUILT ON COMMUNITY SUPPORT Through dynamic performances, innovative partnerships, and vibrant community engagement programs, the Colorado Symphony is the region’s preeminent symphony orchestra and is integral in positioning Denver as a world-class cultural destination.

However, our distinction as the area’s premier ensemble is not possible without the support of the Colorado business community.

Enter the Colorado Symphony Corporate Council: a network of Colorado businesses that support the mission and music of the Symphony, ensuring that superb symphonic performances by world-class musicians will continue to enliven and enrich our city.

Our Corporate Council members receive a host of exclusive benefits, including marketing recognition, business development and networking events with corporate leaders, and unique client entertainment opportunities tailored to each business.

Thanks to the support of the Corporate Council, the Colorado Symphony has an impact far beyond the doors of Boettcher Concert Hall. Each year, the Symphony reaches more than 300,000 people through concert performances and educational programming.

“At Arrow, we guide innovators forward to a better tomorrow,” said Joe Verrengia, the Global Director of Corporate Social Responsibility at Arrow Electronics. “The Colorado Symphony is one of the most innovative orchestras in America, from the Very Young Composers education program to an extensive community performance schedule. At Arrow, we talk about “Five Years Out” as the tangible horizon of technology and where innovation is heading. It’s equally exciting for Arrow to see the new directions in which the Colorado Symphony is heading five years out.”

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In addition to performing over 80 concerts in Boettcher Concert Hall annually, the Symphony also held performances throughout the region over the last year, including the Salida SteamPlant Event Center, Red Rocks Park & Amphitheatre, the Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, Fiddlers Green Amphitheatre, and the Whitney Center for Performing Arts in Wyoming.

The Colorado Symphony contributes significantly to the economic well-being of Colorado and is responsible for $18.2 million in economic activity in the region.

A partnership with the Colorado Symphony actively supports a vibrant arts culture, which attracts educated, highly skilled professionals vital to the growth of local businesses and corporations in Denver and throughout Colorado. Investments by the Corporate Council in our institution benefit the organization, the Symphony, and the community we call home.

“As a firm with a long history in It’s only with the support of the Corporate Council that the Colorado Symphony is able to accomplish its mission of creating extraordinary musical experiences that transport today’s listener, from the best of the past to the edge of the future. Join the Colorado Symphony Corporate Council today and help us build a more dynamic and vibrant Colorado.

For more information on the Corporate Council, contact Sean Baker at sbaker@coloradosymphony.org.

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CLASSICS BIOGRAPHIES BRETT MITCHELL, conductor Hailed for delivering compelling performances of innovative, eclectic programs, Brett Mitchell was named the fourth Music Director of the Colorado Symphony in September 2016. He served as the orchestra’s Music Director Designate during the 2016-17 season, and began his fouryear appointment in September 2017.

Mr. Mitchell concluded his tenure as Associate Conductor of The Cleveland Orchestra in August 2017. He joined the orchestra as Assistant Conductor in 2013, and was promoted to Associate Conductor in 2015, becoming the first person to hold that title in over three decades and only the fifth in the orchestra’s hundredyear history. In this role, he led the orchestra in several dozen concerts each season at Severance Hall, Blossom Music Center, and on tour. Mr. Mitchell also served as Music Director of the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra (COYO) from 2013 to 2017, which he led on a four-city tour of China in June 2015, marking the ensemble’s second international tour and its first to Asia.

In addition to his work in Cleveland and Denver, Mr. Mitchell is in consistent demand as a guest conductor. Recent and upcoming guest engagements include his debuts at the Grant Park Music Festival in downtown Chicago, with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra in Auckland and Wellington, and the San Antonio Symphony, as well as appearances with the Dallas, Detroit, Houston, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, National, and Oregon symphonies, The Cleveland Orchestra, the Rochester Philharmonic, and the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, among others. He has collaborated with such soloists as Yo-Yo Ma, Renée Fleming, Rudolf Buchbinder, James Ehnes, Augustin Hadelich, Leila Josefowicz, and Alisa Weilerstein.

From 2007 to 2011, Mr. Mitchell led over one hundred performances as Assistant Conductor of the Houston Symphony, to which he frequently returns as a guest conductor. He also held Assistant Conductor posts with the Orchestre National de France, where he worked under Kurt Masur from 2006 to 2009, and the Castleton Festival, where he worked under Lorin Maazel in 2009 and 2010. In 2015, Mr. Mitchell completed a highly successful five-year appointment as Music Director of the Saginaw Bay Symphony Orchestra, where an increased focus on locally relevant programming and community collaborations resulted in record attendance throughout his tenure.

As an opera conductor, Mr. Mitchell has served as music director of nearly a dozen productions, principally at his former post as Music Director of the Moores Opera Center in Houston, where he led eight productions from 2010 to 2013. His repertoire spans the core works of Mozart (The Marriage of Figaro and The Magic Flute), Verdi (Rigoletto and Falstaff), and Stravinsky (The Rake’s Progress) to contemporary works by Adamo (Little Women), Aldridge (Elmer Gantry), Catán (Il Postino and Salsipuedes), and Hagen (Amelia). As a ballet conductor, Mr. Mitchell most recently led a production of The Nutcracker with the Pennsylvania Ballet in collaboration with The Cleveland Orchestra during the 2016-17 season.

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CLASSICS BIOGRAPHIES In addition to his work with professional orchestras, Mr. Mitchell is also well known for his affinity for working with and mentoring young musicians aspiring to be professional orchestral players. His work with COYO during his Cleveland Orchestra tenure was highly praised, and he is regularly invited to work with the highly talented musicians at the Cleveland Institute of Music and the orchestras at this country’s high level training programs, such as the National Repertory Orchestra, Texas Music Festival, and Sarasota Music Festival.

Born in Seattle in 1979, Mr. Mitchell holds degrees in conducting from the University of Texas at Austin and composition from Western Washington University, which selected him in as its Young Alumnus of the Year in 2014. He also studied at the National Conducting Institute, and was selected by Kurt Masur as a recipient of the inaugural American Friends of the Mendelssohn Foundation Scholarship. Mr. Mitchell was also one of five recipients of the League of American Orchestras’ American Conducting Fellowship from 2007 to 2010. brettmitchellconductor.com

JESSICA RIVERA, soprano

Possessing a voice praised by the San Francisco Chronicle for its “effortless precision and tonal luster,” Grammy Award-winning soprano Jessica Rivera is one of the most creatively inspired vocal artists before the public today. The intelligence, dimension, and spirituality with which she infuses her performances on great international concert and opera stages has garnered Ms. Rivera unique artistic collaborations with many of today’s most celebrated composers, including John Adams, Osvaldo Golijov, Gabriela Lena Frank, Jonathan Leshnoff, and Nico Muhly, and has brought her together with such esteemed conductors as Sir Simon Rattle, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Robert Spano, Bernard Haitink, and Michael Tilson Thomas. Ms. Rivera has long championed contemporary vocal music, and this season she appears at the Ford Theater in association with LA Opera to reprise her performance of Paola Prestini’s multidisciplinary The Hubble Cantata, which she premiered at the BRIC Festival in Brooklyn in August 2016. In 2017, Ms. Rivera gave the world premiere of Gabriela Lena Frank’s Requiem with the Houston Symphony and Chorus, conducted by Andrés Orozco-Estrada. The artist also performed John Harbison’s Requiem with the Nashville Symphony and Chorus under Giancarlo Guerrero, which was recorded for future release on the Naxos label. Ms. Rivera treasures a long-standing collaboration spanning over a decade with Robert Spano and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; she joined Spano on Christopher Theofanidis’s Creation/Creator in Atlanta and at the Kennedy Center’s 2017 SHIFT Festival of American Orchestras, where she also performed Robert Spano’s Hölderlin Lieder, a song cycle written specifically for her and recorded on the ASO Media label. For additional information about Ms. Rivera, please visit www.jessicarivera.com.

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CLASSICS BIOGRAPHIES DUAIN WOLFE, director, Colorado Symphony Chorus Recently awarded two Grammys® for Best Choral Performance and Best Classical Recording, Duain Wolfe is founder and Director of the Colorado Symphony Chorus and Music Director of the Chicago Symphony Chorus.

This year marks Wolfe’s 31st season with the Colorado Symphony Chorus.

The Chorus has been featured at the Aspen Music Festival for over two decades. Wolfe, who is in his 21st season with the Chicago Symphony Chorus has collaborated with Daniel Barenboim, Pierre Boulez, Bernard Haitink, Riccardo Muti, and the late Sir George Solti on numerous recordings including Wagner’s Die Meistersinger, which won the 1998 Grammy® for Best Opera Recording.

Wolfe’s extensive musical accomplishments have resulted in numerous awards, including an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts from the University of Denver, the Bonfils Stanton Award in the Arts and Humanities, the Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts, the Mayor’s Award for Excellence in an Artistic Discipline, and the Michael Korn Award for the Development of the Professional Choral Art. Wolfe is also founder of the Colorado Children’s Chorale, from which he retired in 1999 after 25 years; the Chorale celebrated its 40th anniversary last season. For 20 years, Wolfe also worked with the Central City Opera Festival as chorus director and conductor, founding and directing the company’s young artist residence program, as well as its education and outreach programs. Wolfe’s additional accomplishments include directing and preparing choruses for Chicago’s Ravinia Festival, the Bravo!Vail Festival, the Berkshire Choral Festival, the Aspen Music Festival, and the Grand Teton Music Festival. He has worked with Pinchas Zuckerman as Chorus Director for the Canadian National Arts Centre Orchestra for the past 13 years.

COLORADO SYMPHONY CHORUS The 2017/18 Colorado Symphony Concert Season marks the 34th year of the Colorado Symphony Chorus. Founded in 1984 by Duain Wolfe at the request of Gaetano Delogu, then the Music Director of the Symphony, the chorus has grown over the past three decades, into a nationallyrespected ensemble. This outstanding chorus of 180 volunteers joins the Colorado Symphony for numerous performances, and radio and television broadcasts, to repeat critical acclaim. The Chorus has performed at noted music festivals in the Rocky Mountain region, including the Colorado Music Festival, the Grand Teton Music Festival, and the Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival, where it has performed with the New York Philharmonic, the Philadelphia Orchestra, and the Dallas Symphony. For over two decades, the Chorus has been featured at the world-renowned Aspen Music Festival, performing many great masterworks under the baton of notable conductors Lawrence Foster, James Levine, Murry Sidlin, Leonard Slatkin, Robert Spano, and David Zinman.

Among the recordings the Colorado Symphony Chorus has made is a NAXOS release of Roy Harris’s Symphony No. 4. The Chorus is also featured on a recent Hyperion release of the Vaughan Williams Dona Nobis Pacem and Stephen Hough’s Missa Mirabilis. In 2009, in celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Chorus, Duain Wolfe conducted the Chorus on a 3-country, 2-week concert tour of Europe, presenting the Verdi Requiem in Budapest, Vienna, Litomysl, and Prague, and in 2016 the Chorus returned to Europe for concerts in Paris, Strasbourg, and Munich. The Colorado Symphony continues to be grateful for the excellence and dedication of this remarkable, allvolunteer ensemble! For an audition appointment, call 303.308.2483.

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CLASSICS BIOGRAPHIES COLORADO SYMPHONY CHORUS Duain Wolfe, founding director and conductor Mary Louise Burke, associate conductor Travis Branam, Taylor Martin, assistant conductors Brian Dukeshier, Hsiao-Ling Lin, Danni Snyder, pianists Eric Israelson, Barbara Porter, chorus managers SOPRANO I Black, Kimberly Brown, Jamie Causey, Denelda Choi, LeEtta H. Coberly, Sarah Deskin, Erin Gile, Jenifer D. Gill, Lori C. Guynn, Erika Heintzkill, MaryTherese Hinkley, Lynnae C. Hittle, Erin R. Hofmeister, Mary Kim, On yoo Knecht, Melanie Look, Cathy Maupin, Anne Medema, Stephanie Moraskie, Wendy L. Porter, Barbara A. Rollins, Haley Ropa, Lori A. Schawel, Camilia Sladovnik, Roberta A. Stegink, Nicole J. Tate, Judy Wuertz, Karen Young, Cara M. SOPRANO II Ahrens, Anna Ascani, Lori Blum, Jude Bohannon, Hailey Borinski, Jackie Bowen, Alex S. Brauchli, Margot L. Coberly, Ruth A. Colbert, Gretchen Cote, Kerry H. Dakkouri, Claudia Gross, Esther J. Kraft, Lisa D.

Kushnir, Marina Machusko, Rebecca E. Montigne, Erin Myers, Heather H. O’Nan, Jeannette R. Pflug, Kim Rae, Donneve S. Ruff, Mahli Saddler, Nancy C. Timme, Sydney Travis, Stacey L. Von Roedern, Susan K. Walker, Marcia L. Weinstein, Sherry L. Woodrow, Sandy Zisler, Joan M. ALTO I Adams, Priscilla P. Brady, Lois F. Braud-Kern, Charlotte Clauson, Clair T. Conrad, Jayne M. Daniel, Sheri L. Dunkin, Aubri K. Franz, Kirsten D. Frey, Susie Gayley, Sharon R. Groom, Gabriella D. Guittar, Pat Haller, Emily Hoopes, Kaia M. Kim, Naryoung Lawlor, Betsy McNulty, Emily McWaters, Susan Nordenholz, Kristen Passoth, Ginny Pringle, Jennifer Rudolph, Kathi L. Stevenson, Melanie Thayer, Mary B. Virtue, Pat Voland, Colleen Zelinskaya, Alia

ALTO II Cox, Martha E. Deck, Barbara Dominguez, Joyce Eslick, Carol A. Gangware, Elizabeth Golden, Daniela Hoskins, Hansi Jackson, Brandy H. Janasko, Ellen D. Kibler, Janice London, Carole A. Maltzahn, Joanna K. Marchbank, Barbara J. Nittoli, Leslie M. Schalow, Elle C. Scooros, Pamela R. Townsend, Lisa TENOR I DeMarco, James Dougan, Dustin Gordon, Jr., Frank Jordan, Curt Moraskie, Richard A. Muesing, Garvis J. Nicholas, Timothy W. Reiley, William G. Roach, Eugene Zimmerman, Kenneth A. TENOR II Babcock, Gary E. Bradley, Mac Carlson, James Davies, Dusty R. Fuehrer, Roger Gale, John H. Guittar, Jr., Forrest Kolm, Kenneth E. Martin, Taylor S. Mason, Brandt J. McCracken, Todd Meswarb, Stephen J.

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CLASSICS PROGRAM NOTES CLAUDE DEBUSSY (1862-1918): Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun (Prélude à l’Après-midi d’un faune) Claude Debussy was born August 22, 1862 in St. Germain-en-Laye, near Paris, and died March 25, 1918 in Paris. The Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun was composed 1892-1894 and premiered on December 22, 1894 in Paris, conducted by Gustave Doret. The score calls for three flutes, two oboes, English horn, two clarinets, two bassoons, four horns, two harps, antique cymbals and strings. Duration is about 10 minutes. Douglas Boyd conducted the last performance of the work on February 26 & 27, 2011.

Stéphane Mallarmé (1842-1898) was one of those artists in fin-de-siècle Paris who perceived strong relationships among music, literature and the other arts. A number of his poems, including L’Après-midi d’un faune, (Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun) were not only inspired, he said, by music, but even aspired to its elevated, abstract state. The young composer Claude Debussy had similar feelings about the interaction of poetry and music, and he and Mallarmé became close friends, despite the twenty years difference in their ages. When Mallarmé completed his L’Après-midi d’un faune in 1876 after several years of writing and revising, he envisioned that it would be used as the basis for a theatrical production. Debussy was intrigued at this suggestion, and he set about planning to provide music to a choreographic version that would be devised in consultation with Mallarmé. The projected work was described as Prélude, Interludes et Paraphrase finale to L’Après-midi d’un faune. Debussy completed only the scenario’s first portion, perhaps realizing, as had others, that Mallarmé’s misty symbolism and equivocal language were not innately suited to the theater. The premiere, given at an orchestral concert of the Société Nationale in Paris on December 22, 1894, a few months after the score was finished, was meticulously prepared by the conductor Gustave Doret, with Debussy at his elbow giving instruction and inspiration, polishing details, retouching the scoring. So successful was the initial performance that the audience demanded the work’s immediate encore. L’Après-midi d’un faune was first staged by Diaghilev’s Ballet Russe at the Théâtre du Châtelet on May 29, 1912; Nijinsky created the controversial choreography and appeared in the title role.

Mallarmé’s poem is deliberately ambiguous in its sensuous, symbolist language; its purpose is as much to suggest a halcyon, dream-like mood as to tell a story. Robert Lawrence described its slight plot, as realized by Debussy, in his Victor Books of Ballets: “Exotically spotted, a satyr is taking his rest on the top of a hillock. As he fondles a bunch of grapes, he sees a group of nymphs passing on the plain below. He wants to join them, but when he approaches, they flee. Only one of them, attracted by the faun, returns timidly. But the nymph changes her mind and runs away. For a moment he gazes after her. Then, snatching a scarf she has dropped in her flight, the faun climbs his hillock and resumes his drowsy position, astride the scarf.” As the inherent eroticism of the plot suggests, the Debussy/Mallarmé faun is no Bambi-like creature, but rather a mythological half-man, half-beast with cloven hooves, horns, tail and furry coat, a being which walks upright and whose chief characteristic is its highly developed libido.

Mallarmé’s poem is filled with the ambiguities symbolized by the faun: is this a man or a beast? is his love physical or fantasy? reality or dream? The delicate subtlety of the poem finds a perfect tonal equivalent in Debussy’s music.

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Mallarmé, who was delighted with Debussy’s musical realization of his poem, sent this laudatory verse to the composer: Spirit of the forest, If with your primal breath your flute sounds well, Listen now to the radiance Which comes when Debussy plays.

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ESA-PEKKA SALONEN (BORN IN 1958): Five Images After Sappho for Soprano and Orchestra Esa-Pekka Salonen was born June 30, 1958 in Helsinki. Five Images After Sappho was composed in 1999 and premiered on June 4, 1999 at the Ojai Music Festival in Ojai, California by soprano Laura Claycomb and members of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by the composer.

The score calls for flute and piccolo, oboe and English horn, clarinet and bass clarinet, bassoon and contrabassoon, two horns, percussion, harp, piano doubling celesta, and string quintet. Duration is about 20 minutes. This is the first performance of the work by the orchestra.

Conducting is tough, composing probably even harder, but some of the most brilliant musicians — Busoni, Mahler, Bernstein, Boulez, Previn — have pursued parallel careers in both fields that enriched all facets of their creative personalities. To this select company must be added the Finnish composer-conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen. Born in Helsinki on June 30, 1958, Salonen majored in horn at the Sibelius Conservatory, where he founded a “collective” called Ears Open for promoting and performing new music with Jouni Kaipainen, Magnus Lindberg and Kaija Saariaho, now all major musical figures in Finland. After graduating in 1977, Salonen studied composition privately with Einojuhani Rautavaara and conducting with Jorma Panula, and attended conducting courses in Siena and Darmstadt; he also studied composition with Niccolò Castiglioni and Franco Donatoni in Italy.

In 1979, Salonen made his professional conducting debut with the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, and he was soon engaged as a guest conductor across Scandinavia. Successful appearances conducting Wozzeck at the Swedish Royal Opera and the Mahler Symphony No. 3 with the Philharmonia Orchestra of London led to his appointment as conductor of the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra in 1985, a post he held until 1995. He was Principal Guest Conductor of the Oslo Philharmonic from 1984 to 1989, and of the London Philharmonia from 1985 to 1994; he has also held positions with the New Stockholm Chamber Orchestra, Avanti! Chamber Orchestra, Helsinki Festival, Finnish National Opera and Ballet, and London Sinfonietta. Salonen SOUNDINGS

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CLASSICS PROGRAM NOTES made his American debut with the Los Angeles Philharmonic in 1984, and was that orchestra’s music director from 1992 until 2009; he was named the ensemble’s Conductor Laureate in April 2009. Since 2008, he has been Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor of London’s Philharmonia Orchestra. He also continues to guest conduct concerts and opera throughout the world and to serve as artistic director of the Baltic Sea Festival, which he co-founded in 2003.

In addition to achieving international recognition as a conductor, Salonen is also a gifted composer, and he has devoted increasing time to his creative work since leaving the Los Angeles Philharmonic. (“I actually think of myself more as a composer than a conductor,” he said in 1998.) His early compositions, including a Saxophone Concerto, an orchestral piece titled Giro and a few works for solo instruments and unconventional chamber groupings, are rooted in the avant-garde enthusiasms of his student days, but since his LA Variations of 1996, written for the Los Angeles Philharmonic, his work has been more immediate and easily approachable.

Salonen was the first-ever Creative Chair of the Tonhalle Orchester Zurich in 2014-2015, after which he was appointed to be the Marie-Josée Kravis Composer-in-Residence with the New York Philharmonic for a four-year term. As both composer and conductor, he is the recipient of numerous major awards, including the Grawemeyer Award (for the 2009 Violin Concerto, written for Leila Josefowicz), Nemmers Prize in Musical Composition from Northwestern University, Siena Prize from the Accademia Chigiana (the first conductor ever to receive that distinction), Royal Philharmonic Society’s Opera Award and Conductor Award, Pro Finlandia Medal, Helsinki Medal, and seven honorary doctorates. In 1998, he was awarded the rank of Officier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government. Musical America named him its “2006 Musician of the Year.” On July 26, 2012, he was chosen to carry the Olympic Flame as part of the 2012 London Summer Games torch relay.

Salonen wrote of Five Images After Sappho, co-commissioned in 1999 by the Ojai Festival and London Sinfonietta, “If we imagine the history of art as some kind of Darwinian survival game, Sappho stands out as a genetic miracle. No (almost no) whole organism (poem) has survived; instead we have a couple dozen pages’ worth of fragments. Some of them are almost complete little poems, most of them are isolated groups of words or single words far apart.

“Almost every generation of poets has tried to translate these scattered messages from a woman of whom we know very little. As always, interpretation tells more about the interpreter, and his time and culture, than the work itself. Our modern view of Sappho is similar to that of other art forms, more scholarly than romantic. It is important to remember that the best Sappho translation today (or the best Beethoven interpretation) will be seen as interesting, but slightly ridiculous, by future generations. We are prisoners of our own time and generation.

“It is the fragmentary nature of the material, and therefore an almost open form, that makes Sappho so fascinating to set to music. (After having typed this sentence I realized that I am still trying to give an intellectual, formal explanation wildly off the mark, in the good old serialist tradition. That is exactly what I mean by being a prisoner of one’s own generation.) It is the tremendous energy of suffocated sexuality and the vibrant eroticism in Sappho that got my imagination going. Sappho reveals to us secrets of the female soul like nobody else. There is no subject more interesting.

“Between these small islands of words one can hear music. I set out to compose a cycle in which I would describe a woman’s life from childhood to old age and death, but my timing was not right: my son Oliver was born in the middle of the composition period, and it became totally PROGRAM 8

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“1. Tell Everyone. The singer explains that she is going to tell a story. The music is fanfare-like, except for the word ‘beautifully.’

“2. Without Warning. The first awakening of love. Descending figures in the beginning are metaphors of a gentle whirlwind.

“3. It’s No Use. A young girl is unable to concentrate on household chores. She is trying to explain to her mother why, but gets so excited that she can only stutter. Finally, she manages to get out the words ‘that boy.’

“4. The Evening Star. I imagine: a girl is lying in the grass in the evening, gazing at the stars.

For the first time she understands that even she will be old one day. The strings and the celesta describe the flicker of the stars.

“5. Wedding. I combined several poems here to create a larger form. The singer has different roles in this song. In the refrain the crowd greets the bridegroom. It returns twice in different guises. After the interlude, the bride has a brief moment of despair, but is comforted by an older woman (‘listen, my dear’), who has a very balanced point of view, in my opinion. After the second refrain, girls gather outside the nuptial chamber and sing a teasing song (‘Come bride’).

After the third refrain and an orchestral culmination, a voice describes the couple sleeping peacefully in each other’s arms.”

1. Tell Everyone

4. The Evening Star

Now, today, I shall sing beautifully for my friends’ pleasure

Is the most beautiful of all stars

2. Without Warning

5. Wedding

As a whirlwind swoops an oak Love shakes my heart

Raise up the rafters high, Hurrah for the wedding!

Carpenters: higher and higher, Hurrah for the wedding!

The bridegroom is equal to Ares, Hurrah for the wedding!

Much taller than any tall man is, Hurrah for the wedding!

As tall as the singer of Lesbos, Hurrah for the wedding!

Towers over all singers of elsewhere, Hurrah for the wedding!

3. It’s No Use Mother dear, I can’t finish my weaving You may blame Aphrodite soft as she is she has almost killed with love for that boy

I think I shall be a maiden forever

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CLASSICS PROGRAM NOTES Listen my dear, By the Goddess herself I swear That I (like you) Had only one Virginity to spare Yet did not fear To go over the bridal line When Hera bade me And cast it from me; So I cheer you on and loudly declare:

[Bridesmaid’s carol I]

“My own night was none Too bad And you my girl Have nothing to fear Nothing at all.”

So, bride, Hesperus lead you Star of the evening Happily onwards Where you shall wonder Where Hera on silver Sits Lady of Marriage.

Come, bride Brimming with roses Of love, bride, Gem of the lovely Goddess of Paphos: Go, bride, Go to the bed where Sweetly and gently You’ll play with your bridegroom:

Raise up the rafters high, Hurrah for the wedding!

Carpenters: higher and higher, Hurrah for the wedding!

The bridegroom is equal to Ares, Hurrah for the wedding!

Much taller than any tall man is, Hurrah for the wedding!

As tall as the singer of Lesbos, Hurrah for the wedding!

Towers over all singers of elsewhere, Hurrah for the wedding!

Raise up the rafters high, Hurrah for the wedding!

Carpenters: higher and higher, Hurrah for the wedding!

The bridegroom is equal to Ares, Hurrah for the wedding!

Much taller than any tall man is, Hurrah for the wedding!

As tall as the singer of Lesbos, Hurrah for the wedding!

Towers over all singers of elsewhere, Hurrah for the wedding!

They were exhausted and The black trance of night Flooded into their eyes.

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CLASSICS PROGRAM NOTES MAURICE RAVEL (1875-1937): Daphnis et Chloé Maurice Ravel was born March 3, 1875 in Ciboure, France and died December 28, 1937 in Paris.

Daphnis et Chloé was composed in 1909-1912 and premiered on June 8, 1912 in Paris, conducted by Pierre Monteux. The score calls for three flutes (2nd and 3rd doubling piccolo), alto flute, two oboes, English horn, E-flat clarinet, two B-flat clarinets, bass clarinet, three bassoons, contrabassoon, four horns, four trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, celesta, two harps, strings and mixed chorus. Duration is about 50 minutes. Last performance of the complete Daphnis et Chloé took place on November 22-24, 2013, with Andrew Litton conducting.

The Ballet Russe descended on Paris in 1909 with an impact still reverberating through the worlds of art, music and dance. Its brilliant impresario, Sergei Diaghilev, went shopping among the artistic riches of the French capital, and soon had gathered together the most glittering array of creative talent ever assembled under a single banner: Falla, Picasso, Nijinsky, Fokine, Bakst, Monteux, Stravinsky, Massine, Debussy, Matisse, Prokofiev, Pavlova, Poulenc, Milhaud. Early in 1910 Diaghilev approached Maurice Ravel with a scenario by Fokine for a ballet based on a pastoral romance derived from the writings of the 5th-century Greek sophist Longus. In his 1928 autobiographical sketch, Ravel wrote, “I was commissioned by the director of the Russian Ballet to write Daphnis et Chloé, a choreographic symphony in three movements. My aim in writing it was to compose a vast musical fresco, and to be not so much careful about archaic details as loyal to my visionary Greece, which is fairly closely related to the Greece imagined and depicted

by French painters at the end of the 18th century. The work is constructed like a symphony, with a very strict system of tonality, formed out of a small number of themes whose development assures homogeneity to the work.” Ravel’s refined view of Daphnis through the eyes of Watteau was at variance with the primitive one held by others on the production staff, especially Léon Bakst, who was doing the stage designs. There were many squabbles and delays in mounting the production, and, as a ballet, Daphnis had a lukewarm reception at its premiere at the Théâtre du Chatelet in Paris on June 8, 1912. Ravel’s score, however, was greeted with enthusiasm, perhaps because the orchestra was the only facet of the production that was completely prepared. The music immediately entered the repertory of the world’s orchestras and has remained one of the most popular of 20th-century scores, though the ballet is rarely seen.

One of the marks of a great musical work is the way in which it creates and envelops the listener in its own characteristic world. Ravel, through his masterful orchestration, sensitivity to color and atmosphere, and careful construction, created such a sound world in his Daphnis et Chloé. Ravel’s world is one of elegant sensuality and dream-like refinement, one which grew from the composer’s idealized vision not so much of Greece as of the court of Louis XIV at Versailles and its precise etiquette governing life and love. The young lovers of the ballet are not ancient primitives, but pink-cheeked shepherds who have stepped from a delicate canvas of Fragonard to amuse Le Roi Soleil. In considering the wondrous effect of Daphnis, Jean Cocteau wrote, “It is one of those works that land in the heart like a meteorite, from a planet whose laws will remain forever mysterious and beyond our understanding.” Igor Stravinsky called it “one of the most beautiful products of French music.”

The ballet opens in a meadow bordering a sacred wood on the island of Lesbos. At the right is a grotto which contains an altar graced by statues of three Nymphs chiseled from the surrounding natural stone. A great boulder in the left background suggests the shape of the SOUNDINGS

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CLASSICS PROGRAM NOTES god Pan. Greek youths and maidens enter with wreaths and flowers to place at the altar of the Nymphs as the shepherd Daphnis descends from the hills. His lover, Chloé, crosses the meadow to meet him. They join the young Greeks in a solemn dance before the altar. The girls are attracted to the handsome Daphnis, and dance seductively around him, inciting Chloé’s jealousy. Chloé, in her turn, becomes the object of the men’s advances, most particularly a crude one from the clownish goatherd Dorcon. Daphnis’ jealousy is now aroused, and he challenges Dorcon to a dancing contest, the prize to be a kiss from Chloé. Dorcon performs a grotesque dance, and is jeered by the onlookers. Daphnis easily wins Chloé’s kiss with his graceful performance. The crowd leads Chloé away, leaving Daphnis alone to lapse into languid ecstasy.

Lycenion, a seductive young woman, steals upon Daphnis, and tries to excite his interest by letting slip several of her veils, but he remains indifferent. She withdraws.

Daphnis’ attention is suddenly drawn to the clanging of arms and shouts of alarm from the woods. Pirates have invaded and set upon the Greeks. Daphnis rushes off to protect Chloé. In the melee, Chloé has returned to the altar of the Nymphs, but her prayers to them go unanswered, and she is captured. Daphnis returns to find her torn scarf. He curses the gods for having failed to protect his lover, and falls senseless at the entrance to the grotto. An otherworldly light envelops the scene as the Nymphs come to life. They descend from their pedestals, and, in a slow, mysterious dance before the large rock, supplicate for help from the god Pan, whose form emerges from the clouds as night falls.

In Scene Two, set on a jagged seacoast, the brigands enter their hideaway laden with booty. They perform a barbaric war-dance before their chief, Bryaxis, and fall exhausted. Chloé, hands bound, is led in. Bryaxis attempts to woo her, and orders her to dance. She implores her abductors for pity in her dance, pleading for her release. When the chief refuses, the sky grows dark, and Pan, arm extended threateningly, appears upon the nearby mountains. The frightened pirates flee, leaving Chloé alone.

Scene Three is again set amid the hills and meadows of the ballet’s first scene, where Daphnis is still prostrate. It is sunrise. Herdsmen arrive, and revive Daphnis with the news that Chloé has been rescued. She appears, and throws herself into Daphnis’ arms. The old shepherd Lammon explains to them that Pan has saved Chloé in remembrance of his love for the Nymph Syrinx. In gratitude, Daphnis and Chloé re-enact the ancient tale, in which Syrinx is transformed into a reed by her sisters to save her from the lustful pursuit of Pan, who then made a flute from that selfsame reed — the pipes of Pan — upon which to play away his longing. The dance grows more animated until Chloé abandons her role as Syrinx and falls into Daphnis’ arms. The two lovers approach the altar of the Nymphs. A group of maidens enters dressed as bacchantes, followed by a band of young men. Daphnis and Chloé embrace tenderly, and join in the general joyous tumult that ends the ballet.

From the complete ballet, Ravel extracted two Suites comprising some two-thirds of the work’s length. The First Suite includes the Nocturne in which the vivified nymphs console Daphnis after Chloé’s abduction, the choral Interlude between Scenes One and Two, and the Warlike Dance of the Pirates. The Second Suite parallels the action of the ballet’s final Scene: Daybreak, Pantomime of the adventure of Pan and Syrinx, and the concluding General Dance. ©2017 Dr. Richard E. Rodda

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CO MMUN I T Y SUPPO RT Thomas J. and Shirley C. Gibson Mr. Paul E. Goodspeed and Ms. Mary Poole Stephen and Margaret Hagood Mabel Y. Hughes Charitable Trust KPMG, LLP Dr. Richard and Mrs. Mary Krugman Mrs. Bette MacDonald Dr. Jon Masoudi and Dr. Marsha Tharakan Mrs. Rhea Miller Kenneth and Myra Monfort Charitable Foundation Ms. Carolyn Moore Jane Costain and Gary Moore Helen Murray Charitable Trust Drs. Sarah and Harold Nelson Dr. Christopher Ott and Mr. Jeremy Simons Frank Y. Parce Priester Foundation Republic National Distributing Company Lt. Col. and Mrs. Robert W. Riegel Raymond and Suzanne Satter Sherman & Howard George Shields Foundation, Inc. Anna and John J. Sie Foundation University of Denver U.S. Bank Foundation Verizon Wireless Mr. and Mrs. Seth Weisberg Peter Wells and Julie Gordon Alan and Judy Wigod Dr. Jack Wilson Mr. Earl and Mrs. Nancy Wright

Silver Conductor’s Circle

($5,000+)

Anonymous Michael Altenberg and Libby Bortz Ms. Catherine H. Anderson Eugene C. & Florence Armstrong Family Foundation Ken and Zoe Barley Bob and Cynthia Benson Marc and Claudia Braunstein Dale and Marguerite Bussman Dr. and Mrs. David Campbell Mr. Willis Carpenter Mr. Gene Child Mr. Scott and Mrs. Alyssa Clarke CoBiz Financial Donna and Ted Connolly Denver Post Mr. and Mrs. Bruce DiBiase Driscoll Foundation Mr. John F. Estes III and Mrs. Norma Horner Mark and Carla Ewing Mr. Jack Finlaw and Mr. Greg Movesian Ms. Jayne Ford Shawn Fowler Thomas J. and Shirley C. Gibson Robert S. Graham Peter and Rhondda Grant Great Western Bank Mr. and Mrs John Grier

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Celeste and Jack Grynberg Michael and Frances Gundzik Tom Haller and Kim Patmore Ms. Amy Harmon Haselden Construction, LLC Jennifer Heglin Elizabeth and Steve Holtze Kenneth King Foundation Midge Korczak KUSA-9 News Donald and Margery Langmuir Steve and Pat Larson Leopold Brothers Marjorie MacLachlan Macy’s Foundation A.J. Markley Trust Mr. and Mrs. Michael Miller Mr. Craig Ponzio Precourt Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Richard Robinson Dr. Susan B. Rifkin Dr. Joanne Rudoff Elyse Tipton and Paul Ruttum Mr. Robert E. Schueller Scientific & Cultural Collaborative Rob and Jane Scofield David and Susan Seitz Mitch and Barbara Solich Harvey and Maureen Solomon Eric Sondermann and Tracy Dunning The Ilse Steinbach Revocable Trust

Conductor’s Circle Anonymous (3) Sue Anschutz-Rodgers Robert P. Austin Mr. Hartman Axley Margaret and Larry Ballonoff Addie and Bob Barkley Fackler Legacy Gift J. Fern Black Erin Blue Jude Blum Barbara Bohlman Barbara Bridges Mr. Scott Brockett Nathan B. & Florence R. Burt Foundation Dr. Bonnie W. Camp Ms. Ellie Caulkins Professor Gerald Chapman Choquette and Hart, LLP Drs. Henry and Janet Claman John L. Coil Collage Giving Fund Bill and Nancy Cook Jim and Julie Copenhaver Polly Cordes Drs. Richard J. and Jan Marie Crawford Karen and William Curtis Lou Tate Dafoe Mrs. Jean Davenport Mr. and Mrs. Richard Deane Mark and Katherine Dickson

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Mr. Shannon and Mrs. Stephanie Duffy Gerald S. Dunbar Ted and Margaret Eickhoff Drs. Ellen and Anthony Elias Fine Arts Foundation FirstBank Holding Company of Colorado Fran and Mike Fisher Mr. Robert Friedlander Mr. David F. Fritz Mr. and Mrs. Greg Fulton Deborah and Theodore Gaensbauer Mrs. Sally S. Gart Ms. Donna S. Gerich Mr. and Mrs. George C. Gibson Ms. Jean M. Gordon Thomas J. Jirak and Susan Graber The Friedlander Family - Great Lakes Marine Denver Sally Haas Dr. and Mrs. Karl Hammermeister Dr. and Mrs. Robert D. Harry Lorraine and Harley G. Higbie Bill and Donna Hoberecht Mr. and Mrs. Del Hock Penny and Glen Holguin The Humphreys Foundation Thomas J. Jirak and Susan Graber Edeltraud Johnson Mr. Paul Johnson Richard and Mary Anne Johnston Donald and Henny Kaufmann Joe and Francine Kelso

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Rob and Kathy Klugman Dragon Kojic Donna C. Kornfeld Mr. George Kruger Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kugeler Sandy and Evan Lasky Warren and Nancy Lawrence Don Leach Judge and Mrs. John P. Leopold Mrs. Ann C. Levy Robert and Patricia Lisensky M. Catherine and James R. Look Marty Lord Mrs. Jeri Loser John and Merry Low Evi and Evan Makovsky Ms. Joan Manley Mr. Robert and Mrs. Barbara Marchbank Steve and Kathy McConahey Mr. and Mrs. Neil McLagan Sharon L. Menard Ms. Anne B. Mills Brett and Angela Mitchell Henry B. Mohr Adam Moore Mr. Douglas G. and Dr. Laura B. Moran Kirsten and David Morgan Robert and Carol Murphy Judie and Ron Neel Ms. Mary Neidig Elizabeth and Heather Neva Mr. Stephen Norris Dr. Bonnie M. Orkow, Ph.D. Mr. Gary and Mrs. Joyce Pashel Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Payne Sue and Edwin Peiker Bonnie C. Perkins Mr. Leonard Perlmutter Dr. Peter S. Quintero Richard Replin and Elissa Stein Myra and Robert Rich Dr. Susan B. Rifkin Matt Rippee Supansar and Robert Rodriquez Dr. and Mrs. Paul R. Rosen Ms. Margaret Roath Ms. Julie B. Rubsam Suzanne Barber Ryan Dr. and Mrs. Richard J. Sanders Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Saunders Henry R. Schmoll Ms. Barbara Servis Jon Gamm and Kathleen Sgamma Mr. and Mrs. Peter D. Shultz Sam and Marty Sloven William F. Smith and Shirley A. Scott Galen & Ada Belle Spencer Foundation Ms. Kathy Spuhler Mr. Gordon W. Stenger Vicki and Harry Sterling Dr. Bill Strempel Mrs. Beatrice Taplin Mr. and Mrs. Howard Turetzky

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Dr. and Mrs. Ed Van Bramer Normie and Paul Voillequé Richard E. Wagner Larned A. Waterman & Paul S. Messard Trust Malcolm and Donna Wheeler Mr. James Williams and Ms. Jennifer Landrum Drs. Richard and Jean Williams Michael and Sandra Wilson Mr. Duain Wolfe Jonathan and Kathryn Zeschin

Symphony Concertmaster

($1,000+)

Anonymous (5) Charles and Joan Albi Ms. Maggie Anderson Sue Anschutz-Rodgers Nancy Ball Richard and Linda Bateman Dr. and Mrs. Henry J. Beckwitt Ms. Barbara Berryman Hannah Kahn and Arthur Best John and Sandy Blue Margaret C. Bozarth Mr. Willard and Mrs. Peg Brown Ms. Patricia Butler Alice Silver and Tom Byrnes Keith and Lindsay Campbell Mr. and Mrs. John B. Chafee Dr. and Mrs. James G. Chandler Cherry Hills Cultural Associates Taesuk Cho-Hwang David and Joan Clark Sheila M. Cleworth Ms. Shirley Hamilton and Ms. G. Brooks Clouser Catherine Cole Community First Foundation John Couzens Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Cox Dr. James W. Craft Anne M. Culver Mike and Bonnie Dalke Mr. Robert and Mrs. Lenore Damrauer Dr. Stephen Dilts Dobbins Foundation Mrs. Mary Donlon Mr. Garrettson Dulin, Jr. Evan D. Ela-Collins Cockrel & Cole, P.C. Ms. Susan Ellis Ms. Lee C. Everding Clark and Martha Ewald Jim and Jo Ferguson Frederick G. Fish Foundation Fran and Mike Fisher Rhiannon Fisher Mrs. Mary Lou Flater Singer F. Foundation Mike Fredregill Mr. and Mrs. John E. Fuller Dr. and Mrs. John H. Gale Mr. and Mrs. John A. Gallagher B.J. and Grace George Dr. Burton and Mrs. Lee Golub Veronica Goodrich

Mr. and Mrs. Ed Greene Renee and Martin Gross Hugh and Nancy Grove Ms. Julia Gwaltney Charles A. & Pat Hadley Ms. Shirley Hamilton and Ms. G. Brooks Clouser Mr. James Hanegan The Havercroft Family Foundation Hayes Family Foundation Mrs. Joan Hazen Mr. Nick Hazen Diane D. Henry Mr. Philip Hiester and Ms. Deborah Reshotko Judith and Jim Hilton Dr. Stephen Hindes Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Hirschfeld Mrs. Eileen Honnen-McDonald Mrs. Isabella W. Horsky Renate and Joseph Hull Mr. Martin Inglis Mrs. Eleanor L. Isbill Mr. and Mrs. Bradley James Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Jenkins Bradley Joseph Robert W. Karow Ms. Kimberly Keen Mr. Allen Kemp Dr. Peter Kennealey and Dr. Colleen Murphy Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Kern Dr. Richard and Mrs. Carla Kern Kinder Morgan Foundation Mr. Bryan Kohlenberg Ruth and George Krauss Ms. Gloria S. Kubel Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kugeler Phyllis and James Kurtz-Phelan Mr. Gregg Kvistad Minnie B. Lindsey John and Mary Lohre Mrs. Jeri Loser Mr. Greg and Mrs. Julie Lucas Jean L. Marshall Mr. and Mrs. John S. Martin Justin Mavity Angelica Daneo and Patrick McKinstry Robert Meade Ms. Janet Melson Virginia Messick Jay and Lois Miller Gene and Dee Milstein Mr. Robert R. Montgomery Janet Mordecai Anne and David Necker James Neely Mr. and Mrs. W. Peterson Nelson Mr. and Mrs. Howard Noble Dr. Richard and Mrs. Florence O’Day Ed and Jean Onderko Mr. David Parce Dan and Susan Paulien

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Ms. Sue Pawlik Perry C. Peine Eric Pirritt Mr. David Porter Al and Ursula Powell Mr. Bennett L. Price Dr. Dean M. Prina Robin Pringle Nijole and Walter Rasmussen Mr. Nick Recuber Mr. Eli Reshotko and Mrs. Adina Reshotko Steven and Joan Ringel Ayliffe and Fred Ris Ms. Margaret Roath Dr. Gregory Robbins Terri and Jay Rolls Sallie and John Ruhnka Jim and Doreen Ryan Dave Schmitz Ruth Schoening Nancy & Robert Schulein Fund Mr. and Mrs. George Shaw Dr. and Mrs. Edwin R. Smith Billie Busby and Sidney Smith Harvey and Maureen Solomon Kelley Staudenmier Philip Stoffel and Tricia Hughey Dr. Darwin Strickland Marcia D. Strickland Lou and Katherine Svoboda Mr. Lloyd Sweet Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Tashiro Tipton Family Foundation David Tourtelot and Nikki Headlee Kyle and Bev Turner Mr. Tim and Mrs. Lisa Walsh Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Ward Peter Weiser Mr. and Mrs. Tor Westgaard Richard and MaryAnn Woods Henry E. Wurst Family Foundation Dr. Martin Yussman

Symphony Musician

($500+)

Anonymous (6) Rhiannon Adler Fisher DeAnn Anderson Mr. and Mrs. Gary Armstrong Bruce Avery Ms. Nora Baldwin Mr. James D. Balog Corinne Morse and David Beeman Anne and Henry Beer Ms. Mariette Bell Claire Benson Mr. Erik Bernstein Sue and Bix Bicknell Marie and Howard Blaney Ms. Ellen Blatt Jane Bomba Ms. Therese Brady Ms. Emily Brett Mr. Briggs and Ms. Kostyashkina

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Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Bronesky Ms. Barbara Brown Mr. and Mrs. Wesley A. Brown Sandy and Rogene Buchholz M. Peyton and Suzanne D. Bucy - Bucy Family Fund Mrs. Elizabeth S. Budd Robert and Linda Bushman Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Butz Cadre General Contractors Inc. Rusty and Ellen Campos Douglas and Constance Cain Christina Carlson Ms. Barbara Carpenter Richard Caudel Caulkins Family Foundation Ms. Martha Chamberlin Daniel Chapman Dr. Kevin M. Christ Dr. David and Mrs. Delores Claassen Ms. Sherri Colgan Mr. Scott Coors and Dr. David Hurt Frances S. Corsello Ray and Kathleen Cravy Mr. Lee Cryer Anne M. Culver Hille L. Dais Suzanne Dakin Ms. Ruth Dalrymple Chris D’ambrosia Mrs. Sue Damour The Dowling Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Drew Louise and Robert Dudley Dr. and Mrs. Michael P. Earnest Max and Carol Ehrlich Mr. Edward and Mrs. Judith Elgethun Lucy and Dan Ellerhorst Mr. Don Elliott Barbara Neal and Edward E. Ellis Mr. and Mrs. James W. Espy Courtney Ferer Dr. and Mrs. Richard Fieman Ms. Gail Fisher Mr. and Mrs. Gregg Flannery David and Debra Flitter Dr. Lauren Fraser and Ms. Rebecca Coughlin Frederick G. Fish Foundation Joann Freedman Ms. JoAnne Friedman Deborah S. Froeb Virginia E. & Robert K. Fuller Todd Gander and Terry Hsu-Gander Wes Ganter Marshall and Jenifer Gile Michael Gill The Gilman Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Jim Golanty Tamara Golden and Tim Worrall Mr. Barry J. Goldstein and Mrs. Thorey Goldstein Mr. and Mrs. James B. Grange Ms. Andrea J. Grant Mr. and Mrs. Gerald M. Greenberg Mr. and Mrs. Peter Griffiths

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Mr. David Hackl Donald Hagengruber Mr. and Mrs. Alvin W. Haggerty Charles and Linda Hamlin Mr. and Mrs. Homer Hancock Ms. Linda Harger Mr. and Mrs. George Hearne Owen and Deborah Herman Betsy Herrick and Milt Kahn Mr. and Mrs. J.B. Hewetson Mr. and Mrs. James Hidahl Ms. Susan A. Hill Chad Hollingsworth Ms. Sally Hopper Andrew Hornbrook Michael E. Huotari and Jill R. Stewart Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hucks, Jr. Amanda Hutchison Robert and Betty Huzjak Mr. Jon Isenhart The Janet Melson Charitable Gift Fund Mrs. Jill Johnke Mr. Eric E. Johnson Mrs. Kathleen Johnson and Mr. Stephen Vierling Marvin and Carole Johnson Mr. Douglas C. Jones Dr. and Mrs. Everette G. Jones Kathy and Arthur Judd Lina Kelso Heidi and Randy Keogh Ms. Judy H. Kessenich

Mr. Michael Biere Oza and Milan Klanjsek Mel and Roberta Klein Mr. and Mrs. Stanley W. Kleinsteiber Mr. Kurt Koptish Mr. Richard Koseff Mr. William L. Kowalski Jr Eric Krein John W. Kure and Cheryl L. Solich Nancy Lambertson Mr. Richard Leather David C. Leger Deanna Rose Leino Frank and Ginny Leitz Mr. Owen Levine Judy and Dan Lichtin Ms. Marianne Lizza Ms. Johanna Llewellyn Mr. and Mrs. Harold Logan Paul V. LoNigro Patty Lorie Ms. Marian Lyons Mrs. Jean Macferran John Mamuscia Marian P. Gelfand Fund Mr. and Mrs. Jim Marlow Bruce W. Martin Mr. and Mrs. Gerard Martins

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Mr. and Mrs. Amos C. Mathews William Mathews Myron McClellan and Lawrence Phillips Dr. Jerrald McCollum Jay and Carol McCormick Ms. Tracey McCullough Michael E. McGoldrick Karen M. McGrath Carla E. McKennett Mrs. Bridget McNeil Ms. Carla McWilliams Mr. and Mrs. Harold ‘Bud’ Meadows Mr. Steve Metcalf Paul and Barb Moe Cheryl L. Moody Ms. Emily Morgan Ron, Hester, Fred and Estelle Nadal Mrs. Cynthia F. Nagel Ms. Marcia G. Naiman Newberry Family Fund Mrs. Kristen Nordenholz Mr. Robert and Mrs. Ilsa Nordenholz Ms. Sheila O’Brien Larry O’Donnell and Kermit Cain Ray O’Loughlin and Jamie Henderson Dr. Priscilla Zynda-Otsuki and Mr. Steve Otsuki Mary and Art Otten Mr. Gregory A. Parsons Carl Patterson David and Doris Pearlman Mr. and Mrs. George C. Pickering Mr. Cason and Rachel Pierce Ed Post Katy Powers Mr. and Mrs. H.W. Praetorius Ms. Julie Prange John Puckett Ms. Melinda Quiat Mr. and Mrs. Ted E. Rains Mr. Kameron Ray Mr. Nick Recuber Ms. Haley C. Reidy Nancy and Gene Richards Brandon Ridenour Richard Right Hannelore Rimlinger Matt Rippee Eleanor Roberts Mr. Bernie Rogoff and Ms. Jean Greenberg Anthony C. and Patricia J. Romeo Sig and Lucille Rosefeld Ms. Carol L. Rust Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Sandt Mr. Clayton Saylor Mr. Loren Schillinger Ms. Mary Ann Schultz Patrick Scully Mr. David Seeland Dr. and Mrs. David Shander Jo Shannon Dr. and Mrs. Arnold Silverman Ms. Janice Sinden Mr. and Mrs. William H. Speaker

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Hanspeter Spuhler Myron and Marcia Stein Julie and John Strain Mr. and Mrs. Michael Strear Helena and Allan Striker Ryan Sullivan Carol and Cedric Tarr Judy and Rob Tate Brandon Thall Mr. Frank Thomson Jennifer Thurman Skip Thurman Mr. and Mrs. Carl J. Tillery Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Timblin Ms. Sheila Trader Dona Verschelden Ed and Patty Wahtera John and Kristine Wallack Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Ward Ms. Hanna Warren Walter and Susanna Weart Mr. Jim and Mrs. Janice White Jordan Wight Mr. Dieter and Mrs. Marianne Wons Dr. & Mrs. Roy R. Wright Dick and Lorie Young Marsha F. Young Mr. and Mrs. Ken Ziebarth R.A. Zimmerman Joan Zisler Susan Zohn

MATCHING DONATIONS 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 Advancement Department directly, 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). 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 Catherine Bess Terry Biddinger Libby Bortz Erna Butler Taesuk Cho-Hwang

Founding Member

Founding Member Founding Member Founding Member

Kirsten Collins Donna Connolly Anne Culver Courtney Ferer Kathie Finger Mary Lou Flater Deborah Gaensbauer Monica Glickman Diane Hill Elizabeth Holtze Eileen Honnen-McDonald Montjoy Kugeler Sandy Lasky Ann Levy Nira Lipner Carolyn Longmire Jeri Loser Merry Low Janet Mordecai Karin Mote Chris Murata Carol Murphy Elizabeth B. Neva Jane Nielsen Shelia O’Brien Ursula Powell Margaret Roath Mary Rossick Kern Suzanne Barber Ryan Suzanne Satter Elizabeth Schlosser

CO M M U N I T Y SU P P O RT Alice Silver Phoebe Smedley Kathy Sphuler Vicki Sterling Janyce Wald Rivka Weisberg Judy Wigod Founding Member

BRETT MITCHELL SOCIETY

Founding Member

The following are members of the prestigious Brett Mitchell Society (BMS). BMS members are highly engaged patrons and donors who share the Colorado Symphony’s 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.

Founding Member

Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Accetta Michael Altenberg and Libby Bortz Margaret and Larry Ballonoff Addie and Bob Barkley Ken and Zoe Barley Fackler Legacy Gift Col. Philip Beaver and Mrs. Kim Beaver Bob and Cynthia Benson

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J. Fern Black Ed and Laurie Bock Roger and Susan Bowles Barbara Bridges Dale and Marguerite Bussman Dr. Bonnie W. Camp Jim and Janice Campbell Mr. Willis Carpenter Ms. Ellie Caulkins Merle C. Chambers Professor Gerald Chapman Mr. Gene Child Young and Carolyn Cho Sylvia Sosin Cohen Tom and NoĂŤl Congdon Donna and Ted Connolly Bill and Nancy Cook Jim and Julie Copenhaver Lou Tate Dafoe Dr. Stephen Dilts Ted and Margaret Eickhoff Drs. Ellen and Anthony Elias Mr. John F. Estes III Keith and Kathie Finger Mr. Jack Finlaw Fran and Mike Fisher Dr. Everette J. Freeman Mrs. Sally S. Gart Ms. Donna S. Gerich Thomas J. and Shirley C. Gibson Mr. Paul E. Goodspeed and Ms. Mary Poole Robert S. Graham Peter and Rhondda Grant Michael and Frances Gundzik 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 Mr. and Mrs. Del Hock Elizabeth and Steve Holtze Edeltraud Johnson Donald and Henny Kaufmann Joe and Francine Kelso Mary Rossick Kern and Jerome H. Kern Rob and Kathy Klugman Donna C. Kornfeld Mr. George Kruger Dr. Richard and Mrs. Mary Krugman Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kugeler Donald and Margery Langmuir Steve and Pat Larson Sandy and Evan Lasky Judge and Mrs. John P. Leopold Robert and Patricia Lisensky John and Merry Low Mrs. Bette MacDonald Marjorie MacLachlan Mr. & Mrs. Claude M. Maer, Jr. Evi and Evan Makovsky Dr. Jon Masoudi and Dr. Marsha Tharakan

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Steve and Kathy McConahey Sharon L. Menard Mr. and Mrs. Michael Miller Mrs. Rhea Miller Michael and Sharon Modiz Robert and Carol Murphy Ms. Mary Neidig Drs. Sarah and Harold Nelson Elizabeth and Heather Neva Shelia O'Brien Frank Y. Parce Sue and Edwin Peiker Rosemary and John Priester Myra and Robert Rich Lt. Col. and Mrs. Robert W. Riegel Dr. Susan B. Rifkin Dr. and Mrs. Paul R. Rosen Dr. Joanne Rudoff Dr. and Mrs. Richard J. Sanders Raymond and Suzanne Satter Henry R. Schmoll Mr. Robert E. Schueller Rob and Jane Scofield David and Susan Seitz Ms. Barbara Servis Jon Gamm and Kathleen Sgamma Sam and Marty Sloven Phoebe Anne Smedley William F. Smith and Shirley A. Scott Anonymous Eric Sondermann and Tracy Dunning Ms. Kathy Spuhler Vicki and Harry Sterling Mr. and Mrs. Howard Turetzky Normie and Paul VoillequĂŠ 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 Dr. Jack Wilson Michael and Sandra Wilson Mr. and Ms. Michael A. Zoellner

SPECIAL PROJECT DONORS 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.

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

CO M M U N I T Y SU P P O RT

Mary Rossick Kern and Jerome H. Kern Fred and Connie Platt Mr. Dan Poole Dr. and Mrs. Paul R. Rosen

Chairman’s Society

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 Dresner Foundation Malone Family Foundation

Gold Chairman’s Society Anonymous The Anschutz Foundation Mrs. Libby Anschutz Arrow Electronics, Inc. Mrs. Sandy N. Elliott

($25,000+)

($10,000+)

Anonymous The AJL Charitable Foundation Ralph L. and Florence R. Burgess Trust The Denver Foundation Kern Family Foundation U.S. Bank Foundation Verizon Wireless Walter S. Rosenberry, III Trust

Silver Conductor’s Circle

($5,000+)

Anonymous Colorado Symphony Guild, Inc. Denver Post Charities, a McCormick Foundation Fund Precourt Foundation Scientific & Cultural Collaborative US Bank Foundation

Conductor’s Circle

($2,000+)

Anonymous Nathan B. & Florence R. Burt Foundation Cherry Hills Cultural Associates Collage Giving Fund ECA Foundation Fine Arts Foundation Katherine McMurray Henry B. Mohr Parker Foundation

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Symphony Concertmaster

($1,000+)

Anonymous Keith and Kathie Finger Kinder Morgan Foundation Singer F. Foundation

Symphony Musician

($500+)

Anonymous Nancy Ball Dr. John A. and Mrs. Jane H. Coppola Mr. Billy Harris and Ms. Linda Purcell Betsy Herrick and Milt Kahn Mr. Jon Isenhart Ms. Carla McWilliams Mr. and Mrs. Howard Turetzky R.A. Zimmerman

Principal

BALL SPONSOR LIST The 2017 Colorado Symphony Ball: Rock and Roll Royalty celebrated our musical guest Tracksuit Wedding and raised over $1 million to sustain Symphony programs through table sales, donations, sponsorships, silent and live auctions, and real-time donations supporting our Educational programming including Very Young Composers.

Presenting Sponsor

($75,000+)

Arrow Electronics, Inc.

Virtuoso

($50,000+)

The Anschutz Foundation Liberty Global, Inc. Malone Family Foundation United Airlines Corporate

Maestro

($25,000+)

Anonymous AMG National Trust Bank Linda Shoemaker and Stephen M. Brett Mark Carleton Mr. Edward B. Cordes Sandy Elliott HomeAdvisor IAC Corporation Mary Rossick Kern and Jerome H. Kern Liberty Media Corporation LionTree Advisors, LLC

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AEG Live AMC Network Baker & Hostetler, LLP Baker Botts, LLP Benefactor/Randall Carter Breakthru Beverage Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck Carolyn and Young Cho Alyssa and Scott Clarke Colorado Rockies Baseball Club CU Anschutz Medical Campus CU Foundation DaVita DiBiase Family Fund Jayne Ford and Ken desGarennes Ali Pashel Frankfurt and Will Frankfurt Great Western Bank John and Bridget Grier Dr. Richard and Mary Krugman Sharon Magness Blake and Ernie Blake Dr. Marsha Tharakan and Dr. Jon Masoudi Coreen and Michael Miller MillerCoors Moye White, LLP 9NEWS Gary and Joyce Pashel Republic National Distributing Company Marcia and Richard Robinson Searchlight Capital Tracy Dunning and Eric Sondermann Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits Volunteers of America Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz WilmerHale

Rock Level

Applejack Wine & Spirits Keith and Kathie Finger KPMG, LLP Mr. Trent and Mrs. Nicole Martinet Northern Trust Company Sherman & Howard

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Nancy and Tony Accetta Davis Graham & Stubbs, LLP Delta Dental Plan of Colorado Denver Broncos Football Club University of Denver Discovery Communications Stephanie and Adam Donner Dr. Everette J. Freeman, President, Community College of Denver Diane S. Hill, Ph.D. and Kevin E. Somerville, Ph.D. Libby Anschutz Foundation Dr. Christopher Ott and Jeremy Simons The Publishing House Anna and John J. Sie Foundation

($1,000+)

FirstBank Stephanie and Adam Moore Judy and Alan Wigod

Bach Level Boss Architecture Cadre General Contractors Inc. Julie and Jim Copenhaver Barbara and Ed Greene A. B. Hirschfeld

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Sandy and Evan Lasky Susan and Howard Noble Nijole and Walter Rasmussen Jane and Rob Scofield

Donations AllÊe Photography Sue Anschutz-Rodgers Applejack Wine & Spirits Argonaut Wine & Liquor Bouquets Ceavco Merle C. Chambers Epicurean Jay’s Valet Live Nation Peter Lockley The Publishing House Republic National Distributing Company Barbara Servis 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 David Abosch given by: Roger and Susan Bowles Dick and Sigrid Freese Mr. John and Mrs. Karen Kinzie Mr. Duain Wolfe In memory of Mr. Charles Ansbacher given by: Swanee Hunt Family Foundation In memory of Ms. Nan L. Barnett given by: Ms. Teresa D. Case Eileen P. Hayes Carol Jordan E. Joyce Morgan Charles and Shirley Anne Sheets Janice A. Speer, classmates of Class of 1956 In memory of Terry Biddinger given by: Roger and Susan Bowles In memory of Bessie C. Burghardt given by: Bessie C. Burghardt Charitable Unitrust In memory of Ms. Muriel Cassidy given by: Mr. David Aker In memory of Mr. and Mrs. John H. Caton given by: Catherine Caton Groene In memory of Mingwah Chan given by: Mr. and Mrs. Daniel C. Chan In memory of Blair Chotzinhoff given by: The Denver Foundation Mr. Chet K. Hampson and Ms. Susan Martin Mrs. Nancy Schulein In memory of Dr. William R. Cook given by: Karen Cook

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In memory of Mr. Richard Culver given by: Marcia D. Strickland Wednesday Music Party In memory of Frances E. given by: Cynthia Schauer In memory of Paul and Ann Emrich given by: Mr. David Emrich In memory of Mr. Gerald Endsley given by: Mr. Chet K. Hampson and Ms. Susan Martin In memory of Ms. Virginia W. Farber given by: Ms. Penny Berenbaum Christina K. Chavez Ms. Vicki Dansky Mr. Michael Eber Ms. Nikki Reyer Facteau Mr. and Mrs. Kevan Gibson Lynda Goldstein Celeste and Jack Grynberg Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Hirschfeld Brad Kornfeld Mrs. Linda Kornfeld Dan Levin Beth Levy Ms. Patricia Loewi Mr. Robert Loup Ms. Cynthia Lowinger Ms. Julie Malek Margie Margolies Rabbi and Mrs. David Meyer Louann and Micky Miller Recht Kornfeld PC Rose Community Foundation Sharon and Charles Rosen Temple Emanuel Denver In memory of Dr. Joyce S. Freeman given by: Freeman Family Foundation Ms. JoAnne Friedman In memory of Jerry and Joyce Friedman given by: Ms. JoAnne Friedman 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 Dr. H. Michael Hayes given by: Hayes Family Foundation In memory of Jeannine D. Hiester given by: Phillip C. Hiester In memory of retired musician Fred Hoeppner given by: Dr. and Mrs. Richard Bakemeier Drs. Paula and William Bernstein Roger and Susan Bowles Ed and Colleen Casper Rochelle Cohen Jim and Julie Copenhaver Mr. Edward and Mrs. Judith Elgethun David and Debra Flitter

Dick and Sigrid Freese Mrs. Trisha F. Hood Mike Jalving and Susan Spero Mr. Gary Kleiman and Ms. Elisa Moran Judge and Mrs. John P. Leopold Karen Jo and Brett Levin John and Merry Low Ms. Cynthia R. Mancinelli Mr. and Mrs. James Maurer Paul and Barb Moe His friends and neighbors of Mountain View Elizabeth and Heather Neva Ms. Kathleen Newman F.R. Owen Ms. Mary Ann Rhode Don Ruggles Rob and Jane Scofield Mr. and Ms. Steve Straub Judy Wiese In memory of Mrs. Suzanne Kintzele given by: Ms. Marianne Bolt In memory of Kenneth W. Kohlenberg given by: Mr. Bryan Kohlenberg In memory of David Kulaas given by: Mrs. Jennifer S. Kulaas Pelham G. Pearce In memory of Lea LaParle given by: Ms. Donna S. Gerich

CO M M U N I T Y SU P P O RT 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 Marie Lindvall given by: Anonymous In memory of Dr. James List, M.D. given by: Emma L. Dafoe In memory of Stephen Hagen given by: Mr. John A. Coppola Stacie Goldin Louis and Sherry Hannen Susan Holt Mr. Roger Tate 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

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CO MMUN I T Y SUPPO RT In memory of Virginia McGehee given by: Sarah C. Hite In memory of their late spouses, Richard McKennett and Sarah Porter given by: Carla McKennett and David Porter In memory of Trieba Clark Meeks given by: Ms. Penny Berenbaum Deanna J. Collins Larry O’Donnell and Kermit Cain Robert Pipkin Nadine C. Racek Revocable Trust In memory of Fred and Florence Mohr given by: Brad Metziner In memory of Maurine Howell Moody given by: Mr. Robert Moody In memory of Charles Lewis Mueldener given by: Challa Patchett In memory of her husband, Ralph S. Paffenbarger, Jr., M.D. given by: Jo Ann Paffenbarger In memory of Robert Peterson given by: Mr. John Peterson In memory of Herman D. Post given by: Dr. Robin D. Post In memory of Dorothy Presta given by: Mr. and Mrs. William Cowan Ms. Mary Neidig P. A. Price In memory of Ralph F. Proctor III given by: Mr. and Mrs. Steven H. Proctor In Memory of Dr. W. Gerald Rainer given by: Mr. and Mrs. Robert and Joan Bell Dr. and Mrs. David Flitter Mr. and Mrs. John Low In memory of Barbara Ridgway given by: Ms. Kathryn Taylor In memory of Erna Rockey given by: Roger and Susan Bowles In memory of Erwin I. Rogoff, “Country before Self” given by: Mr. Bernie Rogoff and Ms. Jean Greenberg 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 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 Barbara Uhrich given by: Mrs. Nancy C. Ives and Mr. M. J. Roddy Joan Manley Houlton

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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 Sam Wagonfeld given by: Dick and Sigrid Freese In memory of Jane Harper Wagner given by: Wall, Smith, Bateman Inc. In memory of Seymour (SY) Wallach given by: Mrs. Merrily Wallach In memory of Mrs. Jean Watt given by: Rob and Jane Scofield In memory of Heinrich Weinberg given by: Dr. Adriana Weinberg In memory of Lisa Gayle Wigod given by: Alan and Judy Wigod In memory of Charleen Wippler given by: Ms. Linda Will In memory of Zelda K. Witkind given by: Mr. Richard Morris In memory of Randy Wren given by: Ms. Ann Cearley In memory of Josephine Zoglo given by: Regina Zoglo

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CO MMUN I T Y SUPPO RT In honor of Jeanette Carlson given by: Joseph Goldhammer In honor of Ellie Caulkins given by: Anna and John J. Sie Foundation In honor of Taesuk Cho-Hwang given by: Ms. Ruth Williams In honor of Mary Claire and Jim Brothers given by: Ms. Melinda Quiat In honor of the Colorado Symphony Chorus given by: Jude Blum Ms. Cynthia Lowinger Susan Von Roedern Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Sladovnik In honor of the Colorado Symphony Guild given by: Billie Busby and Sidney Smith In honor of Susan Ellis given by: Deanna J. Collins In honor of Keith and Kathy Finger given by: Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan F. Zeschin In honor of Brook Ferguson, Principal Flutist given by: Mr. Robert Moody In honor of Monica Glickman given by: Ms. Ruth Schorsch In honor of Frank Gordon given by: Trevor Crandall In honor of Bill and Carol Gossard given by: Anonymous In honor of retired musician, Chet Hampson given by: Susan Martin In honor of Philip C. Hiester, Master Electrician of the CSO given by: Mr. Eli Reshotko and Mrs. Adina Reshotko In honor of Diane S. Hill and Kevin E. Somerville given by: Michael P. Dowling Mr. and Mrs. Seth Weisberg In honor of Roy A. Kent given by: Anonymous In honor of Jerry Kern’s Birthday given by: Nancy Battan Mrs. Terry A. Biddinger Laura Bond Patty and Don Cook Mr. Stephen A. Edmonds Sari and Bob Freedman Mr. Philip Hiester and Ms. Deborah Reshotko Coreen and Michael Miller Ms. Julie B. Rubsam Mr. and Mrs. John Sie Mr. Bruce Wald In honor of Mary Rossick Kern and Jerry Kern given by: Michael and Christine James Ms. Leslie Sexer Myron and Marcia Stein In honor of John and Karen Kinzie given by: Ms. Kathleen Dunnewald In honor of Keith Kirby given by: Ms. Sara Alt In honor of Nona Kolbe’s 100th Birthday given by: Brad Metziner

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In honor of Carole Leight given by: Mr. Erik Bernstein Ms. Melinda Quiat In honor of Ann Levy’ Birthday given by: Mrs. Sue Damour Rose Community Foundation In honor of Karen Littlefield given by: Mr. and Mrs. Steven H. Proctor In honor of Rebecca Moritzky given by: Barb Moritzky In honor of Frank Parce and Ellie Roberts given by: Mr. David Parce In honor of Jeffrey Pickard, MD given by: The Colorado Health Foundation In honor of Ken Quarles given by: Frank Y. Parce In honor of Dr. W. Gerald Rainer given by: Mr. and Mrs. Robert and Joan Bell Dr. and Mrs. James G. Chandler Dr. and Mrs. David Flitter Mr. and Mrs. John Low Dr. and Mrs. Morris H. Susman In honor of Julie Rubsam given by: Driscoll Foundation Mollie Leone In honor of Dr. and Mrs. Richard Sanders given by: Ms. Ann Gugenheim In honor of the matrimony of Margaret Shugrue and David Hackl given by: Mr. and Mrs. John Couzens In honor of Janice Schultz given by: Ms. Jennifer D. Spaulding In honor of Enid Slack’s Birthday given by: Mr. and Mrs. Dick Freese In honor of Jackson T. Stevens given by: Mrs. Bridget McNeil Mr. Chris Strom In honor of John and Kristine Wallack given by: Richard Falb and Gail Skaggs In honor of Robert Warner given by: Ruth Mosteller In honor of Janet Way’s 90th Birthday given by: Frank Y. Parce In honor of Darlee Whiting given by: Hayes Family Foundation In honor of Alan and Judy Wigod given by: Robert Wigod In honor of our Concertmaster, Yumi Hwang-Williams given by: Michael P. Dowling In honor of Harold Wippler given by: Ms. Linda Will In honor of the people of Western Oncology Hematology given by: Mr. Frank Y. Parce In honor of Duain Wolfe for his outstanding work with the Chorus given by: Mr. Eugene J. Nuccio In honor of Barbara and Jack Zable given by: Diane K. Henderson

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