MUSICURIOUS: Lifelong learning with your Colorado Symphony

Education • Engagement • Enrichment Lifelong learning with your Colorado Symphony

Boettcher Concert Hall Youth Concerts . . . . . . . educational performances for ages 7-13 Open Rehearsals . . .

MS and HS students observe the CSO rehearsal process Inside the Score . . . . . . . educational CSO performances for adults “Half Notes� program pre-concert activities . . for young patrons and their families Concert Preludes . . . . . . pre-concert events for Masterworks patrons

Interactive Small Ensemble Programs Petite Musique . . .

17 player interactive orchestra performances for ages 0-5 Once Upon A Time . . . . . 5-player ensemble performances for ages 4-7 MathNotes and Music of Life . . . curriculum based performances for ages 8-10

Sensory Friendly Programming Creative Self Expression Residencies Master Mentors . . coaching/mentoring program for MS and HS band/orchestra Very Young Composers . . . . music creation residency program for ages 8-11 Creative Classroom Collaborative . . . self expression residency for HS students Symphony 101 . . . . . . . . . . adult lectures and workshops

Buses arriving for Youth Concerts.

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From the Director

These programs represent much of what makes the CSO of great value to our community. Vitally innovative and dynamic educational programming brings higher profile to the organization and fundamentally underscores the importance of patrons’ philanthropic giving to the CSO. Thank you for your support of the CSO and all of its programming. If you have questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me at cbeeson@coloradosymphony.org or 303-534-0732.

Thank you,

Catherine

Catherine Beeson Director of Community Education Programs Assistant Principal Viola

Very Young Composers program.

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Boettcher Concert Hall

Boettcher Concert Hall

YO U T H CO N C E R T S

The CSO performs educational concerts at Boettcher Concert Hall, hosting more than 20,000 3rd-8th grade students annually. These programs saw an increase of nearly 30% in attendance from traditionally underserved areas of Northeast Denver, Original Aurora, and Adams County.

We plan to increase attendance to a minimum goal of 25,000. n OPEN REHEARSALS

Middle and High School students involved in school band and orchestra programs may attend any of four specially chosen Open Rehearsals to observe the CSO’s rehearsal process. n

Thank you for letting us touch the instruments. I felt happy!

Zach, Denver Vision School

The students and I are already eagerly anticipating our next concert.

Longfellow Elementary School

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Youth create their own compositions.

INSIDE THE SCORE

Inside the Score educational performances at Boettcher serve 5,000 young adults, professionals, and retired patrons annually. n HALF NOTES PROGRAM PRE-CONCERT AC TIVITIES

Held in the Lobby and in Gallery 2, these activities take place prior to both Family Concerts and “family-friendly” concerts like Halloween and ComicCon. Activities are individually curated for each concert and will feature rotating installations like composer dress-up, a composition station, and an instrument petting zoo. n CONCERT PRELUDES

Concert Preludes invite Masterworks patrons into a deeper concert experience through a lecture, musician led Q&A, or interactive workshop based on that concert’s program content. n

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Interactive Small Ensemble Programs

Math Notes on location.

PETITE MUSIQUE

Petite Musique, a 17-piece orchestra, visits multiple venues in the metro area annually and performs specially designed programs for children from birth to 5 years old. n ONCE UPON A TIME

Once Upon A Time, a 5 piece chamber ensemble, combines classic stories and classical music for K-3rd grade students in their school setting. n M AT H N O T E S / M U S I C O F L I F E

An innovative and popular integrated arts program for grades 3-5 highlighting the relationships between music and mathematics, and how each can help explain the other. This program can be paired with Once Upon A Time for schools that also want a program for lower elementary grade students. n Wonderful, as usual!

Godsman Elementary

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Sensory Friendly Programming

Pictured here are visually impaired students getting to touch the instruments and jam with our CSO percussionists after the Drums of the World youth concert.

S E N S O R Y F R I E N D LY P R O G R A M M I N G

Sensory Friendly Programs are specially designed for people of all ages whose disability includes atypical audience behaviors that might cause them to feel uncomfortable at concerts. This program is currently being offered in the Petite Musique and Once Upon A Time formats. We look forward to performing one or more specially designed full orchestra concerts annually at Boettcher. n

I learned to appreciate different cultures’ music.

Vista Peak Middle School

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Creative Self-Expression Residencies

Very Young Composers dress rehearsal.

MASTER MENTORS

This highly flexible program provides support for music students of any grade. At the request of the teacher Colorado Symphony Musician Teaching Artists can lead: instrument demonstrations, listening/singing/movement workshops, coaching for band/orchestra students, advice for students interested in pursuing a career in the musical performing arts, workshops for general music students that support specific units of study such as music of the Renaissance, composition/improvisation, or another specific request that a music teacher may have. n V E RY YO U N G CO M P O S E R S

Very Young Composers allows 3rd-5th grade students the opportunity to work with CSO Teaching Artists to create original music compositions which will be performed at their school and at Boettcher. Students write a story, segment it into events, and compose music to express the events, setting, and characters. Teaching Artists act only as scribes, faithfully notating each of the students’ ideas. n

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Cymbal lesson at Symphony 101.

C R E AT I V E C L A S S R O O M C O L L A B O R AT I V E

Creative Classroom Collaborative encourages students in grades 6-12 to find and utilize selfexpression tools to create original work under the collaborative guidance of Teaching Artist teams from the CSO and partner organizations. Student work can range from poetry to illustrated text, painting music compositions, or dance and theater pieces. n SYMPHONY 101

Colorado Symphony Teaching Artists deliver interactive workshops and lectures specifically designed for seniors, which stimulate healthy brain and body. These events are geared toward experiential learning and self-expression using a variety musically-sourced materials. Programs are held at community venues and senior housing centers throughout the metro area. n I am going to set a goal to become a professional trumpeter.

Hemphill Middle School student

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HalfNotes 2015/16 Season

Please join us for these other family-friendly concerts with HalfNotes activities before the concerts in Gallery 2.

Halloween Spooktacular OCT 31 T SAT 2:30

Drums of the World

NOV 29 T SUN 1:00

A Colorado Christmas DEC 12 T SAT 2:30

Symphony at the Movies: Home Alone DEC 22 T TUE 7:30

A Weekend of Star Wars

DEC 26-27 T SAT 7:30 T SUN 1:00

Pixar in Concert

JAN 15-16 T FRI 7:30 T SAT 2:30

Side-By-Side with DYAO: 100 Year Celebration of the U.S. National Parks FEB 6 T SAT 2:30

Carnival of the Animals and The Story of Babar MAR 13 T SUN 1:00

A Symphonic Tribute to Comic Con v3.0 MAY 6 T FRI 7:30

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HalfNotes on location at Family Friendly 4th of July.

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