Program - Celtic Woman - Holiday Brass

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CELTIC WOMAN: THE BEST OF CHRISTMAS SYMPHONY TOUR COLORADO SYMPHONY LLOYD BUTLER, conductor MAIRÉAD CARLIN, vocals ÉABHA MCMAHON, vocals MEGAN WALSH, vocals TARA MCNEILL, violin Monday, December 17, 2018, at 7:30 p.m.

Boettcher Concert Hall

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HOLIDAY BIOGRAPHIES LLOYD BUTLER, conductor Lloyd Butler maintains an active schedule as a Music Director/Conductor, having conducted orchestras around the world and the United States. Mr. Butler recently toured as the conductor for the internationally acclaimed group, Il Divo, throughout North America and the Celtic Woman Christmas Symphony Tour throughout the USA. He also led the Hollywood Festival Orchestra on their tour to Japan in January of 2017.

Additionally, he is the conductor for The Irish Tenors, Dr. Ronan Tynan of The Irish Tenors, and Ballet Theatre of Toledo’s production of The Nutcracker. He has conducted several prominent artists including Judy Collins, Petula Clark and Americas Got Talent star, Alice Tan Ridley.

Lloyd’s USA guest conducting appearances include the Atlanta, Pittsburgh, Colorado, Dallas, Nashville, Seattle, Utah, Milwaukee, Long Beach Symphony Orchestras, and the Buffalo, Boise, and Naples Philharmonic Orchestras among others. Internationally, Mr. Butler has conducted the Arad Philharmonic in Romania; The Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts in Australia; the Pärnu City Orchestra in Estonia; Orquesta Sinfonica and the Camerata in San Luis Potosi, Mexico; The Orquesta Sinfonietta of the Universidad Autonoma de Universidad SLP and Orquesta Sinfonica Juvenil Julián Carillo in Mexico; and jazz bands in Manchester, England and Tallinn, Estonia.

Beyond his work with symphony orchestras, he equally enjoys collaborating in theatre having music directed more than forty musicals and operas including some favorites Die Zauberflöte, A Little Night Music, Into The Woods, Oklahoma, Miss Saigon, The Addams Family, and many others.

Lloyd holds a Master of Music degree from Northwestern University and a Bachelor of Music degree from Ohio Northern University.

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HOLIDAY BIOGRAPHIES CELTIC WOMAN Multi-platinum international music sensation "Celtic Woman" celebrates the holiday season with its seventh annual “Symphony Tour.” These concerts offer an unparalleled live musical experience, with Celtic Woman performing timeless holiday songs accompanied by a full symphony orchestra. The show will feature music from the all-female ensemble’s much loved holiday releases, such as the platinumselling A Christmas Celebration and Home For Christmas. Celtic Woman promises an enchanting and festive evening filled with such favorites as “Silent Night,” “I’ll Be Home for Christmas,” and “Joy To The World.”

Both an accomplished recording ensemble and a world-class performing collective, Celtic Woman celebrates Ireland’s rich musical and cultural heritage, while continuing its remarkable 13-year-legacy of introducing some of Ireland’s most talented singers and musicians onto the world stage. The group’s albums and DVD releases have been consistent multi-platinum best-sellers, while their Emmy-nominated public television specials including two acclaimed Christmas specials, Home For Christmas and A Christmas Celebration have regularly dominated the audience-supported viewer pledge drives.

Celtic Woman’s last album, Homecoming – Live in Ireland, is a live CD and DVD, recorded in Dublin, Ireland which debuted at #2 on the Billboard's World Album chart and was broadcast on PBS stations nationwide in December 2017 to great acclaim. Available in digital and CD formats as well as a special Target exclusive CD featuring two bonus tracks, Homecoming – Live in Ireland features songs that span Celtic Woman’s career.

Their previous release, Voices of Angels (Manhattan/Caroline) debuted at #1 on Billboard’s World Albums chart in November 2016, making it the group’s 12th consecutive #1. The album, which also debuted in the top slot of Billboard’s Classical Albums chart, contains some of the most popular songs from Celtic Woman’s live shows, along with several previously unrecorded tracks, all with stunning new orchestral arrangements recorded with the 72-piece Orchestra of Ireland.

Celtic Woman’s other 2016 release, Destiny, was nominated for a GRAMMY award in the category of Best World Music Album, marking the group’s first-ever GRAMMY nomination.

Celtic Woman is comprised of four young Irish women — Mairéad Carlin, Éabha McMahon, gifted violinist Tara McNeill, and the group’s newest member Megan Walsh — whose performing skills bring centuries of musical and cultural tradition to life. In concert, their angelic voices and instrumental virtuosity are accompanied by a robust ensemble that includes Irish dancers, bagpipers, and a full band playing an array of traditional Celtic instruments, including bodhran, tin whistle, bouzouki, and Uilleann pipes.

Celtic Woman has sold over ten million CDs and DVDs, making it the only all-female act to achieve multi-platinum success in the classical crossover and world music genres during the SOUNDINGS

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HOLIDAY BIOGRAPHIES past decade. Named Billboard’s #1 World Music Artist of the Year six times, each of its 11 studio CDs have debuted at #1 on Billboard’s World Album chart. Celtic Woman has also scored two Top 10 debuts on Billboard’s influential album chart and five Top Five DVDs on Billboard’s Top Video chart, as well as achieving platinum-level sales in nine countries.

Celtic Woman made its television debut in 2005 with a sold-out performance in Dublin, which was filmed and broadcast in the United States on PBS. Although initially intended as a onetime-only event, the concert was so warmly received by the public that the group immediately followed with a debut concert tour in the United States and the release of a chart-topping debut album. Since then, Celtic Woman’s uplifting music has touched the hearts of a devoted audience in North America, while expanding its reach across the globe to six continents and 23 countries.

Celtic Woman has performed for three U.S. Presidents and appeared twice at the White House, including the 2009 National Christmas Tree Lighting. The group was seen by 23 million viewers when it performed on ABC-TV’s Dancing with the Stars, and gained considerable attention for its appearances in multiple episodes of the daytime drama The Bold and the Beautiful, as well appearing on numerous other television shows in the U.S. and internationally.

After closing 2016 with their sixth annual Home for Christmas Symphony Tour, Celtic Woman returned to North America for a 90 date tour of their Voices of Angels live show in the summer of 2017. The tour culminated with a wonderful show at home in Ireland in September 2017, which was recorded for PBS, as well as a CD and DVD release, entitled Homecoming, which was released in January 2018.

2018 saw Celtic Woman return to North America to perform in over 90 cities from March through the end of June, as part of the Homecoming Tour.

Their upcoming brand new studio album, Ancient Land – their first new studio album of brand new songs since the Grammy-nominated Destiny – was recorded in the famous Real World Studios in the UK, and is set for release in the fall of 2018.

To coincide with this, Celtic Woman returned home to Ireland to stage and film a spectacular live show in the grounds of the beautiful Johnstown Castle in Wexford, which was recorded for PBS, as well as a DVD release for early 2019.

Traditionally Celtic Woman close out the year with a Symphony Tour, and while they took a year off in 2017 to release a 20 track holiday classic Celtic Woman, The Best of Christmas Mairéad Carlin, Éabha McMahon, Tara McNeill and new member Megan Walsh are very happy to be returning to North America, their home away from home, with this very special holiday show.

Celebrate the joys of the holiday season with Celtic Woman and The Best of Christmas, Symphony Tour - a cherished musical tradition to share with family and friends.

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HOLIDAY BRASS COLORADO SYMPHONY BRIAN BUERKLE, conductor COLORADO SYMPHONY BRASS & PERCUSSION Wednesday, December 19, 2018, at 7:30 p.m.

Boettcher Concert Hall

JOHN WILLIAMS

Sound the Bells!

Traditional Carols CHRISTMAS AROUND THE WORLD I. Little Drummer Boy (America) II. Te Harinui (New Zeland) III. O Come, O Come Emmanuel (France) IV. Sussex Carol (England JAN PIETERSZOON SWEELINCK

Hodie Christus natus est a5

Traditional French Carol THE TORCHES OF CHRISTMAS I. Torches!

II. Bransle de la Torche III. Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella JOHN GARDNER

Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day

Traditional English Carol Hark! The Herald Angels Sing -INTERMISSIONcontinued on next page PROUDLY SUPPORTED BY

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RAYMOND BURKHART

Rejoice!

MYKOLA LEONTOVYCH

Carol of the Bells

EDWARD POLA / GEORGE WYLE

It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year

JOHN RUTTER

Shepherd’s Pipe Carol

IRVING BERLIN Holiday Inn Suite

Happy Holidays – White Christmas Traditional English Carol Coventry Carol ANTHONY DiLORENZO Christmas ‘Toons I. Welcome Christmas from The Grinch II. Trim up the Tree from The Grinch III. Frosty The Snowman from Frosty the Snowman IV. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town from Santa Claus V. Jingle, Jingle, Jingle from Rudolph VI. There’s Always Tomorrow from Rudolph VII. You’re A Mean One, Mr. Grinch from The Grinch VIII. Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer from Rudolph

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HOLIDAY BIOGRAPHY BRIAN BUERKLE, conductor Brian Buerkle holds music degrees from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and Duquesne University. Currently, he serves as Principal Trumpet of the Sinfonia Gulf Coast (FL) and has held positions as Acting 4th/Utility Trumpet with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (2006-2007), Acting 2nd/Sub-Principal Trumpet with the West Virginia Symphony (2007-2010), 2nd Trumpet with the Lexington Philharmonic (2000-2001), and 2nd Trumpet with the State of Mexico Symphony Orchestra (1999). He is also a member of several new and innovative chamber ensembles, including the Spectrum Brass, the Pittsburgh Brass, and the Motor City Brass. Brian is a former member of the prestigious faculty of the Boston University Tanglewood Institute (BUTI).

As an active freelance musician, Brian has performed and recorded with some of America’s finest orchestras, including the Pittsburgh Symphony, Detroit Symphony, Cincinnati Symphony and Pops, Columbus Symphony, Seattle Symphony, Indianapolis Symphony, Louisville Orchestra, Dayton Philharmonic, and Kentucky Symphony. His extensive chamber music experience has led to additional performances and recordings with the Spectrum Brass, Pittsburgh Brass, Motor City Brass, Canterbury Brass, Queen City Brass, American Wind Symphony, and Burning River Brass.

He can be heard on the Telarc, PentaTone, BrassJar, Centaur, Albany, Summit, PSO, and AWSO record labels.

Brian has earned notable awards from the Music Academy of the West, the International Trumpet Guild, and the National Trumpet Competition. In October of 2010, Brian was featured in a profile article of the International Trumpet Guild Magazine recognizing his many achievements as a professional musician. Aside from his skills as a trumpeter, Brian is also an accomplished conductor and arranger. His publications for brass have been performed and recorded by groups worldwide and his conducting experience ranges from brass ensembles and vocal choirs to symphony orchestras. In 2009, he joined the classical music review team at the American Record Guide and also became the Owner and President of the Southern Ohio Music Company — a business specializing in the sale and distribution of high quality brass sheet music (http://www.somusic.com).

During his free time, Brian can be found doing a number of activities including playing tennis, racquetball, golf, baseball, darts, billiards, and ping-pong. He is also an avid audiophile and maintains an extensive collection of classical music recordings. He currently resides in Cincinnati, OH, where he enjoys an active and diverse playing career.

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