Soundings - Summer 2015 v.2

SOUNDINGS THE MAGAZINE OF THE COLORADO SYMPHONY

Welcome Friends: As the Senior Vice President of Program Innovation at the Colorado Symphony, I’m thrilled to share with you a summer of concerts that combine the best elements of the summer. From classical to contemporary, the series offers something for every kind of taste in venues that showcase our state’s natural beauty.

We welcome yet another amazing Colorado summer filled with music by your Colorado Symphony!

We’re doing many new things this summer, including the introduction of several events just for the young and young at heart. We’re excited to return to Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre with our Music Director, Andrew Litton, are presenting five huge programs at the iconic Red Rocks Amphitheatre, we’ll return triumphantly to the Arvada Center, and feature some special opportunities to cool off indoors and hear the orchestra in Boettcher Concert Hall.

I invite you to challenge yourself this summer to experience the orchestra in a new way.

If you’ve not seen us perform at Red Rocks, we’ll be performing with some of the most exhilarating artists on the touring circuit, including Belle and Sebastian, Ben Folds, Ingrid Michaelson, and also Diana Krall and Pink Martini.

We’ll continue pushing the envelope of new symphonic experiences with a special performance of Video Games LiveTM this August. Much of the most exciting music being composed today is for video game scores, and we’re excited to collaborate with that community in a special evening at Red Rocks!

We’re thrilled to offer a couple of unique opportunities to experience your orchestra performing the timeless works of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. At the Arvada Center, we are delighted to introduce the young pianist, Ji, performing Mozart’s Piano Concert No. 23 with the orchestra; a must-see concert debut. Also, join us downtown at Boettcher Concert Hall for a program that includes six world-class vocalists who will show us exactly what makes Mozart’s operas great! This concert has everything, including, believe it or not, music from “The Shawshank Redemption.”

We thank you for making the Colorado Symphony part of your summer, enjoy the music!

— Anthony Pierce Senior Vice President of Program Innovation

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KYM THOMSON

DANNY TURNER

COLORADO SYMPHONY

ANDREW LITTON MARIN ALSOP

SCOTT O’NEIL

DUAIN WOLFE

MUSIC DIRECTOR

RESIDENT CONDUCTOR

CHORUS DIRECTOR

VIOLIN Yumi Hwang-Williams Concertmaster The Mary Rossick Kern & Jerome H. Kern Concertmaster Chair Claude Sim Associate Concertmaster Yi Zhao Assistant Concertmaster Boram Kang Fixed 4th Chair Paul Primus Principal Second Allegra Wermuth Assistant Principal Second Jerry Chiu Larisa Fesmire Thomas Hanulik Wyn Hart John Hilton Anne-Marie Hoffman Myroslava Ivanchenko-Bartels Dorian Kincaid Karen Kinzie Mark Lamprey Ben Odhner Miroslaw Pastusiak Erik Peterson Felix Petit* Robert Stoyanov Amy Tyson Bradley Watson Tena White VIOLA Basil Vendryes Principal Catherine Beeson Assistant Principal Mary Cowell Fixed 3rd Chair Charlyn Campbell Marsha Holmes Helen McDermott Kelly Shanafelt Phillip Stevens

CONDUCTOR LAUREATE

CELLO Silver Ainomäe Principal Matthew Switzer Assistant Principal Judith Galecki Fixed 3rd Chair Susan Rockey Bowles Danielle Guideri Austin Fisher* Thomas Heinrich + Margaret Hoeppner Kimberly Patterson* Susan Yun BASS Brandon McLean Principal Nicholas Recuber Assistant Principal John Arnesen Susan Cahill James Carroll Karl Fenner Jeremy Kincaid FLUTE Brook Ferguson Principal Catherine Peterson 2nd / Assistant Principal Julie Duncan Thornton PICCOLO Julie Duncan Thornton OBOE Peter Cooper Principal The Irene & David Abosch Principal Oboe Chair Monica Hanulik 2nd / Assistant Principal Jason Lichtenwalter

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

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

E-FLAT CLARINET Abby Raymond

BASS TROMBONE Gregory Harper

BASS CLARINET Andrew Stevens

TUBA Stephen Dombrowski Principal

BASSOON Chad Cognata Principal Tristan Rennie 2nd / Assistant Principal Roger Soren CONTRA-BASSOON Roger Soren HORN Michael Thornton Principal Carolyn Kunicki Kolio Plachkov 3rd / Associate Principal David Brussel Austin Larson Assistant Principal TRUMPET Justin Bartels Principal Phillip Hembree 2nd / Assistant Principal Patrick Tillery Associate Principal

HARP Courtney Hershey Bress Principal TIMPANI William Hill Principal Steve Hearn Assistant Principal PERCUSSION John Kinzie Principal Chair Endowed by a Friend of the Colorado Symphony Steve Hearn Michael Van Wirt ORCHESTRA LIBRARIAN Joanne Goble Jonathan Groszew * One year replacement + On Leave

ENGLISH HORN Jason Lichtenwalter

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES/STAFF OFFICERS Jerome H. Kern , Co-Chair Dr. Mary Rossick Kern, Co-Chair Susan Bowles,* Secretary Dr. Christopher Ott, Treasurer TRUSTEES Margaret Anderson Dr. Paula P. Bernstein Susan Cahill* Char Campbell* Young Cho Jim Copenhaver Jason Crow Zachary D. Detra, Esq. Stephanie Donner BJ Dyer Sandy Elliott Brook Ferguson* Jack Finlaw Dr. Everette J. Freeman Neda Ghaemi Dr. Michael G. Gundzik Diane S. Hill John Hilton* Yumi Hwang-Williams* John Kinzie* Richard Kylberg Paul Lopez Patrick C. McKinstry Mike Pappas Kolio Plachkov* Dr. W. Gerald Rainer Julie Rubsam Jim Shpall Jason Shafer* Eric Sondermann Barbara Springer Lynne Valencia Basil Vendryes* Wellington Webb * Colorado Symphony Musician Trustee EX-OFFICIO TRUSTEES Andrew Litton Colorado Symphony Music Director Mary Neidig Colorado Symphony Guild Charlie Siebert, Associate Board Ginger White City and County of Denver, Arts & Venues EMERITUS TRUSTEES William K. Coors John Low Lee Yeingst HONORARY TRUSTEES Governor John W. Hickenlooper Mayor Michael B. Hancock

ASSOCIATE BOARD OFFICERS Charlie Siebert, Chair Wendell Matt, Vice Chair Bridget McNeil, Secretary Nick Recuber, Musician Chair ASSOCIATE BOARD MEMBERS Whitney Ariss Andrea Copland Ron Dappen Rachel Ellis Jocelyn Hittle William Kowalski Ryan Mordecai Sarah Parmley Jake Spratt Chris Strom Kelly Waltrip Rachel Yeates STAFF Jerome H. Kern Chief Executive Officer Evan Lasky Executive Vice President Coreen Miller Chief Financial Officer Andrew Litton Music Director Robert Neu Senior Vice President of Artistic Planning Anthony Pierce Senior Vice President of Program Innovation Christina Carlson Vice President of Development David Aeling Production and Stage Manager Catherine Beeson Director of Community and Education Programs Anthony Berkley Development Intern Larry Brezicka Orchestra Personnel Manager Lena Capra Senior Staff Accountant Aric Christensen Audio Engineer Sherri Colgan House Manager Stephanie Derybowski Manager of Digital Media Christine Devereaux Special Events Planner Susan Ellis Executive Administrator & Board Liaison Molly Epstein Group Sales Associate

Joanne Goble Orchestra Librarian Jonathan Groszew Assistant Librarian Deborah Guess Properties Master Gerry Heise Director of Major Gifts Philip Hiester Master Electrician Eric Israelson Chorus Manager Susan Kelly Director of Patron Services Christopher Kirkland Master Carpenter Kyle Kamrath Manager of Artistic Operations Matt Krupa Applications Support Analyst Ian MacIntyre Manager of Patron Services Jessica Mays Artistic Coordinator Seth McNew Director of Public and Community Relations Shari Myers Education Coordinator Scott O’Neil Resident Conductor Parker Owens Director of Marketing Mike Pappas New Media Center Barbara Porter Assistant Chorus Manager Emily Scott Artistic Administrator Park Wm. Showalter House Manager Amarie Söderlind, Manager of Patron Services & Staff Accountant Norma Theisen Director of Finance Kate White Development Administrative Assistant Doug Yost Information Services Director Suzanne Yuzer Development Associate

Robert Warner, Senior Patron Services Associate and Symphony Concierge

Patron Services Associates Amanda Cantu Rob Halgren Alexis Kittner Amy Moore-Shipley Julia Shim Robert Steiger, Senior Patron Services Associate George Ward

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COLORADO SYMPHONY FOUNDATION John W. Low, President William W. (Peter) Grant, Vice President Suzanne Ryan, Secretary Jerome H. Kern Gordon Parker Marcia D. Strickland Raymond Sutton COLORADO SYMPHONY GUILD OFFICERS Mary Neidig President Susan Seitz President-Elect Constance Bender Recording Secretary J. Rene Gash Corresponding Secretary Donna Connolly Treasurer Sara Moore Assistant Treasurer Barbara Servis Vice-President of Fundraising Maureen Solomon Vice-President of Information Management Sharon Reimer Vice-President of Membership Judith Inman Vice-President of Music Education Janet Weisheit Parliamentarian Linda Rickard Ackerman Immediate Past President Norma Pile Maureen Solomon Boettcher Concert Hall Denver Performing Arts Complex 1000 14th Street, Box #15 Denver, CO 80202 Phone: 303.292.5566 Fax: 303.293.2649

Tickets: 303.623.7876 coloradosymphony.org

SUMMER • 2015 AUDIENCE CHOICE! COLORADO SYMPHONY SCOTT O’NEIL, resident conductor GRACE DAVENPORT, piano, Schmitt Music Piano Competition Winner Saturday, August 8, 2015 at 7:30 pm Boettcher Concert Hall

OVERTURE ROSSINI BARBER MOZART

Overture to William Tell — Winner!

Adagio for Strings Overture to The Magic Flute

ORCHESTRAL SHOW-PIECE GRIEG COPLAND RACHMANINOFF

Suite No. 1 from Peer Gynt — Winner!

Billy the Kid Symphonic Dances

BACH Concerto in D minor, BWV 1052

I. Allegro MOVIE SOUNDTRACK KRISTEN AND ROBERT LOPEZ JOHN MORRIS JOHN WILLIAMS

Frozen — Winner!

Spaceballs Star Wars — Intermission —

SYMPHONY BEETHOVEN DVORΑK MOZART

Symphony No. 5 in C minor — Winner!

Symphony No. 9 in E minor, “From the New World” Symphony No. 40 in G minor

ENCORE J. STRAUSS, Jr. DUKAS SIBELIUS

On the Beautiful Blue Danube — Winner!

The Sorcerer’s Apprentice Finlandia

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SUMMER • 2015 RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN CELEBRATION COLORADO SYMPHONY SCOTT O’NEIL, resident conductor DOUG LaBRECQUE, vocals WILLIAM MICHALS, vocals CHRISTIANE NOLL, vocals Saturday, August 15, 2015 at 7:30 pm Boettcher Concert Hall RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN KERN AND HAMMERSTEIN KERN AND HAMMERSTEIN KERN AND HAMMERSTEIN RODGERS AND HART RODGERS AND HART RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN

The King and I Overture from The King & I “It’s a Grand Night for Singing” from State Fair “All the Things You Are” from Very Warm for May “Make Believe” from Showboat “Ol’ Man River” from Showboat “Falling in Love with Love” from Boys from Syracuse “Where or When” from Babes in Arms “The Sound of Music” from The Sound of Music “Lonely Goatherd” from The Sound of Music “Edelweiss” from The Sound of Music “Climb Every Mountain” from The Sound of Music — INTERMISSION —

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Carousel Waltz “There is Nothin’ Like a Dame” from South Pacific “A Wonderful Guy” from South Pacific “Some Enchanted Evening” from South Pacific “Shall We Dance” from The King & I “Soliloquy” from Carousel “Oh, What a Beautiful Morning” from Oklahoma “People Will Say We’re in Love” from Oklahoma “Oklahoma” from Oklahoma

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SUMMER BIOGRAPHIES SCOTT O’NEIL, resident conductor This is Scott O’Neil’s ninth season with the Colorado Symphony, and his fourth full season as resident conductor. O’Neil maintains a strong commitment to making music of the highest quality accessible to young audiences. He served as associate conductor for the Utah Symphony, which he joined in August 2000. O’Neil studied piano performance at the Oberlin College Conservatory, served as the assistant conductor of the Eastman School Symphony and Philharmonia Orchestras at the Eastman School of Music, and earned a master’s degree in orchestral conducting at Rice University, where he was the director of the Campanile Orchestra, a community/university orchestra.

In the spring of 2003, O’Neil was selected by the League of American Orchestras to conduct an orchestra comprised of members of the Los Angeles Philharmonic and advanced students from the University of Southern California in Synergy, a program created to promote young, contemporary composers.

GRACE DAVENPORT, piano, Schmitt Music Piano Competition Winner A 13 year old from Laporte, Colorado, Grace Davenport is second in a family of seven children — and she shares her love of piano playing with three of them. At the age of six and a half, Grace took her very first piano lesson and absolutely loved it. Her abilities quickly blossomed as well as her love of music. Grace began studying with current teachers Dr. David McArthur and Dr. Miroslava Mintcheva when she was nine. Since then she has placed in a number of city and state wide piano competitions, including the CSMTA/SPA Festival, the Fort Collins Festival, the CSMTA Concerto competition, the Schmitt Piano competition, and the Steinway Concerto competition.

Performing her beloved Bach Concerto with the Colorado Symphony is a dream come true. Homeschooled since kindergarten, Grace loves math, reading, sewing, church activities, and hanging out with her siblings and friends.

DOUG LaBRECQUE, vocals Doug LaBrecque has been a soloist with some of the world’s finest symphony orchestras including The National Symphony (Washington D.C.), The Israel Philharmonic (Tel Aviv), as well as many other symphony orchestras in the U.S. and around the world.

LaBrecque recently made his Carnegie Hall debut as a soloist with the New York Pops, the same season he debuted with The Boston Pops. Notable achievements include: played both the Phantom and Raoul in the Harold Prince production of The Phantom of the Opera; starred on Broadway as Ravenal in the Hal Prince revival of Showboat, a role he also performed in Canada and Chicago; featured in Oscar Hammerstein’s 100th Birthday SOUNDINGS SUMMER 2015 | COLORADOSYMPHONY.ORG 7

SUMMER BIOGRAPHIES Celebration on Broadway at The Gershwin Theatre, and toured nationally with Les Miserables; featured in the world premiere of A Wonderful Life.

WILLIAM MICHALS, vocals A Broadway and concert baritone, William Michals made his Broadway debut as “The Beast” in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, and later returned to play Gaston in the same production. His career has continued in such roles as Javert in Les Miserables, Billy Flynn in Chicago, Don Quixote in Man of La Mancha, Harold Hill in The Music Man, and many more. Michals recently appeared in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s South Pacific at Lincoln Center. Not only has Michals played the great theatrical venues of the nation, including Carnegie Hall, Broadway’s fabled Palace Theatre, LA’s Ahmanson, and D.C.’s Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, but he’s also entertained in New York’s finest rooms, including the Rainbow Room, The Four Seasons, and the Grand Ballroom of The Plaza. He has also sung The National Anthem for major league sporting events from coast to coast, and enjoys the rare distinction of performing for the joint leadership of the House and Senate inside The United States Capitol. Mayor Rudy Giuliani personally called upon Michas to open the December 11, 2001 memorial service at Ground Zero with a solo, a cappella rendition of Let There Be Peace On Earth.

CHRISTIANE NOLL, vocals Christiane Noll has been a frequent guest soloist as part of Bravo Broadway with symphony orchestras in almost every state in the USA, as well as international appearances around the world.

She made her Carnegie Hall debut with Skitch Henderson, in his last pops performance with The New York Pops and sang with Steven Reineke in Sondheim! the Birthday Concert at Carnegie Hall. Noll starred on Broadway in the Kennedy Center Revival of Ragtime, receiving Tony and Drama Desk award nominations and winning a Helen Hayes award for her portrayal of Mother. Broadway and National Tour appearances include Chaplin (Drama Desk Nom.), Urinetown (Ovation Award), The Mambo Kings (pre-Broadway), It Ain’t Nothin’ But The Blues, Jekyll & Hyde (FANY award), Grease, Miss Saigon, and South Pacific (Australia/Thailand). She was featured in NBC’s live broadcast of The Sound of Music starring Carrie Underwood and was also in the Warner Brothers animated feature film The King & I singing Anna.

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