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Childrenarewelcometomoveduringtheprogram.Feelfreetolet littleonesgetup,dance,andparticipateintheinteractivemoments, butplease stayoffanystagingandremaininyourarea.
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Inside the Orchestra is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. We are passionate about the world of the orchestra being a place for everyone. Working to cultivate an inclusive and equitable environment where all children feel welcomed are key components of our work. We have a completely open door policy, thus providing experiences that are otherwise unavailable to many children, communities, and schools. Our immersive, experiential programs are designed with the age and stage of each child served in mind. In-person programs are open to the public and in metro Denver schools. Virtual programs are available around the world.
Questions? Go to www.insidetheorchestra.org or email info@insidetheorchestra.org
October 14 - Stanley Marketplace
October 22 - McNichols Building
October 25 - Stockyards Event Center
November 7 - Parker Fieldhouse
December 9 - DCSD Legacy Campus
December 10 - McNichols Building
December 16 - Tivoli Turnhalle
December 17 - Lilley Gulch
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April6-McNicholsBuilding
April8-BoettcherConcertHall
April9-MileHiCommunityCenter
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July13-McNicholsBuilding
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7 sets of interactive performance videos
Theme-based musical games and activities
Musical activity books for offline fun
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Continuing to learn about orchestra music! Here is our Learning Resources packet.
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FamilyPacksAreStillAvailable!
familypacksincludeticketstoeachremainingseries
Christmas (December 2023)
Ocean Adventure Adventure (April 2024)
Explore the Outdoors (July 2024)
2 pack (6 tickets total) $66
3 pack (9 tickets total) $98
4 pack (12 tickets total) $130
With family packs, you get tickets for each of the remaining series in the 23-24 season. You can use them on the date of your choice. If you need to cancel at any time, your tickets are kept as a credit to be used at another time. Buying a family pack gets you a 21% discount off the individual ticket price and a 50% discount on all virtual programming – in addition to guaranteeing you seats to limited capacity events. Family packs are non-transferrable.
Byron Hitchcock
Michael Brook
Takanori Sugishita
Annamarie Karacson
Désirée Suàrez Ward
Tori Woodrow
Lionel Young
Gyongyi Petheo
Beth Greenberg
Kay Kireilis
Mary Evans
Victoria Martinez
VIOLA
James Shaw
Lora Stevens
Sarah Richardson
Aniel Caban
Wayne Templeman
Jennifer Fouse
Anna Leavitt
BASS
Mike Fitzmaurice
Ron Bland
Jason Thompson
Olga Shilaeva
OBOE
Kathryn Simpson
Miriam Kapner
Mary Jungerman
Deborah Torp
Derek McDonald
Dawn Kramer
Noah Lambert
Devon Park
Ron Torp
Sarah Ford
Sue McCullough
Justis Williams TUBA
Mike Dunn
Peter Cooper
Our professional musicians are members of the Denver Music Association, a union of over 600 musicians working to promote music across the Rockies. We are committed to promoting arts education while supporting professional musicians with fair compensation.
Dan Leavitt
Dan has a Master of Arts in Music from the University of Denver. He has been conductor of Tiny Tots for 3 years and arranges many of the pieces we play. He has written over 500 arrangements that are played all over the world. Dan has taught at the University of Colorado Boulder, Metropolitan State University, Colorado Christian University and Cherry Creek High School. He is currently the conductor of the Mercury Ensemble and the Denver Municipal Jazz Big Band. He has conducted the Colorado Ballet, Colorado Youth Symphony and the Denver Municipal Band. Dan has performed with numerous artists and ensembles such as Andrea Bocelli, Natalie Cole, Barry Manilow, Ray Charles, John Denver, Bob Hope, The Canadian Brass, The Irish Tenors, Three Mo' Divas, Mannheim Steam Roller, Aaron Copland, The Denver Brass, Denver Chamber Orchestra, Colorado Chamber Players, Central City Opera, and The Colorado Symphony. He has performed four times for Presidents of the US. He has recorded with the Colorado Symphony, The Boulder Brass, Rare Silk, and can be heard on Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman by Joan Tower. He has a passion for conducting, performing, composing, and music education.
Iliana Lucero Barron with the Denver Center for the Performing Arts
Iliana Lucero Barron is a bilingual, Latinx teaching artist, creative, and advocate. Since her introduction to the stage, Iliana has gone on to perform in a variety of works with several theatres in Colorado such as: Northside (Su Teatro), The Shakespeare in the Parking Lot (The Denver Center for the Performing Arts), One Night, Six Plays (5280 Artist Co-op), Fever Dream Festival (Benchmark Theatre),etc! Beyond performance, Iliana has worked with multiple organizations, focusing on educational programming for children and youth, creative exploration, collaboration, and DEIA. Organizations include: The DCPA, The Colorado Theatre Guild, Mirror Image Arts, IDEA Stages, Casa Milagros Youth Solutions, and more.
ChloeScullwithCentralCityOpera
Chloe Scull is a locally grown soprano with a passion for outreach work. She has worked throughout Colorado largely with small and immersive opera companies that focus on bringing music to communities that may otherwise have fewer opportunities to experience classical music and hopes to continue to do so for many years to come.
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Lionel Young is a high energy performer with a bent for th His LIONEL YOUNG BAND, winners of numerous awards best in and around the Colorado region, have won the 201 International Blues Challenge (IBC) band competition. Add his victory at the 2008 IBC in the solo-duo category, that m Lionel Young the first double champion in the history of th OCT14:OhionativeClaireFisher,begandancingat3yearsold. ShegraduatedfromSUNYBrockportwithaBachelorofFineArts inDancein2019.ClaireisamemberoftheT2DanceCompanyin Boulder,Colorado,andpartoftheHannahKahnDanceCompany inDenver.Claireloveperformingandcreatingchoreographyand teachingdancetochildren.
OCT22:KillianvonHoldtisoriginallyfromGolden,Colorado.She graduatedsummacumlaudefromtheUniversityofWyomingwith herBFAinDancePerformanceandBSinBusinessManagement/ Entrepreneurship.InadditiontodancingwithDenver'sHannah KahnDanceCompany,KillianalsodanceswithT2DanceCompany inBoulder.Whensheisnotrehearsingorperforming,sheteachesat JoyfulSolesDance&PerformingArtsandRedemptiveDanceMinistries.
OCT25:AMichigannative,JeannieSinsichasbeendancingherentire life.Shehasbeenluckyenoughtoattendincredibleschoolssuchas ToledoSchoolfortheArts,Perry-MansfieldPerformingArtsCamp, andgraduatedwithherBFAfromWrightStateUniversity.She appreciatesallaspectsoftheartofdance,includingchoreography andteaching,andhopestoinspirekidstopursuetheirdreams!
NOV3:EmmySpaarisaprofessionaldancer,teacher,andfitness instructorinDenver.ShecurrentlyperformswithHannahKahn DanceCompanyandAnimusMovement,andshepreviously dancedfortheChaseBrockExperienceinNewYorkCity.Sheis thrilledfortheopportunitytosharedancewithyoungpeoplein hercommunity.
NOV7:CameliaWilderloveisfromSantaCruz,Californiaand haslivedinasDenversinceMay2022.ShereceivedherBFAin DancefromBelhavenUniversityinJackson,Mississippi.Cameliahas beendancingsinceshewasalittlegirlandcannotwaittosharethe giftofdancetoallthechildrenthatcometoInsidetheOrchestra!
StarWarsMainTitle: We’restartingoffourouterspaceadventure withoneofthemostfamousepicspacemovieintroductions!StarWars firstappearedintheatresin1977,andJohnWilliams’scorehas captivatedaudiencesacrosstheglobeeversince.
BlastOff: Countdownwithusasweblastoffonourodyssey!This musicisoriginallyfrom“Jupiter,theBringerofJollity”fromthePlanets SuitebyGustavHolst.ThesuitewasinspiredbyRomanmythologyand astrology,inwhichJupiteristhecounterparttoGreekmythological characterZeus.Let’sputonourspacesuitsandstartouradventure!
SilverCloudsChasingtheMoonisatraditionalCantonesefolksong, usuallysungduringtheChineseMid-AutumnFestival.Mike FitzmauriceperformsthisontheErhu,whichisastringedinstrument thatoriginatedinChinaaround700A.D.!Thetraditionallyricstell aboutabeautifulnighttimesky.Imaginethewispycloudsweare passingthroughonourwayintotheatmosphere.
DerHolleRache, commonlyknownasthe Queen of the Night Aria from Mozart’sopera, The Magic Flute,isoneofthemostfamousanddifficult sopranoariasinoperarepertoire,partiallyduetotheveryhighrange. ChloeSchullfromCentralCityOperawillsingsomenotesthatareway upinthestratosphere!
TwinkleTwinkleLittleStarisoneofourfavoritesongs!Itwas originallyaFrenchfolksongcalled“ah,vousdiraj-je,Maman.”Mozart wroteathemeandvariationsonatune,whichinspiredustocollect variationsmadebyyoungpeople! Thesevariationswerecreatedby theEarlyChildhoodEducationStudentsofAshleyElem t S h l inDenverandarrangedbyourownConductorDan!
The BlueDanubeWaltz waswrittenbyAustriancomposerJohann StraussIIin1866. Itwasinspiredbytheriverofthesamename.Our dancergivesthisfamouspieceanewspinassheimaginesthewayshe woulddanceonthemoon,whichhasabout1/6ththegravityofearth!
YouAreMySunshine waswrittenin1939byCharlesMitchelland JimmieDavis,whowouldlaterbecomeaLouisianaGovernor.Itisoneof thestatesongsofLouisiana.Let’sallgetupanddancewhileourbrass section(trumpets,horns,trombone,andtuba)playsthispieceina LouisianaJazzstyle!
FollowtheDrinkingGourdwasfirstpublishedin1928.Theterm “drinkinggourd” wasusedintheUndergroundRailroadascodeforthe constellationUrsaMajor,ortheBigDipper,whichwouldleadescaping slavesnorthtofreedom.Thetwoouterstarsofthe“bowl”ofUrsaMajor pointtotheNorthStar.LionelYoung,joinsustosingthispowerfulsong.
The PlanetsMini-Suite isareductioncreatedbyConductorDanof GustavHolst’s Planets composedin1916.Joinusasweexplorethe highestmountainsinthesolarsystemonMars,spinslowlywithSaturn’s rings,andmoreinthissuite!Whichplanetwouldyouvisitifyouhadthe chance?
TheInfernalDance isfromIgorStravinsky’s1910ballet,the Firebird.In theballet,themagicalFirebirdiscalledupontomakethevillainandhis subjectsdanceuntiltheyfallasleepoutofexhaustion!Today,wewill pretendtonavigatethroughtheasteroidbeltalongwiththispieceof music.
WhataWonderfulWorldwaswrittenbyGeorgeDouglasandGeorge DavidWeissin1967andmadefamousbyLouisArmstrong.Outer spaceisamazing,butwereallyliveonawonderfulworld!Chloejoinsus
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