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THE MAGAZINE OF THE COLORADO SYMPHONY Volume 16 • Number 1

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THE MAGAZINE OF THE COLORADO SYMPHONY Volume 16 • Number 1 CONTENTS

6 Welcome 8

Sponsor Spotlight

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Colorado Symphony Musicians

12 Colorado Symphony Board of Trustees 13

Colorado Symphony Staff

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Striking a Chord

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Community Support

COMING SOON

A once in a generation performance: Britten’s War Requiem NOV 2-4

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Welcome home! All of us at the Colorado Symphony are thrilled to be back with you in Boettcher Concert Hall, bringing another season of the best symphonic music to the heart of downtown Denver. Over the past year, I’ve gotten to know many of you as we celebrated my first season as Music Director with performances featuring such living legends as Yo-Yo Ma and Renée Fleming. We’re looking forward to sharing even more amazing experiences with you throughout the coming season.

On a personal note, over the summer, my wife Angela and I purchased a beautiful home here in town, making us official Coloradans. We’ve absolutely loved immersing ourselves in this community, and continue to enjoy all the excitement and beauty the Front Range has to offer.

For my second season at the Colorado Symphony, we’re delighted to present a slate of incredibly diverse works across many musical genres, all performed by a host of worldclass musicians. Itzhak Perlman, Leslie Odom, Jr., Pictures at an Exhibition, Home Alone in concert – it’s a season we’re proud to present and excited for you to experience. We kick off with a world premiere by our principal timpanist William Hill and Rachmaninoff’s Second Symphony, a romantic tour de force that will launch the season in grand style.

Later in September, we present one of my favorite programs of the season: a jazz-inflected trio of symphonic works by Duke Ellington, George Gershwin, and John Adams.

Our greatest undertaking this fall will be a once-in-a-generation performance of Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem, one of the great masterpieces of the 20th century, featuring two orchestras, three vocal soloists, the Colorado Symphony Chorus, and the Colorado Children’s Chorale. We’re presenting the War Requiem both to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I and to celebrate the brave men and women who have served in our armed forces. Taking place the weekend before Veterans Day, this will be a deeply moving and memorable performance you won’t want to miss.

We’ve got a spectacular season ahead with a more diverse array of offerings than ever before, and we can’t wait to welcome you to Boettcher all season long to enjoy the best music Colorado has to offer.

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he University of Colorado is proud to support the Colorado Symphony, which shares our commitment and passion for outstanding music. Since 1876, CU has celebrated and supported the world-class talent that has graced the stages of our university and beyond.

As Colorado’s higher education leader, CU fosters a community of students and musicians who pursue creativity, innovation, and excellence through music. Our accomplished faculty perform regularly with renowned orchestras, compose pieces for national ensembles and produce scholarly works about music for leading publications. They are committed to the growth and wonder that music provides, and to sharing its gifts with the world.

CU’s longstanding devotion to fine music and music education makes it a natural partner with The Colorado Symphony, one of the leading orchestras in the United States. We offer highly regarded music programs at our campuses in Boulder, Colorado Springs, and Denver, and we are committed to advancing music and the performing arts in communities large and small.

Together with the Colorado Symphony, we’ll cultivate the next generation of musicians through education, outreach, and programming, while exposing larger and more diverse audiences to the transformative power of music.

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VIOLIN

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 * Robert Stoyanov Delcho Tenev Amy Tyson Bradley Watson Tena White Wenting Yuan

VIOLA

Basil Vendryes Principal Catherine Beeson Assistant Principal Mary Cowell Fixed 3rd Chair Marsha Holmes Leah Kovach Helen McDermott Summer Rhodes * Kelly Shanafelt Phillip Stevens

CELLO

Judith McIntyre Galecki Acting Principal Seth Biagini* Susan Rockey Bowles Jennifer Choi Danielle Guideri Thomas Heinrich Margaret Hoeppner Matthew Switzer

BASS

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

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

Nicholas Tisherman 2nd/Assistant Principal Jason Lichtenwalter

ENGLISH HORN Jason Lichtenwalter

CLARINET

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 Matthew Eckenhoff Patrick Hodge Assistant

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

Chair Endowed by a Friend of The Colorado Symphony

Steve Hearn Michael Van Wirt

ORCHESTRA LIBRARIAN Joanne Goble Principal

* = One year replacement + = On leave

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BOARD OF TRU STEES HONORARY TRUSTEES OFFICERS Jerome H. Kern CEO & Chair of the Board of Trustees Susan Bowles Secretary & Ex-officio Trustee James D. Butler Treasurer & Trustee

TRUSTEES Anthony T. Accetta Dr. Paula P. Bernstein Susan Cahill* Young Cho Zachary D. Detra, Esq. Stephanie Donner Sandy Elliott Alessandra Flanagan* David Hackl Amy Harmon Diane S. Hill, Ph.D. Margaret Hoeppner* Yumi-Hwang-Williams* Kathleen Johnson, Esq John Kinzie* Leah Kovach* Richard D. Krugman, MD Richard Kylberg Bill Myers

Governor John Hickenlooper Mayor Michael B. Hancock Christopher J. Ott, M.D.

Diane Nagler Deana M. Perlmutter Erik Peterson* Nick Recuber* Julie Rubsam L.T. Sandvik Brandon L. Thall Mike VanWirt* Joe Verrengia

REMIX ASSOCIATE BOARD Kelly Waltrip, Chair Marilyn Brock Heather Church Nicole Donnelly Allison D’Angiolillo Chelsea Eversmann Caiti Glasgo William Kowalski, Vice Chair Louis Lugo Soley Maria Jennifer Meikle Samantha Nuechterlein Chris Strom Nicholas Tisherman Kip Wallen

EX OFFICIO TRUSTEES Arthur Hodges William Kowalski Brett Mitchell Sara Moore Ginger White

EMERITUS TRUSTEES William K. Coors Mary Rossick Kern John Low Will McFarlane** Dr. Gerald Rainer** Lee Yeingst * Colorado Symphony Musician Trustee ** In Memorium

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Chief Executive Officer & Chair of the Board of Trustees Chief Advancement Officer Chief Administrative Officer Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer Chief Marketing Officer Chief Artistic Officer

ARTISTIC Anthony Pierce Chief Artistic Officer Brett Mitchell Music Director Duain Wolfe Chorus Director,

Colorado Symphony Chorus Christopher Dragon Associate Conductor Dave Aeling Production Stage Manager Travis Branam Assistant Conductor,

Colorado Symphony Chorus Mary Louise Burke Associate Conductor,

Colorado Symphony Chorus Aric Christensen Audio Engineer Joanne Goble Principal Orchestra Librarian Jonathan Groszew Orchestra Personnel Manager Deborah Guess Properties Master Philip Hiester Master Electrician Eric Israelson Chorus Manager Sam Jaehnig Head Carpenter Matt Koveal Manager of Artistic Operations Taylor Martin Assistant Conductor,

Colorado Symphony Chorus Mike Pappas New Media Center Julian Pichette Audio Engineer Barbara Porter Assistant Chorus Manager Phillip Strom Artistic Coordinator Izabel Zambrzycki Artistic General Manager

ADVANCEMENT John Burtness Chief Advancement Officer Sean Baker Senior Manager of

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SEPTEMBER

Opening Weekend: Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 2 Conducted by Brett Mitchell SEPT 14-16

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SEPT 20 THU 7:00 SYMPHONY POPS

Gershwin Concerto in F Conducted by Brett Mitchell

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SEPT 28-30 FRI-SAT 7:30 ■ SUN 1:00

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NOVEMBER

Britten War Requiem

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NOV 2-4 FRI-SAT 7:30 ■ SUN 1:00

OCTOBER

A Light in the Void

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FRI 7:30

Rodgers and Hammerstein Celebration

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SAT 7:30

An Evening with Leslie Odom, Jr.

SPECIAL

OCT 13 SAT 7:30

Schubert Unfinished Symphony OCT 19-21

Time Warp - The Music of The Rocky Horror Show OCT 28 SUN 2:30

SEPT 22 SAT 7:30

OCT 6

WED-THU 7:00 | HalfNotes Presentation licensed by Disney Music Publishing and Buena Vista Concerts, a division of ABC Inc. © All rights reserved.

OCT 26-27 FRI-SAT 7:30

Ella Fitzgerald and Frank Sinatra: Masters of American Song

OCT 5

MOVIE AT THE SYMPHONY

OCT 24-25

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Latin Beats: Sonidos de las Américas

Disney in Concert: Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas

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Vienna Boys Choir NOV 11

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Photo above and at left: Music Director Brett Mitchell instructs a masterclass with the Lamont School of Music Students.

Striking a Chord

By Nick Dobreff

The cultural impact of the Colorado Symphony extends far beyond the walls of Boettcher Concert Hall. With an annual economic impact of $30 million on the local economy, the Colorado Symphony plays a vital role in elevating Denver’s national reputation while improving the quality of life for current and future generations.

However, the greatest impact is felt in classrooms and practice studios across Colorado, where 74% of full-time Colorado Symphony musicians currently serve as music educators or teach private lessons. An additional 19% of Colorado Symphony musicians have previously served as music educators or taught private lessons.

“As musicians, we almost have an obligation to teach,” said John Sipher, Principal Trombone and Instructor of Trombone at the University of Northern Colorado.

“Because music is an aural tradition, passed down from master to student, teaching is part of the process that also allows us to become masters as well. It’s important that we are able to pass on the knowledge that we’ve gained from our own teachers to the next generation of students and musicians so that the art form can truly live on.”

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STO RIES O F NOTE Colorado Symphony musicians are current faculty members at the University of Colorado at Boulder, Colorado State University, Metropolitan State University, Denver School of the Arts, University of Northern Colorado, University of Denver, Colorado Christian University, Legacy High School, and Compass Montessori. Colorado Symphony musicians are also current faculty members for the Colorado College Summer Music Festival and the Music at the Summit Adult Band Institute in Breckenridge.

“Colorado Symphony musicians serve as music educators at all levels, and I am proud to be affiliated with an orchestra that places such a high value on education,” said Michael Thornton, Principal Horn and Associate Professor of Horn at the University of Colorado at Boulder. “The robust partnership between the University of Colorado Horn Studio and the Colorado Symphony Horn Section has led to many students performing with our orchestra and becoming gainfully employed in orchestras around the world.”

As instructors, the greatest satisfaction comes from students moving on to professional careers in orchestras and ensembles around the world. But in a competitive industry with limited full-time openings, a student’s formative instruction can make all the difference.

“I want my students to graduate with the confidence to perform in a broad area of music, from orchestral to freelancing to teaching, while being able to create their own career with the skills to achieve it,” said Courtney Hershey Bress, Principal Harp and Assistant Professor of Harp at Colorado State University and the Affiliate Professor of Harp at Metropolitan State University of Denver.

“As a faculty member at the University of Northern Colorado, I feel very fortunate to work one-on-one with each of my students to help them achieve their goals,” added Jason Shafer, Principal Clarinet and Instructor of Clarinet at the University of Northern Colorado. “In addition to guiding their musical development, I also feel that it is a special honor to mentor them in their personal development and in their setting of career goals. Music education provides a unique opportunity to connect with students of all ages on a very deep level and is one of the biggest forces for positive change in many students’ lives and communities.”

While achieving career goals necessitates the mastery of technical skills, it is just as important for instructors to foster creativity and imagination in their students.

“I have a constant curiosity about all things musical, and try to instill this in every student,” said William Hill, Principal Timpani and Adjunct Faculty at Denver University.

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Principal Bass Steve Metcalf mentors a young musician from the Denver Young Artists Orchestra on stage.

“The more they explore in the musical world the more ideas they will have to draw on for their own creativity.”

Research has shown that studying music, especially at a young age, has a far-reaching impact on brain synapse creating, cognitive behavior, and social development.

But with limits to Arts Education funding in schools throughout the country, it has become even more vital for musicians to impart knowledge and training to the next generation at every opportunity.

“It is important as music educators to not only teach proper technique and musicality for an instrument, but also to educate students on the importance of music in society,” added Hershey Bress. “There is a definite lack of music education in our schools today and I am sometimes the sole source of teaching music to my students. Over 20 years of teaching, my goal has been for my students to be able to perform on the harp, but also to have good knowledge of the instrument and music in general.”

Engaging the youth of Colorado has been a consistent goal of the Colorado Symphony for many years as nearly 30,000 children and adults annually attend educational outreach programs, community and youth concerts, and open rehearsals at Boettcher Concert Hall. These programs introduce orchestral music to children of all ages, from as young as one year old through 12th grade.

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STO RIES O F NOTE The Very Young Composers program places Colorado Symphony musicians into local public schools, exposing students to the world of musical composition. Students’ finished music has been performed in their schools, as well as onstage in Boettcher Concert Hall.

“In this era of tweets and texts, tablets, and turbulence, the arts stand out as something uniquely personal and important, helping children to create something beautiful that they can claim as their own,” said Margaret Hoeppner, Cello and former Cello Instructor at Colorado Women’s College.

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Colorado Symphony musicians perform annually alongside the Denver Young Artists Orchestra, one of the leading youth orchestras in the country, which was originally formed by musicians from the then Denver Symphony Orchestra in 1977. In the spirit of that collaborative history, a new strategic alliance has been formed between the two organizations, which will ensure that young musicians in the DYAO have even greater access to and mentorship from the musicians of the Colorado Symphony moving forward.

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In addition to the DYAO, Colorado Symphony musicians participate in many other youth-based music programs throughout Colorado including El Sistema Colorado, the Colorado Youth Symphony, and Up Close and Musical.

“Educating the next generation of performers and concert goers has always been central to my work,” said Basil Vendryes, Principal Viola and Adjunct Faculty at Denver University. “Working with talented and motivated young people invigorates my own performance and further informs my intentions when I walk on stage. The Colorado Symphony is heavily involved in music education for people of all ages, and I am grateful to be a part of providing great music and culture to our city and community.”

Along with their work on stage and in the classroom, 52% of Colorado Symphony musicians currently perform with or lead another ensemble or perform as a soloist throughout the year. That includes performances with the Colorado College Summer Music Festival, the Englewood Arts Series, and the Music at the Summit Adult Band Institute in Breckenridge. Many also perform in local churches and hospitals, sharing joyous music throughout the Front Range.

“The collective level of expertise on stage at the Colorado Symphony is staggering, and the orchestra impacts our community on many levels,” said Yumi Hwang-Williams, Concertmaster and Adjunct Faculty at Denver University. “As musicians, we have an inherent need to share our music, and this, in turn, feeds our passion to give music a symbiotic relationship to the city.”

“I find teaching an outstanding balance to orchestral playing and I can’t imagine my artistic life if I didn’t teach,” added Peter Cooper, Principal Oboe and Senior Instructor of Oboe at the University of Colorado at Boulder. “If I have a part of helping someone be a creative and imaginative artist and a more thoughtful human being with a concept of how they can add beauty and generosity to the world, I will have done my job.”

The Colorado Symphony continues to be an agent of social development in the community by enhancing music appreciation, providing unforgettable entertainment, and using music to touch the depths of the human spirit. But the most meaningful impact will come from connecting with the next generation of musicians who will become the artists, educators, and music enthusiasts of tomorrow.

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Saturday, October 20, 2018, at 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, October 21, 2018, at 1:00 p.m.

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CARLOS KALMAR, conductor Carlos Kalmar is in his sixteenth season as Music Director of the Oregon Symphony. He is also the artistic director and principal conductor of the Grant Park Music Festival in Chicago. He made his New York debut at Carnegie Hall with the Oregon Symphony as part of the inaugural Spring for Music festival. Both his imaginative program, Music for a Time of War, and the performance itself were hailed by critics in The New York Times, New Yorker magazine and Musical America, and the concert was recorded and released on the PentaTone label, subsequently earning two Grammy nominations (Best Orchestral Performance and Best Engineered). A regular guest conductor with major orchestras in America, Europe, and Asia, Kalmar recently made his subscription series debuts with three of America’s most prestigious orchestras: Boston, Chicago, and San Francisco. Past engagements have seen him conduct the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the New World Symphony, as well as the orchestras of Baltimore, Cincinnati, Dallas, Nashville, Seattle, and St. Louis. In 2018-2019 Kalmar will guest-conduct the Atlanta Symphony, the Milwaukee Symphony, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, the Tampere Orchestra in Finland, the Rochester Philharmonic, the Queensland Symphony, and will tour with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Carlos Kalmar, born in Uruguay to Austrian parents, showed an early interest in music and began violin studies at the age of six. By the time he was fifteen his musical promise was such that his family moved back to Austria in order for him to study conducting with Karl Osterreicher at the Vienna Academy of Music. He has previously served as the Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the Spanish Radio/Television Orchestra and Choir in Madrid as well as the Music Director for the Hamburg Symphony, the Stuttgart Philharmonic, Vienna’s Tonnkunsterorchester, and the Anhaltisches Theater in Dessau, Germany. He lives in Portland with his wife, Raffaela, and their two young sons. Michael Thornton enjoys a distinguished and varied career as an orchestral performer, chamber musician, soloist, and pedagogue. Mr. Thornton has performed on five continents, and has presented numerous master classes at many prestigious musical institutions in the United States and abroad. Michael Thornton joined the Colorado Symphony as Principal Horn during the 1997 season, and in this capacity has worked with the most highly renowned classical and popular artists. Before joining the Colorado Symphony, he left his studies at The Juilliard School to become the Principal Horn of the Honolulu Symphony. Mr. Thornton has also performed as a guest Principal Horn with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra and the Toronto Symphony, and as guest Associate Principal Horn with the Philadelphia Orchestra. An avid chamber musician and soloist of international recognition, Michael Thornton has been a featured performer at the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival (NM), Mainly Mozart (CA), Spoleto (SC), Moab Music Festival (UT), Campos do Jordao International Winter Festival (Brazil), Medellin Festicamara (Colombia), among many others. He performs annually as the Solo Horn of the Washington Island Music Festival in Door County, Wisconsin, and will serve this season as hornist with the Camerata Pacifica Chamber Ensemble in Southern California. As a soloist, Mr. Thornton has appeared with the National Arts Center Orchestra (Canada), Melbourne Musician’s Chamber Orchestra (Australia), and numerous orchestras in the US, including regular solo performances with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra. He has also performed as a featured artist at several horn symposia, including the 2008 International Horn Symposium (Denver), the Western US Horn Symposium (Las Vegas), and Hornswoggle (Jemez Springs, NM).

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MICHAEL THORNTON, horn Appointed to the faculty of the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1999, Michael Thornton is currently Associate Professor of Horn. He also serves as a Faculty Artist at the Colorado College Music Festival each June. Mr. Thornton holds certification in Mental Toughness Training from the Human Performance Institute in Orlando, Florida, and implements this training in his teaching. His students hold positions in orchestras throughout the United States and abroad, and have won numerous awards and competitions. Professor Thornton has twice received the Marinus Smith Award, which is bestowed upon teachers at CU Boulder who have made significant contributions to their students’ development.

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CLASSICS PROGRAM NOTES MORTON GOULD (1913-1996): Spirituals for Orchestra Morton Gould was born December 10, 1913 in New York City, and died February 21, 1996 in Orlando.

Spirituals for Orchestra was composed in 1941 and premiered on February 19, 1941 in New York City, conducted by the composer. The score calls for piccolo, two flutes, two oboes, two clarinets, bass clarinet, two bassoons, four horns, three trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, harp, and strings. Duration is about 18 minutes. Spirituals was last performed on January 6 and 9, 1994, with Morton Gould conducting.

Morton Gould, composer, conductor, pianist, arranger and administrator, was born on December 10, 1913 in New York City. By the age of four, he was playing piano and composing; at six, he had one of his first compositions published (a waltz called, appropriately, Just Six); by the time he was eight, he had played piano on broadcasts of WOR Radio in New York. In 1932, when he was nineteen, he became staff pianist at Radio City Music Hall. After a brief stint with NBC, Gould was engaged as composer, arranger and conductor by WOR, where he did a weekly broadcast; from 1942 to 1945, he performed the same duties for the Cresta Blanca Carnival and Chrysler Hour programs on CBS. In addition to his light compositions for radio, Gould wrote for film (Windjammer), television (the World War I series, Holocaust and Celebration), ballet (Fall River Legend), Broadway (Billion Dollar Baby and Arms and the Girl), orchestra, symphonic band, chamber ensembles and chorus. He was also a Grammy-winning conductor. In 1994, Gould was one of five recipients of the Kennedy Center Honors, the highest award given by the United States to its artists; the following year he received the Pulitzer Prize for his Stringmusic.

In addition to his careers as composer, performer, arranger and conductor, Morton Gould was also president of ASCAP from 1986 to 1994. He died on February 21, 1996, while in Orlando to conduct seminars at the Disney Institute.

Gould’s Spirituals for Orchestra, the work that established his reputation as a concert composer, was introduced under the composer’s direction at the WNYC Festival of American Music in New York on February 9, 1941. Soon after Spirituals was premiered, Gould said of it, “White and Negro spirituals make a tremendous body of folk material. What I tried to do was to synthesize some of their features. The songs range from strictly spiritual ones that are escapist in feeling, or light and gay, to those having tremendous depth and tragic impact. Although most of the work is original as far as thematic material goes, I have used fragments of folk tunes here and there. The first movement (Proclamation) has a dramatic-religious intensity. The second movement (Sermon) is a simple narrative — a sort of lyrical folk tale. The third movement (A Little Bit of Sin) is humorous and good-natured. The fourth movement (Protest) is bitter, grim and crying-out. The last movement (Jubilee) is a festive and dance-like piece.”

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CLASSICS PROGRAM NOTES REINHOLD GLIÈRE (1875-1956): Horn Concerto in B-flat major, Op. 91 Reinhold Glière was born January 11, 1875 in Kiev, and died June 23, 1956 in Moscow. The Horn Concerto was composed in 1950 and premiered on January 26, 1952 in Moscow, conducted by the composer with Valery Polekh as soloist. The score calls for three flutes, two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, three horns, two trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, harp and strings.

Duration is about 22 minutes. This is the first performance by the orchestra.

Reinhold Glière was among the preeminent Russian musicians of the generation between Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich. Born in Kiev in 1875, Glière was the son of a Belgian-born wind instrument maker, though as a child Reinhold studied violin. In 1891, he enrolled at the Kiev Conservatory and three years later transferred to the Moscow Conservatory, where his teachers included Arensky, Ippolitov-Ivanov and Taneyev. He graduated with a gold medal in 1900, and immediately joined the faculty of the Gnessin School in Moscow. In 1905, he became involved briefly in the nation’s turbulent political affairs, but then spent the next two years traveling and studying in Germany. After returning to Moscow in 1907, Glière continued to compose and teach, and also started appearing as a conductor and pianist. He taught at the Kiev Conservatory from 1913 to 1920, serving as that school’s director after 1914. In 1920, he moved to the Moscow Conservatory as professor of composition, a position he held for the rest of his life. Glière also carried on significant research in native Ukrainian, Uzbek and other music, served as national director of music education during the 1920s, and was named a member and then chairman of the USSR Composers’ Union. He was given the title People’s Artist of the USSR in 1938, and went on to receive many national awards, including an honorary doctorate, the Order of the Red Banner and, four times, the Stalin Prize. He died in Moscow in 1956.

Glière turned in his later years to the genre of the concerto, producing examples for harp, coloratura soprano (!), cello, horn and violin between 1938 and 1956. The Horn Concerto was composed in 1950 for the noted Russian virtuoso Valery Polekh, who gave the work’s premiere in Moscow under the composer’s direction on January 26, 1952. An introductory paragraph for the orchestra presents the opening movement’s main theme, which the soloist takes up and elaborates. The orchestra provides an interlude to serve as transition to the second subject, a relaxed melody given by the horn. A scalar marching motive in the orchestra bridges to the development section, which is capped by a horn cadenza whose creation Glière entrusted to Polekh. The recapitulation returns the earlier themes in shortened versions before the movement concludes with a coda based on the marching motive. The Andante is a tender movement, almost in the nature of a Romanza. Its center section becomes more agitated, but the tranquil mood of the beginning reappears in the closing pages. Though the finale opens with a plaintive unison phrase and a rather somber brass chorale, it soon proves to be buoyant and festive, taking a dancing folkish subject as its main theme; the formal second theme, a more sedate lyrical strain in the horn, provides contrast.

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CLASSICS PROGRAM NOTES FRANZ SCHUBERT (1797-1828): Symphony in B minor, D. 759, “Unfinished” Franz Schubert was born January 31, 1797 in Vienna, and died November 19, 1828 in Vienna. The B minor Symphony was composed in 1822 but not premiered until December 17, 1865 in Vienna, conducted by Johann Herbeck. The score calls for pairs of woodwinds, horns and trumpets, three trombones, timpani and strings. Duration is about 24 minutes. The last performance took place on March 11 & 12, 2011, with Gilbert Varga leading the orchestra.

The mystery surrounding the composition of the “Unfinished” Symphony is one of the most intriguing puzzles in the entire realm of music. It is known that Schubert composed the first two movements of this “Grand Symphony,” as he referred to it, in autumn 1822, and then abruptly stopped work. He sent the manuscript to his friend Anselm Hüttenbrenner, who was supposed to pass it on to the Styrian Music Society of Graz in appreciation of an honorary membership that organization had conferred upon Schubert the previous spring. Anselm, described by Schubert’s biographer Hans Gal as a “peevish recluse,” never sent the score. Instead, he squirreled it away in his desk, where it gathered dust for forty years. It was not until 1865 that he presented it for performance to Johann Herbeck, director of Vienna’s Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde.

Lacking conclusive evidence, writers on Schubert have advanced a fascinating variety of explanations as to why the young composer never completed the last two planned movements of this Symphony. Among others: he was too ill with syphilis; he could not be bothered with the labor of writing down the last two movements; his friends believed he was basically a song composer rather than an instrumental composer, and their arguments caused him to lose faith in this large work; the last two movements were lost; he despaired of ever having a work of this scale performed; a new commission intervened; Hüttenbrenner’s servant used the manuscript to start a fire. All of these have been proven false. The truth is that, despite exhaustive research, there is no conclusive evidence to support any single theory. The explanation currently given the greatest credence is that Schubert thought he could not match the wonderful inspiration of the first two movements in what was to follow, so he abandoned this Symphony for work on another project and simply never returned to complete it.

The first movement is a sonata form that begins without introduction. The first theme is made up of three components: a brooding, eight-measure phrase heard immediately in unison cellos and basses; a restless figure for violins; and a broad melody played by oboe and clarinet. The second theme is given in a brighter key by the cellos over a gently syncopated accompaniment. The development, based entirely on the movement’s opening phrase, begins softly in unison cellos and basses. This lengthy central section rises to great peaks of emotional tension before the recapitulation begins with the restless violin figure of the first theme. The oboe-clarinet theme is heard again, as is the second theme, before the movement ends with restatements of the cello-bass phrase that began the exposition and the development. The second movement is in the form of a large sonatina (sonata form without a development section) and flows like a calm river, filled with rich sonorities and lovely melodies.

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CLASSICS PROGRAM NOTES RICHARD WAGNER (1813-1883): Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Richard Wagner was born May 22, 1813 in Leipzig, and died February 13, 1883 in Venice. The Prelude to Die Meistersinger was composed in 1862 and premiered on November 1, 1862 in Leipzig, conducted by the composer. The full opera was completed in 1867 and premiered in Munich on June 21, 1868. The score calls for woodwinds in pairs plus piccolo, four horns, three trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, harp and strings. Duration is about 10 minutes. Thomas Dausgaard conducted the last performance of the symphony on May 12 & 13, 2012.

The plot of Die Meistersinger centers around a song contest held in 16th-century Nuremberg on St. John’s Day (June 24th). The winner is to marry Eva, daughter of the goldsmith Veit Pogner. Walther von Stolzing, a young knight from Franconia who has fallen in love with Eva, vows to win the contest and her hand, even though he is not a member of the guild of Mastersingers. He is granted permission to compete despite the attempts of Sixtus Beckmesser, the town clerk and also a contestant, to discredit him for not knowing the ancient guild rules governing the composition of a song. Eva and Walther communicate their love to the wise cobbler Hans Sachs, who remains their friend and adviser despite his own love for the girl. Sachs helps Walther shape his musical and poetic ideas, which bring a new freshness and expression to the staid ways of the guild. (Walther and his new art, of course, represent Wagner.) Beckmesser, having stolen Walther’s poem, gives it a ludicrous musical setting, and makes a fool of himself at the contest. Sachs invites Walther to show how the verses should be sung, and the young knight is acclaimed the winner.

The Prelude opens with the majestic processional of the Mastersingers. A tender theme portraying the love of Eva and Walther leads to a second Mastersinger melody, this one said to have been based on The Crowned Tone by the 17th-century guild member Heinrich Mögling.

The Prelude’s first section closes with the development of another love motive and phrases later heard in Walther’s Prize Song. The central portion is largely devoted to a cackling, fugato parody of the first Mastersinger theme that anticipates Beckmesser’s buffooneries. The Prelude is brought to a magnificent close with a masterful weaving together of all of its themes. ©2018 Dr. Richard E. Rodda

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CO MMUN I T Y SUPPO RT Mr. and Mrs. Peter Griffiths Mr. Mark Grueskin Ms. Mariellen Guerra Michael and Frances Gundzik Ms. Julia Gwaltney Mr. and Mrs. Alvin W. Haggerty Scott G. Halford Charles and Linda Hamlin M.R. Hammond Mr. and Mrs. Homer Hancock Mr. Billy Harris and Ms. Linda Purcell Mrs. Joan Hazen Dr. Raymond Henkel Owen and Deborah Herman Cathey A. Herren Mr. and Mrs. J.B. Hewetson Mr. and Mrs. James Hidahl Mrs. Patricia C. Higgins Dr. Stephen Hindes Ms. Sally Hopper Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hucks, Jr. Ms. Jane A. Hultin Robert and Betty Huzjak Karen Hyde Mr. Jon Isenhart Codey James Jax Fish House & Oyster Bar Jay’s Valet Mrs. Jill Johnke Marvin and Carole Johnson Mr. Eric E. Johnson Mrs. Kathleen Johnson and Mr. Stephen Vierling Dr. and Mrs. Everette G. Jones Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Judd Maria Jump Betsy Herrick and Milt Kahn Ms. Susan Kelly Ms. Judy H. Kessenich Mark Kessler Ms. Soraya Khalje Vivek Khemka Kirkland Museum Of Fine & Decorative Art The Kitchen Mistress Mel and Roberta Klein Mr. and Mrs. Stanley W. Kleinsteiber Mr. Briggs and Ms. Kostyashkina Sylvia J. Kreider Stuart & Janet Kritzer Family Foundation Ms. Emma Kucharski John W. Kure and Cheryl L. Solich Ms. Nancy Lambertson Steve and Pat Larson Penny and Dick Leather David C. Leger Mr. Owen Levine Mr. Paul V. LoNigro Patty Lorie Ms. Marian Lyons Ms. Antoinette MacAluso

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Mrs. Jean Macferran Mr. Stephen and Ms. Mara Marks Mr. Bruce William Martin Mr. Chet K. Hampson and Ms. Susan Martin William J. Martinez & Judith C. Shlay Myron McClellan and Lawrence Phillips Mr. and Mrs. Robert McClelland Dr. Jerrald McCollum Mr. and Mrs. Timothy McCutcheon Michael E. McGoldrick Ms. Karen M. McGrath Carla E. McKennett McNeil Designer Portraits Ms. Carla McWilliams Mr. and Mrs. Harold ‘Bud’ Meadows Mr. Steve Metcalf Mr. Stephen Mill Jay and Lois Miller The Moe Family Charitable Fund Mr. David Mosteller Jason Murphy Mrs. Cynthia F. Nagel Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Newberry Mr. and Mrs. Alan F. Nies Larry O’Donnell and Kermit Cain Ray O’Loughlin and Jamie Henderson Mary and Art Otten Mr. Gary and Mrs. Joyce Pashel Charles Patterson Mr. Anthony Pierce Mr. Cason and Rachel Pierce Russ Poole Mr. David Porter Ed Post Mr. Garrod S. Post Mr. and Mrs. H.W. Praetorius QEP Resources, Inc. Ms. Haley C. Reidy Al Richards Nancy and Gene Richards Ms. Sabina Rizzo Charles P. Rogers MD Mr. Bernie Rogoff and Ms. Jean Greenberg Anthony C. and Patricia J. Romeo Mr. Albert Ross Ms. Julie B. Rubsam Dr. Joanne Rudoff Ms. Carol L. Rust Sage Hospitality James and Carol Salbenblatt Mrs. Coleen Sanders Cynthia L. and Paul D. Schauer Ms. Elizabeth Schlosser David Schmidt Ms. Mary Ann Schultz Elizabeth Scully Mr. David Seeland Ms. Carla L. Seeliger Betty and Maurice Serotta Edward Shaoul Barbara L. Sharp

Sen. Nan Spencer St. Julien Hotel & Spa Mr. Thomas R. Stephens Philip Stoffel and Tricia Hughey Julie and John Strain Arthur and Stephanie Strasburger Mr. and Ms. Steve Straub Dr. Darwin Strickland Mr. Steve Swalm Mr. and Mrs. William E. Sweet, III Table To Tavern Mr. and Mrs. John Tabor Carol and Cedric Tarr Mr. Frank Thomson Mr. and Mrs. Carl J. Tillery Mr. Aaron Torres David Tourtelot and Nikki Headlee Mr. Ted Trimpa Dick and Pat Tucker Mr. and Mrs. William A. Tuthill, III Albin Ulle Ms. Heather Van Dusen Robert J. Varga Jr. Normie and Paul VoillequĂŠ Mr. David Wagner John and Kristine Wallack Mr. Kip Wallen Mr. Jason & Mrs. Kelly Waltrip Carley J. Warren Ms. Hanna Warren

Mr. and Mrs. Tor Westgaard Ms. Rosemary Williamson David Wilson Jordan Wright Dr. and Mrs. Roy R. Wright Dick and Lorie Young Mr. and Mrs. Ken Ziebarth Susan Zohn John Zuckert

While we are only able to list a portion of our 2017-18 donors, we acknowledge and thank all of our donors and patrons who contributed this past season, no matter the amount. Every dollar and donor count!

MATCHING DONATIONS Thank you to the 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.

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CO MMUN I T Y SUPPO RT WOMEN OF NOTE DONOR LIST The following are members of the Colorado Symphony’s Women of Note (WON) for the 18/19 Season as of June 30th, 2018. Every year, funds raised through Women of Note membership dues help to offset the salary cost of one distinguished female Colorado Symphony musician. WON members receive exclusive benefits and event invitations throughout the season. To join or renew your Women of Note membership please contact Caiti Glasgo at 303.308.2475.

Founding Members

Marin Alsop Paula Bernstein Terry Biddinger Erna Butler Eileen Honnen-McDonald Sandy Lasky Mary Rossick Kern

2017/18 Donors

Nancy Accetta Adelaide Barkley Ms. Catherine Bess Alice Silver Donna Connolly Ms. Anne M. Culver Mrs. Mary Lou H. Flater Deborah Gaensbauer Ms. Monica Glickman Elizabeth Holtze Mrs. Eileen Honnen-McDonald Yumi Hwang-Williams Montjoy Kugeler Sandy Lasky Ann Levy Nira Lipner Mrs. Carolyn Longmire Jeri Loser Merry Low Julie Lucas Ms. Janet Mordecai Karin Mote Ms. Christie Murata Carol Murphy Ms. Mary Neidig Ms. Sheila O’Brien Ursula Powell Ms. Barbara Servis Ms. Patricia Somerville Ms. Kathy Spuhler Mary Washington Rivka Weisberg

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BRETT MITCHELL SOCIETY The following are members of the Colorado Symphony’s Brett Mitchell Society (BMS) for the 18/19 Season as of June 30th, 2018. BMS members are highly engaged benefactors who share the Colorado Symphony 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. To join or renew your Brett Mitchell Society membership please contact Caiti Glasgo at 303.308.2475.

Anonymous (3) Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Accetta Michael Altenberg and Libby Bortz Margaret and Larry Ballonoff Ken and Zoe Barley Col. Philip Beaver and Mrs. Kim Beaver J. Fern Black John and Carol Burtness Dr. Bonnie W. Camp Mr. Willis Carpenter Professor Gerald Chapman Young and Carolyn Cho Ms. Sherri Colgan Tom and Noël Congdon Donna and Ted Connolly Bill and Nancy Cook Drs. Richard J. and Jan Marie Crawford Karen and William Curtis Lou Tate Dafoe Drs. Ellen and Anthony Elias Mr. John F. Estes III and Mrs. Norma Horner Keith and Kathie Finger Fran and Mike Fisher Deborah and Theodore Gaensbauer Ms. Donna S. Gerich Thomas J. and Shirley C. Gibson Mr. Paul E. Goodspeed and Ms. Mary Poole Robert S. Graham 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 Elizabeth and Steve Holtze Richard and Mary Anne Johnston Donald and Henny Kaufmann Joe and Francine Kelso Mary Rossick Kern and Jerome H. Kern Rob and Kathy Klugman Mr. George Kruger Dr. Richard and Mrs. Mary Krugman Mr. and Mrs. Gary P. Landis Donald and Margery Langmuir

Judge and Mrs. John P. Leopold Marjorie MacLachlan Evi and Evan Makovsky Sharon L. Menard Coreen and Mike Miller Ms. Anne Mills Brett and Angela Mitchell Ms. Mary Neidig Frank Y. Parce Sue and Edwin Peiker Myra and Robert Rich Lt. Col. and Mrs. Robert W. Riegel Dr. Susan B. Rifkin Mr. Richard Roman Sig Rosenfeld Dr. and Mrs. Richard J. Sanders Raymond and Suzanne Satter Henry R. Schmoll Robert E. Schueller and Patricia Schueller David and Susan Seitz William F. Smith and Shirley A. Scott Harvey and Maureen Solomon Vicki and Harry Sterling Dr. and Mrs. Ed Van Bramer Richard E. Wagner Mr. Larned Waterman, Jr. and Mr. Paul S. Mesard Alan and Judy Wigod Mr. James Williams Dr. Jack Wilson Michael and Sandra Wilson

EDUCATION DONOR LIST Through our Musicurious program, your Colorado Symphony reaches thousands of young people within and well outside the Denver metro area, from month’s-old through high school and beyond. We always work to extend and increase our outreach and could not possibly do it without your support.

Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Accetta Ms. Valerie Antonioli Mr. Chase Barton Mr. Ronald Bibby Emanouil Bontchev Ms. Linda M. Buell Nathan B. & Florence R. Burt Foundation Prof. Elizabeth C. Childs Jim and Julie Copenhaver Kerry and Walter Cote Ursula Davis Ms. Marcia DeBell Darlene Deichert The Denver Post Community Foundation Ms. Loralee Dischner Anita Donnelly Dresner Foundation Michael Eller

Mrs. Jane H. Engle Ms. Anne C. Fendrich Fine Arts Foundation Joan M. French The Fries Foundation Stephen and Elizabeth Gannon Ms. Marilyn Gary Alan G. and Sally R. Gass Mr. Jason Golden Stacie Goldin Kent I. and Fredrika S. Groff Ms. Regina A. Hackley Ms. Sarah Halverstadt Ms. Kaaren Hardy Diana Haskell Ms. Joyce Hofer Mr. and Mrs. Samuel H. Hofer Mrs. Isabella W. Horsky Mr. William Hurlbut Mr. Jon Isenhart Betsy Herrick and Milt Kahn Ms. Miriam Kapner Kinder Morgan Foundation Sylvia J. Kreider Ms. Nancy Lambertson Mr. & Mrs. Dan K. Levin Liberty Global, Inc. Mr. Jason Lichtenwalter Mr. Brian Lucas Ms. Donna Ludwig Ms. Jane Macgregor Malone Family Foundation Mr. Chet K. Hampson and Ms. Susan Martin Chris Marye Ms. Lisa M. Metzler Mr. and Mrs. Adam Morris Mr. Andrew Morton Ms. Elizabeth Nelms Ms. Katie O’Brian Ms. Jennifer Olson Barbara J. Pierpoint Ralph L. and Florence R. Burgess Trust Ms. Beverly Robin Mr. and Mrs. Brian Rose Ms. Perla Sanchez Ms. Jane Schroll Scientific & Cultural Collaborative Sherilee Selby Ms. Cheri Seupaul Singer Family Foundation John and Kathleen Sloan Ms. Lois Thornton U.S. Bank Foundation Verizon Wireless Ms. Jane Wingle The Nancy S. & Earl L. Wright Foundation Bob and Kathy Zachman

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CO MMUN I T Y SUPPO RT BALL SPONSOR LIST RhapsodyRock was themed to celebrate Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue, the official theme for United Airlines, our 2018 Margaret Phipps Award Recipient. The Merger and special guest Natasha Paremski performed with your Colorado Symphony in a concert evening that helped raise over $1 million to sustain Symphony programs. Through table sales, donations, sponsorships, and real-time donations supporting operational and educational programming including Very Young Composers, the Colorado Symphony Ball 2018 was a great success. Visit coloradosymphony.org/Tickets/Special-Events to learn more on how you can support the next ball, April 6, 2019!

Presenting Sponsor

Arrow Electronics, Inc.

($75,000+)

Virtuoso

($50,000+)

Maestro

($25,000+)

Malone Family Foundation

AMG National Trust Bank Anonymous Mr. Mark Carleton Keith and Kathie Finger IAC Corporation Mary Rossick Kern and Jerome H. Kern Liberty Global, Inc. Liberty Media Corporation LionTree Advisors, LLC The Fries Foundation The Anschutz Foundation

Encore

Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Accetta Ms. Amy C. Harmon KPMG LLP Sherman & Howard Linda Shoemaker and Stephen Brett Tina Walls, Erin Trapp, and Friends

Concertmaster

($15,000+)

($10,000+)

CoBiz Financial Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP Discovery Communications Ernst & Young, LLP Diane S. Hill and Kevin E. Somerville Dr. Christopher Ott and Mr. Jeremy Simons University of Denver

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Principal

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Rock Level

($1,000+)

Bach Level

($500+)

Donations & Auction GIK

($500+)

AEG Live Baker & Hostetler, L.L.P. Bank of America Young and Carolyn Cho Colorado Rockies Baseball Club Ms. Stephanie Copeland CU Foundation Delta Dental Plan of Colorado Denver International Airport BeneFactor/Randall Carter FirstBank Haselden Construction LLC Dr. Richard and Mrs. Mary Krugman KUSA 9NEWS | TEGNA Foundation Adam Moore | LIV Sotheby’sInternational Realty Bryant Martin PwC Eric Sondermann and Tracy Dunning Steele Creek Stonebridge Companies Tender Belly Volunteers of America Ms. Isabelle Clark Colorado State University Mr. Roger Freeman Mr. Roger Lynch Ms. Diane Nagler Mr. Adam Sohn Ms. Erin Trapp Ms. June Travis

John and Carol Burtness Jim and Julie Copenhaver Mr. Brian Freeman Mr. and Mrs. Ed Greene Ms. JC Heinen Mr. Matthew R. Keeney Sandy and Evan Lasky Mr. John LeBel Mr. David Mosteller OfficeScapes Rob and Jane Scofield

AEG Live Altour Travel Arrow Electronics, Inc. Barolo Grill Blue Moon Brewing Co. - Rino Mr. Aryeh B. Bourkoff Roger and Susan Bowles Brooke Brown Sharon and James Butler Merle C. Chambers Cherry Creek Shopping Center Cleo Parker Robinson Dance

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CO MMUN I T Y SUPPO RT Mr. Edward B. Cordes Polly Cordes Denver Museum Of Nature and Science Zach and Joy Detra Mr. Carl and Mrs. Nancy Eklund Ms. Jayne Ford Mr. Keegan Gerhard Mr. James Hanegan Melody Harris Mr. Joshua N. Hunt Karen Hyde Intrinsic Well Being Med Spa Codey James Jax Fish House & Oyster Bar Vivek Khemka Kirkland Museum Of Fine & Decorative Art The Kitchen Mistress Rob and Kathy Klugman Mr. Gregg Kvistad Leopold Brothers LiveNation Dr. Leonard Loudis Mr. Greg and Mrs. Julie Lucas Cathleen Lynch Mr. Trent and Mrs. Nicole Martinet Coreen and Mike Miller Jason Murphy Mr. and Mrs. Bill Myers Mr. Zack Neumeyer Al Richards Mr. Daniel L. Ritchie Ms. Sabina Rizzo Robertson Family Foundation Sage Hospitality Mrs. Coleen Sanders Elizabeth Scully Shanahan’s Steakhouse Edward Shaoul Mr. Adam Sohn St. Julien Hotel & Spa Ms. Judith Z. Steinberg Mr. Kevin Stephenson Superfly Events Table To Tavern United Airlines Mr. David Wagner Sam Walker David Wilson John Zuckert

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 pleased to recognize them.

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In memory of Gene Amole’s KVOD given by: Mr. R. Glesner and Mrs. B. Schwarm Glesner In memory of Nan Barnett given by: Carol Jordan In memory of Jeanette R. Bibby given by: Mr. Ronald Bibby In memory of Edward Bolle given by: Chin K. Tan In memory of Aurthur Boss given by: Mr. and Mrs. David J. Harguth In memory of Blair Chotzinoff, Jerry Endsley, Ken Harper and Harry T. Safstrom given by: Mr. Chet K. Hampson and Ms. Susan Martin In memory of Thomas and James Coberly given by: Mrs. Ruth Coberly In memory of Leland Dong given by: Mrs. Margaret M. Dong In memory of Peter Drobeck given by: Mr. & Mrs. James and Kathy Robinson In memory of Sidney H. Edwards given by: Mrs. Bryna Edwards In memory of Dr. Constantine John Falliers given by: Penny and Dick Leather John and Merry Low In memory of Bill and Carol Gossard given by: Mr. and Mrs. Steve Wynkoop In memory of Manny Greenberg given by: Ellie Greenberg & Family Ms. Susan Stark In memory of Stephen Close Hagan, who loved the music that the Colorado Symphony brought to his life. Given by: Mr. John A. Coppola Stacie Goldin Patricia E. Hagen Louis and Sherry Hannen Susan Holt Mr. Roger Tate In memory of H. Michael Hayes given by: Hayes Family Foundation In memory of Harley G. Higbie, Jr. given by: Mr. and Mrs. Martin Anderson Mr. and Mrs. Brewster B. Boyd Mr. and Mrs. Mackintosh Brown Mrs. Mimi Chenoweth Ms. Geraldine Cohen Denver Investments Dick and Sigrid Freese Caleb and Sidney Gates Mr. Peter and Mrs. Rhondda Grant Ms. Mary T. Hoagland Ruth and George Hopfenbeck Ms. Katherine Kurtz

CO MMUN I T Y SUPPO RT Mr. and Mrs. David Lansdowne Mr. and Mrs. Neil Peck Mrs. Marcia D. Strickland Ms. Marjorie S. Tweedy Wednesday Music Party Mr. and Mrs. Tor Westgaard In memory of Fred Hoeppner given by: Mr. Edward and Mrs. Judith Elgethun Mrs. Margaret Hoeppner In memory of Gloria Kubel given by: Ms. Claudia Deasy Ms. Ruth H. Epstein Ms. Marjorie E. Kathmann Ms. Barbara Servis In memory of Samuel Lancaster given by: Mr. Keith F. Corrette

Mr. and Mrs. Robert and Joan Bell Mr. Robert Birdsong Roger and Susan Bowles Jennifer Heglin Dr. and Mrs. David E. Hutchison Bill, Suzanne, and Meghan Farrell David and Debra Flitter Dr. Richard and Mrs. Mary Krugman Mr. Frederick Mimmack John and Merry Low Dr. and Mrs. Morris H. Susman Dick and Pat Tucker In memory of Erwin I. Rogoff, “Country Before Self” given by: Mr. Bernie Rogoff and Ms. Jean Greenberg In memory of Frances and Eugen Schaefer given by: Cynthia L. and Paul D. Schauer

In memory of Mary Langehough given by: Ms. Tawney S. Willett

In memory of Robert Schulein and Blair Chotzinhoff given by: Mrs. Nancy Schulein

In memory of Marie Lindvall given by: Anonymous

In memory of Dr. Roberta Shaklee given by: Mr. Edward Hurry

In memory of Jack London given by: Marie and Howard Blaney

In memory of Dale and Myrna Shreve given by: Mr. Eric Shreve

In memory of William McGehee given by: Mr. Scott M. Davis Mr. Peter and Mrs. Rhondda Grant Sarah C. Hite Dr. and Mrs. David E. Hutchison Mr. & Mrs. B. Bryan Jones, III

In memory of Betty Sonnenberg given by: Sylvia J. Kreider

In memory of William & Virginia McGehee given by: Ms. Marilyn M. Davis Ms. Robin McGehee Mr. Lloyd W. Moore Mr. and Mrs. Richard Wohlgenant In memory of Anna Meyer given by: Eric Sondermann and Tracy Dunning In loving memory of my wife, Beverly Pfeifle given by: Mr. David Pfeifle In memory of Gerald Porter given by: Mr. James G. Kennedy Mr. Ed Bezjak Dr. and Mrs. Bolko von Roedern Mr. and Mrs. Roger Johnson Mr. and Ms. Kenneth A. Zimmerman Ms. Barbara Porter In memory of Sarah Porter and Richard (Dick) McKennett given by: Carla E. McKennett In memory of Herman D. Post given by: Dr. Robin D. Post In memory of Dr. W. Gerald Rainer given by: Anonymous

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In memory of Barbara Stair given by: Ms. Dana Ceuca In memory of Lee and Margaret Tipton given by: Tipton Family Foundation In memory of Donald Trovinger given by: Ms. Susan White Mr. Richard Newton In memory of Jane Harper Wagner given by: Wall, Smith, Bateman Inc. In memory of Terry C. Weverstad given by: Ms. Surilda J. Hudson In memory of Zelda K. Witkind given by: Mr. Richard Morris In memory of Randy Wren given by: Ms. Ann Cearley

IN HONOR GIFTS The following gifts were made to the Colorado Symphony in honor of a family member, friend, or special occasion. These tributes hold an honored place with the Colorado Symphony and we are pleased to recognize them.

In honor of Carolyn and Charles Blatt given by: Ms. Ellen Blatt

In honor of Steve Brett & Linda Shoemaker for all they do in the community given by: Anna and John J. Sie Foundation In honor of Michael and Elizabeth Brittan given by: Dr. Judy Blaine In honor of Bill & Jo Calhoun given by: Ms. Molly Calhoun In honor of Willis Carpenter given by: Ms. Marian Lyons In honor of Mary Claire and Jim Brothers given by: Ms. Jane A. Hultin In honor of Stephanie and Adam Donner given by: Denver Public Schools Denver Public Schools Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Herb Donner In honor of Susan & Herbert Donner’s 50th Anniversary given by: Mr. Adam and Mrs. Stephanie Donner In honor of Joyce Elliot given by: Ms. Elizabeth Fischer and Mr. D. Elliott In honor of Hanna Farris given by: Sherilee Selby In honor of Keith and Kathy Finger given by: Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan F. Zeschin In honor of my mother, Louise Pennington, who gave me a music education, which has profoundly influenced who I am today. Given by: Ms. Jillian Gibbs In honor of Jan Gieskieng given by: Ms. Linda McGoff In honor of the matrimony of Margaret Shugrue and David Hackl given by: Mr. and Mrs. John Couzens In honor of retired CSO musician, Chet Hampson given by: Mr. Chet K. Hampson and Ms. Susan Martin In honor of Amy Harmon given by: Mr. Todd and Mrs. Sarah Alijani In honor of Bill Hill given by: Ms. Elizabeth Nelms In honor of Diane Hill given by: Charles and Gretchen Lobitz Mr. and Mrs. Seth Weisberg In honor of Jerry and Mary Kern given by: Yumi Hwang-Williams Mr. Greg and Mrs. Julie Lucas In honor of Jerry Kern’s 80th Birthday given by: Mr. Bruce Wald In honor of Keith Kirby given by: Ms. Sara Alt In honor of Ann Kslazek given by: Anonymous

In honor of Andrew Litton given by: Mr. Paul Primus In honor of Sachiko Nakahira given by: T.R. Reid & Peggy McMahon In honor of Samantha Nuechterlein given by: Mr. Rich & Ms. Pamela Boden In honor of Frank Parce given by: Mr. David Parce In honor of Frank Parce’s 80th Birthday given by: Frank Y. Parce Eleanor Roberts In honor of Nancy Polk given by: Ms. Marje Adelstein In honor of Barbara Porter given by: Dr. and Mrs. Bolko von Roedern In honor of Julie Rubsam given by: Driscoll Foundation Mollie Leone In honor of Kevin Seno given by: Shelby Carne In honor of James Thomas given by: Liesl Thomas In honor of Jennifer Vendryes given by: Ms. Mariellen Guerra In honor of Kristine and John Wallack given by: Richard Falb and Gail Skaggs In honor of the people at Western Oncology Hematology given by: Frank Y. Parce In honor of Darlee Whiting given by: Hayes Family Foundation In honor of Ava Williams given by: Ms. Ruth Williams In honor of Scott Williams’ birthday given by: Daniel Williams In honor of Harold Wippler given by: Mr. & Mrs. Bruce O. Will

THE HORACE TUREMAN SOCIETY Named for the first conductor of the Denver Civic Orchestra, the Horace Tureman Society honors an exceptional group of people who have pledged future support for the Symphony through an estate gift. The Horace Tureman Society recognizes in perpetuity those making estate gifts through wills, living trusts, annuities, IRAs, retirement plans, charitable trusts, life insurance designations, or other legacy giving vehicles. To learn more about including the Colorado legacy in your estate planning please contact Caiti Glasgo at 303.308.2475.

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CO MMUN I T Y SUPPO RT Richard and Susan Abernethy The Estate of Nan L. Barnett Mr. Jim Caputo J. Harold Corp Trust Anne M. Culver Ms. Janice G. Eckhardt William G. Fairfield Charitable Trust William G. FairField Ms. Grace L. Freye Ms. Carol K. Gossard* Ms. Jennifer Guess Ms. Donna E. Hamilton Mr. James Harold Cathey A. Herren Mrs. Janice E. Hesser Ms. Blanche B. Hilf Senta G. Holtzmann Ms. Margaret R. Houston Ms. Jane A. Hultin Virginia Ruth Hungerford Mr. and Mrs. Gopal Iyengar Ms. Gloria E. Johnston-McGregor Mrs. Suzanne W. Joshel* The Estate of Gloria S. Kubel* Sandy and Evan Lasky Deanna Rose Leino Frank and Ginny Leitz Mrs. Ann C. Levy Esther R. Liss Living Trust John and Merry Low Sandey Luciano Marjorie MacLachlan Evi and Evan Makovsky The Estate of William McGehee* Mrs. Sue McFarlane

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Willis M. McFarlane* Mr. James Mead and Ms. Carol Svendsen Mr. Morton Ms. Helen M. Murray* Mr. Thomas Murray Ms. Lori Needler* Judie and Ron Neel Judith Nichols Mr. William Oliver Gordon R. and Pam Parker Armeda Plank* Ms. Barbara Powell James R. Pratt Mrs. Lois Rainer Mrs. Lee R. Roberts* Mr. Neil F. Roberts* Mr. Bruce M. Rockwell* Mr. Harvey D. Rothenberg Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Runice Suzanne Barber Ryan Dr. and Mrs. Richard J. Sanders Ms. Elizabeth Schmitz Rob and Jane Scofield Ms. Floy L. Senior The Ilse Steinbach Revocable Trust Mr. and Mrs. James Stookesberry The Estate of Jim Taylor* Mr. Richard Thackrey Mr. and Mrs. James D. Vaughn The Estate Of Samuel Wagonfeld John and Kristine Wallack Ms. Elizabeth P. Wright* The Patricia G. Wunnicke Trust* Ms. Phyllis J. Young * Deceased

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