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WELCO M E
Welcome to Boettcher Concert Hall and to this performance of your Colorado Symphony! The ensemble on stage represents the core of a community of musicians and conductors who are supported by music library staff, a stage crew, and an administrative team whose talents and hard work combine to bring you the music you are about to enjoy. John Burtness
Beyond our staff and musicians are groups of Trustees, Guild Chief Advancement Officer members, REMIX young professionals, and several thousand donors who provide the financial platform to make this music possible. Most of our donors are also subscribers or regular ticket buyers whose investment in the Symphony is a response to their positive experiences at concerts in Boettcher Concert Hall and throughout Colorado. Dozens of corporations and foundations also contribute based on their belief in the power of bringing performing arts to a flourishing community. In addition to annual contributions, an operating endowment provides a predictable and perpetual source of funds to help finance our annual budget. Together, annual contributions and distributions from the endowment provide just under half of the funds needed for our operations. This season we inaugurated three new endowed chairs that recognize significant contributions to our operating endowment, including: The Tom and Noëy Congdon Chair for Assistant Principal Flute The Merle Chambers Chair for the Assistant Concertmaster The Fred and Margaret Hoeppner Chair for Principal Cello given by an
anonymous donor These gifts have helped grow our endowment to $24 million and contribute to our recently launched endowment campaign aimed at building this fund to $50 million. The campaign received an enormous boost when the Avenir Foundation offered to match new gifts to the Symphony’s endowment dollar-for-dollar though June 2020. To learn more about this campaign, please give me a call at 303-308-2495. Thank you for your continued patronage and support of your Colorado Symphony. In gratitude, John Burtness Chief Advancement Officer 6
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