Soundings Magazine January 10, 2016

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WELCOME

Let me start off by expressing a huge heartfelt gratitude to the residents of Colorado and to all of the patrons of the Colorado Symphony for welcoming me to Denver – you all have made me truly feel at home here already.

In my short time as Associate Conductor since the start of the 2015/16 season, I’ve experienced such a wonderful and open community and a truly diverse and thriving arts scene. With this culture, surrounded by such beautiful scenery, I now fully understand why Colorado is one of the most special places in the world. I will say this – as an Australian I am still adjusting to the cold this winter but luckily it’s warm and cozy in Boettcher Concert Hall!

I’m thrilled to announce that I will have the pleasure of conducting my Masterworks performance debut with the Colorado Symphony during the final weekend of Shakespeare Festival: Romeo and Juliet on March 18 – 20.

This is especially exciting as 2016 marks the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death. To celebrate the life and work of Shakespeare, the Colorado Symphony has programmed Shakespeare-related repertoire for three weekends in March including A Midsummer Night’s Dream on March 4-5 and a special Inside the Score concert on March 11 featuring Duain Wolfe and the Colorado Symphony Chorus.

The Shakespeare Festival ends with Romeo and Juliet in which I’ve worked with the rest of our artistic team to build an exciting program combining the words of Shakespeare with the compositions of Tchaikovsky, Rota, and Prokofiev to create a unique and dramatic Shakespeare performance which features four local actors. It will also feature Bernstein’s American adaptation in West Side Story, one of my favorite pieces, and one that I’ve always wanted to conduct.

It has been an absolute pleasure working with the Colorado Symphony this season and I’m confident it will only get better from here. Thank you again to everyone for welcoming me to your beautiful home. I hope you’ll join me here in the hall again soon.

As we say in Australia to wish someone good luck before a performance – Chookas!

Christopher Dragon, Associate Conductor

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“Our new and innovative programs bring the power of music making to our community. The arts are for everyone, and help define our society. Whether it’s through in-school performances, mentoring, the Community Ticketing Initiative, sensory friendly programming, the Geek Series, or Masterworks, my Colorado Symphony brings music to life for everyone. I’m proud to work for an organization with a commitment to community stewardship through the arts. I gave…join me.”

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“Whether it is Strauss’ Don Juan, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5, or A Symphonic Tribute to Comic Con, our orchestra epitomizes flexibility and innovation in programming; we make music accessible to everyone in the community we call home. I gave…join me.”

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“I gave to the Colorado Symphony this season because I’m passionate about this organization. I love playing in this orchestra with such a great group of talented individuals. We tackle exciting, challenging programs full of variety week after week. I am so proud to share the stage with my colleagues to bring high quality performances to Colorado. Join us and be a part of the passion!”

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HHere will we sit and let the sounds of music creep in our ears

William Shakespeare, the incomparable musician-of-words, waxed eloquently – and even prophetically – about music and its power to move our souls. For when we sit here in Boettcher Concert Hall, we do indeed let the sounds of music wash over us and warm us with its compelling charms.

And then the…

… soft stillness and the night become the touches of sweet harmony.

Those sweetest of harmonies that emanate from this rounded stage…

…sounds and sweet airs that give delight. Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments will hum about our ears, and sometimes voices…

Voices that chorus the great words and music of the spheres, joining with the magical musicians of this mighty orchestra.

Such harmony is in immortal souls.

Shakespeare, the Bard of Avon, will receive his due applause in his 400th anniversary year with music of the masters, inspired by his own prodigious pen.

Music! Hark!

It is YOUR music of THIS house.

Duain Wolfe, Chorus Director and Conductor, with a respectful nod to William Shakespeare:

The Merchant of Venice and The Tempest


TThis is a special year for theater goers and artists of every genre, as 2016 is the 400th anniversary of the passing of one of the most iconic and influential artists to ever live — William Shakespeare. The English born playwright would give us 38 plays, 154 sonnets, and more during his lifetime, and has inspired hundreds of years of art since — not only through poetry and plays, but in painting, music, and so much more.

His work has also been the subject of many classical music composers who used his beautiful prose and stories as the foundation of their pieces such as by Tchaikovsky and Prokofiev, and in more modern compositions as with Bernstein in West Side Story.

The Colorado Symphony’s Shakespeare FestivalThe Colorado Symphony has devoted three programs in March to Shakespeare and his work, starting with A Midsummer’s Night Dream on March 4-5. In this sweeping program, guest conductor Hans Graf will lead guest actor Maureen Thomas and the Colorado Children’s Chorale, together with the Colorado Symphony, through Felix Mendelssohn’s charming and delightful A Midsummer Night’s Dream, including the unmistakable Wedding March.

On March 11, Inside the Score features Colorado Symphony Chorus director Duain Wolfe leading the orchestra and chorus in a musical exploration of Shakespeare’s most captivating lines and characters.

Finally, new Associate Conductor Christopher Dragon will make his Masterworks debut on March 18-20 conducting Romeo and Juliet, the definitive ode to star-crossed lovers. This program, also including the Colorado Symphony Chorus, caps the Colorado Symphony’s Shakespeare Festival with a wide-ranging expedition into the music inspired by the timeless drama including a quartet of actors. It’s no wonder that Christopher Dragon said in his welcome letter how excited he is to conduct this as his Masterworks debut – it promises to be a magical concert experience.

— Seth McNew

March 4-5: Shakespeare Festival: A Midsummer Nights Dream Hans Graf, conductor; Maureen Thomas, actor; Colorado Children’s Chorale

March 11: Inside the Score: Shakespeare Festival: Colorado Symphony Chorus Duain Wolfe, conductor; Colorado Symphony Chorus

March 18-20: Shakespeare Festival: Romeo and Juliet Christopher Dragon, conductor; Colorado Symphony Chorus

MUSICIAN SPOTLIGHT

Meet Associate Concertmaster Claude SimClaude Sim has been with the Colorado Symphony for more than 16 years and holds the title of Associate Concertmaster. Claude is also a successful chamber musician and has been featured with the critically acclaimed Miró String Quartet, and as violist with the Grammy® Award-winning Pacifica Quartet.

Claude performs Khachaturian’s Violin Concerto

During his hundreds of performances with the Colorado Symphony since 1999, Claude has performed as soloist with the orchestra on many occasions. The Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition concerts on January 29 and 30 featuring Claude as a soloist performing Khachaturian’s Violin Concerto might be the most exciting for him.

“In all of my time here, I don’t think it’s ever been done,” says Claude. “It’s such a rarely done piece and a great opportunity for a fresh take. The piece is really special. The cinematic quality and sound reflect Khachaturian’s background and his Armenian roots. It’s a very accessible piece, the sweeping melodies are memorable and the infectious rhythms are inspired by folk dance.”

Finding new musical perspectives

Claude is passionate about letting his mastery of classical violin translate into many different kinds of music from chamber music, to bluegrass, jazz, and Latin music. Claude even experiments with performing on different instruments and in fact, his guest appearance with the Pacifica Quartet was as violist instead of violinist.

Claude is now in an ensemble formed with two local musicians, and their trio has played for events for the Colorado Symphony, such as Beethoven and Brews, and other events such as jam

sessions and jazz events.

“I try to play with as many varied types of musicians as possible” he says, “to get a different perspective.” He is currently writing original music for his ensemble to explore. Much of the material is rooted in the American jazz tradition, where he writes the main structure for the tunes but keeps space open for improvising. “It’s been a great challenge and joy working with my band to explore all the collective music influences we have. The endless learning process from working with world-class musicians like the other two in this trio and with the entire Colorado Symphony is what continues to inspire me.”


march 2016Shakespeare Festival: M A S T E R W O R K S A Midsummer Night’s Dream MAR 4-5 T FRI-SAT 7:30 Hans Graf, conductor Maureen Thomas, actor Colorado Children’s Chorale, Deborah DeSantis, artistic directorTCHAIKOVSKY The Tempest, Fantasy-OvertureMENDELSSOHN A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Inside the Score: Shakespeare Festival: I N S I D E T H E S C O R E Colorado Symphony ChorusMAR 11 T FRI 7:30 Duain Wolfe, conductor Colorado Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe, director

An Evening with Wonderbound S P E C I A L

MAR 12 T SAT 7:30Christopher Dragon, conductorWonderboundTCHAIKOVSKY excerpts from Sleeping BeautyTCHAIKOVSKY excerpts from Swan LakeTCHAIKOVSKY Serenade for Strings



Shakespeare Festival: Romeo and Juliet M A S T E R W O R K S

MAR 18-20 T FRI-SAT 7:30 T SUN 1:00 Christopher Dragon, conductorColorado Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe, directorVAUGHAN WILLIAMS Serenade to Music BERNSTEIN Symphonic Dances from West Side StoryTCHAIKOVSKY excerpts from Romeo and Juliet PROKOFIEV excerpts from Romeo and Juliet ROTA Love Theme from “Romeo and Juliet”

april 2016Béla Fleck: Return of the Banjo M A S T E R W O R K S

APR 1-2 T FRI-SAT 7:30 Jose Luis Gomez, conductor Béla Fleck, banjoJOHN ADAMS The Chairman DancesVILLA-LOBOS Chôros No. 6BÉLA FLECK Concerto for Banjo and Orchestra No. 2

Inside The Score: I N S I D E T H E S C O R E An Evening of Chamber MusicAPR 8 T FRI 7:30

A Symphonic Tribute to Mel Brooks P O P S

APR 9 T SAT 7:30Andres Lopera, conductorColorado Symphony Chorus, Mary Louise Burke, associate director

Jeffrey and Gabriel Kahane M A S T E R W O R K S

APR 15-17 T FRI-SAT 7:30 T SUN 1:00Jeffrey Kahane, conductor/piano Gabriel Kahane, vocals/guitarBERNSTEIN Fancy FreeGABRIEL KAHANE Crane PalimpsestGERSHWIN Concerto in F

Colorado Symphony Ball F U N D R A I S E R

APR 23 T SAT 6:00

may 2016Copland Conducted By Andrew Litton M A S T E R W O R K S

APR 29-MAY 1 TFRI-SAT 7:30 T SUN 1:00Andrew Litton, conductor Kirill Gerstein, pianoRICHARD DANIELPOUR Celestial NightRACHMANINOFF Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43COPLAND Symphony No. 3Please join us for HalfNotes

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SEASON AT A GLANCE

january 2016All Gershwin featuring New York City Ballet S P E C I A L

JAN 10 T SUN 1:00Andrew Litton, conductor/piano Members of New York City BalletGERSHWIN Overture to Crazy for You GERSHWIN Day Full of Song GERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue GERSHWIN Who Cares?

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Tribute F R E E C O M M U N I T Y C O N C E R T

JAN 12 T TUE 7:30Andres Lopera, conductor



One Singular Sensation: P O P S

A Tribute to Marvin HamlischJAN 23 T SAT 7:30Christopher Dragon, conductorDonna McKechnie, Jodi Benson, Doug LaBrecque, vocals Colorado Symphony Chorus, Mary Louise Burke, associate director

Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition M A S T E R W O R K S

JAN 29-30 T FRI-SAT 7:30Jayce Ogren, conductor Claude Sim, violinSIBELIUS Romance in C major for StringsSIBELIUS “Valse Triste” from KuolemaSIBELIUS FinlandiaKHACHATURIAN Violin ConcertoMUSSORGSKY/RAVEL Pictures at an Exhibition

february 2016Inside The Score: Holst The Planets I N S I D E T H E S C O R E

FEB 5 T FRI 7:30Christopher Dragon, conductor

Side-By-Side with DYAO: 100 Year Celebration F A M I L Y of the U.S. National ParksFEB 6 T SAT 2:30 Christopher Dragon, conductorDenver Young Artists Orchestra

Sierra Boggess In Concert P O P S

FEB 13-14 T SAT 7:30 T SUN 1:00Andres Lopera, conductorSierra Boggess, vocals Colorado Children’s Chorale, Deborah DeSantis, artistic director

Mahler Symphony No. 2 “Resurrection” M A S T E R W O R K S

FEB 19-20 T FRI-SAT 7:30Andrew Litton, conductor Colorado Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe, directorMAHLER Symphony No. 2, “Resurrection”

Igudesman and Joo: “BIG Nightmare Music” S P E C I A LFEB 27 T SAT 7:30 Andrew Litton, conductorAleksey Igudesman, violin Hyung-ki Joo, piano

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march 2016Shakespeare Festival: M A S T E R W O R K S A Midsummer Night’s Dream MAR 4-5 T FRI-SAT 7:30 Hans Graf, conductor Maureen Thomas, actor Colorado Children’s Chorale, Deborah DeSantis, artistic directorTCHAIKOVSKY The Tempest, Fantasy-OvertureMENDELSSOHN A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Inside the Score: Shakespeare Festival: I N S I D E T H E S C O R E Colorado Symphony ChorusMAR 11 T FRI 7:30 Duain Wolfe, conductor Colorado Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe, director

An Evening with Wonderbound S P E C I A L

MAR 12 T SAT 7:30Christopher Dragon, conductorWonderboundTCHAIKOVSKY excerpts from Sleeping BeautyTCHAIKOVSKY excerpts from Swan LakeTCHAIKOVSKY Serenade for Strings



Shakespeare Festival: Romeo and Juliet M A S T E R W O R K S

MAR 18-20 T FRI-SAT 7:30 T SUN 1:00 Christopher Dragon, conductorColorado Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe, directorVAUGHAN WILLIAMS Serenade to Music BERNSTEIN Symphonic Dances from West Side StoryTCHAIKOVSKY excerpts from Romeo and Juliet PROKOFIEV excerpts from Romeo and Juliet ROTA Love Theme from “Romeo and Juliet”

april 2016Béla Fleck: Return of the Banjo M A S T E R W O R K S

APR 1-2 T FRI-SAT 7:30 Jose Luis Gomez, conductor Béla Fleck, banjoJOHN ADAMS The Chairman DancesVILLA-LOBOS Chôros No. 6BÉLA FLECK Concerto for Banjo and Orchestra No. 2

Inside The Score: I N S I D E T H E S C O R E An Evening of Chamber MusicAPR 8 T FRI 7:30

A Symphonic Tribute to Mel Brooks P O P S

APR 9 T SAT 7:30Andres Lopera, conductorColorado Symphony Chorus, Mary Louise Burke, associate director

Jeffrey and Gabriel Kahane M A S T E R W O R K S

APR 15-17 T FRI-SAT 7:30 T SUN 1:00Jeffrey Kahane, conductor/piano Gabriel Kahane, vocals/guitarBERNSTEIN Fancy FreeGABRIEL KAHANE Crane PalimpsestGERSHWIN Concerto in F

Colorado Symphony Ball F U N D R A I S E R

APR 23 T SAT 6:00

may 2016Copland Conducted By Andrew Litton M A S T E R W O R K S

APR 29-MAY 1 TFRI-SAT 7:30 T SUN 1:00Andrew Litton, conductor Kirill Gerstein, pianoRICHARD DANIELPOUR Celestial NightRACHMANINOFF Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43COPLAND Symphony No. 3Please join us for HalfNotes

pre-concert family activities in Gallery 2.

SEASON AT A GLANCE

january 2016All Gershwin featuring New York City Ballet S P E C I A L

JAN 10 T SUN 1:00Andrew Litton, conductor/piano Members of New York City BalletGERSHWIN Overture to Crazy for You GERSHWIN Day Full of Song GERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue GERSHWIN Who Cares?

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Tribute F R E E C O M M U N I T Y C O N C E R T

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COLORADO SYMPHONY ANDREW LITTON, conductor / pianoMEMBERS OF THE NEW YORK CITY BALLET MEGAN FAIRCHILD ASHLY ISSACS ASK LA COUR MEGAN LECRONE

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SPECIAL BIOGRAPHIESANDREW LITTON, conductor / piano

Colorado Symphony Music Director Andrew Litton is the newly appointed Music Director of the New York City Ballet. Mr. Litton also serves as Bergen Philharmonic Music Director Laureate, Artistic Director of the Minnesota Orchestra’s Sommerfest, and Conductor Laureate of Britain’s Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. He guest conducts the world’s leading orchestras and opera companies, and has a discography of over 120 recordings with awards including America’s Grammy, France’s Diapason d’Or, and many other honors. Besides his Grammy®-winning Walton’s Belshazzar’s Feast

with Bryn Terfel and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, he also recorded the complete symphonies by Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov, a Mahler cycle with the Dallas Symphony, and many Gershwin recordings as both conductor and pianist. Mr. Litton is a graduate of the Fieldston School, New York, and received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from The Juilliard School in piano and conducting. The youngest-ever winner of the BBC International Conductors Competition, he served as Assistant Conductor at Teatro alla Scala and Exxon/Arts Endowment Assistant Conductor for the National Symphony under Rostropovich. His many honors in addition to Norway’s Order of Merit include an honorary Doctorate from the University of Bournemouth, Yale University’s Sanford Medal, and the Elgar Society Medal. An accomplished pianist, Litton often conducts from the keyboard and enjoys performing chamber music with his orchestra colleagues. For further information, visit www.andrewlitton.com.

MEGAN FAIRCHILD, dancer

Megan Fairchild is a principal dancer with New York City Ballet. She was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, and began her dance training at the age of four, studying with Judy Levitre and Kaelynne Oliphant at Dance Concepts in Sandy, Utah; and at the Ballet West Conservatory in Salt Lake City with Sharee Lane, Deborah Dobson, and Maureen Laird. While at the Ballet West Conservatory, she was also a Ballet West trainee. She entered the School of American Ballet (SAB), the official school of New York City Ballet, in the fall of 2000. In November 2001, she became an apprentice with New York

City Ballet, and in October 2002 she joined the Company as a member of the corps de ballet. Ms. Fairchild was promoted to the rank of soloist in February 2004, and in January 2005, she was promoted to principal dancer. In 2014 Ms. Fairchild made her Broadway debut in the Tony Award–nominated revival of On the Town at the Lyric Theater. She was nominated for an Outer Critics Circle Award, and received a Theatre World Award for her portrayal of Ivy Smith, AKA Miss Turnstiles. In 2011 Ms. Fairchild danced the role of the Sugar Plum Fairy in PBS’ Live From Lincoln Center telecast of George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker, which was also screened in movie theaters around the world. She is currently a Teaching Fellow with the School of American Ballet, the official school of New York City Ballet. Ms. Fairchild was the 2001 recipient of the Mae L. Wien Award.

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ASHLY ISAACS, dancer

Ashly Isaacs was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and began her dance training there at the age of three at Michael’s Academy of Performing Arts. She later studied at Fort Lauderdale Ballet Classique before enrolling at the School of American Ballet, the official school of New York City Ballet, in September 2006. Ms. Isaacs became an apprentice with New York City Ballet in September 2009 and joined the Company as a member of the corps de ballet in September 2010. She was promoted to soloist in June 2015. Since joining New York City Ballet, Ms. Isaacs has danced featured

roles in numerous ballets by George Balanchine, Peter Martins, Justin Peck, August Bournonville, and Christopher Wheeldon. Ms. Isaacs is the 2015-16 Janice Levin Dancer honoree, and was a recipient of the Mae L. Wien Award in 2009.

ASK LA COUR, dancer

Ask la Cour was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, and began his dance training at the age of nine at the Royal Danish Ballet School, where he studied with Niels Balle, Adam Lüders, and Colleen Neary. He joined the Royal Danish Ballet as a member of the corps de ballet in 2000. Mr. la Cour joined New York City Ballet as a member of the corps de ballet in the fall of 2002 and was promoted to the rank of soloist in May 2005. In February 2013, la Cour was promoted to principal dancer. Mr. la Cour has originated featured roles in Peter Martins’ Bal de Couture, Benjamin Millepied’s Double

Aria, and Christopher Wheeldon’s After the Rain and Shambards. He has originated corps roles in Mr. Eifman’s Musagète, Susan Stroman’s Double Feature (Flossy’s Husband), and Christopher Wheeldon’s An American in Paris and Carnival of the Animals. Mr. la Cour has received several awards, including the 1998 Royal Theatre Award, the 2001 Edith Allers Memorial Award, the 2001 Birger Bartholins Memorial Award, and the 2001 John Roagers Memorial Award.

MEGAN LeCRONE, dancer

Megan LeCrone was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She began her dance training at the age of four at Greensboro Ballet, and at age 14, began studying at the North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem. Ms. LeCrone entered the School of American Ballet, the official school of New York City Ballet, full-time in the fall of 2001, and in November 2001 she became an apprentice with New York City Ballet. Ms. LeCrone joined the Company as a member of the corps de ballet in October 2002 and was promoted to soloist in 2013. Since joining New York City Ballet, Ms.

LeCrone has danced feature roles in numerous ballets by George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, Peter Martins, Christopher d’Amboise, and August Bournonville.

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SPECIAL BIOGRAPHIESGEORGE BALANCHINE

George Balanchine transformed the world of ballet. He is widely regarded as the most influential choreographer of the 20th century, and he co-founded two of ballet’s most important institutions: New York City Ballet and the School of American Ballet. Balanchine was born in St. Petersburg, Russia, in 1904, studied at the Imperial Ballet School in St. Petersburg, and danced with the Maryinsky Theatre Ballet Company, where he began choreographing short works. In the summer of 1924, Balanchine left the newly formed Soviet Union for Europe, where he was invited by impresario Serge Diaghilev to join the Ballets Russes. For that company, Balanchine choreographed his first important ballets: Apollo (1928) and Prodigal Son (1929). After Ballets Russes was dissolved following Diaghilev’s death in 1929, Balanchine spent his next few years on a variety of projects in Europe and then formed his own company, Les Ballets 1933, in Paris. Following a performance of Les Ballets 1933 at the Savoy Theater in London, he met American arts connoisseur Lincoln Kirstein, who later persuaded him to come to the United States. In 1934, the pair founded the School of American Ballet, which remains in operation to this day, training students for companies around the world. Balanchine’s first ballet in the U.S., Serenade, set to music by Tchaikovsky, was created for SAB students and was first performed on June 9, 1934, on the grounds of the Warburg estate in White Plains, N.Y. Balanchine and Kirstein founded several short-lived ballet companies before forming Ballet Society in 1946, which was renamed New York City Ballet in 1948. Balanchine served as the Company’s ballet master from that year until his death in 1983, building it into one of the most important performing arts institutions in the world, and a cornerstone of the cultural life of New York City. He choreographed 425 works over the course of 60-plus years, and his musical choices ranged from Tchaikovsky (one of his favorite composers) to Stravinsky (his compatriot and friend) to Gershwin (who embodied the choreographer’s love of America). Many of Balanchine’s works are considered masterpieces and are performed by ballet companies all over the world.

ABOUT NEW YORK CITY BALLET

New York City Ballet is one of the foremost dance companies in the world, with an unparalleled active repertory of ballets—most of them created for NYCB—many of which are considered modern masterpieces. The Company was established in 1948 by choreographer George Balanchine and arts aficionado Lincoln Kirstein at the City Center of Music and Drama, and quickly became known for pure neo-classicism, which resonated with modern audiences. In 1949, Jerome Robbins joined the Company as associate artistic director and, with Balanchine and many guest choreographers, created a varied repertory that grew each season. Balanchine served as Ballet Master of NYCB from its inception until his death, in 1983, during which time he choreographed countless works and created a company of dancers known for their speed and musicality. In 1964 NYCB moved to its current home at Lincoln Center’s New York State Theater (now the David H. Koch Theater), where it grew into one of the world’s great dance companies. Now under the direction of Ballet Master in Chief Peter Martins and Executive Director Katherine Brown, the company has more than 90 dancers, a 62-member orchestra, an official school (the School of American Ballet), an institute for choreography (the New York Choreographic Institute), and an annual 21-week season in New York City, the longest home season of any dance company in the world. Widely acknowledged for its enduring contributions to dance, NYCB is committed to promoting creative excellence and nurturing a new generation of dancers and choreographers. For more information visit www.nycballet.com.


GEORGE GERSHWIN (1898-1937)

Overture to Crazy for YouOrchestrated by William David BrohnGeorge Gershwin was born on September 26, 1898 in Brooklyn, New York, and died on July 12, 1937 in Hollywood, California. The Broadway musical Crazy for You, based on Gershwin songs, opened on February 19, 1992 at the Shubert Theatre in New York City. The score calls for three flutes (all doubling piccolo), two oboes, English horn, two clarinets, bass clarinet, alto, tenor, and baritone sax; two bassoons, four horns, three trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, harp, piano, and strings. Duration is about five minutes. This is the first performance of this orchestration by the orchestra.

Girl Crazy (1930) is a legend among Broadway shows. It provided the first starring role for Ethel Merman, featured Ginger Rogers as the ingénue, and boasted a pit orchestra that included Red Nichols, Glenn Miller, Gene Krupa, Jack Teagarden, Benny Goodman and Jimmy Dorsey. Though the plot was nothing more than a silly satire on a city slicker vacationing at a dude ranch in Arizona, the score by George and Ira Gershwin contained a treasury of their finest songs — I Got Rhythm (with which Ethel Merman belted her way to overnight stardom), Embraceable You, But Not For Me, Bidin’ My Time, Sam and Delilah and Treat Me Rough. In 1991, producers Roger Horchow and Elizabeth Williams, both life-long Gershwin fans, engaged author Ken Ludwig (1989 Tony Award winner for Lend Me a Tenor), Olivier Award-winning director Mike Ockrent and five-time Tony winner choreographer Susan Stroman to create a new show based on Girl Crazy using an expanded range of Gershwin songs and a re-written book. Their Crazy for You (named for the song K-ra-zy for You from the 1928 Treasure Girl) opened at the Shubert Theatre on February 19, 1992, won Tonys and Drama Desk Awards for Best Musical and Best Choreography, ran for 1,622 performances on Broadway and for nearly three years in London, and played to packed houses on its extensive national tour. The Overture to Crazy for You includes three hits from the original Girl Crazy — I Got Rhythm, Embraceable You and Could You Use Me? — plus Someone to Watch Over Me (from Oh, Kay!, 1926), Stiff Upper Lip (from the 1937 Fred Astaire film A Damsel in Distress) and Stairway to Paradise (from George White’s Scandals of 1922).

Dayful of Song for Piano and OrchestraArranged and Orchestrated by Sid Ramin (b. 1919)The score calls for three flutes (2nd and 3rd doubling piccolo), oboe, three clarinets (3rd doubling bass clarinet), two alto saxes, tenor sax, bassoon, two horns, three trumpets, two trombones, timpani, percussion, piano, guitar, and strings. Duration is about 15 minutes. The piece was last performed on May 18, 2013, with Andrew Litton at the piano and conducting the orchestra.

Andrew Litton provided the following information in the liner notes for his 1997 recording of Dayful of Song with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra on the Delos label: “My love affair with the music of George Gershwin started when I was a child. I grew up in New York City living just yards from where Gershwin wrote many of his greatest works. He has always been a hero and an endless source of fascination for me. His virtuosic piano playing, his natural gift of melody, his inexhaustible enthusiasm and ebullient personality — I wish I could have known him! His sister-in-law Leonore once said: ‘Whenever he entered a room, he captured it instantly and completely, not because he was overbearing but because he had an irresistible infectious vitality, an overwhelming personal magnetism beyond that of most of the greatest movie stars….’

“In 1985, I had the great honor to be music director for a concert presented at the Warner

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Theater in Washington, D.C. by the Library of Congress in celebration of its George and Ira Gershwin Collection, and sponsored by the Ira and Leonore S. Gershwin Estate. We were given access to a dozen or so Gershwin songs in manuscript form that had never been published or performed. Boxes and boxes of these songs, many of them just fragments or sketches for future ideas, were stored in Ira’s house before his death in 1983. One has the most amazing sensation playing through these unmistakable yet strangely unfamiliar Gershwin songs!

“Since these manuscripts are written for piano, we picked a group of songs to flesh out into a piano and orchestra arrangement, not unlike the treatment of the original Gershwin Songbook. With the help of arranger and orchestrator Sid Ramin, seven unknown songs have been given new life: Hold On, I Must Write a Song, Hot, One Minute More, Sutton Place, My Honor Was at Stake and Machinery Going Mad. The Gershwin Estate decided to name the medley after a line in the verse of the hit song I Got Rhythm: ‘ … Birds in the tree sing their dayful of song ...’ It is therefore our great pleasure to present seven ‘new’ Gershwin songs under the title Dayful of Song.”

Veteran arranger, orchestrator and composer Sid Ramin, born in Boston in 1919, has theater, television and movie credits that range from The Milton Berle Show in the early 1950s to the most recent Broadway revivals of Gypsy (2008) and West Side Story (2009). He also collaborated on such hit musicals as the original versions of Wonderful Town, West Side Story, Wildcat, I Can Get It for You Wholesale, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Jerome Robbins’ Broadway and Crazy for You, as well as the classic TV series Candid Camera, The Patty Duke Show and All My Children. Ramin received an Oscar and a Grammy for his work on the 1961 film version of West Side Story, and collaborated with Irwin Kostal on orchestrating the Symphonic Dances from “West Side Story” at the request of Leonard Bernstein.

Rhapsody in Blue for Piano and OrchestraOrchestrated by Ferde Grofé (1892-1972) (original jazz band version)The Rhapsody in Blue was composed in 1924 and premiered in New York City on February 12, 1924, conducted by Paul Whiteman with the composer as piano soloist. The score calls for two flutes, two oboes, two clarinets, bass clarinet, two alto saxophones, tenor saxophone, two bassoons, three horns, three trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion and strings. In addition to the solo piano, the score calls for oboe, three clarinets, bass clarinet, e-flat clarinet, soprano sax, two alto saxes, tenor sax, baritone sax (all the above are doubled in various ways), two horns, two trumpets, two trombones, tuba, timpani, piano (doubling celesta), banjo, violins, and double bass. Duration is about 18 minutes. Last performance of the jazz band version of Rhapsody in Blue was on September 17, 19, & 20, 2009 with Jeffrey Kahane as the soloist and conductor.

For George White’s Scandals of 1922, the 24-year-old George Gershwin provided something a little bit different — an opera, a brief, somber one-act called Blue Monday (later retitled 135th Street) incorporating some jazz elements that White cut after only one performance on the grounds that it was too gloomy. Blue Monday, however, impressed the show’s conductor, Paul Whiteman, then gaining a national reputation as the self-styled “King of Jazz” for his adventurous explorations of the new popular music styles with his Palais Royal Orchestra. A year later, Whiteman told Gershwin about his plans for a special program the following February in which he hoped to show some of the ways traditional concert music could be enriched by jazz, and suggested that the young composer provide a piece for piano and jazz orchestra. Gershwin, who was then busy with the final preparations for the upcoming Boston tryout of Sweet Little Devil and somewhat unsure about barging into the world of classical music, did not pay much attention to the request until he read in The New York Times on New Year’s Day that he was writing a new “symphony” for



Whiteman’s program. After a few frantic phone calls, Whiteman finally convinced Gershwin to undertake the project, a work for piano solo (to be played by the composer) and Whiteman’s 22-piece orchestra — and then told him that it had to be finished in less than a month. Themes and ideas for the new piece immediately began to tumble through Gershwin’s head, and late in January, only three weeks after it was begun, the Rhapsody in Blue was completed.

The premiere of the Rhapsody in Blue — New York, Aeolian Hall, February 12, 1924 — was one of the great nights in American music. Many of the era’s most illustrious musicians attended, critics from far and near assembled to pass judgment, and the glitterati of society and culture graced the event. Gershwin fought down his apprehension over his joint debuts as serious composer and concert pianist, and he and his music had a brilliant success. “A new talent finding its voice,” wrote Olin Downes, music critic for The New York Times. Conductor Walter Damrosch told Gershwin that he had “made a lady out of jazz,” and then commissioned him to write the Concerto in F. There was critical carping about laxity in the structure of the Rhapsody in Blue, but there was none about its vibrant, quintessentially American character or its melodic inspiration, and it became an immediate hit, attaining (and maintaining) a position of popularity almost unmatched by any other work of a native composer.

Who Cares?Orchestrated by Hershy Kay (1919-1981)Who Cares? was premiered on February 5, 1970 by the New York City Ballet.The score calls for two flutes (2nd doubling piccolo), two oboes (2nd doubling English horn), two clarinets, bass clarinet, two bassoons, four horns, three trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, piano (doubling celesta), and strings. The duration is about 45 minutes. The last performance by the orchestra was on May 18, 2013, with Andrew Litton conducting the orchestra.

In his Balanchine’s Complete Stories of the Great Ballets, the choreographer George Balanchine (1904-1983) wrote of Who Cares?:

“This ballet is a set of dances to some songs by George Gershwin that I have always liked very much. Who Cares? [the song that gave the ballet its title] goes back to 1931 and the musical Of Thee I Sing. In Europe in the late 1920s and 1930s, we all knew Gershwin’s music and loved it; it is very beautiful, very American, too. Before I came to America I saw the Gershwin musical Funny Face in London and admired it. I did some work in musical comedies in London after that and continued to make dances for them after I came to New York. I don’t think I would have done that if it had not been for George Gershwin’s music. There are popular songs and popular songs; Gershwin’s are special.

“I was lucky enough to know Gershwin, who asked me to Hollywood to do dances for the movie Goldwyn Follies. Gershwin gave me a book of his songs, arranged in the way he used to do them in concerts. One day at the piano I played through one and thought to myself, beautiful, I’ll make a pas de deux. Then I played another, it was just beautiful and I thought, A variation! And then another and another and there was no end to how beautiful they were.

“And so we had a new ballet [arranged and orchestrated by Hershy Kay]. No story, just the songs. Here they are: Strike Up the Band (1927); Sweet and Low Down (1925); Somebody Loves Me (1924); Bidin’ My Time (1930); ’S Wonderful (1927); That Certain Feeling (1925); Do Do Do (1926); Lady Be Good (1924); The Man I Love (1924); I’ll Build a Stairway to Paradise (1922); Embraceable You (1930); Fascinatin’ Rhythm (1924); Who Cares? (1931); My One and Only (1927); Liza (1929); Clap Yo’ Hands (1926); I Got Rhythm (1930).”

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WHO CARES?

Balanchine had an early opportunity to work with George Gershwin: In 1937 Gershwin asked Balanchine to come to Hollywood to work with him on Goldwyn’s Follies (released 1938), which included a Romeo and Juliet number with a mock duel between ballet-dancing Montagues and tap-dancing Capulets. Thirty-three years later, Balanchine choreographed Who Cares? to 16 songs Gershwin composed between 1924 and 1931. Balanchine used the songs not to evoke a particular era but as a basis for a dynamic that is uniquely American and, more specifically, evocative of New York City: Balanchine’s choreography brings out the exuberance of city life.

Who Cares? is both the name of a ballet in the classical idiom by George Balanchine and an old song George and Ira Gershwin wrote in 1931 for Of Thee I Sing. The dictionary says “classic” means standard, leading, belonging to the highest rank or authority. Once it applied mainly to masterpieces from Greco-Roman antiquity; now we have boxing and horse-racing classics, classic cocktail-dresses, and classic cocktails. Among classic American composers we number Stephen Foster, John Philip Sousa, and George Gershwin (1898-1937). First heard 50 years ago, the best of Gershwin songs maintain their classic freshness, like an eternal martini—dry, frank, refreshing, tailor-made, with an invisible kick from its slightest hint of citron. Nostalgia has not syruped the songs’ sentiment nor robbed them of immediate piquancy. We associate them with time past, but when well sung or played, or preferably both at once, they not only revive but transcend their epoch.

The Gershwins’ beautiful manners and high style, their instant mélange of insouciance and shrewd innocence, their just estimation of the imaginative elasticity of an elite audience that they had developed, have left a body of words and music that lives unblurred by vulgar rhetoric or machine-made sentiment. To combine an intensely personal attitude with a flagrantly popular language is a feat that few popular artists manage, and it is appropriate that Balanchine has used the songs not as facile recapitulation of a lost epoch, but simply as songs or melodies for classic, undeformed, traditional academic dances, which in their equivalence of phrasing, dynamics, and emotions find their brotherly parallel.

—Lincoln Kirstein, 1970

Who Cares?Music by George Gershwin Adapted and Orchestrated by Hershy Kay

Choreography by George Balanchine*Scenery by Jo Mielziner Costumes by Santo Loquasto

Lighting by Mark Stanley

*© The George Balanchine Trust

Premiere: February 5, 1970, New York State Theater

Dancers appear courtesy of New York City BalletBallet Master in Chief: Peter Martins

Executive Director: Katherine E. Brown



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Ms. Deloris R. WrightJoyce Zeff and Family

CONDUCTOR’S CIRCLE ($2,000+) Anonymous (4)Michael Altenberg and

Libby BortzMr. William H. AndersonSue Anschutz-RodgersEugene C. & Florence

Armstrong Family Foundation

Robert P. AustinMr. Hartman AxleyNancy BallAddie and Bob BarkleyPaul S. and Sara Jane BarruJ. Fern BlackMike and Julie BockBarbara BohlmanRoger and Susan BowlesMr. Scott BrockettMr. Willard BrownNathan B. and Florence R.

Burt FoundationMr. and Mrs. K.W. CalkinsBonnie CampGracie and Bill CarrDr. and Mrs. James G.

ChandlerProfessor Gerald ChapmanMr. Gene ChildColorado Real Estate JournalBill and Nancy CookJim and Julie CopenhaverMr. and Mrs. Herschel CravitzDaniels-Houlton Family

FoundationDavis Graham & Stubbs, LLPMr. and Mrs. Richard DeaneThe Dickson Family Gift

Fund Dr. and Mrs. Ted EickhoffEnCana Cares (USA)

FoundationClark and Martha EwaldCarla EwingFran and Michael FisherThe Friedlander Family -

Great Lakes Marine Denver Deborah and Theodore

Gaensbauer Ms. Donna S. GerichMr. and Mrs. George C.

Gibson

COMMUNITY SUPPORT


Mr. and Mrs. William H. Gleason

Monica Glickman and Craig Carver

Veronica GoodrichMs. Jean M. GordonSally HaasMr. Philip Hiester and

Ms. Deborah ReshotkoLorraine and Harley G.

HigbieDiane S. Hill and Kevin E.

SomervilleBill and Donna HoberechtMr. and Mrs. Del HockElizabeth and Steve HoltzeMr. and Mrs. Robert

Hucks, Jr.The Humphreys FoundationHunt Alternatives FundEdeltraud JohnsonRichard and Mary Anne

JohnstonJoe and Francine KelsoMs. Midge KorczakDonna C. Kornfeld

Stuart and Janet Kritzer Family Foundation

Mr. George KrugerMr. and Mrs. Frank KugelerLarned A. Waterman &

Paul S. Messard TrustWarren and Nancy LawrenceDon LeachJudge and Mrs. John P.

LeopoldMrs. Ann C. LevyRobert and Patricia LisenskyLivingston Family

FoundationMs. Sara LongM. Catherine and James R.

LookRon and Jeri LoserJohn and Merry LowMarjorie MacLachlanMs. Joan ManleyVirginia and Bill McGeheeMr. and Mrs. Neil McLaganMr. Ed MellorMile High United WayMichael and Sharon Modiz

Henry B. MohrKirsten and Dave MorganRobert and Carol MurphyMr. and Mrs. Ron NeelMr. and Mrs. Mark NewhouseMr. David ParceKerry PearlmanSue and Edwin PeikerBonnie C. PerkinsDr. Peter S. QuinteroRalph L. Smith FoundationNijole and Walter RasmussenSteven and Joan RingelRose Community

FoundationDr. and Mrs. Paul R. RosenBrian and Michele RowlandHenry R. SchmollPatricia SchuellerMr. Robert E. SchuellerMrs. Nancy SchuleinKathleen SgammaRoger Shapiro and Renee

PetersonAlice Silver and Tom ByrnesRuth S. Silver

COMMUNITY SUPPORT


Galen & Ada Belle Spencer Foundation

The Stanley WorksMr. Gordon W. StengerMrs. Beatrice TaplinMarion Thurnauer and

Alexander TrifunacDr. and Mrs. Ed Van BramerNormie and Paul VoillequéPaul Von Behren and

Denise McClearyLoren E. WarnerMalcolm and Donna

WheelerDrs. Richard and Jean

WilliamsMichael and Sandra WilsonLee and Doris Yeingst

SYMPHONY CONCERTMASTER ($1,000+)Anonymous (4)Mr. and Mrs. Tony Accetta James BaileyMichelle C. BaileyMr. Robert M. BalasMargaret and Larry BallonoffMr. James D. BalogTyler BarstowNancy BattanDr. and Mrs. Henry J.

BeckwittHannah Kahn and

Arthur BestMarcia D. BishopMr. and Mrs. Howard G.

BrandJohn and Sandy BlueJude BlumMargaret C. BozarthJoseph BroneskyDon and Nita BurkhardtPat ButlerBuyersynthesis, Inc. Keith and Lindsay CampbellMr. and Mrs. John B. ChafeeDrs. Jodi A. Chamber and

Sally PalmerThe Chrysalis FundDrs. Henry and Janet ClamanDavid and Joan ClarkSheila M. CleworthMs. Shirley Hamilton and

Ms. G. Brooks Clouser

Drs. Marc Cohen and Kathryn Hobbs

James and Toni CohigJohn L. CoilMr. Donald CookMr. Ronald CoveyKaren and William CurtisDeborah Reshotko and

Speaking of DanceDeep Space SystemsLinda Diekvoss and

Paul ParishMrs. Mary DonlonMr. and Mrs. William D. DotyMr. Garrettson Dulin, Jr.Gerald S. DunbarMax and Carol EhrlichDrs. Ellen and Anthony EliasJohn EstesJim and Jo FergusonMr. Jack FinlawDr. Lauren Fraser and

Ms. Rebecca CoughlinFrederick G. Fish FoundationDr. and Mrs. Robert

FreedmanMr. David F. FritzMs. Martha S. FulfordMr. and Mrs. John E. FullerMr. and Mrs. Greg FultonDr. and Mrs. John H. GaleGeorgia and Woody GarnseyB.J. and Grace GeorgeDr. David M. GillumThe Gilman Family

FoundationMs. Katherine GoldLynda GoldsteinDr. Burton and Lee GolubJonathan and Julia GordonRenee and Martin GrossDr. and Mrs. Robert D. HarryMr. and Mrs. Leeon E.

HaydenMrs. Joan HazenDiane D. HenryJudith HiltonMs. Christine L. HonnenMarilyn HowardRenate and Joseph HullMichael E. Huotari and

Jill R. StewartMrs. Eleanor L. IsbillCarol JamesMr. Douglas C. JonesDr. and Mrs. Michael Kelley

Mr. Allen KempDr. Peter Kennealey and

Dr. Colleen MurphyMr. John KenneyMr. and Mrs. Jonathan KernOza and Milan KlanjsekRuth and George KraussPhyllis and James

Kurtz-PhelanMr. Gregory KushnirKUVOLeopold BrothersLife on Capitol HillJohn and Mary LohreJean L. MarshallMr. and Mrs. John S. MartinBarbara McDonnellDr. and Mrs. John G. McFeeMr. and Mrs. David McGawKatherine McMurrayRobert MeadeMs. Janet MelsonSharon L. MenardMs. Anne Akiko MeyersMs. Jennifer MillerMs. Anne B. MillsGene and Dee MilsteinMM Rhodes FundMr. Robert R. MontgomeryJames NeelyMr. and Mrs. W. Peterson

NelsonNetwork for GoodMr. Stephen NorrisSheila O’BrienDr. and Mrs. Richard T. O’DayEd and Jean OnderkoDr. Bonnie M. Orkow, Ph.D.Dr. and Mrs. Bruce C. PatonMr. and Mrs. Michael

PokornyAl and Ursula PowellThe Publishing HouseMrs. Dorothy M. ReadEli ReshotkoMr. and Mrs. Fred RisMr. and Mrs. Dave RootesDr. Turpin H. RoseJim and Doreen RyanRuth SchoeningWilliam SchumacherDr. and Mrs. David ShanderMr. and Mrs. George ShawSinger Family FoundationSam and Marty SlovenBillie Smith

COMMUNITY SUPPORT


Mr. David C. SmithMarlis and Shirley SmithWilliam and Janice SmithWilliam Smith and

Shirley ScottEric SondermannVictoria SterlingMarcia D. StricklandHelena and Allan StrikerLou and Katherine SvobodaMr. and Mrs. Douglas TashiroTipton Family FoundationMr. John B. TruebloodKyle and Bev TurnerVillager Publishing Co., Inc.Mr. Peter WellsConsul Emeritus and

Mrs. Tor WestgaardJon WilkersonDr. John WillhardtJerry WinterJim and Marlene WogslandHenry E. Wurst Family

FoundationMs. Phyllis J. YoungDick and Lorie YoungLinda Roberts Zinn

SYMPHONY MUSICIAN ($500+)Anonymous (9)Dr. and Mrs. Jules AmerAmerican Endowment

FoundationArc Thrift StoresBruce AveryLewis and Judith BabcockMichelle and Stephen BaileyMr. and Mrs. Dennis BaldwinCarlos BarradasMr. Edward BartholicRichard and Linda BatemanMr. and Mrs. James BeallMary BessesenMrs. Terry A. BiddingerMr. and Mrs. Kermit J.

BoothroydMr. and Mrs. Grant BowryMs. Susan BraselChristopher BrauchliMs. Betty BregaMs. Emily BrettDr. and Mrs. David BrewerMichael and Catherine

Brondos

Joseph BroneskyMs. Barbara BrownMr. and Mrs. Peter K. BryanRogene and Sandy BuchholzM. Peyton and Suzanne BucyDavid and Elizabeth BuddZelpha BulowJudge Doris E. BurdBillie Busby and Sidney

SmithMr. and Mrs. Ronald ButzMr. David CahnDouglas and Constance CainLois M. CalvertTeresa CamposRoger and Barbara

ChamberlainDr. and Mrs. David ClaassenDelores I. ClarkSylvia Sosin CohenCatherine ColeMs. Sherri ColganColorado Rockies Baseball

ClubMr. and Mrs. Clark ColtonDee ColtonCommunity Foundation

COMMUNITY SUPPORT


Mr. Frederic ConoverMs. Karen CookPaul and Eileen CooperMr. Scott Coors and

Dr. David HurtFrances S. CorselloDr. James W. CraftMr. and Mrs. Stephen CraftRay and Kathleen CravyAnne M. CulverWilliam CurtisMike and Bonnie DalkeMs. Ruth DalrympleJesse Davidson and

Ellen BlattDenver Percussion, LLCDr. Stephen DiltsGeorge and Yonnie DikeouDorothy DowdenThe Dowling FoundationMr. and Mrs. Robert L. DrewKathryn and Gary DudleyMs. Kathleen DunnewaldMr. Stephen A. EdmondsEvan and Kim ElaLucy and Dan EllerhorstMr. and Mrs. James W. EspyMs. Lee C. EverdingMark and Carla EwingDr. and Mrs. Richard A.

FiemanMs. Gail FisherPaul S. FisherFranklin Templeton Investor

Services, LLCMrs. Joann FreedmanDeborah FroebVirginia E. and Robert K.

FullerDeborah GaensbauerMr. and Mrs. John A.

GallagherLinda Laird GiedlAndrea GrantMr. John and Mrs. Judy

GreenMr. Robert GreeneMr. and Mrs. Peter GriffithsMartha and Jim GroebeJulia GwaltneyMr. and Mrs. Alvin W.

HaggertyDr. and Mrs. John L. HallMs. Grace M. HalmiLinda HamlinSarah Hart

Mr. David J. HayesKeith HermanMelvin and Carolyn HessJudith HiltonMr. Stephen HindesCynthia HindsMr. and Mrs. A. B. HirschfeldSarah C. HiteDr. Bradley O. HoferMike and Vicki HoffmanGraham and Cathy HollisRobert Homiak and

Susan SchneiderMs. Sally HopperMrs. Isabella W. HorskyRobert and Betty HuzjakBradley JamesAndrew Johanos and

Maria Poczobutt-JohanosBruce and Mary Jane

JohnsonDr. and Mrs. Everette G.

JonesMr. and Mrs. Arthur JuddMr. and Mrs. Colman KahnRobert W. KarowDr. Chris and Janice KarrasSteve and Kim KeenDr. Richard and Carla KemKemp Family FundJan Kennaugh and

Chip HorneHeidi and Randy KeoghJudy KessenichDr. E. Glenn KindleOza and Milan KlanjsekMel and Roberta KleinMr. and Mrs. Finn and

Margrethe B. KnudsenMrs. Tatyana KostyashkinaEric KreinJohn W. Kure and

Cheryl L. SolichDeanna Rose LeinoDon and Ingrid LindemannPatty Lorie-KupetzJohn W. Kure and

Cheryl L. SolichMs. Hope LowryMrs. Jean MacferranMr. Brian A. and Mrs. Diane

C. MagoonMr. and Mrs. Frederick L.

MannHarold P. Martin, M.D.Johnathan Masoudi

Mr. and Mrs. Amos C. Mathews

Dr. Jody Mathie and Mr. John F. Hoffman

Ms. Tracey McCulloughCarla E. McKennettMr. and Mrs. Harold “Bud”

MeadowsVirginia MessickCoreen MillerMr. and Mrs. Jay MillerRon and Bonnie MilzerThe Moe Family Charitable

FundMonkey’s Uncle Comedy

ImprovMs. Veatrice MonroeKeith MooreKirsten and David MorganWilliam and Rosemarie

MuraneBarbara Neal and

Edward E. EllisMs. Marcia G. NaimanMr. and Mrs. P. A. NewberryRobert and Ilse NordenholzLarry O’Donnell and Kermit

CainDr. Priscilla Zynda-Otsuki

and Mr. Steve OtsukiMary and Art OttenJo Ann PaffenbargerCarl PattersonPave LifeMs. Sue PawlikDavid and Doris PearlmanLeah PeerPerry C. PeinePatrick and Susan PientkaDavid and Louise PinkowHugh Pitcher and Linda

LebsackEd PostMr. Bennett L. PriceTerence T. QuirkeRichard Replin and

Elissa SteinDr. Richard and Sandra RoarkEleanor RobertsMr. Robert RodriquezTerri and Jay RollsSig and Lucille RosefeldMr. and Mrs. William E.

RussellMs. Carol L. RustCynthia L. Schauer

COMMUNITY SUPPORT


COMMUNITY SUPPORTDave SchmitzG.A. and W.B. ScholtenMs. Mary Ann SchultzSchwab Fund for Charitable

GivingMs. Carla L. SeeligerMr. Frank D. SeffingerMr. and Mrs. Karl O. SellerBetty and Maurice SerottaJo ShannonMr. and Mrs. Peter D. ShultzSinger Family FoundationDr. and Mrs. Arnold

SilvermanDrs. Robert H. Slover, II and

Robin SloverEdwin SmithJames SmithMr. and Mrs. Rodney SmithMr. and Mrs. William H.

SpeakerHanspeter and Kathryn

SpuhlerState Farm Companies

FoundationMyron and Marcia SteinMr. Daniel Stenersen

Gordon Stenger and Brooke Goudy

Mrs. Mary L. StewartMr. Philip T. StoffelJulie and John StrainMrs. Elaine B. StrauchDr. Bill StrempelCarol and Cedric TarrMr. Frank ThomsonMr. Charles ThormanMr. and Mrs. Carl J. TilleryNan TimbelDavid Tourtelot and

Nikki HeadleeBarbara J. TramuttHelen TuttleMr. and Mrs. Thomas G.

VirtueEd and Patty WahteraThe Sylvan Stool FamilyMs. Shirley WardRuss Wehner Realty Co.Peter WeiserRosemary WhitakerJordan WightDaniel C. WilliamsYumi Williams

Werner and Mary WinklerMr. and Mrs. Dieter WonsGeorge and Beth WoodRichard and MaryAnn

WoodsAmy WrightMarsha F. YoungTom ZeilerKenneth ZiebarthR.A. Zimmerman

SYMPHONY PATRON ($250+) *Please review the donor benefits on our websiteAnonymous (8)Margaret and Norm

AarestadRichard and Susan

AbernethyFran AdamsJim and Lorraine AdamsCarol J. AddingtonCarole and Robert AdelsteinAmica Companies

FoundationMs. Catherine H. Anderson

Greenwood Village, COwww.brcinvest.com

behavioral

quantitative

fundamental

Providing professional investment advisory services for institutional and high-net-worth clients since 2005


DeAnn AndersonMr. and Mrs. John AndrewsMr. Roger BagwellBank of AmericaMr. Phil Barber and

Ms. Caroline LappBarringer High Country

Marketing, Inc.Mr. Roger Bates and

Ms. Debra BrewMr. Mark BeamerMr. and Mrs. Edgardo L.

BelenMariette BellGeorge and Phee BelseyMs. Barbara BenedictMs. Margaret Bass BerglundDr. Thomas Berl and

Ms. Diane PincusSue and Bix BicknellMs. Joella BlackburnMarie and Howard BlaneyMr. and Mrs. Paul I. BortzMs. Alisa BourneDr. James W. BoydMr. and Mrs. Michael BoyleMr. Jeffrey BreslawJeff and Elaine BrickmanMr. and Mrs. Hal BrooksMs. Karen BruggenthiesDavid and Elizabeth BuddMs. Linda BushmanShirley and Roland CalhounDr. and Mrs. Ned CalongeRusty and Ellen CamposMs. Hilary CarlsonShelly CattersonMr. and Mrs. W. D. CheroutesMs. Deborah ClendenningBarbralu CohenHarold Cohen and Sue MillerMs. Jo Ellen CohenMr. and Mrs. Robert I. CohenMs. Gretchen G. ColbertJo CollesterThe Colorado TrustMr. David CongerMs. Mary CookBen and Ann CooperDr. John A. and Mrs. Jane H.

CoppolaMr. Robert M. Cox Jr.CU Denver LiveMargaret CunninghamMrs. Jean DavenportJesse Davidson

Mr. Larry DayMr. and Mrs. John D. De LeonRonald L. DealDenver Area Music Teachers

AssociationMr. and Mrs. Josiah B. DoddsLeland and Margaret DongDenis and Kathy DonnellyPeter and Marian DownsMs. Marina DubrovaRoger and Carol DuttonMike and Vicki EarnestMs. Janice G. EckhardtMrs. Renate EdmundsonMr. and Mrs. William

EichelbergerEvan and Kim ElaDonald ElliottMs. Gislinde G. EngelmannBede and Burton EpsteinMary E. FainiMs. Elizabeth J. FeitnerMs. Janice E. FergusonVince and Dorothy FesmireMr. and Mrs. James W. FleetDavid and Debra FlitterJim FosterRichard W. FosterJohn and Lorna FoxNile FredericksonFreeman Family FoundationMitch FreemanMr. Jason FriedlanderCarol FriendNorbert and Linda FruehTerry Hsu-Gander and

Todd GanderDr. and Mrs. Arthur D.

GarfeinMs. Rosanne GarrettLester and Joan GarrisonCaleb and Sidney GatesMr. Ilia GeltserTom GilidaMike and Lori GillDr. and Mrs. Stanley H.

GinsburgDr. Gerry and Karen GlancyTamara Golden and

Tim WorrallMr. Joseph Goldhammer and

Mrs. Elizabeth BlockScott and Roberta GoodallDr. and Mrs. Stephen A.

GordenTom and Char Gottlieb

Mr. and Mrs. James B. Grange

James and Pamela GreenMr. and Mrs. Gerald M.

GreenbergRobert Greene and

James HarveyDr. and Mrs. Daniel J.

GreenholzHarry GregoryNancy and Russ GregoryMr. Stephen GregoryMr. and Mrs. Bruce GriffithsAnn GroshekMr. and Mrs. Michael D.

GroshekFred and Carol GroverMariellen and Robert GuerraMr. and Mrs. Russell W. HaasMr. Douglas B. HagerMisty HaisfieldArthur E. Hall, Jr.Halvorson-Freese 21st

Century FundMr. Chet K. Hampson and

Ms. Susan MartinMr. and Mrs. Homer HancockMr. and Mrs. Carroll R. HarrVance HarralCol. Lee Harrell (USAF,

Retired) and Madeline Homler

Mr. Billy Harris and Ms. Linda Purcell

Ms. Lois HartmanEd and Steph HarveyMs. Dani HayesLindsay HayesJimin HeMr. Richard W. HealyMr. and Mrs. George HearneMr. and Mrs. John HelfrichDr. Raymond HenkelJulie HerzogDouglas Hesse and

Becky BradwayMs. Susan A. HillJulia HoMr. William HoffmanRuth and George

HopfenbeckM. J. HopkinsBob HoreckyAndrew HornbrookMs. Joan HoultonKen and Sue Hovland

COMMUNITY SUPPORT


COMMUNITY SUPPORTDuane and Katy HowellMs. Helen O. HullDr. Roberta Shaklee and

Mr. Edward HurryLynn and David HurstChuck HustedIBM International

FoundationJennifer JanezicJeffco Brass EnsembleMr. and Mrs. Paul JefferyMr. and Mrs. Tim JenkinsCraig N. Johnson and Alicia

J. McCommonsMargie Lee JohnsonStanley and Barbara JonesBetsy Herrick and Milt KahnThomas and Veronika KalanMargaret T. KalukMr. and Mrs. Andrew KaneDonald and Susan KanyMrs. Diana KassonDonald and Henny

KaufmannMs. Regina Q. KeatingMr. J. K. Kelly

Ms. Patricia Kershaw and Mr. Kevin Kershaw

Judy KessenichCharlotte KilpatrickJohn C. KinnamonMrs. Margie A. KinslowRob and Kathy KlugmanStephen and Nancy

KneippleElmer and Doris KonemanMr. Keith LautenbachRichard S. LeamanMr. Bernard LeasonDr. and Mrs. Robert LedererPeggy LehmannMs. Carol J. LensPhilip R. LevyJudy and Dan LichtinMarie LindvallLittleton Drum StudioKaren L. and John E. LitzNancy LivingstonJ. P. LoveridgeFred and Bonnie LuhmanMs. Marian LyonsMr. Claude M. Maer, Jr.Antoinette Macaluso and

Donald HagengruberJohn MamusciaDebbie and Gary

MandelbaumMr. and Mrs. Paul MarcusMara MarksPeggy and David MarksMs. Awilda R. MarquezWilliam J. Martinez &

Judith C. ShlayCathy and Bruce MartinMrs. Anne MartinsMr. and Mrs. Gerard MartinsMr. James L. MarvinWilliam and Joy MathewsMr. Steven MatticsMrs. Dorothy B. MaukMyron McClellan and

Lawrence PhillipsMr. and Mrs. Robert

McClellandDr. Jerrald McCollumMaryKate McCutcheonLori McDermottNina and Rex McGeheeMrs. Bridget McNeilMr. and Mrs. Charles Metzger


COMMUNITY SUPPORTMHA Petroleum Consultants,

LLCFlora and Morris Mizel

FoundationMr. William MohrmanElizabeth MontgomeryKelvin and Sara MooreMrs. Patty H. MooreMr. Douglas G. and

Dr. Laura B. MoranPeggy MorganJames and Karin MoteMrs. Terry S. MurphyMr. and Mrs. James NalvenElizabeth Frank and

Harry NewmanPaul and Barbara NicholasMs. Decker SwannMr. and Mrs. Alan F. NiesSchubert M. OgdenOracle Matching Gifts

ProgramJohn and Mary Ann ParfreySusan S. ParkhurstMr. Gregory A. ParsonsGinny PassothMr. and Mrs. Gordon

PetersonMr. and Mrs. George C.

PickeringFred and Connie PlattMs. Sally G. PlummerMary and Bernard PolakMr. Dan PooleDiana Poole and Steve LassMr. and Mrs. H.W. PraetoriusRobert and Sarah PrzekwasMr. Frank QuamenMr. Paul G. QuinnMs. Alice QuiricoDick RamseyRichard M. RandallRalph and Inky RatcliffMs. Joan RatzMs. Julia RawlingsMelinda H. ReedWilliam and Suzanne ReedDavid and Jennifer ReineckeRobert B. RenfroRussell ReynoldsMaxine and Ed RichardNancy and Gene RichardsLinda A. Rickard- AckermanDr. Susan B. RifkinDr. Gregory Robbins

Mr. and Mrs. William H. Roberts

Mr. Phil Rock and Ms. Pamela L. Page

Mr. Bernie Rogoff and Ms. Jean Greenberg

Anthony RomeoMr. and Mrs. Brian RoseBernard and Beverly RosenJudith and Allan RosenbaumMr. and Mrs. Jack RossMary Ann RossMolly O. RossRoss Double BassJennifer RoweStan and Betty RudeenMr. Alan RudolphJudy and Ron RuthStanley and Karen SalimanMr. and Mrs. Clayton SandtMr. Al SardelloDr. Donald W. Schiff, M.D.Mr. Gary SchneiderMs. Shirley A. ScottMr. John D. SearsMr. David SeelandFloy SeniorMs. Barbara ServisBarbara and Bob ShakleeBarbara SharpCharles and Shirley Anne

SheetsDavid and Patricia SheltonBobbi and Gary SiegelMr. and Mrs. Sid SmithStephen A. & Marsha SmithSocial VetsSouth Suburban Music

Teachers AssociationMrs. Susan SpanglerDr. Leroy Stahlgren and

Ms. Diana LeeMr. and Mrs. Paul C. StankoTim Steele and Inge La CourNicole J. SteginkThomas StephensDavid StevensMrs. Donna StilesMs. Edelgard StoegerMr. and Mrs. William A.

StolfusSam and Martha StottBill and Shirley StoutMr. and Ms. Steve StraubArthur & Stephanie

Strasburger

Mr. and Mrs. William E. Sweet, III

Ms. Cle C. SymonsMrs. Mary C. SymontonSyntes Language Group, Inc.Vincent and Gay TagliavoreWilliam E. Bradford, Jr. and

Chin Keong TanWalt and Sally TejanMr. Tom TeskeMs. Nancy ThoennesBarbara ThorngrenMr. and Mrs. Lloyd TimblinMr. and Mrs. Paul TrantowMrs. Sherry E. Merrill and

Mr. Stephen P. TreatMr. and Mrs. Howard

TuretzkyUnited Way of Larimer

CountyDr. and Mrs. Gary D.

Vander ArkHeather Van DusenPhyllis M. VandeharrDr. and Mrs. Bolko and

Sue Von RoedernMr. and Mrs. John C.

VaugheyMs. Leslee ViehoffMr. and Mrs. James M.

VoorheesLaurence WagleyJulie and Bob WallaceJohn and Kristine WallackMr. and Mrs. Douglas WardCarley J. WarrenMs. Rosamond WarrenWalter and Susanna WeartMr. and Mrs. Galen R. WeaverMr. Kirk WeberPatti and Jay WebsterLisa WeilRev. Stephen R. WestonRosemary WhitakerMs. Carol WhiteSidney J. and Shirley B. WhiteWhiting Oil & Gas

ExplorationMr. and Mrs. Kenneth

WhitneyNorman WiknerMr. Davis J. WilliamsDr. and Mrs. Roger A.

WilliamsAstrida K. Wilson


Mr. and Mrs. Daniel T. Winston

Dr. and Mrs. Robert R. WolfeJudith Wong-RobertsMs. June WoodPat WynneDr. Robert and Mrs.

Rosemary YakelyDouglas and Barbara YostLinda and Gene YoungMr. and Ms. Michael A.

ZoellnerMs. Karen ZollarsMr. and Mrs. Vladimir M.

Zolotoochin

MATCHING DONATIONS

Thank you to those 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 Development Department directly please call Kate White at 303.308.2472

WOMEN OF NOTE DONOR LIST

The following are members of the Colorado Symphony’s support group Women of Note (WON). WON members receive exclusive benefits and event invitations throughout the season. The Colorado Symphony is grateful for the support of these dedicated individuals.

AnonymousMarin Alsop*Nancy AccettaMaggie AndersonNora BaldwinSuzanne Barber RyanPaula Bernstein*Terry Biddinger*Erna Butler*Donna ConnollyAnne CulverKathie FingerMary Lou FlaterJanis FrameMonica GlickmanSarah HartDiane HillEileen Honnen-McDonald*Sandy Lasky*Nancy LawrenceCarolyn LongmireJeri LoserMerry LowJanet MordecaiCarol MurphyElizabeth B. NevaJane Nielsen

COMMUNITY SUPPORT

TICKETS303-298-1970 :: STMARTINSCHAMBERCHOIR.ORG

Chant: Mystery and MystiCisM“Symphonie des Mysteres” – Joaquin Nin-Culmell

Six Male Voices and Richard Robertson, organFebruary 12 and 14

Charles Wood: st. Mark PassionMixed Voices and Richard Robertson, organ

March 18, 19 and 20


COMMUNITY SUPPORTShelia O’BrienDiane PadalinoUrsula PowellMargaret RoathMary Rossick Kern*Suzanne SatterAlice SilverPhoebe SmedleyLynne ValenciaJanyce WaldRivka Weisberg Judy Wigod*Founding Member

SPECIAL PROJECT DONORS

The Colorado Symphony constantly seeks new and creative ways to preserve the cultural legacy of symphonic music while actively co-creating its future. By working on new recording and collaborations the Colorado Symphony strives to stay relevant for generations to come.

AnonymousCol. Philip Beaver and

Mrs. Kim BeaverBob and Cynthia BensonColorado Symphony Guild

Inc.Tom and Noel CongdonMr. and Mrs. Scott CromieDr. Everette J. FreemanMr. Paul E. Goodspeed and

Ms. Mary PooleJennifer HeglinMary Rossick Kern and

Jerome H. KernFred and Connie Platt

EDUCATION DONOR LIST

Through our Master Mentors program, Petite Musique, and Once Upon A Time school assembly performances, your Colorado Symphony reaches thousands of

young people within and well outside the Denver metro area, from months old through high school and beyond. We always work to extend and increase our outreach and could not possibly do it without your support.

PLATINUM CHAIRMAN’S SOCIETY ($50,000+)AnonymousMalone Family FoundationTarget

GOLD CHAIRMAN’S SOCIETY ($25,000+)AnonymousDaVitaHelen K. & Arthur E. Johnson

FoundationRalph L. and Florence R.

Burgess Trust

CHAIRMAN’S SOCIETY ($10,000+)AnonymousThe AJL Charitable

FoundationThe Denver FoundationUS Bank Community

DevelopmentWalter S. Rosenberry, III Trust

SILVER CONDUCTOR’S CIRCLE ($5,000+)AnonymousColorado Symphony Guild

Inc.Denver Post Charities a

McCormick Foundation Fund

ECA FoundationMrs. Sandy ElliottXcel Energy Foundation

CONDUCTOR’S CIRCLE ($2,000+)AnonymousCherry Hills Cultural

AssociatesMr. Paul EveloffDonna C. KornfeldParker Foundation

Scientific & Cultural Collaborative

SYMPHONY CONCERTMASTER ($1,000+)AnonymousKinder Morgan FoundationKatherine McMurray

SYMPHONY MUSICIAN ($500+)Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. G.W. Quinby

SYMPHONY PATRON ($250+)Julie Belcher

COLORADO SYMPHONY 5KWe asked you to leave your headphones at home and help the Colorado Symphony kick off its 2015/16 concert season by participating in the Colorado Symphony 5K Run/Walk on September 19th at Sloan’s Lake Park. Thank you for all your support!

GOLD CHAIRMAN’S SOCIETY ($25,000+)St. Anthony Hospital-

Centura Health

SILVER CONDUCTOR’S CIRCLE ($5,000+)Anonymous

CONDUCTOR’S CIRCLE ($2,000+)Colorado Symphony Guild

Inc.

SYMPHONY CONCERTMASTER ($1,000+)Arc Thrift StoreCommunity College Of

DenverMr. and Mrs. Harold Logan


SYMPHONY MUSICIAN ($500+)Argonaut Wine & Liquor

SYMPHONY PATRON ($250+)Beef King, LLCBing!Bistro CharlotteDenver Order UpFit To SmileHigh Point CreameryThe Publishing HousePuff’s PreservesRupert’s at the EdgeSchmitt Music Company

BALL SPONSOR LIST

The 2015 Colorado Symphony Ball raised money through table sales, individual and corporate contributions, sponsorship, silent and live auction, and real-time voting during “THE BATTLE OF THE BANDS” where guests voted for their favorite band. This year’s bands were the Colorado Symphony, The DaVita Blues All Stars, and Tracksuit Wedding.

PRESENTING SPONSOR ($75,000+)Avenir Foundation, Inc.

VIRTUOSO ($50,000+)Anonymous Arrow Electronics, Inc. Liberty Global

MAESTRO ($25,000+)AnonymousThe Anschutz CorporationDaVitaDelta Dental Plan of

ColoradoDiscovery CommunicationsKeith and Kathie FingerIAC CorporationJerome H. Kern and Mary

Rossick KernLiberty Media Corporation

LionTree Advisors, LLC

ENCORE ($15,000+)AnonymousAEG LiveMr. Stephen Brett and

Ms. L. ShoemakerFirstBank Holding Company

of ColoradoDr. Christopher Ott and

Mr. Jeremy SimonsMr. and Mrs. Jim Shpall

CONCERTMASTER ($10,000+)Mr. and Mrs. Tony AccettaBaker Botts, L.L.P.Cablevision Systems

Corporation Mr. and Mrs. Scott Campbell,

Jr.Denver Broncos Football

ClubMerrill LynchPentec HealthSherman & HowardSouthern Wine and SpiritsUniversity of Denver

PRINCIPAL ($5,000+)Amelie Co.AMG National Trust BankMs. Maggie AndersonArrow Enterprise Computing

Solutions NABallard Spahr LLPBeneFactorBouquetsYoung and Carolyn ChoColorado Rockies Baseball

ClubCoors Distributing CompanyDavis Graham & Stubbs, LLPDeep Space SystemsMs. Stephanie DonnerEide BaillyMrs. Sandy ElliottDr. Everette J. FreemanMr. Paul E. Goodspeed and

Ms. Mary PooleGrant ThorntonHolland & Hart, LLPiheartmedia DenverInstitute for Children’s

Mental DisorderKPMG, LLP

KUSA-9 NewsLibby Anschutz FoundationMr. Joseph MarottaPotter Anderson & Corroon,

LLPRepublic National

Distributing CompanyMr. and Mrs. Richard

RobinsonMr. Richard SapkinVolunteers of America

($2,000+) The Beverage Distributors

Company, LLCBoss ArchitectureBrownstein Hyatt Farber

Schreck, LLPCadre General Contractors

Inc.Ms. Joy DinsdaleMrs. Susan Ellis and

Mr. Izzy AbbassMerle C. Chambers and

Hugh A. GrantMoetMr. Gary A. PashelMs. Kimberly PattersonMick PerryRob and Jane ScofieldU.S. BankAlan and Judy WigodDr. and Mrs. Larry Wolff

($500+)Vince and Mary Jo BorylaJim and Julie CopenhaverM. Stephen and Sydney M.

EndersMs. Marcia FormanHaselden Construction, LLCSandy and Evan LaskyMrs. Barbara Marchbank

IN MEMORIAM GIFTSThe 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 privileged to recognize them.

COMMUNITY SUPPORT

In memory of Gene Amole from KVOD given by:

Mr. R. Glesner and Mrs. B. Schwarm Glesner

In memory of Eleanor Scott Annable given by:

J. Fern BlackIn memory of Mr. Charles Ansbacher given by:

Swanee Hunt Family FoundationIn memory of Darthelia Baker given by:

Ms. Veatrice MonroeIn memory of Blair Chotzinhoff given by:

The Denver FoundationMrs. Nancy Schulein

In memory of Robert and Selma CohenBarbralu Cohen

In memory of William R. Cook given by:Karen Cook

In memory of Harold Dillon given by:Ellen Coulter Lisa DillonJohn and Meritt HuttonScott HuttonLeslee Viehoff

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In memory of Willis Dutra-Silveria given by:

Ms. Janet M. ErjavecIn memory of Frances E. given by:

Cynthia SchauerIn memory of Lynn Erion given by:

Ms. Jo Ellen CohenIn memory of Dr. Joyce S. Freeman given by:

Freeman Family Foundation

In memory of Julie Gannon given by:

Deep Space Systems 5K team

In memory of Mr. Michael Gaughan given by:

Tanya and Bruce CaugheyMr. David W. Durnell Tim and Janet Taggert

In memory of Carol and Bill Gossard given by:

Mr. and Mrs. Steve Wynkoop

In memory of Manny Greenberg given by:

Ellie GreenbergThe Sylvan Stool Family

In memory of Eleanor Hayden given by:

Ms. Jean MelvilleIn memory of Dr. H. Michael Hayes given by:

Hayes Family FoundationIn memory of Allen Johannes Heim given by:

Arik HeimChristian HeimLauren Yager

In memory of Jeannine D. Hiester given by:

Phillip C. HiesterIn memory of Maurice Larue given by:

Scott and Jackie BarnesDenis and Kathy DonnellyMs. Carol A. Greenwald

In memory of Edward Levy given by:

Ann LevyDenison Levy

In memory of Ronald S. Loser given by:

Mr. and Mrs. Louis P. Bansbach , III

Mr. Jim BowersMs. Betty BregaMr. and Mrs. Mackintosh

BrownMr. and Mrs. George M.

CanonCentennial AirportMr. Robert L. EatonMrs. Ann B. FawcettMrs. Barbara H. FergusonMr. Joesph FlierlMr. and Mrs. Robert K.

FullerMr. Frank M. Hall, IIIMr. Roger D. HuntJudge and Mrs. John P.

LeopoldMeg MacDonaldMr. and Mrs. Neil McLaganBrian and Deborah

MagoonMs. Lucille MaunMr. and Mrs. Robert C.

OlsonMs. Virginia L. ParkRobinson Waters &

O’Dorisio PCMr. William C. RodraunMs. Julie ShadeMs. Karyn Thompson-

PanosMr. and Mrs. Charles L.

WarrenIn memory of Ruthi McEwen given by:

Frank ParceIn memory of Pierson F. Melcher given by:

Cynthia MelcherIn memory of her husband, Ralph S. Paffenbarger, Jr. MD given by:

Jo Ann Paffenbarger

In memory of Roxanne Pinneo given by:

Quality Life ServicesMs. Dorothy Wright

In memory of Michael Schatz given by:

Ms. Jo Ellen CohenIn memory of Robert Schulein given by:

The Denver FoundationMrs. Nancy Schulein

In memory of Mary Ruth Smith given by:

Ms. Anne H. WheelerIn memory of his wife, Tracy Smith given by:

Mr. Clyde Eaton SmithIn memory of Betty Sonnenberg given by:

Sylvia KreiderIn memory of Lee and Margaret Tipton given by:

Tipton Family FoundationIn memory of Ablie Ubran given by:

Mr. and Mrs. David McGawIn memory of Sue Van Deusen given by:

M Cati FlaterDavid P. and Chady L. HallMs. Violet Wagener

In memory of Guenther Vogt given by:

Mr. Charles AndersonMs. Anne Oberbroeckling

In memory of Lisa Gayle Wigod given by:

Alan and Judy WigodIn memory of Jim Withers given by:

Ann and Henry JesseIn memory of Bill Zishkagiven by:

Lisa, Susan, and Ellen Madsen

In memory of Josephine Zoglo given by:

Regina Zoglo

COMMUNITY SUPPORT


COMMUNITY SUPPORTIN 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 Libby Anschutz given by:

Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Hirschfeld

In honor of Kristina Arko given by:

Alenka HanIn honor of Linda Battan given by:

Nancy BattanIn honor of Christina Carlson

Ms. Marjorie H. AdlerCarolyn and Ronald BaerFrederick W. Damour

In honor of Their Friends in the Colorado Symphony Chorus given by:

Susan von RoedernIn honor of Pera Beth Eichelberger’s Birthday given by:

Marian BakkenKaren Fabean

In honor of Ms. Jo Ellen Cohen’s birthday given by:

Mandelbaum Family Charitable Foundation

Ms. Sharon MarksFlora and Morris Mizel

FoundationMs. Faye Gardenswartz

In honor of Monica Glickman given by:

Ms. Ruth SchorschIn honor of Bill and Carol Gossard given by:

Anonymous

In honor of retired CSO musician, Chet Hampson given by:

Susan MartinIn honor of James Hart given by:

Ms. Kathleen Anna Schmidt

In honor of Philip C. Hiester, Master Electrician CSO given by:

Adina and Eli ReshotkoIn honor of Jerry Kern given by:

Nancy BattanMrs. Terry A. BiddingerLaura BondPatty and Don Cook Stephen A. EdmondsSari and Bob Freedman

In honor of Mary Rossick Kern and Jerry Kern given by:

Michael and Christine James

Myron and Marcia SteinIn honor of John and Karen Kinzie given by:

Ms. Kathleen DunnewaldIn honor of Kathy Newman’s 70th Birthday given by:

Ms. Sheila LehrburgerIn honor of Scott O’Neil given by:

Colorado Symphony Guild, Inc.In honor of Ken Quarles given by:

Frank Y. ParceIn honor of Dr. Gerald Rainer given by:

Dr. and Mrs. James G. Chandler

In honor of Frank Y. Parce given by:

Mr. David ParceIn honor of Eleanor Roberts given by:

Mr. David ParceIn honor of Dr. and Mrs. Richard Sanders given by:

Ms. Ann Gugenheim

In honor of Kathleen Schmidt given by:Edith M. and Norman C.

BertelsenIn honor of Enid Slack’s Birthday given by:

Mr. and Mrs. Dick FreeseIn honor of Irene Szyliowicz’s 80th Birthday given by:

Dr. and Mrs. Bernard SpilkaIn honor of Kris and John Wallack given by:

Mr. Richard FalbGail Skaggs

In honor of Robert Warner given by:

Ruth MostellerIn honor of Darlee Whiting given by:

Hayes Family FoundationIn honor of Rowena Zelkind

Dr. and Mrs. Bernard Spilka

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 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.

Anonymous (2)Richard and Susan

AbernethyEdgardo and Lisa BelenMr. and Mrs. David M. BuddMr. Jim CaputoMr. Gene ChildJ. Harold Corp Trust

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