FREE COMMUNITY CONCERTS
The Colorado Symphony performs a number of free community concerts throughout the season, honoring the diverse backgrounds of Colorado residents, commemorating special events and headlining holiday celebrations.
EL LATIR DE MÉXICO:
205th ANNIVERSARY OF THE
INDEPENDENCE OF MEXICO
Boettcher Concert Hall
SEPT 15
Kicking-off our series of free community concerts is El Latir de México, presented by the Consulate General of Mexico in Denver, the Mexican Cultural Center and the Colorado Symphony. This concert commemorates Mexico’s Independence with Mariachi performers and the traditional Mexican Independence Ceremony. Plus, the Colorado Symphony is excited to announce the debut of Assistant Conductor Andres Lopera.
ADMISSION IS FREE, BUT TICKETS ARE REQUIRED. Tickets are available in-person only at the Boettcher Concert Hall Box Office. All seating is general admission and a ticket does not guarantee a seat.
*LA ENTRADA ES GRATUITA, PERO EL CUPO ES LIMITADO Y SE REQUIEREN BOLETOS.
UPCOMING EVENTS
OPENING WEEKEND:
TCHAIKOVSKY PIANO CONCERTO NO.1
Boettcher Concert Hall
SEPT 18-20
Music Director Andrew Litton conducts the Colorado Symphony through an all-Russian slate to start the season with a bang. The weekend also brings Italian-born pianist Alessio Bax to Denver for the first time since the 2010-11 season, with a technique that's a perfect match for Tchaikovsky's bold Piano Concerto No. 1. Shostakovich's triumphant Symphony No. 5 in D minor provides an apt finish that is a work of high art.
NEXT WEEKEND!
COLORADO SYMPHONY 5K RUN / WALK
Sloan's Lake Park
SEPT 19
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. Put a team together; bring your family, friends and pets, and join us for a fun-filled event featuring live music along the course. Post-race activities include an awards ceremony for top finishers and most successful fundraisers, as well as a performance featuring musicians of the Colorado Symphony, and vendors galore!
Title Sponsor: St. Anthony Hospital
MEREDITH WILLSON'S
THE MUSIC MAN
IN CONCERT
Boettcher Concert Hall
SEPT 26-27
The Colorado Symphony's self-produced take on the Meredith Willson classic brings River City, Iowa to Denver for two performances. The timeless story of slick con man Harold Hill wooing Marian the Librarian features such showstoppers as "Ya Got Trouble," "The Wells Fargo Wagon," and the signature "76 Trombones." Hear this classic score the way the composer intended it – with a full symphony orchestra accompanied by an amazing cast of local and national singers and actors.
Featuring Gabriel Preisser as Harold Hill, Sarah Lawrence as Marian Paroo, and the Colorado Symphony Chorus.
MOZART PERFORMED BY MICHAEL THORNTON
Boettcher Concert Hall
OCT 3
Colorado Symphony Principal Horn Michael Thornton performs works by two Mozarts: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's well-known Horn Concerto No. 3, then trades his French horn for an eight-foot alphorn for Sinfonia pastorella by Leopold, Wolfgang's father. In his Colorado Symphony debut, former Cleveland Orchestra staff conductor James Feddeck opens with Dvorák's Carnival Overture and rounds out the program with Brahms' lush Symphony No. 4, the last symphonic work of his career.
Performance on Oct 2 is SOLD OUT!
INSIDE THE SCORE: SYMPHONY 101
Boettcher Concert Hall
OCT 9
Assistant Principal Viola and Director of Education Catherine Beeson hosts an informative and educational evening that meshes musical performances with a behind-the-scenes peek into the symphony world. For this event, the focus is on debunking myths and explaining the orchestra to newbies and veteran Symphony-goers alike. It's the ultimate entry point into the Colorado Symphony experience.
ELGAR "ENIGMA VARIATIONS"
Boettcher Concert Hall
OCT 16-17
This dazzling program showcases Colorado Symphony Principal Harp Courtney Hershey Bress in virtuosic masterpieces from Debussy and Ravel. New York Philharmonic staff conductor Courtney Lewis leads this program culminating in Sir Edward Elgar's Variations on an Original Theme. Popularly known as "Enigma Variations", the piece consists of twenty-four variations that each depict one of Elgar's family members or friends in a musical cryptogram that draws inspiration from lost loves, barking bulldogs, and his toughest critics.
The Colorado Symphony thanks its generous 2015/16 sponsors:
