Our exciting Journeys of Rebirth concert is fast approaching, so we’d like to unveil a new way of ordering tickets and make you aware of some exciting events that will precede the concerts. If you purchase a ticket through Eventbrite, along with the concert ticket you will receive different levels of entry to the exciting, intellectually stimulating and spiritually rewarding pre-concert festivities preceding our concerts:
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Friday, October 14 in Boulder:
First Presbyterian Church, 1820 15th Street, Boulder, CO 80302
5:00 – 5:45 PM Salon with composer Austin Wintory, a guided journey through the creative process behind the music.
6:15 – 6:45 PM Concert Prelude with Maestros Devin Patrick Hughes, Brian Leatherman and Austin Wintory
7:00 PM Concert Start Time!
*Please note our Saturday concert is in Denver at the address below*
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Saturday, October 15 in Denver (Cherry Hills Village):
Bethany Lutheran Church, 4500 East Hampden Avenue, Cherry Hills Village, CO*
6:15 – 7:00 PM Salon with composer Austin Wintory, a guided journey through the creative process behind the music.
7:00 – 7:15 PM Concert Prelude with Maestros Devin Patrick Hughes, Brian Leatherman and Austin Wintory
7:30 PM Concert Start Time!
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Pricing for either evening:
Supporter – $25 – 1 concert ticket + attendance of Salon
Commissioner – $35 – 1 concert ticket + attendance of Salon + name included in conductor score as co-commissioner
Conductor – $50 – 2 concert tickets + 2 attendance to Salon + name included in conductor score / concert program as co-commissioner
Maestro – $100 – 5 concert tickets + 5 attendance to Salon + name included in conductor score / concert program as co-commissioner + personal signed copy of conductor’s score (please provide a mailing address)+ invitiation to post concert reception with composer & conductor
Lifetime Benefactor – donate an amount of your choice over $100 and receive all of the benefits above + become automatically become a season long supporter of the Boulder Symphony, with a choice of where your much appreciated funds may support.
Looking forward to seeing you soon!
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Sarah Fish is a bassoonist with the Boulder Symphony Orchestra and the Boulder Concert Band. An Ohio native, Sarah earned a Bachelor of Music from Ohio Wesleyan University. During her time there, she was a member of the Central Ohio Symphony Orchestra and a featured soloist, performing Carl Maria von Weber’s Andante e Rondo Ongarese, Op. 35 for Bassoon and Orchestra. The Delaware Gazette music critic Paul Schwartz described her performance as having “…a sweet tone and astounding technical facility…”. Sarah went on to earn her Master of Music from the University of Minnesota, where she was a fellow with the graduate woodwind quintet and bassoonist with many of the University ensembles. She can be heard as one of the bassoonists performing Elliott Schwartz’s Reflections for 5 bassoons and contrabassoon on the recording Blue Dawn Into White Heat (Innova Recordings, 1998), featuring performances by the University of Minnesota Symphonic Wind Ensemble, U of MN faculty, and the Bergen Woodwind Quintet.
Sarah has performed with the Cheyenne Symphony Orchestra and the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra. Her teachers include John Miller, Jr. of the Minnesota Orchestra, Nancy Gamso of Ohio Wesleyan University, and Robert Moore of Bowling Green State University. She has also participated in master classes with Per Hannevold, Kim Walker, and Christopher Weait. Sarah enjoys playing chamber music and teaching bassoon to area middle school and high school students. A Suzuki-trained pianist, she also enjoys working as a piano accompanist.
When not playing bassoon, Sarah can be found running on the roads and trails of the greater Boulder area and she has completed numerous 5k – marathon races. She also enjoys hiking, snowboarding and gardening. Sarah works as a Senior Quality Assurance Engineer at CA Technologies, and lives in Louisville, CO with her husband Ben Johnson, a tuba player and middle school band, orchestra and choir teacher at Manhattan Middle School in Boulder.
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As an active performer in comprehensive musical genres, Michelle has been featured in diverse performances throughout the country. Currently the second violinist of the Tesla Quartet, she holds a graduate fellowship at University of Colorado at Boulder. She was a founding member of the Iannis String Quartet, which received the Special Recognition award from the Plowman Chamber Music Competition in 2008. She has performed as first violinist with Aeolus String Quartet during its residency at the Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival in the summer of 2010. Her other chamber music festival appearances include two fellowships at the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival. Her particular interest in chamber music was greatly influences by such world-renowned ensembles as the Tackács Quartet, Tokyo String Quartet, St. Lawrence String Quartet, Miró Quartet, and Borromeo String Quartet.
Although her musical education in violin started at the age of 14 from the influence of her vocalist father, she was quickly recognized through various performances and awards. Michelle received 1st prize from the 250th Anniversary of J.S. Bach Violin Competition in Seoul and was featured as a soloist with various orchestras in South Korea and the United States. Recently Michelle received the Mrs. Hong Pham recognition award from Indiana University to celebrate her active role in premiering new works. Known for her in-depth musical projects, Michelle performed a complete Beethoven Violin Sonata cycle in Kansas City in June, 2011. She also was featured at the Society of Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States (SEAMUS) conference at the University of Florida in 2011 as well as the Schumann Society in Indiana in 2010. As an orchestral performer, she has appeared as a substitute with the Cleveland Orchestra in Severance Hall and on tour in Carnegie Hall. She has held concertmaster positions at various orchestras in Indiana and Ohio and was recently appointed as concertmaster of the Boulder Symphony Orchestra.
Michelle received her Bachelor’s Degree from Dankook University, where she studied with Deashik Kang, and her Master’s Degree from the New England Conservatory, where she studied with Eric Rosenblith. She also holds a Professional Studies certificate from the Cleveland Institute of Music with William Preucil. While currently living and working with the Tesla Quartet in Boulder, Colorado, Michelle is also pursuing her Doctor of Music Degree with Mark Kaplan at Indiana University, where she was an Associate Violin Performance Instructor for undergraduate and graduate music and non-music majors from 2008-11.
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Join us 45 minutes prior to each concert* to engage in a lively preconcert discussion. Held in the Chapel of the First Presbyterian Church, our Concert Preludes allow patrons and music lovers to meet guest artists, composers-in-residence or our Music Director and guest conductors. You will also learn some history and interesting tidbits behind the music, as well as have the opportunity to ask any question you would like!
*Concert preludes take place for all concerts except Glory of Christmas
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Jane Stout is currently a postdoctoral research associate at The University of Colorado Boulder in the Department of Psychology. She obtained her Ph.D. in Social Psychology at The University of Massachusetts, Amherst in 2011. Her research focuses on decreasing gender bias in the workplace. Outside of academia, she enjoys playing the violin and practices yoga.
Daniel Kuester is from Boulder, CO, USA. He received B.S. and B.M. Degrees in Electrical Engineering and Music Performance in 2007 and an M.S. degree in 2010 from the University of Colorado in Boulder, where he remains as a Ph.D. student. Since 2007, he has worked at the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) under a research fellowship.
He began playing the trombone at the age of 10, and played in several local youth orchestras through high school. His orchestral experience as an undergraduate included performances with the with the Colorado Music Festival Orchestra in a concert for families, and with the University of Colorado Symphony Orchestra in performances conducted by Akira Endo and Marin Alsop. During the summers he participated in the Rafael Mendez brass institute and the yearly conducting symposium held at the University of Colorado.
In addition to the BSO, he currently plays with the Denver-area
chamber pop group Ukelele Loki’s Gadabout Orchestra.
Justina Repking has appeared in concert throughout the United States, Europe, and Russia. She made her Carnegie Hall debut in 2005 with the American Youth Symphony as principal second violinist of the prestigious youth orchestra. She made her solo debut with the Long Beach Mozart Festival Orchestra at the age of twelve after winning the Long Beach Mozart Festival Concerto Competition. Other notable solo appearances include performances with the Long Beach Symphony Orchestra, Saint Petersburg (Russia) University Orchestra, and Rome (Italy) Orchestra.
A native of Long Beach, California, Justina is a proud graduate of California State University Long Beach. She was a scholarship student of Linda Rose and Dr. Chan Ho Yun, earning her Bachelor of Music degree with a concentration in violin performance in the spring of 2007.
Justina was awarded Grand Prize in South Bend, Indiana’s “America’s Youth on Parade” international talent competition. She has also captured top prizes at the Long Beach Bach Festival, the Southwestern Youth Festival, Young Artists Guild of California, as well as being a seven-time prize winner of the Music Teacher’s Association of California music competition for both violin and piano.
In the fall of 2007, Justina recorded the second violin part to the Jewish documentary film “Swimming in Auswitch”. This documentary won numerous film festival awards, including the Santa Monica Film Festival award.
Justina has collaborated with renowned artists Josh Groban, Sarah Chang, John Williams, Laura Hall, Michael Kamen, Yundi Li, and Charice Pempengco. She has also had the honor and privilege to participate in master classes conducted by Adele Anthony, Elmar Oliveira, Corey Cerosek, Mark Robertson, and the Alexander String Quartet.
Orchestral performances have always been a strong passion for Justina. She has held principal second violin positions with American Youth Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic Youth Symphony, and Pacific Symphony Youth Orchestra. With the Long Beach Symphony and San Diego Symphony Orchestras, she has held substitute positions. Section first violin positions held were with Golden State Pops Orchestra, Southern California Philharmonic Orchestra, Southeast Symphony Orchestra, and Bellflower Symphony Orchestra. Additionally, she was concertmaster for Filipino American Symphony Orchestra and California State University Long Beach Orchestra among numerous other orchestras she has had the privilege to concertmaster in the south lands of California. Most recently, she has captured a section violin position with Fort Collins Symphony Orchestra and principal second violin with Boulder Symphony Orchestra.
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Patrick Sutton began his journey with the guitar at the age of 11 in Evergreen, Colorado. He completed his Bachelor and Masters in classical guitar performance at the Lamont School of Music, studying with Ricardo Iznaola, Masakazu Ito and Jonathan Leathwood. While at Lamont, he received several honors including, first place in the 2009 Lamont chamber music competition, three recital of distinction awards and induction into the Pi Kappa Lambda national music honor society. Patrick is a two-time prizewinner in the Denver Classical Guitar Society Solo Competition and has performed in master classes for many top guitarists and pedagogues, including, Sharon Isbin, Elliot Fisk, Fredrick Hand, Richard Wright, Fabio Zanon, Marcin Dylla and the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet. Chamber music is Patrick’s favorite musical outlet. His extensive repertoire includes a wide variety of genres and mixed ensembles. He has received chamber music coaching’s from some of today’s most important composers for the guitar, such as, Robert Beaser, Gilbert Babarian and Stephen Goss.
Patrick maintains a passionate interest in a wide variety of musical styles and is sponsored by Godin Guitars. He is currently on the music faculty at Community College of Denver and is pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the University of Colorado at Boulder as a teaching assistant.
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Deborah Marshall, clarinet, has performed with artists ranging from Peter Serkin to Yo-Yo Ma. She lived in Germany for 22 years where she performed with many of the country’s best-known orchestras. She served on the faculty of the Hochschule fur Musik in Munich and the Richard Strauss Conservatory for 14 years and has coached and given master classes throughout Europe. She has recorded for practically every German broadcasting corporation, as well as Austrian Radio ORF, Swiss Radio SRG and Radio Orfeo Moscow. The following 11 years were spent in Budapest and Moscow, where she continued her active career as soloist and chamber musician. She now resides in Boulder, Colorado.
Featuring musicians of the Boulder Symphony. This is the first in the exciting chamber concert series that the orchestra will launch our 2011-12 Season of Transformation!
Saturday, September 24, 7:00 PM
First Presbyterian Church (15th & Canyon, Boulder)
Pastorale, Op. 147 (1935) Darius Milhaud (1892-1974)
Trio Triad
Ginger Hedrick, Flute
Jack Chen, Clarinet
Sarah Wise, Bassoon
Sonata for Guitar and Cello (1969) Radamés Gnattali (1906-1988)
I. Allegretto comodo
II. Adagio
III. Con Spirito
Kimberly Patterson, Cello
Patrick Sutton, Guitar
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Trio, op. 87 Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Allegro
Adagio
Minuetto/Trio
Finale
Trio Triad
Ginger Hedrick, Flute
Jack Chen, Clarinet
Sarah Wise, Bassoon
Tributaries [Five String-Method Duos] Carter Pann (*1972)
I, IV, and V
Cassandra Mueller, Viola
Andrea Dobbs, Viola
Brass Music
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