Song of the Untouchable

Announcing the Chuck FrybergerFilms Boulder Premiere

Song of the Untouchable

When: 6:30 pm, Monday, June 18th
Where: Canyon Theater Main Library, Boulder, CO
Tickets: Free
Free parking located at the 11th and Canyon, and 11th and Arapahoe entrances.
Song of the Untouchable is an adventure story profiling the journey of Gregory Walker, a classically educated violinist, as he travels through the picturesque Kerala region of India meeting new friends, renewing old acquaintances, and learning the challenging melodic and rhythmic variations in the rich tradition of Indian music.
While on the surface the film takes the form of a musically-driven travelogue where we get to see Gregory traveling by plane, car, boat, taxicab, and on foot, the story is truly one of self discovery and renewal. Gregory sets out on a personal journey to answer the question: ‘how far do you have to go for inspiration?’
Gregory’s entire journey of thousands of miles is eventually distilled into a short collection of just 13 simple notes – which he, Devin Patrick Hughes, and the Boulder Symphony Orchestra bring back to life in Song of the Untouchable for Electronic Violin and Chamber Orchestra.  This final director’s cut, reordered, titled, with extra footage and music after September’s interactive test audience screening, has been acquired for European and Asian by Ampersand, the French production and distribution company.

 

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Inaugural Chamber Series Review

Great review of our new chamber music series, and the amazing Denver-based contemporary group, the Playground.  Congratulations to all involved!

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The Playground February 24

Concert no. 2 in the

Boulder Symphony Chamber Series

River Winds (2011)………………………….Stephen Goss (b. 1964)
Invocation (Arab Spring)
Scherzo
Pine Wind (Matsu Kaze)
Sarah Johnson, violin – Heidi Brende Leathwood, piano

Tierkreis (Zodiac)………………………..Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928 – 2007)
Brian Ebert, clarinet – Reggie Berg, piano

Piano Sonata No. 1, Opus 6………Henryk Gorecki (1933 – 2010)
Heidi Brende Leathwood, piano

Electric Counterpoint……………….Steve Reich (b. 1936)
Ben Cantu, guitar

Four Pieces for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 5………..Alban Berg (1885 – 1935)
Brian Ebert, clarinet; Heidi Brende Leathwood, piano

Kleine Phantasie…………………………………..Henryk Gorecki (1933 – 2010)
Sarah Johnson, violin – Heidi Brende Leathwood, piano

For more info on the Playground, please visit www.PlaygroundEnsemble.org

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Education

The Boulder Symphony plays a vital role throughout the community in the realms of education and outreach.  To schedule visits from composers, conductors or musicians or to arrange a concert outing for your students, please contact us at

 info@bouldersymphony.org

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Concert Preludes

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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Season Finale Review

Read what Aleta Randall from the Boulder Music Festivals Examiner had to say about our 2010-2011 Season Finale!

Click here to read the review!


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Sounds Past and Future: Boulder Symphony – Review

Read the Review: Sounds Past and Future: Boulder Symphony

Martin Fritter reviews the January 15th concert, including the Schoenberg Chamber Symphony, Mozart’s La Clemenza di Tito, and the selected movements from the Haydn and Mozart Piano Concertos.

Congratulations to all involved!

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2011-12 Symphony Series

For our new and exciting Chamber Music Series, please click here!

After such an amazing inaugural season in Boulder, we are so incredibly excited to share with you our upcoming Season of Transformation!  Throughout the year, we will focus on the work of Johannes Brahms with a recurring motif of “Brahms Unbound”.  We also have partnered with Cherry Creek Chorale as bookends for 2011-2012, and have two new composers in residence, Austin Wintory and Conrad Kehn. We’re looking forward to seeing many familiar faces, meeting new ones, and sharing this transformative season of music with you all!

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2011/2012 “Season of Transformation”

20th Anniversary

‘Brahms Unbound’

Devin Patrick Hughes, Music Director & Conductor

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Journeys of Rebirth

A collaboration with the Cherry Creek Chorale

October 14 (Fri), 7:00PM, First Presbyterian Church, Boulder

October 15 (Sat), 7:30PM, Bethany Lutheran Church, Denver

Music of Brahms, Vaughan Williams, Poulenc and the world premiere of Austin Wintory’s Gray Rain

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Seasons of Change

Nov. 18 (Fri), 7:00 PM, First Presbyterian Church, Boulder

Brahms’s Serenade in D major, and music of Aaron Copland, Mark O’Connor and Ricardo Iznaola

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Glory of Christmas

A collaboration with the First Presbyterian Church Choirs

December  9 (Fri), 7:00 PM

December 10 (Sat), 3:00 PM & 7:00 PM, First Presbyterian Church, Boulder

Holiday Favorites and Sing-alongs!

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Heroism Reborn

A collaboration with the Colorado State Music Teachers Association, featuring student winners of the CSMTA Concerto Competition

February 17 (Fri), 7:00PM

Beethoven’s “Heroic” Symphony, along with the world premiere of Chip Michael’s Invisible Heroes.  Also featuring Shostakovich’s Second Piano Concerto and Copland’s heroic Fanfare for the Common Man.

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Transcendental Metamorphosis

A collaboration with the Playground, contemporary chamber group based in Denver

March 31 (Sat) 7:00 PM, First Presbyterian Church, Boulder

Featuring Brahms’s epic Fourth Symphony, the Unanswered Question of Charles Ives, and the Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten by Estonian composer Arvo Part.  Also we premiere Conrad Kehn’s Playgrosso, a concerto for Playground and Orchestra.

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Brahms Resurrected

A collaboration with Cherry Creek Chorale

May 18 (Fri) 7:00PM, First Presbyterian Church, Boulder

May 19 (Sat) 7:30?PM, Bethany Lutheran Church, Denver

Johannes Brahms: A German Requiem
Austin Wintory: Inter (world premiere)

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