a collaboration with the

Friday, February 17, 7:00 PM

First Presbyterian Church, Boulder

-Beethoven Symphony no. 3 

-Shostakovich Piano Concerto no. 2

featuring winners of the CSMTA Concerto Competition

-Chip Michael* Invisible Heros (world premiere)

-Handel Ch’io mai vi possa from Siroe

-Gabrieli Sonata pian e forte

*2010-11 Boulder Symphony composer-in-residence

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We are very excited to be part of the

Boulder Symphony Chamber Series.

Musical selections for the evening include two works by influential Polish composer Henryk Gorecki who passed away in 2010, works for clarinet and piano by Stockhausen and Berg, Steve Reich’s captivating Electric Counterpoint for guitar and prerecorded guitars, and last but not least Stephen Goss’s River Winds- a piece very dear to us as it was commissioned for the Playground by Henry Sanger in celebration of his wife’s birthday.

7:00 PM, Friday, February 24

First Presbyterian Church, Boulder (15th & Canyon)

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

About the Playground:
The Playground Ensemble, Artists-in-Residence at DU’s Lamont School of Music, is a force for new music in the Rocky Mountain region. We are a group of professional musicians and composers dedicated to presenting classical music as a living art form.

In addition to an annual concert season that features the work of recognized composers, we cultivate a thriving local composition community and we conduct dynamic educational programs with youth and people of all ages. With exciting outreach programs like “Living Music, Living Composer” and “American Made” the Playground is working to show young people that classical music is not a museum piece. It is vibrant, adventurous and relevant to the world they live in.

Now in its 6th year, our Colorado Composers Concert (CoCoCo), has featured 49 works by 39 different Colorado-based composers including a number of K-12 composers. Be watching our web site for the next deadline and be sure to alert any composers you know to this opportunity.

The Playground has performed at many notable venues and festivals including the Arvada Center, the Denver Art Museum, the International Society of Improvised Music Annual Conference, the National Performing Arts Convention, the Mile High Voltage Festival, and the Denver Music Summit. We have performed with, or shared a bill with a number of new music luminaries including So Percussion, Evan Ziporyn, Tatsuya Nakatani and Ron Miles. Our efforts have been recognized with awards and funding from the American Music Center, the Aaron Copland Fund for Music, the Gay & Lesbian Fund for Colorado, as well as numerous regional foundations and individuals.

In the Spring of 2011 The Playground released its debut CD, Dreams Go Through Me. This project features a number of Colorado based composers and is supported by the American Music Center’s CAP Recording Program, made possible by endowment funds from the Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust and with funds from The Alice M. Ditson Fund of Columbia University, along with the Newman Center, and Colorado Public Radio.

The Playground’s mission is to provide stimulating performances, expand common perceptions of both contemporary music and the chamber ensemble, and nurture a community around this music that we love.

If you want to get involved, please write us at playground@du.edu or visit www.PlaygroundEnsemble.org

 info@bouldersymphony.org

Ricardo Iznaola has pursued a multi-faceted musical career for over four decades as concert and recording artist, composer, teacher, lecturer, and writer. An American citizen, he was born in Havana, Cuba, in 1949, lived and studied in Venezuela, where his musical roots began to grow and develop, and Spain, where he was mentored by the great Spanish master Regino Sainz de la Maza, with whom he developed a deep professional and personal relationship. He has won nine prizes as performer and composer in Venezuela, Spain, England, Germany and the United States. Critics, colleagues and audiences in four continents have being unanimous in highlighting the importance of his re-discovery and promotion of the monumental Sonata by Antonio José, which he has edited and published with Bèrben in Italy, his interpretations of music by the Spanish composers of the so-called Generation of 1927, and his unique transcriptions of piano and orchestral masterpieces such as Chopin’s Waltzes, Ravel’s Alborada del Gracioso, or Manuel de Falla’s Ritual Fire Dance.

Ricardo Iznaola’s didactic works have become standard texts for the training of guitar professionals, and are used as required materials in many prestigious conservatories and universities in the U.S. and Europe. These include Kitharologus – The Path to Virtuosity, a technical handbook; On Practicing, an essay on practicing approaches; and The Physiology of Guitar Playing, a treatise on the physiomechanics of guitar playing. Mr. Iznaola’s comprehensive treatise on the art of guitar playing, Summa Kitharologica, is in progress.

Worthy of mention among his orchestral, chamber, vocal and solo works are the symphonic suite In the Eyes, a Silver Dagger – Four Symphonic Tableaux after Lorca’s Blood Wedding, the guitar concerto Tiempo Muerto , Musique de Salon (in versions for solo guitar, guitar duo, various mixed ensembles, guitar and string orchestra. etc.), Gran Guaguancó for cello and guitar, Beethovenspiel for violin and guitar, Tríptico Criollo for flute or violin and guitar, Corinna’s Songbook for mezzo-soprano and piano, Danzas de la Abuela for flute, cello and guitar, Trio Classico for flute, viola and guitar, and, among the solo guitar works, the Sonata Daedalus, the Ten Etudes-Homages, Death of Icarus (in memoriam Regino Sainz de la Maza,) Music for Blood Wedding, among many others.

Since 1970, when his debut recording with the world-premiere of Antonio Lauro’s legendary Sonata was released by the Promus label in South America and Belter in Spain, Ricardo Iznaola has produced 15 recordings for the Promus, Columbia and Luthier labels. In 1991 he founded his own recording and publishing company, IGW (Iznaola Guitar Works), through which his most recent and critically acclaimed CD’s have been issued. IGW has recently released a double CD set, Heritage – The Guitar in Venezuela, an anthology of music by Venezuelan composers and a double CD set with Mr. Iznaola’s guitar arrangement of Franz Schubert’s lieder cycle Die Winterreise (Winter’s Journey), with acclaimed American basso Kenneth Cox.

Ricardo Iznaola is Artist-in-residence, Director of the Conservatory Program and Chair of the Guitar and Harp Department at the Lamont School of Music of the University of Denver, where he has been honored with the Distinguished Faculty Artist Award in 1990 and the 1999 University Lecturer Award. In 2004, he was awarded the John Evans Distinguished Professorship, the highest distinction bestowed by the University of Denver. Since 2001 he has been a faculty-artist at the prestigious Bowdoin International Music Festival, in Maine, USA.

This is Scott O’Neil’s sixth season with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra. He most recently served as associate conductor for the Utah Symphony, which he joined in August 2000. O’Neil has guest conducted the Houston Symphony, Houston Youth Symphony, Phoenix Symphony, Annapolis Symphony, Florida Philharmonic, Tulsa Philharmonic, Portland Symphony (Maine), the Lubbock Symphony, the Boise Philharmonic, the Salt Lake Symphony and the Columbus Symphony in Ohio. O’Neil studied piano performance at the Oberlin College Conservatory, served as the assistant conductor of the Eastman School Symphony and Philharmonia Orchestras at the Eastman School of Music, and earned a master’s degree in orchestral conducting at Rice University, where he was the director of the Campanile Orchestra, a community/university orchestra. In 1999 he served as director of orchestras at the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Houston, Texas. In the spring of 2003, O’Neil was selected by the League of American Orchestras (LAO) to conduct an orchestra comprised of members of the Los Angeles Philharmonic and advanced students from the University of Southern California in Synergy, a program created to promote young, contemporary composers. Also in the spring of 2003, O’Neil was selected by LAO to appear on the Conductor Preview with the Jacksonville Symphony.

O’Neil leads the Colorado Symphony in every series this season, including educational concerts and appearances on each of the Colorado Symphony’s Masterworks, Family Series and Pops Series. In addition to his work with the Colorado Symphony, Mr. O’Neil is the founder and music director of the Rosetta Music Society, a group of chamber players that present interactive concerts at the Englewood Arts Center. This is Mr. O’Neil’s first appearance with the Boulder Symphony in concert.

Martha Sandford-Heyns, DMA is the organist/pianist, director of small ensembles for the Presbyterian Church of Boulder. She holds a BM in Organ Performance from Syracuse University, a MM and a DMA from the University of Colorado, Organ Performance, Early Music and Choral Conducting. Her organ teachers have included Arthur Poister, Everett Hilty and Don Vollstedt, Sandra Souderland, harpsichord, Lynn Whitten Choral Conducting, and Gordon Sandford, Early Music Performance.
Dr. Sandford is a well known recitalist having performed on the United States Air Force Academy Artists’ Series, University of Denver, University of Colorado, Syracuse University Artist’s Series, and many large church artist’s series. Her most recent teaching position was as Adjunct Professor of Organ and Harpsichord, University of Denver.
Dr. Sandford-Heyns lives in Lafayette with husband, Garrett and musically inclined Wheaton Terrier, Teddy.

The Playground Ensemble, Artists-in-Residence at DU’s Lamont School of Music, is a force for new music in the Rocky Mountain region. We are a group of professional musicians and composers dedicated to presenting classical music as a living art form.

In addition to an annual concert season that features the work of recognized composers, we cultivate a thriving local composition community and we conduct dynamic educational programs with youth and people of all ages. With exciting outreach programs like “Living Music, Living Composer” and “American Made” the Playground is working to show young people that classical music is not a museum piece. It is vibrant, adventurous and relevant to the world they live in.

Now in its 6^th year, our Colorado Composers Concert (CoCoCo), has featured 49 works by 39 different Colorado-based composers including a number of K-12 composers. Be watching our web site for the next deadline and be sure to alert any composers you know to this opportunity.

The Playground has performed at many notable venues and festivals including the Arvada Center, the Denver Art Museum, the International Society of Improvised Music Annual Conference, the National Performing Arts Convention, the Mile High Voltage Festival, and the Denver Music Summit. We have performed with, or shared a bill with a number of new music luminaries including So Percussion, Evan Ziporyn, Tatsuya Nakatani and Ron Miles. Our efforts have been recognized with awards and funding from the American Music Center, the Aaron Copland Fund for Music, the Gay & Lesbian Fund for Colorado, as well as numerous regional foundations and individuals.

In the Spring of 2011 The Playground released its debut CD, Dreams Go Through Me. This project features a number of Colorado based composers and is supported by the American Music Center’s CAP Recording Program, made possible by endowment funds from the Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust and with funds from The Alice M. Ditson Fund of Columbia University, along with the Newman Center, and Colorado Public Radio.

The Playground’s mission is to provide stimulating performances, expand common perceptions of both contemporary music and the chamber ensemble, and nurture a community around this music that we love.

If you want to get involved, please write us at playground@du.edu or visit www.PlaygroundEnsemble.org.

Artistic Director and Conductor Brian Patrick Leatherman, now in his 17th year with the Chorale, leads a multi-faceted life as conductor, teacher, singer, and clinician. A fully certified Orff-Schulwerk teacher, Mr. Leatherman is a vocal/general music specialist in the Douglas County Colorado schools. His students have performed at the National Conference of the American Orff-Schulwerk Association and the Colorado Music Educator’s Association annual Clinic/Conference. He is active as a choral clinician and adjudicator. Mr. Leatherman has appeared as tenor and counter-tenor soloist with the San Juan Symphony, National Repertoire Orchestra, Colorado Springs Symphony, Greeley Philharmonic, Aurora Symphony, San Antonio Symphony, Fort Collins Symphony, Breckenridge Music Institute Chamber Orchestra, Colorado Chorale, Columbine Chorale, Repertoire Singers of Colorado, Larimer Chorale, Pueblo Chorale, Desert Chorale of Santa Fe, the Robert Shaw Festival Singers, and the Robert Shaw Festival Chorus.

Bitten by the conducting bug in high school, he was the first junior to conduct the pep band, as well as the first student to conduct both the Concert Chorale and the Symphonic Band in concert. Prior posts include directorship of the Pueblo Choral Society and the Douglas County Children’s Chorus. He has been guest conductor for the Greeley Chorale, the Colorado Springs Chorale, the Arapahoe Philharmonic and the Pueblo Symphony.  He has conducted opera and ballet with Opera Fort Collins, the Colorado Opera Troupe, and the Colorado Ballet.

Mr. Leatherman has served on the Board of Directors of the Colorado Chapter of the American Choral Directors Association and the Rocky Mountain Chapter of the American Orff Schulwerk Association.  He holds the BME and the MM degree, with emphasis in choral conducting, from Colorado State University, and cites as his two greatest influences Barbara Grenoble in pedagogy and Robert Shaw in choral work.

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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!