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INSIDE THE SCORE • 2015-2016INSIDE THE SCORE: SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL - COLORADO SYMPHONY CHORUSCOLORADO SYMPHONY DUAIN WOLFE, conductorHEATHER LACY, actorMARK RUBALD, actor COLORADO SYMPHONY CHORUS DUAIN WOLFE, director MARY LOUISE BURKE, associate director

Friday, March 11, 2016 at 7:30 pmBoettcher Concert Hall

GARY FRY Shakespeare Fanfare: Music! Sounds and Sweet Airs The Tempest

PROKOFIEV Dance of the Knights Romeo and Juliet (Montagues and Capulets)

SHAKESPEARE Be not afeard, the isle is full of noises (Caliban)GARY FRY To Dream Again The Tempest

SHAKESPEARE The quality of mercy is not strained (Portia)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Serenade to Music The Merchant of Venice (Lorenzo, Jessica, Portia, Nerissa)

VERDI Witches Chorus Macbeth

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Over Hill, Over Dale A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Fairies)

SHAKESPEARE Come now, a roundel and a fairy song (Titania)

MENDELSSOHN You Spotted Snakes A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Fairies)

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HARRISON I Know a Bank A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Oberon)

Hsiao-Ling Lin, Piano

JON DEAK Prologue to the Rustics’ Play A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Peter Quince) Taylor Martin as Peter Quince Hsiao-Ling Lin, Piano

MENDELSSOHN Through the House A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Fairies, Oberon, Puck)

GARY FRY If We Shadows Have Offended A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Puck)

VERDI Patria Oppressa Macbeth (Scottish Refugees)

QUILTER Blow, Blow Thou Winter Wind As You Like It (Amiens)

Hsiao-Ling Lin, Piano

JOHN RUTTER Blow, Blow Thou Winter Wind As You Like It (Amiens)

ALARIC JANS Chimes at Midnight Henry IV, Part 2 (Falstaff, Shallow)

SHAKESPEARE This day is called the feast of Crispian (Henry V)

WALTON Agincourt Song Henry V

Prologue to the Rustics’ Play: Grant Carlton, James DeMarco, Joel Gewecke, Christopher Grossman, Donald Hume, Terry Jackson, Taylor Martin, Brandt Mason, Tim Nicholas

If we shadows have offended: Jude Blum, Alex Bowen, Mac Bradley, Amy Buesing, Dustin Dougan, Aubri Dunkin, Kate Emerich, Susan Graber, Matthew Gray, Doug Hesse, Hansi Hoskins, Tom Jirak, Ken Kolm, Barbara Marchbank, Stephen Meswarb, Rebecca Rattray, Roberta Sladovnik, Stephanie Solich, Wil Swanson, Lisa Townsend, Pat Virtue, Ken Zimmerman

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INSIDE THE SCORE BIOGRAPHIESDUAIN WOLFE, conductor and Colorado Symphony Chorus, director

Recently awarded two Grammys® for Best Choral Performance and Best Classical Recording, Duain Wolfe is founder and Director of the Colorado Symphony Chorus and Music Director of the Chicago Symphony Chorus. This year marks Wolfe’s 31st season with the Colorado Symphony Chorus. The Chorus has been featured at the Aspen Music Festival for over two decades. Wolfe, who is in his 21st season with the Chicago Symphony Chorus has collaborated with Daniel Barenboim, Pierre Boulez, Bernard Haitink, Riccardo Muti, and the late Sir George Solti on numerous recordings including

Wagner’s Die Meistersinger, which won the 1998 Grammy® for Best Opera Recording. Wolfe’s extensive musical accomplishments have resulted in numerous awards, including an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts from the University of Denver, the Bonfils Stanton Award in the Arts and Humanities, the Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts, the Mayor’s Award for Excellence in an Artistic Discipline and the Michael Korn Award for the Development of the Professional Choral Art. Wolfe is also founder of the Colorado Children’s Chorale, from which he retired in 1999 after 25 years; the Chorale celebrated its 40th anniversary last season. For 20 years, Wolfe also worked with the Central City Opera Festival as chorus director and conductor, founding and directing the company’s young artist residence program, as well as its education and outreach programs. Wolfe’s additional accomplishments include directing and preparing choruses for Chicago’s Ravinia Festival, the Bravo!Vail Festival, the Berkshire Choral Festival, the Aspen Music Festival, and the Grand Teton Music Festival. He has worked with Pinchas Zuckerman as Chorus Director for the Canadian National Arts Centre Orchestra for the past 13 years.

HEATHER LACY, actorHeather Lacy is thrilled to be joining Colorado Symphony for her third production, first as Alma Hix from the September 2015 production of The Music Man, as well as the Marvin Hamlisch tribute concert in January. Other recent engagements include performing at the Arvada Center as Lily in A Man of No Importance, Maya in The Archbishop’s Ceiling, Miss Johnson in Harvey, Lady Sybil in Camelot, and Elvira in Blithe Spirit for which she received the Marlowe award for best supporting actress in a comedy. At the Lone Tree Arts Center this year she played Miss Watson in Big River, and a Hot Box Girl

in Guys and Dolls. Her credits at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts include Debbie in The Doyle and Debbie Show, and Woman 1/2 in I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change, at the Garner Galleria. Other regional credits include Anna in The King and I, the Ghost of Christmas Past in Scrooge, Helena in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Sylvia in Sylvia, Mary Haines in The Women, the Mayor’s Wife in Bye Bye Birdie, and Charlotte in A Little Night Music, for which she received the Opus Award for best supporting actress. Heather holds a B.A. In acting and vocal performance and is a proud member of Actors Equity.

MARK RUBALD, actorMark Rubuld is a resident of Denver and has performed at numerous theaters locally and nationally. Notable among his credits are productions at the Arvada Center including La Cage aux Folles, A Man for All Seasons, Of Mice and Men, Crazy for You, Dividing The Estate, Harvey, She Loves Me, The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas, Memphis, Ragtime and the upcoming Death Takes A Holiday; the Denver Center Theatre Company including Dinner with Friends, Arcadia, Comedy of Errors, The Tempest, Measure For Measure, Merchant Of

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INSIDE THE SCORE BIOGRAPHIESVenice, MacBeth, Taming Of The Shrew, A Christmas Carol, A Midsummer Nights Dream, Winter’s Tale, Servant of Two Masters, Sideman, Man Of The Moment, Lonesome West, The Grapes of Wrath, Three Sisters and Uncle Vanya; and Lone Tree Arts Center in Explorers Club, Big River and South Pacific. Mark has also performed with Visionbox Studio including The Wild Hunt written and directed by Bill Pullman; Central City Opera in West Side Story; Curious Theatre in Circle/Mirror/Transformation; Colorado Shakespeare Festival in Romeo And Juliet and Inspector General; Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center in Biloxi Blues and White Christmas; Theatre Aspen in Private Lives; Colorado Springs Philharmonic in Beyond The Score-Tchaikovsky’s Fourth; and at the Old Globe in Taming Of The Shrew in San Diego.

MARY LOUISE BURKE, associate director, Colorado Symphony ChorusMary Louise Burke is in her 22nd season as Associate Chorus Director of the Colorado Symphony Chorus. In addition to assisting Chorus Director Duain Wolfe, she also prepares the chorus for various Colorado Symphony pops concerts and special chorus projects. She is also Associate Director of the Colorado Children’s Chorale, conducting the Concert Choir and acting as vocal coach for the Chorale. With an expertise in vocal technique, Burke frequently does seminars in vocal and choral techniques for area church and community choirs. She is the Assistant Music Minister at Montview

Presbyterian Church and has taught classes in “Find Your Authentic Voice” at the University of Denver. She has a Doctorate in Voice Performance and Pedagogy from the University of Colorado.

COLORADO SYMPHONY CHORUS

2015/16 Colorado Symphony season marks the 32nd year of the Colorado Symphony Chorus. Founded in 1984 by Duain Wolfe at the request of Gaetano Delogu, then the Music Director of the Colorado Symphony, the chorus has grown over the past three decades into a nationally respected ensemble. This outstanding chorus of 180 volunteers joins the Colorado Symphony for numerous performances (more than 25 this year alone), and radio and television broadcasts.The Chorus has performed at noted music festivals in the Rocky Mountain region, including the Colorado Music Festival, the Grand Teton Music Festival and the Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival, where it has performed with the New York Philharmonic, the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Dallas Symphony. For over two decades, the Chorus has been featured at the world-renowned Aspen Music Festival, performing many great masterworks under the baton of notable conductors Lawrence Foster, James Levine, Murry Sidlin, Leonard Slatkin, Robert Spano and David Zinman. The Colorado Symphony Chorus is featured on a recent Hyperion release of the Vaughan Williams Dona Nobis Pacem and Hough’s Missa Mirabilis. In 2009, in celebration of the 25th anniversary of the chorus, Duain Wolfe conducted the chorus on a three-country, two-week concert tour of Europe, presenting the Verdi Requiem in Budapest, Vienna, Litomysl and Prague. The Chorus will return to Europe in 2016 for concerts in Paris, Strasbourg and Munich. The Colorado Symphony continues to be grateful for the excellence and dedication of this remarkable all-volunteer ensemble. For an audition appointment, call 303.308.2483.

COLORADO SYMPHONY CHORUS ROSTER

Duain Wolfe, Founding Director and Conductor; Mary Louise Burke, Associate Conductor;Travis Branam, Assistant Conductor; Taylor Martin, Staff Conductor;Eric Israelson, Chorus Manager; Barbara Porter, Associate Manager;Brian Dukeshier, Joshua Sawicki, Danni Snyder, Accompanists

Soprano IJamie BrownLindsay R. CampbellDenelda CauseyLeEtta H. ChoiGretchen ColbertKaylin E. DanielsLaura DukeshierKate A. EmerichJenifer D. GileLori C. GillSusan GraberJennifer HarpelLynnae C. HinkleyAngela M. HuppShelley E. JoyMary E. KirschnerKrista KuhnMarina KushnirCathy LookAnne MaupinStephanie MedemaWendy L. MoraskieBarbara A. PorterLori A. RopaKelly G. RossKathi RudolphCamilia SchawelRoberta A. SladovnikStephanie A. SolichNicole J. SteginkJudy TateCourtney WilliamsCara Young

Soprano IIJude BlumAlex S. BowenAthanasia ChristusRuth A. CoberlyKerry H. CoteClaudia DakkouriEsther J. GrossLisa D. KraftErin MontigneChristine M. NyholmJeannette R. O’NanKim PflugDonneve S. RaeRebecca E. Rattray

Shirley J. RiderNancy C. SaddlerLynne M. SnyerStacey L. TravisSusan Von RoedernMarcia L. WalkerSherry L. WeinsteinSandy Woodrow

Alto IPriscilla P. AdamsLois F. BradyEmily M. BranamKimberly BrownAmy BuesingClair T. ClausonJayne M. ConradJane A. CostainSheri L. DanielAubri K. DunkinKirsten D. FranzSharon R. GayleyGabriella D. GroomPat GuittarEmily HallerMelissa J. HolstKaia M. HoopesCarol E. HorleAnnie KolstadDeanna KraftSusan McWatersLeah MeromyKristen NordenholzGinny PassothMary B. ThayerPat VirtueHeather Wood

Alto IIKay A. BootheCass ChatfieldMartha E. CoxBarbara DeckJoyce DominguezCarol A. EslickDaniela GoldenHansi HoskinsOlivia IsaacBrandy H. JacksonEllen D. Janasko

Janice KiblerCarole A. LondonJoanna MaltzahnBarbara MarchbankKelly T. McNultyBeverly MendicelloLeslie M. NittoliKali PaguiriganLisa PakPamela R. ScoorosLisa TownsendGinny Trierweiler

Tenor IJames DeMarcoDustin DouganBrian DukeshierJoel C. GeweckeFrank Gordon, Jr.Forrest Guittar, Jr.Chris E. HassellDavid K. HodelRichard A. MoraskieGarvis J. MuesingTimothy W. NicholasWilliam J. O’DonnellWilliam G. ReileyRyan WallerKenneth A. Zimmerman

Tenor IIGary E. BabcockMac BradleyDusty R. DaviesStephen C. DixonRoger FuehrerJohn H. GaleKenneth E. KolmTaylor S. MartinBrandt J. MasonStephen J. MeswarbTom A. MilliganRonald L. RuthJerry E. SimsJeffrey P. Wolf

Bass IJohn G. AdamsTravis D. BranamGrant H. CarltonGeorge CowenRobert E. DrickeyBenjamin EickhoffCorey FalterMatthew GrayDouglas D. HesseDonald HumeThomas J. JirakNalin J. MehtaKenneth QuarlesTrevor B. RutkowskiDavid R. StruthersDuane WhiteBenjamin WilliamsBrian W. Wood

Bass IIBob FriedlanderDan GibbonsChris GrossmanEric W. IsraelsonTerry L. JacksonRoy A. KentMike A. KraftRobert F. Millar, Jr.Kenneth MoncrieffGreg A. MorrisonEugene J. NuccioJohn R. PhillipsRussell R. SkillingsWil W. SwansonTom G. Virtue

INSIDE THE SCORE ROSTER

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The Colorado Symphony is excited to announce the return of our Community Ticketing Initiative (CTI). Launched in October 2014, the program was created in an effort to reach new and diverse audiences. The CTI supports the City of Denver’s Imagine 2020 Cultural Plan which seeks to broaden access to the cultural arts for all Denver residents.

Through the CTI, the Colorado Symphony is pleased to offer complimentary tickets to children and families throughout the 2015/16 season. The Colorado Symphony offers something for everyone. Concerts include classical, holiday, family, even music from favorite movies, cartoons, and comic books! Colorado Symphony concerts are exciting for all ages – and an experience you won’t forget!

Who is Served by the CTI?Through partnerships with local agencies and community orga-nizations, the CTI primarily serves low-income individuals and families for whom cost is a barrier to concert attendance.

How Does it Work?Organizations that serve the target population may request con-cert specific vouchers that can be redeemed for a seat to that concert. If you are interested in becoming a partner organization or learning more about current partners, please visit coloradosymphony.org/CommunityTicketing.

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AN EVENING WITH WONDERBOUND

COLORADO SYMPHONY CHRISTOPHER DRAGON, conductorWONDERBOUND GARRETT AMMON, artistic director

Saturday, March 12, 2016 at 7:30 pmBoettcher Concert Hall

For The Love of PeteWorld premiere: February 12, 2010

Choreography: Garrett Ammon Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Costume Design: Emilee Cooper, Rachael Kras

DancersMarian Faustino, Corbin Kalinowski, Morgan Sicklick,

Conner Horak, Tessa Moore, Evan Flood

MusicThe Sleeping Beauty, Op.66: Introduction, Swan Lake, Op.20: No.13a Danse Des Cygnes:

Valse, Swan Lake, Op.20: No.13b Danse Des Cygnes: Odette Solo/Première Danse de la Reine Des Cygnes (Moderato Assai), The Sleeping Beauty, Op.66: 23e. Pas de Quatre: Variation IV (Diamond Fairy), Swan Lake, Op.20: No.4c Pas de Trois: Allegro Semplice, The Sleeping Beauty, Op.66: 2. Scène Dansante (Entrance of Fairies), The Sleeping Beauty, Op.66: 28b.

Pas de Deux: Adagio, The Sleeping Beauty, Op.66: 3d. Pas de Six: Variation II (Coulante), The Sleeping Beauty, Op.66: 3f. Pas de Six: Variation IV (Songbird Fairy), The Sleeping Beauty, Op.66: 3c. Pas de Six: Variation I (Candite), Swan Lake, Op.20: No.2 Valse (Corps de Ballet)

Intermission (20 minutes)

Serenade for StringsWorld premiere: April 19, 2013

Choreography: Garrett Ammon Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Costume Design: Rachael Kras

DancersAmy Fogarty, Dylan G-Bowley, Tessa Moore, Evan Flood, Marian Faustino, Corbin Kalinowski, Morgan Sicklick, Conner Horak, Sarah Tallman, Ben Needham-Wood*

Music Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48, Pezzo in forma di sonatina: Andante non troppo

— Allegro moderato, Valse: Moderato — Tempo di valse, Élégie: Larghetto elegiaco, Finale (Tema russo): Andante — Allegro con spirito

(*Guest Artist courtesy of Smuin Ballet)

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Fun, Family- Friendly

The Colorado Symphony is excited to announce the return of our Community Ticketing Initiative (CTI). Launched in October 2014, the program was created in an effort to reach new and diverse audiences. The CTI supports the City of Denver’s Imagine 2020 Cultural Plan which seeks to broaden access to the cultural arts for all Denver residents.

Through the CTI, the Colorado Symphony is pleased to offer complimentary tickets to children and families throughout the 2015/16 season. The Colorado Symphony offers something for everyone. Concerts include classical, holiday, family, even music from favorite movies, cartoons, and comic books! Colorado Symphony concerts are exciting for all ages – and an experience you won’t forget!

Who is Served by the CTI?Through partnerships with local agencies and community orga-nizations, the CTI primarily serves low-income individuals and families for whom cost is a barrier to concert attendance.

How Does it Work?Organizations that serve the target population may request con-cert specific vouchers that can be redeemed for a seat to that concert. If you are interested in becoming a partner organization or learning more about current partners, please visit coloradosymphony.org/CommunityTicketing.

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POPS BIOGRAPHIESCHRISTOPHER DRAGON, conductor

Australian conductor Christopher Dragon began his appointment as Associate Conductor of the Colorado Symphony in the 2015/16 season. In 2013 he was appointed the inaugural Assistant Conductor of the West Australian Symphony Orchestra, a title he holds until the end of 2015. This role provided him with the opportunity to work closely with Principal Conductor Asher Fisch in addition to numerous other engagements. In April of 2015 Dragon made his debut at the Sydney Opera House conducting the Sydney Symphony Orchestra with Australian singer/

songwriter Josh Pyke. In 2016 he will be making his debut with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra. Dragon is a member of the prestigious Symphony Services International Conductor Development Program through which he has worked with orchestras in Australia and New Zealand under the guidance of Christopher Seaman and the orchestras’ Principal Conductors. In 2014 Christopher was invited to conduct the Princess Galyani Vadhana Youth Orchestra in Thailand and earlier that year participated in the Jarvi Winter Academy in Estonia where he was awarded the Orchestra’s Favourite Conductor Prize. Dragon has also studied with numerous distinguished conductors including Paavo and Neeme Jarvi at the Jarvi Summer Festival, Fabio Luisi at the Pacific Music Festival in Japan, and conducting pedagogue Jorma Panula.

A Symphonic Tribute to

Mel BrooksAPR 9 T SAT 7:30

Andres Lopera, conductor Devin DeSantis, vocalist

Allison Sill, vocalist Colorado Symphony Chorus, Mary Louise Burke, associate director

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POPS BIOGRAPHIESWONDERBOUND

The philosophy of Wonderbound centers around three fundamental values - community, collaboration, creation. Under the artistic direction of Garrett Ammon and Dawn Fay, a radiant energy has grown around the ten exemplary dancers that make up Wonderbound. Each dancer is valued for the unique personal perspective they bring to the studio process; building a whole greater than its parts. Free to “unzip their souls,” these artists are continually evolving as they explore their humanity through movement. From creating new works with Ammon to utilizing the talents of various musicians, poets and visual artists, Wonderbound’s dancers bring their

considerable classical prowess to the table while simultaneously tapping into a vulnerability that strips away pretense.

GARRETT AMMON, artistic director, Wonderbound

Garrett Ammon began his tenure as artistic director of Wonderbound in 2007. Having choreographed nearly 60 works over the past 16 years, Ammon has been recognized for his work through the Denver Mayor’s Award for Excellence in Arts & Culture and a Bonfils-Stanton Foundation Livingston Fellowship. Ammon keeps Wonderbound continually engaged in collaborative endeavors with the region’s finest arts organizations including Baroque Chamber Orchestra of Colorado, Central City Opera, the Colorado Symphony, Curious Theatre Company, Lighthouse

Writers Workshop, Mizel Arts & Culture Center, and Newman Center Presents among many others. In addition, Ammon’s deep belief in the value of live music as an integral part of the dance experience keeps Wonderbound actively creating with a wide range of musicians and composers like Hal Aqua and The Lost Tribe, Ofer Ben-Amots, Chimney Choir, Confluence String Quartet, Ian Cooke Band, Tom Hagerman, Jesse Manley and His Band, and Paper Bird. Always pushing the boundaries of dance and the performance experience, Ammon brings an eclectic range of other collaborators into Wonderbound projects as well. These individuals include visual artists Eric Dallimore, Mark Allen Henderson, Andrea Pliner and Tom Varani as well as poet Michael J. Henry, digital artist Kristopher Collins, photographer Amanda Tipton, illusionist and mentalist Professor Phelyx, and perfumist Michelle Roark. As a dancer, Ammon was a member of Houston Ballet, Oregon Ballet Theatre, Ballet Memphis and Trey McIntyre Project where he toured to Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, Vail International Dance Festival, HIDC’s Dance Salad and Wolf Trap. Ammon lives in Denver, Colorado with his wife and muse Dawn Fay. They have worked alongside each other continuously since they first met in 1999. More information can be found at garrettammon.com

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FAMILY • 2015-2016

CARNIVAL OF THE ANIMALS AND THE STORY OF BABAR

COLORADO SYMPHONY ANDRES LOPERA, conductor

Sunday, March 13, 2016 at 1:00 pmBoettcher Concert Hall

SAINT-SAËNS Carnival of the Animals IntroductionRoyal March of the LionHens and RoostersWild DonkeysThe TortoiseThe ElephantKangaroosThe AquariumPeople with Long EarsThe CuckooBirdsPianistsFossilsThe SwanThe Grand Finale

POULENC The Story of Babar, the Little ElephantDane Torbenson, narrator

Are you ? Youth Concerts

Open Rehearsals

Inside the Score

Half Notes

Concert preludes

Petite Musique

Very Young Composers

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Learn more about all the opportunities at coloradosymphony.org/Education

< educational programs of the Colorado Symphony >

Your Colorado Symphony is excited to announce

another season of educational opportunities for all

ages. From Petite Musique to Symphony 101 Colorado

Symphony Education is making great strides this year

to provide education and entertainment to Colorado.

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FAMILY BIOGRAPHIESANDRES LOPERA, conductor

Colombian conductor Andres Lopera is one of the leading Latin-American artists in the United States with nearly a decade of engagements in both North and South America. A passionate conductor who believes in the transformational power of music, Lopera is now the Assistant Conductor of the Colorado Symphony having formerly led the Oregon Symphony, Toledo Symphony, New World Symphony, National Repertory Orchestra, and Portland Columbia Symphony Orchestra. He has also appeared with professional and youth orchestras throughout Central and South America,

including Honduras, where he led the Youth Orchestra of the Americas in a musical camp for both young and professional musicians. In 2012, Lopera was appointed Music Director of the Metropolitan Youth Symphony, for which he oversaw 12 different orchestral ensembles with more than 450 students. Also an accomplished trombonist, Lopera’s musical development started with the Red de Bandas de Antioquia and Red de Escuelas de Musica de Medellin, both El Sistema like programs developed in Colombia. Lopera earned a Master of Music degree in Orchestral Conducting from New England Conservatory of Music and in Trombone Performance from the University of Texas at Austin. Prior to these programs, he was awarded degrees in Conducting and Trombone from the Universidad EAFIT in Medellin, Colombia. His principal teachers were Hugh Wolff and David Loebel, with additional studies with Ludovic Morlot, Michael Tilson Thomas and Marin Alsop.

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Magical Music of Harry PotterAPR 10 SUN 1:00 Boettcher Concert Hall

80’s Mix Tape with the Colorado SymphonyAPR 21 THU 7:30Boettcher Concert Hall

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