ShareWE LIKE TO THINK OF AN MSCO CONCERT AS MUSIC YOU CAN TOUCH. YOU’RE NOT JUST IN THE AUDIENCE, YOU’RE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE EXPERIENCE. SO HAVE A SEAT IN THE MUSIC. Share
Share I am very excited to work again with one of the best violinists in Colorado! Britt will be playing Beethoven’s Romance #2 for Violin and Orchestra with MSCO this weekend. ~ David Britt Swenson received her B.M. and M.M. degrees from the Juilliard School. She made her Carnegie Hall debut soloing with the New York [...]
ShareAs I was preparing the Dvorak Czech Suite, I realized the dances I was playing were things that most of us in America didn’t come across too often. Sure, there are traditional Pastorale, Romance movements that you’d find anywhere. And we all pretty much know what to expect from a Polka. But what about a [...]
ShareIn a sense, all concerts are an exploration of contrasts. Every single program MSCO has ever done, at least as long as I’ve been involved with the orchestra (which is about 10 years), has been a celebration of the old saying that “variety is the spice of life.” And just about every way you slice [...]
Share This article recently appeared on the Children’s Hospital Colorado website. Barbara Lepke-Sims is our harpist, so we thought we should share the article here, too. She does good things, you know. Barbara Lepke-Sims entered the baby’s hospital room, quietly unpacked her harp and began to play. She played lullabies and soft melodies, [...]
ShareOkay – so you’ve walked in and taken your seat before the concert starts and, after looking at the program for a minute, you look up and see all the musicians with their instruments warming up, practicing a bit and generally making a lot of noise but not much music. As you look over the [...]
ShareOne of my favorite things with music is to be caught off-guard. To be completely derailed from what I was doing and compelled to do nothing but listen. I’m sure that’s happened to you, too. You’re driving along, thinking about work, how to get through traffic, or what needs to be done as soon as [...]
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