September 1, 2011
Event: University Symphony Orchestra
Date: Friday, September 23, 7:30 p.m.
Description: University of Colorado Symphony Orchestra performs, conducted by Gary Lewis with Honors Competition winner Ross Snyder, violin
Program:
BEETHOVEN: Overture to Leonore No. 3, Op. 72
R. STRAUSS: Don Juan, Op. 20
BRAHMS: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77 featuring Honors Competition winner Ross Snyder, violin Location: Macky Auditorium
Admission: Free and open to the public
Public Contact: 303-492-8008 or http://music.colorado.edu
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University of Colorado Symphony Orchestra
Season Opening Concert
On Friday, September 23, at 7:30 p.m. in Macky Auditorium the University of Colorado Symphony Orchestra will open the 2011-12 season. Gary Lewis will conduct the orchestra in Beethoven's Overture to Leonore No. 3, Richard Strauss's beloved Symphonic Poem, Don Juan, and the Brahms Violin Concerto which features Honors Competition winner, Ross Snyder. Ross Snyder is a DMA student at CU-Boulder and first violinist of the Tesla String Quartet.
The performance is free and open to the public. Call the CU Presents Box Office at (303) 492-8008 for information about this performance. For more information about the College of Music, visit http://music.colorado.edu/.
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Biography
Gary Lewis
Gary Lewis is Director of Orchestral Studies and  Professor of Music in the College of Music at the University of Colorado at Boulder. He is also the Music Director and Conductor of the Midland-Odessa (TX) Symphony Orchestra. At Colorado Mr. Lewis conducts the University Symphony Orchestra and oversees the entire orchestra program. He also leads the graduate program in orchestral conducting including both the masters and doctoral level. His graduate conducting students have enjoyed great success as conductors of university orchestra programs, youth orchestras, and professional orchestras alike. They have also won prestigious national conducting competitions and been awarded Fulbright grants. Mr. Lewis is equally at home with professional, university, and youth ensembles. In addition to his regular position with the Midland-Odessa Symphony Orchestra, he has conducted performances with the Quad Cities Symphony Orchestra, the New Symphony Orchestra (Sofia, Bulgaria), the Western Plains Opera Theater, and the Lubbock Symphony Orchestra. Lewis served as the Resident Conductor of the Pine Mountain Music Festival (opera and symphonic) for seven years and was the founding conductor of the Caprock Pro Musica.
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About the Orchestra Program
Conducted by Gary Lewis, the University Symphony Orchestra and Chamber Orchestra perform a diverse repertory including the symphonies or large-scale orchestral works of Beethoven, Bernstein, Brahms, Dvorák, Gershwin, Kodály, Mahler, Mozart, Prokofiev, Schoenberg, Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky, and Zwilich, among others. The Symphony Orchestra has performed in Boulder, Boettcher Hall in Denver, and Aspen. Solo appearances with the orchestra are awarded to students as a result of an annual concerto competition.
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About the College of Music
Since its founding in 1920, the University of Colorado Boulder College of Music has earned a reputation not only for preparing students for successful careers in music, but also for providing them with an outstanding college education. The College of Music offers seven degree plans and over 23 fields of study, and its programs cover virtually all areas of music. The members of the College of Music's faculty are respected performers, composers, educators, and scholars who take a deep and lasting interest in the students of the College of Music. Internationally renowned artists such as Christopher Parkening, James Galway, and Wynton Marsalis perform and teach master classes on campus.
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College of Music Media Contact
Laima Haley
Marketing and Public Relations Manager
laima.haley@colorado.edu
Phone: (303) 492-4247
Fax: (303) 492-1131
302 UCB
Boulder, CO 80309-0302
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College of Music Public Contact
CU Presents Box Office
musictix@colorado.edu
Phone: (303) 492-8008
Location: University Club,
972 Broadway, Boulder
Hours: M-F 9 a.m.- 4 p.m.
302 UCB
Boulder, CO 80309-0302
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