Join ASO's musicians, Maestro Jin Kim and area students as we discover the mastery of Grieg's Peer Gynt. This music contains some of the most recognizable, beautiful and exciting classical harmonies.

Born in Johannesburg, South Africa, and now calling Colorado home, horticulturist/musician Gregory Alan Isakov has cast an impressive presence on the indie-rock and folk worlds with his six full-length studio albums: That Sea, The Gambler; This Empty Northern Hemisphere; The Weatherman; Gregory Alan Isakov with the Colorado Symphony; Evening Machines (nominated for a Grammy Award® for Best Folk Album), and Appaloosa Bones. Isakov tours internationally with his band, and has performed with several national symphony orchestras across the United States. Isakov’s new record, Appaloosa Bones, was released via Dualtone/Suitcase Town Music. Of the album, MOJO states, “Prime Isakov: his velvet baritone glides over elegant and shimmering Wild West mirages.” The Associated Press proclaims, “He has that magical ability to convey both urgency and grandeur at the same time…Simple. Straightforward. Utterly evocative.” And No Depression declares, “this is Isakov’s genius. He turns a short poem into a magnificent piece of music that can captivate for hours.” When he is not on the road, he runs Starling Farm (a small farm in Boulder County), which provides produce to CSA members, restaurants, and Community Food Share (a local food bank).

• Nehlybel:        Trittico

• Persichetti:      Symphony No. 6

• Bernstein:        Prelude, Fugue & Riffs

A truly unique and innovative CHSO concert featuring the “power engines” that drive the CHSO “Sound” – our amazing and virtuosic Percussion and Wind sections, performing masterworks of the symphonic wind literature – works that are equal in stature to the great Symphonic repertoire of the Ages and deserve their moment in the Sun!  A powerful and compelling program =-- not to missed!