Tag: chamber orchestra of the springs
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Chamber Orchestra of the Springs ushers in winter season with ‘Dances with the Winds’ concert
The Chamber Orchestra of the Springs’ third concert of the year will feature a musical selection that director Jacob Pope calls the “middle child” of Beethoven’s symphonies and a challenging piece by the most recent winner of the orchestra’s annual Emerging Soloist competition. Mired in music history between its two “attention-hogging” siblings, Beethoven’s Fourth Symphony…
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‘Things That Go Bump’: Colorado Springs chamber orchestra to bring haunting melodies to Ent Center
By O’Dell Isaac Lovers of music – and of the Halloween season – can treat themselves to several haunting musical offerings at the “Things That Go Bump” concert, a guided sojourn through the underworld by the Chamber Orchestra of the Springs. Held at the Ent Center for the Arts, the concert will feature a broad…
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Chamber Orchestra of Springs takes on Romanticism
The Chamber Orchestra of the Springs is set to perform “The Romantic Voice” this weekend. The 90-minute show will take the audience through the sounds of Romanticism, from pieces first heard 200 years ago to work from the 20th-century neo-Romanticism movement. Mezzo-soprano GeDeane Graham will join the orchestra for the performance as a special guest,…
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Longtime Colorado Springs theater company announces departure of artistic director
After more than six years leading Theatreworks, Caitlin Lowans is leaving to head up another theater company. Lowans, only the second artistic director in the 49-year history of the professional regional theater company, will depart for Ten Thousand Things Theater in Minneapolis, Minn., where she’ll take over as artistic director in February. She’ll direct Theatreworks’…
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Colorado Springs orchestra votes to unionize
After years of effort, Chamber Orchestra of the Springs musicians recently gave a hearty yes to unionize. The musicians will be represented by Local 154 of the American Federation of Musicians, also known as Pikes Peak Musicians Association, the same union of professional musicians that has represented Colorado Springs Philharmonic musicians for decades. “We’re feeling…
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Air Force Academy to host opera about complicated homecoming of America’s longest-held POW
Col. Jim Thompson is America’s longest-held prisoner of war. Nine years after being held prisoner during the Vietnam War, he’s released and returns to America. But his homecoming is not what one might expect. That’s the premise of “Glory Denied”, which will be hosted by the Air Force Academy on Sunday. The opera is co-produced…
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Theatreworks, Chamber Orchestra to present ‘Into the Woods’ with on-stage musicians
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Ever wonder what goes on in the orchestra pit? A new production of “Into the Woods” will show you, bringing just over a dozen musicians on stage alongside the actors to give a fuller insight into musical theater and celebrating the often behind-the-scenes artists. Theatreworks,…
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Theatreworks, Chamber Orchestra to present ‘Into the Woods’ with on-stage musicians
Ever wonder what goes on in the orchestra pit? A new production of “Into the Woods” will show you, bringing just over a dozen musicians on stage alongside the actors to give a fuller insight into musical theater and celebrating the often behind-the-scenes artists. Theatreworks, in collaboration with the Chamber Orchestra of the Springs and…
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Chamber Orchestra of the Springs finds new venue in Colorado Springs
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Playing in a professional concert hall is a dream for many organizations. For Chamber Orchestra of the Springs, that dream will come true when its new season opens this fall. The nonprofit will move four of its half-dozen concerts into Ent Center for the Arts.…
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Chamber Orchestra of the Springs finds new venue in Colorado Springs
Playing in a professional concert hall is a dream for many organizations. For Chamber Orchestra of the Springs, that dream will come true when its new season opens this fall. The nonprofit will move four of its half-dozen concerts into Ent Center for the Arts. In the past the professional orchestra used the space at…