Guitarist Jason Vieaux joins us on the Fort Collins Symphony’s Open Notes Podcast to talk about his early fascination with jazz and the Beatles, the...
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Grammy-Winning Guitarist Jason Vieaux Joins Fort Collins Symphony for November “Rodrigo Reverie” Concert
Your Fort Collins Symphony (FCS) is excited to present guest artist and Grammy Award-winning guitarist Jason Vieaux at its second Signature Concert, “Rodrigo Reverie,” at 7:30 PM on...
Spellbound: This is Halloween! The Fort Collins Symphony presents an Evening of Boo-tiful Music
You are invited to usher in the season of Halloween with a spooky and spellbinding music performance by your Fort Collins Symphony (FCS). Maestro Wes...
Composing “The Raven” with Morgan Denney
In this episode of the Open Notes Podcast, composer Morgan Denney chats with Jeremy about her process and the challenges behind writing her new musical...
Fort Collins Symphony Begins 100th Season with Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy”
The Fort Collins Symphony is celebrating its 100th anniversary with a blockbuster season of music. The 2023-24 season “Then & Now” runs from October 7, 2023 to May 11, 2024.
Fort Collins Symphony Celebrates 100th Anniversary
The Fort Collins Symphony is celebrating its 100th anniversary with a blockbuster season of music. The 2023-24 season “Then & Now” runs from October 7, 2023 to May 11, 2024.
Symphony No. 2 in D Major, op. 73
Although Johannes Brahms (1833–1897) was born and raised in the German town of Hamburg, he spent much of his adulthood in Vienna, where he gained a reputation as a bit of an...
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, op. 18
In the early twentieth century, composers were experimenting with increasingly intellectual methods of composition. Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943) ignored contemporary trends...
Dance Suite
Hungarian composer, conductor, and pianist Béla Bartók (1881–1945) was born in Nagyszentmiklós, a town that now lies within Romanian borders. He spent his childhood in various locations in present-day Ukraine...
Danzón No. 4
Music was a way of life for the family of Mexican composer Arturo Márquez (b. 1950). His grandfather was a folk musician and his father a dance-hall performer in a mariachi band. Thus...
Gymnopédie No. 3, 1
Erik Satie (1866–1925) was an outlier, both musically and socially. As a piano student, he left the Paris Conservatory twice without completion because he could not adapt to the inflexible...
Ritmo Jondo (Flamenco), Ballet for Chamber Orchestra
Like Márquez and Satie, Spanish-born composer Carlos Surinach (1915–1997) embraced dance as an inspiration for his music. More significantly, it was the dance world...
Symphony No. 41 in C Major, K. 551, “Jupiter”
When Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791) left the employ of the Archbishop of Salzburg in 1781, he risked losing the security of a court position in...
Symphony No. 9, "From the New World"
By 1891, Dvořák was serving as composition professor at the Prague Conservatory. His achievements and status gained notice across Europe and even...
Violin Concerto in A Minor
In 1879, one of the leading violinists of the time, Joseph Joachim, heard a Dvořák string quartet and went on to champion the composer’s chamber music. In return, Dvořák composed his...
Ethiopia's Shadow in America
Florence Beatrice Smith Price (1887–1953) is an American treasure whose music was almost forgotten due to her race and gender. Born in Little Rock, Arkansas, Price’s family supported her musical...
Symphony No. 100, "Military"
Haydn’s nickname—“Father of the Symphony”— is well earned. His over one hundred symphonies standardized the genre and inspired other great composers of the era. Early in his career...
Concierto de Aranjuez
Born in the region of Valencia, twentieth-century Spanish composer Joaquín Rodrigo (1901–1999) lost his sight as a small child. He learned to play piano and violin at the school for the blind he attended...
Sinfonietta
Few composers have developed a style as individual and recognizable as Astor Piazzolla (1921–1992). Born in Argentina, but raised in New York City, Piazzolla was intrigued...
Symphony No. 9, Op. 125, “Choral”
Last night I heard a beautiful performance of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. No one will write anything better … Sergei Rachmaninoff
Las Vistas Doradas
Las Vistas Doradas (Golden Views), was commissioned by the Denver Young Artists Orchestra and premiered by the ensemble at Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles in 2023 with the Fort Collins Symphony’s very own...
Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite No. 2
In the late-sixteenth and early-seventeenth centuries, the profession of musician was not so neatly subcategorized as it is today. Composers were also simultaneously performers, entrepreneurs, and teachers. Thus, it seems
Miniature Overture
William Grant Still (1895–1978) came of age in the early twentieth century at a time when composers were trying to establish a uniquely American identity. For Still, that sometimes meant...
Symphony of Support: The Healing Power of Music in Dementia Care
No one has to walk the dementia journey alone. In this video, members of Dementia Together and the Fort Collins Symphony discuss the B Sharp Arts Engagement Program
2023 “Music’s in the Air” Summer Garden Concert
One of the best benefits of being an FCS Season Subscriber is an invitation to our annual “Music’s in the Air” Summer Garden Concert. This...
Hope Amidst Adversity: Uncover the Resilience and Triumph of Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 5
Let us take you on a journey through one of classical music’s most powerful and inspiring works: Sergei Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major,...
Debussy’s Nocturnes: A Poetic Journey Through Twilight
Debussy was a master of creating atmosphere and mood in his music. He used techniques such as shifting harmonies, delicate melodies, and subtle orchestration to...
“Escape to Hope” with a Concert Celebrating the Power and Resilience of the Human Spirit
We invite you to embark on a musical journey with “Escape to Hope,” an evening filled with inspiring and uplifting music. The final concert of...
Lights, Camera, Symphony: How Music Shaped Films
Explore the history of film music, from silent movies to blockbusters, and how composers and their memorable scores have influenced cinema.
Fort Collins Symphony Presents “Escape to the Movies: The History of Music in Film” Concert
The Fort Collins Symphony (FCS) is excited to announce the upcoming concert, “Escape to the Movies: The History of Music in Film,” at 7:00 PM...
Symphony No. 5 in Bb Major, Op. 100
Sergei Prokofiev and Dmitri Shostakovich are the two composers who stood above the rest of those who labored during the years of the Soviet Union. Unlike Shostakovich, however, Prokofiev enjoyed part of his career living and composing in the West, voluntarily returning to the USSR in 1936. Like his compatriot...
Global Warming
Claude Debussy composed the three movements of his Nocturnes for orchestra between 1897-99. The early reception of this work was not wholly enthusiastic by any means, and they continued to receive mixed reviews...
Global Warming
With a “keen ear for musical color and a deft ability to adapt structural elements from popular music into the symphonic idiom” (Houston Chronicle), contemporary composer Michael Abels has...
Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge
In the spring of 2020, Yale University School of Music undertook a project titled Postcards from Confinement, in which they asked faculty, students, and alumni to create musical media in honor of the victims of COVID-19....
Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge
Twentieth-century British composer Benjamin Britten (1913–1976) was a precocious child. By the age of fourteen, he had already composed more than one hundred works. Recognizing his talent, his viola teacher introduced the boy to Frank Bridge, a highly acknowledged composer of the time....