Under the baton of Maestro Wes Kenney, the Fort Collins Symphony opens Season 69 on Saturday, October 6 at 7:30 p.m. at the Lincoln Center,...
Author: JDCuebas (Jeremy Cuebas)
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The Fort Collins Symphony and The Lyric Cinema Collaborate for the All-Bernstein Masterworks 1 Concert
On Saturday, October 6, 2018, the Fort Collins Symphony (FCS) opens Season 69 at the Lincoln Center with a lively all-Leonard Bernstein Masterworks 1 concert...
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Fort Collins Symphony Sets Sail for 69th Season
The Fort Collins Symphony’s 69th season sets sail on October 6, 2018. The itinerary is set and audience members are invited to reserve their tickets...
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Special Season 69 Customizable Bundle Packages
For its 69th season, the Fort Collins Symphony is embarking on an epic journey that will span thousands of miles, over 200 years of spectacular...
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2018-19 Discounts for New Season Subscribers
The Fort Collins Symphony is offering a 10% discount on the upcoming 2018-19 Season 69 Ticket Packages to first-time subscribers (a savings of $20-$30 per...
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Maestro’s South Korean Adventures – Part 9
Friday, June 22 C-Day (Concert Day). Choi is to meet us at 12:30 and takes us to lunch. So after breakfast I head over to...
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Maestro’s South Korean Adventures – Part 8
Thursday, June 21 The morning pattern continues: a long walk/run around the lake, breakfast, wait five minutes for some brewed coffee at Starbucks, walk across...
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Fort Collins Symphony Premieres Work by Local Composer Ethan Boxley: Fanfare for the National Anthem
Composer Ethan Boxley’s Fanfare for the National Anthem and his arrangement of National Anthem in G will be performed by the Fort Collins Symphony Orchestra...
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Maestro’s South Korean Adventures – Part 7
Wednesday, June 20 A routine has been established of an American or Korean breakfast followed by a stop at Starbucks. At a Korean coffee house,...
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A New Key for an Old Anthem
No public Fourth of July celebration is complete without a rousing rendition of Francis Scott Key’s The Star-Spangled Banner. And, while nothing is nearer and...
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Maestro’s South Korean Adventures – Part 6
Tuesday, June 19. We are on our own today as Choi has a concert elsewhere in the area. Changwon has a Philharmonic–a full-time orchestra, Busan...
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Maestro’s South Korean Adventures – Part 5
Monday, June 18 It is Monday which marks the first day of rehearsals with the Changwon Philharmonic. Choi has been very upbeat about the orchestra...
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Maestro’s South Korean Adventures – Part 4
Sunday, June 17th. Another slow morning with some coffee in the room, reading, study of music, and then down to breakfast. This morning, Leslie tries...
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Maestro’s South Korean Adventures – Part 3
Saturday, June 16 We spent a slower morning, same choices for breakfast, although my Korean meal had seaweed soup as the centerpiece on this AM....
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Maestro’s South Korean Adventures – Part 2
Friday, June 15. The exhaustion of travel knocked us out for the night and we awoke on Friday AM relatively refreshed and looking forward to...
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Maestro’s South Korean Adventures – Part 1
Prologue. For almost two years Useon Choi–up until recently the principal clarinetist of the Fort Collins Symphony–and I have been working on an artist exchange...
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Fort Collins Symphony Announces 2018-19 Season
The Fort Collins Symphony Association’s board president, Rhett Strom, announces the Symphony’s 2018-19 season: Odyssey: Sound Travels. The Fort Collins Symphony begins its 69th season...
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FCSymphony Concludes 68th Season with a Bang!
The Fort Collins Symphony will conclude its 68th Season on Saturday, May 12, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. with percussionist Michael Tetreault performing William Kraft’s Timpani...
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Maestro Kenney’s Adventures in Vietnam – Final Post
Day 11 We spent the morning recovering from the activity from the day before, then was picked up Lan to do a bit of shopping...
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Musical Zoo 2018 – Orchestral Fun for Children
The Friends of the Symphony will hold its annual Musical Zoo on Sunday, February 11, 2018 from 2:00 to 4:30 p.m. at Timberline Church, 2908...
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Maestro Kenney’s Adventures in Vietnam – Part 10
Jan. 5 Concert Day. We leave the hotel at 8 AM for a 9 AM rehearsal. There is a huge poster outside the opera house...
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Maestro Kenney’s Adventures in Vietnam – Part 9
January 4 It is the day before the concert and there is still much work to be done primarily on the Dvorak Symphony. We’ve arranged...
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Maestro Kenney’s Adventures in Vietnam – Part 8
January 3 Another morning rehearsal this time back on the Copland which was a bit rusty from the weekend’s activities. The music came back soon...
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Maestro Wes Kenney to Conduct the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra
Fort Collins Symphony Music Director Wes Kenney will conduct the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra (VNSO) at the Hanoi Opera House on January 5, 2018 as...
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Maestro Kenney’s Adventures in Vietnam – Part 7
After three days off from this concert repertoire, it is time to renew our preparations for the performance on Friday. This is one of the...
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Maestro Kenney’s Adventures in Vietnam – Part 6
Jan. 1. Happy New Year! For western tastes there will be no parades or football this year. Instead we use the day to continue to...
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Maestro Kenney’s Adventures in Vietnam – Part 5
Dec. 31. After Leslie has Pho and I opt for an omelet for breakfast, we are picked up by Lan and Thang and driven an...
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Maestro Kenney’s Adventures in Vietnam – Part 4
Dec. 30 Catching any kind of a bug on an international trip is not fun, but compound that with two days of double rehearsals in...
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Maestro Kenney’s Adventures in Vietnam – Part 3
Dec. 29 The day began the same as the previous day with another international breakfast in the hotel and then the 30 minute drive to...
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Maestro Kenney’s Adventures in Vietnam – Part 2
December 28 The Sheraton Hanoi serves an international clientele and the breakfast in the lobby restaurant shows it. There are stations for Korean, Japanese, Chinese,...
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Maestro Kenney’s Adventures in Vietnam – Part 1
December 25 to 27: There is something to be said about international travel in regards to patience. The cliche “hurry up and wait” absolutely applies...
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