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Classical Music for everyone! The Open Notes Podcast is the place for anybody interested in Classical Music to learn more, from newbies to seasoned veterans.Open Notes features interviews with soloists and composers, interactive program notes, and discussions about topics in classical music. Hosted by Jeremy D. Cuebas and sponsored by the Fort Collins Symphony

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Classical Music for everyone! The Open Notes Podcast is the place for anybody interested in Classical Music to learn more, from newbies to seasoned veterans.Open Notes features interviews with soloists and composers, interactive program notes, and discussions about topics in classical music. Hosted by Jeremy D. Cuebas and sponsored by the Fort Collins Symphony

    Violinist Yumi Hwang-Williams Introduces Antonín Dvořák's Violin Concerto

    Violinist Yumi Hwang-Williams Introduces Antonín Dvořák's Violin Concerto

    Dvořák's violin concerto is one of the hardest and greatest pieces for solo violin and orchestra. So why doesn't it get played more? Yumi Hwang-Williams doesn't know, but she has a few theories.

    Since many audiences don't know Dvořák's violin concerto, we wanted to sit down with Yumi to learn more about her and the music and history of the piece.

    In this interview, Yumi shares how she started playing the violin, moved to Colorado to become the Colorado Symphony's Concertmaster over 20 years ago, and why she loves the underserved violin concerto by Antonín Dvořák.

    Yumi will perform the Dvořák violin concerto with the Fort Collins Symphony on Saturday, February 3rd, 2024. Tickets and more information can be found at https://fcsymphony.org/events/dvorak-discovery/
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    Interview with Guitarist Jason Vieaux

    Interview with Guitarist Jason Vieaux

    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 piece he's played more than any other, and the poignant beauty of Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez for guitar and orchestra.

    Jason will perform with the Fort Collins Symphony on Saturday, November 4th, 2023, in-person and via live-stream. Tickets and more information are available at https://fcsymphony.org/events/rodrigo-reverie/.

    Watch this interview on Youtube at https://youtu.be/JbEadCqwLEE.
    See Jason's Tiny Desk Concert from NPR: https://youtu.be/Kf_Lolpumi4?si=2QClTDC_M40buKx-
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    Composing "The Raven" with Morgan Denney

    Composing "The Raven" with Morgan Denney

    In this episode, composer Morgan Denney chats with Jeremy about her process and the challenges behind writing her new musical accompaniment to Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven" for the Fort Collins Symphony.

    "The Raven" will be premiered at our Spellbound Halloween concert on Wednesday, October 18th, 2023 at the Lincoln Center in Fort Collins.

    Learn more about Morgan Denney at MorganDenney.com.

    Tickets and more info are available at https://fcsymphony.org/events/spellbound-halloween/
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    Symphony of Support: The Healing Power of Music in Dementia Care

    Symphony of Support: The Healing Power of Music in Dementia Care

    No one has to walk the dementia journey alone.

    Members of Dementia Together and the Fort Collins Symphony discuss the B Sharp Arts Engagement Program and its research, which found powerful benefits for people living with dementia and their care partners from attending live symphony concerts.

    Read the study results and contribute to the program at https://fcsymphony.org/bsharp
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    Pianist Avery Gagliano on Pop vs Classical music and Mozart's drama

    Pianist Avery Gagliano on Pop vs Classical music and Mozart's drama

    Pianist Avery Gagliano joins the Open Notes Podcast to discuss Mozart's 24th piano concerto, her love of pop music, the hardest part of being a pianist, and more!

    Join us for the live or live-streamed concert on February 4, 2023. Tickets and more information are available at https://fcsymphony.org/delight

    Learn more about Avery Gagliano at https://www.averygagliano.com

    02:47 What's unique about Mozart's 24th Piano Concerto
    06:03 Dialogue in Mozart 24
    08:36 Avery's goal as a pianist
    09:44 Avery's favorite variation in Mozart 24
    12:36 How pop music is different from classical music
    16:04 The challenges and rewards of being a pianist
    17:27 on chamber music
    19:43 Avery's unique hobbies
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    "The Battle for the Ballot" with composer Stacy Garrop

    "The Battle for the Ballot" with composer Stacy Garrop

    "Woman Suffrage is coming - you know it." Carrie Chapman Catt

    The FCS performs Battle for the Ballot on November 5th, 2022 at the Lincoln Center. Tickets and more information are available at https://fcsymphony.org/events/escape-to-new-realms-signature-concert-2/
    Stacy Garrop's The Battle for the Ballot features the voices of seven Suffragists: Carrie W. Clifford, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, Adella Hunt Logan, Mary Church Terrell, Jane Addams, Susan B. Anthony, and Carrie Chapman Catt.
    The 70-year fight for Women's Suffrage ended in 1920 with the passage of the 19th amendment. In 2020, the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music commissioned Stacy Garrop to compose a piece celebrating the 100th anniversary.
    The Battle for the Ballot took the shape of a dramatic narration, focused on a single speech by Susan B. Anthony. But it became clear to Garrop and the Cabrillo Festival's Music Director Cristian Măcelaru that Anthony's support of anti-black politics meant that a new avenue would have to be explored.
    With only a week to work, Stacy Garrop found the texts of six additional Suffragists (four of whom were black, two white) and changed the focus of the piece, replacing the texts within the same music and timings. Because it was to be premiered virtually, the orchestra had already recorded their parts for the video preparation. 
    What resulted is a work of depth and inspiration, commemorating the bravery and endurance of generations of women fighting for their rights.


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