Cheyenne Symphony Orchestra’s April 27th concert, “Flamenco Flair”, the season finale, will feature wonderful Latino/ Spanish music and performers. In addition to festive, fun, Flamenco music, there will be Mexican Mariachi musicians and ethnic dancers!

Here is Maestor Intilligator’s description of the concert:

“ For years, the Cheyenne Symphony Orchestra has wanted to reach out to the Latino community in Cheyenne by performing a Latino/Spanish program. I am very excited that this program and this vision of outreach is finally here! And it’s wonderful that we are partnering with several local organizations, such as Las Angelitas Unidas y Los Rayos del Sol and Mariachi 307, who will also perform at this event. I can’t wait to see and hear them!

“Some of my favorite music to conduct is the Mexican music of contemporary composer Arturo Márquez. His music has such a sensual groove! The orchestra will perform his Conga del Fuego Nuevo, which is a super fun orchestra showpiece. You will be tap-ping your feet or dancing in the aisles! We will also perform the Huapango, a famous piece based on a traditional Mexican folk dance, by Mexican composer Moncayo, who lived a few generations ago. Truly, this concert is about DANCE! We also will play a lovely tango by Albeniz, originally for piano but beautifully orchestrated. And several other pieces have lively dance sections. We will also feature Nicolò

Spera, a wonderful Italian classical guitarist, who will be featured in the Fantasy for a Gentleman by Spanish composer Joaquín Rodrigo. Nicolò is a guitar virtuoso on the music faculty of CU in Boulder. I can’t wait to work with him for the first time, and this particular Rodrigo piece is one that neither he nor I have done before, so that’s fun. We’ve both done lots of other Rodrigo pieces.

“And how would you guess we would round out this program of Mexican and Spanish music? With music by French and Russian composers! Bizet’s Carmen and Rimsky-Korsa-kov’s Capriccio both capture the essence of the Spanish style. These audience favorites will have you humming melodies all night! The Capriccio Espagnole also serves as a wonderful showcase for numerous solos from within the Cheyenne Symphony Orchestra. This will be a great way to end our season!”

After the concert, please join CSO at Esther’s at the Morris House, 2115 Warren Ave. Mingle with the Maestro, musicians, and your fellow concert-goers while enjoying a selection of food and drink items

available for purchase.

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Flamenco FlairCSO AT-A-GLANCE

CSO on the RADIOFRI., APRIL 26TH • 9:00 AM

Maestro Intriligator joins KGAB morning host Glenn Woods.

Listen in at AM 650 or www.KGAB.com!

LUNCH & LEARNFRI., APRIL 26TH • 12:00 PM • FREE

Join Intriligator and guest artist Nicolò Spera for a lunch time

lecture at the Laramie County Pubic Library and learn about the

upcoming concert.

CLASSIC CONVERSATIONSSAT., APRIL 27TH • 6:30 PM

If you can’t make it to the Lunch & Learn, come early to the concert.

JUNE 1ST, 2019 CSO season ticket renewals are due. Brochures with renewal forms will be available for pick up at the Flamenco Flair concert. Timely renewal is the

only way to ensure that you maintain your current seats!

SEASON TICKET RENEWAL

SUN., APRIL 28TH • 2:00 PM Enjoy an afternoon of food, drinks

and Classical Guitar at the beautifully restored Atlas Theatre!

HAUSMUSIK 3 -Nicolò Spera

JUNE 15TH, 2019 CSO season tickets for new

subscribers go on sale.

NEW SUBSCRIPTIONS

Special thanks to our Presenting Sponsor:

MUSICAL STORY TIMESAT., JUNE 8TH • 11:00 AM

Musical Story Time and Instrument Petting Zoo at Paul Smith Children’s

Village (see page 4 for details)

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NICOLÒ SPERA will perform Fantasy for a Gentleman by Spanish composer Joaquín Rodrigo. Spera has been described as bringing a unique synthesis of European and American traditions to his teaching and performing.

Spera is one of the few guitarists in the world to perform on both six-string and ten-string guitars. His wide-ranging repertoire includes the extraordinary music of the Franco-Andalusian composer Maurice Ohana.

He has won top prizes at several Italian and international competitions and is regularly invited to play in music festivals and has given lectures/recitals in many venues. Spera holds degrees from the Claudio Monteverdi Conservatory in Bolzano and the prestigious Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena, an Artist Diploma in Guitar Performance at the University of Denver and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Colorado Boulder.

In 2011, Spera was appointed to the faculty at the University of Colorado Boulder, where he is Assistant Professor in the Ritter Family Classical Guitar Program. He is also on the faculty of the International Studies Institute at Palazzo Rucellai in Florence, Italy. In 2013, he founded the University of Colorado International Guitar Festival and Competition, an unprecedented event that attracts prestigious guests, guitar performers and students from all over the world.

Spera will perform a Hausmusik recital on Sunday, April 28th at 2pm. Take in the newly restored Atlas Theatre while enjoying food and drinks (included in the ticket). His music will delight all classical guitar afficianados. A master class will be held after the Hausmusik. Gwenyth Aggeler, a young classical guitar player, will anchor the master class. Aggeler is an up and coming artist, who won second place in the Guitar Foundation of America International Competition last year. She has appeared on NPR twice and is well known regionally.

GUEST ARTISTNICOLÒ SPERA,

GUITAR

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The Cheyenne Symphony is honored to share the evening with these talented young artists:

YOUNG CHEYENNE ARTISTS TO PERFORM

During intermission, be entertained by Mariachi 307, a a local group comprised of high school students from Cheyenne East High School. The group is open to all students who want to learn the Mariachi style of music, which originated in the 16th century at Mexican weddings. The group performs at several events during the school year.

At 7 PM, just after Classic Conversations, enjoy a performance by Las Angelitas Unidas y Los Rayos del Sol, a group of young dancers who perform authentic dances from five different Mexican states: Chiapas, Chihuahua, Jalisco, Nayarit and Yucatan.

Although the group only performs Latina dances, students of any ethnicity are welcome to partici-pate. The group’s motto is, ‘Sharing culture through music and dance.” Las Angelitas Unidas wants to spread information about Latino culture as well as to help young Latinos understand their heritage.

A SHORT HISTORY OF FLAMENCOWe all have enjoyed Flamenco music and dance. Images of beautiful women in gorgeous full dresses gripping roses in their teeth and handsome men in tight fitting clothes immediately come to mind. But there is more to Flamenco than that.

Flamenco in its strictest sense is a professionalized art-form based on the various folkloric music traditions of southern Spain. It includes cante (singing), toque (guitar playing), baile (dance), jaleo (vocalizations and chorus clapping) palmas (handclapping) and pitos (finger snapping).

The oldest record of Flamenco dates to 1774. Flamenco has been influenced by and associated with the Romani people in Spain, however, its origin and style are uniquely Andalusian. Flamenco has become popular all over the world and is taught in many non-Hispanic countries, especially the United States and Japan. In fact, there are more Flamenco academies in Japan than in Spain. On November 16, 2010, UNESCO declared Flamenco one of the Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity.

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HAUSMUSK 1SYMPHONY GALASeptember 7, 2019

Little America Grand Ballroom

ZUILL BAILEY, CELLOOctober 13, 2019 - 2:00 PM

Cheyenne Depot

SPIRIT OF THE WESTOctober 12, 2019 - 7:30 PM

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NORDIC TRIUMPHNovember 16, 2019 - 7:30 PM

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BLOCKBUSTERS &BEETHOVEN

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FEATURING MIRIAM FRIED, VIOLIN

HAUSMUSIK 2

MAHLER &BEETHOVEN

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FEATURING LEVI HERNANDEZ, BARITONE

HOLIDAY MAGICDecember 14, 2019 - 7:30 PM

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2019-2020SEASON-AT-A-GLANCE

June 8th, 11:00 AMPaul Smith Children’s Village

“THE RACE”A musical story based on “The Tortoise

and the Hare”

Featuring master story teller Aaron Sommer and the CSO Brass Quintet

MUSICAL STORY TIME AND INSTRUMENT PETTING ZOO