Event Summary
The Colorado Orchestra is celebrating its 50th year.
Its home is in Superior near Boulder, but with many of the players from Colorado Spring they are repeating the concert here in the comfortable theater inside Aspen Trails Retirement Resort.
The recorder was the predominate woodwind melodic instrument for over 300 years-even featured in two of Bach's Brandenburg concertos, so it is far from the plastic recorders from elementary school. The orchestra will be playing music from the Renaissance through the early 21st century using many sizes of recorders from the 6-inch sopranino to the 6-foot contra bass. The concert's theme is Sing and Dance Around The World. Played by 18 adult players from across the front range playing music from England, the Balkans, Ethiopia, the Middle east, Brazil and the U.S.
Also Occurs On
- Sunday, October 27