A native of Minneapolis, 23-year-old pianist Kenny
Broberg won the silver medal at the Fifteenth Van Cliburn
International Piano Competition for performances that
showed “an imaginative shaping of themes, revelation of
inner voices, and an unfailing sense of momentum” (Texas
Classical Review). His 2017-18 debut season as Cliburn
medalist includes a recital tour in Hawaii and orchestra
and recital engagements in Denver, New Orleans, West
Palm Beach, and other cities across the United States. In
Europe, Mr. Broberg appears with the Rye Arts Festival
and Hastings Philharmonic in the United Kingdom, and in
recital in Italy.
We invite you to mingle with the musician following this
evening’s performance.

Ahead of Independence Day, Strings presents its second
annual Celebrate America concert with the Strings Brass
and Percussion Ensemble. Performed by the nation’s top
brass and percussion musicians, program highlights
include John Philip Sousa marches, John Williams’ iconic
film and Olympics music, the 1812 Overture, and other
American classics to celebrate the Fourth of July holiday.
Mark Gould, conductor
Horn: Angela Cordell Bilger, Tod Bowermaster, Joshua Phillips, Julia
Pilant, Michael Thornton, Gail Williams
Trumpet: David Bilger, Conrad Jones, Travis Peterson, John Rommel,
Michael Sachs, Scott Thornburg, Michael Tiscione
Trombone: Domingo Pagliuca, Peter Sullivan, R. Douglas Wright
Bass Trombone: Hakeem Bilal
Euphonium: Adam Frey
Tuba: James E. Jenkins
Timpani: Jeremy Epp
Percussion: Marc Damoulakis, Joseph Tompkins, Kevin Watkins

Inspiring and energetic, New York-based chamber music
ensemble Ensemble Mélange changes the rules of performance
as we know them. The audience is invited to participate in
the selection of works by choosing from a menu of over 30
options derived from various styles, with works ranging
from solos to sextets. Genres vary from classical, Baroque,
and Romantic, to jazz, pop, and Broadway. Ensemble Mélange’s
members are accomplished chamber musicians as graduates
of Juilliard, New England Conservatory, Oberlin, and
Manhattan School of Music. Individually, they have won
numerous prizes and performed extensively as soloists
and collaborative musicians around the world.
Ensemble Mélange performed as a Strings School Days artist in
2017-18. Now they’re back in Steamboat to present the
program for which they became famous.

Now in its 15th season, the internationally acclaimed
Attacca Quartet has become one of America’s premier
young performing ensembles. They were formed at The
Juilliard School in 2003 and made their professional
debut in 2007 as part of the Artists International
Winners Series in Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall. From
2011-2013 they served as the Juilliard Graduate Resident
String Quartet, and for the 2014-2015 season, the
Attacca Quartet was named the Quartet in Residence for
the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
Strings is pleased to welcome young people tonight as
part of the third Music Student Appreciation Night.
Please congratulate these bright young musicians and
their families on their commitment to music!

We invite you to mingle with the musicians following this
evening’s performance.

Alpin Hong’s relationship with the music of Chopin has
thrilled, haunted, and sustained him. Now it has inspired
him to share his story with the world. Crafted in collaboration
with the Flying Carpet Theater Company and the City
of Queens, “Alpin Hong: Chasing Chopin” is a daring
mash-up of autobiographical storytelling and dazzling
piano performance, diving into personal moments both
hilarious and tragic, all the while remaining beautifully
poignant. This window into Hong’s journey gives the audience
a rare and intimate look into his gripping interpretations
of classical masterworks. Hong’s story provides audiences
an opportunity to explore and enjoy the emotional depth
of classical artistry while reaffirming the resilience of the
human spirit.

Alpin Hong was the first ever artist to participate in
Strings School Days. Please help us to welcome him back!

This intimate summer program showcases Mozart and
Bottesini duos before finishing with Beethoven’s sublime
“Ghost” Trio, performed by members of the Los Angeles
Philharmonic and Colorado Symphony.
Martin Chalifour, violin
Claude Sim, viola
Barry Gold, cello
Timothy Pitts, bass
Joanne Pearce Martin, piano
MOZART Duo No. 1 in G Major for Violin and Viola, K. 423
(Chalifour, Sim)
BOTTESINI Grand Duo Concertante in A minor for Violin and
Bass (Chalifour, Pitts, Martin)
BEETHOVEN Piano Trio No. 1 in D Major, Op. 70 “Ghost”
(Chalifour, Gold, Martin)
We invite you to mingle with the musicians following this
evening’s performance.

Franz Joseph Haydn is as famed for his own virtuosity as
the sheer genius of his pupils. Amongst Haydn’s studio,
Hummel and Schubert stand out as two of Haydn’s
brightest protégés. Wind your way through the history and
evolution of the Classical era as you listen to Haydn and
his students’ accomplished works.
Martin Chalifour, violin
Claude Sim, viola
Barry Gold, cello
Timothy Pitts, bass
Sharon Sparrow, flute
Mark Nuccio, clarinet
Michael Sachs, trumpet
Gavin Martin, piano
HAYDN Duet in D major for Violin and Cello, Hob.VI: D1
(Chalifour, Gold)
HUMMEL Septet No. 2 in C Major, Op. 114 “Military”
(Chalifour, Gold, Pitts, Sparrow, Nuccio, Sachs, Martin)
SCHUBERT Piano Quintet in A Major

Be swept away into a reverie of shimmering colors and
warm timbres in this impressionist chamber program.
The evening features a dozen players from the nation’s
top orchestras and harp soloist Yolanda Kondonassis
performing works from composers Debussy, Ravel, and
Takemitsu.
Laura Albers, Vijay Gupta, John Macfarlane, Scott
Weber, violin
Mark Jackobs, Will Bender, viola
Joel Noyes, Austin Fisher, cello
Timothy Pitts, bass
Sharon Sparrow, flute
Mark Nuccio, clarinet
Yolanda Kondonassis, harp
TAKEMITSU Toward the Sea II (Sparrow, Kondonassis,
Strings)
RAVEL Introduction and Allegro (Kondonassis, Sparrow,
Nuccio, Strings)
DEBUSSY String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10 (Albers, Gupta,
Jakobs, Noyes)
We invite you to mingle with the musicians following this
evening’s performance.

Loras Schissel, conductor
Library of Congress Musicologist Loras Schissel returns
to Strings, conducting a program that celebrates American
dance music from the Ragtime Era to the Roaring 20s.
Led by Vijay Gupta of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the
festival orchestra features principal players from The
Cleveland Orchestra, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, and
Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Wear your best cloche or
bowler hats, and prepare to tap the night away to the
Charleston and other favorites.
STRINGS FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA
Violin: Vijay Gupta (Concertmaster), Laura Albers, Marie Bérard,
Missy Lukin, Scott Weber, John Macfarlane
Viola: Mark Jackobs, Will Bender
Cello: Joel Noyes, Austin Fisher
Bass: Timothy Pitts
Flute: Sharon Sparrow
Clarinet: Mark Nuccio, Jonathan Cohen
Trumpet: Michael Sachs, Jose Sibaja
Trombone: Domingo Pagliuca
Tuba: Sam Pilafian
Piano: Gavin Martin
Percussion: Vadim Karpinos

Joel Noyes, Assistant Principal Cello of the Metropolitan
Opera Orchestra, takes center stage at the Strings
Pavilion. In Noyes’ 10th performance at the Festival,
Noyes shines in a cello recital alongside accomplished
piano soloist Benjamin Hochman.
Joel Noyes, cello
Benjamin Hochman, piano
BEETHOVEN Seven Variations on ‘”Bei Männern welche
Liebe fühlen” in E-flat Major WoO46, from Mozart’s Die
Zauberflöte
BARTÓK Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 56
SCHUMANN Fantasiestücke, Op. 73
BRAHMS Cello Sonata No. 2 in F Major, Op. 99
We invite you to mingle with the musicians following this
evening’s performance.

For the Orchestra’s finale, Colorado Symphony Music
Director Brett Mitchell is on the podium to conduct an
extraordinary arrangement of Mahler’s Symphony No. 5.
Performed with gracious consent from the Natalia
Ensemble, one of Europe’s leading chamber ensembles,
Mahler’s energy gorgeously transcends from a 100-person
symphony to this chamber music version performed by
the Strings Festival Orchestra.
Brett Mitchell, conductor
STRAUSS JR. (arr. Schoenberg) Kaiserwalzer, Op. 437
(Gupta, Ramsey, J. Albers, Mesh, Steele, Nuccio, Basinska)
BACH French Suite No. 5 in G Major, BWV 816 (Hochman)
MAHLER (arr. Natalia Ensemble) Symphony No. 5 in
C-sharp minor
STRINGS FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA
Violin: Nurit Bar-Josef (Concertmaster), Laura Albers, Nancy Wu,
Vijay Gupta, Scott Weber, John Macfarlane
Viola: Lynne Ramsey, Mark Jackobs
Cello: Joel Noyes, Julie Albers
Bass: Leigh Mesh
Flute: Jennifer Steele
Oboe: Michele Tosser Smith
Clarinet: Mark Nuccio
Bassoon: John Clouser
Horn: Richard Deane
Trumpet: Michael Sachs
Harp: Cheryl Losey Feder
Piano: Benjamin Hochman, Alicja Basinska
Timpani: Paul Yancich
Percussion: William Cahn, Peter Flamm
We invite you to mingle with the musicians at our
Closing Night champagne reception following the
evening’s performance.