ECO Musical Moments No. 18 – 6/9/2020 ECO’s Musical Moment for this evening features longtime flautist and orchestra librarian Betsy Nelms! Betsy is invaluable to our organization not only as a musician but also as the librarian. Betsy has been performing with ECO and a number of local orchestras for Read more…
ECO Musical Moments No. 17 – 6/5/2020 Tonight’s ECO Musical Moment features our 2019 – 2020 Season Young Artists Solo Competition first prize winner, pianist Jocelynn King! Jocelynn auditioned for the Young Artists Solo Competition with her performance of the first movement of Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto Op. 22 in G Read more…
ECO Musical Moments No. 16 – 5/29/2020 Tonight’s ECO Musical Moment features our performance of Prokofiev’s so-called “Classical” Symphony Op. 25 at our Masterworks Concert Series Fall Concert. Prokofiev’s Classical Symphony is composed and constructed loosely in the style of Haydn – but, unlike so many other works composed “in Read more…
ECO Musical Moments No. 15 – 5/26/2020 Welcome to our fifteenth ECO Musical Moment! Tonight, you’ll get another insightful look into ECO Music Director William “Bill” Hill’s incredible collection of exotic percussion instruments. Learn about each instrument’s origin, musical conventions, and use cases – and then hear them in action! Read more…
ECO Musical Moments No. 14 – 5/22/2020 Another wonderful performance from our 2019 – 2020 Masterworks Concert Series Season Opener! Enjoy this video of ECO performing Brahms’ Sonata for Clarinet Op. 120, No. 2 (arranged by Thomas Sleeper for clarinet and orchestra) with Greg Dufford. Greg Dufford is an extraordinarily Read more…
ECO Musical Moments No. 13 – 5/19/2020 Tonight we have a special Musical Moment for you all! Check out ECO’s performance of Beethoven’s Overture to Egmont, Op. 84 from our 2019 – 2020 Season Opener. Beethoven’s Overture to Egmont is a favorite of orchestras worldwide – it is classic middle-period Read more…
ECO Musical Moments No. 12 – 5/15/2020 The twelfth edition of our ECO Musical Moments series features longtime ECO bassist Mark Stefaniw! Mark has been playing bass with ECO for many years and is a core member of our string section. Today he will perform a selection of Fiddler on Read more…
ECO Musical Moments No. 11 – 5/12/2020 Welcome to a very special edition of ECO Musical Moments. Tonight’s video features ECO performing Arcangelo Corelli’s Christmas Concerto at our most recent Colorado Mountain Holiday Concert on December 14th, 2019. Don’t forget – our first-ever ECO Happy Hour is coming up! Join Read more…
ECO Musical Moments No. 10 – 5/8/2020 Greetings all, and welcome to the TENTH edition of ECO Musical Moments. Tonight’s video features ECO Music Director William “Bill” Hill and his extraordinarily talented daughter Nadya Hill performing two short selections as encores at our most recent Chamber Recital Series event. The Read more…
ECO Musical Moments No. 5 – 5/5/2020 It’s #GivingTuesdayNow! Welcome to the special Giving Tuesday edition of our ECO Musical Moments series. Tonight, ECO board president James Spear performs Mozart’s delightful Piano Sonata in F Major, K. 332. A perennial favorite among players and audiences alike, we hope you enjoy Read more…