East West Resorts Beaver Creek

The Beaver Creek Snowshoe Adventure Series

The first of 3 snowshoe races in the Beaver Creek Snowshoe Adventure Series begins this Sunday January 8^th. The 5k race is sponsored by East West Resorts.  There is also a 1k for the kids and a 10k if your feeling extra energetic.  The race begins at 11 am with on-site registration beginning at 9 a.m.  The race finishes with a party at the Dusty Boot with food and giveaways.  The other 2 races are on Sunday February 5^th, and Sunday, March 11^th.  If you would like to register for all 3 races it is $85 or you can just do an individual race for $30 pre registration/ $35 the day of.  To register go to bcsnowshoe.com. 

 See you on Sunday!

Colorado Symphony Chorus

For Immediate Release                                                                       

Media Contact: Julie Tomlinson
(970) 949-1999
jtomlinson@vvf.org

COLORADO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA & CHORUS TO PERFORM MOZARTS SWAN SONG REQUIEM AT THE VILAR CENTER IN BEAVER CREEK ON JANUARY 31

January 29, 2011 (Beaver Creek, CO) – Conductor Bernard Labadie and the Colorado Symphony Orchestra (CSO) make a triumphant return to the Vilar Performing Arts Center (VPAC) on Monday, January 31 at 6:30 p.m. The evening’s all-Mozart program includes three masterpieces by the renowned composer: Overture to The Magic Flute; Oboe Concerto with Principal Oboe Peter Cooper; and Requiem featuring the CSO Chorus.

As the Rocky Mountain regions only full-time professional orchestra, the CSO embraces a tradition of musical excellence by presenting a wide variety of symphonic performances and music education programs for both the young and the young at heart. The CSO has gained recognition as one of the finest performing orchestras in the country.

100 vocalists from the Colorado Symphony Chorus will join the orchestra on the Vilar Center stage, in the second half of the program, to perform Mozart’s Requiem. Founded in 1984 by Duain Wolfe, the Colorado Symphony Chorus has grown into a nationally respected ensemble and performs with the CSO for more than 25 performances this year. Monday’s performance of Requiem, will mark the first time in VPAC history that an orchestra and chorus have appeared together on its stage.

Mozart’s Requiem is often described as the most heart-wrenching piece of music in the world. The piece begins with a haunting melody, followed by a dramatic crescendo of minor chords with the chorus singing in Latin.

Mozart began creating the Requiem in July  of 1791 but did not finish it before his death in December.  Mozart became obsessed with the Requiem, referring to it as his swan-song, convinced that he was writing the music for his own funeral.  In his words, “I am on the point of death; I have finished before I could enjoy my talent…. I thus must finish my funeral song, which I must not leave incomplete”. There have been many stories and myths surrounding the commissioning of this work.

Tickets for Colorado Symphony Orchestra & Chorus are $75/90, based on seating and are available online at vilarpac.org, by phone at 888.920.ARTS(2787) or in person at the Vilar Center box office in Beaver Creek.

The Vilar Performing Arts Center is a project of the Vail Valley Foundation. For more information on the Vail Valley Foundation, visit vvf.org.

Evening Repertoire:
MOZART              Overture to The Magic Flute, K. 620
MOZART              Oboe Concerto in C major, K. 314

-          Intermission -                 

 MOZART              Requiem, K. 626 (completion by Robert Levin)                                                         

###