
Holiday Concert
Gaudreau conducts Brahms
CHRISTINE GAUDREAU
Guest Conductor
Colorado School of
Mines Green Center
Golden, Colorado
Sunday
December 11
3:00 p.m.
1 hour and 30
minutes with
intermission

What's interesting about this concert...
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Academic Festival Overture — one of Brahms’ most prized and performed works. With a nod to German folk songs and tunes sung at bars, the composer himself conducted the 1881 premiere.
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Hansel & Gretel started as a Christmas puppet show by Humperdinck's sister, who dialed in a sibling favor. She asked her brother to write a few songs for the adaptation and the music is now a beloved holiday classic.
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Fantasia on Greensleeves, an exquisite four-minute orchestral miniature that has far eclipsed the song it was inspired by, which was a traditional melody during the days of the Tudors.
Concert Program
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Academic Festival Overture
EDVARD GRIEG
Norwegian Dances
ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK
Hansel & Gretel, selections
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Fantasia on "Greensleeves"
...and festive, holiday favorites!
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Join us at our festive Holiday concert!
Performers

Christine Gaudreau, conductor
Christine Gaudreau is honored to serve as rehearsal and guest conductor during Jefferson Symphony’s 70th Anniversary Season. Her association with JSO goes back to 2011 when she first served as Chorus Master for performances of Beethoven’s 9th Symphony. She began musical training in Germany before moving to the U.S.; Gaudreau is now in her 13th season as Principal Musical and Artistic Director of Ovation West Performing Arts, where she conducts the Evergreen Chorale and Altezza Chamber Chorale.

Jefferson Symphony
For seventy years, the Jefferson Symphony Orchestra has made music thousands of people in and around Jefferson County have enjoyed. What motivates our ensemble also motivates those who attend — a love of great music. Our symphony series and edcational programs add a new dimension of awareness, enrichment, and engagement to music-loving audiences.
Our cast for "Hansel and Gretel"

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Also of interest
Our venue — welcome to the Green Center in Golden
The Green Center on Colorado School of Mines campus houses a Grand Lobby, two lecture halls, and its newly renovated auditorium with an extravagant concert stage for concert productions
As the largest auditorium in Jefferson County, the Green Center accommodates 1,400 patrons in upholstered retracting theater seats and offers a perfect acoustic experience for live music.
Jeffco students receive free tickets all season
Our concerts are free for Jeffco school students! Enjoy a symphonic experience with your students or family — read more from JSO.
All youth in Jefferson County K—12 schools receive guest admission from our ticketing attendants. Students will receive one free ticket with the purchase of an adult ticket to concerts during the 2022/23 season