CANCELED

Unfortunately, we have had to cancel this event. For the reasons mentioned below, we feel strongly that this type of project could be part of MahlerFest will try again in future seasons. If you planned to participate, please let us know so that we know there was support for this program. You can tell a board member at one of the concerts or email Ethan Hecht at Ethan.Hecht@MahlerFest.org. We apologize for this cancelation.

“Environmental Service Project”
Friday, May 19, 2023 | Morning | FREE
In Collaboration with Positive Legacy

Mahler Strolling in the Alps

Mahler and his music are intimately tied to the outdoors. Mahler, of course, spent his summers composing in the Alps. Our Founding Artistic Director, Robert Olson, studied conducting on a Fullbright Scholarship in Vienna where he also was captivated by Mahler’s music. Upon his return to the States, Olson was reading a Mahler biography, sitting on the shores of Lake Dillon near Breckenridge, and recognized the similarity between the Colorado landscape and Mahler’s summertime composing environs. Thus was born Colorado MahlerFest; a direct result of the natural beauty of our location and Mahler’s Alpine summers (read more of our history here). 

Because of the importance of our environment both to Mahler and his music as well as the MahlerFest Community, we are collaborating with Positive Legacy to weave an environmental service project into MahlerFest XXXVI. Positive Legacy integrates music and service to benefit people and the planet. 

More information and sign-up coming soon.

Mount Mahler – a 3-hour drive from Boulder. Read the story of how the mountain was named after our beloved composer here. 

Mahler’s ‘composing hut’ on Lake Attersee. Photo by Paul Nigro