We will continue to add events here as they are scheduled and confirmed.
For information about the Symposium on Saturday, May 18, click here.
For information about open rehearsals, click here.
Trombone Masterclass with David Taylor
Monday, May 13, 2024 | 3:45 – 5:45 PM | FREE & open to everyone
Mountain View United Methodist Church, 355 Ponca Place, Boulder
On the “Opening Night: Visions of Childhood” program, David Taylor will perform Mahlerei, a reminagining of the Scherzo from Mahler’s Fourth Symphony for bass trombone and chamber orchestra. In this masterclass, Taylor coaches trombone players from the MahlerFest Orchestra and other local trombone players.
Violin Masterclass with Alan Snow
Tuesday, May 14, 2024 | 3 – 4:30 PM | FREE & open to everyone
Mountain View United Methodist Church, 355 Ponca Place, Boulder
Alan Snow is the concertmaster for the MahlerFest Orchestra this season and is the Associate Concertmaster of the Minnesota Orchestra. In this masterclass, Snow coaches violinists in solo repertoire.
Pre-Concert Conversation with Joseph Horowitz
Wednesday, May 15, 2024 | 6:30 PM | Open to all ticket holders
Mountain View United Methodist Church, 355 Ponca Place, Boulder
Joseph Horowitz, author of “The Marriage: The Mahler’s in New York,” is the arranger of Mahlerei on the opening night program.
Wagner Tuba and Alphorn Introduction with Lydia Van Dreel
Friday, May 17, 2024 | 3 PM | FREE & open to everyone
Mountain View United Methodist Church, 355 Ponca Place, Boulder
Lydia Van Dreel is the MahlerFest principal horn player and a professor at the University of Oregon. In this program, she will demonstrate and talk about two unique instruments that horn players will be using in the performance of Strauss’s Alpine Symphony.
Pre-Concert Conversation with Nick Pfefferkorn
Saturday, May 18, 2024 | 6:30 PM | Open to all ticket holders
Macky Auditorium, 1595 Pleasant Street, Boulder
Nick Pfefferkorn is the publishing director of Breitkopf & Härtel and the editor of the newest edition of Strauss’s An Alpine Symphony, the edition being played on Saturday evening’s performance.
Pre-Concert Conversation
Sunday, May 19, 2024 | 2:30 PM | Open to all ticket holders
Macky Auditorium, 1595 Pleasant Street, Boulder
Kenneth Woods discusses this afternoon’s performance