November 7, 2020
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1:00-6:00pm MST
On Saturday November 7th The Playground Ensemble will present an afternoon of conversations and performances with friends and family.
Join the chat, ask questions, and get to know the Playground better through this virtual marathon of music all in preparation for Colorado Gives Day, an annual day of charitable giving throughout the state where donations are matched by 1st Bank - thereby increasing the impact of donors’ dollars and boosting Colorado’s non-profit industry.
Each year the Playground Ensemble presents dozens of concerts to over 5,000 humans, many of whom are students. Donations made on Colorado Gives Day will directly impact the Playground’s year-round efforts to ensure that audiences continue to experience new composers and works, and that young people are shown that music can be vibrant, adventurous, and relevant to the world they live in.
Please join us for this event and support The Playground Ensemble on Colorado Gives Day by scheduling your donation early - simply go to the link below and select “Colorado Gives Day” as your donation frequency!
THE SCHEDULE
1:00 pm - Rachel Hargroder and Bethany Speer, two of the Playground’s Board Members, share snippets of their favorite Playground concerts throughout the years.
1:30 pm - Playground Violinist Sarah Whitnah shares a unique string quartet collaboration to come out of the COVID world, and brings in a couple of composers to discuss the work.
2:00 pm - Colorado composer (and Playground Board Chair) Nathan Hall performs some of his compositions and talks about the importance of The Playground’s focus on new music and activism.
2:30 pm - Stacy Fahrion, composer and pianist, shares some of her favorite remote collaborations from this year.
3:00 pm - Two of the Playground’s Teaching Artists, Sam Goodman and Luke Wachter, talk about the Playground’s education programs and how important they are in developing creative young people. Then Playground ED Conrad Kehn will teach a lesson on turning stories into music. Come join the fun!
3:30 pm - SONGS ABOUT CRAZY - Composer and raconteur Michael Hanna shares some of his favorite music-and-video creations from his work in mental health education and advocacy.
4:00 pm - Playground board member and composer Britta Hurula shares two new pieces and chats about her involvement with the Playground.
4:15 pm - Board member CJ Garcia will share an electro-acoustic piece with accompanying video and share some of the reasons he got involved with the Playground Ensemble
4:30 pm - Playground Cellist Jake Saunders performs a selection of works for solo cello.
5:00 pm - Composer and Professor at MSU Denver David Farrell performs one of his own compositions for live electronics.
5:20 pm - HOT TAKES WITH CONRAD & DAVID - Join the Playground’s fearless ED and Board Member David Farrell for a live, interactive chat about their takes on hot issues in the world today.
5:30 pm - Composer and Playground Founder & Executive Director Conrad Kehn closes out the afternoon with a visit form Emancipation Theater's Jeff Campbell to talk about the Justice for Raverro campaign, From Allies to Abolitionists, and THE PREMIERE OF THEIR NEW WORK SYNAGOGUE OF SATAN. This is followed by a short performance of Conrad's Copyrite of Spring Ableton sampler instrument and closes out with the unveiling of 'Baldhawk!’