High Desert Opera Presents:
Tosca
Saturday, July 26, 2008
7:30 p.m.

Giacomo Puccini’s beloved opera with English libretto by Tom Boyd. Fully staged. Featuring Grand Junction Symphony musicians, Scott Betts, Conductor. Maria Ciccaglione as Tosca from New York, NY, Thom King as Scarpia from Baltimore, MD, Josh Shaw as Cavaradossi from Los Angeles, CA. Tickets also available for an After the Opera Dessert and Coffee with the Principal singers (click the link to purchase).

Librettos and program viewing lights will be available for sale -- call Linda Arnos at 245-4914. They may also be purchased at the door. Librettos are $7. Lights are $5. Both together are $10.

Location: Avalon Theatre, Downtown Grand Junction (7th and Main St.)

     
     
Wells Fargo Evening Under the Stars:
Free Concert in the Park
Saturday, Aug. 23, 2008
Grand Junction Symphony Orchestra
Centennial Band
Sweet Adelines
     
     
Goin’ Chopin – Got the Liszt?
Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2008
  Janina Fialkowska, piano
Hovhannes – And God Created Whales
Liszt – Les Preludes
Chopin – Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor
     
     
Tchaikovsky!
Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2008
  Kara Guggenmos, soprano
Jones – Elegy
Strauss – Vier letzte Lieder (Four Last Songs)
Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 5
     
     
Symphony Gala: Paint the Town Red!
Saturday, Nov. 15, 2008
Grand Junction Symphony Gala Save the date of
this enchanting event now!
Symphony Gala 2008 - Nov. 15, 2008
Two Rivers Convention Center
     
     
The Nutcracker
Dec. 12-14, 2008
The Nutcracker - Presented by Grand Junction Symphony Orchestra  
     
     
Childrens' Concert: The Nutcracker
Saturday, Dec. 13, 2008
Childrens Concert  
     
     
Gershwin, Copland & Bernstein
Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2009
  With the Western Colorado Chorale, Monte Atkinson, Choir Director
Bernstein – Chichester Psalms
Walker – A Testimant to Peace
Copland – Letter from Home
Gershwin – American in Paris
     
     
An Evening With Mark O’Conner
Saturday, Feb. 14, 2009
   
     
     
River of Time
Tuesday, Mar. 3, 2009
  Samuel Price, trombone
Ewazen – Down a River of Time
Gröndahl – Trombone Concerto
Mozart – Symphony No. 40
     
     
The Planets
Tuesday, Apr. 7, 2009
  Ryan Anthony, trumpet
TBD – Opening American trumpet piece
Friedman – Classical Concerto in C
Holst – The Planets
     
     
Chasing Light*
Tuesday, May 9, 2009
 

Julie Albers, cello; Laura Albers, violin
Wagner – Tristan and Isolde – Prelude & Liebestod
Schwantner – Chasing Light…*
Brahms – Double Concerto

*Joseph Schwantner’s Chasing Light… is part of Ford Made in America. made possible by Ford Motor Company Fund.