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Our History2007 marks the orchestra's 60th anniversary and the Denver Philharmonic's fourth season. The orchestra was originally founded as the Denver Businessmen’s Orchestra by Dr. Antonia Brico in 1948. In honor of Dr. Brico, the orchestra changed its name to the Brico Symphony in 1968, a name still recognized in Denver’s music history. Following Dr. Brico’s retirement in 1986, the orchestra selected Julius Glaihengauz to be its second music director and changed its name to the Centennial Philharmonic. Dr. Horst Buchholz was selected as the orchestra's current music director and conductor in 1999, and in 2004 the orchestra became the Denver Philharmonic Orchestra. About our conductor Dr. Horst Buchholz is Director of Sacred Music and Principal Organist at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception and Associate Professor of church music at St. John Vianney Seminary, an affiliate of the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome. He has won international acclaim as conductor, concert organist, scholar, and educator. While being in Colorado, he has served as Associate Conductor with Opera Colorado and as Music Director of Denver's Young Artists Orchestra. Currently, he is Music Director and Conductor of the Denver Philharmonic Orchestra. Horst Buchholz received his early musical training in a boys choir in his native Germany and started conducting at age 16. When he was 21 years old, he had his Berlin Philharmonic debut as organ soloist, and shortly thereafter he founded the Berlin Chamber Orchestra. Dr. Buchholz holds two terminal degrees, one in Church Music from the University of Arts in Berlin, and one in Orchestral Conducting from Indiana University in Bloomington. His organ teachers were Heinz Lohmann, Peter Wackwitz, and Rudolf Heinemann. As an as-sistant with the Berlin Philharmonic Chorus he had the opportunity to work with and learn from such eminent maestros as Claudio Abbado, Riccardo Muti, and Herbert von Karajan. Horst Buchholz has been active as a conductor, organist, and lecturer in the United States, Japan, Korea, Mexico, and through-out Europe. He has performed on some of the most famous organs in the world. He was a guest conductor with the Boulder Philharmonic, the Colorado Symphony, the Sinfonia of Colorado, Central City Opera, the Akron Symphony, and other orchestras. He performed in some of the world's most prestigious concert halls, as well as for the United Nations in Vienna. He appeared on German National Television, the Korean TV, National Public Radio, the American AFN, and the British BBC. In the summer of 2000 Dr. Buchholz had his conducting debut in Salzburg during the International Summer Festival and has returned to Salzburg annually as conductor and organist. Future engagements include organ solo recitals at the Cathedrals of Berlin and Passau, Ger-many, as well as at the Winspear Center in Edmonton, Canada. In September 2003, Dr. Buchholz joined the Lamont School of Music of the University of Denver as organ faculty and curator of the William K. Coors organ. About Our President
Roger Powell has been a violinist in the Denver Philharmonic Orchestra since 1992, a Denver Philharmonic Orchestra board member since 1995, a Denver Philharmonic Orchestra Foundation member since 2003, and was elected President of the Denver Philharmonic Orchestra Board of Directors in 2003. He began playing the violin at the age of 9 and first played orchestral music as a freshman in high school in the Florence Symphony Orchestra in his childhood home of South Carolina. He has been involved in many aspects of the orchestra over the years (designing and mailing flyers, managing the phone line, selling tickets, promoting the orchestra’s first web site, managing orchestra personnel, and designing concert programs) and continues to be involved in many aspects of the orchestra. Roger earned his BA degree in Zoology from the University of Northern Colorado in 1986 and his MS degree in Zoology from the University of Idaho in 1989. He has worked in the fields of embryology and cancer biology and currently works at the National Jewish Medical and Research Center in the Mass Spectrometry-based Proteomics laboratory.
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Upcoming ConcertsThanks for a great 60th season! Join Our Mailing ListPrefer printed materials? We'll send information via good ol' U.S. Mail. Contact UsPhone: 303-836-7445 Denver Philharmonic Orchestra |
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