The Phoenix Rises

Every hero’s journey begins somewhere. This season finale takes its cues not from fairy tales, but from something older and more elemental. The mythic cycles that Joseph Campbell spent a lifetime mapping: the call, the transformation, the return. The music on this program isn’t just beautiful; it’s foundational, representing some of the moments when the orchestral world as we know it cracked open and became something new.

The evening also features a unique collaboration with the Colorado State Music Teachers Association: concerto competition winners join the DPO onstage, with the orchestra performing selections from their own winning works live in concert.

Claude Debussy
Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

Igor Stravinsky
The Firebird Suite

Selections from CSMTA Concerto Competition Winners