The Follicle Question: Save the Stache or Shave the Stache?

Posted September 13, 2026

Denver Philharmonic Executive Director Roger Haak has a mustache. It is, by all accounts, magnificent.

This fall, we’re putting its future up for a vote…and the ballots are donations.

Here’s the deal: two fundraisers, one mustache, winner takes all (or, in this case, takes nothing, because that’s kind of the whole bit). Whichever fundraiser raises more money decides Roger’s fate, revealed live at our season premiere, Undivided, on October 9.

Pick a side. Make a donation to cast your vote below. 👇

Vote to SAVE the Stache

Roger Haak’s mustache has served this orchestra with distinction, presiding over three years of orchestral brilliance. It has earned tenure. It has earned benefits. It has earned the right not to be shaved off by popular vote.

If this fundraiser out-raises its rival, the mustache lives to see another season.

Vote to SHAVE the Stache

It’s not personal, Roger. It’s just really, really funny.

If this fundraiser out-raises Save the Stache, Roger goes under the razor live at intermission during our season premiere, Undivided, on October 9. No mercy, no touch-ups, no last-minute appeals.