May 2021 Guild Newsletter

The Guild's Derby Party was a HIT!! May's program will include the Guild's annual member meeting

Guild board members Andrew Will and Dawn Conley enjoy the beautiful weather and the great fun at the Kentucky Derby Party.

Guild board members Justin Burns and Leslie Castle get into the fun, climbing up on the horses we had available for Derby guests to have their pictures taken with. These folks know how to have fun.

Dear Guild members and friends:
The Kentucky Derby Watch Party and Fundraiser was so much fun!! The weather was perfect. The guest were decked out and everyone had a great time. To see a few of the photos, click here. It was a wonderful opportunity to meet. The outdoor space provided by Gold Hill Mesa was perfect.

Our April member program, featuring Mood Swing, a gypsy jazz ensemble delighted our members and friends who attended the program at Patty Jewett's golf club. What a fabulous evening we enjoyed!

The Guild's May Member Program will incorporate the fun and festive nature of our normal monthly programs: live music featuring Edith Makes a Paperchain (showcasing our own Philharmonic bass trombone player Jeremy Van Hoy), appetizers and cocktails. We will also incorporate our annual membership meeting and the voting on of our new slate of board members for next season. The slate of nominees is listed to the right, and the entire slate, including board members finishing out terms is here.
If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to me here. If you would like to RSVP for the May program, please fill out the form here.

Maestro Thomas Wilson led us through our first Listening Club last month. If you did sign up, you do not need to sign up again. You will automatically be notified about May's program (scheduled for Tuesday, May 18), and will have access to each month's PDF, as well as recorded excerpts from Maestro Wilson's discussion. If you are seeking previous PDFs or discussions, go to the Listening Club page here.

It has been a strange, yet wonderful year. We had numerous challenges and much uncertainty. But, the Guild has continued to move forward-first online, and then cautiously into in-person meetings. I am proud of the board and their dedication to bringing you music--in many different ways this year. We did not throw in the towel, but approached the problems creatively and safely. Today, we find ourselves in a good position, with a strong list of nominations for the coming year.

Thank you for your membership. Thank you for your support of the Guild, and of the Philharmonic, and let's remember: it's all about the music.

Sincerely,
Joy Maples

Welcome New and Renewing Members

Denny and Kelli Nicholas

The Guild Listening Club (via zoom) is scheduled for Tues., May 18, 2 p.m.

Maestro Thomas Wilson

The Colorado Springs Philharmonic Guild (CSPG), in conjunction with Philharmonic Associate Music Director Thomas Wilson, introduces the CSP Guild Listening Club; a no-cost program to encourage the listening, learning and discussion of classical music. Maestro Wilson will conduct monthly, one-hour programs that guide listeners through a piece of music; analyze the piece for feeling, tempo, chord progression, etc. Our next Listening Club is scheduled for Tuesday, May 18, 2 p.m. and will go over the Mozart Requiem.

Maestro Wilson will provide pertinent details about the composer--the time period, the particulars of the geographic area, and the major players/contemporaries in their sphere of influence. A PDF of questions and notes will be distributed via email. Question from the Zoom audience are appreciated during the Q and A section.
If you have already "joined" the Listening Club, there is not reason to sign up again. If you have not, please RSVP here.

If you missed our first installment, you can see the recorded program here.

The Colorado Springs Philharmonic Guild slate of nominees for the 2021/22 season.

The Nominating Committee spent a great deal of time talking to Guild members and friends. We posted two "ads" in previous newsletters to get nominations from the membership. We have had a great response and feel proud, and very comfortable in introducing our slate for next season:
Ms. Stephanie Edwards, Executive Vice President, Gold Hill Mesa, will accept the position of Vice President. Ms. Rose Lyda, rotating off, as president, of the board of the Colorado Springs Youth Symphony, will move onto the Guild board as a member-at-large. Trudi Pruett, owner with her husband Nicolas, of Broadmoor Dental, is taking on the important role of the Nutcracker Boutique, one of the Guild's largest annual fundraisers. Brian Gowdy, Owner / Publisher at Colorado Springs Real Producers — Real Producers Magazine, comes to the Guild board with a heavy marketing and communications background. Jessica Kyle, a local attorney who has served on several boards, will join the Guild board as a member-at-large. And finally, Jenifer Furda, Director of Partnerships & Governmental Affairs & Military Liaison at University of Colorado Colorado Springs, comes to the Guild board with a ton of experience and knowledge of the Colorado Springs community.
For more in depth bios on each of our nominees, and to see the entire slate, please go here.
Be ready to vote on this very qualified slate at the upcoming May Membership Meeting next Wednesday, May 19, 5 to 7 pm at the Warehouse Restaurant.

Youth and music partnerships for Guild

It is a privilege to usher children into the world of music. We can do it at home with our own children and grandchildren. Of course, this assumes that we know, understand and play music. For those of us who did not learn an instrument, but yet, did develop a love and appreciation for music -- public, private and charter schools can help bridge that gap. We are working on a few partnerships including a potential working relationship with a violin program at Bristol Elementary School, as well as an additional partnership with an already awesome partner -- the Colorado Springs Youth Symphony, as they head into summer and the opportunity to work with the Youth Symphony on a summer camp series. Stay tuned for details as we work through the process.

A reminder of the Guild's sheet music library

In 2003, The Colorado Springs Symphony Guild (as it was called then), desiring to further promote the musical arts in Colorado Springs and the liberal arts mission of Colorado College, made a gift of the Symphony Library to the College. Currently housed in Packard Hall on the Colorado College campus, this vast collection of over 800 orchestral scores and parts is available for use by orchestral groups residing in El Paso County. The following guidelines pertain to its use:
      • The College has the primary right to use the Symphony Library for its educational purposes. However, whenever reasonably
         practicable, the College shall make the Symphony Library available upon request to other established symphonic organizations
        of all levels, based in El Paso County.

The College will not charge for use of the Symphony Library by other Colorado Springs orchestral music users except to the extent necessary to cover reasonable processing and administrative expenses associated with maintaining the music library. The fee is normally $20, only to be exceeded if the preparation for borrowing several works requires an undue amount of time.

This collection is searchable in the Catalog. To inquire about the collection or request to borrow materials, please contact Daryll Stevens, Music Librarian, (719) 389-6126, or email the library.

Enjoy reading past "e" newsletters here.

We have been producing our online "e" newsletter since August 2019. We do hope you are enjoying the newsletter. Catch up on past issues here. If there is something that you want included or something you would like to see us cover, please let us know here.

Thank you so much for continuing with "business as usual" and investing in the Guild as we move into uncharted waters. Renew here.