Better Boettcher Bash to boost fundraising bucks

The Colorado Symphony is hosting the Better Boettcher Bash, Colorado Symphony 25th Anniversary Celebration, on Sunday at Boettcher Concert Hall. A concert and fundraiser, the Better Boettcher Bash celebrates the orchestra’s legacy as well as a new vision for its home.

Conducted by Scott O’Neil, the Better Boettcher Bash will feature music from the Colorado Symphony as well as Natasha Paremski, world-renown pianist and favorite of Colorado Symphony audiences. Cellist Zuill Bailey will also join the orchestra for a program that includes traditional and beloved pieces from the symphonic canon, from Tchaikovsky and Saint-Saëns to Bernstein and Williams. Belen de Leon of 9News will host. Admission is available with a tax-deductable donation of $50, $100, or $200. All proceeds support the Better Boettcher campaign.

The Better Boettcher Bash falls on the silver anniversary of a groundbreaking cultural moment in 1989, when the Denver Symphony became the Colorado Symphony.

Last month, the Colorado Symphony unveiled a plan to renovate Boettcher Concert Hall, its home of 35 years. The Better Boettcher Plan, created by Denver’s Semple Brown Design, reinvisions Boettcher Concert Hall as a flexible, multi-media space with optimal acoustics and sound reinforcements. Details of the plan are available on the Colorado Symphony’s web site www.coloradosymphony.org.

“We believe Boettcher Concert Hall needs renovation, not demolition, and the public seems to agree with us,” said Jerome H. Kern, Colorado Symphony CEO and co-chair of its Board of Trustees. “Since we announced the Better Boettcher plan, we’ve heard from hundreds of community members who wish to support our efforts. The Better Boettcher Bash gives them an incredible opportunity to do so.”

The Better Boettcher Bash starts with cocktails at 5:30 p.m. followed by dinner at 7 in the Boettcher Concert Hall, Denver Performing Arts Complex.

Contributions may be made by phone at 303-623-7876, online at www.coloradosymphony.org, or through the box office in Boettcher Concert Hall, 1000 14^th St. Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, and noon to 6 p.m. Saturday.