Since 1949, the Fort Collins Symphony (FCS) has offered exceptional classical, traditional, contemporary, and popular symphonic performances to northern Colorado residents and visitors. The FCS Board of Directors is pleased to announce the 2019-20 repertoire of Platinum Season 70. Under the leadership of award-winning conductor Maestro Wes Kenney, this exciting season includes five Masterworks concerts, the popular Pops concert, and numerous community outreach programs for children, families, and seniors. The word “Platinum” conjures up images of one of the world’s rarest and most exquisite precious metals. In the music industry’s parlance, a platinum album signifies highest honors. Perhaps less well…

The Fort Collins Symphony concludes its Season 69 musical odyssey with the Masterworks 5 concert, “Vienna to Fort Collins,” on Saturday, May 11, 2019 at 7:30 p.m. at the Fort Collins Lincoln Center.  Under the direction of Maestro Wes Kenney, the performance features music composed by Johannes Brahms and Anton Bruckner. The Masterworks 5 musical journey’s final stop is in the elegant Austrian capital city of Vienna. It was here that Johannes Brahms composed twenty-one Hungarian dances with moods ranging from impish to elegant. Each captures the character of the Hungarian people. The FCS orchestra performs the spirited Dance No.…

Under the baton of Maestro Wes Kenney, take a tour with the Fort Collins Symphony (FCS) through the Great American Soundscape during its annual Pops Concert entitled “American Road Trip” on Friday, March 29 at 7:00 pm at Timberline Church (2908 South Timberline Road, Fort Collins).  The evening’s tour guides include: Leroy Anderson, Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Copland, Charles Ives, Scott Joplin, Fred Morden, and John Philip Sousa; all composers who have helped shape modern symphonic music. Traditional “Pops” concerts offer lighter fare and symphonic arrangements of works in other media and genres.  Thus, highlights from Broadway, the Beatles, Frank Sinatra,…

The Friends of the Symphony will host Musical Zoo 2019 on Sunday, March 3, 2019 from 2:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Fort Collins’ Timberline Church. This exciting program of musical education and entertainment is designed especially for children 3-12 years of age and their families. Musical Zoo features an instrumental “Petting Zoo” where children can hold and “play” a variety of orchestral instruments between 2:00 and 3:35 p.m. Short instrumental and choral performances by youth groups will be held at the same time. The Grand Finale takes place from 3:45 to 4:30 p.m. with the Fort Collins Symphony performing…