Halloween Spooktacular Colorado Symphony
Boettcher Center
Denver, CO
October 26, 2014
This was our second year at the Colorado Symphony's Spooky Symphony. It's a fun occasion for the kids (and their parents) to dress up. But it's a wonderful opportunity to expose children to the symphony.
I was thinking it would be the same concert as last year, so I was impressed that they had selected a completely new set of music for us. Most of it was taken from movies like Beetlejuice, Ghostbusters and Star Wars.
The orchestra members were also dressed up. The percussion section represented Marvel action heroes, the strings were costumed as the girls from Madeliene. So it was surprising that the conductor came out in a tuxedo. The first selection was from the movie Spiderman. When the piece was almost over, he turned around and opened his shirt to reveal a Spiderman shirt. And in the waning moments he completely transformed into Spiderman. For this, the conductor earned a loud ovation.The adults probably appreciated the Suite from Mother Goose more than the children did. But nothing took away from the festive atmosphere of the day.
