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Christopher Dragon and the Colorado Symphony will host prolific film composer and four-time Oscar nominee Danny Elfman for a full weekend of activities January 14 and 15, 2022. Elfman is perhaps best known for scoring 16 of Tim Burton’s 19 films – and the theme song for “The Simpsons.” Dragon discussed Elfman's impact on symphonic music and more with the Denver Gazette. 

Danny Elfman will be a special guest when the Colorado Symphony performs "Danny Elfman’s Music From the Films of Tim Burton" this weekend on January 14 and 15. Christopher Dragon will conduct the concerts, which will be enhanced by visuals of Burton’s original film sketches, drawings and storyboards on the big screen.

When Marin Alsop steps onto the stage at Boettcher Concert Hall this month, it will be a reunion: The Colorado Symphony is where Alsop made her name nearly 30 years ago as the symphony’s first female music director and conductor.

The creative partnership between DeVotchKa and the Colorado Symphony began back in 2012, when the two teamed up to debut an amalgam of rock and classical music at Boettcher Concert Hall. Now in their sixth collaboration, DeVotchKa and the eighty-piece orchestra will augment the listening experience with a plush, layered sound as they share the stage to premiere "A Very DeVotchKa Holiday" on Thursday, December 16, at Boettcher Hall.

Singer-songwriter Ben Folds has announced his latest tour will bring him back to the Centennial State next year for a performance with the Colorado Symphony. The "In Actual Person Live For Real Tour" will stop at Denver's Boettcher Concert Hall on April 23, 2022.