The Colorado Symphony is committed to #PlayOn, and the latest way it will be doing so is through the Colorado Symphony Association’s new Virtual Stage. Virtual Stage is an on-demand digital video and audio content portal available through the Colorado Symphony’s website. The first Virtual Stage concert, which became available on Dec. 1, is a full-length video of the Colorado Symphony’s performance of Vivaldi’s “The Four Seasons” at Red Rocks from earlier this summer. This concert was one of about two dozen that the Colorado Symphony performed live in a socially-distanced setting with a limited amount of tickets available.

With Boettcher Concert Hall performances cancelled through May 30, 2021, the Colorado Symphony has unveiled Virtual Stage, a digital content platform through ColoradoSymphony.org developed to allow the orchestra to Play On over the next few months while generating revenue for musician salaries and continued operations. Through Virtual Stage, patrons can pay to watch videos of archival performances and never-seen-before shows that were recorded safely, without an audience, through the fall at Boettcher.

Take away Red Rocks Amphitheatre and Denver’s major theater complex. The downtown skyline and the foothills would look very different. More importantly, Colorado’s economy and quality of life would be very different. Specifically, you’re missing nearly $2 billion, as well as immeasurable social and cultural benefits, if the Front Range has no performing arts venues and organizations. Also, the most active and supportive live arts patrons in the nation would be missing their opportunities to experience challenging dramas, stunning ballet, captivating symphonies and much more.

Colorado Symphony Bassist Susan Cahill was featured on the October 2 episode of the PBS miniseries Now Here This "Becoming Mozart". Host Scott Yoo and pianist Stewart Goodyear visit Yoo’s Festival Mozaic where Goodyear learns to direct an orchestra from the piano while improvising the solos of Mozart’s twentieth piano concerto. Click here to watch the full episode. 

While Red Rocks Amphitheatre's normal season was butchered by the pandemic, the venue still managed to set some records in 2020 and the Colorado Symphony will go down in the books as the musical outfit with the most Red Rock shows in any single season.