Contents
2011 Season

May 29th, 2011 Colorado Summer Arts preview: Classical Music Denver Post

May 29th, 2011 A high-flying summer for classical music Boulder Daily Camera

June 21st, 2011  Colorado Music Festival blends old and new music Longmont Times-Call

June 22nd, 2011  CMF Presents Rediscovered Masters Concert Boulder Jewish News

June 23rd, 2011  Worlds of music: Colorado Music Festival brings diverse classical offerings to Boulder Boulder Weekly

June 23rd, 2011  Kids out front at this year's Colorado Music Festival  Boulder Daily Camera

June 27th, 2011 Michael Christie opens to almost sold-out crowd Boulder Daily Camera

July 6th, 2011 Estes Park Music Festival opens summer season Estes Park Trail-Gazette

July 7th, 2011 Eclectic violins Boulder Weekly

July 12th, 2011 Colorado Music Festival Pays Tribute to Jewish Composers Boulder Jewish News

July 22nd, 2011 'Beyond the Score is an unqualified success at CMF Daily Camera' Daily Camera

July 28th, 2011 Time for Three trio defies definition, spans musical genres Denver Post

July 28th, 2011 Breaking walls with violins Boulder Weekly

July 31st, 2011 Colorado Music Festival grand finale features the innovative group Time for Three Boulder Daily Camera

2010 Season

April 15th, 2010 Colorado Music Festival | Snatches of Summer Denver Post

May 28th, 2010 Classical Music in Colorado this summer Daily Camera

June 1st, 2010 Jake Shimabukuro changes perception of ukulele with 5 million youtube views Marquee Magazine

June 18th, 2010 Colorado Music Festival presents high-quality variety Longmont Times-Call

June 19th, 2010 Kids Come First at Colorado Music Festival Daily Camera

June 19th, 2010 Colorado Music Festival called "a good idea whose time has come" in 1979 Daily Camera

June 24th, 2010 Picks of the Week Brighton Standard Blade

June 27th, 2010 Colorado Music Festival getting started as music director completes his first decade Daily Camera

July 1st, 2010 Classical Culture: Colorado Music Festival offers diverse lineup in 34th season Boulder Weekly

July 4th, 2010 Chris Brubeck, son of Dave Brubeck, stars at CMF this week Daily Camera

July 7th, 2010 Time for Three unites classical traning and jazz improv Denver Post

July 7th, 2010 Colorado Music Festival takes an innovative, grassroots approach to commissioning a new
                       musical work Denver Post

July 9th, 2010 Time for Three a magic convergence Denver Post

July 9th, 2010 Brahms gets center stage at music fest Denver Post

July 11th, 2010 Colorado Music Festival's third week features Brahms Daily Camera

July 12th, 2010 Brahms celebrated at Colorado Music Festival Denver Post

July 16th, 2010 Michael Christie conducts effort to balance symphonic and opera worlds Denver Post

July 18th, 2010 End of Brahms mini-festival spotlights music fest orchestra Daily Camera

July 18th, 2010  Mozart, Mussorgsky and more in fourth week Daily Camera

July 19th, 2010 The violin to be spotlighted at the 2011 Colorado Music Festival Denver Post

July 25th, 2010 Wagner with words at the Colorado Music Festival Daily Camera

July 28th, 2010  Soprano Jane Eaglen to deliver concentrated dose of Wagner in Boulder Denver Post

July 29th, 2010 Classical and klezmer: Clarinettist David Krakauer highlights the CMF's final week Boulder Weekly

July 30th, 2010 Shakespeare and classical music a potent mix in Boulder Colorado Springs Gazette

August 2nd, 2010 Michael Christie draws out works' essence Denver Post

August 3rd, 2010 Apex Contemporary Dance Theatre and Zoe Keating World Dance Review

August 4th 2010 Talented performer shows pluck in her playfulness Denver Post

August 5th 2010 Apex Contemporary Dance Theater performs with cellist, Zoe Keating in Colorado Music Festival (Culture Mob)

August 6th  2010 Christie's decade culminates in season finale with Mahler's Fifth

August 6th 2010 REVIEW: Festival's Mahler 5 offers every color, every charged nuance The Colorado Springs Gazette

August 23, 2010 Reflections on the Colorado Music Festival Daily Camera

CMF's 2009 Season

August 15, 2009 Colorado Music Festival wrap-up: ninth season provides innovation, virtuosity (Daily Camera)

August 2, 2009 Mexican conductor opens final week of CMF (Daily Camera)

July 31, 2009 Shimmering Strauss heats up a cold night at Chautauqua (Daily Camera)

July 29, 2009 Boulder Festival puts musicians in 'paradise' (Rocky Mountain Independent)

July 27. 2009 Piano concert week concludes at CMF (Daily Camera)

July 26, 2009 All-Mozart bash opens Week 5 at Colorado Music Festival (Daily Camera)

July 24, 2009 Crowds cheer Colorado Music Festival 'Concerto Week' (Daily Camera)

July 21, 2009 Chen provides fine start to week of piano's greatest (Denver Post)

July 19, 2009 Colorado Music Fest performs great piano concertos (Daily Camera)

July 17, 2009 Christie's Mahler leavesCMF audience breathless (Daily Camera)

July 16, 2009 Soloists to tackle piano concertos at Boulder music festival (Denver Post)

July 12, 2009 Colorado Music Fest features Mozart, Mahler in third week (Daily Camera)

July 10, 2009 Live review: East Meets West @Chautauqua Auditorium (Denver Post Blog - Reverb)

July 10, 2009 Ancient Chinese soundtrack charms Boulder (Denver Post)

July 10, 2009 Fresh 'New World' Symphony adds balance to modern works (Daily Camera)

July 9, 2009 Music and Mountains drive festivals' fortunes (Rocky Mountain Independent)

July 9, 2009 Music across the ages, in the hands of a virtuosa (Denver Post)

July 8, 2009 String quartet produces knock-out (Denver Post)

July 6, 2009 REVIEW: Music and theater festivals merge perfect setting, sweet arts (The Colorado Springs Gazette)

July 3, 2009 CMF debuts with classic Americana (Daily Camera)

June 28, 2009 CMF Opens with opens with all-American week (Daily Camera)

June 27, 2009 Young People's Concerts tune new ears to classics (Denver Post)

June 20, 2009 Outside Guide: Classical Music & Dance Festivals, Strings, less ch-ching (Denver Post)

June 19, 2009 Pettem: Twenty years ago, the CMF explored the American scene. (Daily Camera)

June 19, 2009 This Year's CMF Classical and kid friendly (Daily Camera)

June 7, 2009 Hot at any price: Classical music (Denver Post)

March 31, 2009 Two local music groups to merge (Daily Camera)

January 25, 2009 Colorado Music Festival puts emphasis on quality, diversity in 2009 season (Daily Camera)

 

Michael Christie recieves two ASCAP awards!

CMF's Michael Christie has just received two ASCAP Awards for adventurous programming!

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Cover Story of Symphony magazine (January/February 2009)
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JF09_Cover8Michael Christie was featured in the cover story of Symphony magazine's January/February 2009 issue. Click on the link above to download a pdf of that exciting story.

Michael Christie in the News

December 5, 2008  Review of concert with pianist Louis Lortie and St. Louis Symphony Orchestra (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

November 11, 2008  Beyond Brooklyn: An NSO Debut (The Washington Post)

November 1 & 7, 2008  Puppeteer adds twist to symphony and Petrushka review, Arizona Republic

November 2008 A Life Symphonic, Phoenix Magazine

September 18, 2008 Brooklyn Philharmonic ’09: Remote Control Cars, a Mouse and a World-Class Agenda, Brooklyn Eagle

September 7, 2008 World music fest opens with Bartók, Arizona Republic

August 24, 2008 Symphony takes up music of the world, Arizona Republic

Feb. 17, 2007    Copland's 'Fanfare' still raises goose bumps (The Enquirer, Cincinnati)
 

Feb. 17, 2007    Christie leads Copland 'Fanfare' at Music Hall (Cincinnati Post)
 

Feb. 5, 2007    A Musical Night in Brooklyn, With Dance and Didgeridoo (New York Times)
 

 
 
(QOnstage.com)

Hitting the Brooklyn Heights (a feature on Michael Christie published in Gramophone)

CMF's 2008 Season
August 17, 2008 Colorado Music fest's season a ringing success (Denver Post)

August 8, 2008 Colorado Music Festival season in review (Daily Camera)

August 3, 2008 Festivals offer musicians a respite (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)


August 1, 2008 Mahler's mighty 3rd handled with aplomb
(Rocky Mountain News)

August 1, 2008 Mahler closes Christie's best CMF season (Daily Camera)

July 27, 2008 Classical Colorado Music Festival wraps up this week with tap-dance duo

(Daily Camera)


July 27, 2008 Moving Navajo Oratorio marred only by backdrop
(Denver Post)

July 25, 2008 Celebrating Navajo stories (Denver Post)

July 25, 2008 Hansen: CMF's Enemy Slayer powerful (Daily Camera)


July 25, 2008 'Enemy Slayer' explores angst of the returning warrior (Rocky Mountain News)

July 20, 2008 Enemy Slayer part of big week at Colorado Music Festival
(Daily Camera)

July 18, 2008 Guest conductor puts spotlight on orchestra (Daily Camera)

July 18, 2008 Translating a love, verse for verse (Denver Post)

July 14, 2008 Music review Beethoven cycle concludes at CMF
(Daily Camera)

July 13, 2008 Beethoven concerts are as solid as a rock (Denver Post)

July 13, 2008 Colorado Music Festival finishes Beethoven series, moves on to Berlioz, Barber

(Daily Camera)


July 11, 2008 Hansen: Colorado Music Festival Beethoven cycle in full swing
(Daily Camera)

July 8, 2008 Ludwig packs 'em in (Denver Post)

July 8, 2008 Beethoven draws crowd for weeklong fest event (Rocky Mountain News)

July 6, 2008 Beethoven rocks at Colorado Music Festival
(Daily Camera)

July 5, 2008 Click here to watch a video of the 2008 Patriotism & Pops! Concert
(Colorado Magazine Online)

June 30, 2008 Uke player rocks his way to new level (Rocky Mountain News)

June 29, 2008 Christie's back at home helming Colorado Music Fest (Denver Post)

June 29, 2008 Colorado Music Festival Celebrates Mozart
(Daily Camera)

June 27, 2008 Young pianist thrills CMF audience with concerto (Daily Camera)

June 27, 2008 Virtuoso likes to keep her eye on big picture (Denver Post)

June 27, 2008 Six romantic, warm-weather dates (Denver Post)

June 23, 2008 Colorado Music Festival opens with surprises (Daily Camera)

June 23, 2008 Quirky piece kicks off festival at Chautauqua (Rocky Mountain News)

June 22, 2008 Colorado Music Festival Opens with classics new and old
(Daily Camera)

June 22, 2008 Pettem: CMF continues Chautauqua tradition (Daily Camera)

June 20, 2008 Out to raise eyebrows (Longmont Times Call)

June 19, 2008 Best Bets (Denver Post)

June 13, 2008 Kids First at Colorado Music Festival
(Daily Camera)

May 24, 2008 Summer Arts Preview: Classical Music (Denver Post)

May 22, 2008 Summer classical music: Save gas on getting to great concerts in '08
(Daily Camera)

April 25, 2008 SHULGOLD: Tune up your car for mountainous sampling of classics
(Rocky Mountain News)

Feb. 16, 2008 SHULGOLD: Aspen predictable, solid compared with risk-taking CMF (Rocky Mountain News)

Feb. 1, 2008 Beethoven marathon a highlight of 2008 CMF (Daily Camera)

January 8, 2008 A&E '08: Local artists and arts organizations looking forward to a big year (Daily Camera)
CMF Listed in Oprah's Magazine
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The Colorado Music Festival was listed in the April issue of "O Magazine" as one of four "standout festivals worth planning for now!" Click on the link above to view the page from the magazine.


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