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		<title>The Colorado Ballet presents Peter Pan</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:53:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robin McNeil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[All of you readers must certainly know by now, that I think that the Colorado Ballet is one of the finest ballet companies in the United States, and I can promise you that I have seen quite a few. Beginning Friday, February 24, this marvelous ballet company will begin performances of Peter Pan. The ballet [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=opuscolorado.com&amp;blog=10274801&amp;post=790&amp;subd=opuscolorado&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Piano Method Books</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:51:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robin McNeil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, I have been forced, through no fault of my own (Does that expose prejudice?) to deal with method books designed to make piano teaching &#8220;exciting and easy&#8221; for the student. I decided to post my opinion on this subject, because, in some ways, it could have been included in my two recent articles on [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=opuscolorado.com&amp;blog=10274801&amp;post=786&amp;subd=opuscolorado&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Phoenix Youth Symphony and The Lamont Symphony give students a unique gift</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 03:36:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robin McNeil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It has been a very long time since I have heard Also Sprach Zarathustra in a live performance, and all the way through, so I was quite interested to hear the Lamont Symphony Orchestra perform this work on Sunday, January 15. In addition, it was to be the yearly performance with the Phoenix Youth Symphony, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=opuscolorado.com&amp;blog=10274801&amp;post=783&amp;subd=opuscolorado&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Boulder Philharmonic and Benjamin Hochman are stunning!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 18:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robin McNeil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Saturday, January 14, was a most unusual day. I was able to attend two outstanding concerts: the Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra with Benjamin Hochman, piano, and the Peak Performances Chamber Series. It was also unusual when I considered how many truly remarkable performances I have been able to attend this concert season. I don&#8217;t recall any [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=opuscolorado.com&amp;blog=10274801&amp;post=776&amp;subd=opuscolorado&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Denver is fortunate to have the Peak Performances Chamber Series</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 01:12:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robin McNeil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Saturday evening, January 14, the Peak Performances Chamber Series performed again at the Saint Andrews Episcopal Church on Glenarm Place. As I have said before, this is an absolutely marvelous venue for chamber music – it is large enough for a decent sized audience, and yet, the surroundings are quite intimate, and the acoustics are [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=opuscolorado.com&amp;blog=10274801&amp;post=769&amp;subd=opuscolorado&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The CSO presents a World Class performance of a new World Class Symphony by William Hill</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 02:51:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robin McNeil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is been a few months since I have heard the Colorado Symphony Orchestra perform, so it was with some eagerness that on Saturday, January 7, I went to Boettcher Concert Hall. I was also excited to hear William Hill&#8217;s new Symphony Nr. 3, which was being premiered that evening. The Colorado Symphony had a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=opuscolorado.com&amp;blog=10274801&amp;post=766&amp;subd=opuscolorado&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Fragility of Our Cultural Inheritance: Part II</title>
		<link>http://opuscolorado.com/2012/01/07/the-fragility-of-our-cultural-inheritance-part-ii/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 22:21:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robin McNeil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently wrote an article on Expressionism in Music, in which I quoted two experts in the field of Expressionism in Literature. One of these individuals had written a fairly extensive article on Expressionism, but it seemed when he compared it to music, which was the thrust of his article, that he either omitted some [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=opuscolorado.com&amp;blog=10274801&amp;post=764&amp;subd=opuscolorado&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Fragility of Our Cultural Inheritance: Part I</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 20:22:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robin McNeil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every now and then, if I think about it too much, I can get very upset about the fragility of our cultural inheritance. The other day I was listening to NPR, which I basically like very much, when I heard a review being given by Ken Tucker of a new piece of pop music. I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=opuscolorado.com&amp;blog=10274801&amp;post=761&amp;subd=opuscolorado&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The new Peak Performances Chamber Series presents their second concert</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 18:28:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robin McNeil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was very excited when I received a press release from the Peak Performances Chamber Series announcing their second concert which will be Saturday, January 14, 2012, at 4 PM. It will be held at Saint Andrews Episcopal Church at 2015 Glenarm Place, just north of downtown Denver. I heard their opening concert in November [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=opuscolorado.com&amp;blog=10274801&amp;post=750&amp;subd=opuscolorado&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Boulder Philharmonic presents &#8220;French Impressions&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:11:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robin McNeil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few days ago I received a press release for the January 14 concert given by the Boulder Philharmonic orchestra&#8217;s first 2012 performance. The concert will be at 7:30 PM and Mackey Auditorium on the CU campus, which is their regular venue. The press release was so very well written, that I think I will [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=opuscolorado.com&amp;blog=10274801&amp;post=744&amp;subd=opuscolorado&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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