What’s Happening in Golden Today?
10AM 2023 Rocky Mountain Collegiate Open (Wrestling) @ Steinhauer Fieldhouse
10AM-noon Breakfast Burritos @ The Golden Mill
10AM-3PM Brunch at the Rose @ Buffalo Rose
11AM-10:20PM Super Bowl Party @ Morris & Mae
12PM Puppy Bowl @ The Golden Mill
Come cheer on Team Ruff or Team Scruff as we will be playing the Puppy Bowl starting at 12:00 p.m.. Bring your pup up in a jersey and get a free drink! More information
2-4PM Sunday at the Museum: Scotti McCarthy @ Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum
“Sunbonnet Sue, Love her or Hate her!” A new presentation from RMQM, with Scotti McCarthy as our presenter.
2PM The Great American Trailer Park Musical @ Miners Alley Playhouse
3-5PM Jefferson Symphony Orchestra Winter Concert @ Colorado School of Mines Green Center
Mendelssohn • Bruch • Berlioz
Our February concert features JSO with conductor Arturo Gonzalez performing orchestral masterpieces — Berlioz’s epic Symphonie fantastique and Max Bruch’s Violin Concerto No 1. In the notes to his visionary score, Berlioz writes: “The composer’s intention has been to develop various episodes in the life of an artist, in so far as they lend themselves to musical treatment.”
4PM Sunday Swing with the Flatirons Jazz Orchestra @ Buffalo Rose
Super Bowl Potluck @ GOLDEN VFW POST 4171
Live Music
11AM-2PM Scot Slay @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
4-7PM Ross Henderson @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
8PM Karaoke @ Ace Hi Tavern
Celebrating Heart and Soul of Golden Month
GOLDEN CULTURAL ALLIANCE MEMBER: THE JEFFERSON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
The Jefferson Symphony is another example of Golden’s amazing volunteer base. The group formed in 1953 as the Golden Chamber Ensemble. Their first concert took place in the old Methodist church building, at 14th and Washington.
They quickly found that many talented musicians wanted to join, and before long they were big enough to change their name from “Golden Ensemble” to “Golden Symphony Orchestra.” Many of the musicians came from outside of Golden, so in 1972 they became the “Jefferson Symphony Orchestra.”
The group has been fortunate in the long-term commitment of its leaders. T. Gordon Parks served as their Music Director and Conductor from 1962-1994. Jack Galland was their business manager for more than 50 years. Dr. Antonia Joy Wilson was their conductor from 1994-1999, and Dr. William Morse led the group from 1999-2022.
The Symphony performed in the auditorium at the Central School (later Mitchell Elementary) until the “new” Golden High School was built in the mid-1950s. They used the high school’s auditorium until the Green Center was built on the School of Mines Campus in 1972. The 1400-seat Bunker Auditorium in the Green Center has been their home for the past 40 years.
For many years, they gave a free summer concert in Parfet Park. Finally, the cost of renting the stage and risers became too much for the organization. They played their last Parfet Concert in 2019.
The Jefferson Symphony Orchestra is celebrating their 70th season–an amazing accomplishment for an all-volunteer organization!
Thanks to the Golden History Museum for providing the online cache of historic Transcripts, and to the Golden Transcript for documenting our history since 1866!
