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Colorado Symphony resident conductor Christopher Dragon on stage at Red Rocks Amphitheatre during the symphony’s Vivaldi program in September 2020. Dragon’s contract was extended through the 2024 season. (Amanda Tipton Photography, provided by Colorado Symphony)
Colorado Symphony will be able to pay its employees’ salaries and health insurance through summer 2021 thanks to a $2 million anonymous gift, even as painful shutdowns continue for most nonprofit performing arts companies across the United States.
The gift, which was received last year but disclosed in a press statement in late January, brings Colorado Symphony’s end-of-2020 fundraising to a record $2.5 million. It bolsters the $122,000 that the symphony raised on Colorado Gives Day (Dec. 8, 2020); the completion of a matching, $50,000 grant by The Butler Family Fund of The Denver Foundation; and more than $150,000 in ticket donations “by generous patrons and subscribers from canceled concerts