Composer and violist Jordan Holloway is only 23, but he's debuting a composition for Chautauqua Park's anniversary July 16.
, an expansive, otherworldly park nestled at the foot of Boulder's Flatirons. In the late 1800s, the term"chautauqua" was used for family and church retreats that focused on connection, music, nature, religion and culture; it also became a social movement focused on adult education. In 1898, Boulder residents marked the land stretching below the Flatirons as an area for the Colorado Chautauqua, and it was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 2006.
Holloway is familiar with Chautauqua Park and the vast beauty of the Flatirons — he lived just a ten-minute walk from the Chautauqua trailhead during three years of his undergrad at CU."I was constantly going up trails whenever I felt the need to do so, and I didn't even know what trail I was on. I was just like, 'Okay, I know I need to walk in that direction, then eventually I'll be in the woods,'" he recalls, reflecting on his many trips meandering through the park.
The nine-minute work is a collection of musical ideas that Holloway describes as 'volcanic,' 'woodsy' and, at some points, 'misty.'"The word 'volcanic' comes from the opening," he explains."I wanted to write specifically about the shape of the Flatirons as you see them from a distance and...the severity that they have."
After the piece's booming, brassy opening, it transitions into a nature-infused section that evokes images of hiking or jogging through the forest."It's a little more carefree and fond and nice," Holloway notes. The orchestration thins and the piece slows and quiets, transforming into a thoughtful, nocturnal segment."It's like a drive to Flagstaff Road that I took and then sat on the rocks and looked at the city," he reflects.
Celebrate Chautauqua 125th Anniversary Concert, 6:30 p.m. Sunday, July 16, Chautauqua Auditorium, 900 Baseline Road, Boulder.
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