Ethos West, a professional-level northern Colorado chamber orchestra, was founded by Dr. Ron Holleman in 2003 and presented its inaugural season in 2004-2005. The orchestra offers one to three concerts a year covering a uniquely wide-ranging repertoire, and regularly premieres new works. Ethos West programs not only span the full range of traditional chamber orchestra works (renaissance, baroque, classical, romantic, and contemporary), but also include jazz, third-stream (a blend of jazz and classical), and world music. Only John Lewis' Orchestra USA of the early 1960s and Holleman's Chicago-based Ethos Chamber Orchestra (1982-96) precede Ethos West in regularly offering such a wide and varied repertoire. Besides the imaginative selections of music, a favorite feature at Ethos West concerts is Ron Holleman's informal, often amusing "verbal program notes" that help put the music in context and make the concerts friendly and accessible. Our most recent concert was in September 2011 at the Rialto Theater in Loveland. The program was called "Autumn Winds" and showcased orchestral works for woodwinds by Haydn, Milhaud, and Hindemith, followed by an array of lesser-known works for large jazz ensembles by John Lewis, Gil Evans, and Gerry Mulligan. This concert featured a stellar lineup of musicians, and the playing was superb! You can see the program and its cover art here. Want to know what's coming next? We post program details here when we know them, or join our email mailing list and we'll keep you informed. Note: Programs listed here are tentative (sometimes details aren't firmed up until a few weeks ahead). If you need further information about a concert, or Ethos West in general, feel free to contact Ron Holleman or any of our other board members. For listings of the music played in earlier concerts, see the Program Archives. To be notified about upcoming Ethos West events, sign up for our mailing list.