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This story ends with a standing ovation. ✨

Thank you for being part of night one of #OnceUponATune. One more chapter remains...

#ComePlayWithUs
Conductor Scott O'Neil and the full orchestra stand to receive a standing ovation from the audience at Once Upon a Tune. The musicians, dressed in black formal attire, hold their instruments and smile on the stage of an ornate concert hall. The foreground shows the backs of audience members applauding.
April 12, 2026 at 3:42 AM
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Denver, Iowa was a beautiful dream, but our heart belongs right here in Denver, Colorado 🌄

Thank you for being such great sports about yesterday's April Fools joke. We're staying put, and we can't wait to see you at #OnceUponATune next weekend (April 11 & 12) right here at home. 💙
Graphic from the Denver Philharmonic Orchestra featuring a sunset view of downtown Denver. The sky glows orange behind the city skyline, with mountains silhouetted in the distance and light trails from cars curving across the foreground. At the top, the DPO logo and Music Director Scott O’Neil’s name appear. Large text reads: “No place we’d rather call home.”
April 2, 2026 at 4:08 PM
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THE END. (...but also a new beginning) 📖

Thank you for making this final performance of #OnceUponATune so special!

#ComePlayWithUs #ClassicalMusic #Orchestra
Conductor Scott O'Neil leads the orchestra from the podium at Once Upon a Tune's matinee concert, his baton raised as string musicians play behind him. A harp is visible in the background, and cellos are featured in the foreground.
April 12, 2026 at 10:55 PM
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Stories are everywhere: in music, in memory, in the moments that matter most...

#OnceUponATune (April 11 & 12) celebrates the art of storytelling through orchestral music. Join us as the Denver Philharmonic brings vivid narratives to life! Tales of adventure, mystery, heroism, and wonder 💫
Vibrant Once Upon a Tune poster showing a multicolored butterfly rising from an illustrated open book, surrounded by floral shapes on a purple‑to‑blue gradient. Program text highlights Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream Overture, Mahler’s Andante Moderato (arr. Scott O’Neil), and Rimsky‑Korsakov’s Scheherazade, conducted by Scott O’Neil. Performance dates appear on the right: April 11 at CPC and April 12 at MAC.
March 11, 2026 at 4:02 PM
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Storytime with Scott O'Neil and the DPO! 📖 Where imagination takes the lead and every note opens a new world...

Join us April 11 & 12 for #OnceUponATune: a concert of vivid scenes, bold characters, and music that speaks without words
March 25, 2026 at 6:04 PM
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You're invited to #OnceUponATune 📖

Join the Denver Philharmonic Orchestra for an evening of orchestral storytelling. From Mendelssohn to Mahler to Rimsky-Korsakov: each piece is a world unto itself.
Invitation‑style graphic for DPO’s Once Upon a Tune. A purple envelope with a gold seal opens to reveal a card that reads “You’re Cordially Invited to Once Upon a Tune: Storytelling with the Denver Philharmonic.” Behind it is a warm, softly lit performance scene with musicians onstage. Three polaroid‑style images overlap the card: two showing DPO musicians and one showing a butterfly rising from an open book. Text on the card lists the program—Mendelssohn’s Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Mahler’s Andante Moderato (orch. Scott O’Neil), and Rimsky‑Korsakov’s Scheherazade—along with the dates and times: April 11 at 7:30pm and April 12 at 3:00pm.
March 31, 2026 at 8:01 PM
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Nobody tells a story (baton or mic in hand) quite like our Music Director, Scott O'Neil 🎼

#ComePlayWithUs #OnceUponATune
Music director and conductor Scott O'Neil speaks into a handheld microphone on stage at Once Upon a Tune, dressed in a black suit and tie. He gestures with his free hand while addressing the audience, with orchestra members seated in the background.
April 12, 2026 at 2:24 AM
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Stories ground us. The cosmos calls us higher. 📖💫

Experience #OnceUponATune (Apr 11–12) for orchestral storytelling that stirs the heart, then journey beyond the stars with #DoNotGoGentle (May 16–17)

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Promotional graphic for the DPO’s two‑concert ticket package featuring artwork from Once Upon a Tune and Do Not Go Gentle. The left side shows a colorful butterfly rising from an open book, and the right side shows an astronaut floating in space. A ticket‑stub border frames the design. Text reads “Two Concert Ticket Package — Once Upon a Tune + Do Not Go Gentle,” with a yellow burst that says “Save 30%.” The top includes the Denver Philharmonic Orchestra logo and website.
March 18, 2026 at 3:45 PM
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#OnceUponATune, a love letter in music was born... 🎼💕

Summer, 1903. Gustav Mahler was in love. Newly married to brilliant Alma Schindler, he was hiking Austrian mountains and composing with a joy that felt almost too good to be true...
Cover graphic for DPO’s Once Upon a Tune featuring a storybook‑style page about Gustav Mahler. A black‑and‑white portrait of Mahler overlaps the page, and an illustrated open book with butterflies and sparkles sits in the foreground, echoing the concert’s storytelling theme. Decorative elements frame the layout, introducing the narrative behind Mahler’s Andante Moderato from Symphony No. 6. Text‑based graphic styled like a storybook page for DPO’s Once Upon a Tune. The page reads: “Once upon a tune... It was the summer of 1903, and Gustav Mahler was in love. Newly married to the brilliant Alma Schindler, he was spending his days hiking the Austrian mountains, swimming in crystal lakes, and composing with a freedom & joy that felt almost too good to be true. He was also at the peak of his powers, writing what would become his most ambitious symphony, and somewhere in the middle of it, he stopped and wrote something that sounded like a long, grateful exhale. Andante Moderato is the still point of the Sixth Symphony. Set in a key as far removed from the rest of the work as possible, it arrives like a clearing after a dense forest: warm, unhurried, and luminous. Mahler wove Alma's spirit into its soaring second theme so openly that the melody became known simply as the "Alma theme," a musical love letter hiding in plain sight inside one of classical music's grandest works. Cowbells ring softly in the distance. The strings climb and settle. For a few extraordinary minutes, the storm stops. What makes this movement so remarkable is its generosity. It asks nothing of the listener except to breathe. It is music that reminds you, gently and without fuss, that beauty exists and that it is enough. DPO Music Director Scott O'Neil has crafted his own orchestration of this movement, bringing its warmth and wonder to our Once Upon a Tune stage.
April 7, 2026 at 8:01 PM
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A Sunday matinee to remember! 🌞

#OnceUponATune (April 12) at Mapleton Arts Center
Performance photo from DPO’s Once Upon a Tune concert on April 12 at Mapleton Arts Center. Several violinists sit in the foreground, bows aligned as they play, with additional string players visible behind them. Music stands fill the frame, and a microphone sits near the front for amplification. The musicians wear formal black attire under warm stage lighting. Audience photo from Once Upon a Tune on April 12 at Mapleton Arts Center. Rows of attendees sit in a dimly lit auditorium, many clapping toward the unseen stage. The crowd includes people of various ages, capturing the communal energy and engagement of the performance. Photo from Once Upon a Tune on April 12 at Mapleton Arts Center showing woodwind and brass musicians in performance. A French horn player (Zach Maupin) stands near the center wearing a patterned silver vest, surrounded by bassoon, clarinet, and other brass players. The ensemble is dressed in formal black, and the light‑colored concert hall backdrop frames the group. Close‑up performance photo from Once Upon a Tune on April 12 at Mapleton Arts Center. A percussionist holds drumsticks above a snare drum, with a music stand behind it displaying the snare drum part for Rimsky‑Korsakov’s Scheherazade. The sheet music shows the title and rhythmic notation, lit dramatically by focused stage lighting.
April 15, 2026 at 7:01 PM
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#OnceUponATune, a prodigy hears a story... 📖

At 17, Felix Mendelssohn read Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream and heard something nobody had heard before. What poured out was revolutionary...
Storytelling‑inspired graphic for DPO’s Once Upon a Tune featuring a page of text describing Felix Mendelssohn’s teenage inspiration for A Midsummer Night’s Dream. A portrait of Mendelssohn appears on one side, and an illustrated open book with butterflies and sparkles overlays the page, suggesting the overture’s magical, fairy‑filled world. The design highlights the background of Mendelssohn’s Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream for the April 11–12 concerts. Storytelling‑style graphic for DPO’s Once Upon a Tune featuring a full page of text about Felix Mendelssohn’s creation of the world’s first concert overture. The design resembles an open storybook page, with clean typography and decorative elements that evoke imagination and musical narrative. The text on the page reads: Once upon a tune... It was the summer of 1826. Felix Mendelssohn was 17 years old—a prodigy who had already been composing for years and dazzling audiences who couldn't help but compare him to Mozart. That summer, he sat down with a German translation of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream and something clicked. He didn't just read the play. He heard it. What poured out of him was unlike anything written before. Not just because of its shimmering strings or the way the woodwinds skittered like mischievous spirits through the trees, but because of what it was: the world's first concert overture. Music written not to introduce a performance, but to tell a story on its own. No singers, no libretto, no stage. Just an orchestra conjuring Shakespeare's enchanted forest scene by scene: the dancing fairies, the feuding lovers, the ridiculous weaver Bottom with his donkey's head. Mendelssohn had invented an entirely new way music could narrate the world, and he did it before his 18th birthday. Sixteen years later, a Prussian king commissioned him to expand the work into a full incidental score for a royal production. When Mendelssohn returned to it as an adult, the childlike wonder never left. The same gossamer magic breathes through every page. It's the rare piece that captures both the wide-eyed imagination of youth and the craft of a fully formed master. When the DPO performs this overture at Once Upon a Tune, you'll hear exactly what that sounds like.”
April 2, 2026 at 9:01 PM
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A special shout-out to Heeseong Lee! 🌟

Winner of our 2025 Int'l Conducting Workshop & Competition, Heeseong returned to our podium at #OnceUponATune to conduct a stunning performance.

From competition finalist to guest conductor. 👏 Thank you for bringing your artistry & passion to our stage.
Heeseong Lee conducts the orchestra during Once Upon a Tune, standing at the front of the stage with both hands raised, baton in her right hand. String players fill the background, focused on her direction. She wears formal black attire under warm concert lighting. Finale moment from Once Upon a Tune showing Heeseong Lee on the podium shaking hands with the concertmaster. The full orchestra sits behind them with instruments in hand, and audience members are visible in the foreground. The ensemble is dressed in formal black attire. Heeseong Lee stands at the podium during Once Upon a Tune, acknowledging the audience at the end of the performance. Musicians holding violins, cellos, and other instruments sit behind her in formal black attire. Warm stage lighting highlights the ensemble and percussion section in the back. Photo of Heeseong Lee conducting during DPO’s Once Upon a Tune concert. She stands at the podium in a black suit, baton raised in one hand and the other hand shaping the ensemble. Musicians and instruments are softly visible behind her, with warm lighting and stained‑glass details framing the scene.
April 15, 2026 at 11:01 PM
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#OnceUponATune, a woman who saved her own life with stories... 📖

There was a Sultan who, convinced all women were faithless, took a new bride each night and had her executed by morning...until Scheherazade chose to become his next wife.
Cover graphic for DPO’s Once Upon a Tune featuring a storybook‑style page about the tale of Scheherazade. A portrait of Rimsky‑Korsakov overlaps the page, and an illustrated open book with butterflies and sparkles sits in the foreground, echoing the concert’s storytelling theme. Decorative elements frame the layout, introducing the narrative behind Rimsky‑Korsakov’s Scheherazade. Text‑based graphic styled like a storybook page for DPO’s Once Upon a Tune. The page reads: “Once upon a tune... There was a Sultan who, convinced all women were faithless, took a new bride each night and had her executed by morning...until Scheherazade chose to become his next wife. On the night she was to die, she began to tell him a story. A good one. The kind you can't stop in the middle of. She paused just before dawn, and the Sultan, consumed by curiosity, let her live one more day. It took 1,001 nights and 1,000 stories to soften the heart of a man who had decided the world was against him. Rimsky-Korsakov composed his suite in the summer of 1888, and what emerged was one of the most dazzling pieces in all of orchestral music. He gave Scheherazade herself a theme: a sinuous, intimate solo violin melody that winds through all four movements like a thread through a tapestry. The Sultan has his own theme too, heavy & foreboding. But through the accumulation of stories, something remarkable happens. By the final movement, his dark theme gives way to something warmer. The music is itself a love story told through storytelling. Rimsky-Korsakov wrote that he only wanted listeners to come away with the impression of "an oriental narrative of numerous and varied wonders" — not a rigid program, but a feeling. A sense of worlds opening up. At Once Upon a Tune, the DPO brings Scheherazade's full suite to life...and with it, the oldest argument for why stories matter: they are how we survive.
April 9, 2026 at 4:15 PM
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Sunday matinee magic awaits! 📖🪄

Here's a few things to know before #OnceUponATune this afternoon:

🕒️ Doors open at 1:45pm | Concert begins at 3:00pm

📍 Mapleton Arts Center (7480 Broadway, Denver, CO 80221)
Concert graphic for DPO’s Once Upon a Tune featuring a large, colorful butterfly rising from an open book on a purple‑blue gradient background. Floral shapes surround the butterfly, reinforcing the storytelling theme. Text on the right lists the program—Mendelssohn’s Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Mahler’s Andante Moderato from Symphony No. 6 (arr. Scott O’Neil), and Rimsky‑Korsakov’s Scheherazade—with Scott O’Neil as conductor. Dates and locations appear below: April 11 at 7:30pm (CPC) and April 12 at 3:00pm (MAC).
April 12, 2026 at 3:15 PM
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Stories come alive tonight! 📖✨ A few things to know before tonight's #OnceUponATune:

🕕️ Doors open at 6:15pm | Concert starts at 7:30pm

📍 Central Presbyterian Church (1660 Sherman St. Denver, CO 80203)
Concert graphic for DPO’s Once Upon a Tune featuring a large, colorful butterfly rising from an open book on a purple‑blue gradient background. Floral shapes surround the butterfly, reinforcing the storytelling theme. Text on the right lists the program—Mendelssohn’s Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Mahler’s Andante Moderato from Symphony No. 6 (arr. Scott O’Neil), and Rimsky‑Korsakov’s Scheherazade—with Scott O’Neil as conductor. Dates and locations appear below: April 11 at 7:30pm (CPC) and April 12 at 3:00pm (MAC).
April 11, 2026 at 4:01 PM
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June 17, 2026 at 7:03 PM
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#OnceUponATune is this weekend! 🚨

2️⃣ performances, 1️⃣ magical experience of orchestral storytelling

Bring the family (18-and-under get in FREE!), bring a friend (100 Pay What You Can tickets available every concert), or come solo.

Classical music is for everyone, and we saved a seat for you.
Concert graphic for DPO’s Once Upon a Tune featuring a large, colorful butterfly rising from an open book on a purple‑blue gradient background. Floral shapes surround the butterfly, reinforcing the storytelling theme. Text on the right lists the program—Mendelssohn’s Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Mahler’s Andante Moderato from Symphony No. 6 (arr. Scott O’Neil), and Rimsky‑Korsakov’s Scheherazade—with Scott O’Neil as conductor. Dates and locations appear below: April 11 at 7:30pm (CPC) and April 12 at 3:00pm (MAC).
April 6, 2026 at 3:45 PM
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Scenes from #OnceUponATune (April 11) on Antonia Brico Stage at CPC 📸
Mid‑performance photo from DPO’s Once Upon a Tune concert on April 11 at Central Presbyterian Church. The conductor stands at the center of the stage, baton raised, surrounded by violin, viola, and cello players. Brass musicians are visible in the back rows. Music stands and sheet music fill the foreground, and the polished wooden stage reflects the warm concert lighting. Photo from DPO’s Once Upon a Tune concert on April 11 at Central Presbyterian Church. Several cellists sit in the foreground, bows moving in unison, with brass players—trombones and tuba—visible behind them. The musicians wear formal black attire, and warm stage lighting highlights the wood paneling of Antonia Brico Stage. Audience members are visible at the bottom of the frame, watching the performance. Finale moment from DPO’s Once Upon a Tune concert on April 11 at Central Presbyterian Church. The conductor stands at the front of the stage, lifting a large score overhead in acknowledgment. Behind him, the full orchestra—strings, woodwinds, and brass—remains standing with their instruments. Musicians wear formal black attire, and the ornate architectural details of Antonia Brico Stage glow under warm lighting. Curtain‑call moment from DPO’s Once Upon a Tune concert on April 11 at Central Presbyterian Church. A group of musicians stands at the front of the stage holding violins, with Katherine Thayer (concertmaster) in the center holding a bouquet of flowers. The orchestra is dressed in formal black attire. Audience members are visible in the foreground, facing the stage as the musicians receive applause.
April 15, 2026 at 4:02 PM
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Chart your fantasy with maps and diorama crafts in the lobby! 🧭

#OnceUponATune #ComePlayWithUs #MoreThanMusic
A close-up of hands pressing a wooden rubber stamp onto aged parchment-style paper, creating an intricate landscape scene with trees and buildings as part of a map-making craft activity at Once Upon a Tune's matinee concert. A young girl smiles with delight as she decorates the inside of a small box with a marker, working on a diorama craft activity at Once Upon a Tune's matinee concert. Colorful markers and additional boxes are spread across the table in front of her.
April 12, 2026 at 8:48 PM
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Los Trotamúsicos (1989) - Opening
Music by: Manuel Pacho (?)

#Cartoon #CartoonOP #Desenho #Opening #Op #Abertura #Music #Musica #Theme #Animation #Animação #Retro #RetroCartoon #Nostalgia #LosTrotamúsicos #TVE1 #OnceUponaTune #TownMusiciansofBremen
March 15, 2026 at 11:01 PM