I am the founder and director of Telling Stories; it’s a concert series and public radio show that serves to attract a younger audience to classical music and literature. We offer live concerts in casual venues; the concerts feature classical chamber music and original literature. We commission new chamber repertoire, read original essays, and showcase a nontraditional blend of the two arts. In our fifth season we were picked up by Colorado Public Radio and produced as a radio show.
Here is a quick video showing us in action. Our official website is Tellingstoriesmusic.org.
Started in 2006, we have played in coffeeshops, cafes, breweries, art galleries, pizzerias, and schools. We have been recognized in Symphony Magazine, 5280 Magazine, Westword, the Daily Camera, the Boulder Weekly, the Denver Post, the Rocky Mountain News, and the Colorado Daily.
Read about Telling Stories:
Westword, 2011: “Telling Stories takes to the Airwaves Courtesy of Colorado Public Radio”
Westword, 2010: Celebrate Artopia and Westword’s Newest Masterminds
Denver Post, 2010: Hanging By a String, Can Classical Music Survive?
Denver Post, 2010: Classical Music is Going New Places to Lure New Faces
5280 Magazine, 2010: Listen Up
Westword, 2010: “Music, Meet Words”
Symphony Magazine, 2010: So You Say You Want a Revolution
Westword, 2008: “This merry troupe of young virtuosos is bringing high culture to the Facebook crowd, putting on casual presentations of chamber works and readings of original essays at venues like the Laughing Goat Coffeehouse in Boulder and the Mercury Café in Denver — places where the show can be enjoyed over a foamy latte of sudsy beers.” — Best High Culture for the Cool Crowd
Boulder Weekly, 2007: “There’s a whole new generation of music fanatics out there, and they are going to turn the world of classical on its head. In Colorado, keep your eye out for Jennie Dorris and her band of merry musicians; they will be composing the revolution.” — Dale Bridges
Daily Camera, 2008: “I love what they do because they’re professionals at what they do. They’ve decided that the opera house or symphony hall is not necessarily the only place where people should be able to hear this kind of music.” — Daniel Weinshenker, director of Center for Digital Storytelling
Rocky Mountain News, 2007: “In December Telling Stories debuted at the Laughing Goat and has been growing in popularity every since. The “Guilty Pleasures” installment provided ample evidence why.” — Marc Shulgold