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Orbit: Sphere in the Community

Orbit events nurture a sense of community and belonging, and create a safe space for reflection, expression, and shared humanity through music.

Sphere Ensemble partners with local nonprofits that support some of the most marginalized and vulnerable members of our community. Through our Orbit program, we bring free live performances directly into these organizations' spaces, sharing the same repertoire featured in our concert series and inviting open dialogue on themes related to the music and participants' lived experiences.

Our goal is to offer moments of joy, peace, inspiration, and catharsis, knowing that even a brief musical connection can make a meaningful difference. We aim to return to each partner site multiple times throughout the season—building trust, deepening relationships, and expanding mutual understanding.

Partnership Highlights

Gilliam Youth Services
This facility is a juvenile detention center in Denver which houses up to 36 youth, ages 10 through 17.

Stout Street Recuperative Care Center
This facility provides a safe, dignified, and quality space for people experiencing homelessness to stay for several weeks after leaving the hospital to heal and stabilize from an illness or injury.

Sphere performing at Stout Street Recuperative Care Center

Spectrum Ensemble
Founded in 2016, the Spectrum Ensemble features accomplished student string musicians under the umbrella of the Colorado Youth Symphony Orchestras. The group performs a vast array of chamber orchestra repertoire from many genres without a conductor.

Past Season Partners Include:

The Gathering Place (performance)
El Sistema Colorado (multi-day workshop and performances)
Educational outreach videos
Metro Caring (performance with free food)
Children's Hospital Colorado (performance)
University of Colorado Hospital, Anschutz Campus: Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplant Units (performance)
The Center on Colfax: Rainbow Alley (performance and discussion)
Custer County School, Westcliffe, CO (performances)
Brookside Inn Skilled Nursing Facility (performance)

Orbit: Sphere in the Community

Orbit events nurture a sense of community and belonging, and create a safe space for reflection, expression, and shared humanity through music.

Partnership Highlights

Gilliam Youth Services
This facility is a juvenile detention center in Denver which houses up to 36 youth, ages 10 through 17.

Sphere performing at Gilliam Youth Services

Stout Street Recuperative Care Center
This facility provides a safe, dignified, and quality space for people experiencing homelessness to stay for several weeks after leaving the hospital to heal and stabilize from an illness or injury.

Sphere performing at Stout Street Recuperative Care Center

Spectrum Ensemble
Founded in 2016, the Spectrum Ensemble features accomplished student string musicians under the umbrella of the Colorado Youth Symphony Orchestras. The group performs a vast array of chamber orchestra repertoire from many genres without a conductor.

Sphere performing with Spectrum Ensemble

Past Season Partners Include:

Orbit: Sphere in the Community

Orbit events nurture a sense of community and belonging, and create a safe space for reflection, expression, and shared humanity through music.

Partnership Highlights

Gilliam Youth Services This facility is a juvenile detention center in Denver which houses up to 36 youth, ages 10 through 17.

Sphere performing at Gilliam Youth Services

Stout Street Recuperative Care Center This facility provides a safe, dignified, and quality space for people experiencing homelessness to stay for several weeks after leaving the hospital to heal and stabilize from an illness or injury.

Sphere performing at Stout Street Recuperative Care Center

Spectrum Ensemble Founded in 2016, the Spectrum Ensemble features accomplished student string musicians under the umbrella of the Colorado Youth Symphony Orchestras. The group performs a vast array of chamber orchestra repertoire from many genres without a conductor.

Sphere performing with Spectrum Ensemble

Past Season Partners Include:

Gilliam Youth Services
This facility is a juvenile detention center in Denver which houses up to 36 youth, ages 10 through 17.

Stout Street Recuperative Care Center
This facility provides a safe, dignified, and quality space for people experiencing homelessness to stay for several weeks after leaving the hospital to heal and stabilize from an illness or injury.

Spectrum Ensemble
Founded in 2016, the Spectrum Ensemble features accomplished student string musicians under the umbrella of the Colorado Youth Symphony Orchestras. The group performs a vast array of chamber orchestra repertoire from many genres without a conductor.