Swallow Hill thrives because of our community partners, supporters and sponsors who want to harness the power of music and bring the joy of music to life. These businesses, organizations and individuals:
Provide financial resources
Bring musicians onto their stages, into their venues, schools, community centers and places of work
Collaborate with us through partnerships and innovative ideas
Connect us with others who share our goals and values
Since 2010, Swallow Hill has partnered with the Denver Botanic Gardens to produce its beloved Summer Concert Series. The series has hosted a wide variety of artist through the years, from Tony Bennett and Herbie Hancock to Angélique Kidjo and The Mavericks.
“Swallow Hill Music is a wonderful partner for Denver Botanic Gardens. The staff not only has depth and rare levels of expertise, they are consummate professionals. We have enjoyed consistently high quality concert experiences, in all aspects, due to Swallow Hill.” -Brian Vogt, CEO, Denver Botanic Gardens
SCFD is the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District, a tax collected and distributed to nearly 300 cultural organizations in our seven-county Denver metro region. Through our diverse, local culture, we come together, we come to new ideas, we come to our senses. Beginning with taxpayers and with the expert shepherding of the SCFD, our collective mission is simple: We fund culture.
Swallow Hill Music is a proud Tier II beneficiary of the SCFD. Thank you citizens!
Creative Law Network is grounded in a sincere passion for helping creative individuals and businesses navigate the complex world of contracts, negotiations, and business law. They know these challenges well because they’ve also faced them and now use that experience to help their clients achieve and succeed. Their clients are creative, pioneering, and entrepreneurial, desiring excellent, relationship-based legal services without the stodgy lawyer attitudes.
As your partner, Taloma Partners works closely with you as an extension of your team. Your challenges can become opportunities and your adversaries can become allies. They love achieving impactful results for our clients by leveraging our executive experience in issue management, public affairs, strategic communications and thought partnership. Through their shared experience in the public, private and nonprofit sectors, the principals of Taloma Partners are passionate about harnessing the “power of three” in everything they do for their clients.
Casey Cormier has been a bassist, guitarist and ukuleleist for twenty five years, performing a variety of musical styles on each instrument as a solo artist as well as in a number of bands and projects. He’s been a teacher of these instruments for over fifteen years, and is dedicated to furthering his student’s studies of the musical craft. Currently, Casey offers classes online as well as in person at Swallow Hill, and co-leads the Ukulele and Percussion Ensemble with Ed Contreras on Wednesday evenings.
Daniella Katzir is a singer-songwriter who was originally inspired by American Folk music of the 60’s. After exploring many genres over the last 25+ years, Katzir now focuses on a unique blend of ukulele and finger-style guitar. Her style is complemented by vocal approaches from the swing era to old motown inspired blues to americana folk, gypsy and sassy jazz. A talented lyricist and musician, Katzir takes rhythmic authority on the guitar. She is the former front-woman of the Boulder-based band Magnolia Row, and has shared the stage with many different nationally and internationally touring artists.
Halau Kalama Hula School
Founded in 2007, by Glenda “Aiwa” Florez, Kalama Polynesian Dancers has been a part of the Colorado community, bringing a mix of traditional and contemporary Polynesian entertainment to a variety of venues and local festivals. Their dancers specialize in dances from the islands of Tahiti, Hawaii, Samoa, and New Zealand. They have been featured on local and national events from MTV to Univision and performed in front of celebrities such as Will Smith, John Lithgow, and The Denver Broncos. They have performed in numerous venues throughout Colorado. They provide professional Polynesian dance shows, guaranteed to make you feel as though you’ve traveled to the islands of Polynesia.
Their shows include both male and female dancers, live musicians, Tahitian drummers, fire performers, and fresh flower leis.