MUSIC

Denver rock impresario Barry Fey, hired by Denver Symphony musicians to help them set up a new orchestra, says he has never been to a symphony concert and prefers the Beatles over Bach but he’s still confident he can do the job. Rescuing the financially beleaguered symphony should be “a walk through the park” compared to dealing with the super-egos and super-salaries of rock stars, he said. After months of uncertainty in the face of a financial crisis for the orchestra, the musicians voted to sever their ties with the 55-year-old Denver Symphony Assn. and band together under the banner of the Colorado Symphony Orchestra. Part of Fey’s low-overhead plan would pay each musician about $22,000 a year, reportedly twice the figure offered by the Denver Symphony Assn. Fey said he would leave it to the musicians to choose conductors and music for a proposed 26-week season starting about Nov. 1.