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Union Station Is Hosting Free Concerts in April

By Westword Staff

Mar 25, 2025

The series will be part of the inaugural Denver Jazz Festival.

A man wearing a red cape stands behind a woman.

Colorado Ballet’s 65th Anniversary Lineup

By Toni Tresca

Feb 25, 2025

The ballet company commemorates decades of captivating performances with a season of drama, romance and a little jazz.

Opera Colorado Finds Opportunity in Transition as La Bohème Takes the Stage

By Toni Tresca

Feb 21, 2025

Against the backdrop of national industry challenges, leadership changes and evolving programming, the nonprofit opens its final mainstage show this season.

Cynthia Erivo to Headline Colorado Symphony Benefit Concert

By Westword Staff

Jan 21, 2025

The Wicked star will sing Broadway hits backed by the Colorado Symphony.

Anna Webber's Simple Trio Is Anything but Simple Instrumentals

By Victoria Glidden

Jan 21, 2025

Experience a night of complex flute, saxophone, piano and drums, all composed by Anna Webber.

Denver Legend David Amram Makes a Grand Return

By Toni Tresca

May 21, 2024

The 93-year-old's career spans eight decades and includes collaborations with such iconic figures as Charlie Parker, Leonard Bernstein and Miles Davis.

Bruce Hornsby Dives Deep With BrhyM

By Justin Criado

Apr 22, 2024

Bruce Hornsby, who has made music with everyone from the Dead to 2Pac, brings his collaboration with yMusic to Denver.

Hollywood Theremin Player Brings Unique Instrument to Denver Performances

By Justin Criado

Apr 10, 2024

From The Simpsons to Colorado, the spooky sounds of Lara Wickes's theremin travels far.

This Longmont Musician Plays Her Cello From a Trapeze...but That's Not All

By Justin Criado

Mar 20, 2024

She's had to ask herself questions like, "Can I play the cello when I’m just hanging from my toes?"

Wu-Tang Clan's Raekwon and RZA "Linx" Up With the Colorado Symphony

By Cleo Mirza

Feb 14, 2024

We spoke with Wu-Tang Clan's Raekwon before he joins forces with RZA and the Colorado Symphony to perform his classic album Only Built 4 Cuban Linx....

Composer Jordan Holloway poses with his viola.

New Boulder Composer Premieres Flatiron Escapades for Chautauqua's 125th Anniversary

By Julianna O'Clair

Jul 11, 2023

Composer and violist Jordan Holloway is only 23, but he's debuting a composition for Chautauqua Park's anniversary July 16.

Janae Burris Narrates Peter and the Wolf at Colorado Musical Festival Family Concert

By Toni Tresca

Jul 1, 2023

She's bringing her own son to the show on July 2.

a string quartet performs amid blue lighting

Slow Beethoven Is Beethoven Like You've Never Heard Before

By Julianna O'Clair

Apr 25, 2023

A Jeffrey Zeigler-led string quartet recorded in The Tank in Rangely, an old water tank with a 40-second reverb that was a secret performance venue for decades.

Wu-Tang Clan's RZA Debuts New Work "A Ballet Through Mud" With the Colorado Symphony

By Cleo Mirza

Feb 16, 2023

See it this weekend.

Elton John, Arctic Monkeys and Every New Denver Concert Announcement

By Chris Speed

Oct 20, 2022

The music never stops!

Star Trek's John de Lancie in Colorado Music Festival's Midsummer Night's Dream

By Teague Bohlen

Jul 26, 2022

Not a Holodeck simulation.

World-Class Classical Music Comes to Boulder's Chautauqua This Summer

By Alex Berryhill

Jun 21, 2022

Six weeks of classical music.

The Colorado Symphony Chorus Performs Resurrection for First In-Person Performance

By Alex Berryhill

Apr 14, 2022

A resurrection for Easter.

Walking the Astral Plane With the Colorado Symphony

By Alex Berryhill

Mar 23, 2022

Timeless contemporary classical music.

Colorado Symphony Names Peter Oundjian as New Principal Conductor

By Jon Solomon

Feb 15, 2022

The show must go on.

Classical Music

Charles Burrell Broke Barriers in Both Classical and Jazz Music

Steinway & Sons Opens in Cherry Creek on a High Note

Classical Music

Charles Burrell Broke Barriers in Both Classical and Jazz Music

Steinway & Sons Opens in Cherry Creek on a High Note

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