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

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

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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.
"History Was Made Here": Charles Burrell Honored With Portrait at Boettcher Hall

By Claire Duncombe
Nov 29, 2021

Charles Burrell's portrait will be unveiled Saturday.
Visual and Performing Arts Campus Named for Charles Burrell

By Claire Duncombe
Nov 19, 2021

The campus's vision is "arts integration."
World Premiere of Mission Mt. Mangart a Peak Performance for Colorado Symphony

By Claire Duncombe
Nov 9, 2021

The film follows the 10th Mountain Division.
Pianist and Composer Ben Raznick Has a New Compilation Album and Companion Film

By Jon Solomon
Oct 11, 2021

Pianist and composer Ben Raznick put the music of influential composers together for Birds of a Feather, which was also made into a film.
Tomas Sen Melds Musical Influences and Eras on Listen!

By Claire Duncombe
Oct 6, 2021

Tomas Sen conjures music history on a new album.
Denver Performing Arts Complex Companies Will Require Masks and Vaccines

By Kyle Harris
Aug 25, 2021

The new policies will be enforced starting October 1.
Colorado Music Festival Brings Classical Music to Chautauqua

By Jasmine Liu
Jun 28, 2021

The festival of classical music takes over Chautauqua Auditorium for a month.
Xadie James Antonio: The Queer One-Person Band

By Khaleel Hayes
Jun 22, 2021

Xadie Antonio talks coming out as non-binary and embracing their queerness.
Colorado Symphony Returns to Boettcher for 2021/22 Classics Season

By Jon Solomon
Jun 14, 2021

After fifteen months of being nomadic, the orchestra returns to the Denver Performing Arts Complex.
Musicians Flee the Arapahoe Philharmonic on a Sour Note

By Jasmine Liu
Jun 2, 2021

Legal threats, firings and fights have defined the community orchestra under the tenure of conductor Devin Patrick Hughes.
Colorado Symphony Brings Epic Music of John Williams to Red Rocks

By Kyle Harris
Apr 19, 2021

Enjoy a selection of music from Star Wars, Jurassic Park, Indiana Jones, Superman, Harry Potter, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, and more.
Ars Nova Singers Celebrates an Organizational Rebirth Through Song

By Jasmine Liu
Mar 18, 2021

The virtual performance includes the first polyphonic work published in the Americas and a piece by polymath saint Hildegard of Bingen.
University of Colorado Boulder Violist Richard O'Neill on His Grammy Win

By Jasmine Liu
Mar 16, 2021

It's a first for the University of Colorado Boulder faculty member and Takács Quartet violist.
Sing Out for SafeHouse Raises Money for Domestic-Violence Prevention

By John Bear
Mar 12, 2021

The five-choir virtual event Sing Out for SafeHouse raises money for domestic-violence prevention.
Central City Opera Launches 2021 Summer Series at Hudson Gardens

By Kyle Harris
Mar 8, 2021

With COVID-19 making productions in Central City untenable, the Central City Opera has decided to take its summer offerings outdoors.
Opera Colorado Goes Digital With Josephine and The Promise of Living

By Kyle Harris
Mar 4, 2021

With Josephine and The Promise of Living, the Denver-based company has diversified its programming.
Boulder Opera Sings On With The Marriage of Figaro

By Kyle Harris
Mar 3, 2021

This will be the company's second mid-pandemic, full-length opera.

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