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Tango Meets Jazz
Date: Saturday, February 11, 2012 7:30 PM
at Macky Auditorium

Pablo Ziegler Ensemble with Stefon Harris Born in Buenos Aires, Latin Grammy-winning pianist Pablo Ziegler artfully blends classic tango rhythms with jazz improvisations, adding a new voice to the tango lexicon. Ziegler was Astor Piazzolla’...

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Takács Quartet
Date: Sunday, February 12, 2012 4:00 PM
at Grusin Music Hall

Edward Dusinberre, violin Károly Schranz, violin Geraldine Walther, viola András Fejer, cello Program: JANACEK - String Quartet No. 2 "Intimate Letters" MOZART - Quintet for Horn, Violin, 2 Violas and Cello (with Mich...

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Takács Quartet Encore
Date: Monday, February 13, 2012 7:30 PM
at Grusin Music Hall

Edward Dusinberre, violin Károly Schranz, violin Geraldine Walther, viola András Fejer, cello Program: JANACEK - String Quartet No. 2 "Intimate Letters" MOZART - Quintet for Horn, Violin, 2 Violas and Cello (with Mich...

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Spring Swing 2012
Date: Sunday, February 19, 2012 2:00 PM
at Macky Auditorium

Relive the days of big band swing and the music of the greats at CU's second annual Spring Swing concert. Spend a toe-tapping afternoon with the award-winning musicians of CU Jazz Ensemble I performing favorite hits from the great bands of Goodman,...

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András Schiff, piano
Date: Monday, February 27, 2012 7:30 PM
at Macky Auditorium

The “revelatory” Schiff has climbed to the summit of modern classical music with his “uncanny combination of elegance and intensity” (NY Times). The exquisitely sensitive master has earned first prizes at the Tchaikovsky and...

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Gianni Schicchi & Suor Angelica
Date: Friday, March 16, 2012 7:30 PM
Date: Saturday, March 17, 2012 7:30 PM
Date: Sunday, March 18, 2012 2:00 PM
at Macky Auditorium

by Giacomo Puccini Gianni Schicchi and Suor Angelica are two parts of a trilogy of one-act operas composed by Giacomo Puccini in 1917-18.  Suor Angelica is a drama of desire set in a 17th century convent; Sister Angelica longs t...

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The Importance of Being Earnest
Date: Wednesday, March 21, 2012 7:30 PM
at Macky Auditorium

by Oscar Wilde Aquila Theatre Aquila Theatre’s tantalizing production of Oscar Wilde’s masterpiece overflows with humor, elegance and romantic comedy. The New York Times has described Aquila’s productions as “Gleefully en...

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Jon Faddis and CU Jazz I
Date: Thursday, April 5, 2012 7:30 PM
at Macky Auditorium

The Majesty of the Trumpet - Louis, Miles, Dizzy... & Faddis Jon Faddis and his quartet honor trailblazing trumpeters who came before him–Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis and Dizzy Gillespie. Faddis adds to the legacy with his innovative inte...

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Il teatro del Friuli & Rossini's La Cambiale di Matrimonio
Date: Thursday, April 26, 2012 7:30 PM
Date: Friday, April 27, 2012 7:30 PM
Date: Saturday, April 28, 2012 7:30 PM
Date: Sunday, April 29, 2012 2:00 PM
at Music Theatre

Rossini's first professional opera, La cambiale di matrimonio debuted in 1810, and heralded the arrival of a great operatic talent.  (The title translates as The Marriage Contract.) In this operatic farce, true love is threatened when...

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Takács Quartet
Date: Sunday, April 29, 2012 4:00 PM
at Grusin Music Hall

Edward Dusinberre, violin Károly Schranz, violin Geraldine Walther, viola András Fejer, cello Program: BEETHOVEN - String Quartet in C sharp minor, Op. 131 SCHUBERT - String Quintet in C Major, D956 (with Judith Glyde, cello)...

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Takács Quartet Encore
Date: Monday, April 30, 2012 7:30 PM
at Grusin Music Hall

Edward Dusinberre, violin Károly Schranz, violin Geraldine Walther, viola András Fejer, cello Program: BEETHOVEN - String Quartet in C sharp minor, Op. 131 SCHUBERT - String Quintet in C Major, D956 (with Judith Glyde, cello)...

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CU NOW Faculty/Alumni Recital
Date: Friday, May 25, 2012 7:30 PM
at ATLAS Black Box theater

CU New Opera Works celebrates its third summer season with a special recital performance by College of Music faculty and alumni. The program features songs by CU NOW composer in residence Lori Laitman mixed with readings of poetry by Colorado Poet L...

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Ludlow
Date: Friday, June 1, 2012 7:30 PM
Date: Saturday, June 2, 2012 7:30 PM
Date: Sunday, June 3, 2012 2:00 PM
at ATLAS Black Box theater

Get a rare glimpse behind the scenes with this opera workshop performance featuring renowned composer Lori Laitman. College of Music singers perform excerpts from Laitman's opera "Ludlow," based on the verse novel by Colorado poet laureate...

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