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Filter PerformancesCU Boulder's top College of Music graduate students compete for a monetary grand prize in the Bruce Ekstrand Memorial Graduate Student Performance Competition, named for…
[CANCELED] Philharmonia Orchestra
Join us for a showcase concert featuring brass, piano, string,…
Experience a timeless narrative of love, rebellion and the indomitable will to challenge authority in Jean Anouilh’s gripping adaptation of “Antigone.” Penned in the shadows…
Book, Music and Lyrics by Laurence O'Keefe and Kevin MurphyBased on the film written by Daniel WatersOriginally directed Off-Broadway by Andy Fickman and choreographed by…
Concert Jazz Ensemble
Second Fall 2024 ConcertJoin the CU Boulder Wind Symphony for Second Nature, our final concert of the semester: We are thrilled to collaborate with the ~Nois Saxophone Quartet…
Join the CU Boulder Symphonic Band for our last concert of the fall semester. This concert will include works by Amanda Aldridge, Viet Cuong (composer…
Join Andrew Cooperstock, Hsiao-Ling Lin and friends in celebrating the 100th anniversary of George Gershwin's beloved "Rhapsody in Blue," along with Gershwin song transcriptions and…
Quartet Integra is quickly developing a prestigious international reputation. The quartet won Second Prize and the coveted Audience Award at the 2022 ARD International Music…
From Brazilian Samba (raucous) to expressive Bach (intimate), from red-hot new student compositions to jazz standards, from minimalist subtleties to challenging counterpoint—this concert will ring…
Join us for a showcase concert featuring brass, piano, string,…
Experience the unbridled passion of a tradition summoned by the six magical strings of guitarist Pablo Sáinz-Villegas. Join the internationally acclaimed “global ambassador of the…
The CU Boulder Thompson Latin Jazz Ensemble studies music from the Caribbean and South America, and its integration and ties with jazz. Traditional and contemporary…
We're thrilled to invite you to the November concert of CU Boulder SoundWorks featuring the ~Nois Saxophone Quartet and Renova New Music Ensemble who will…
Faculty Tuesdays
~Nois Saxophone Quartet joins saxophone students in composition faculty premieresThe ~Nois Saxophone Quartet will join College of Music saxophone students for premiere performances of new works by our own composition faculty, including solo and…
[CANCELED] Gamelan Ensemble
Fall 2024West African Highlife Ensemble
Fall 2024The CU Boulder Early Music Ensemble and early keyboard program…
Student Recitals in October
October Undergraduate, Master's and Doctoral musician recitalsThe students of the College of Music present works old…
The CU Boulder Thompson Jazz Studies Program will feature both the Concert Jazz Ensemble and the Thompson Latin Jazz Ensemble in an evening of classic…
Mezzo soprano Abigail Nims is joined by Mutsumi Moteki, piano, Jennifer Bird, soprano, Erika Eckert, viola, Lillian Gordis, harpsichord and Ann Marie Morgan, viola da…
Enjoy an evening of work and works in progress created…
Composed by Engelbert HumperdinckLibretto by Adelheid Wette The Eklund Opera Program invites you to take a magical journey in which powerful operatic voices and a…
The CU Boulder Chamber Orchestra presents A Fable and Two…
A palimpsest is a written object on which the original writing has been effaced to make room for later writing, but of which traces remain.…
Join the CU Boulder Concert Band for a night of…
SoloDuo—permanent visiting artists of the College of Music's Ritter Family…
Celebrating its 50th anniversary, the Grammy-winning Takács Quartet’s dynamic and insightful performances have established the ensemble as one of the most sought-after chamber music groups…
Oskar is a bullied, lonely teenage boy living with his mother on a housing estate at the edge of town when a spate of sinister…
[Canceled] Diverse Music Concert
Fall 2024The CU Boulder Thompson Jazz Studies Program presents an evening…
CU Boulder SoundWorks is thrilled to present its October concert featuring the Koa String Quartet—the College of Music's new graduate quartet in residence—who will premiere…
Created by New York City and Boston based soprano Corrine…
Lillian Gordis plays selected solo works by J.S. Bach for her debut solo faculty recital at CU Boulder. Renowned CU Boulder College of Music faculty artists perform…
Fall Festival of Choirs
Fall 2024Join the CU Boulder Symphonic Band for an evening of chamber music. Featuring music by Hirokazu Fukushima, Katahj Copley, Adam Gorb and others, "Tapestries" will…
Professor of Bassoon Yoshi Ishikawa and members of the Pan Pacific Ensemble present “Music from Asia,” a program featuring new works commissioned and/or written by…
Created by Yaron Lifschitz and the Circa Ensemble Circa reimagines “Swan Lake,” the world’s most romantic ballet, as a circus spectacular—full of the company’s signature…
Guest Recital
Spencer Myer, pianoGuest Recital
Chants, Places, Sources: A multimedia performance by the ITER Research EnsembleChants, Places, Sources is a multimedia performance by the Cremona,…
Italian songwriter Toto Cutugno once sang “Lasciatemi cantare con la chitarra in mano, Lasciatemi cantare sono un italiano” (Let me sing with a guitar in…
Join the incoming BM/MT (Bachelor of Music in Musical Theatre)…
Come celebrate the CU Boulder Symphony Orchestra’s season opening with “Festivals” in Macky Auditorium! This concert features Graduate Honors Division Competition Winner Rinat Erlichman who…
Join CU Boulder’s Assistant Professor of Saxophone Nathan Mertens, international soloist and Japanese saxophonist Kenta Saito, and University of Arkansas endowed professor and pianist Tomoko…
[CANCELED] Philharmonia Orchestra
Celebrating its 50th anniversary, the Grammy-winning Takács Quartet’s dynamic and insightful performances have established the ensemble as one of the most sought-after chamber music groups…
For centuries, storytelling has been an art in almost every culture. Join the CU Boulder Wind Symphony and Symphonic Band for an evening of storytelling…