An Extraordinary School, University & Arts City
With a world-class faculty and concert venues, the Lamont School of Music is widely recognized as a premier music performance school. Students from around the world audition to study at Lamont, where they gain the skills and experience necessary to succeed in today’s dynamic arts world. Our commitment to excellence includes a multi-genre curriculum and award-winning performers engaging with audiences from across the Rocky Mountain West.
Our students experience and participate in Denver’s unrivaled metropolitan arts environment, where professional performing arts companies offer inspiration and performance opportunities. Our graduates pursue professional careers as outstanding performing artists, composers, conductors, entrepreneurs, recording professionals and scholars.
Whether you are a prospective student, an audience member or an arts supporter, we welcome you to Lamont and invite you to explore our website.
DU Lamont is thrilled to welcome audiences to the Newman Center for live concerts again.
Please visit our calendar
for our Fall Season schedule and important COVID19 campus access information and health restrictions that must be followed to attend our concerts.
Lamont Concerts & Events
Tuesday, September 28, 7:30 p.m., Hamilton Recital Hall
Susan Cahill, double bass with Basil Vendryes, viola; Matthew Zalkind, cello; Richard Harris, trombone & Eric Gunnison, piano
$12 Ticket, All seats reserved, Complimentary parking
Playing as soloists and in chamber ensembles, these faculty artists perform individually with the Colorado Symphony and Metropolitan Opera and in concert and recital halls everywhere.
STREAMING & PROGRAM LINKS TO COME
October 1 & 2
2021 Carmine Caruso International Jazz Trumpet Solo Competition
This fall the Lamont School of Music will host this international jazz trumpet competition sponsored by the International Trumpet Guild in cooperation with the Herb Alpert Foundation.
Saturday, October 9, 7:30 p.m., Hamilton Recital Hall
Faculty Recital – Rachael Hutchings & Hukum Singh Khalsa, duo pianists
$12 Ticket, All seats reserved, Complimentary parking
Duet and duo repertoire by Beethoven, Debussy, Mendelssohn, Tailleferre and R. Hutchings.
STREAMING & PROGRAM LINKS TO COME
Tuesday, October 12, 7:30 p.m., Gates Concert Hall
Concert – Lamont Symphony Orchestra
$5 Ticket, All seats reserved, Complimentary parking
Beethoven and the Schumanns: Lawrence Golan conducts Robert Schumann’s Overture, Scherzo and Finale, Op. 54; Clara Schumann’s Piano Concerto in A Minor with Stephanie Cheng, piano and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7 in A Major.
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Wednesday, October 13, 7:30 p.m., Gates Concert Hall
Concert – Lamont Wind Ensemble
$5 Ticket, All seats reserved, Complimentary parking
Joseph Martin conducts the Lamont Wind Ensemble.
STREAMING & PROGRAM LINKS TO COME
Friday, November 5, 7:30 p.m., Gates Concert Hall
Opera Theatre – "A Night at the Opera"
$5 Ticket, All seats reserved, Complimentary parking
The Lamont Symphony Orchestra and Lamont Opera Theatre perform Puccini’s La bohème Acts 2 & 4, and works in Spanish by Falla, Catán, Chueca, Carne and Chapi.
STREAMING & PROGRAM LINKS TO COME
Sunday, November 7, 2:30 p.m., Gates Concert Hall
Opera Theatre – A Night at the Opera
$5 Ticket, All seats reserved, Complimentary parking
The Lamont Symphony Orchestra and Lamont Opera Theatre perform Puccini’s La bohème Acts 2 & 4, and works in Spanish by Falla, Catán, Chueca, Carne and Chapi.
STREAMING & PROGRAM LINKS TO COME
Monday, November 8, 7:30 p.m., Gates Concert Hall
Concert - Lamont Jazz Orchestra
$5 Ticket, All seats reserved, Complimentary parking
Mike Marlier makes his debut as director of the award-winning Lamont Jazz Orchestra.
STREAMING & PROGRAM LINKS TO COME
7:1 Student-to-Faculty Ratio
300+ Performances Per Year
43/16 States/Nations Represented
Engaging the Rocky Mountain West
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