With a world-class faculty and concert venues, the Lamont School of Music is widely recognized as a premier music school. Students from across 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!
Lamont School of Music Centennial
We invite you to join us during this very special year: the 100th anniversary of the Lamont School of Music. Over its first century, Lamont grew from a modest conservatory into a school of national prominence.
Click to read a brief history, peruse historical photos, and see upcoming events related to the Centennial!
Lamont Concerts & Events
Friday, October 25
Abbott Small Group, The End All, & Judith Hindle
Lamont small groups explore the canon of jazz and/or American popular music, as well as original student compositions and arrangements. Typically consisting of 4-7 players, small groups perform public concerts each quarter.
- 7:30pm
- Williams Recital Salon
Saturday, October 26
Lamont Baroque Orchestra
Join us for the fall performance by the Lamont Baroque Orchestra! This ensemble focuses on the dramatic and expressive world of European music from the 17th and 18th centuries.
- 7:30pm
- Hamilton Recital Hall
Sunday, October 27
Faculty Artists Recital Series: Colorado Cello Quartet
Cellists David Requiro, Meta Weiss, Alice Yoo, and Matthew Zalkind make up the newly formed Colorado Cello Quartet. The four cellists are based in Denver and Boulder and are seasoned soloists, chamber musicians, and educators
- 4:30pm
- Hamilton Recital Hall
Wednesday, October 30
Adam Gang Zach Rich, Gabriel Santiago Small Groups
Lamont small groups explore the canon of jazz and/or American popular music, as well as original student compositions and arrangements. Typically consisting of 4-7 players, small groups perform public concerts each quarter.
- 7:30pm
- Hamilton Recital Hall
November 1-2
Lamont Opera Theatre presents a Double Bill
Join us for this double bill of Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas and Mozart’s The Impresario in a semi-staged concert version accompanied by a professional orchestra.
- 7:30pm
- Gates Concert Hall
"Lamont is going to give you the opportunity to really be heard as a musician."
Ruby Pucillo, BA Jazz Voice
The Spirituals Project
The Spirituals Project is a community organization dedicated to preserving and revitalizing the spirituals, through musical, educational, and social justice work in our community.
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