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
Sunday, May 25
Classical Guitar Ensembles
Ensembles vary in size from duos to octets, and we especially emphasize collaboration with singers and other instrumentalists. The groups cover music from the Renaissance to the present day.
- 7:30pm
- Hamilton Recital Hall
Monday, May 26
Joey Brink, carillon
This recital may be enjoyed from the south courtyard next to the Ritchie Center gym off Asbury Avenue. Attendees are invited to tour the Williams Carillon after the performance.
- 5:00pm
- Williams Carillon, Ritchie Center Lawn
Tuesday, May 27
Lamont Percussion Ensemble
The Lamont Percussion Ensemble performs traditional percussion ensemble music as well as music from today's important composers, which includes commissions specifically written for our group.
- 7:30pm
- Hamilton Recital Hall
Tuesday, May 27
Vocal Jazz Ensembles
Vocal Spectrum is comprised of several solo vocal soloists with a rhythm section. Vocal Syndicate is an elite group of three to four vocalists backed by a rhythm section who write and arrange all of their own music. Resonance group focuses on repertoire from the rhythm & blues genre.
- 7:30pm
- Williams Recital Salon
Wednesday, May 28
Lamont Symphony Orchestra
This program features the Lamont Solo Honors Competition Winner, Timothy Coffey, performing the clarinet concerto of Jan Van der Roost.
- 7:30pm
- Gates Concert Hall
Thursday, May 29
Steel Drum Ensemble
Music from the Caribbean and beyond with a new student composition by Cuauhte De Herrera featuring Phillipe Aleshire, bassoon and Maisey Toczek, tenor pan.
- 7:30pm
- Gates Concert Hall
Thursday, May 29 & Friday, May 30
Spring Opera Workshop
Join us for this annual favorite presented by Lamont voice students! Enjoy selections from Les Misérables, Hadestown, Street Scene, Chess, La Cage Aux Folles, Suffs, Fun Home, Ragtime, Title of Show, 9 to 5, and more.
- 7:30pm
- Hamilton Recital Hall
Friday, May 30
Early Music Ensembles
Join us for the Spring performance by the Lamont Early Music Ensembles! Featuring works by G.F. Handel, Marianna Martinez, Joseph Haydn, John Ward, Diego Ortiz, and Marin Marais.
- 7:30pm
- Hamilton Recital Hall
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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