Performances & Events

Engaging the Rocky Mountain West

Our students, faculty members and guest artists perform on the concert and recital hall stages of the Robert and Judi Newman Center for the Performing Arts, one of the nation’s most extraordinary campus arts centers. Audiences select from 300 concerts and events each season featuring the repertoires of orchestras, choirs, jazz ensembles, world musics and operas.

Our students experience and participate in Denver’s unrivaled metropolitan arts environment where professional performing arts companies offer inspiration and performance opportunities.

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Friday, January 24

Faculty Recital – Steven Mayer, piano & Igor Pikayzen, violin

Award-winning Russian-American violinist and new Lamont faculty member Igor Pikayzen has been praised on four continents by critics and audiences alike. Steven Mayer has performed everything from Jelly Roll Morton to Charles Ives for classical audiences worldwide.

7:30 p.m.
Hamilton Recital Hall

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Wednesday, January 29

Concert – Lamont Wind Ensemble, “Prism,” Martin Kuuskmann, bassoon

In a concert titled "Prism" the Lamont Wind Ensemble is joined by internationally-acclaimed bassoonist Martin Kuuskmann.

7:30 p.m.
Gates Concert Hall

Friday, February 7

CATS Guest Artist – Linda Wang, violin & Matthew Zalkind, cello

Violinist Linda Wang maintains a worldwide presence as a performer and educator. For Matthew Zalkind’s recording debut, Gramophone says “…what impresses me most is the sheer joyousness he communicates in every movement.”

Tickets $10, Complimentary parking

7:30 p.m.
Hamilton Recital Hall

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Tuesday, February 11

Newman Center & National Geographic present "JANE – In Concert"

A new film telling the story of Jane Goodall. The Lamont Symphony Orchestra will perform the Philip Glass score live with the film.
Tickets $16–$47

7:30 p.m.
Gates Concert Hall

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Wednesday, February 19

Faculty Recital – Alice Yoo, cello with Hsiao-Ling Lin, Piano

New Lamont faculty member Alice Yoo has performed extensively throughout the United States and abroad as a soloist, recitalist and chamber musician, performing in prestigious venues such as New York’s Carnegie Hall.

Tickets $10, Complimentary parking

7:30 p.m.
Hamilton Recital Hall

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April 23–26

Opera – Mozart's "The Magic Flute"

Lamont Opera Theatre and the Lamont Symphony Orchestra present a psychedelic take on Mozart's comic opera.
Tickets on sale February 3

7:30 p.m. Thursday–Saturday, 2:30 p.m. Sunday
Gates Concert Hall

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Lamont on Tour

Tours & Event Performances

The Lamont Jazz Orchestra performs at the Monterey Jazz Festival

Lamont ensembles and faculty members tour and perform at national and regional events. Recent tours and performances include Lamont Jazz Orchestra performances as award winners at the 61st Monterey Jazz Festival, the Lamont Chorale tour of Santa Fe and Albuquerque, New Mexico and bassoon faculty member Martin Kuuskmann's recent tour of China.

Guest Artists & Master Classes

Jens Lindemann works with a student during a trumpet master class.

Lamont offers guest artist performances and master classes throughout the year, performed and taught by internationally-recognized musicians, composers, music industry leaders and scholars. See our calendar to find opportunities to attend guest artist performances or observe master classes.

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Productions, Series and Organizations

Lamont Opera singers perform in Il Tabbaro

Lamont Opera Theatre

Lamont Opera Theatre starts with the musical score or script and adds the singers, orchestra, sets, costumes, sound and lighting to create a fully-staged opera or musical.

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The Spirituals Project

Director M. Roger Holland II and the Spirituals Project have a mission: “To preserve and revitalize the music and teachings of the sacred songs called spirituals.”

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