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.
Sunday, October 6
Guest Artist/Faculty Recital – Frank Morelli & Martin Kuuskmann, bassoon
Lamont faculty bassoonist Martin Kuuskmann joins one of his inspirations on the Hamilton Stage. Frank Morelli is a member of the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and the woodwind quintet, Windscape. He has made nine appearances as a soloist in Carnegie Hall. An Estonian-born bassoon virtuoso with two Grammy nominated albums, Martin Kuuskmann’s charismatic and commanding performances throughout the world have earned him repute as one of the leading solo instrumentalists today.
Tickets $10, Complimentary parking
- 1:30 p.m.
- Hamilton Recital Hall
Tuesday, October 8
Concert – Lamont Symphony Orchestra, Brett Mitchell, guest conductor
Ethel Smyth: Concerto for Violin and Horn; Igor Pikayzen, violin; David Byrd-Marrow, horn & Sibelius: Symphony No. 1
Brett Mitchell, Music Director of your Colorado Symphony, conducts the Lamont Symphony Orchestra in a performance featuring Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 1 and Ethel Smyth: Concerto for Violin and Horn with the debuts of new Lamont faculty members Igor Pikayzen, violin and David Byrd-Marrow, horn.
Free ticket required, $5 Reserved Seating
Complimentary parking
- 7:30 p.m.
- Gates Concert Hall
Wednesday, October 23
Faculty Recital – Yumi Hwang-Williams, violin with Hsing-ay Hsu, piano
Yumi Hwang-Williams is the concertmaster of your Colorado Symphony. A graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music, she is an artist of exceptional musicianship known both for her thoughtful and stylish interpretations of the classics and for her commitment to the works of contemporary composers.
Tickets $10, Complimentary parking
- 7:30 p.m.
- Hamilton Recital Hall
Friday, November 1 and Sunday, November 3
Concert – Lamont Symphony Orchestra & Lamont Opera Theatre Gala Event, Sahar Nouri, guest conductor
New Lamont Opera Theatre Music Director Sahar Nouri conducts a gala concert event by the Orchestra and singers performing opera works from the opera classics L’italiana in Algeri, Don Pasquale, Rusalka, and Lucia di Lammermoor to name only a few.
Free ticket required, $5 Reserved Seating
Complimentary parking
- Friday, 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, 2:30 p.m.
- Gates Concert Hall
Monday, November 4
Faculty Recital – Jeremy Reynolds, Clarinet
In his first faculty recital since performing and teaching in Switzerland, Norway and France, Lamont faculty clarinetist Jeremy Reynolds returns to the Hamilton Recital Hall stage.
- 7:30 p.m.
- Hamilton Recital Hall
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Lamont on Tour
Tours & Event Performances
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
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.
Productions, Series & Organizations
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.
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.”
CATS: Celebrated Artist-Teacher String Series
A unique, world-class series of celebrated artists-teachers from university music schools across the nation.
Guitar Festival
The Denver Guitar Festival & Competition is a three-day celebration of the classical guitar including guest recitals, lectures, master classes as well as the Josefina P. Tuason International Guitar Competition and Youth Competition, totaling $6000 in prizes.
Colorado Clarinet Day
Colorado Clarinet Day celebrates clarinet music with internationally renowned guest artists, master classes, performances, the Clarinet Choir, and vendors sporting the latest clarinet gear.
