Events in Colorado Springs
To conclude our 32nd season, Colorado Vocal Arts Ensemble presents a concert inspired by Earth Day. Part elegy and part celebration, the program will evoke specific landscapes while exploring ideas of belonging and yearning for the places we call home. Featuring Dominick Argento’s lyrical Walden Pond for mixed choir, 3 celli, and harp. The Ensemble …
Lun Li Returns with a New Emerging Soloist Competition Winner! Superstar violinist Lun Li takes on Bartók’s incredibly difficult Violin Concerto No. 2; meanwhile, the winner of our 2023 Emerging Soloist Competition, Ben Albertson, will redefine what you think is possible on the harp with a concert piece by Gabriel Pierné. We have paired these …
Lun Li Returns with a New Emerging Soloist Competition Winner! Superstar violinist Lun Li takes on Bartók’s incredibly difficult Violin Concerto No. 2; meanwhile, the winner of our 2023 Emerging Soloist Competition, Ben Albertson, will redefine what you think is possible on the harp with a concert piece by Gabriel Pierné. We have paired these …
An Evening of Roman-ticism Mezzo-soprano GeDeane Graham joins us for a concert steeped in Romanticism. She will sing Wagner’s Wesendonck Lieder - a song cycle that later formed the basis for parts of his famous opera Tristan und Isolde. We’ll also celebrate the 200th anniversary of Mendelssohn’s first symphony, and perform Adolphus Hailstork’s neo-Romantic take …
An Evening of Roman-ticism Mezzo-soprano GeDeane Graham joins us for a concert steeped in Romanticism. She will sing Wagner’s Wesendonck Lieder - a song cycle that later formed the basis for parts of his famous opera Tristan und Isolde. We’ll also celebrate the 200th anniversary of Mendelssohn’s first symphony, and perform Adolphus Hailstork’s neo-Romantic take …
Experience an evening of exquisite music on October 11 with the Ivalas Quartet, an ensemble praised by The Strad Magazine for their "tremendous heart and beauty." Hailing from the prestigious Juilliard School, this young and innovative quartet is dedicated to amplifying BIPOC voices in the world of chamber music. Their talent has earned them top …
A Musical Journey of Loneliness and Love Songs from the End of the World imagines the famous story from the Odyssey of Calypso’s island, but sung in the voice of the nymph herself, as she spends seven years weaving a tapestry for her newfound love, Odysseus, only to have to unravel the threads to create …
A Musical Journey of Loneliness and Love Songs from the End of the World imagines the famous story from the Odyssey of Calypso’s island, but sung in the voice of the nymph herself, as she spends seven years weaving a tapestry for her newfound love, Odysseus, only to have to unravel the threads to create …
This is the 3rd year for the Woodland Park Wind Symphony’s concert in the Shockley-Zalabak performance theater. Under the direction of Craig Harms, this 65-piece Wind Symphony is made up of musicians from the Ute Pass and Pikes Peak areas. The generosity of sponsors and a grant from the Ute Pass Saddle Club have made …
The Denver Brass will present a concert, Celtic Awakening, to support One Simple Voice at Mt. Carmel Veterans Service Center at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 28 at the Ent Center for the Arts, 5225 N. Nevada Ave. in Colorado Springs. The concert will feature Celtic music and performances including Scottish dancers, bagpipers, vocalists, and …
The Denver Brass will present a concert, Celtic Awakening, to support One Simple Voice at Mt. Carmel Veterans Service Center at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 28 at the Ent Center for the Arts, 5225 N. Nevada Ave. in Colorado Springs. The concert will feature Celtic music and performances including Scottish dancers, bagpipers, vocalists, and …
“Eroica,” the third symphony of Ludwig van Beethoven deserves its heroic nickname. Originally dedicated to Napoleon Bonaparte, the composer angrily scratched out the inscription replacing it with “dedicated to the memory of a great man.” In this performance, Eva Vogel joins Josep Caballé-Domenech and the Philharmonic for Gustav Mahler’s Kindertotenlieder, wrapping the listener in beautiful …
Argentine composer Astor Piazzola wrote his own delicious tango response to Vivaldi’s “Seasons,” a rollicking, foot-stomping tour of Buenos Aires. Join us for pre-Concert talks, beginning one hour before performance time.
World-class ensemble playing, Beethoven, and the perfect acoustics of the Chapman Recital Hall all make for an EPIC experience. Select Colorado Springs Philharmonic musicians join forces with select members of the Colorado Symphony's wind section. Beethoven’s Sextet for two horns, two bassoons, and two clarinets is a timeless masterpiece. The electrifying opening chords of the …
Al and Leigh Buettner Signature Series presents, the Philharmonic’s ‘Mozart and Schoenberg’ in celebration of October is Arts Month. Mozart’s brightly-lit Symphony 39 was the first of his final symphonies near the end of his young life. An astonishing work, it shows Amadeus ahead of his time with a feeling of perpetual motion and …
