Music
Prieto programs favorites for festival
The Mexican conductor, the second of three candidates for the position of music director of the festival, will lead the full Festival Orchestra in a program of early 20th-century ballets on July 17 and 18, and the Chamber Orchestra in a program of 18th/19th-century ...
BCO offers classical option for New Year’s Eve
Bahman Saless and the Boulder Chamber Orchestra offered their first New Year’s Eve concert two years ago. Saless saw an open niche and decided to fill it...
Piece by piece
Place is a point of tension for Chris Bowers Castillo. The creative force behind Denver experimental indie trio Kiltro was born and raised in...
Unity of style and identity
It seems that every month brings a new article announcing the demise of classical music...
Eklund Opera presents ’the perfect Verdi opera’
Nicholas Carthy describes La traviata as “the perfect Verdi opera.”
Based on the 1848 novel by Alexandre Dumas, La Dame aux Camélias (The lady of...
Ska hooks and lines
Be ready for instant action when Reel Big Fish takes the stage — no matter where or when...
When rock is illegal
Land of the free, sure, but every once in a great while, there will be a story in local and national media that details an American artist’s struggle against censorship. If an artist is in fact fined or jailed, the general response of many Americans is pure outrage ...
Near-lost composers come to life at Colorado Music Festival
Boulder’s Chautauqua this summer will be home to several music festivals...
After touring the world, Trace Bundy comes home
There was a time not long ago when Trace Bundy, former CU engineering professor turned full-time acoustic guitar instrumentalist, was affectionately known around here as the “acoustic ninja,” a moniker applied informally by an early and enthusiastic fan. And not ...
On the road to stardom
The Avett Brothers are a band whose passionate energy, earnest talent and off-the-hook performances inspire great dedication among their fans. Few who have experienced the pretty mea culpa “Shame,” heard their plea to “kill the doubt that strangles my self-worth” on...
