Music
Honing the narrative craft
In light of the spate of music biopics and memoirs that have come out recently, anyone expecting lots of hot dishing when they crack...
For A Far Cry, ‘Memory’ has many meanings
A Far Cry, a self-directed string ensemble of 17 players headquartered in Boston, will play “Memory” Saturday (Feb. 8) in Macky Auditorium.
No, not the...
Not as simple as it seems
Have you ever been stranded in an airport between flights?
If so, Boulder’s Ars Nova Singers and Denver’s Stratus Ensemble have a musical program for...
Nineteen voices a snap for Ars Nova singers
A choral piece for “only” 19 parts is almost too easy for the experienced voices of Boulder’s Ars Nova Singers.
Last year they sang two...
You can go home again
Katherine “KP” Paul didn’t mean to write an album in the uncertain summer of 2020, but homecomings have a knack for surprise. Known by...
Climate classicism
What’s the sound of a biosphere on the brink? For Drew Hemenger, the answer to that question lies in a multitude of voices. That’s why...
Dance like your life depends on it
‘Space Samba (Disco Volador Theme),’ by The Orielles
Though released in February, “Space Samba” screams summer from the first sun-bleached, flanged-out strum of Henry Carlyle...
Unexpected and unfamiliar
The Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra somewhat unexpectedly opens its 2019-20 season Saturday, Oct. 12, with music by two members of the Rock & Roll Hall...
CMF ends 2019 season Aug. 3 with Mahler’s Third Symphony
Music Director Peter Oundjian will conduct the final two weeks of the Colorado Music Festival 2019 season, with four orchestral concerts July 25–Aug. 3.
Oundjian’s...
Music from the unknown
A year ago, Derek DeMuth found himself unexpectedly traveling in Peru alone. His travel partner had decided to bail on the trip, but DeMuth...
Call of the wild
Andy Thorn has always walked a fine line between tradition and experimentation. Even as a kid in bluegrass-obsessed North Carolina, watching banjo greats chop...
