No one has ever accused Lawrence Argent of being a miniaturist. A renowned sculptor and DU faculty member celebrated for his public art projects, Argent is known nationwide for I See What You Mean, the massive, 40-foot-tall blue bear that peers into the Colorado Convention Center in downtown Denver. In […]
The Mendelssohn Trio (Ron Francois, violin; Barbara Thiem, cello; Theodor Lichtmann, piano), together with guest Margaret Miller, viola, will perform classic works in a recital this Friday. The trio formed in 1988 and has toured Europe twice, with another tour scheduled for this summer. The group was named for Thiem’s […]
Lamont students have been working hard the past few weeks to put together their second full-length opera this academic year. The fall production of Faust has many eager to hear more from the Opera Theatre Program and the Lamont Symphony Orchestra. The spring opera, Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro, runs […]
American pianist Jerome Rose has performed with many of the world’s most distinguished orchestras and conductors and appears on tour in three continents each year. He has recorded numerous albums, including his most recent DVD release, Jerome Rose Plays Brahms Live in Concert. Rose is professor of piano at Mannes […]
Some of the most wrenching stories about the last hours of the Titanic are accounts of the ship’s band playing as passengers scrambled for a limited number of lifeboats. The band was still playing even as the great ship sank into the Atlantic at 2:20 a.m. on April 15, 1912. […]
The inaugural Lamont Clarinet Festival will bring high school clarinet students from all over Colorado to the University of Denver’s Lamont School of Music on April 7. “This will hopefully serve as an annual event for all clarinetists to look forward to and act as a place to learn and […]
The Newman Center Presents series at the Newman Center for the Performing Arts celebrates the venue’s 10th anniversary with a mix of old and new. The 2012–13 season, announced Sunday, features a full slate of dance, music and opera. The season kicks off Sept. 22 with Newman Center favorite Aspen […]
A great organist plus a great organ adds up to a special Sunday-afternoon concert at the Newman Center for the Performing Arts. “Cindy Lindeen-Martin is a well-known Denver organist with impeccable credentials, and we’re very fortunate to have her demonstrate her skills on the Schuke organ in Hamilton Recital Hall,” […]
The most fabulous night in the world of film may have taken place in Hollywood, but there was still a University of Denver connection.
The Playground Ensemble, artist-in-residence at DU’s Lamont School of Music, pays tribute to Polish composer Henryk Górecki in a concert on Feb. 15. The Playground is a group of professional musicians and composers dedicated to presenting classical music as a living art form. Through its varied outreach programs, the Playground […]
Clarinet Professor Jeremy Reynolds is exploring new territory with pianist Heidi Brende Leathwood in a recital on February 2. Together, the two will perform a program that opens doors to intriguing and fascinating music. “This concert is filled with lyrical, technical and acrobatic playing that challenges us in exciting ways,” […]
The absence has ended, and the void it created has vanished for Joe Martin. After a wonderfully creative sabbatical during fall quarter, Martin will again conduct the Lamont Wind Ensemble on Wednesday night at the Newman Center for the Performing Arts. The free performance begins at 7:30 p.m. in Gates […]
The award-winning Lamont Wind Ensemble, directed by Joseph Martin, is recognized for interesting, diverse, and approachable programming. The ensemble’s upcoming Golden Age of Bands concert features several pieces that might have been heard in a band concert of the 1950-1960s, beginning with a popular transcription for winds, Berlioz’s Roman Carnival […]
The Lamont Faculty Piano Trio, featuring Linda Wang, violin; Richard Slavich, cello; and Alice Rybak, piano, perform Jan. 20 in the last of a series of three concerts that pay tribute to the late Jane Anderson Saul (1929-2004). “Jane was a music activist,” says her husband, Max Saul, a Lamont […]
Defining the art of photography in an age where nearly everyone is armed with a high-quality cell phone camera is now a way of life for Rupert Jenkins (MBA ’07). As executive director of the Denver-based Colorado Photographic Arts Center, Jenkins helps organize shows like the upcoming “iWorld” — which […]