Colorado Music Festival reviewOrchestra, Rivera stunning in minimalist symphony

In the 1990s, Henryk Grecki's Symphony No. 3, the "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs," might as well have been Beethoven's Fifth. Full Story

Concert calendar, July 8-15

Concert Calendar, July 8-15 Full Story

'New' Handel triumphs in Central City

CENTRAL CITY -- To think that today's seniors grew up in a world in which the only Handel they knew was "The Messiah. Full Story

Improvisation dampens effect as CMF debuts new jazz-inspired classical works

The auditorium at Chautauqua was packed. The centerpiece of the program had just concluded. The applause was thunderous. There was an encore. So it must have been a rousing success. But what if, musically, it really just wasn't? Full Story

'Carmen` sizzles with sex

CENTRAL CITY -- It`s doubtful that in all of its 79 years the Central City Opera has ever staged a celebration of the flesh to match the production of "Carmen" that opened here on Saturday. Full Story

Christie opens to almost sold-out crowd

As Michael Christie entered his second decade with the Colorado Music Festival, beginning his 11th year Sunday evening at Chautauqua Auditorium, the almost sold-out crowd at the old barn was a grand testament to a tenure of incredible accomplishments. Full Story

Christie takes on Schubert's "Unfinished"

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Michael Christie kicks off the 34th season of the Colorado Music Festival today with both feet firmly planted on the familiar turf of Viennese Classicism. Full Story

Kids out front at CMF

There`s much that`s new at the Colorado Music Festival this summer, especially for kids. Full Story

Kids out front at this year's Colorado Music Festival

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The Colorado Music Festival is upon us again. Full Story

University of Colorado's New Opera Workshop to feature bass-baritone Ashraf Sewailam

NOW -- it's an acronym of such intensity that you want to write it with an exclamation mark or two: NOW! Full Story

Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore will teach at Naropa's Summer Writing Program

Thurston Moore, frontman of seminal alternative rock group Sonic Youth, will join the cadre of visiting instructors at this year's Summer Writing Program hosted by Naropa's Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics. Full Story

Boulder-area concerts, June 10-16

Music shows, June 10-16 Full Story