Performances & Concerts
For first-year doctoral student Laura Klein, a visit to Jane Austen’s House in Chawton, Hampshire, inspired The Jane Austen Playlist: Love and Music of Regency England. On Feb. 25, Klein will capture the essence of Austen’s six major novels in a dramatized performance.
Good opera doesn’t always have to be about spurned lovers and bitter betrayal. Take in a tale of magic, wonder and hope with CU Presents and the Eklund Opera Program. Single-ticket discounts are available for youth, CU students and employees, and others.
“Company” stands apart in the collected works of Stephen Sondheim as one of his most complex contributions to the musical theater canon. It won the 1971 Tony award for best musical, as well as best score, best lyrics and best book.
At Macky Auditorium, join the NAACP of Boulder County as it presents the Nashville African American Wind Symphony, which will perform classical music highlighting American folklore influenced by African American culture. The concert is free and open to the public.
In the Grammy-nominated “The Secret Between the Shadow and the Soul,” the Branford Marsalis Quartet performs its most emotionally wide-ranging and melody-driven collection of music to date. CU students and employees get 25% off tickets.
Join the Grammy-winning Takács Quartet Jan 8–16 for their first concert series of 2023. The performances will include the works of Joseph Haydn, Fanny Mendelssohn and Ludwig van Beethoven.
Showcasing wicked charm and stunning vocals that will leave you begging for more, Storm Large’s “Holiday Ordeal” is set to deliver a night of music, laughs and gifts.
Twinkling lights, seasonal greenery and of course beautiful music at CU Boulder’s Holiday Festival, an annual tradition that’s enchanting for all ages—make plans to attend!
One of two CU students on The Washington Post’s “composers and performers to watch” list, Kedrick Armstrong will conduct the CU Symphony Orchestra’s performance of “Sinfonietta” on campus—this before the world premiere of “The Factotum” with the Lyric Opera of Chicago in February.
“Odeon,” Ephrat Asherie Dance’s original work bound for Macky Auditorium Nov. 18, combines storied Afro-Brazilian rhythms and sounds with contemporary hip-hop, house, vogue and other choreography styles that are part of the current lexicon of street and club dancers in New York.