Concerts, Arts, and other events in the public interest around the Front Range Community.

 

TAKT Trio

Newman Center for the Performing Arts 2344 East Iliff Avenue, Denver

Celebrating György Ligeti's centennial, TAKT Trio presents the composer's Trio for Violin, Horn, and Piano, alongside Brahms' own Horn Trio as well as a new work by composer Hilda Paredes, reconsidering this medium for the 21st century. Co-presented with Friends of Chamber Music and DU's Lamont School of Music.

Urban Bush Women

Newman Center for the Performing Arts 2344 East Iliff Avenue, Denver

Founded in 1984 by dance icon Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, Urban Bush Women's groundbreaking work centers women(+) and members of the African diaspora. Legacy + Lineage + Liberation is an evening of classic works that transcend genre, illuminating overlooked perspectives that contribute to our national conversation around equity and justice.

Aoife O’Donovan & Hawktail

Newman Center for the Performing Arts 2344 East Iliff Avenue, Denver

Deemed "a vocalist of unerring instinct" by The New York Times, Grammy award-winning artist Aoife O'Donovan has released three critically acclaimed and boundary-blurring solo albums including 2022's thrice Grammy-nominated album "Age of Apathy" praised as "stunning" (Rolling Stone). Aoife will be joined by Hawktail, an acoustic music supergroup composed of […]

Sphinx Virtuosi

Newman Center for the Performing Arts 2344 East Iliff Avenue, Denver

The Sphinx Virtuosi is a dynamic and inspiring self-conducted chamber orchestra entirely comprised of Black and Latinx artists, evolving and transforming the face of classical music. Their program, featuring works by Nokothula Ngwenyama, Xavier Foley, and Coleridge Taylor Perkinson, highlights innovative music by composers of color past and present. The […]

Sphinx Virtuosi at the Newman Center at DU

Newman Center for the Performing Arts 2344 East Iliff Avenue, Denver

This Dynamic, inspiring, self-conducted chamber orchestra of accomplished Black and Latinx artists works to evolve and transform the face of classical music through artistic excellence, pioneering programming, and impassioned community engagement. Their program, "Generations," is inspired by the poetry of Langston Hughes and Julia Alvarez. This concert is presented in […]

Okareka Dance: Mana Wahine

Newman Center for the Performing Arts 2344 East Iliff Avenue, Denver

Okareka Dance is one of the leading contemporary Maori (indigenous) dance companies in New Zealand. Their celebrated work Mana Wahine (Powerful Women) reflects cultural beliefs, colonial history, and the role of women, using contemporary and Maori dance and motifs in a vibrant and moving multi-media performance.

Joshua Redman Quintet

Newman Center for the Performing Arts 2344 East Iliff Avenue, Denver

One of the most acclaimed and charismatic jazz artists of his generation, Joshua Redman has released over twenty albums and is a previous winner of the prestigious Thelonious Monk International Saxophone Competition. His latest release "Long Gone" (Nonesuch) reunites him with his original quartet "to stunning effect" (The Guardian). The […]

Acrobuffos: Air Play

Newman Center for the Performing Arts 2344 East Iliff Avenue, Denver

A circus-style adventure of two siblings journeying through a surreal land of air, Air Play transforms ordinary objects into uncommon beauty. Umbrellas fly, fabrics soar over the audience, balloons swallow people, and snow swirls, filling the stage. With stunning images and gales of laughter, Air Play bounces on the edge […]

Small Island Big Song

Newman Center for the Performing Arts 2344 East Iliff Avenue, Denver

Experience a journey into the soul of island nations of the Pacific and Indian Oceans, meeting an ancient seafaring ancestry and confronting the impacts of the climate crisis. Combining music, spoken word and live cinema, the experience is framed in a theatrical narrative with panoramic visuals of the artists’ homelands.

Small Island Big Song

Newman Center for the Performing Arts 2344 East Iliff Avenue, Denver

Experience a journey into the soul of island nations of the Pacific and Indian Oceans, meeting an ancient seafaring ancestry and confronting the impacts of the climate crisis. Combining music, spoken word, and live cinema, the experience is framed in a theatrical narritive with panoramic visuals of the artists' homelands.

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