For diversity initiatives to last, classical music needs radical institutional change.
Essays & Criticism
Starkland’s new releases: fearless, authentic and experimental
Boulder-based label Starkland recently issued three CDs that explore contemporary music’s different personalities.
Opinion: Animal exploitation creates deadly diseases like COVID-19
If we don’t stop exploiting animals everywhere, COVID-19 is just the beginning.
Adam Lambert’s ‘Velvet’ is a silky nostalgic throwback
In his new album “Velvet,” Adam Lambert launches into a funky, retro era, leaving behind his glam electropop.
Zephyr Quartet’s ‘Epilogue’ creates hypnotic textures
Australia’s Zephyr Quartet produces a multilayered masterpiece on their newest album “Epilogue.”
Piano virtuoso Pierre-Laurent Aimard doubles back to Beethoven
French pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard linked forward-thinking musical geniuses at CU’s Macky Auditorium.
Nobuntu radiates joy with mbube a capella
Nobuntu’s dynamic dancing and warm, mellifluous a capella vocals filled Macky Auditorium with warmth.
Al Di Meola brings high caliber musicianship to the Boulder Theater
Jazz guitarist Al Di Meola sampled from his vast repertoire to build a thoroughly enjoyable, intimate set.
Acting group for people with disabilities puts on show-stopping performance with ‘Chicago’
The Phamaly Theatre Company, aiming to make more inclusive theatrical performances, brought stories of the Windy City to Denver.
Violinist Chloé Trevor performs mashup of “Four Seasons”
Virtuoso Chloé Trevor performed Vivaldi’s and Piazzolla’s “The Four Seasons” with beauty and grace.