With a world-class faculty and concert venues, the Lamont School of Music is widely recognized as a premier music school. Students from across the world audition to study at Lamont, where they gain the skills and experience necessary to succeed in today’s dynamic arts world. Our commitment to excellence includes a multi-genre curriculum and award-winning performers engaging with audiences from across the Rocky Mountain West.
Our students experience and participate in Denver’s unrivaled metropolitan arts environment, where professional performing arts companies offer inspiration and performance opportunities. Our graduates pursue professional careers as outstanding performing artists, composers, conductors, entrepreneurs, recording professionals and scholars.
Whether you are a prospective student, an audience member or an arts supporter, we welcome you!
Lamont School of Music Centennial
We invite you to join us during this very special year: the 100th anniversary of the Lamont School of Music. Over its first century, Lamont grew from a modest conservatory into a school of national prominence.
Click to read a brief history, peruse historical photos, and see upcoming events related to the Centennial!
Lamont Concerts & Events
Wednesday, March 5
Lamont Symphony Orchestra & Choirs present Defiant Requiem
Defiant Requiem: Verdi at Terezín tells the story of the courageous Jewish prisoners in the Theresienstadt Concentration Camp (Terezín) during World War II who performed Verdi’s Requiem while experiencing the depths of human degradation.
- 7:30pm
- Gates Concert Hall
Thursday, March 6
Guest artist recital: Gottlieb Wallisch, piano
Born in Vienna, Gottlieb Wallisch first appeared on the concert platform when he was seven years old, and at the age of twelve made his debut in the Golden Hall of the Vienna Musikverein.
- 3:00pm
- Hamilton Recital Hall
Thursday, March 6
Wind Chamber Ensembles
Hear from Lamont's finest players in the flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, and saxophone studios. Under the direction of Martin Kuuskmann.
- 7:30pm
- Hamilton Recital Hall
Saturday, March 8
Bluegrass Ensemble
The Bluegrass Ensemble, under the direction of Christopher Luther, brings some of the finest in Americana music right to our recital hall.
- 4:30pm
- Williams Recital Salon
Saturday, March 8
String Chamber Ensembles
Hear from Lamont's finest players in the violin, viola, cello, and double bass studios. Under the direction of Igor Pikayzen.
- 7:30pm
- Hamilton Recital Hall
Sunday, March 9
Lamont Composers Concert Series
The Lamont Composers Concert Series (LCCS) is a quarterly concert featuring new compositions by graduate and undergraduate students. All composition majors are invited to submit acoustic, electronic or electro-acoustic works for the LCCS each quarter.
- 7:30pm
- Hamilton Recital Hall
Monday, March 10
Steel Drum Ensemble
The Steel Drum Ensemble, under the direction of Tom Miller, performs Afro-Caribbean, Brazilian, jazz, pop and contemporary styles.
- 7:30pm
- Hamilton Recital Hall
Tuesday, March 11
Liederabend
Please join Lamont’s undergraduate diction class for an evening of French mélodie featuring the romantic music of Fauré and Hahn, the impressionist colors of Debussy and Ravel, and the neoclassicism of Poulenc.
- 7:30pm
- Hamilton Recital Hall
The Spirituals Project
The Spirituals Project is a community organization dedicated to preserving and revitalizing the spirituals, through musical, educational, and social justice work in our community.
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