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
Thursday, May 29
Steel Drum Ensemble
Music from the Caribbean and beyond with a new student composition by Cuauhte De Herrera featuring Phillipe Aleshire, bassoon and Maisey Toczek, tenor pan.
- 7:30pm
- Gates Concert Hall
Thursday, May 29 & Friday, May 30
Spring Opera Workshop
Join us for this annual favorite presented by Lamont voice students! Enjoy selections from Les Misérables, Hadestown, Street Scene, Chess, La Cage Aux Folles, Suffs, Fun Home, Ragtime, Title of Show, 9 to 5, and more.
- 7:30pm
- Hamilton Recital Hall
Friday, May 30
Early Music Ensembles
Join us for the Spring performance by the Lamont Early Music Ensembles! Featuring works by G.F. Handel, Marianna Martinez, Joseph Haydn, John Ward, Diego Ortiz, and Marin Marais.
- 7:30pm
- Hamilton Recital Hall
Saturday, May 31
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, May 31
Modern Music Ensemble
In the Modern Music Ensemble, participants explore recently-written repertoire while developing entrepreneurship skills required of the 21st-century musician. Repertoire varies from the 20th century to today, including electronic and electro-acoustic music.
- 7:30pm
- Hamilton Recital Hall
Sunday, June 1
Lamont Composers Concert Series
The centerpiece of the concert will be the biannual Composer-Singer Collaboration between the composition department and our graduate student singers. This program is co-directed by Sean Friar and Sahar Nouri. There will be 16 new art songs premiered by all of our composition students.
- 7:30pm
- Hamilton Recital Hall
Sunday, June 1
Viola Studio Recital
Viola students from the studio of Basil Vendryes present what they have been working on this quarter.
- 7:30pm
- Williams Recital Salon
Monday, June 2
Lamont Jazz Orchestra featuring Danielle Wertz
New York-based vocalist Danielle Wertz joins the Lamont Jazz Orchestra in presenting her music alongside works by Joni Mitchell, Madison Cunningham, and Remy Le Boeuf.
- 7:30pm
- Gates Concert 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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