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 to Lamont and invite you to explore our website.
Lamont Concerts & Events
Friday, February 9
Jazz Small Groups: Bouton & Marlier Ensembles
Lamont small groups explore the canon of jazz and/or American popular music, as well as original student compositions and arrangements. Art Bouton is first call saxophonist and woodwind performer throughout the Western US. Mike Marlier is in his 22nd year as the director of drum set studies at Lamont.
- 5:00pm
- Williams Recital Salon
Friday, February 9
Faculty Artists Recital Series: Linda Wang, violin & Hsiao-Ling Lin, piano
In anticipation of the Lamont School of Music’s upcoming centennial, Wang and Lin will perform a variety of influential works for violin and piano from the last century.
- 7:30pm
- Hamilton Recital Hall
Wednesday, February 14
Lamont Wind Ensemble
Join the LWE on Valentine’s Day for a romantic program that features guest artists Igor Pikayzen, Tatiana Mayfield Brown, and the Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble.
- 7:30pm
- Gates Concert Hall
Thursday, February 15
Lamont Choirs
Three of Lamont’s choirs join forces in a night of music-making: the Lamont Chorale, Voces Fortes (formerly Lamont Men’s Chorus), and Voces Aureas (formerly Lamont Women’s Chorus).
- 7:30pm
- Gates Concert Hall
Thursday, February 15
Guest recital: Nancy Williams, clarinet; Angela Mitchell, soprano; Anne Breeden, piano
“Unbound” is a recital of instrumental music and art song celebrating women through music, including settings of Emile Brontë's poetry, music by women composers, women’s stories in song, and the world premiere of Nancy Williams’s “A Modern Witch.”
- 7:30pm
- Hamilton Recital Hall
Friday, February 16
Jazz Small Groups: Barbosa Ensembles
Lamont small groups explore the canon of jazz and/or American popular music, as well as original student compositions and arrangements. Typically consisting of 4-7 players, small groups perform public concerts each quarter.
- 5:00pm
- Williams Recital Salon
News
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Ruby Pucillo, BA Jazz Voice
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.
7:1 Student-to-Faculty Ratio
300+ Performances Per Year
43/16 States/Nations Represented