Music
In for the long haul
When Linford Detweiler calls, he and his wife/bandmate Karin Bergquist have just crossed the state line into Ohio near Lake Erie....
Trace Bundy’s day job
One of Trace Bundy’s latest YouTube videos isn’t actually a new live performance or the latest alchemic solo re-imagining of a...
Puccini, Britten and two sacred works
Central City Opera (CCO) opens its 2019 festival season Saturday (July 6) with one of opera’s most loved works, Puccini’s Madama Butterfly.
Beethoven’s Path to the Future opens CMF
The Colorado Music Festival (CMF) opens its 2019 season Thursday, June 27 with Beethoven’s Overture to Egmont, followed by a series...
Music from the unknown
A year ago, Derek DeMuth found himself unexpectedly traveling in Peru alone. His travel partner had decided to bail on the...
Twang redefined
You know who you are. You are America’s sect of young bluegrass devotees. I’m not saying you’re a hipster or anything, just...
Bringing people into the show
Chris Botti has a Grammy Award and a stellar reputation as one of the finest jazz trumpeters working today. What he doesn’t...
CU NOW presents scenes from Tom Cipullo’s comedy ‘Hobson’s Choice’
Leigh Holman, director of the University of Colorado Eklund Opera Theater, has made Boulder a mecca for composers.
Every...
Dancing with the chaos
If we are what we read, then Nick Murphy is a soul on a journey — a shaman in training.
Beethoven’s path to the future
Violinist/conductor Peter Oundjian served as artistic advisor of the Colorado Music Festival (CMF) for the 2018 season, a position halfway between giving...
Striking a chord
To Trevor Terndrup, creativity is a use-it-or-lose-it sort of gift, which helps explain why less than 11 months after the release of...
Still the queen of the local scene
"I’m sorry,” Wendy Woo says over the phone one recent afternoon, “I feel like I’m not a hundred percent focused. I’m taking...
