Events Schedule
Performing Arts Series Event Schedule
Sunday, July 30 5:30 p.m. Castle Veranda – $75 per person
Colorado Symphony Orchestra
Chamber Music Series
SOLD OUT
Sunday, August 12 6:30 p.m., Castle Veranda – $75 per person
Big Band Repertoire Concert
Enjoy a 15-musician concert celebrating the music of Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn.
SOLD OUT
Sunday, August 20 5:30pm Castle – $95 per person
The Denver Center Theater Company
Presents Shakespeare’s Women: Lovers, Mother, Queens and Courtesans
SOLD OUT
Kathleen McCall from Douglas County, with acting credits on broadway, film and television, performs a one-woman show featuring Shakespeare’s Women—from love-struck Juliet to the guilt-maddened Lady MacBeth. Directed by Denver Center Theatre Company’s new artistic director, Kent Thompson.
Sunday, September 3 5:30pm Castle Veranda – $75 per person
Aries Brass Quintet
The Glorious Sound of Pure Brass
SOLD OUT
Elegance, romance and adventure are guaranteed as Aries performs their favorite music in the shadow of the Cherokee Ranch Castle. From Renaissance and Baroque masterpieces to electrifying and inspiring sounds of the Americas, there is something for everyone!
Sunday, September 24 5:30pm Castle Veranda – $75 per person
The Denver Brass
Echoes of Castles and Cathedrals
SOLD OUT
Revel in the glorious surround sound of the castles and cathedrals of long ago. The sounds of the masters will transport you to a time of elegance and grace, heroics and nobility. The noble knightly trumpeters and horn blowers of The Denver Brass guarantee goose bumps.
Friday, September 29 6:30pm Castle – $95 per person
Classical Guitar Concert
SOLD OUT
Hear internationally acclaimed guitarist Ricardo Iznaola with Jonathan Leathwood and Masakazu Ito. Enjoy amazing guitar solos, duets and trios. Concert compositions are by Ricardo Iznaola as well as works by composers from Argentina, Brazil, England and others.
Sunday, October 8 1:00pm Castle Veranda – Adults: $45 – Students/Seniors: $35
(No discounts for this performance)
Colorado Children’s Chorale
BBQ picnic with a lemonade and soda stand (No alcoholic beverages or castle tours)
Founded in 1974, the Colorado Children’s Chorale has been one of Colorado’s cultural treasures for more than three decades, boasting internationally acclaimed and award-winning ensembles known for their combination of artistic excellence and youthful exuberance.
Friday, October 13 6:30pm Castle – $95 per person
Grammy Award Nominee Jovino Santos Neto (DU Lamont School of Music Guest Artist)
Contemporary Brazilian Fusion Concert
The barriers between classical music, jazz and indigenous Brazilian music have been beautifully obscured by Jovino Santos Neto, a Rio de Janeiro-born and Seattle-based pianist, flutist, composer and Grammy-nominated musician.
Friday, October 20 6:30pm Castle – $95 per person
Cello Quartet
Featuring the cello talents of Richard Slavich, Katherine Knight, Douglas Moore and Jim Fritz. The quartet plays everything from back to various John Philip Sousa marches.
Sunday, October 29 5:30pm Castle – $95 per person
Cello Piano Recital
Featuring Richard Slavich, Chair of the Lamont School of Music’s Strings and Chamber Music Program, and Theodor Lichtmann, Lamont School of Music Piano Chair. The concert begins furiously with a Beethoven sonata and ends frivolously with Figaro’s Barber of Seville.
Sunday, November 5 5:30pm Castle – $95 per person
Colorado Symphony Orchestra
Chamber Music Series
Friday, November 10 6:30pm Castle – $95 per person
Jazz Tribute to Keith Jarrett
Local jazz artists play works from nationally acclaimed jazz composer Keith Jarrett. Featuring David Hanson on piano. Hear works from Jarrett’s American and European Quartets. Program also features Lynn Baker, Director of Lamont School of Music’s Jazz Studies Program.
Saturday, November 18 6:30pm Castle – $95 per person
Piano and Classical Guitar Concert featuring internationally acclaimed guitarist Ricardo Iznaola and pianist Alice Rybak
SOLD OUT
This concert features the famous “Concerto for Classical Guitar and Jazz Piano” by French composer Claude Bolling with Mike Marlier on drums and Kenneth Walker on bass, as well as other compositions for guitar and piano.
Sunday, November 19 5:30pm Castle – $95 per person
Colorado Symphony Orchestra
String Quartet
This evening of strings will include works from composers Haydn and Schubert among others and will feature top CSO musicians Paul Primus (violin,) Dorian Kincaid (violin,) Barbara Hamilton (viola) and Judith McIntyre (cello.)
Friday, December 8 6:30pm Castle – $95 per person
Quattro Mani featuring the duo piano team of Alice Rybak and Susan Grace
SOLD OUT
Formed in 1989, this duo has gained international recognition due to their vast repertoire for two pianos and the unique collaboration of their performance. Quattro Mani’s twentieth-century repertoire has led to collaborations with such composers as George Crum, Joan Tower and Federic Rzewski.
Sunday December 10 5:30pm Castle – $95 per person
Colorado Symphony Orchestra
Holiday Music
SOLD OUT
Sunday, December 17 5:30pm Castle - $95 per person
Colorado Symphony Orchestra
Holiday Music
SOLD OUT
Celebrate the Season with musicians from the Colorado Symphony Orchestra as
Friday, December 22 6:30pm Castle - $95 per person
Aries Brass Quintet
Holiday Music
SOLD OUT
The Aries Brass Quintet makes a return visit to the 2006 Performing Arts Series after their dazzling September performance. Celebrate the Christmas weekend with family and friends while enjoying many holiday classics.
