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, October 30
Adam Gang Zach Rich, Gabriel Santiago Small Groups
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.
- 7:30pm
- Hamilton Recital Hall
November 1-2
Lamont Opera Theatre presents a Double Bill
Join us for this double bill of Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas and Mozart’s The Impresario in a semi-staged concert version accompanied by a professional orchestra.
- 7:30pm
- Gates Concert Hall
Sunday, November 3
Liederabend
Join Lamont's undergraduate Italian diction class as they take us on a journey beginning with the early music of Pergolesi and Conti and ending with the passion and bel canto melodies of Tosti and Bellini.
- 7:30pm
- Hamilton Recital Hall
Tuesday, November 5
Lamont Percussion Ensemble
The Lamont Percussion Ensemble performs traditional percussion ensemble music as well as music from today's important composers, which includes commissions specifically written for our group.
- 7:30pm
- Gates Concert Hall
Wednesday, November 6
Lamont Symphony Orchestra Centennial Celebration
Step back in time with the Lamont School of Music as we celebrate our 100th Anniversary with "1924 Revisited." This special event pays homage to the year of our founding with a selection of iconic works that premiered in 1924, performed by our talented students, faculty, and distinguished alumni.
- 7:30pm
- Gates Concert Hall
Thursday, November 7
Lamont Choirs
Repertoire will include Aaron Copland's In the Beginning, a virtuosic tour de force for choir and soloist. Also on the program is Caroline Shaw's And the Swallow, Henk Bading's La Nuit en Mer, Francisco Guerrero's Motet for Three Antiphonal Choirs, Duo Seraphim, and more.
- 7:30pm
- Gates Concert Hall
Thursday, November 7
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
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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