Colorado Music Festival

2025 Season

The Sound of Summer in Boulder under the direction of internationally-renowned music director Peter Oundjian

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Nonstop Fireworks

Count on the Festival to bring you a thrilling roster of today’s most talented musicians.

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Joan Tower's World Premiere

Saxophonist Steven Banks returns to the Festival to premiere Grammy award-winning composer Joan Tower’s newest concerto Love Returns.

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Ode to Joy

Experience musical masterpieces as they were meant to be heard: live, with a full, phenomenal orchestra!

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The Sound of Summer

2025 Season: July 3–August 3

Stories & News

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After the World Premiere: Joan Tower’s A New Day

After the World Premiere: Joan Tower’s A New Day

In 2021, the Festival gave the first performance of Joan Tower’s A New Day, written out of love for the composer’s husband. Read about the life that wonderful music has enjoyed after its world premiere.

Family Concert Conductor Kalena Bovell: “Come Have Fun & Leave Excited”

Family Concert Conductor Kalena Bovell: “Come Have Fun & Leave Excited”

Talented conductor Kalena Bovell will lead our 2023 Family Concert, which includes Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf, Eric Whitacre’s Goodnight Moon, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s “Danse Nègre,” and a suite from Bizet’s Carmen. Learn more about this concert and Kalena’s approach to conducting.

For Janae Burris, Narrating Peter and the Wolf is a Dream Come True

For Janae Burris, Narrating Peter and the Wolf is a Dream Come True

Denver-based comedian, actor, and entertainer Janae Burris will narrate Peter and the Wolf at the Colorado Music Festival Family Concert on July 2, 2023. Learn why Janae is excited to bring narrate this musical storybook. Colorado Music Festival: Hi, my name is Erica...

Be a Champion for Boulder’s Arts, Culture & Heritage

Be a Champion for Boulder’s Arts, Culture & Heritage

The Colorado Music Festival, along with our esteemed colleagues across Boulder, is supporting the campaign to place the Arts, Culture and Heritage Tax measure on the Fall 2023 ballot in the City of Boulder.

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