Thu, Jun 19
|Colorado Springs
Colorado College Summer Music Festival
I am excited to be performing Heitor Villa-Lobos's gorgeous 'Bachianas Brasilieras No. 5' with flutist Alice Dade at this stellar festival! https://www.coloradocollege.edu/other/summermusicfestival/concerts/2025-season.html#concerts-2025
Time & Location
Jun 19, 2025, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Colorado Springs, 5 W Cache La Poudre St, Colorado Springs, CO 80903, USA
About the event
Now in its 41st season, the Colorado College Summer Music Festival is an intensive three-week program for 52-54 advanced student musicians, including violin, viola, cello, bass, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, and piano.
Festival participants work closely with the faculty, who spend many hours coaching small ensembles, private lessons, and master classes. In addition, the faculty teach sessions that are particularly valuable for pre-professional students, including courses that discuss strategies for practice, improvisation, and how to perform and relate to colleagues in chamber ensembles and orchestra. Mock auditions are also part of the curriculum, which includes information on how to prepare for orchestral auditions. Participation in the festival, both in chamber ensembles and the orchestra, offers each student the opportunity to learn and perform the best of the standard repertoire.
All students participate in a concert series including formal and informal chamber music concerts, four orchestra performances, including…