Unless otherwise specified, all concerts are free and open to the public.

SMF Intermezzo Series: Catalyst Quartet
Wednesday, Oct. 30 at 7 p.m.
Packard Hall

Hailed by The New York Times for its Carnegie Hall debut as “invariably energetic and finely burnished… playing with earthy vigor,” the Grammy Award-winning Catalyst Quartet was founded by the internationally acclaimed Sphinx Organization in 2010. The ensemble (Karla Donehew Perez, violin; Abi Fayette, violin; Paul Laraia, viola; and Karlos Rodriguez, cello) believes in the unity that can be achieved through music. With this in mind they imagine their programs and projects, all while redefining the classical music experience.

Purchase your tickets at the SMF Website or call 719-389-6552
FREE for all CC ID Holders
$30/public
$25/donors
$5/non-CC students

Homecoming Ensembles Showcase
Friday, Nov. 1 at 4 p.m.
Packard Hall

Help the Music Department celebrate Homecoming week! This performance will feature four of our ensembles: Bluegrass, Gamelan, Tiger Jazz, and the Collegium. It will have an open-door policy, so come and go as you please!

Live from Packard Hall Faculty Artist Series
Tuesday, Nov. 5 at 3 p.m.
Packard Hall

Featuring CC’s wonderfully talented faculty performing works by John Adams, Ofer Ben-Amots, Leonard Bernstein, Germaine Tailleferre, and Joseph Jongen. This performance continues to be live-streamed post-COVID, and we hope you will join us for a chance to escape the modern-day stressors of today’s political climate. A link will be posted on our department’s website the day of!

Music at Midday
Wednesday, Nov. 6 at 12:15 p.m.
Packard Hall

Featuring CC’s students as they perform solo and chamber instrumental and vocal works. This is a wonderful opportunity to see the variety and talent of our students!

Visiting Artist: Jacob Clewel, viola; and Sasha Bult-Ito, piano
Thursday, Nov. 7 at 7 p.m.
Packard Hall

Formed while students at The Glenn Gould School in 2016, The Ezra Duo (Jacob Clewell, viola/violin and Sasha Bult-Ito, piano) has since evolved into the classical music equivalent of a powerhouse pop-punk act. Known for their warm stage demeanor and inventive, relatable programming, Ezra challenges the possibilities of classical performance without losing sight of their roots.

Canciones de mi Tierra: LA Rhythms and Rhymes with Daniel French
Monday, Nov. 11 at 7 p.m.
Packard Hall

Join a celebration of community, storytelling, and creativity led by LA-based musician Daniel French (Mohawk, Chicano), from freestyling to cumbia, hip hop, reggaeton, Mexican folk, and beyond. French moves minds and behinds, weaving tri-lingual tales in English, Spanish, and Mohawk.

Bluegrass Students Travel to Raleigh NC for the IBMA Bluegrass Live! Festival

Check out what Maren Snow, ’24 said about the trip:

“One of the most exciting aspects of IBBA was being able to see all the different types of Bluegrass music that were played, from performers of all different backgrounds and ages. With so many stages and performances, it was almost overwhelming trying to catch everything! For example, we saw a band that traveled all the way from Norway, as well as a group of incredibly talented kids as young as eight years old.”

Snow has been a student of the CC Bluegrass program all four years of her time here. Her favorite part about the program is “the sense of community and personal connection that it creates, regardless of musical background or experience.”

What does the CC campus really sound like, below its surface? What can we hear when we truly listen?

In order to explore these questions, students collaboratively created a soundwalk for the general public to experience and learn from, as part of the course MU277/EV277 Environment and Sound (instructor: Iddo Aharony). The soundwalk is made of eight pieces created by small teams, merging field recordings and narration into unique audio essays/compositions, to be experienced at these different locations via the geolocation app Echoes.xyz.

To experience the soundwalk, search your phone’s app store for the free Echoes.xyz app; then access the specific soundwalk through either the link https://explore.echoes.xyz/collections/PqVQcvTSbeycJOGO or scanning the QR code. Find the locations of the soundwalk pieces on the map and enjoy!

“Ruby’s Castle Island” by Deth Rali

CC’s former Technical Director, Justin Maike, received a fantastic review in Denver’s 303 Magazine for his band’s new album “Ruby’s Castle Island” which gives listeners a “fairytale-like experience” and treats the listeners to “cosmic synth layers.”

Curious what they’re talking about? Watch the music video on YouTube!