Denver Chamber Music Festival presents "Virtuosity and Poetry”
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Virtuosity and poetry opens the festival with a program of wide ranging duos on ranging from the most expressive to the most impressive. The evening concludes with Beethoven’s Violin Sonata No. 10, one of his most lyrical and expansive chamber works. An intimate concert that highlights both personal voices and the most sensitive collaborations.
Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805) Sonata in G Major, G. 15, Harry T. Burleigh (1866-1949) Southland Sketches, Tessa Lark Work TBD, Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Sonata No. 10 in G Major, Op. 96,
Artists: Margaret Dyer Harris, viola Ieva Jokubaviciute, piano, Yura Lee, violin & viola, Tessa Lark, violin, Nick Phan, tenor, David Requiro, cello, Meta Weiss, cello, Alice Yoo, cello, Matthew Zalkind, cello,
Koa Quartet, Leah Pernick, violin, Kisa Uradomo, violin, Devin Cowan, viola, Heewon Lee, cello,
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Tuesday, June 9, 2026, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM.
Newman Center for the Performing Arts - Hamilton Hall.
Carillon Studio Recital
Program, Free admission, no weather cancellations, This event will not be livestreamed,
Williams Carillon, Ritchie Center Lawn, The Ritchie Center is near the corner of Buchtel and University,
Come hear what our carillon students have been working on this year! Under the direction of Joey Brink.
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Organization: Lamont School of Music. Event Name: Carillon Studio Recital. Event Contact: angela.r.mitchell@du.edu. Event Locator: 2026-DMCQLK.
Thursday, June 11, 2026, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM.
Piano Tuning
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Friday, June 12, 2026, 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM.
Denver Chamber Music Festival presents “Between Worlds”
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This program brings together music shaped by cultural exchange and personal journeys. Nico Muhly’s Stranger offers a beautiful reflection for tenor and string quartet. Brahms’s Piano Quartet in G minor anchors the evening. Between Worlds pairs familiar masterworks with contemporary voices in a very rich and compelling program.
Tessa Lark: work TBA, Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) Piano Trio in G Major, Hob. XV:25 "Gypsy" Nico Muhly (b. 1981) Stranger (for tenor and string quartet), Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) Piano Quartet No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 25,
Artists: Margaret Dyer Harris, viola Ieva Jokubaviciute, piano, Yura Lee, violin & viola, Tessa Lark, violin, Nick Phan, tenor, David Requiro, cello, Meta Weiss, cello, Alice Yoo, cello, Matthew Zalkind, cello,
Koa Quartet, Leah Pernick, violin, Kisa Uradomo, violin, Devin Cowan, viola, Heewon Lee, cello,
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Friday, June 12, 2026, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM.
Newman Center for the Performing Arts - Hamilton Hall.
Denver Chamber Music Festival presents “Ireland, Appalachia, and Mendelssohn”
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Folk traditions, chamber music favorites, and a brand new world premier come together in this wide-ranging final concert. Irish song settings by Beethoven and Rebecca Clarke highlight the expressive connection between melody and text, followed by a cello-quartet arrangement of Rachmaninoff that draws out the instrument’s darker, more resonant character. After intermission, a new cello quartet by Tessa Lark receives its world premiere Mendelssohn’s Octet will end the program, a cornerstone of the chamber music repertoire and a fitting grand finale to DCMF 2026.
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Selected Irish Songs, Rebecca Clarke (1886-1979) Three Irish Country Songs, Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) Études-Tableaux (selections) (Arranged for cello quartet by David Requiro), Tessa Lark-Cello Quartet (World Premiere), Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) Octet in E-flat Major, Op. 20,
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Margaret Dyer Harris, viola Ieva Jokubaviciute, piano, Yura Lee, violin & viola, Tessa Lark,…
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Saturday, June 13, 2026, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM.
Newman Center for the Performing Arts - Hamilton Hall.
Piano Tuning
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Friday, June 19, 2026, 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM.
Piano Tuning
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Friday, June 26, 2026, 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM.
Piano Tuning
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Friday, July 3, 2026, 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM.
Guest Recital: Carol Jickling Lens, carillon
Williams Carillon, Ritchie Center Lawn, Free admission, no ticket required, This performance will not be livestreamed,
This recital may be enjoyed from the south courtyard next to the Ritchie Center gym off Asbury Avenue. Attendees are invited to tour the Williams Carillon after the performance.
Free parking is available on High Street and hourly paid parking is in the Cable Center parking lot.
Carol Jickling Lens began her carillon studies in 8th grade at Christ Church Cranbrook. She continued at the University of Michigan and The Netherlands Carillon School in Amersfoort, where she studied with Leen ‘t Hart, and earned both the Practical and End Diplomas. Carol became Carillonneur member of the GCNA in 1971 and was a judge and then chair of the Exam Committee for many years, sat on the Board from 1996-99 and was reelected in 2017. Carol and her family have lived in England, Ghana, New Orleans, Houston and Libya. She was appointed University Carillonneur at The University of Denver on… .
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Sunday, July 5, 2026, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM.
Piano Tuning
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Friday, July 10, 2026, 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM.
Piano Tuning
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Friday, July 17, 2026, 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM.
Piano Tuning
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Friday, July 24, 2026, 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM.
Piano Tuning
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Friday, July 31, 2026, 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM.
Piano Tuning
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Friday, August 7, 2026, 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM.
Piano Tuning
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Friday, August 14, 2026, 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM.
Piano Tuning
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Friday, August 21, 2026, 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM.
Guest Recital: Carson Landry, carillon
Williams Carillon, Ritchie Center Lawn, Free admission, no ticket required, This performance will not be livestreamed,
This recital may be enjoyed from the south courtyard next to the Ritchie Center gym off Asbury Avenue. Attendees are invited to tour the Williams Carillon after the performance.
Free parking is available on High Street and hourly paid parking is in the Cable Center parking lot.
Carson Landry is lecturer of music and University Carillonist at the University of Rochester (NY), where he plays multiple recitals per week and teaches an active studio of 15 to 20 students. Passionate about using bells for social good, he specializes in performing works by diverse artists and integrating carillon performance into daily campus life.
Previously, Carson was carillonist of Grosse Pointe Memorial Church in Michigan and held fellowships at Bok Tower Gardens (FL) and the Thomas Rees Memorial Carillon (IL). He holds a master’s degree in carillon performance from the University of…
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Sunday, August 23, 2026, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM.
Piano Tuning
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Friday, August 28, 2026, 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM.