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Graduate recital: Tetyana Guthrie, piano

Program link to come, Livestream link to come, Free admission, no ticket required, Presented by Lamont School of Music, Ms. Guthrie is from the studio of Stephanie Cheng and is pursuing a Performance Certificate. For ticket questions, please contact the Newman Center Box Office at 303-871-7720. For all other Lamont questions, please call 303-871-6400. Organization: Lamont School of Music. Event Name: Graduate recital: Tetyana Guthrie, piano. Event Contact: angela.r.mitchell@du.edu. Charge for admission? FALSE. Event Locator: 2024-AFAGDK. Sunday, August 11, 2024, 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM. Newman Center for the Performing Arts - Hamilton Hall.

Graduate recital: María José Fabara, voice

Program link to come, Livestream link to come, Free admission, no ticket required, Presented by Lamont School of Music, Ms. Fabara is from the studio of Catherine Kasch and is pursuing an Artist Diploma in Performance. For ticket questions, please contact the Newman Center Box Office at 303-871-7720. For all other Lamont questions, please call 303-871-6400. Organization: Lamont School of Music. Event Name: Graduate recital: María José Fabara, voi. Event Contact: angela.r.mitchell@du.edu. Charge for admission? FALSE. Event Locator: 2024-AFAGDJ. Wednesday, August 14, 2024, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM. Newman Center for the Performing Arts - Hamilton Hall.

Carillon Recital Series: Joseph Min

Ritchie Center Lawn, 5:00pm, No matter the weather, Free admission, no ticket required, Joseph Min began studying the carillon in 2018 with Joey Brink. Before playing the carillon, he played piano for 15 years, and has performed on both instruments for a variety of events including as Singing Bronze, the inauguration of the University of Chicago President (2021), multiple world premieres in Guild of Carillonneurs in North America (GCNA) (2022) and Beiaarddag in Mechelen (2023). Min is a recent graduate from the Royal Carillon School “Jef Denyn’s” in Mechelen, Belgium, and will continue to pursue his interests in architecture and carillon in New York City.   For ticket questions, please contact the Newman Center Box Office at 303-871-7720. For all other Lamont questions, please call 303-871-6400. Organization: Lamont School of Music. Event Name: Carillon Recital Series: Joseph Min. Event Locator: 2024-ADWWPM. Sunday, August 25, 2024, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM.

Denver Guitar Festival Guest Artist Recital: Colin Davin

$15 - Tickets on sale August 2, Guitarist Colin Davin has emerged as one of today’s most dynamic artists. Performance highlights include concertos with the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra, New Mexico Philharmonic, and Richmond Symphony; and duo collaborations with guitarist Sharon Isbin, harpist Emily Levin, soprano Estelí Gomez, violinist Tessa Lark, and cellist Edward Arron. Colin appeared as a featured musical guest on the Late Show with David Letterman alongside the late Jessye Norman. He has performed at venues around the world, including Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, the Alhambra Palace, the Paris Conservatoire, the Fridge Fringe in Dubai, and Afghanistan National Institute of Music. Colin Davin is the Director of Guitar Studio and Associate Professor of Guitar at Shenandoah Conservatory. He previously served as Co-Head of the guitar department at the Cleveland Institute of Music, and on the faculty of the Baldwin Wallace Conservatory. He has presented masterclasses at The Juilliard School, Aspen… Organization: Lamont School of Music. Event Name: Denver Guitar Festival Guest Artist Reci. Event Contact: angela.r.mitchell@du.edu. Charge for admission? TRUE. Event Locator: 2024-AFAFZR. Friday, September 6, 2024, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM. Newman Center for the Performing Arts - Hamilton Hall.

Josefina P. Tuason International Guitar Competition - Semifinal Round

The Josefina P. Tuason International Guitar Competition is open to classical guitarist regardless of nationality and age. Free-choice programs for all rounds. Up to 12 competitors will be chosen for the semi final round, and 4 for the final round. Visit the festival page for details. Organization: Lamont School of Music. Event Name: Josefina P. Tuason International Guitar. Event Contact: angela.r.mitchell@du.edu. Charge for admission? FALSE. Event Locator: 2024-AFAGAD. Saturday, September 7, 2024, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM. Newman Center for the Performing Arts - Hamilton Hall.

Denver Guitar Festival Undergraduate Competition - Preliminary Round

The Undergraduate Competition is open to all classical guitarists ages 18-22 as of September 6, 2024. The Undergraduate Competition will be held in two rounds. Free choice program for all rounds. Judges for the Youth Competition  Laura Husbands, Jonathan Leathwood, Visit the festival page for details. Organization: Lamont School of Music. Event Name: Denver Guitar Festival Undergraduate Com. Event Contact: angela.r.mitchell@du.edu. Charge for admission? FALSE. Event Locator: 2024-AFAGAH. Saturday, September 7, 2024, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM. Newman Center for the Performing Arts - Hamilton Hall.

Denver Guitar Festival Guest Artist Recital: Duo Noire

$15 - tickets go on sale August 2, Duo Noire is a "virtuosic pair” (I Care if You Listen) of the pioneering American classical guitarists, Thomas Flippin and Christopher Mallett. Focusing on audience-friendly contemporary music, their concerts offer “profoundly enjoyable” genre-bending repertoire with “spectacular precision” (St. Louis Post-Dispatch). After their 2014 EP release, Figments, Duo Noire gained international prominence with the 2018 release of their full-length debut album, Night Triptych, on New Focus Recordings. Named as an Editor’s Choice for top classical music albums of 2018 by both All Music and I Care if You Listen, the album featured new works exclusively written for Duo Noire by accomplished women composers: GRAMMY-nominee Clarice Assad, Courtney Bryan, E.C.M. Artist Golfam Khayam, Mary Kouyoumdjian, Gity Razaz, and Gabriella Smith.  Duo Noire’s work has been featured in Acoustic Guitar Magazine, Classical Guitar Magazine, the Guitar Foundation of America's journal Soundboard, … Organization: Lamont School of Music. Event Name: Denver Guitar Festival Guest Artist Reci. Event Contact: angela.r.mitchell@du.edu. Charge for admission? TRUE. Event Locator: 2024-AFAGAL. Saturday, September 7, 2024, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM. Newman Center for the Performing Arts - Hamilton Hall.

Denver Guitar Festival Lecture: Jonathan Leathwood

"Perceiving and Shaping Harmony: A Practical Talk for Guitarists" Free admission, JONATHAN LEATHWOOD is one of the few guitarists to perform on six-string and ten-string guitars, mixing modern and traditional works in his innovative programs. His last London concert led Classical Guitar to call him “a genius”; the Musical Times of London has written of his “remarkable talent and singular artistry,” while Fabio Zanon wrote in Violão Intercambio that “he has to be seen to be believed.” Jonathan was born in 1970 and has come to Denver from his native England. His first visit to the Lamont School of Music (at DU) was in 1996, when he spent the Spring Quarter as visiting guitar instructor at the invitation of Ricardo Iznaola, then on sabbatical. Recently Denver University awarded him its Artist’s Diploma, the first time they have made this award in individual performance, and made him the first recipient of the Ricardo Iznaola Guitar Scholarship. Jonathan is also guitar instructor at the University of… Organization: Lamont School of Music. Event Name: Denver Guitar Festival Lecture: Jonathan. Event Contact: angela.r.mitchell@du.edu. Charge for admission? FALSE. Event Locator: 2024-AFAGAM. Sunday, September 8, 2024, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM. Newman Center for the Performing Arts - Room 121 - Williams Recital Salon.

Denver Guitar Festival Youth Competition

The Youth Competition is open to all classical guitarists 18 years and under as of September 6, 2024. One round: 7 minutes time limit  Visit the festival page for details. Organization: Lamont School of Music. Event Name: Denver Guitar Festival Youth Competition. Event Contact: angela.r.mitchell@du.edu. Charge for admission? FALSE. Event Locator: 2024-AFAGAQ. Sunday, September 8, 2024, 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM. Newman Center for the Performing Arts - Hamilton Hall.

Denver Guitar Festival: Undergraduate Competition Final Round

Open to the public. The Undergraduate Competition is open to all classical guitarists ages 18-22 as of September 6, 2024. The Undergraduate Competition will be held in two rounds. Free choice program for all rounds. Visit the festival page for details. Organization: Lamont School of Music. Event Name: Denver Guitar Festival: Undergraduate Co. Event Contact: angela.r.mitchell@du.edu. Charge for admission? FALSE. Event Locator: 2024-AFAGBF. Sunday, September 8, 2024, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM. Newman Center for the Performing Arts - Hamilton Hall.

Denver Guitar Festival: Undergraduate and Youth Competitions Awards Ceremony

Open to the public. Visit the festival page for details. Organization: Lamont School of Music. Event Name: Denver Guitar Festival: Undergraduate an. Event Contact: angela.r.mitchell@du.edu. Charge for admission? FALSE. Event Locator: 2024-AFAGBH. Sunday, September 8, 2024, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM. Newman Center for the Performing Arts - Hamilton Hall.

Denver Guitar Festival Masterclass: Colin Davin

Free admission, Guitarist Colin Davin has emerged as one of today’s most dynamic artists. Performance highlights include concertos with the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra, New Mexico Philharmonic, and Richmond Symphony; and duo collaborations with guitarist Sharon Isbin, harpist Emily Levin, soprano Estelí Gomez, violinist Tessa Lark, and cellist Edward Arron. Colin appeared as a featured musical guest on the Late Show with David Letterman alongside the late Jessye Norman. He has performed at venues around the world, including Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, the Alhambra Palace, the Paris Conservatoire, the Fridge Fringe in Dubai, and Afghanistan National Institute of Music. Colin Davin is the Director of Guitar Studio and Associate Professor of Guitar at Shenandoah Conservatory. He previously served as Co-Head of the guitar department at the Cleveland Institute of Music, and on the faculty of the Baldwin Wallace Conservatory. He has presented masterclasses at The Juilliard School, Aspen Music Festival,… Organization: Lamont School of Music. Event Name: Denver Guitar Festival Masterclass: Coli. Event Contact: angela.r.mitchell@du.edu. Charge for admission? FALSE. Event Locator: 2024-AFAGDC. Sunday, September 8, 2024, 3:30 PM – 5:30 PM. Newman Center for the Performing Arts - Room 121 - Williams Recital Salon.

Denver Guitar Festival Masterclass: Duo Noire

Free admission, Duo Noire is a "virtuosic pair” (I Care if You Listen) of the pioneering American classical guitarists, Thomas Flippin and Christopher Mallett. Focusing on audience-friendly contemporary music, their concerts offer “profoundly enjoyable” genre-bending repertoire with “spectacular precision” (St. Louis Post-Dispatch). After their 2014 EP release, Figments, Duo Noire gained international prominence with the 2018 release of their full-length debut album, Night Triptych, on New Focus Recordings. Named as an Editor’s Choice for top classical music albums of 2018 by both All Music and I Care if You Listen, the album featured new works exclusively written for Duo Noire by accomplished women composers: GRAMMY-nominee Clarice Assad, Courtney Bryan, E.C.M. Artist Golfam Khayam, Mary Kouyoumdjian, Gity Razaz, and Gabriella Smith.  Duo Noire’s work has been featured in Acoustic Guitar Magazine, Classical Guitar Magazine, the Guitar Foundation of America's journal Soundboard, and Chamber Music… Organization: Lamont School of Music. Event Name: Denver Guitar Festival Masterclass: Duo. Event Contact: angela.r.mitchell@du.edu. Charge for admission? FALSE. Event Locator: 2024-AFAFZX. Sunday, September 8, 2024, 3:30 PM – 5:30 PM. Newman Center for the Performing Arts - Hamilton Hall.

Josefina P. Tuason International Guitar Competition - Final Round

$15 - tickets on sale August 2, The Josefina P. Tuason International Guitar Competition is open to classical guitarist regardless of nationality and age. Free-choice programs for all rounds. Up to 12 competitors will be chosen for the semi final round, and 4 for the final round. Visit the festival page for details. Organization: Lamont School of Music. Event Name: Josefina P. Tuason International Guitar. Event Contact: angela.r.mitchell@du.edu. Charge for admission? TRUE. Event Locator: 2024-AFAGBJ. Sunday, September 8, 2024, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM. Newman Center for the Performing Arts - Hamilton Hall.

Josefina P. Tuason International Guitar Competition - Awards Ceremony

Open to the public. Visit the festival page for details. Organization: Lamont School of Music. Event Name: Josefina P. Tuason International Guitar. Event Contact: angela.r.mitchell@du.edu. Charge for admission? FALSE. Event Locator: 2024-AFAGBK. Sunday, September 8, 2024, 9:30 PM – 10:00 PM. Newman Center for the Performing Arts - Hamilton Hall.

Guest Artist Recital: Donald Berman, piano

$12, free for students - purchase link to come, Livestream link to come, A multidimensional pianist, pedagogue, and scholar, Donald Berman has won tremendous acclaim for his "stupendous abilities, both athletic and intellectual" (Boston Sunday Globe) and performances hailed as "stunning, adventurous, and substantive" (New York Times).  With an emphasis on presenting American music of the 20th and 21st centuries, Berman's inventive recital programs have been featured on the U.S.'s biggest stages for contemporary music — from Carnegie's Weill and Zankel Halls to National Sawdust and (Le) Poisson Rouge — as well as major venues across Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. An enthusiastic commissioner of new music, he has added more than 200 works to the contemporary canon — many of which he performs alongside classical repertoires to provoke new and fascinating revelations and connections across periods and styles. Berman's body of work as a recording artist demonstrates the breadth and depth of his… Organization: Lamont School of Music. Event Name: Guest Artist Recital: Donald Berman, pia. Event Contact: angela.r.mitchell@du.edu. Charge for admission? TRUE. Event Locator: 2023-ADTFCT. Wednesday, October 23, 2024, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM. Newman Center for the Performing Arts - Hamilton Hall.

Masterclass: Donald Berman, piano

Free admission to observe, No ticket required, Livestream link to come, A multidimensional pianist, pedagogue, and scholar, Donald Berman has won tremendous acclaim for his "stupendous abilities, both athletic and intellectual" (Boston Sunday Globe) and performances hailed as "stunning, adventurous, and substantive" (New York Times).  With an emphasis on presenting American music of the 20th and 21st centuries, Berman's inventive recital programs have been featured on the U.S.'s biggest stages for contemporary music — from Carnegie's Weill and Zankel Halls to National Sawdust and (Le) Poisson Rouge — as well as major venues across Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. An enthusiastic commissioner of new music, he has added more than 200 works to the contemporary canon — many of which he performs alongside classical repertoires to provoke new and fascinating revelations and connections across periods and styles. Berman's body of work as a recording artist demonstrates the breadth and depth of his… Organization: Lamont School of Music. Event Name: Masterclass: Donald Berman, piano. Event Contact: angela.r.mitchell@du.edu. Charge for admission? TRUE. Event Locator: 2023-ADTFCV. Thursday, October 24, 2024, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM. Newman Center for the Performing Arts - Hamilton Hall.