In today’s chaotic, challenging world, we often don’t know where to turn for help. Little did we know that life’s most valuable lessons lie within the undead. Finally, zombies engage us with musings on life, death, and everything in between. They show us that brains aren’t everything…you are what you eat…and what doesn’t kill you makes you…more alive.All I Really Need to Know I Learned from Being a Zombie will be performed every Saturday and Sunday @3pm, on the trail at Chautauqua Park in Boulder, CO.
Check in and meet at the picnic pavilion behind the Chautauqua Auditorium. Our hikes are at a moderate level/pace and last no more than 2 hours. When you first arrive, you will be greeted by your hiking guide who will check you in and lead the way down the trail to each scene location. Once you arrive at a scene location, you can sit back and relax to watch a scene from the production. Once the scene is complete, we all gather our things and hike to the next location.During an Arts in the Open production, you will be hiking along a moderate trail. We encourage all audience members to wear proper hiking attire and shoes. We also recommend you bring: Weather appropriate clothing, water, snacks, hats, umbrellas, sunscreen, and blankets to sit on and/or lightweight camping chairs. There will be water and granola bars available for a suggested donation.
Location: Boulder
Ars Nova Singers Presents: STARDUST
Join us as we—mere stardust-made mortals—meditate on our capacity to exert power and change the universe that we inhabit. The program features the World Premiere of Joel Thompson’s consortium commission piece, Love Songs from Lonely Letters. Based on the writings of Ashon Crawley, Associate Professor of Religious Studies and African American and African Studies at the University of Virginia, this important new work explores individual agency and transformative joy. Arvo Pärt’s cosmic Berlin Mass drifts over the atmosphere with an expanded chorus and string orchestra; Ars Nova welcomes Denver’s Sphere Ensemble to the stage.Time: 7:30-9:30pm
Cost: $30**Livestream available Ars Nova Singers YouTube channel with link from purchased ticket for February 10**
Ars Nova Singers Presents: VOCES8
Don’t miss this once-in-a-lifetime event as Ars Nova Singers presents VOCES8, the world-renowned, British vocal ensemble. Touring globally, the group boasts a luminous, ethereal sound that showcases the unique versatility of a cappella choral music. Celebrate with us as we explore diverse musical expressions and share in the guiding power of song! Ars Nova Singers will be featured on two solo works and one combined work within the concert.The program at Macky Auditorium is entitled “Choral Dances.” VOCES8 writes:“Since the first music was created, music and dance have been constantly entwined. From chapels and courts to cinemas and clubs, this programme rejoices in choral music inspired by dance. Juxtaposing Renaissance music with jazz and pop creates a rare mix of the ethereal and angelic, along with pure foot-tapping fun: a showcase for VOCES8’s inimitable stage presence.”Time – 7:30-10:00 pm
Price – $23-$66
Ars Nova Singers Presents: SOLSTICE
Rejoice in the imminent victory of light over darkness this holiday season. Bask in the ethereal glow of the cosmos with performances of Ave regina caelorum, Nunc dimittis, and Quem vidistis pastores. Take comfort in the triumphant warmth of Laura Mvula’s Sing to the Moon and Bob Chilcott’s The Shepherd’s Carol, which was commissioned for the 2000 Christmas Eve Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols at King’s College, Cambridge. Our guest instrumentalist for this program is John Gunther, Professor of Jazz Studies at the CU College of Music, and Director of the Thompson Jazz Studies Program.
Ars Nova Singers Presents: SOLSTICE
Rejoice in the imminent victory of light over darkness this holiday season. Bask in the ethereal glow of the cosmos with performances of Ave regina caelorum, Nunc dimittis, and Quem vidistis pastores. Take comfort in the triumphant warmth of Laura Mvula’s Sing to the Moon and Bob Chilcott’s The Shepherd’s Carol, which was commissioned for the 2000 Christmas Eve Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols at King’s College, Cambridge. Our guest instrumentalist for this program is John Gunther, Professor of Jazz Studies at the CU College of Music, and Director of the Thompson Jazz Studies Program.
Raised on Ronstadt
Exploring the sounds of her childhood, one woman discovers how an icon’s disregard for convention and category inspired more than her taste in music. Featuring live musical performances.
Transfigured Night
Our season concludes on April 29 with another world premiere, this time by the 2022 CU Composition Competition winner, Jessie Lausé. Two members of the celebrated Takàcs String Quartet, Harumi Rhodes and Richard O’Neill, are the soloists in Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante. Following this piece for duo plus orchestra, Arnold Schoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht is the story of two people being transformed by their love for each other.
Through the Looking Glass
On January 28, Pro Musica welcomes cellist Meta Weiss to the stage for Haydn’s lively Cello Concerto in C. Haydn was the inspiration for the piece that begins the program, Entr’acte by Caroline Shaw. Ms. Shaw wrote the piece in 2011 after hearing a performance of one of Haydn’s op. 77 string quartets, music that she said “suddenly takes you to the other side of Alice’s looking glass, in a kind of absurd, subtle, technicolor transition.” The program ends with Mozart’s Symphony No. 29, one of the last pieces he wrote before striking out on his own in Vienna.
Apotheosis of the Dance
The first concert of the season spotlights Florence Price’s Piano Concerto in One Movement. As the first African American female composer to have a symphony performed by a major orchestra, Price was well known in the 1930s and 1940s. Her music is enjoying a much-deserved resurgence in recent years, and Pro Musica is proud to present the regional premiere of this concerto with soloist Jennifer Hayghe. Its lively dance forms, including a juba, pair well with Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7, often called the “apotheosis of the dance.” The concert kicks off with the world premiere of The Hill of Three Wishes by Ben Morris, the 2021 CU Composition Competition Winner.
2nd Annual Boulder Fine Art Street Festival at Twenty Ninth Street
We are very excited to return to this great street art festival at Twenty Ninth Street in Boulder, CO. Boulder is an artsy, eclectic haven located in the foothills of Denver, just 30 miles North West of Denver and Twenty Ninth Street is located in the middle of this pristine setting. This special property, Twenty Ninth Street, serves a trade area of 440,000 affluent residents. This upscale shopping district is trendy, chic, and draws the most affluent shopper in Boulder. Twenty Ninth Street is at Highway 36 between Arapahoe and Pearl Street close to Downtown Boulder.