Events for December 16, 2020 - October 28, 2020

You are invited to our Awesome October Jam, featuring faculty from the Center for Musical Arts. Stroll by and enjoy the fantastic music from the front porch of the Center for Musical Arts. PERFORMING FACULTY MEMBERS (subject to change): Carolyn Kuban, Celtic harp Deborah Schmit-Lobis, collaborative piano Mary Jungerman, Native American flutes Lindsie Katz, violin […]

The Center for Musical Arts Jazz Singers present: "Swingin’ on a Porch" Saturday, Oct.17, 2020, 3:00 pm Center for Musical Arts | 200 E. Baseline, Lafayette, 80026 Come and enjoy your favorite jazz singers as they sing your favorite jazz standards! Bring a lawn chair! Bring a jacket! Bring your friends and family! And, of […]

Something downright mystical is happening on Colorado’s Front Range. The very roots of traditional acoustic music seem to sprout from the dirt, shaking their dust into the winds of change, to be breathed in and become the soul of musicians who craft their songs here. Such is the music of Wood Belly, a musical collective […]

Shanna in a Dress is your quirky best friend who refuses to wear pants. She says what everyone is thinking but no one else will say and you'll get an uncensored journey of clever humor and heartbreak with a hefty side of entertainment at her shows. This witty wordsmith is known for making audiences laugh […]

You're invited to join our Virtual Community Orchestra! The Center for Musical Arts is celebrating Beethoven's 250th birthday with a video recording of "Ode to Joy." Musicians of all ages and abilities are invited to participate. All instruments are welcome. The deadline to return your video is November 24. Download the following PDF for full, […]

Indoor Cat is a Toronto-based folk music project featuring the songs of a guy called Pete. He likes playing with other people, but in the interest of public health and common sense, is performing alone today. HOW TO WATCH Bookmark this page and join us here on the day of the concert (or after) to […]

Center for Musical Arts & Vitalant Blood Drive  This blood drive takes place at the Center for Musical Arts. From our partners at Vitalant: Blood donation is a critical and necessary health care activity. It is vital we keep our blood supply strong. Blood has a short shelf life and must be continually replenished. Because […]

Music is a universal language, and for SUCH, it is the language of her soul. Growing up the daughter of Haitian immigrants, her life was centered around faith and family. Singing in church planted the seeds for a music career that is on the rise and touching the world. Her latest single “Before Dark”, a […]

Win a Signed Copy of Beethoven for a Later Age: Living with the String Quartets Edward Dusinberre, first violinist of the Takács Quartet, is also a musicologist and author. Enter to win one of 10 autographed copies of Dusinberre's Beethoven for a Later Age: Living with the String Quartets at this link. Winners will be selected and notified […]

To kick off our Beethoven Week celebrations in a big way, Boulder-based Takács Quartet shares with us the composer's Opus 18, No. 6. Watch this exclusive performance on YouTube and see a full list of Beethoven content on the Colorado Music Festival's "Celebrating Beethoven" page.

Earlier this year the Center for Musical Arts invited musicians of all ages and abilities to join together in a "virtual community orchestra" to perform the "Ode to Joy" from Beethoven's 9th Symphony. So many of you responded enthusiastically! We are pleased to present this community-created message of peace, togetherness, and — of course — […]