Performances & Concerts
- Writer-director Niki Tulk's "Ophelia | Leaves" gathers poetry, soundscapes, video projections and cello into a meditation on the spirit of "Hamlet's" Ophelia as she might have existed. The production premieres Jan. 27 and 28.
- On Feb. 9 and 10, the College of Music’s band department hosts the U.S. Air Force Academy Concert Band for a series of master classes and a joint concert in honor of the Air Force's 70th birthday.
- Four graduating CU Boulder students have choreographed brand-new works for the spring showcase, "Catapult," examining everything from anxiety in modern times to the negative impact of processed food to the male gaze in Renaissance art.
- CU Presents' 80th-anniversary Artist Series continues with a concert of sizzling, seductive music and dance from Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana, experts in traditional Spanish dance. The performance takes place Jan. 21 at 7:30 p.m. in Macky Auditorium.
- A partnership of CU Boulder students, faculty and staff will host a Jan. 25 BuffsUnited event that will support the values of an inclusive campus and the Colorado Creed. The event is free and open to the public.
- Expect the unexpected at this fall’s Open Space, a dance production featuring brand-new works created, choreographed and performed by CU Boulder students. A tantalizing mix of pieces will be on display for three different showings from Nov. 11 to 13 in CU’s Charlotte York Irey Theatre.
- CU Boulder’s 2016-17 theatre season continues with a highly anticipated all-female production of Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night.” Directed by renowned Los Angeles actor, director, teacher and producer Lisa Wolpe, the production runs Nov. 4 through Nov. 13 in the University Theatre.
- One group single-handedly brought vocal jazz to the masses. The other’s smooth R&B hits inspired a new generation of a cappella mania, from 'The Sing Off' to 'Glee' and 'Smash.'
- David Korevaar, College of Music, and Thomas T. Veblen, Geography Department, have been selected as recipients of the 2016 Distinguished Research Lectureship, which is among the highest honors bestowed by the faculty upon a faculty member at CU Boulder.
- CU Presents' 80th-anniversary Artist Series continues with an intimate recital by acclaimed American pianist Richard Goode. Hailed by The Washington Post as “one of the finest pianists in the world,” Goode will play a program of Beethoven, Debussy and more at Macky Auditorium on Friday, Oct. 28, at 7:30 p.m.