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Chamber Music Series

Since its formation in 2005, the Chamber Music Society of Greater Denver (CMSGD) has raised awareness and appreciation of chamber music through an annual series of concerts that feature both contemporary and traditional compositions that celebrate the depth and diversity of repertoire written for chamber groups. CMSGD members serve as faculty at the University of Denver's Lamont School of Music and Red Rocks Community College.

Key Chamber Music Series Information

  • The Chamber Music Series features the Chamber Music Society of Greater Denver. Now based in Highlands Ranch, the Chamber Music Society of Greater Denver celebrates its first-ever residency in partnership with the Highlands Ranch Cultural Association, featuring performances and activities scheduled at the Wildcat Mountain Auditorium.
  • Time: Doors open at 5:30 p.m.; performance begins at 6:00 p.m.
  • Location:  Southridge Recreation Center, 4800 McArthur Ranch Rd., Highlands Ranch CO 80130
  • Tickets: $20 

2024 Chamber Music Series

April 24, 2024

Out of Silence

In Out of Silence, the Chamber Music Society of Greater Denver performs pieces of deeply personal music that gave way to an awakening of consciousness in each member and a lifelong fascination with sound and silence. "Everything that’s created comes out of silence. Thoughts emerge from the nothingness of silence. Words come out of the void. Your very essence emerged from emptiness." Wayne Dyer, American author

  • Paul Ben-Haim / Three Songs Without Words (Hillary Schefter, harp and Laura Schulkind, flute)
  • Ian Clarke / Orange Dawn (Julie Plouffe, piano and Katy Wherry, flute)
  • Ian Clarke/ Maya (Julie Plouffe, piano;  Laura Schulkind and Katy Wherry, flutes)
  • Nino Rota / Sonata for Flute and Harp (Hillary Schefter, harp and Katy Wherry, flute)
  • Ludwig van Beethoven / Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Moonlight Sonata (Julie Plouffe, piano)
  • Claude Debussy / Danse sacrée (Sacred Dance) (Julie Plouffe, piano and Hillary Schefter, harp)
  • Benjamin Godard / Suite de trois morceaux (Julie Plouffe, piano and Laura Schulkind, flute)
  • Traditional / O Danny Boy (Hillary Schefter, harp and Katy Wherry, flute)
  • Blossom Dearie / Touch the Hand of Love (Julie Plouffe, piano and Katy Wherry, flute)
  • Gabriel Fauré / Pavane (Julie Plouffe, soprano; Hillary Schefter, harp; Laura Schulkind and Katy Wherry, flutes)
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July 10, 2024

Americas the Beautiful

The Chamber Music Society of Greater Denver showcases the diversity of musical expressions in the Americas, from classical and folk to popular and contemporary, in a program featuring compositions by musicians born or residing on the American Continent.

  • Astor Piazzolla / Histoire du Tango  (Hillary Schefter, harp & Katy Wherry, flute)
    • Bordello, 1900
    • Cafe, 1930
    • Nightclub, 1960
  • Heitor Villa-Lobos / Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 (Hillary Schefter, harp and Julie Plouffe, voice)
  • David Amram / Theme and Variations on “Red River Valley” (Julie Plouffe, piano and Laura Schulkind, flute)
  • Samuel Zyman / Fantasia Mexicana (Julie Plouffe, piano; Laura Schulkind and Katy Wherry, flutes)
  • Samuel Barber / Excursions, Movement I and IV (Julie Plouffe, piano)
  • William Hill / Mystic Cadenza (Laura Schulkind, Native American flute)
  • Thom Ritter George / American Folk Songs (3) for flute and piano  (Hillary Schefter, harp & Katy Wherry, flute)
    • Johnson Boys
    • Rocking the Cradle
    • Whistle, Daughter, Whistle

Additional selections to be announced shortly. Program subject to change.

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December 5, 2024

Holiday Music

The Chamber Music Society of Greater Denver celebrates the holidays.

Program to be announced.

Tickets coming soon.

 

More Event Information

Contact Dylan Holt at [email protected] or 303-471-8898
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The Chamber Music Series is Brought to You By...

The HRCA's Cultural Affairs Association (CAA)
The Highlands Ranch Cultural Affairs Association (CAA) provides a central organization from which educational, artistic, musical, theatrical, and dance events are provided to the more than 90,000 Highlands Ranch residents and those living in the surrounding communities.

Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD) 
All CAA events are paid for in part by the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD) which supports more than 300 arts, cultural, and scientific organizations within the Denver metro area through a voter‐approved penny sales tax on every $10 purchase.