With a world-class faculty and concert venues, the Lamont School of Music is widely recognized as a premier music school. Students from across the world audition to study at Lamont, where they gain the skills and experience necessary to succeed in today’s dynamic arts world. Our commitment to excellence includes a multi-genre curriculum and award-winning performers engaging with audiences from across the Rocky Mountain West.
Our students experience and participate in Denver’s unrivaled metropolitan arts environment, where professional performing arts companies offer inspiration and performance opportunities. Our graduates pursue professional careers as outstanding performing artists, composers, conductors, entrepreneurs, recording professionals and scholars.
Whether you are a prospective student, an audience member or an arts supporter, we welcome you!
Lamont School of Music Centennial
We invite you to join us during this very special year: the 100th anniversary of the Lamont School of Music. Over its first century, Lamont grew from a modest conservatory into a school of national prominence.
Click to read a brief history, peruse historical photos, and see upcoming events related to the Centennial!
Kathryn Brown has performed around the globe as concerto soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician. She is widely hailed for her interpretations from Mozart to Gershwin, as well as her premieres of the new music of today.
Lamont Opera Theatre presents "Gianni Schicchi" & "Suor Angelica" by Puccini
Set in a serene convent, Suor Angelica tells the story of the secret heartbreak of Sister Angelica as she confronts devastating news about her past. Delight in the comic brilliance of Gianni Schicchi, filled with wit, charm, and unforgettable music. This hilarious tale of family scheming and deception unfolds as a crafty outsider turns the tables on a greedy inheritance plot.
Sympatico Percussion Group creates programs with entertainment and intrigue, virtuosity and poignancy, and appealing melodies and vibrant rhythms from around the world. Their diverse and eclectic repertoire includes rudimental drumming, ragtime xylophone, pop transcriptions and wonderfully uncategorized original compositions that embrace global streams of contemporary musical styles.
As the culmination to Earth Week 2025 at DU, join featured guest vocalist GAEYA, with an ensemble of Lamont students, arrangements by Lamont students and faculty, guest youth vocalists and the Foothills Community Choir.
Kathryn Brown has performed around the globe as concerto soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician. She is widely hailed for her interpretations from Mozart to Gershwin, as well as her premieres of the new music of today.
Lamont Opera Theatre presents "Gianni Schicchi" & "Suor Angelica" by Puccini
Set in a serene convent, Suor Angelica tells the story of the secret heartbreak of Sister Angelica as she confronts devastating news about her past. Delight in the comic brilliance of Gianni Schicchi, filled with wit, charm, and unforgettable music. This hilarious tale of family scheming and deception unfolds as a crafty outsider turns the tables on a greedy inheritance plot.
Sympatico Percussion Group creates programs with entertainment and intrigue, virtuosity and poignancy, and appealing melodies and vibrant rhythms from around the world. Their diverse and eclectic repertoire includes rudimental drumming, ragtime xylophone, pop transcriptions and wonderfully uncategorized original compositions that embrace global streams of contemporary musical styles.
As the culmination to Earth Week 2025 at DU, join featured guest vocalist GAEYA, with an ensemble of Lamont students, arrangements by Lamont students and faculty, guest youth vocalists and the Foothills Community Choir.
Kathryn Brown has performed around the globe as concerto soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician. She is widely hailed for her interpretations from Mozart to Gershwin, as well as her premieres of the new music of today.
"Lamont is going to give you the opportunity to really be heard as a musician."
Ruby Pucillo, BA Jazz Voice
The Spirituals Project
The Spirituals Project is a community organization dedicated to preserving and revitalizing the spirituals, through musical, educational, and social justice work in our community.
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