Performances & Concerts
- The festival's 2018 season kicks off with a lighthearted homage to its academic surroundings in a play about a king and three of his noblemen who make a pact to sequester themselves, concentrate only on learning and swear off love.
- Composer Jake Heggie and librettist Gene Scheer will return to develop "If I Were You," a contemporary Faustian tale, resulting in performances June 15 and June 17 that are free and open to the public.
- The new program connecting artists and scholars will host a performance May 13 at Old Main Chapel and presentations by the inaugural residency cohort May 17 at the Boulder Public Library.
- "The Show" features integrated, responsive lighted costumes that change pattern, color and brightness based on sensor data to tell relatable stories about personal relationships.
- The Boulder Chamber Orchestra will once again bring a special performance to Macky Auditorium, this time, in a concert titled "May the 4th (Be With You)" featuring the music of "Star Wars."
- The production, running April 26–29, illuminates the plot from a feminist point of view and considers the banality of capital punishment cast upon women charged with being unchaste.
- The Grammy Award-winning string quartet has been moving audiences and selling out concerts for three decades at CU Boulder, with this month's performances already sold out.
- The Theatre and Dance Department will celebrate the musical's 50th anniversary with performances from April 13 through 22.
- Quicksilver Baroque's concert shines a spotlight on hidden gems by Castello, Merula and other long-forgotten 17th-century composers.
- Montreal-based RUBBERBANDance uses the spontaneity of hip-hop, the refinement of ballet and the expressiveness of contemporary dance to create fresh, dynamic works.