An evening of classical and contemporary delights featuring small groups from the Colorado Wind Ensemble. Music for brass trio, trombone quartet, saxophone and flute, clarinet ensemble, and more! Sonata for Horn, Trumpet, and Trombone • Francis Poulenc Three Pieces • Michael Head    oboe and piano Les Tréteaux • Pierre-Max Dubois    flute, saxophone, piano Epitaphe de Jean Harlow • Charles Kœchlin    flute, saxophone, piano La Flor de la Canela • Isabel “Chabuca” Granda/arr. Vinicio Meza    trombone quartet Noche Inolvidable • Ricardo…

Hot jazz and sizzling new sounds for winds and percussion with Denver's legendary traditional jazz group, the Queen City Jazz Band Tempered Steel • Charles Rochester Young Firefly • Ryan George “Tumbao” from Sinfonia No. 3, "La Salsa" • Roberto Sierra/Scatterday Blow It Up, Start Again • Jonathan Newman Queen City Jazz Band selections CWE and QCJB together performing selections by arranger Wayne Scott Online purchases may be made until midnight on April 1.  Tickets may also be purchased at…

Hot jazz and sizzling new sounds for winds and percussion with Denver's legendary traditional jazz group. Tempered Steel • Charles Rochester Young Firefly • Ryan George “Tumbao” from Sinfonia No. 3, "La Salsa" • Roberto Sierra/Scatterday Blow It Up, Start Again • Jonathan Newman Queen City Jazz Band selections CWE and QCJB together performing selections by arranger Wayne Scott The CWE appears at the King Center as Artists in Residence through a partnership with Metropolitan State University of Denver. Tickets…

Transcriptions of great works respectfully adapted from repertoire for organ, orchestra, and piano Toccata and Fugue in D minor • J.S. Bach/Hunsberger The Alcotts • Charles Ives/Thurston cheating, lying, stealing • David Lang Pictures at an Exhibition • Modest Mussorgsky/Lavender The CWE appears at the King Center as Artists in Residence through a partnership with Metropolitan State University of Denver. Tickets may be purchased from the King Center box office in person, online, or by phone (303-556-2296).  The box office…

The Colorado Wind Ensemble presents a free concert of season favorites and lively summer fare at Smoky Hill Library.  We're planning for outdoors, but will move inside if it rains.  Bring the family! All activities are on the main level - ground level parking is available in the library lot. Save Save Save

The Colorado Wind Ensemble sits in with the Colorado Honor Band for this free concert at the Lakewood Heritage Center.  CWE musicians provide educational outreach to many organizations by performing side-by-side with students as models and mentors.

Nature photographer John Fielder, credit Craig McNeil Fielder’s spectacular images of Colorado with unique musical interplay for a breathtaking multimedia experience! Silverado ·  Bruce Broughton/Randol Alan Bass Cloudburst ·  Eric Whitacre Conniption · William Pitts An Outdoor Overture · Aaron Copland Serenity · Ola Gjeilo Aspen Jubilee · Ron Nelson In two performances at St. Andrew United Methodist on Friday, Dec 2 and at the King Center on Saturday, Dec. 3. For this King Center performance, tickets can be purchased…

“Brian Shaw epitomizes the versatile twenty-first century trumpeter.” – Elisa Koehler, Fanfares and Finesse: A Performer’s Guide to Trumpet History and Literature The CWE is thrilled to feature Brian Shaw of Louisiana State University as our soloist.  Brian Shaw is the Carruth Associate Professor of Trumpet and Jazz Studies at LSU. He is also Principal Trumpet of the Baton Rouge Symphony, Co-Principal Trumpet of the Dallas Wind Symphony, and enjoys an international performing career on modern and Baroque trumpets.  His…