Preview article by Betsy Schwarm The greatest music is timeless, still speaking to us generations later. The best of current music acknowledges that timelessness, while also bringing something new to […]
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Given the events and moods of the past two years, all of us could benefit from some healing. In its Boulder County concerts of February 4 and 5, the Pro […]
Messiah of the Vaccinated!

Join the all-vaccinated singers and orchestra of the Boulder Chamber Chorale, Pro Musica Colorado Chamber Orchestra, and vocal soloists in resuming a beloved holiday tradition, George F. Handel’s Messiah, Part […]
Rainbow Strings with Pro Musica Colorado Chamber Orchestra

Rainbow Strings! A Concert of Hope! Join us for a program that brings joy and hope featuring great music by LGBTQ+ and BIPOC composers including Tchaikovsky’s beloved Serenade for Strings. Violin […]
Rainbow Strings with Pro Musica Colorado Chamber Orchestra

Rainbow Strings! A Concert of Hope! Join us for a program that brings joy and hope featuring great music by LGBTQ+ and BIPOC composers including Tchaikovsky’s beloved Serenade for Strings. Violin soloist […]
Can Music Co-Exist With Social Relevance?
A preview by Marc Shulgold Cynthia Katsarelis acknowledges that the title of her orchestra’s season-opening concert offers a unifying, uplifting theme: “Rainbow Strings! A Concert of Hope.” But then she […]
Pro Musica in “Cyberspace”

A review by Marc Shulgold Cynthia Katsarelis could barely contain her joy, as she began the concert by her Pro Musica Colorado Chamber Orchestra on Saturday. “We are so, so […]
Achieving Zoomness: Performing Arts Online

A preview by Betsy Schwarm, January 13, 2021 It is at times like those of the past ten months that the performing arts can mean the most. Not only is […]
Holiday Moods Sparkle with Pro Musica

Review by Betsy Schwarm The concerts offered this first weekend of December by the Pro Musica Chamber Orchestra bore the heading “Holiday Moods.” Admittedly, in this particular year, holiday moods […]
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