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“The Quartet” by artist Ed Natan
Featured on FCM’s 2024-25 season brochure, many have asked for more information on this beautiful watercolor painting. Denver artist Ed Natan painted “The Quartet” in 2017 upon the death of Walter Levin, founder of the internationally-accclaimed LaSalle Quartet...
Celebrating Collaboration: Friends of Chamber Music and Red Rocks Community College
At Friends of Chamber Music, our journey has always been about more than just music; it's about community, education, and collaboration. Our recent partnership with the talented students and faculty from Red Rocks Community College (RRCC) embodies these values...
FCM appears on Channel 7’s Mile High Living
Did you miss the Mile High Living segment (Denver 7, Wednesday, May 15) featuring Friends of Chamber Music? Click below to watch the interview with FCM's own Alix Corboy, joined by cellist Matt Zalkind, Co-Artistic Director of the Denver Chamber Music Festival....
Friends of Chamber Music to Receive $10,000 Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts
Friends of Chamber Music (FCM) is pleased to announce it has been approved by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) for a Grants for Arts Projects award of $10,000. This grant will support the Colorado premiere of African Queens, performed by world-renowned...
FCM on Denver 7’s Mile High Living
Did you miss the Mile High Living segment (Denver 7, Friday, November 4) featuring Friends of Chamber Music? Click below to watch the interview with FCM's own Alix Corboy, joined by cellist Ernie Wolfgang Carbajal, who has performed for a variety of FCM community...
FCM Announces its 70th Anniversary Season!
For nearly 70 years, Friends of Chamber Music has presented some of the greatest artists in the world, including Yo-Yo Ma, the Emerson String Quartet, and pianist Yuja Wang. This season reflects a vast array of talent in performers, composers, and repertoire,...
Encore performance: Leila Josefowicz, violin and John Novacek, piano
Violinist Leila Josefowicz and pianist John Novacek brought down the house in a spectacular performance on Wednesday night, March 22, in Gates Concert Hall. The artists were generous enough to let us post a clip of their encore. Enjoy this performance of Charlie...
Jessie Montgomery: Musical America’s Composer of the Year
In honor of Black History Month, we're featuring several influential Black composers that have made an impression on FCM audiences in recent performances, starting with New York-based composer Jessie Montgomery, named Musical America's Composer of the Year (2023)....
Latest from the Spektral Quartet
Want an entirely new way to experience a string quartet? Check out the Spektral Quartet's new recording, Experiments in Living, which is enhanced by Tarot-style interpretive cards with art from Copenhagen-based collage artist and musician øjeRum, to create an...