Music

Colorado composer Nathan Hall mixed music with archaeology as he dreamed up his new album. The music focuses on hand-carved stone instruments called lithophones. They were carved several thousand years ago and discovered near what’s now Great Sand Dunes National Park. Learn more about new music played on ancient instruments.

Denver’s City Park Jazz summer concert series draws around 10,000 people every Sunday. Despite rising costs and pressures, the event remains free and only hosts Colorado-based artists.

Many of the musicians who take jobs in some of the country’s best orchestras get their start right here in Colorado. Each summer, the National Repertory Orchestra brings about 80 young musicians to Breckenridge, and helps them practice the art of playing in a symphony. We hear about the orchestra's demanding performance schedule, and hear the musicians in action, on today's In The NoCo.

Dozens of harpists will connect and play songs of praise in Fort Collins this weekend at the Harp In Worship conference. It's a time to honor an instrument with spiritual significance.

It's often said music is the universal language of humanity. Now a 12-year-old boy is putting that to the test for an unlikely audience — man's best friend. Yuvi Agarwal started playing keyboard when he was 4 and several years ago noticed his playing soothed his family's restless dog, Bozo.

Arts programs in most Colorado public schools have been cut severely due to tight budgets. So what does art education look like in the state's schools? And where are kids learning about the arts outside the classroom?

Plenty of bands have put out an excellent album, and some even have multiple great recordings. But how many bands have three exceptional releases back-to-back-to-back? Ben Freid, a host on 105.5 The Colorado Sound, joined us on KUNC to talk about some of his favorite album three-peats.

Cities and organizations around Northern Colorado are commemorating Juneteenth with multiple events over the next week.

As arts education becomes more limited in some schools, arts programs for wellness are launching around the country. In Steamboat Springs, art experiences can now be prescribed as an antidote to stress or isolation.

The school in Brighton had no band program a few years ago. Now hundreds participate.