Music https://www.durangoherald.com/feeds/music/ 2026-05-25 05:48:52 -0700 en-us https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/get-ready-for-summer-nights-in-buckley-park/ The Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College is bringing back its Concert Hall at the Park music series this summer with shows every Thursday night at Buckley Park from the end of June to the begi... 2026-05-21 05:59:54 -0700 d224520f-1d82-450c-83d5-90bd3b410296 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/music-for-a-may-weekend/ Mid-May brings out the best in Durango’s performing arts organizations. Two big musical events fill the calendar this weekend. ‘A Myriad of Melodies’ Friday, the Durango Choral Society will close its ... 2026-05-14 09:44:43 -0700 19457c2d-d453-4323-932c-c76ca631cce0 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/basso-profundo-uu-series-concludes-season/ Baritone Michael Hix is back. The much in demand American singer has performed with orchestras across our country and in Europe, not to mention the San Juan Symphony more than once. He returns to Dura... 2026-04-22 03:58:02 -0700 76e4cbaa-5d42-4649-b6ba-a43dd1a9a334 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/animas-high-school-students-host-under-one-moon-arts-festival/ We’re quickly heading into graduation season, and for four seniors at Animas High School, they’ve got one more big project to complete before putting on their caps and gowns. It’s not a 20-page paper ... 2026-04-16 03:16:02 -0700 54e824f3-7316-4068-8876-3b06604d3d92 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/durango-choral-society-celebrates-national-and-local-musical-heritage/ The Durango Choral Society and its youthful minions will spin a kaleidoscope of American music on Sunday afternoon at Christ the King Church. “’America, We Sing’ is a vibrant celebration of our nation... 2026-04-15 03:35:42 -0700 8cef0ac2-43b3-47fa-81f0-a77d0454fe90 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/tyler-grant-plays-30th-annual-durango-meltdown/ Tyler Grant is first and foremost a bluegrass picker. Despite leading a cosmic-country-rock band in Grant Farm; producing studio sessions for up and coming bluegrass bands; being an online jam-session... 2026-04-08 03:28:10 -0700 560b57a1-d568-48e5-9497-7ba4ab85c3bc https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/ebb-and-flow-durango-and-telluride-choral-societies-celebrate-water-music/ “Music and water move in currents,” Rhonda Muckerman said. Preparing for the late March pair of Durango Choral Society concerts, the director is mindful of the healing properties of both. “I’ve always... 2026-03-20 05:00:00 -0700 bd13541e-3a3a-4416-bccd-b7a9599fa40a https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/19th-annual-bach-festival-shifts-tracks/ For the 19th Annual Bach Festival, expect a twist. “Mostly Mozart 2026” headlines a week of noon recitals accompanied by the famous Bach’s Lunch where music lovers convene over soup, salad and various... 2026-03-04 03:30:00 -0700 66fd8581-f01c-413d-94a5-3feac2eb7de9 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/fort-lewis-college-showcases-student-musicians-at-honors-recital/ The Fort Lewis College Honors Recital, endowed by the late Walter Dear, is back. At 3 p.m. Sunday in Roshong Recital Hall, the Music Department will showcase student performers in a special, free reci... 2026-02-26 05:00:00 -0700 72615118-a9dd-473d-86ec-e8a5fb3abe94 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/durango-blues-train-announces-2026-artist-lineup/ The Durango Blues Train has released its lineup for this summer’s three-day run on the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, set for Aug. 20 to 22. According to a news release from SBG Production... 2026-02-25 03:47:03 -0700 2bad9061-d63d-44da-9113-a4e3b951c629 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/all-aboard-bluegrass-train-announces-lineup-for-inaugural-season/ At the time of this writing, snow has finally found its way into Durango, making it hard to envision a time of shorts, sandals and drinking craft beer on the new Durango Bluegrass Train, set to hit th... 2026-02-18 03:18:04 -0700 ee9eb699-b3d3-43ef-9bd6-3147bec0fea1 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/the-mozart-effect-san-juan-symphony-explores-musical-connections/ Just in time for Valentine’s Day, but better. “Mozart and the Romantics” is the title of the next concert pair for the San Juan Symphony the weekend of Feb. 21 and 22. It sounds like a stretch, but no... 2026-02-15 05:00:00 -0700 88ce18e8-70fb-4334-8ecf-6e65951e2a3a https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/how-super-bowl-halftime-moments-became-flashpoints-from-the-wardrobe-malfunction-to-caged-kids-2/ LOS ANGELES – For a show that lasts about 13 minutes, the Super Bowl halftime performance has fueled decades of conversation. Sometimes the spark comes from a single moment – as it did when Janet Jack... 2026-02-05 10:30:35 -0700 11968c72-2485-46b8-9f58-bd318d0a6ac6 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/new-bluegrass-train-pulling-into-durango/ Since 2011, the Durango Blues Train has been playing its way through the Animas Valley into the San Juan Mountains on warm August nights, courtesy of Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad cars. No... 2026-01-29 02:19:07 -0700 c9f369f3-eea9-40fd-92c9-7378f81c1812 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/quartets-with-friends-host-a-viennese-soiree-at-flc/ Chamber music lovers rejoice. Serendipity has brought a new string quartet to town. Area music lovers already know three of the four quartet players. Two are members of the Fort Lewis College Music De... 2026-01-15 05:00:00 -0700 11ee1f56-5f98-4cb0-8144-23030eebe397 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/telluride-blues-brews-announces-2026-lineup/ In Southwest Colorado, summer’s not over until we say it is – and that includes the annual trek up the hill to the Telluride Blues & Brews Festival, scheduled for Sept. 18 to 20 this year. Jon Batiste... 2026-01-14 12:26:59 -0700 38083c29-8aba-4f9c-98b0-96588ac68c49 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/the-mysterious-classical-jazz-vibe-maynes-and-oneal-merge-two-musical-worlds/ Classical music lovers, meet cool jazz. How about jazz fans listening to the likes of Maurice Ravel or Samuel Barber? How about reframing both perspectives at a fresh and inventive January recital? Wh... 2026-01-07 01:10:45 -0700 0f901c22-828c-452e-9fb3-647ff523d1f7 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/perry-bamonte-guitarist-and-keyboardist-for-the-cure-dies-at-65/ NEW YORK – Perry Archangelo Bamonte, longtime guitarist and keyboardist for the influential goth band The Cure, has died. He was 65. The band made the announcement on their official website Friday. “I... 2025-12-26 02:31:41 -0700 dbc465ab-597c-489a-8872-95e190bbaea4 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/arts-entertainment-looks-back-at-2025/ As we wind down another trip around the sun, dear readers, let’s take a look back at what the world of local Arts & Entertainment gave us in 2025. From cool art exhibits to a resident appearing in a N... 2025-12-25 05:00:00 -0700 647b3caf-fca1-4a08-878f-fcb59c987578 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/the-hits-keep-coming-for-durango-musician/ El Demonio’s having an amazing year. The musician, who moved to Durango 15 years ago from Southern California, was nominated for an Artist of the Year award in the 11th annual Josie Music Awards at th... 2025-12-11 03:24:26 -0700 6e5aa8d3-3ffb-4da9-8fad-79b4f477122e https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/choral-societys-annual-concert-offers-music-santa-and-cheer/ Arrive early and stay late. That’s the word for the annual Durango Choral Society Family Christmas Concert on Sunday. By early, organizers mean around noon to peruse the unusual, one-of-a-kind holiday... 2025-12-03 04:27:56 -0700 cdd6bead-5f85-4371-a9c3-22d79426b4ee https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/gary-mounfield-former-stone-roses-bassist-has-died-at-63/ LONDON – Gary Mounfield, the former bass player of the Stone Roses and Primal Scream, two of the most influential British rock bands of the past four decades, has died. He was 63. His former Stone Ros... 2025-11-21 09:40:26 -0700 3412529b-a19f-48d2-a182-c1b5cb6fb116 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/play-it-forward-southwest-civic-winds-takes-the-stage/ “Lean in.” Last week, Jared Wright interrupted the Southwest Civic Winds as the band rehearsed Percy Grainger’s “Lincolnshire Posy.” “Lean into every crescendo, every decrescendo,” he said. In short –... 2025-11-19 02:29:22 -0700 3e2df576-2839-4098-8498-d1408b59dae0 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/americana-troubadour-todd-snider-alt-country-singer-songwriter-dies-at-59-2/ NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Todd Snider, a singer whose thoughtfully freewheeling tunes and cosmic-stoner songwriting made him a beloved figure in American roots music, has died. He was 59. His record label sa... 2025-11-15 04:06:10 -0700 f3a449b3-682a-4957-be2a-0c3156494e41 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/performing-the-music-of-defiance-at-fort-lewis-college/ “Gubaidulina’s work is not the kind of thing you put on during morning yoga,” wrote Zachary Woolfe in his March 13 New York Times obituary for the Russian composer Sofia Gubaidulina. The eminent music... 2025-11-13 10:40:47 -0700 f9a8eacf-eefc-4b57-affe-ef30d41a9755 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/unitarian-recital-series-features-jazz-collective/ “An evening of music inspired by America’s art form – jazz.” Jared Wright knows whereof he speaks. He’s been a prominent figure in the local jazz scene since he graduated from Fort Lewis College in 20... 2025-11-06 05:00:00 -0700 5cf59c70-7fa7-4c9f-a69a-c52cdf01483a https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/san-juan-symphony-weaves-a-communal-tapestry/ San Juan Symphony Inc. is on a roll. On Oct. 26, the musical juggernaut launched its second program in the Beyond the Concert Hall series in St. Mark’s Church. On Nov. 7 and 8, the Symphony Orchestra,... 2025-10-30 05:00:00 -0700 61cc328b-1f2e-489a-8d49-47dad7c678af https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/chamber-singers-launch-season-with-new-director/ The San Juan Symphony Chamber Singers will launch the 2025-26 season Sunday afternoon with music by young and emerging composers. At 3 p.m., the Singers, with their newly announced director Amy Barret... 2025-10-22 04:50:33 -0700 468ef473-5d02-42df-a26b-415e45d5f015 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/ace-frehley-kiss-original-lead-guitarist-and-founding-member-dies-at-74-2/ Ace Frehley, the original lead guitarist and founding member of the glam rock band Kiss, who captivated audiences with his elaborate galactic makeup and smoking guitar, died Thursday. He was 74. Frehl... 2025-10-17 09:17:25 -0700 9620d82a-6cd9-4181-af2f-3ad7dfc262ff https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/durango-choral-society-brings-rivers-of-song/ “This year’s music will ground us in our home and community,” Rhonda Muckerman said. Artistic director of the Durango Choral Society, she is known for thoughtful programming, solid preparation and cre... 2025-10-15 04:05:34 -0700 056233f3-fe09-44f2-bc72-c65cb437a110