2026 Season
42nd Season: June 6-26, 2026
Full schedule releases this spring, and tickets available in May (or earlier for donors!)
SEASON SNEAK PREVIEW
Tickets available to donors April 1 and to the public May 1.
Festival Orchestra Concert - June 16
Scott Yoo, conducting
COPLAND - Appalachian Spring
MOZART - Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K. 622
Jon Manasse, clarinet
SIBELIUS - Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 43
AFFORDABILITY POLICY: We believe financial barriers should not stand in the way of experiencing the joy of live musical performances. Please call our office at 719-389-6552 to request a ticket that you can afford. We handle all requests with the utmost confidentiality and respect. No proof of need is required.
CHILDREN'S ORCHESTRA CONCERT
The Festival Orchestra performs Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf, featuring guest artist Bill Bowers, mime, along with Virginia Barron, narrator, and accompanied by artwork created by students from the FAC's Bemis School of Art.
9 and 11 a.m., Thursday, June 18 in Celeste Theatre, Cornerstone Arts Center
These performances specially designed for children and families are FREE, but advance tickets are required. Ticket availability TBA.
Additionally, the CC Summer Music Festival is proud to partner with the Pikes Peak Library District to bring music to its Family Hour event: 10:30 a.m. Friday, June 12 at Library 21C.
FREE, NON-TICKETED EVENTS
Program TBA
Pre-Concert Recital attendees are invited to enjoy the wine bar in the Packard Courtyard prior to each ticketed Festival Artists Concert that follows the free recital.
All programs TBA.
Program TBA.
Program TBA.
FALL INTERMEZZO SEASON: POIESIS QUARTET
Grand Prize Winners of the 2025 Banff International String Quartet Competition
Max Ball, violin
Jasper de Boor, viola
Drew Dansby, cello
Presented October 9, 2025 by The Colorado College Summer Music Festival
Andante con moto-Allegro vivace
Many Many Cadences - SKY MACKLAY
String Quartet No. 1, Calvary - COLERIDGE-TAYLOR PERKINSON
String Quartet (Colorado premiere) - BRIAN RAPHAEL NABORS
String Quartet No. 7 Surfacing (Colorado premiere) - KEVIN LAU
Commissioned by the Poiesis Quartet
"What an incredible evening with the Poiesis Quartet! I was ready for top shelf music but the performance WAY exceeded all expectations. The interaction between the members and the programming both in selection and sequencing could not have been better. Thanks so much…would love to hear them again, I couldn’t get enough of that quartet. After that concert the description of a 'Bright Future' for chamber music is a great understatement."
- Chris O'Shea, longtime patron and donor to the Colorado College Summer Music Festival
Poiesis Quartet does it again ... winning the Cleveland Quartet Award by Chamber Music America in November 2025.
"It is my pleasure to announce this year’s award recipients, who represent distinguished leadership and artistic brilliance," says Nicholas Phan, President of CMA’s Board of Directors. "These ensembles’ extraordinary achievements through vision, service, and artistry embody chamber music’s breadth and magnitude, as well as the restless innovation that propels and inspires the field’s future."
Congratulations to the Poiesis Quartet!