Past Programs:

March 9th, 7:00 pm. Soundscapes Presented by Mystery Cabal. Object +Thought Gallery, Denver, CO. An evening of improvised music featuring Tatsuya Nakatani, Conrad Kehn and the Playground.

February 19th, 12:00 noon. Hamilton Recital Hall, Newman Center for the Performing Arts, Denver, CO. American Berserk II: Bolcom.  Second in a series of concerts featuring Bolcom's works for solo piano, piano rags, madrigals, and chamber vocal works.

February 7th, 7:30 pm. Hamilton Recital Hall, Newman Center for the Performing Arts, Denver, CO. Lamont Faculty Compositions. Concert featuring compositions by Lamonts faculty.

January 8th, 12:00 noon. Hamilton Recital Hall, Newman Center for the Performing Arts, Denver, CO. Family Tradition #1: Lamont Student Compositions. Showcasing the student chamber working of Lamont's finest.

October 26th, 7:30 pm. Visual and Performing Arts Gallery, Front Range Community College, Westminster, CO.  El Tango: The Music of Astor Piazzolla.  Tango quintet performs many of Piazzolla favorites including Milonga del Angel, Fugata, and Contrabijissimo.

October 2nd, 12:00 noon. Hamilton Recital Hall, Newman Center for the Performing Arts, Denver, CO. American Berserk I: John Adams.  First in a series of concerts featuring Adams' works entitled Road Movies, Shaker Loops, and American Berserk.

September 26th, 7:30 pm. Grusin Music Hall, University of Colorado,  Boulder, CO.  Pendulum New Music Series.  The Playground featured along side other artists on the forefront of the new music scene.  Performance of Paul Hembree's Archaeopteryx.

September 18th, 7:30 pm. Hamilton Recital Hall, Newman Center for the Performing Arts, Denver CO. Modern Miscellana.  Works by Berg, Penderecki, Nuorvala, Hembree, and Cage.

August 28th, 7:00 pm. Soundscapes Presented by Mystery Cabal. Object +Thought Gallery, Denver, CO.An evening of improvised music featuring San Diego's James Ingelfritz with guests Wu Fei, Conrad Kehn and the Playground.

 June 24th, 8:30 pm.  Object +Thought, Denver, CO.  An evening of improvised chamber music including music by national artists the Giants of Gender.

May 25th, 7:30 pm. Bethany Luthern Church, Denver, CO.  COCOCO #1. Colorado Composer's Concert. Works presented were winners of our first annual call for scores from local composers.                                   

May 3rd-5th, 2007, 7:30 pm.  Arts #278, Auraria Campus, University of Colorado at Denver.  Improvised sound design for the world premiere of a short play by Finnian Sullivan entitled "Spit."

April 17th, 2007, 7:30 pm.  Hamilton Recital Hall, Newman Center for the Performing Arts, Denver CO.  Minimalism from the 60’s (Terry Riley’s In C) to the 90’s (Philip Glass’ 2^nd String Quartet), works by Hovahness, George Walker, and a group chamber improvisation.

April 13th, 2007, 1:00 pm. Denver School of the Arts, Denver, CO.  Concert and lecture for music students during school convocation.  Featured works by Piazzolla, Schnittke, and Glass.

April 9th, 2007, 12:00 pm. Hamilton Recital Hall, Newman Center for the Performing Arts, Denver CO. Lamont Student Composers.

Febuary 13, 2007, 7:30 pm. Hamilton Recital Hall, Newman Center for the Performing Arts, Denver CO.  Faculty Artist Concert featuring works of Conrad Kehn, director and composer of The Playground. 

January 26, 2007, 7:30 PM. Ave Maria Hall, St. Mary's Catholic Church, Littleton CO. El Tango! Celebration of the music of Astor Piazzolla.

January 22, 2006, 1:00 PM. Cherry Hills Elementary School, Denver CO. Educational program about the tango, Astor Piazzolla's  famous quintet and the instruments it utilizes.

October 26, 2006, 7:30 PM. Hamilton Recital Hall, Newman Center for the Performing Arts, Denver CO. Mosaics- The music of Henry Cowell. This concert made possible in part by the Henry Cowell Performance Fund, administered by the American Music Center.

September 21, 2006, 7:30 PM. Bethany Lutheran Church, Cherry Hills CO. An evening of the works of Gyorgy Ligeti.

September 21, 2006, 12:00 PM. Hamilton Recital Hall, Newman Center for the Performing Arts, Denver CO. Lunch with Ligeti. Premier installment of the Lamont Lunchtime concert series.

May 25, 2006, 7:30 PM. Hamilton Recital Hall, Newman Center for the Performing Arts, Denver CO. Lamont School of Music's Faculty Artist Subscription Series. Featuring the works of Rorem, Schnittke, Feldman, Lundquist, Adams and Kehn.

February 21, 2006. Kent Denver. Educational Event.

December 12, 2005, 12:05 PM. Broomfield High School, Broomfield, CO. Education event for orchestra students. 2 pieces involved Broomfield High student musicians.

November 18, 2005. Alix Corboy and Catherine Sailor- Piano. Hamilton Recital Hall, Newman Center for the Performing Arts, Denver CO.

October 27, 2005. Eric Bradler- Accordion. Hamilton Recital Hall, Newman Center for the Performing Arts, Denver CO.  Artist recital of accordion works featuring TEPE accordionist Eric Bradler and many other TEPE members.

October 14, 2005. Hamilton Recital Hall, Newman Center for the Performing Arts, Denver CO. An Evening of Modern Italian Music Conducted by Simone Fontanelli. The Playground served as ensemble-in-residence for Maestro Fontanelli's week long residency at Lamont.

September 22, 2005. Hamilton Recital Hall, Newman Center for the Performing Arts, Denver CO. Lamont School of Music's Faculty Artist Subscription Series. Featuring the works of Cage, Webern, Derbenko, Vizcaino, Dodgson and Kehn.

September 15, 2005. Recital Hall, Kenneth King Center for the Performing Arts, Denver, CO.  Auraria campus performance featuring the works of Cage, Reich, Webern, Derbenko, Vizcaino & Kehn. 

May 7, 2005. Hamilton Recital Hall, Newman Center for the Performing Arts, Denver CO. Performance was part of the Lamont School of Music's Faculty Artist Subscription Series.   

April 29, 2005. Denver School of the Arts, Denver, CO. Concert/ Lecture for music students during school convocation. A couple of pieces involved DSA student musicians.   

April 12, 2005. The Works of Brandon Vaccaro Featuring TEPE. Hamilton Recital Hall, Newman Center for the Performing Arts, Denver CO. Recital of compositions by former active TEPE member, current member-at-large, Brandon Vaccaro.

May 17, 2004. Richard von Foerster, cello, and Alix Corboy, piano. Hamilton Recital Hall, Newman Center for the Performing Arts, Denver CO. Duo performance featuring works by Corigliano, Sacher, Lutoslawski, Berio, Britten, Stravinsky and Schnittke.

February 20, 2004. EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO. Performance on the closing night of a an art showing that included Conrad Kehn's graphic scores on display.  

April 17, 2003. Museum of Contemporary Art/ Denver as party of the Visual Soundings: Music for Ruins series. The composition Funeral Hymn was recorded and released by MCA/Denver and A.D.A.P.T. records as part of this series.  

Thursday, November 7, 2002. Kenneth King Performing Arts Center Recital Hall, Sponsored by an educational mini-grant from the Community College of Denver.