The Colorado Chamber Players performs concerts, educational programs, and broadcasts, presenting original and collaborative chamber music and multi-disciplinary works. The CCP provides access to great music, thus bringing beauty into people’s lives.
Named one of the top five chamber groups in Colorado by the Denver Post, the Colorado Chamber Players celebrates its 32nd Season in 2025-26. The ensemble has performed at every major venue in Colorado, from the Newman Center to the Vilar Center, and internationally in South America and Europe. The CCP welcomes back Masakazu Ito, Guitar, in fall 2025.
The CCP performs frequently on Colorado Public Radio.
The group has received numerous awards, including the prestigious Chamber Music America Residency Awards (2000 and 2008). The CCP has received awards from the Argosy Foundation, Denver Arts and Venues, Colorado Creative Industries, National Endowment for the Arts, Energize Colorado, Xcel Energy Foundation, and the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD)
The CCP has a core of string quartet, piano, harp and winds. Favorite guest artists have included superstar cellist Lynn Harrell, clarinetist Derek Bermel, guitarist Sharon Isbin, violists Jesse Levine, Patricia McCarty and Roger Tapping, and pianist Jeffrey Kahane.
Critic Marc Shulgold wrote of a performance with Lynn Harrell in 2018 (from thescen3.org): “From the hushed opening chords, growing majestically out of silence, the ensemble played as if with a single voice”.
EVENTS (2025-26 SEASON)
Destination: España, with Masakazu Ito, Guitar
Happy Hour Chamber Concerts presents the CCP in a marvelous program focused on Espana. Program will include chamber works of Boccherini, Vivaldi, Narvaez, Weiss, and Ortiz.
Artists performing:
- Paul Primus & Barbara Hamilton, violins
- Mary Cowell Davis, viola
- Sarah Biber, cello
- Sybil Bradley, cello and castanets
- Masakazu Ito, guitar
Tickets in advance: $20
At door: $22
Livestream: $12
Friday, October 10, 2025 | 6:00 pm
Epiphany Lutheran Church
790 South Corona Street Denver, Colorado
Telemann’s Big Paris Adventure (Denver)
In 1737, Telemann visited Paris at the invitation of some of the greatest musicians in France: the flautist Michel Blavet, violinist Jean-Pierre Guignon, and gambist Jean-Baptiste Forqueray. To celebrate his visit, Telemann composed two sets of “Paris Quartets.” These twelve pieces were performed by these musicians and Telemann himself, making friends and making music. At age 56, Telemann had previously never left Germany; his 8 month sojourn to Paris was truly the trip of a lifetime. He never left Germany again.
Guest baroque flautist (traverso) Tamara Rotz joins the CCP for a magical program featuring two of the “Paris Quartets” for flute, violin, gamba and continuo; Michel Blavet’s charming flute sonata L’Henriette; Solo Viol pieces by Jean-Baptiste and his father Antoine Forqueray; and a trio sonata by another Parisian composer of the era: Élisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre.
Join the CCP for a fascinating program in the resonant Montclair Civic Center in Denver (November 8, 2 pm) or at TrailWinds Recreation Center in Thornton (November 10, 4 pm).
Saturday November 8th, 2025 | 2:00 pm
Montclair Civic Building
6820 E. 12th Avenue, Denver 80220
Tickets $10-25, On the Stage
Telemann’s Big Paris Adventure (Thornton)
In 1737, Telemann visited Paris at the invitation of some of the greatest musicians in France: the flautist Michel Blavet, violinist Jean-Pierre Guignon, and gambist Jean-Baptiste Forqueray. To celebrate his visit, Telemann composed two sets of “Paris Quartets.” These twelve pieces were performed by these musicians and Telemann himself, making friends and making music. At age 56, Telemann had previously never left Germany; his 8 month sojourn to Paris was truly the trip of a lifetime. He never left Germany again.
Guest baroque flautist (traverso) Tamara Rotz joins the CCP for a magical program featuring two of the “Paris Quartets” for flute, violin, gamba and continuo; Michel Blavet’s charming flute sonata L’Henriette; Solo Viol pieces by Jean-Baptiste and his father Antoine Forqueray; and a trio sonata by another Parisian composer of the era: Élisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre.
Join the CCP for a fascinating program in the resonant Montclair Civic Center in Denver (November 8, 2 pm) or at TrailWinds Recreation Center in Thornton (November 10, 4 pm).
Monday November 10th, 4:00 pm
TrailWinds Recreation Center
13495 Holly St Thornton, CO 80602
Suggested donation $20
Registration required: 720-977-5777
Harp for the Holidays
Music of the season for solo harp and violin/harp duo! Lily Primus (harp) and Paul Primus (violin) perform a magical hour-long program with seasonal and satisfying favorites.
Tue, Dec. 30 2025 | 4:00–5:00 pm
Trail Winds Active Adult Wing
13495 Holly St, Thornton, CO
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