Start the weekend right with great music in a relaxed setting
Celebrate our Fifteenth Anniversary with us!
Our 2026/27 season is our fifteenth, and we’re partying all year! We have invited many of the artists who have shaped our series through the last decade-and-a-half to celebrate it with us through nine spectacular concerts in a season-long party. Together we’re exploring why so many of us have come to love these Happy Hour Chamber Concerts. Be sure to subscribe to our mailing list (click here) if you’re not already on it. That way you will have all the latest news about our upcoming concerts. And if you’d like to see the line-up for all the concerts in this gala season, click here.
Our next concert…
October 30, 2026
SPANISH CONSORT
“Más Allá de Hispania”
Jon Wassermann returns to Happy Hour with his group Spanish Consort in a lively program exploring musical riches from Hispania. In the antiquated world, the warning non plus ultra—“There’s nothing more beyond” —marked the edge of the known world at the Pillars of Hercules in the Gibraltar Strait. By the time Christopher Columbus sailed to the Americas, the phrase had changed to plus ultra—“There’s more beyond.” It’s with this in mind that Spanish Consort presents Más Allá de Hispania—“Beyond Hispania.” This concert will explore the rich collections of forgotten and underrepresented Spanish music that existed or survived outside of the Iberian Peninsula.
The Performers
Jon Wasserman
Elisa Wicks
Willow Stracuzzi
The Program
Cachua la Despedida from Códice Martínez Compañón (1782) – anon.
“Yo Sé Que No Ha De Ganar” from Códice Zuola (17th C) – anon.
Jacaras from Cifras Selectas (1722) – Santiago de Murcia (1673-1739)
Cachua Serranita from Códice Zuola (17th C) – anon.
Cumbees from Códice Saldivar (1730) – Murcia
“Las Lanchas Para Baylar”from Códice Martínez Compañón (1782) – anon.
Entre Dos Alamos Verdes from Códice Zuola (17th C) – anon.
Fandango from Códice Saldivar (1730) – Murcia
“Marizapalos” from Códice Saldivar (1730) – Murcia
Folias Gallegas from Códice Saldivar (1730) – Murcia
Tonada el Diamante from Códice Martínez Compañón (1782) – anon.
Tickets will go on sale around September 28.
And then…
November 13, 2026
COLORADO CHAMBER PLAYERS
“Hiding in Plain Sight: Mystery Composers of the Baroque”
Many composers in the Baroque era were forced to navigate a deeply religious and socially rigid world by concealing their personal lives behind the safety of powerful benefactors, royal patrons, or coded musical language. While they composed and performed masterpieces, their true identities and private relationships were often confined to tight-knit, underground circles or private salons. In this concert, Colorado Chamber Players will explore the hidden lives and brilliant music of women and gay composers of the Baroque, featuring works by Chiara Margarita Cozzolani, Isabella Leonarda, Arcangelo Corelli, Georg Frideric Handel, and Anna Bon de Venezia. You won’t want to miss this creative and illuminating addition to our Gala Fifteenth Anniversary season!
The Performers
Kathryn Cruz, Soprano
Barbara Hamilton, violin
Paul Primus, violin/harpsichord
Brune Macary, violin
Sarah Biber, cello
All concerts are at
Epiphany Lutheran Church
790 S. Corona in Denver
near Washington Park
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What people are saying
- “The epitome of Baroque!”
- “This is the most completely civilized way to start a weekend! It’s a short break from the frantic busyness of life to just sit, sip a little wine, and listen to great music.”
- “I love the format and the time of the concerts – the perfect way to unwind after a busy work week”
- “Just right for a Friday evening wind-down. I sit in a lovely and calm place with a nice glass of wine and listen to beautiful and live music that I do not hear anywhere else, which makes me forget about the world for a little while.”
- “It’s the perfect way to start a weekend! We get beautiful music, and there’s plenty of time for dinner afterwards.”