Colorado Chamber Players

The award-winning Colorado Chamber Players is a diverse chamber ensemble of twelve distinguished musicians, performing nationally and internationally. The Colorado Chamber Players has toured the USA, Spain and Brazil, and released its first CD "Uplifting Discoveries from a Generation Lost", on the Centaur label in 1997. The chamber works presented by this energetic, virtuoso group have ranged from Bach to Brahms, to lesser known composers of the Holocaust, to banned composers, to Latino composers, to women composers, to composers blacklisted under McCarthyism. The Colorado Chamber Players engages audiences with dynamic spoken program notes about each piece.

Reviews

“The program offers one revelation after another, all with a decidedly political context.”
- April 6, 2002

“The Chamber Players…tend to stay away from the road most traveled. For music lovers with a taste for adventure, this is welcome news. …..Their thought-provoking programming ….. sets the CCP apart from other chamber groups.”
- Marc Shulgold, Rocky Mountain News, November 19, 2000

“The players tackled this music with commendable commitment and zeal….they brought the kind of focus and tight interaction that such…music demands.”
- Kyle MacMillan, February 11, 2002“

“Exotic, sometimes challenging and unceasingly captivating sounds filled the hall…the Colorado Chamber Players spotlighted the clarinet in a wonderfully adventurous program…”
- Kyle MacMillan, Denver Post, February 2001

"The Colorado Chamber Players delivered a ...big and rich orchestral accompaniment to La Boheme"
- Glenn Giffin, Denver Post, September 23, 2000

"The technical prowess of the players and their wonderful musicality places them in the top rank of string ensembles"
-Michael Ingall, The Voice of Rhode Island, November 1995

" The Colorado Chamber Players are a virtuoso gathering ...well-suited to one another in style, balance, and vision...impressive technical skills"
-Blair Chotzinoff, KVOD Radio, June 1995

"The Colorado Chamber Players give assured intense performances of these excellent pieces"
-Gramophone Review, February 1998

"...Exceptional sensitivity and beauty of tone... the program ended with a spirited performance of Schulhoff's String Quartet"
-Elizabeth Kahn, The Raleigh(N. Carolina)Independent Weekly, July 1995

"Chamber group excels in heartfelt concert...I'm not sure which was more impressive- the music or the motivation of the performers- in the CCP's presentation"
-Jeff Bradley, Denver Post, June 1995

"The Colorado Chamber Players annual concert at the Museo de las Americas...brought an irresistible combination of the music, eye-catching paintings and an inviting neighborhood feel"
-Marc Shulgold, Rocky Mountain News, April 1999

"You and your quartet left an unforgettable impression upon us all. You are consummate musicians... I never realized Denver was so lucky to have such talent right here!"
-C. Brown, Denver audience member, January 1996

"This is a gorgeous performance, bouncing with life and oozing color, in superb recorded sound. (Schulhoff's 1st Quartet) The Colorado Chamber Players give a rich, forceful performance that emphasizes the emotional heat of Ullmann's Third Quartet. ...This disc is a winner"
-James H. North, Fanfare Magazine, January 1998