2023-24 Newman Center Presents Subscriptions
Explore two inspiring season ticket packages including:
- Jazz Series
- Mix 4
For the season brochure, click here.
Individual tickets for the 2023-24 Newman Center Presents season are on sale now.
From Grammy award-winning Best New Artist Samara Joy to the legendary Martha Graham Dance Company, the 2023-24 Newman Center Presents season brings world-class performers and artists to the University of Denver campus. For the season brochure, click here.
Dec. 6-7
ArtistiCO presents Fiestas Navideñas
Kick off the holidays with a feast for the senses! Join Denver’s Latinx dance ensemble ArtistiCO on a tour of Christmas celebrations throughout the country of Mexico. The dances performed will feature original choreography based on traditional dances from the Mexican dance masters.
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JAN. 6
The Yale Whiffenpoofs
The country's oldest collegiate a cappella group is one of Yale's most celebrated traditions going back to 1909. Singing a mixture of old Yale tunes, jazz standards, and other hits from across the decades, the Whiffenpoofs have been seen on such shows as Glee, Saturday Night Live, and 60 Minutes.
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Jan. 10-14
Potted Potter
All seven Harry Potter books in seventy hilarious minutes! The unauthorized Harry experience, a parody by Dan and Jeff seen by over a million muggles.
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Jan. 23
Compagnie Hervé Koubi
French-Algerian choreographer Hervé Koubi's work is a highly physical, stunningly fluid piece with powerful Sufi imagery. The company of Algerian, Moroccan, Bulgarian, Italian, and French dancers perform "jaw dropping" (The Washington Post) work that explores the historical mix of countless cultures and religions that span the Mediterranean.
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Feb. 3
Emmet Cohen Trio
Multifaceted American jazz pianist and composer Emmet Cohen is one of his generation’s pivotal figures in music. Creator of the Masters Legacy Series and the live-streamed “Live From Emmet’s Place,” his work has reached millions. Cohen makes his first Newman Center appearance with bassist Russell Hall and drummer Kyle Poole.
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Feb. 16
Small Island Big Song
Experience a journey into the soul of island nations of the Pacific and Indian Oceans, meeting an ancient seafaring ancestry and confronting the impacts of climate crisis. Combining music, spoken word and live cinema, the experience is framed in a theatrical narrative with panoramic visuals of the artists’ homelands.
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Feb. 18
Acrobuffos: Air Play
A circus-style adventure of two siblings, journeying through a surreal land of air, Air Play transforms ordinary objects into uncommon beauty. Umbrellas fly, fabrics soar over the audience, balloons swallow people, and snow swirls, filling the stage. With stunning images and gales of laughter, Air Play bounces on the edge of definition: part comedy, part sculpture, part circus, part theatre.
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Mar. 1
Joshua Redman Quintet
One of the most acclaimed and charismatic jazz artists of his generation, Joshua Redman has released over twenty albums and is a winner of the prestigious Thelonious Monk International Saxophone Competition. His latest release “Long Gone”(Nonesuch) reunites him with his original quartet “to stunning effect” (The Guardian).
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Mar. 10
Okareka Dance: Mana Wahine
Okareka Dance is one of the leading contemporary Maori (indigenous) dance companies in New Zealand. Their celebrated work Mana Wahine (Powerful Women) reflects cultural beliefs, colonial history, and the role of women, using contemporary and Maori dance and motifs in a vibrant and moving multi-media performance.
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Mar. 20
Sphinx Virtuosi
The Sphinx Virtuosi is a dynamic and inspiring self-conducted chamber orchestra entirely comprised of Black and Latinx artists, evolving and transforming the face of classical music. Their program, featuring works by Nokothula Ngwenyama, Xavier Foley, and Coleridge Taylor Perkinson, highlights innovative music by composers of color past and present.
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Mar. 30
Aoife O'Donovan & Hawktail
Deemed a vocalist of unerring instinct” by The New York Times, Grammy award-winning artist Aoife O’Donovan has released three critically acclaimed and boundary-blurring solo albums including 2022’s “Age of Apathy”;praised as “stunning” (Rolling Stone). Aoife will be joined by Hawktail, an acoustic music supergroup composed of bassist Paul Kowert, fiddler Brittany Haas, guitarist Jordan Tice, and mandolinist Dominick Leslie.
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Apr. 12
Urban Bush Women
Founded in 1984 by dance icon Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, Urban Bush Women’s groundbreaking work centers women(+)and members of the African diaspora. Legacy + Lineage + Liberation is an evening of classic works that transcend genre, illuminating overlooked perspectives that contribute to our national conversation around equity and justice.
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Apr. 19
TAKT Trio
Celebrating György Ligeti's centennial, TAKT Trio presents the composer's Trio for Violin, Horn, and Piano, alongside Brahms’ own Horn Trio as well a new work by composer Hilda Paredes, reconsidering this medium for the 21st century
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May 3
Maria Schneider Orchestra
The seven-time Grammy award-winning Maria Schneider Orchestra has been hailed by critics as “evocative, majestic, magical, heart-stoppingly gorgeous and beyond categorization.” In 2019, the National Endowment for the Arts named Schneider an NEA Jazz Master. Schneider’s latest album, “Data Lords,” won the Grammy for Large Jazz Ensemble Album in 2021.
Learn MoreCelebrating 20 years of the performing arts, the Robert and Judi Newman Center for the Performing Arts is proud of our ongoing impact on the artistic life of the University of Denver and the greater metro area. Home of the Newman Center Presents series, the Lamont School of Music, DU's Theatre department and hundreds of performances by community organizations, we are proud to be a cultural hub for many. The 2023-24 Newman Center Presents season is on sale now! For individual tickets or subscription packages click here. For the season brochure, click here.
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