Colors are something we see and music is something we hear but there are some whose senses combine in unrelated ways. They may taste colors or hear sounds in response to certain smells. It’s called synesthesia.

We are celebrating Beethoven all this month and next month as we count down to his 250th birthday on Dec. 16. Every week from now until mid-December we will have The Beethoven Concert Series on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, where we will re-create his famous concerts and play his most famous pieces.

CPR Classical airs a brand new work by Stacy Garrop for chamber orchestra in a special one-time broadcast on CPR Classical ~ Saturday, September 5 at 1:00 p.m. American composer, Stacy Garrop’s brand-new work The Battle for the Ballot, celebrates passage of the 19th amendment 100 years ago, granting a woman’s right to vote.

The soundtrack to your picnic or personal day!

Learn which great classical piece Joel quotes in his tune “This Night.”

A combination of online and physically distanced events keep the music festival from skipping a beat.

This year marks 250 years since the birth of Ludwig Van Beethoven and CPR Classical is celebrating with a series of audio stories. Call 720-222-9501 and tell us your Beethoven story!

CPR Classical was proud to offer a live concert from the Colorado College Summer Music Festival, in collaboration with KCME in Colorado Springs. Live from Packard Hall! was broadcasted on Tuesday, June 23, at 8 p.m. on CPR Classical.

The Summer of Stars Concert Series launches CPR Classical’s Summerfest on Friday, June 19th and runs for 10 weeks. Each weekend features a full concert that airs three times (Fridays @ 12:30 p.m., Saturdays @ 6 p.m. & Sundays @ 4 p.m.). Just in time for the start of summer!

For the 10 weeks of Summerfest, we're rounding up the best classical virtual concerts from around Colorado and the world. Enjoy a concert from the best screen in your house! This calendar is updated weekly.

It’s a yearly Colorado tradition, and this year it’s a virtual musical celebration!

The Class of 2020 is graduating in unprecedented times. Gone are this year’s traditional large ceremonies where students mark the occasion by walking across a public stage to receive their diploma.

Do you remember the first time you heard classical music?  Brett Mitchell, Music Director of the Colorado Symphony, thinks for him, it may have been the Beatles! Yes, the Beatles.  Listening to this great pop music from the 60’s, I was getting a great dose of classical music.

Do you have kids studying at home?

Back by popular demand! Turn your speakers up and let your neighbors hear Beethoven’s anthem of brotherhood and humanity this and every Friday at 5 p.m.! CPR Classical will broadcast Beethoven’s Ode to Joy in honor of health care workers and first responders on its classical radio frequencies across the state.

The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic will be felt by the music industry for years to come. Yet no one can argue how valuable music is to our health and sanity during these trying times.