Swallow Hill Blog
News for our community, artist and teacher interviews,
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Daniella Katzir: “It certainly is eclectic.”
Daniella Katzir wears many musical hats at Swallow Hill - instructor and performer chief among them. It comes as no surprise, then, that...
Please Support Swallow Hill Music’s Scholarship Fund!
I recently met with one of Swallow Hill’s scholarship students who changed my life. Faith Smith’s first memory of seeing a violin goes...
Flor de Toloache to play Swallow Hill Music on January 27
Mariachi has become a ubiquitous fixture upon the American musical landscape. The traditional Mexican music flows with seeming ease...
We Banjo 3 on the Celtic Ties to American Bluegrass
We Banjo 3, which originated in Galway, Ireland, plays a fusion of traditional Irish, old-time and bluegrass music that has been dubbed...
Holly Near – “…there are songs for a variety of different reasons and occasions”
Swallow Hill Music is excited to present singer-songwriter Holly Near in Daniels Hall on Friday, October 12 at 8 p.m. Earlier this year...
Tennis: Solo In Stereo Tour with special guest Esme Patterson coming to Denver on November 23
"Despite being a duo, Patrick and I have never played a show together as a two piece," Alaina Moore explains. Alaina is one half of Denver...
Covenhoven returns to Daniels Hall at Swallow Hill on November 9
"Musicians have their muses, and for me it's usually a place, and for this record it's the West Coast." This is how singer-songwriter...
Rope Trick Effect’s Molly Zackary on jazz, punk, where she finds new music, and more
Denver-based quartet Rope Trick Effect describes itself as "jazz-punk-funk-junk." That only begins to touch on the diverse array of...
Register now for the STAR Institute’s NEW Movement and Music Program
This fall, come to STAR Institute’s NEW Movement and Music Program. This program was developed in partnership with Swallow Hill Music, and...