Saturday March 21, 2026
7:00 AM - 3:00 PM

In celebration of our 20th season, The Playground is planning a 20-hour MARATHON! This event will be broken into four blocks, each at a different venue in Denver. MARATHON will be structured to highlight all that we do as an ensemble and organization: concerts, community music-making, sessions for music educators, healing arts events, and an improvised communal cool down in the early hours of Sunday morning.

Schedule

  • MSU Denver School of Music Kalamath Building
    800 Kalamath St, Denver, CO 80204
    7:00 AM - 12:00 PM

    • 7:00 AM - Gong bath and yoga/meditation led by Erica Franzen.

    • 8:00 AM - New Music Breakfast: Connect with composers, current and aspiring music educators, and people that run youth music organizations over coffee and cereal.

    • 9:00 AM - Facilitated composition workshops covering a range of topics, including soundpainting, graphic notation, structured improvisation, digital audio workstations.

    • 10:30 AM - Culminating performance of each group’s composition.

  • Stanley Marketplace
    2501 Dallas St, Aurora, CO 80010
    1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

    • 1:00 PM - Family music-making workshops, including graphic scores, kazoo building, analog synths and beat making.

    • 2:00 PM - Community singing event - “Tuning Meditation” by Pauline Oliveros. All are welcome!

    • 2:30 PM - Playground String Quartet masterworks concert.

  • MCA Denver at the Holiday Theater
    2644 W 32nd Ave, Denver, CO 80211
    5:00 PM - 9:30 PM

    • 5:00 PM - Dinner and drinks reception.

    • 6:30 PM - Trumpet and electronics chamber concert.

    • 7:15 PM - Art song chamber concert.

    • 7:45 PM - Toast to The Playground.

    • 8:00 PM - The Playground at 20 concert.

  • GLOB
    3551 Brighton Blvd, Denver, CO 80216
    10:00 PM - 3:00 AM

    • 10:00 PM - DJ i.lind late night set.

    • 11:00 PM - The Music of the Shining.

    • 12:00 AM - A ritual soundscaping performance led by Silen Wellington.

    • 1:00 AM - Late night spontaneous electronics.

    • 2:00 AM - Improvised gong drones and meditation led by Erica Franzen, ending the night the way we started.