Join us for the Strings Music Festival!!

Schedule of Events:

10:00 am: Music on the Green: Amanda Hofer Trio

This event is free to attend and does not require tickets. All Music on the Green performances take place at the Yampa River Botanic Park.

Join us every Wednesday morning this summer for our weekly free concert series, co-presented by the Yampa River Botanic Park. With concerts lasting just 45 minutes, it's the perfect way to enjoy a summer morning.

This week's featured artist is the Amanda Hofer Trio. From the heart of the Yampa Valley emerges a powerful acoustic experience that defies expectations. Amanda Hofer, Darren Radach, and Eric Delaney have joined forces to create a dynamic trio that brings together their diverse musical backgrounds and shared passion for authentic live performance.

This powerhouse ensemble blends rock, funk, blues, and folk into a captivating acoustic sound that feels both familiar and refreshingly original. At the forefront stands Amanda Hofer, the "tiny powerhouse" whose vocals have drawn comparisons to legends like Etta James and Janis Joplin. Scene Magazine perfectly captured her essence: "Backed by an amazing band, tiny powerhouse Amanda Hofer came walking on the stage with vocal cords swinging for the fences."

On mandolin, vocals, and percussion, Darren Radach brings rhythmic complexity and melodic precision honed through his work with Ansel and the Brain Tattoos and The Matt Skinner Band. Completing the trio is Eric Delaney on guitar and vocals, whose soulful playing and technical prowess have been the foundation of projects like The Big Tasty and Eric Delaney's Taste Test.

Together, they create music that transcends the limitations of a three-piece acoustic setup. As Backstage Flash noted, Hofer's "power, raw explosive delivery and stage presence was and still is profoundly indescribable," and now supported by the intricate instrumentation of Radach and Delaney, the trio delivers performances that captivate audiences throughout the Yampa Valley and beyond.

Far from "traditional barroom fare," Hofer, Radach and Delaney offer sophisticated musicianship, soulful vocals, and an infectious energy that turns every venue into an intimate celebration of sound, story, and spirit.

7:00 pm - 8:00 pm: Twilight Yoga in the Strings Festival Park

Join us Wednesday evenings July 2 - August 13 at 7pm as teachers from Harmony Yoga lead an all-levels yoga class set to classical music. $10 Suggested Donation.

Bring your yoga mat and a buddy to sunset classes in our beautiful Festival Park. Teachers from Harmony Yoga will lead all-levels, all-ages classes to the sounds of Strings' classical evening concert. Classes focus on breath for grounding, movement for alignment of energy and extra-long savasana for embodiment of our practice. Following the event, join your fellow yogis in a non-alcoholic drink reception as the sun sets on Mt. Werner. Come for the yoga, stay for community connection. Dress in layers for varying weather. Suggested donation benefits Strings Music Festival.

Yoga will be canceled in bad weather. Call 970-89+5056×105 to confirm if class is running as scheduled.

Parking: please park in the Meadows Lot, across Pine Grove Rd. - enter at 1165 Bangtail Way. Classes take place in Strings Festival Park at the corner of Mt. Werner Road and Pine Grove Road.

7:00 pm: Anderson and Roe

Starts at $41.

Known for their adrenalized?performances, original compositions, and notorious music videos, Greg Anderson and Elizabeth Joy Roe are revolutionizing the piano duo experience for the 21st century. Described as "the most dynamic duo of this generation" (San?Francisco Classical Voice), "rock stars of the?classical music world" (Miami?Herald), and "the very model of complete 21st-century musicians" (The Washington?Post), the Anderson and Roe Piano Duo aims to make classical music?a relevant and powerful force around the?world. Their five critically acclaimed albums have spent?dozens of weeks at the top of the?Billboard Classical Charts, while their Emmy-nominated, self-produced music videos have been viewed by millions on YouTube?and at international film?festivals.  

2025 marks the 23rd anniversary of Anderson and Roe's debut. Since forming their dynamic musical partnership as students?at The Juilliard School, Anderson and Roe have toured extensively worldwide as recitalists and orchestral soloists; appeared on NPR, MTV, PBS, and the BBC; presented at numerous international leader symposiums; and served as hosts of NPR's "From the Top" and the Cliburn International Piano Competition. A?live performance by Anderson and Roe was handpicked to appear on the Sounds of?Juilliard CD celebrating the school's centenary.

Anderson and Roe believe strongly in the communicative?potential of music, and their performances, compositions, websites, videos,?recordings, and writings all serve this mission, bringing joy to people around?the world. As stated by the Northwest Reverb,?"[Anderson and Roe] swept?the audience into a cheering mass of humanity, making a strong case that?playing piano is the most fun thing that two people could ever do?together."