Colorado
Aspen Music Festival
Program No. 13900RJ
Enjoy insider access at the Aspen Music Festival and School, where you’ll attend four concerts, witness an opera scenes master class and speak with industry professionals backstage.
Participant Reviews
Based on 13 Reviews
SHOWING
Such a musically beautiful program! The scenery in Aspen is amazing, and I will be back next year! This has been heavenly.
— Review left August 12, 2025
This trip was great: awesome leaders, beautiful music, compatible group. Wouldn't change a thing.
— Review left August 15, 2024
This is a fantastic program for lovers of classical music and opera. World class performances in amazing concert venues, plus backstage tours. The location is very scenic and beautiful. I would highly recommend!
— Review left August 12, 2024
Amazing creativity and artistic ability presented by students and professionals from all over the world.
— Review left August 12, 2024
This trip was absolutely fantastic - so very special. Anne and Brad were an amazing team adding insight and information in an easy to understand manner with wit and depth. Everything was extremely well run and organized and the concerts and local tours were all first class.
— Review left August 5, 2024
A very unique combination of educational and entertainment experience.
— Review left July 30, 2024
Others may do more, or cost more or less BUT you do it BEST
— Review left July 25, 2023
Our visit to the Aspen Classical Music Festival with Road Scholar was wonderful! We were able to fulfill a long-wished-for vacation in Colorado combined with an excellent opportunity to appreciate and learn about classical music. This is a magical program, and we highly recommend it.
— Review left July 25, 2023
This program is full of mainly classical music (concerts and lectures), so if that's not your thing, this program is not for you. :-) If it IS your thing, I predict that you'll be delighted by the number, variety, and quality of the concerts and the opportunity to thoroughly get to know the festival sites.
Some points to consider:
(1) Stonebridge Inn is not air-conditioned, and my room was very hot during the entire trip.
(2) Stonebridge Inn is located in Snowmass, not Aspen. There is a system of regional buses that allow you to get between the two towns for free, but you have to transfer at the Brush Creek Park and Ride, and it takes a while to get between the two towns (I allowed at least an hour to do this one-way). This was an annoyance when I wanted to attend concerts in Aspen that weren't part of our program.
(3) If you are flying in/out of the Aspen airport (ASE)... it's kind of fragile. Planes can only take off and land in one direction, and may be grounded by high winds or other issues. My flight leaving Aspen was delayed for 11 hours, and the airport is tiny and not a fun place to spend a bunch of time. I don't think I would use this airport again.
I enjoyed this program a good deal, but I was glad that I had studied the bus situation in advance and had made my own plans to attend concerts that weren't included.
— Review left July 25, 2023
If you want to hear and learn about the upcoming young musicians in the classical music field and hear the current professional ones, this western musical trip is one you would enjoy to the fullest.
— Review left July 25, 2023
Road Scholar: Please use any part of the text in the first section of this survey. -Mike Ryan
— Review left August 2, 2022
If you enjoy classical music and escaping the summer heat, this is the program for you. Group leader Anne and her sidekick Brad both have professional music backgrounds which really enhanced the other aspects of the program, preparing us for the ticketed events. The music at the Benedict Tent and Harris Hall was exceptional, and free time options were endless, including free performances at other city venues or even at the top of Aspen Mountain (paid gondola fee required). I attended the third and last week with Road Scholar and hope to return in the future for more music in the mountains. If you go, pack your swimsuit and exercise/walking gear in order to use the pool and hot tubs and well equipped fitness center.
— Review left August 2, 2022
I am not writing a review. But I would like to suggest that the music tickets be closer to the fron in the Harris Hall and much closer to the front for the opera! Thank you for the program. I enjoyed it thoroughly from a musical and leader point of view
— Review left July 29, 2019