Experience a story concert...
An intimate musical experience where live performance, original storytelling, and meaningful conversation come together to explore a compelling theme.
Today's culture is filled with constant distraction, endless digital consumption, hurried schedules, shallow interactions, and passive entertainment. Yet despite all of the "access" to information, entertainment, and music, we're often left feeling isolated and dissatisfied. We crave depth, meaning, and relationship.
Even traditional live concerts often leave the audience at a distance. The artist performs, the audience applauds, and everyone leaves, going their separate ways. Classical music especially can feel intimidating to many who feel they simply don't know enough to understand it properly. Others stay at home barred by incompatible concert dates or location. Personal interaction and conversation between the artist and audience, if it exists at all, is often gated behind elite status.
The Story Concert brings the music home through an intentional, imaginative experience that draws people close to the music and each other through the power of story, and then continues the conversation beyond the final handclap. It's an invitation to slow down, be fully present in the moment, enjoy extraordinary art, reflect intentionally, and engage in meaningful relationships with those around you.
What to Expect
1: arrive at host home
Step inside a home where you're seen and valued as a person, not just a number on a ticket.
Take a few minutes to greet old friends, perhaps meet someone new, and settle into your seat just a few feet from the artist.


2: Enjoy the Concert
Slow down, be fully present in the moment, and let your imagination soar as you are immersed in the story.
Music and history weave together, the spoken word and the voice of the cello intertwine to bring a compelling theme to life.
3: Join the q&A Discussion
After the final notes fade away, dive deeper into the musical story with a small, intimate discussion with the artist.
Ask the questions you've always wondered about music, discover the inspiration behind the program, and more!


4: continue the conversation
Following the program, enjoy food and fellowship, deepening relationships with friends both new and old.
Share a time of intentional reflection and discussion on the themes of the story, and leave inspired and encouraged to courageously pursue beauty and truth in your daily life.
Inaugural Program
Liberty Sounds: America's Story Through the Voice of the Cello
A special celebration of our nation's 250th anniversary, Liberty Sounds explores America's story of faith, sacrifice, and enduring hope through music, story, and excerpts from historical documents.

How to Host A Story Concert
Bring together the people you care about for a special evening of beautiful music, compelling stories, and meaningful conversation—all in the warmth of your own home.
Hosting is simple! You don't need a fancy place or a huge budget.
Concerned that your house isn't exactly Carnegie Hall? You don't need a huge house or fancy room—just enough space for 10-20 people to gather comfortably in an informal living room setting. Then invite the friends, family, and neighbors you'd love to share the experience with.
As simple as a plate of cookies and lemonade, as hearty as a full meal, or anything in between—your choice! You can even make it a potluck and invite your guests to bring one of their favorite dishes to share. (Brownie points if it fits the concert theme!)
To celebrate America's 250th birthday, the inaugural season of Liberty Sounds is just $250 through the end of 2026 for local Colorado Springs concerts.
Hosting outside Colorado Springs or want to bring this experience to another type of venue or event? Contact us to discuss details and get your personalized quote.
Interested in hosting? Fill out this short form to start the conversation, explore possibilities, and get answers to any other questions you may have.

Esther Cook
Principal Artist
Esther is a classically trained musician who enthusiastically experiences the simple joys of life and faith and loves to share the beauty and wonder of music and great stories with others.
She studied cello, piano, composition, and orchestral conducting in professional music conservatories in southern Spain for ten years before moving back to the United States to study cello with renowned cellist and teacher Amit Peled at the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University.
Now a Colorado resident, Esther enjoys teaching and performing with a wide variety of groups from the Colorado Springs Philharmonic to the Flying W Wranglers, and is currently writing a book on how musicians can lead extraordinary lives.








