Matt Smiley

Jazz Studies Lecturer Matt Smiley awarded prestigious MacDowell Fellowship

Oct. 17, 2024

College of Music Jazz Studies Lecturer Matt Smiley has been awarded a MacDowell Fellowship enabling him to advance his compositional goals by exploring the intersection of jazz and contemporary classical music, and embracing improvisation and innovative composition techniques that challenge the boundaries of both genres.

Er-Hsuan Li + orchestra

Meet the 2024 ECM artist assistance grants recipients

June 17, 2024

At the CU Boulder Entrepreneurship Center for Music, students can find the skills and tools they need for their music careers. This spring, the ECM awarded $5,820 in grants to support eight student-led professional development and community engagement projects.

Table Read of 鈥淧olly Peachum鈥 with the full cast, composer Gene Scheer and librettist Bill Van Horn.

Nurturing young singers with new opera

May 31, 2024

The College of Music鈥檚 2024 New Opera Workshop (CU NOW) is underway, leading up to performances of Gene Scheer鈥檚 鈥淧olly Peachum鈥濃攁s well as performances of opera scenes presented by our Composer Fellows鈥 Initiative鈥攊n June.

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Fifth annual Persevering Legacy event promotes diversity in performance

Feb. 28, 2024

Join us on March 7 for student performances celebrating women-identifying composers.

Faur茅 Centennial Festival cover photo

Remembering Faur茅鈥攁 century later

Feb. 13, 2024

This year marks a milestone for Professor of Musicology Carlo Caballero who鈥攁long with his academic partner Stephen Rumph, professor of music history at the University of Washington鈥攚ill co-host the Faur茅 Centennial Festival in Boulder, Feb. 27-March 3.

 Isabel Goodwin

Celebrating winter graduates: Isabel Goodwin

Dec. 13, 2023

Isabel Goodwin graduates this month with dual Bachelor of Music degrees鈥攐ne in composition and one in bassoon performance. During their four years at our College of Music, the instrument has served as a gateway to their creative growth, personal connections and artistic expression.

Dylan Fixmer

Alumnus Dylan Fixmer鈥攃omposer with a cause

Nov. 29, 2023

Alumnus Dylan Fixmer鈥檚 variegated and prolific career aims to inspire empathy and advance community engagement.

Dairy Arts Center poster: Vanished World Series: The Man Without A World

A harmonious blend of music + film: November residency with Alicia Svigals, Donald Sosin

Nov. 2, 2023

In a campus and community collaboration, we鈥檙e looking forward to an exciting residency featuring two outstanding artists鈥搑enowned klezmer violinist Alicia Svigals and celebrated silent film pianist Donald Sosin.

Jeffrey Nytch

Composition professor applies entrepreneurship to the arts

June 26, 2023

Professor of Composition Jeffrey Nytch鈥攚ho directs the College of Music鈥檚 Entrepreneurship Center for Music and who was recently awarded a MacDowell Fellowship鈥攃onsiders the application of entrepreneurial principles as essential to his creative practice.

Boettcher concert hall

From CU Boulder to Denver鈥攁 music extravaganza

April 11, 2023

In addition to Carl Orff鈥檚 鈥淐armina Burana鈥 and our collaboration with El Sistema baby直播app, the College of Music鈥檚 upcoming CU at Boettcher concert will feature the world premiere of composer Carter Pann鈥檚 new work: his five-movement, 17-minute Symphony No. 3鈥撯淥n The Importance of Our Democracy.鈥

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