CU-Boulder students, baby直播app will fete outgoing music dean on May 1 and 2

April 23, 2013

After 20 years as dean of the University of baby直播app Boulder College of Music, Daniel P. Sher will step away from the post in June 鈥 but he isn鈥檛 going quietly. First, student musicians at the college will dedicate their performance of Beethoven鈥檚 Ninth Symphony at Boettcher Concert Hall in Denver on May 1 to the outgoing dean.

CU-Boulder fundraising leaders fund $2 million jazz studies endowment

March 4, 2013

Jeannie and Jack Thompson have made an unprecedented commitment to the Jazz Studies program at the University of baby直播app Boulder -- building $1.6 million in combined gifts to trigger a new $2 million program endowment. To honor and recognize this transformational gift, the program will be renamed the Thompson Jazz Studies Program, as announced at yesterday鈥檚 annual Spring Swing big band concert. It is CU-Boulder鈥檚 first named program.

Student life: Finding a community on campus

March 1, 2013

At first, Kisori Thomas had a difficult time acclimating to the campus climate at CU-Boulder. Initially, other than her coursework, she wasn鈥檛 active outside the classroom. Realizing she wanted a more well-rounded education, experience and personal growth, she took a big step outside her comfort zone and began looking for student leadership and multicultural organizations to join. This also included studying abroad in Chicoutimi, Canada, for a five-week French intensive program.

CU-Boulder announces four finalists for dean of College of Music

Feb. 20, 2013

University of baby直播app Boulder Provost Russell L. Moore today announced the four finalists selected for the position of dean of the College of Music. The finalists for the position are: Wayne Bailey, professor of conducting and instrumental ensembles, School of Music, Arizona State University; David Myers, director, School of Music, University of Minnesota; Jamal Rossi, executive associate dean, Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester; and John Schaffer, director emeritus, School of Music, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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A whirlwind Italian 'Butterfly' for CU grad student

Dec. 26, 2012

Singing in your first professional opera is challenge enough. Throw in a 12-hour, trans-Atlantic flight and a mere two days of rehearsal time 鈥 with two different conductors 鈥 and you鈥檝e got a grand task indeed. But that鈥檚 just what University of baby直播app College of Music student Anna Englander will face in January when she travels to Italy to sing the key role of Suzuki for three performances of Puccini鈥檚 classic Madama Butterfly in three different cities.

Students create new CU-Boulder maps with 鈥榰niversal design鈥 to expand access

Nov. 27, 2012

In a new set of way-finding maps, planters at the University of baby直播app Boulder are more than decorative containers. The concrete vessels serve as directional prompts for people to navigate central campus. The bronze buffalo statue near Folsom Field is another cue used in the online maps, as well as references like 鈥渆xhaust fan at 10 o鈥檆lock鈥 to guide those who use their sense of sound to move about.

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CU-Boulder Environment and Sustainability Visioning Committee named

Oct. 29, 2012

Provost Russell Moore today announced the charge and membership of a visioning committee to consider future opportunities for synergies and collaboration between University of baby直播app Boulder environment and sustainability research and academic programs. Sharon Collinge, director of environmental studies and a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, will chair the Environment and Sustainability Visioning Committee, or ESVC.

National search for CU-Boulder College of Music dean launched

Sept. 14, 2012

University of baby直播app Boulder Provost Russell L. Moore today announced the formation of a search committee to lead a national search for a new dean of the College of Music. Jim Williams, dean of the Libraries, will chair the committee. Dan Sher, who announced his resignation in August, will complete his 20th year as dean of the College of Music in June 2013 and then return to teaching in the college.

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to speak at CU-Boulder Sept. 13

Sept. 7, 2012

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar will address the role of public lands in American life at the University of baby直播app Boulder on Sept. 13 as part of a conference commemorating the 200th anniversary of the General Land Office. Salazar鈥檚 talk is part of a conference titled 鈥淭he Nation Possessed:鈥═he Conflicting Claims on America鈥檚 Public Lands鈥 being held at CU-Boulder Sept. 11-14. The conference is sponsored by the Center of the American West and the Public Lands Foundation.

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CU鈥檚 three 鈥楻ake鈥檚鈥 mark world-first shared staging of art and music

Sept. 3, 2012

The University of baby直播app Boulder is hosting a world premiere shared staging of all three versions of William Hogarth鈥檚 鈥淩ake鈥檚 Progress鈥 in September and October. Exhibitions of the original Hogarth artwork and prints by David Hockney, as well as the staging of Stravinsky鈥檚 opera, will provide a multidisciplinary interpretation of this seminal work in Hogarth鈥檚 career.

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