Takács Quartet playing live

CU Boulder’s Takács Quartet celebrates 50 years

Sept. 11, 2024

The Grammy Award-winning Takács Quartet is reflecting on a remarkable journey and the group’s founding a half-century ago.

Angel Mollel at the CMCI graduation recognition ceremony in spring 2024

Angel Mollel winsregional Student Emmy Award

Aug. 13, 2024

When Angel Mollel enrolled in her capstone documentary class, she wanted to make a film she was proud of. She fulfilled the goal, with the added bonus of winning a regional Student Emmy Award.

Erin Block poses with her book of poetry

CU Boulder author Erin Block earns babyֱapp Book Award for poetry

July 23, 2024

Erin Block, e-resources metadata and reporting manager at the University Libraries, shares her thoughts on winning the 2024 babyֱapp Book Award for poetry and process for writing her debut poetry collection “How You Walk Alone in the Dark.”

Table read of 'Polly Peachum' with the full cast, composer and librettist

Nurturing young singers with new opera

June 4, 2024

The College of Music’s 2024 New Opera Workshop is underway, leading up to performances of Gene Scheer’s “Polly Peachum,” as well as performances of opera scenes presented by the Composer Fellows’ Initiative in June.

Students and babyֱapp record arrangements at Might Fine Recording studio in Denver

Jazz program reimagines classic graduation tune

April 23, 2024

The College of Music’s Thompson Jazz Studies Program will be shaking up this year’s commencement ceremony with new takes on the timeless “Pomp and Circumstance,” reimagined in the styles of Latin jazz, New Orleans funk and big band swing.

Associate Professor Paul McKee leads jazz band in a rehearsal

Mentorship reflections and a new take on ‘Pomp and Circumstance’

March 27, 2024

Associate Professor of Jazz Studies Paul McKee reflects on the impact of mentorship and shares the spirit of his new, three-part arrangement of “Pomp and Circumstance” to premiere at commencement on May 9.

O'Neil Jones

Grad student brings first statewide Jamaican Choral Music Symposium to Boulder

Feb. 12, 2024

Mention Jamaican music to most Americans, and the pop sounds of reggae usually come to mind. But there’s much more—the wonderfully rich harmonies of choral music, hundreds of rarely heard sacred songs and folk songs that deserve more exposure. Doctoral student O’Neil Jones is about to make that happen.

Bruns and Crumb at a recording session of 'Metamorphoses, Book II' at Swarthmore College in 2021

Upholding the impact and legacy of composer George Crumb

Feb. 12, 2024

Associate Professor of Music Theory Steven Bruns and the late renowned composer George Crumb shared a close, long-lasting professional relationship and deep friendship. As Bruns nears retirement this spring, he reflects on his role as Crumb’s archivist and biographer.

Paul Zaborac with a saxophone, Cecilia Lo-Chien Kao at piano, and Colleen White with a flute

Alumni launch the Scheherazade Music Festival

Dec. 13, 2023

Three College of Music alumni recently started the Scheherazade Music Festival—an incubator for innovation and connection through chamber music, pushing the art form forward and bringing performers, composers and audiences together.

Intermediate ceramics student Katie Sieker at Café Aion packing dishes she made.

Form and function with a hummus appetizer

Dec. 4, 2023

A hands-on project lets CU Boulder intermediate ceramics students create functional and unique pieces for Boulder’s Café Aion restaurant.

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