Students
Looking back on a fruitful summer, Assistant Professor of Trombone Sterling Tanner led a group of students to participate in the International Trombone Festival in London, Ontario! Learn about their impactful trip and Tanner鈥檚 full-circle experience.
From Sept. 10-12, members of The Cleveland Orchestra will resume a biyearly collaboration with the College of Music that began over a decade ago鈥攊ncluding a guest recital on Sept. 11, joined by College of Music faculty and students.
On July 28, a new Global Seminar in France includes a special opportunity for local fans of the College of Music to experience a recital livecast from Paris to Denver with digital piano technology.
This May, Professor of Musicology Robert Shay led a group of upper-level undergrads to Vienna, Austria, for a study abroad course titled Vienna 1900: Music, Arts & Culture. Discover where they went, what they learned and how the experience expanded their worldview!
Every summer, the CU New Opera Workshop (CU NOW) hosts an extended workshop where graduate voice students and alumni have direct interaction with living composers and librettists to develop and perform their music over a few weeks. This year, CU NOW again welcomes composer and librettist Mark Adamo and his new work 鈥淪arah in the Theatre鈥 about the legendary American opera conductor, impresario and stage director, Sarah Caldwell.
Each spring, our Entrepreneurship Center for Music awards project grants to support students in their professional and artistic endeavors. This year鈥檚 adjudicator panel awarded 16 grants鈥攎eet some of the amazing student recipients and learn about their projects!
When Taylor Howard dove into the Sister Mary Dominic Ray Collection, she was expecting to find the nun鈥檚 biography, books she annotated or articles she wrote. Instead, she unlocked a highly varied collection of documents that left Sister Mary鈥攚ho founded our American Music Research Center鈥攁 mystery.
Congratulations to Samuel Nixon (BM 鈥25), the College of Music鈥檚 most recent Presser Scholar! Discover what brought him to CU Boulder and his experience here.
For Nathan George鈥攚ho will graduate from the CU Boulder College of Music on May 8 as our Outstanding Graduating Senior鈥斺渃ommunity of performance鈥 drew him to prepare for a career in music education.
On April 6, undergraduate violist Finn Cruit and graduate pianist Ohad Nativ were awarded first prizes in the College of Music鈥檚 annual Concerto Competition. Congratulations to all participating students and collaborative pianists!