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College of Music alumna Mindy Watkins released her first album, 鈥淭uesday鈥檚 Child,鈥� earlier this year. Discover what inspired the album and the path she took to get there!

鈥淗aving a 鈥榟ome鈥� audience of loyal Tak谩cs fans is a huge honor 鈥� and makes the concert experience more than just about the music itself. It鈥檚 about the relationships formed through the shared love of music.鈥�

Among several Homecoming weekend events, we鈥檙e delighted that Willie Hill鈥擟ollege of Music alumnus, as well as former College of Music professor and director of the CU Jazz Summer Camp鈥攚ill be honored at tonight's 93rd Annual Alumni Awards ceremony in the Glenn Miller Ballroom.

Alumna Annie Booth shares how the College of Music continues to impact her career as an award-winning jazz pianist, band leader, composer/arranger and educator鈥攁nd offers valuable career advice.

We鈥檙e so excited to welcome alumnus Damani Phillips back to campus this week and to present him the College of Music鈥檚 2022 Distinguished Alumnus Award at our commencement ceremony on May 5! 鈥淭he versatile training provided by CU has been the cornerstone of my success to date, and has enabled me to do and be many things well beyond typical expectations,鈥� he says. Meet Phillips and discover his powerful advice to graduating Music Buffs.

On May 5, we look forward to welcoming back Judith Glyde, formerly professor of cello and chamber music at the College of Music and chair of our string faculty. Since retiring in 2014 to live in New York City, the professor emerita she has been active with the college鈥檚 alumni community there, offering tremendous support to Forever Buffs who are now living and working in the city.

鈥淲hile there鈥檚 no playbook for the unprecedented and the unknowable, by channeling collective despair into collective creativity, we become artistic entrepreneurs, contributing to society in impactful ways.鈥� In this year-end reflection on triumphs over turmoils, Dean Davis offers his perspective on music as essential to human betterment.

The Genevieve McVey Wisner Memorial Scholarship Fund鈥攏amed in honor of the lifelong activist and pioneering music educator鈥攚ill provide undergraduate and graduate scholarship awards for underrepresented music students. Wisner, whose parents were among the first Black families to settle in Boulder in 1897, became the first Black graduate of the College of Music in 1940 with a bachelor鈥檚 degree in music education, followed by a master鈥檚 degree in 1944.

Recent alumnus Kaleb Chesnic has already made his mark on flute repertoire by transcribing all three of Edvard Grieg鈥檚 violin sonatas. He shared with us how his debut recording with collaborative pianist and alumna Nath谩lia Kato came to be.

Brooklyn, New York-based saxophonist, composer and improviser Aakash Mittal is collaborating with current master鈥檚 student MarieFaith Lane on a project blending Hindustani and Western classical music.