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Q&A with Finland scholarship supporters Don and Maria Johnson

Sept. 26, 2017

Maria and Don Johnson and Conor Brown at a recent College of Music donor reception Don and Maria Johnson are generous supporters of the College of Music and the College of Architecture and Planning at the University of Colorado. They are active in providing scholarship support and creating international cultural...

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College of Music joins worldwide celebration of Finnish birthday

Sept. 26, 2017

Boulder. Denver. Washington, D.C. Helsinki. The College of Music is hitting the road in October to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Finnish independence, starting with a Faculty Tuesday premiere of a student-written ode to Finnish folk tradition.

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Mini-Documentary: CFI 2017

July 6, 2017

In a special partnership for the 2017 edition of CU NOW’s Composer Fellows’ Initiative, ¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ’s Eklund Opera Program teamed up with CU Film Studies students to create short films to accompany student-written and student-performed opera scenes at the ATLAS Black Box Theater. Watch the video below for highlights from...

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CU NOW to present Mark Adamo's "The Gospel of Mary Magdalene"

May 24, 2017

This summer, Eklund Opera’s trailblazing new works program—CU New Opera Workshop, or CU NOW—pulls out all the proverbial stops in its latest quest to bring what’s fresh and exciting about opera to the campus of ¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ.

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When music marches down a different path

March 7, 2017

Waking up at 3:30 a.m., rappelling off a 60-foot wall and learning how to use a gas mask aren’t part and parcel of most post-music-school gigs. For Sara Corry, though, it’s all just another day in the life.

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CU students to give Colorado premiere of Pann’s Pulitzer-finalist piece

Feb. 27, 2017

Nearly a year after he found out his saxophone quartet "The Mechanics" was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Music, CU composer Carter Pann is helping the College of Music's graduate quartet prepare the piece for its Colorado premiere.

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Alumni spotlight: Sam Estes and Cole Ingraham

Feb. 8, 2017

Alumni Sam Estes (MM ’05) and Cole Ingraham (DMA ’13) are changing the game in film scoring, helping build a music composition software based on an algorithm and user needs.

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A colorful history in music

Jan. 30, 2017

If you’ve ever stopped to enjoy the music drifting from a painted piano near the Pearl Street Cheesecake Factory, then you’ve been exposed to the many talents of first-year composition student Jack Gaffney.

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U.S. Air Force Academy Band, CU College of Music partner for concert

Jan. 23, 2017

Musical excellence, intrastate collaboration and the 70th birthday of the U.S. Air Force will all be on display at the College of Music this February as the U.S. Air Force Academy Band joins the CU bands department for a concert and master classes.

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The music of hope

Jan. 11, 2017

Violin professor Charles Wetherbee starts 2017 with a new hope for the future of musical relations after an October trip to Cuba.

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