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Music student finds inspiration at the gateway to Antarctica

May 4, 2022

Curiosity drives Lydia Wagenknecht, a PhD candidate in ethnomusicology and recent recipient of a Fulbright Research Award. 鈥淚 care that my research will help us understand something in a more broad-based way that we didn鈥檛 understand before,鈥 she says.

John Davis

Building blocks of human betterment

April 21, 2022

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.

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Two CU music Buffs among 鈥榗omposers and performers to watch鈥

March 2, 2022

Recently, The Washington Post listed 鈥22 composers and performers to watch in 2022.鈥 Included were two 蜜桃传媒破解版下载 College of Music students: Kedrick Armstrong, a first-year master鈥檚 student in orchestral conducting and composer Anthony Green, who attended our Doctor of Musical Arts program. Be inspired by the impressive trajectory of their careers and learn how both confront issues of diversity in classical conservatory curriculum.

Honors Competition winners 2022

2022 Honors Competition winners announced

Feb. 22, 2022

On Feb. 20, flutist Courtney Badura (BM '23) and violinist Reuben Kebede (AD '22) took the "gold." Congratulations!

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Alumnus explores depths of new music with current grad student

Feb. 15, 2022

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.

JD

Remembrance, resilience + forging our future

Jan. 27, 2022

鈥淓ven as we bear witness to loss and unknowable challenges with compassion and care, I see us rebounding with resilience again and again鈥攗ndeterred in our shared quest for excellence, dogged in our pursuit to inform and influence what it means to be a successful, fulfilled creative artist in an increasingly diverse and interdisciplinary musical landscape.鈥

JD

鈥淗olding space鈥 for a culture of belonging

Dec. 15, 2021

As 2021 comes to a close and I reflect on my first year as Dean, I鈥檓 filled with gratitude for our College of Music family and all we鈥檝e accomplished in a new and evolving hybrid learning environment. I鈥檓 especially proud of our progress to ensure an increasingly welcoming spirit within our beautifully expanded Imig Music Building.

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Annual Holiday Festival celebrates community comeback

Dec. 1, 2021

MarieFaith Lane, a current graduate student and Holiday Festival 2021 concertmaster, offers a first-person perspective on the spirit of this weekend鈥檚 community event.

Silver and Leung

Ekstrand competition announces 2021-22 winners

Nov. 17, 2021

Congratulations to the winners of our 2021-22 Bruce Ekstrand Memorial Graduate Student Performance Competition!

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The transformative power of music

Nov. 16, 2021

Kedrick Terrell Armstrong is one of the students benefiting from scholarship support as he works toward a master鈥檚 in orchestral conducting.