Asian American Identities in Music Video

March 28, 2022

The American Music Research Center (AMRC) at the University of Colorado Boulder’s College of Music is hosting a lecture, “Asian American Identities in Music Video,” by Dr. Eric Hung, executive director of the Music of Asian America Research Center , on 13 April 2022. A musicologist, pianist, and conductor, Hung...

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American Music Research Center announces interim director, upcoming events

Sept. 13, 2023

The American Music Research Center’s interim director, Associate Professor of Ethnomusicology Austin Okigbo, shares the center’s fall semester highlights—including free performances of “Song of Pueblo” on campus and in Pueblo, Colorado.

Americas CFP: The Jukebox Musical

July 11, 2023

CFP | Americas: A Hemispheric Music Journal Themed Issue: THE JUKEBOX MUSICAL Issue editors: Jake Johnson and Matthew J. Jones Editor-in-Chief: Susan Thomas ABSTRACTS DUE: August 1, 2023 (See below for full submission details and deadlines) The jukebox musical is having a moment. A mish-mash of existing popular songs often...

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Engraving and Performing George Lynn’s Works for Viola and Piano

A renowned American composer, choral conductor, organist, and educator, George Lynn (1915-1989) is perhaps best known for his prolific compositional output of over 1,600 musical works. While many of his compositions remain unpublished (for example, out of his approximately 800 choral works, less than 300 are published), his entire body...

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First Lynn-Craig Living Music Award Winners Announced

May 17, 2023

Congratulations to the first round of winners of the Alex Craig and Christina Lynn-Craig Living Music Award ! These students will receive funding towards projects using compositions by the late composer Alex Craig, which are housed in the AMRC Archive in the Norlin Library’s Rare and Distinctive Collections. Miguel Angel...

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Meet O'Neil Jones: 2023-24 Porter Fellow

April 26, 2023

The Susan L. Porter Memorial Fellowship is an award that provides scholarship support for a student doing exceptional research that supports the mission of CU Boulder's American Music Research Center (AMRC). The 2023-24 recipient of this award is O’Neil Jones, a DMA student in choral conducting and literature. Originally from...

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Learning the Art of Silent Film Scoring

April 17, 2023

For most music students in the 21st century, the idea of silent films seems strangely far-away. One new CU Boulder class seeks to change that. The class, a DMA seminar titled Scoring Silent Film, explores the history of silent films while the students also score the films themselves. Professor of...

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New Alex Craig and Christina Lynn-Craig Living Music Award to be granted spring 2023

March 1, 2023

The AMRC invites CU Boulder student musicians, both undergraduate and graduate, to apply for the new bi-annual Alex Craig and Christina Lynn-Craig Living Music Award. This award celebrates the works of late composer Alex Craig, and is set to be granted for the first time this spring.

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A Study of George Lynn’s Choral Style, as Observed Through Two Settings of Walt Whitman Poetry

Feb. 15, 2023

The name of composer, conductor, and singer George Lynn (1915-1989) is one that echoes throughout the choral atmosphere of Colorado, in particular the choral department at University of Colorado Boulder. The man established a strong legacy in the area, having not only taught at CU Boulder, but directed choirs, taught...

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Graduate student researchers explore Pueblo's Soundscapes

Jan. 24, 2023

Two CU Boulder PhD students work on the Pueblo "Soundscapes of the People" project alongside AMRC Director Dr. Susan Thomas, Dr. Austin Okigbo and Dr. Xóchitl Chávez from the University of California, Riverside. Both of these students are studying ethnomusicology and have been working on the project since summer 2021.

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