News from the AMRC

On Thursday, February 7 from 3:00 - 3:30 pm (during the Metro Program) KGNU will air Josh Kun's inteview with Indra Raj. The interview took place on January 24th during his visit to Boulder to deliver his public talk, "The Art of the Crossfade: Music, Archives, and California" on CU campus.

The mystery surrounding the disappearance of wartime musician Glenn Miller's aircraft crash could be a step closer to being solved, 74 years after the jazz star's disappearance.

As 20th century American composers go, only a handful of names rise to the level of a Mozart or Beethoven for those outside the classical music world. This fall, the College of Music joins a worldwide celebration of one of them as it puts on CU Bernstein at 100...

It’s the music of our parents and grandparents, of the people who shaped our world. It laid the foundation for the folk and pop music we hear on the radio. It sets the tone for the films we watch every day...

For alumna Barbara Bentree (BME ’80), a long-held respect for—and admiration of—Dave Grusin (BM ’56) ultimately inspired her to direct a film about his life and work...

When Thomas Riis was growing up in upstate New York, he and his younger brother had to take turns with the family record player. But it wasn’t so they could share equal time spinning their favorite vinyl...

American Music Research Center sponsors two-week festival of free concerts, talks and community gatherings on campus and throughout Boulder County.

Barbara Bentree visits AMRC for New Film Barbara Bentree, CU Alumni and Producer of the film, " Dave Grusin: Not Enough Time ," recenly spent time in the AMRC archives to gather information about the scores he wrote. Here is an article from Variety about her work creating the film.

Randal Horton Associated AMRC Scholar, Randal Horton interviews Jeffrey Taylor to discuss the origins of scholarly interest in the field of American music. The interview, where the AMRC is cited, is part of the American Music Educational Television Project and its American Music series hosted monthly by KRBC. Randal Horton...