Oct. 8, 2025 By MarieFaith Lane The University of Colorado Boulder College of Music launched a graduate program that reimagines the study and practice of historical music. The new master’s degree in historical performance and research blends rigorous academic scholarship with intensive professional-level performance training, offering students a path found at no other institution in North America. The program is co-directed by Assistant Professor of Harpsichord + Eugene D. Eaton, Jr., Chair in Baroque Music Performance Lillian Gordis (pictured above)and Assistant Professor of Musicology Saraswathi Shukla who developed a curriculum modeled after European conservatories and universities where hybrid programs have existed for decades.
Oct. 28, 2025 By Adam Goldstein The CU Boulder College of Music’s Thompson Jazz Studies Program announced the addition of Applied Jazz Strings—taught by recent alumna and current Jazz Studies Lecturer Enion Pelta-Tiller—to the college’s BA, MM and DMA jazz performance degrees.
