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A career well improvised

Sept. 9, 2015

As far as careers go, jazz pianist Stephen Thurston is hitting all the right notes. The 2013 Jazz Piano graduate talks about his flourishing career in Denver, what's next and what advice he has for students.

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Dean Robert Shay delivers State of the College address

Sept. 2, 2015

On Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2015, Dean Robert Shay invited members of the College of Music community to Grusin Music Hall for a State of the College convocation.

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Reconnecting with the Renaissance

July 17, 2015

Led by Professor Emerita Judith Glyde, the CU-Boulder study abroad program “Music and Performing Arts – Renaissance in the XXI Century” has brought a dozen or so College of Music students to the city for six weeks every spring.

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Pulitzer Prize-winning CU grad returns to Boulder for CU NOW

May 14, 2015

When the sixth season of CU NOW kicks off this month, one of the opera professionals mentoring composition students will be CU-Boulder alumnus Mark Campbell.

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Alumni concert in the Big Apple

May 11, 2015

On Wednesday evening, May 13, professor Andrew Cooperstock and his duo Opus Two are on the bill for An Evening of Gershwin, hosted by the NYC Forever Buffs Alumni Chapter.

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College of Music sends off the Class of 2015

May 8, 2015

On Friday, May 8, the College of Music welcomed grads, undergrads and their families to Imig Music Building for commencement ceremonies.

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Students and dean discuss future of college, strategic plan

April 10, 2015

On Thursday evening, April 9, Dean Robert Shay held a town hall meeting for students to hear more about the College of Music's upcoming strategic plan, ask questions and provide their feedback.

cosi fan tutte

DAILY CAMERA — Eklund Opera's 'Così fan tutte' is 'intense, hysterical, radiant'

March 13, 2015

Even in its most intimate and reserved moments, Mozart's Così fan tutte is by turns intense and hysterical. Its intricate plot, which might have become convoluted in lesser hands than those of Mozart and his librettist, Lorenzo Da Ponte, moves forward with such swiftness that at times the observer is left breathless.

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$2.3 million gift from late CU-Boulder grad endows chair in Baroque music

Nov. 25, 2014

Although he divided his time between Arizona and Alaska, the late Eugene D. Eaton Jr. never lost his connection to the University of Colorado Boulder, where he earned three degrees in economics from 1961 to 1971.

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Long-time College of Music staff member Myra Jackson, Nov. 24, 1940-Oct. 29, 2014

Nov. 13, 2014

Myra Lee (Barnes) Jackson, known to every student and faculty member who scheduled a recital or concert at the College of Music and widely known to the Boulder community for her work with CU Presents, died at her home Oct. 29, 2014. She was 73.

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