Alumni news

The “music+” campaign is tied to “The College of Music Advantage,” the 10-year strategic plan set in motion by the priorities of students, faculty, staff and other members of the college community.

Alumni Sam Estes (MM ’05) and Cole Ingraham (DMA ’13) are changing the game in film scoring, helping build a music composition software based on an algorithm and user needs.

On Dec. 10, the voice department hosts the Schmidt Youth Vocal Competition, one of the nation’s largest singing competitions for high school students.

Scheduled for March 21 and 22, the Once a Flutist festival invites flutists from around the region to the Boulder campus for an immersion in the technique, diversity and spirit of the oldest instrument on Earth.

During her career, Barbara Bentree (BME ’80) has collaborated with Mouseketeers, her husband and even her high school classmates. But through it all, the name of a fellow College of Music graduate kept coming up.

Read about alumni accomplishments, faculty publications, student success, supporter spotlights and more in the latest edition of Colorado Music.

On Monday evening, Nov. 7, music at CU Boulder will be well represented on the East Coast when the College of Music puts on a showcase concert at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall.

In a speech last week before students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends, Dean Robert Shay said the state of music at CU Boulder is strong.

Any moment in one’s life could signify the beginning of something big. For Edain Butterfield, that moment came during her time as a music student.

Joan Catoni Conlon and her husband Frank recently endowed a fellowship to support graduate students pursuing the Master of Music or Doctor of Musical Arts in Choral Conducting and Literature degrees.