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The Takacs Quartet, the renowned string ensemble based at the CU Boulder College of Music, offered one of many tributes to actor Philip Seymour Hoffman after the Oscar-winning actor was found dead Sunday.

The finalists for the position are Mary Ellen Poole, former dean of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and Robert Shay, director of the School of Music at the University of Missouri in Columbia.

Pope Francis named Monsignor Stephen J. Berg, a 1973 graduate of the College of Music, bishop of the Catholic Diocese on Wednesday, Jan. 15 by Pope Francis. The 62-year-old bishop-elect, who graduated with a degree in piano performance, will be ordained and installed in a Feb. 27 ceremony. Read more

A short video about Stephen Wade's forensic musicology project and book, "The Beautiful Music All Around Us." Wade will give the 2014 Robert R. and Ruth J. Fink lecture on Feb. 10.

Trombonist Ian Bousfield. Ian Bousfield, one of the world’s top trombonists, will perform at the CU-Boulder College of Music Jan. 22 as part of a three-day residency through the James and Rebecca Roser Visiting Artist Program. “Ian Bousfield is simply one of the most remarkable trombonists in the world,” says...

After all, Wade — who will give the 2014 Robert R. and Ruth J. Fink Lecture at CU-Boulder on Feb. 10 — spent some 18 years delving deep into the backstories of widely recognizable American folk tunes and musicians that morphed into music performed by everyone from Johnny Cash to Bob Dylan, and even formed the basis of Aaron Copland’s famous “Rodeo.”

BOULDER, Colo. — When the Venice Baroque Orchestra, one of the world’s premier period-instrument ensembles, takes the stage at Macky Auditorium on the CU Boulder campus Feb. 13, audiences can expect a full course of Vivaldi, followed by a feast of Boccherini

Moved by a performance of the 2013 Holiday Festival, one of the College of Music's and CU Presents' most popular events year after year, University of Colorado Regent Stephen Ludwig authored a poem, "Cosmic Gift," that distills some of the emotions stirred by the performance.

The University of Colorado Boulder Horn Choir performs Jean-François Taillard's "Christmas Crackers" at Denver's Children's Hospital on Dec. 9, 2013, Michael Thornton directing.

Beginning in fall 2014, these Sher Distinguished Scholars (either undergraduate or graduate students) will be awarded full-ride scholarships to the College of Music based on their demonstrated exceptional ability and potential to excel at a national and international level.