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Alumni spotlight: Sam Estes and Cole Ingraham

Feb. 8, 2017

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.

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A colorful history in music

Jan. 30, 2017

If you’ve ever stopped to enjoy the music drifting from a painted piano near the Pearl Street Cheesecake Factory, then you’ve been exposed to the many talents of first-year composition student Jack Gaffney.

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U.S. Air Force Academy Band, CU College of Music partner for concert

Jan. 23, 2017

Musical excellence, intrastate collaboration and the 70th birthday of the U.S. Air Force will all be on display at the College of Music this February as the U.S. Air Force Academy Band joins the CU bands department for a concert and master classes.

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The music of hope

Jan. 11, 2017

Violin professor Charles Wetherbee starts 2017 with a new hope for the future of musical relations after an October trip to Cuba.

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But a flint holds fire: CU composer sends message with new choral work

Jan. 3, 2017

Andrea Ramsey hopes her piece about the Flint, Michigan, water crisis will move choral fans to activism.

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Alumni spotlight: Barbara Bentree

Oct. 27, 2016

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.

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Preview: Faculty Tuesday with Hsing-ay Hsu

Oct. 26, 2016

At Faculty Tuesday on Nov. 1, pianist Hsing-ay Hsu explores a few different compositional approaches with the astonishing genius of Beethoven and Chopin.

daniel kellogg

Composer preps for world premiere with Colorado Symphony

Oct. 10, 2016

It’s a big week for Associate Professor of Composition Daniel Kellogg: One of the biggest pieces he’s ever written will have its world premiere at Boettcher Concert Hall in Denver.

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Colorado at Carnegie

Oct. 5, 2016

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.

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Mini-Documentary: CU NOW's Composer Fellows' Initiative

Aug. 9, 2016

Student composer from the University of Colorado Boulder workshop and present original opera scenes alongside their voice and opera peers at the CU NOW Composer Fellows' Initiative.

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