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Setting the Bard to music

Jan. 26, 2016

Associate Director of Choral Studies Andrea Ramsey composed a setting as part of a new collection of Shakespeare-inspired songs.

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George Lynn Centennial: celebrating a musical life

Aug. 11, 2015

This fall, the College of Music celebrates the legacy of conductor, composer, organist and former CU Boulder teacher George Lynn.

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New music pioneers coming to CU Boulder

July 29, 2015

The ATLAS Summer Experimental Music Week, supported by the College of Music, is August 4-7.

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Making (digital) music

July 24, 2015

Combining composition and computer science, double major Willie Payne is exploring new ways to use music in video games.

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CU-Boulder faculty focus: Dan Kellogg, associate professor of composition at the College of Music

Nov. 25, 2014

Dan Kellogg talks about his new chamber-opera based on the story of Alferd Packer.

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Elephant gig reviews revives grad student Brett Madsen's interest in orchestral music

Sept. 9, 2013

BOULDER, Colo. — Brett Madsen was deeply interested in music as a high-school student in Florida. It just wasn’t the pop, rock, hip-hop and other genres most of his peers listened to. He was into classical music, from Bach and Beethoven to Mozart and Chopin. And he was very into writing the same kind of thing.

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College of Music composers, performers featured in Pac-12 TV commercial

Aug. 5, 2013

When the Colorado Buffaloes catch a breather during Pac-12 network football games this fall — ditto for the basketball team, right into spring — expect to see a top-notch team from the CU-Boulder College of Music step in.

VIDEO: Libby Larsen on "A Wrinkle in Time"

May 9, 2013

Composer Libby Larsen talks about the themes in her new opera A Wrinkle in Time being workshopped by CU New Opera Workshop June 14-16.

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Keane Southard (MM '11) Fulbright in Brazil

May 1, 2012

Keane Southard (MM 2011, composition) has been awarded a Fulbright U.S. Student grant to spend nine months next year pursuing research in Brazil.

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Composition Faculty Daniel Kellogg Wins Aaron Copland Award

April 5, 2012

Composition faculty Daniel Kellogg has been awarded a coveted Aaron Copland Award that includes a residency at Aaron Copland’s National Historic Landmark house in New York’s lower Hudson Valley. During this residency, Professor Kellogg will continue his exemplary composition work.

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