This fall, Claire Gunsbury officially becomes a Music Buff. The flutist from Minnesota is coming to CU Boulder with help from the Sher Distinguished Musician Scholarship.
At this year’s commencement ceremony, in addition to honoring the graduates who will become Forever Buffs, the College of Music will call out the varied legacies of three members of our extended community.
Becky Roser, a longtime College of Music supporter and former chair of the Music Advisory Board, recently created an endowment, naming the keyboard area the Roser Piano and Keyboard Program.
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.
Her beaming smile, joyous demeanor and boundless energy have endeared Becky Roser to the College of Music community and made her name synonymous with the kind of support and generosity that make a successful career in the arts possible for CU Boulder students.
Bob Charles isn’t a professional musician. He played euphonium in high school and college band, but his life has taken him on a different journey in the decades since. Still, like so many people, he can’t imagine a life without music.
Marty Coffin Evans is steward of her father's legacy at the College of Music, a tireless champion for vocal pedagogy and ever an advocate of her alma mater, the University of Colorado Boulder.
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.
