Strings news

Faculty member Harumi Rhodes is nearing the end of her first year as second violinist for the Takács Quartet.

For Sarah Off, good music and doing good are all in a day’s work. She co-founded the Mt. Blanca Summer Music Conservatory, a nonprofit organization that provides high-quality, affordable music performance experiences for young musicians.

New Senior Instructor of Chamber Music Meta Weiss took the reins of the College of Music’s chamber music program this semester.

Violin DMA student Marisa Ishikawa joined Assistant Professor of Violin Charles Wetherbee and the Carpe Diem string quartet this semester.

The CU International Guitar Festival and Competition attracts visitors and performers from nearly every continent on Earth.

We recently caught up with cellist Mairi Dorman-Phaneuf (DMA ’07) on a range of topics—from her role with the College of Music National Alumni Council (COMNAC) to a recent performance in New York City.

Erika Eckert, Margaret McDonald and Abigail Nims present “William Primrose in Song” as the first Faculty Tuesdays recital of the new year.

For the next 18-plus months, many of the College of Music faculty and administration will be working out of new locations. Here’s a rundown of where everyone is.

“For me, fear doesn’t necessarily mean you shouldn’t do something. It might mean finding the courage to step into it,” says cellist Andrew Briggs.

It was a whirlwind couple of days for nine College of Music students, three alumni and one faculty member as Colorado took over Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall on Nov. 5, 2018.