This week at the College of Music: Community Edition - Feb. 9, 2023

We’re so proud of the amazing Lírios Quartet—the College of Music’s Graduate String Quartet in Residence—who recently visited five schools from Aspen to Glenwood Springs as part of the AMFS Musical Connections program, in addition to visiting AMFS after-school programs and performing a recital at the Basalt Regional Library. Over their two-day residency, the quartet performed for more than 675 students in the Roaring Fork Valley! Photo: Heather Kendrick

• Visiting composer Alexina Louie navigates Asian identity in Western classical music: Join us for a week-long residency with the accomplished Canadian composer, Feb. 12-19. 
• Congratulations to Lydia Wagenknecht, PhD candidate in ethnomusicology, for winning the People’s Choice award in the Three-Minute Thesis Competition! Her presentation—“What Does Climate Change Sound Like?”—earned her $500 in research funds. 
• We’re so proud of Allison Zema (Music Ed ’18) for receiving this year’s Outstanding Young Music Educator Award at the Colorado Music Educators Association’s 2023 Conference/Clinic. Our grads have received this recognition for five years in a row!
• We’re thrilled for alumnus and Jazz Studies Lecturer Hugh Ragin—trumpeter, flugelhornist, composer and scholar—for being extensively featured in the January 2023 issue of The International Trumpet Guild Journal! Check out the awesome article—“Hugh Ragin: Put Your Own Thing On It”—by Thomas Erdmann.
• “For the Trees”—a string quartet composed by Associate Professor of Composition Jeffrey Nytch—will be featured in an environment-centered concert with the Playground Ensemble, Feb. 10 at the Denver Botanic Gardens. DMA alumnus Nathan Hall is curating the show!
• On Feb. 22, our Diverse Musicians’ Alliance (DiMA) will present performers of music, dance, poetry, visual art and other forms of art. Join us for the College of Music’s Persevering Legacy concert in Grusin Music Hall!
• The College of Music’s Howard B. Waltz Music Library has expanded its hours! Sunday, 12-8 p.m.; Monday-Thursday, 9 a.m.-8 p.m.; and Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

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