This Week at the College of Music: Community Edition - Nov. 4, 2021

Our Entrepreneurship Center for Music recently hosted a very special evening with the Boston Public Quartet (BPQ). The event featured a student-led discussion of Diversity, Equity + Inclusion (DEI) in the chamber music world with members of BPQ, followed by a performance of works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and other People of Color) composers Jessie Montgomery, Florence Beatrice Price and Jeraldine Herbison. College of Music students who led the discussion included (from center) pianist Jerimiah Owens, two members of our Graduate Quartet-in-Residence—Ivalas Quartet violinists Reuben Kebede and Tiani Butts—and pianist Elizabeth Smith.

• We’re excited about the Museum of Boulder’s exhibit looking at CU Boulder’s lineage of onsite music programming and sought-out on-campus concert venues … and providing a glimpse into the College of Music’s future. Among other events and activities, on Nov. 5, Professor of Musicology Laurie Sampsel will present “A Guided Tour of Colorado Songs,” providing insight into 20 songs inspired by the Centennial State. Learn more + get your tickets!
• Join us for “Urinetown, The Musical”—performed by the CU Boulder College of Music BM/MT program—Nov. 11-14! Learn how the production shines a satirical light on capitalism and climate change. 
• Lleva Nuestras Voces: On Nov. 6, join our American Music Research Center in celebrating the legacy of the Chicano Movement as it carries on in the words and music of Chicanx performers today. Colorado Poet Laureate Bobby LeFebre will present a virtual reading of his work, followed by a live, in-person performance by pop/hip-hop group 2MX2 in this free event.
• DATE CHANGE: If you registered for the Peak to Peak Webinar Concert Series: Traditional Klezmer Music—made possible, in part, by our Roser Visiting Artist Program—the date has been changed from Nov. 15 to Nov. 17.

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• Stay informed about COVID-19 protocols on campus. Masks are required in public indoor spaces on the CU Boulder campus, regardless of vaccination status; masking also applies to everyone attending in-person indoor events on campus.