This week at the College of Music: Student edition - April 18, 2024

Congratulations to Clarrisse Bosman (BM bassoon performance + BME ’24), selected to bear the university mace at this spring’s commencement ceremony! “What an incredible honor to represent our university and stand among such distinguished peers,” says the first-generation Latina who will also be the first member of her family to graduate from college. “This achievement is not just mine, but a testament to the sacrifices and unwavering support of mentors and friends.”

• Bravo to Keegan Arnsmeier (BM ‘27) who earned second place in the MTNA Senior Performance Competition (West Central Division)! Arnsmeier studies with Professor of Trumpet Ryan Gardner.
• Meet more of our amazing graduate orchestral conducting alums making us proud: Congrats to Alejandro Gómez Guillén, new director of orchestras at Arizona State University’s School of Music, Dance and Theatre; and John McKeever, new director of orchestral activities at the University of Missouri School of Music! 
• ​​ICYMI: Last week’s fascinating “The Future of Music” panel—moderated by our Dean John Davis as part of the 2024 Conference on World Affairs—is still available via the recorded livestream.  
• Did you know? Materials from renowned Boulder-based blues musician Otis Taylor are now part of CU Boulder’s American Music Research Center archival collections. “Housing his work at the AMRC is the best way to give him the visibility, the recognition and the honor that he deserves, as somebody who has made major contributions to American music and culture,” says Austin Okigbo, interim director of the AMRC which supports the research, performance and preservation of all music of the Americas with a particular emphasis on music diversity from the United States. Learn more (The Denver Post).
• On May 1, the International Film Series will present “The Wild Cat”—a German comedic adventure film (1921) directed by Ernst Lubitsch—with live musical accompaniment by the Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra, a five-piece chamber ensemble that revives the repertoire of silent film orchestras. The orchestra is headed by Rodney Sauer who donated the Sid Grauman Theatre Scores Collection to our American Music Research Center—the collection includes thousands of musical scores intended to accompany silent films.
• Our American Music Research Center and members of the George Lynn family invite CU Boulder student musicians, both graduates and undergraduates who are planning to perform or undertake research related to Lynn’s music to apply for the annual George Lynn Memorial Award. Learn more + apply by May 3.
• The Aspen Music Festival And School partners with ArtistYear to bring teaching artists to Colorado’s Roaring Fork Valley each school year. For the 2024-25 school year, the AMFS is seeking string players, classical guitarists and vocalists/pianists who are interested in teaching artist work. AMFS ArtistYear Resident Teaching Artists are placed in both public school classrooms in Basalt, Carbondale and Glenwood Springs and in AMFS AfterWorks music education programs. Learn more and/or email education@aspenmusic.org if you’re interested! The application deadline is May 17.

• Commencement 2024: The university commencement website prepares our graduates, their families and guests; the College of Music commencement webpage provides day-of details of our college’s recognition ceremonies and other festivities.
• Stay current with the College of Music in our online newsroom.
• Preview, download or print CU Presents digital programs—performances, student recitals + past programs.
• Questions? Check out Buff Info, CU Boulder’s centralized point of contact for information and resources.