This Week at the College of Music: Student Edition - Nov. 3, 2022

We’re delighted to welcome the Lírios Quartet as the College of Music’s new graduate string quartet in residence under the mentorship of our Takács Quartet! The Lírios Quartet is also engaged with developments in new music, taking part in the college’s Pendulum New Music series with two premieres in the 2022-2023 season. Additionally, they will be collaborating with the Sohap Ensemble and Art Song Colorado in commissioning a new chamber opera, “Colorado Sky,” including a workshopping residency at the ATLAS Institute in January 2023. The Lírios Quartet is a recipient of the Dorothy and Richard Starling Foundation Scholarship and the Steed Professional Development Fund. Learn more about the individual quartet members.

Photo (left to right): Violinists Maggie Brady and Ben Goldstein, violist Yuri Santos and cellist Chas Barnard.

• Nov. 3, 11:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m.: Check out today’s ECM Learning Lunch for international students featuring Roberto Arruda to answer your questions about how the campus can help you thrive. See you in S131!
• Meet Avedis Escandon: first Genevieve McVey Wisner Memorial Scholarship recipient
• College of Music alumnus and former professor Willie L. Hill wins George Norlin Award
• Mozart’s death: sorting out fact from fiction (CPR Classical): Mozart’s early death helped create a mystique that fueled his early legacy. Find out more in this last Mozart Snapshots of 2022 with Colorado native and College of Music alumna Katie Mahan. 
• Present Edge (KGNU Community Radio): Gary McBride interviews two of our composers featured in yesterday’s Pendulum New Music concert—Abby Kellems and Jessie Lausé—who were commissioned by the Boulder Altitude Directive to write a new work for chamber ensemble!
• Election 2022: What you need to know to make your voice heard, Nov. 8.
• Nov. 8, 9: National First-Generation Celebration Week 2022
• Study abroad with CU Boulder faculty this summer, including MUSC 4202—“Music, Arts + Culture 1880-1920” in Vienna, Austria, May 22-June 3. Learn more + apply by Dec. 1. 
• Buffs One Read is a program that builds community through the shared reading of one book. This year’s selection is Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teaching of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer. Learn more about the book and author + join a book club.
• Did you know? United Nations Human Rights and CU Boulder are co-hosting the Right Here, Right Now Global Climate Summit this December, a three-day summit addressing the interconnectedness of human rights and climate change.

• Get your free flu shot! 
• Feel Good Fridays: Check out these weekly hybrid workshops to learn about a work of art and then participate in a related mindfulness practice. 
• A new Basic Needs Center has been established within the Division of Student Affairs to address food insecurity, housing and more.
• Mobile Food Pantries: CU Boulder’s Volunteer Resource Center and Basic Needs Center partners with Community Food Share each semester to host several Mobile Food Pantries to support the needs of our community. All are welcome, including students, staff, faculty and community members.
• CU leadership issues statement on race-based admissions
• Other questions? Check out Buff Info, CU Boulder’s centralized resource.