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In July, when I arrived in Sydney for my semester-abroad, I was surprised by the cold weather and lack of man-eating spiders. I rushed to the beach and jumped in just to shiver away after I got out. But as spring rolled in, as I settled into life at the...

Pendulum is excited to welcome Ivalas Quartet as CU's new graduate quartet in residence. Hear them on our December 4th and February 19th concerts! Professor Jeff Nytch , as part of his next project, is composing a string quartet to raise awareness about global deforestation. Over the summer, he spent...

Dear Pendulum Friends, As most of you know, comp faculty chair Daniel Kellogg has been named the new president of Young Concert Artists in NYC, we are leaving CU after fourteen exciting years. It's been an incredible honor to have presented around 500 projects in that time- the majority being...

Congratulations to our 2019 graduates: Clay Allen, Max Wolpert, Collin Kemeny, Silen Wellington, Nicole schnekenberger, and Outstanding Graduating Senior Brian Lambert! News Save the Date! CU NOW June 15th- our composers present brand new opera scenes. https://www.colorado.edu/music/summer-college-music/cu-new-opera-workshop/cu-now-composer-fellows-initiative Ars Nova Singers: “Shared Visions” featuring Jeff Nytch's "Thank you letter to my...

Come hear our final Pendulum of the season as we say goodbye to our graduating students, and Pendulum Director of fourteen years Hsing-ay Hsu. New works by Chase Church, Jordan M Holloway, Brian Lambert, Drake Rutherford, Max Wolpert. 7:30 PM, Wednesday, April 10, 2019 Grusin Concert Hall Imig Music Building...

Boulder Altitude Directive 7:30 PM, Wednesday, March 13, 2019 Carter Pann, director student premieres and guest composer Sarah Kirkland Snider (in attendance) Grusin Concert Hall, Imig Music Building ​Livestream here Pendulum New Music 7:30 PM, Wednesday, March 20, 2019 Grusin Concert Hall, Imig Music Building with works by Conor Abbott...

And the winners of the 64-Bit Composition Competition are... In the EDM category, Gotta Blast by Jack Geddes (psychology). In the Experimental category, jazz.mp3 by Nick Mundinger (computer science). Congrats to all of our finalists: EDM Ice by Samuel Roth Pegasus by EJ Gerth Experimental Bite by Anand Zupa craigslist.org/search/mis...

Boulder Altitude Directive presents new works by composer in residence Sarah Kirkland Snider, Conor Abbott Brown, Nicole Schneckenburger, and Sean Winters. WED 3/13, 7:30pm, Grusin Hall, Free Admission. Featuring: Carter Pann, Artistic Director Renée Hemsing Patten, Violin Jake Saunders, Cello Brice Smith, Flute Conor Abbott Brown, Clarinet Jieun Lee, Piano...

Pendulum New Music: January 30th, 2019 Works by John Clay Allen, Jordan M Holloway, Daniel Kellogg, Drake Rutherford, Nelson Walker, Jeff Widenhofer featuring Hsing-ay Hsu, Harumi Rhodes, Daniel Silver, and Matthew Zalkind 7:30 PM, Wednesday, January 30, 2019 (poster attached) Grusin Music Hall, Imig College of Music, 18th & Euclid...

Classical music has always been the love of my life. From the moment I went to my first concert with the Denver Symphony Orchestra, I knew that I wanted to be a composer. There’s something about classical instruments and the precision and work that goes into a classical performance that...