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Join us Wednesday December 5th for new compositions by: Jordan M. Holloway, Daniel Kellogg, Brian Lambert, Dianna Link, Erik Christian Peterson, and Max Wolpert Featuring guest performers: Emily Ondracek-Peterson, violin Erik Christian Peterson, viola Conor Abbott Brown & Daniel Silver, bass clarinets Ajax string quartet 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, December 5...

Dr. Emily Ondracek-Peterson is a leader in numerous fields: performance, artistic direction, arts advocacy, administration, education, career research, entrepreneurship, and academia. Praised by The New York Times for her “elegant solowork,” and by Strad magazine for her “dazzling passagework,” Dr. Ondracek is a rising star of violin performance.Dr. Ondracek is...

Don't miss our next Pendulum New Music on October 31st at 7:30 p.m. in Grusin Hall: Works by John Clay Allen, Collin Kemeny, John Boggs, Jack Gaffney, Nelson Walker, and Luciano Berio. Other News: This Sunday's Bass Day at CU will feature a new work for Paul Erhard's bass studio...

We invite you to an exciting three days with "loadbang" from New York during their Guest Artist Residency at CU. William Lang, trombone; Carlos Cordeiro, bass clarinet; Jeffrey Gavett, baritone voice; Andy Kozar, trumpet. Public Events: WED 10/17/18 7:30 concert in Grusin: 'old fires catch old buildings' Pendulum New Music...

This Saturday, four of our student composers will have opera scenes premiered as part of the CU New Opera Workshop annual festival. John Boggs, Maggie Friesen, Elena Specht, and Max Wolpert wrote brand new scenes which have been in rehearsal for two weeks. They will be presented fully staged and...

New chamber works by John Clay Allen, Margaret R. Friesen, Jack Gaffney, Drake Rutherford, Max Wolpert. Featuring guest composer Prof. Kristin Kuster , and the Boulder Altitude Directive, Carter Pann , director. Live stream through cupresents.org . April 4th, 2018, 7:30 PM, Grusin Hall Comp News- Selena Wellington 's senior...

We invite you to hear new chamber works by John Clay Allen, Margaret R. Friesen, Jack Gaffney, Drake Rutherford, Max Wolpert featuring guest composer Prof. Kristin Kuster , and the Boulder Altitude Directive, Carter Pann , director. Live stream through cupresents.org . If you'd like to re-listen to Distinguished CU...

This month's poster art is Nick Balderston 's "Synesthetic Grid," an interactive art piece that responds to sounds with short bursts of colored light. The 18''x24'' frame holds a grid of LEDs behind a sheet of white acrylic. Nick is our graphic designer, a comp alum, and a current TAM...

WED 3/21, 7:30pm, Grusin Hall New chamber works by Alan Fletcher (President/CEO of Aspen Music Festival/School), Jack Gaffney, Conor Brown, Nicole Schneckenburger, Colin Kemeny, John Boggs, and Dianna Link; featuring William Stanley's trombone studio, strings, vocalists, the Ajax Quartet and more! Find out more about the students at cu-pendulum.com ...

As we prepare for Pamela Z's residency at CU this week, we wanted to look back to the last time she was on campus. Here she is being interviewed in by Cole Ingraham in 2012.