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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.

This month's poster art is done by one of our own. Sean Winters, DMA composer, describes how the artwork is linked to the piece he composed for the concert: Production Method:::: Ableton Live --> Noise oscillator MaxForLive (Jitter - VIZZable by Zeal) --> Footage playback (of dancer with video feedback)...

7:30 PM, Wednesday, February 28, 2018 Black Box Theater, ATLAS Institute Livestream at youtube.com/user/PendulumNewMusic Works by Selena Wellington, Zachary Patten, Trevor Villwock, Sean Winters, and guest composer Pamela Z. Our fifth annual 64 Bit E-Composition Competition is soliciting original electronic music that lasts 64 seconds. Finalists will be selected and...

2/28/18 The Pendulum New Music Ensemble presents some of CU’s best performers from all departments, premiering original music of student composers and featuring a faculty or guest performance at every monthly concert. Meet the composers at cu-pendulum.com . Works by Zack Patten, Trevor Villwock, Selena Wellington, Sean Winters. Featuring guest...