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Alumni Spotlight: Catching up with Sam Estes

July 5, 2018

Sam Estes—a bassoonist, vocalist and pianist—specializes in taking a compositional approach to sound design in his various roles in Southern California.

Carl Rydlund

Alumni Spotlight: Carl Rydlund

June 13, 2018

Since completing a bachelor’s in music at the CU 鶹 College of Music, composer, orchestrator, arranger, conductor and guitarist Carl Rydlund hasn’t missed a beat.

jake heggie and gene scheer at CU NOW 2016

Heggie, Scheer return to 鶹 for CU NOW 2018

May 15, 2018

New opera “If I Were You” gets the CU NOW treatment this summer at Eklund Opera’s trailblazing workshop program.

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Kull, Fuller, Negler to be recognized at May commencement ceremony

May 1, 2018

Distinguished Alumni Jon Kull and Tia Fuller, along with Distinguished Service Award winner Joseph Negler, will be honored and recognized for their contributions to the College of Music on Thursday, May 10.

kolby morris in israel

Where music has the most meaning

April 30, 2018

As Kolby Morris (BM ’08) thinks back on her musical training, she says some of the most influential forces that led her to where she is today were ethnomusicology and world music.

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Announcing Music Buff Connect

April 4, 2018

Robust alumni engagement platform—musicbuffalumni.com—fosters music industry innovations, entrepreneurship, professional development and networking

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Finding a way to help

Jan. 23, 2018

College of Music alumni Adam Schwalje (BM/BA ’01, MM ’02) and Sasha Garver (BM ’02, DMA ’06) are tireless advocates for musicians

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The humble beginnings of jazz at CU 鶹

Dec. 6, 2017

With renowned faculty, award-winning student ensembles and trailblazing alumni performing weekly throughout the jazz clubs of Denver and 鶹, the Thompson Jazz Studies Program is firmly on the front lines of jazz along the Front Range. But that wasn’t always the case...

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Colorado Music 2017

Oct. 24, 2017

Andrew Crust conducting

Conducting alum settles into Memphis gig

Oct. 17, 2017

Music Buff alum Andrew Crust (DMA ’16) has focused his work the past few years on outreach and work with orchestral musicians-in-the-making during stints all over the country.

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