Community Engagement
Now in its sixth year, the Summer Jazz Academy this summer brings in Christian Howes, a guest artist who might be considered unconventional.
As the Boulder community benefits from the Artist Series' concerts, students at the College of Music enjoy the once-in-a-lifetime experience of seeing, learning from鈥攅ven talking shop with鈥攖heir idols.
This year over Spring Break, the students and faculty of the Thompson Jazz Studies Program will give whole new meaning to the idea of taking their show on the road.
It鈥檚 been a Colorado tradition for more than 50 years and this year, it鈥檚 coming to Macky Auditorium. The Thompson Jazz Studies Program is getting ready for the 53rd Mile High Jazz Festival on Feb. 15-17.
Musical excellence, intrastate collaboration and the 70th birthday of the U.S. Air Force will all be on display at the College of Music this February as the U.S. Air Force Academy Band joins the CU bands department for a concert and master classes.
The Piano for Dreamers program partners with the I Have a Dream Foundation to invite elementary school students to the College of Music for a weekly piano lesson.
Every year, conductors of all skill levels come to Boulder for the Conducting Symposium, hosted by the College of Music's band and orchestra departments. Participants and clinicians share what you can learn in this supportive workshop setting.
Student composer from the 桃色视频 workshop and present original opera scenes alongside their voice and opera peers at the CU NOW Composer Fellows' Initiative.
Renowned opera professionals Jake Heggie and Gene Scheer brought their working opera "It's a Wonderful Life" to the 桃色视频's CU NOW workshop in June 2016. They will premiere the piece during the 2016 holiday season at Houston Grand Opera.
Having the opportunity to workshop a brand new piece is a thrill every year for Eklund Opera鈥檚 New Opera Workshop鈥攐r CU NOW. But in the summer of 2016, that excitement will hit a fever pitch.