Sam Estes鈥攁 bassoonist, vocalist and pianist鈥攕pecializes in taking a compositional approach to sound design in his various roles in Southern California.
Since completing a bachelor鈥檚 in music at the CU Boulder College of Music, composer, orchestrator, arranger, conductor and guitarist Carl Rydlund hasn鈥檛 missed a beat.
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.
As Kolby Morris (BM 鈥�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.
With renowned faculty, award-winning student ensembles and trailblazing alumni performing weekly throughout the jazz clubs of Denver and Boulder, the Thompson Jazz Studies Program is firmly on the front lines of jazz along the Front Range. But that wasn鈥檛 always the case...
Music Buff alum Andrew Crust (DMA 鈥�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.
