Nelson Walker

2022 Outstanding Graduating Senior: Nelson Walker

April 20, 2022

This spring鈥檚 Outstanding Graduating Senior award goes to composition major Nelson Walker. Congratulations to Walker and all our outstanding 2022 grads!

Genevieve Wisner鈥檚 graduation photo

New diversity fund immortalizes first African American graduate of CU College of Music

April 12, 2022

The Genevieve McVey Wisner Memorial Scholarship Fund鈥攏amed in honor of the lifelong activist and pioneering music educator鈥攚ill provide undergraduate and graduate scholarship awards for underrepresented music students. Wisner, whose parents were among the first Black families to settle in Boulder in 1897, became the first Black graduate of the College of Music in 1940 with a bachelor鈥檚 degree in music education, followed by a master鈥檚 degree in 1944.

music+ scholarship recipient

music+ campaign raises over $50 million

Feb. 4, 2022

The music+ campaign, which began in 2014 and was publicly launched in 2017, was designed to support the people, programs and initiatives of the college. Campaign donations directly funded student scholarships, community outreach, faculty research and program development.

Jenn

Silver and Gold Music scholar鈥檚 interdisciplinary approach to music

Jan. 25, 2022

Silver and Gold Music Scholarship recipient Jennifer Kaphammer鈥攁 first-year student majoring in music technology鈥攕hares how the scholarship impacts and inspires her future in music and technology.

A. Flach

Outstanding Graduating Senior 2021: Ariel Flach

Nov. 30, 2021

This winter鈥檚 Outstanding Graduating Senior award goes to dual music education and flute performance major Ariel Flach.

Davis interactions

Innovation + inclusivity

Nov. 18, 2021

鈥淲e have a strong foundation for DEI work and we鈥檙e seeing progress [...] but there鈥檚 more work鈥攎ore positive disruption鈥攁head of us before we can claim ubiquitous inclusivity in our college鈥檚 culture, classrooms and curricula.鈥

Silver and Leung

Ekstrand competition announces 2021-22 winners

Nov. 17, 2021

Congratulations to the winners of our 2021-22 Bruce Ekstrand Memorial Graduate Student Performance Competition!

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The transformative power of music

Nov. 16, 2021

Kedrick Terrell Armstrong is one of the students benefiting from scholarship support as he works toward a master鈥檚 in orchestral conducting.

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New endowed fund to foster DEI through American Music Research Center

Nov. 8, 2021

鈥淲e have a real opportunity to use the American Music Research Center as a uniting force to bring together people of different cultures, ethnicities, perspectives and walks of life. I see this [DEI] work as not only educational, but as a strategy to improve the environment in which persons of color are pursuing their educations at CU Boulder.鈥

The Lehnert Duo

College of Music's Faculty Tuesdays series celebrates 22 years of community-focused music making

Aug. 17, 2021

As part of the College of Music's long-running Faculty Tuesdays series, professional musicians, vocalists and ensembles in the college play concerts most Tuesdays during the fall and spring semesters, offering students and community members the opportunity to experience firsthand the renowned talent housed right here on campus.

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