News
- Pianists Louise and LĂ©na Kollmeier performed and discussed Jean Bergerâs âCaribbean Cruise,â on Belgian radio @RadioBelgique this week. The section starts at minute 54 and ends at 1 hour 33 seconds. The AMRC is home to the Jean Berger Collection.
- Professor of Women & Gender Studies, Kristie Soares, will inaugurate the American Music Research Centerâs new Counterpoints Lecture with her talk, "Dancing With Death: Celia Cruzâs AzĂșcar and Queer of Color Survival" on Monday, November 2 at 5:30 pm MST.
- The American Music Research Center and the Department of Musicology will host Rutgers University musicology professor, Eduardo Herrera, on Monday, Oct 26 at 1 pm (MST) for his presentation, âAmericanism as Musical Strategy: From Pan Americanism to Latin Americanism.âÂ
- Houston-based musicologist Matthew J. Jones and CU Director of Vocal Pedagogy John Seesholtz will present, âMusic and HIV/AIDS â A Look at Then and Now,â online on Monday, October 12 at 5:30 pm MST.
- Recent College of Music Clarinet Performance and Music Education graduate, Anoushka Divekar, debuted Take Two Knees, a virtual concert she and collaborators created from works by Black Female composers.
- Otis Taylor plays, "Ten Million Slaves" in the Columbia Cemetery near his home in Boulder, Colorado for the Songs for Change project.
- At Berklee Global Jazz Institute, Greek musicians are leading a rediscovery of intercultural dialogue through music. At the forefront of these efforts is Cretan singer Eirini Tornesaki (also known by her artist name, Erini).
- Composer and pianist Alex Craig of Broomfield, Colorado died of a sudden heart attack on the evening of Saturday, April 18th. Alex was a part of the musical scene in Boulder from the mid-1960s when he began accompanying music students as an undergraduate at CU-Boulder.
- Professor of Piano Pedagogy Alejandro Cremaschi and his students are uncovering a neglected group of composers rarely visible in the world of classical piano music with their project, "Hidden Voices."
- In celebration of the College of Music's centennial year, Thomas Riis, Joseph Negler emeritus professor of music who directed of the AMRC from 1992-2018, has written, Music at the University of Colorado: A Brief History.