Community Engagement
- Student composer from the University of Colorado Boulder 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 University of Colorado Boulder'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’s New Opera Workshop—or CU NOW. But in the summer of 2016, that excitement will hit a fever pitch.
- When the Class of 2016 walks across the Grusin stage on Friday, May 6, they’ll be sharing the space with four distinguished members of the College of Music extended family.
- Music education majors Cameron Coday and Claire Glover are preparing for a special junior recital with a performance by students from El Sistema Colorado on April 18.
- This year, the Panoramic Flutist summer seminar will hold a Colorado High School Day on June 2.
- Through the Trying on Teaching program, CU-Boulder music education majors mentor high school music students who are considering a career teaching music.
- ACDA—a group of mostly choral music education majors—meets once a month for professional development and networking. But members say the student organization is about more than this unique opportunity for career building.
- Theory faculty Yonatan Malin and Keith Waters will lead a discussion Saturday, Oct. 24, during CU on the Weekend, titled "Gershwin Meets Schubert: Words, Music and Song."
- Chad Ibison and Silviu Ciulei, winners of the 2015 CU International Guitar Festival and Competition, are returning to give Boulder audiences an encore performance on Monday, Oct. 12.