Creative Expressions
With support from a Center for Humanities & the Arts grant, the Chicago-based Nois Saxophone Quartet returned to the College of Music as part of the Faculty Tuesdays and SoundWorks series, increasing the learning horizon “tenfold.”
The Grammy Award-winning Takács Quartet is reflecting on a remarkable journey and the group’s founding a half-century ago.
When Angel Mollel enrolled in her capstone documentary class, she wanted to make a film she was proud of. She fulfilled the goal, with the added bonus of winning a regional Student Emmy Award.
Erin Block, e-resources metadata and reporting manager at the University Libraries, shares her thoughts on winning the 2024 Colorado Book Award for poetry and process for writing her debut poetry collection “How You Walk Alone in the Dark.”
The College of Music’s 2024 New Opera Workshop is underway, leading up to performances of Gene Scheer’s “Polly Peachum,” as well as performances of opera scenes presented by the Composer Fellows’ Initiative in June.
The College of Music’s Thompson Jazz Studies Program will be shaking up this year’s commencement ceremony with new takes on the timeless “Pomp and Circumstance,” reimagined in the styles of Latin jazz, New Orleans funk and big band swing.
Associate Professor of Jazz Studies Paul McKee reflects on the impact of mentorship and shares the spirit of his new, three-part arrangement of “Pomp and Circumstance” to premiere at commencement on May 9.
Mention Jamaican music to most Americans, and the pop sounds of reggae usually come to mind. But there’s much more—the wonderfully rich harmonies of choral music, hundreds of rarely heard sacred songs and folk songs that deserve more exposure. Doctoral student O’Neil Jones is about to make that happen.
Associate Professor of Music Theory Steven Bruns and the late renowned composer George Crumb shared a close, long-lasting professional relationship and deep friendship. As Bruns nears retirement this spring, he reflects on his role as Crumb’s archivist and biographer.
Three College of Music alumni recently started the Scheherazade Music Festival—an incubator for innovation and connection through chamber music, pushing the art form forward and bringing performers, composers and audiences together.