Student news

On Wednesday, November 3, 2010, the 49th Annual Madrigal Festival took place at the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Congratulations to the following CU student performers and their teachers for winning the following awards at the MTNA (Music Teachers National Association) state competition. The competition is open to anyone in the State of Colorado and winners will advance to the Division Competition in January in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

Student musicians from Australia will be aiming for a tour de force when they unite with counterparts from the CU College of Music for an historic concert in Boulder on October 26th.

On Monday, October 11, 2010, the College of Music welcomed 74 students, along with their friends and families, to the first CU Music Day. The day presented informational sessions, events and activities for students to learn more about the College of Music and its degrees and programs. The day began with students receiving information from the Admissions Department and the administration of the College of Music, Dean Daniel Sher, and Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies, James Austin.

WHAT ARE MASSAGE CLINICS AT CU-BOULDER? Free 30 minute table massages offered for College of Music students by interns from Boulder College of Massage Therapy through the Musicians’ Wellness Initiative. Interns get hours towards certification; you get a free massage!

Celebrating 100 years hosting the best performing arts, lectures and entertainment events, Macky Auditorium is one of the most valuable and recognizable historical spaces on the CU Boulder Campus and a premiere venue in the Front Range. This short historical documentary made in celebration of Macky Auditorium’s 100th Anniversary was created thanks to the hard work of Executive Producer Tony Moores, Producer/Director Bud Leonard, writer Silvia Pettem and contributor Alan Cass.

Check out this YouTube video with CU Jazz Studies director John Davis! Jazz Ensemble I will be performing with Nnenna Freelon on her Artist Series appearance Saturday, September 25. For more information about this concert, visit www.cupresents.org .

Tenor John Lindsey (graduate student in voice) and pianist Robert Spillman (retired faculty) rehearse Robert Aldridge’s My Love in Her Attire which was performed at CU New Opera Workshop in July 2010.

Aaron Tindall (DMA tuba student) won the concerto competition at the Aspen Music Festival and performed R. Vaughn-Williams’ Concerto for Bass Tuba July 28th in the Benedict Music Tent at the Aspen music Festival. Before the performance he gave a live radio broadcast with Warren Deck, former principal tuba of the New York Philharmonic and John Rojack, bass trombone with the American Brass Quintet on KAJX (Aspen Public Radio).

Giovanni Gabrieli’s Sonata pian e forte arranged by William Waterhouse performed in Grusin Music Hall