Strings news

Led by Professor Emerita Judith Glyde, the CU-Boulder study abroad program “Music and Performing Arts – Renaissance in the XXI Century” has brought a dozen or so College of Music students to the city for six weeks every spring.

Matteo Mela and Lorenzo Micheli—better known worldwide as SoloDuo—will be permanent visiting artists as part of the College of Music’s Ritter Family Classical Guitar Program starting in fall 2015.

Learn more about the four renowned artists who will join the faculty at the University of Colorado Boulder College of Music this fall.

This fall, the CU College of Music welcomes two new string faculty, cellist David Requiro and violinist Harumi Rhodes.

In just over three years, Nicolò Spera has put CU-Boulder on the map as a true global mecca for classical-guitar teaching, performance and competition.

There was a time when the New York-based Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company traveled with the same musicians when it toured the country.

Quartet members Andrew Giordano, Andrew Krimm, Zachary Reaves and Joshua Ulrich joined Park, bassoonist Daniel Nester, tenor Paul Kroeger and mezzo-soprano Rebecca Robinson were named finalists after two rounds of competition among 40 contestants. The quartet won the $2,000 overall prize, Park received $500 for the audience prize and all finalists received $500 prizes, to be used professional development, to help with costs for such things as performance, outreach or recording.

All apologies to Forrest Gump, but you really never know what you’re going to get at the University of Colorado Boulder’s Ekstrand music competition finals. Might be Bach, Bernstein or Basie, show tunes or a string quartet, a jazz solo or guitar duo.

The Cavani Quartet's Oct. 15-20 residency at CU-Boulder includes two performances at Grusin Music Hall and master classes, lectures and workshops on campus and in the community.

By Peter Alexander | Sharps & Flatirons