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CU-«Ƶ students perform at Monterey's prestigious Next Generation Jazz Festival

March 31, 2015

The students were invited to perform as part of the Monterey Jazz Festival’s prestigious Next Generation Jazz Festival, which annually brings more than a thousand middle-school, high-school and college big bands, combos and ensembles to “duke it out for the glory of performing at the Monterey Jazz Festival in September,” according to the festival’s website.

cosi fan tutte

DAILY CAMERA — Eklund Opera's 'Così fan tutte' is 'intense, hysterical, radiant'

March 13, 2015

Even in its most intimate and reserved moments, Mozart's Così fan tutte is by turns intense and hysterical. Its intricate plot, which might have become convoluted in lesser hands than those of Mozart and his librettist, Lorenzo Da Ponte, moves forward with such swiftness that at times the observer is left breathless.

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Graying gracefully: Natalie Merchant to play with CU-«Ƶ Symphony April 2

March 9, 2015

Natalie Merchant is used to it by now—the startled gasp from the audience when she emerges on stage. The reaction says more about our celebrity-crazed culture than it does about Merchant, embraced by fans in the 1980s as the hip vocalist and literate lyricist/songwriter for the alt-folk-rock band 10,000 Maniacs.

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South Indian classical vocalist Gurucharan to perform with Sands of Infinity at CU-«Ƶ March 21

March 9, 2015

Strings Around Voice: A Classical Story, "celebrates the idea of the Fulbright endeavor, which is to increase the mutual understanding between musicians from India and America," Erhard says. The event will feature not only music, but also a discussion of "the ways that the styles of Indian Carnatic music—South Indian classical—and Western music can fuse and blend in exciting, innovative ways," he says.

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CU-«Ƶ music students, faculty to present 'Shades of Jazz' March 8 at Lone Tree Arts Center

March 5, 2015

Students and faculty from the CU-«Ƶ Thompson Jazz Studies Program will perform some of the greatest music of the swing era March 8 in Lone Tree, hosted by the CU-«Ƶ Denver Metro Alumni Chapter.

D'Rivera

Jazz great Paquito D'Rivera to give master class at CU-«Ƶ Feb. 26

Feb. 24, 2015

Born in Havana, Cuba, the versatile D'Rivera—flute, saxophone, clarinet—performed with the National Theater Orchestra at age 10. He studied at the Havana Conservatory of Music and became a featured soloist with the Cuban National Symphony at age 17.

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VIDEO CU-«Ƶ's Takács Quartet plays, talks Beethoven at TEDx Vail

Feb. 23, 2015

The Takács Quartet performs and discusses Beethoven's "Allegro Vivace e Sempre Scherzando" from Beethoven's String Quartet in F major, Op. 59, No. 1 "Rasumovsky"

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College of Music piano major Eli Stalzer key to Buffs basketball

Feb. 17, 2015

Under bright stage lights, before an audience of empty chairs, Eli Stalzer runs his fingers across the keys of a large, black piano. He’s come for an interview, not a rehearsal, but he can’t help himself: He’s been a piano player since age eight.

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College of Music's second International Guitar Festival at CU-«Ƶ Feb. 19-21

Feb. 16, 2015

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

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Jazz legend Rufus Reid to give free performance, master classes at CU-«Ƶ Feb. 16-18

Feb. 11, 2015

Reid will give a free performance at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 18 in Grusin Music Hall. The College of Music Concert Jazz Ensemble, directed by Brad Goode, will perform Reid's original compositions from Quiet Pride, nominated for a Grammy Award in 2014 for best Large Jazz Ensemble Album.

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