They come from diverse backgrounds and have worked all over the world, from Santa Fe to Salzburg, New York to northern Iowa. But all four new full-time faculty members at the College of Music agree: «Ƶ is hard to beat.
«Ƶ composer, radio journalist featured in program’s first half When the world-renowned Kronos Quartet takes the stage at Macky Auditorium Oct. 8, expect a bit of «Ƶ, a dash of ‘60s Germany and a major meditation on World War I in music and film.
By Landon Jones and Pia De Jong | Time.com Actress Meryl Streep is here to do a one-time performance, reading selections from Philip Roth’s meditation-on-death novella, Everyman, accompanied by a string quartet and a star-struck audience of 900.
Kronos Quartet as a Dot Cloud By Graham Roberts, Catherine Spangler, Leslye Davis and Jeremy White | The New York Times The innovative musicians perform and discuss the special mystery of how a quartet communicates as part of an experiment capturing their sound and movement.
Gilbert & Sullivan’s comic light opera a crowd favorite CU Opera will open its 2014-15 season with Gilbert and Sullivan’s beloved comic operetta, “The Pirates of Penzance,” at Macky Auditorium Oct. 24-26.
College of Music freshman Michael Ochoa has been named to the inaugural class of the CU-«Ƶ Esteemed Scholars program. "I was honored to be awarded this scholarship and to be included in this program," Ochoa says. "A huge factor for me was the professor of oboe here (Peter Cooper), also the environment of CU-«Ƶ is a really welcoming place."
As his country continues to suffer from violent political upheaval, terrorism and atrocities, renowned Syrian-American composer and pianist Malek Jandali will bring his message of peace and human rights to CU-«Ƶ with a lecture and public concert on Sept. 29.
Dance troupe brings full theatrical performance of unique American form to Colorado for the first time BOULDER, Colo. — Brian Williams has a request of anyone planning to attend Colorado’s first full dance concert by Step Afrika! at Macky Auditorium Sept. 19: Get loud and get moving.
Rajeev Taranath, one of the world’s true masters of North Indian classical music and the sarod—a richly textured relative of the lute—will teach and perform during a Sept. 6-23 residency at the «Ƶ College of Music.
The Takács Quartet has announced music programs for its fall concerts. Sept. 21-22 String Quintet in G minor, K. 516 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Allegro Menuetto Adagio ma non troppe Adagio – Allegro