ENTREPRENEURIAL UPBEAT: Vol. 5, No. 9

April 16, 2012

THIS WEEK ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP WEDNESDAYS: MANAGING YOUR PERSONAL FINANCES with guest DENNIS PAUL from Elevations Credit Union How many of you have student loans? Credit card balances? Other financial responsibilities? How many of you are already saving for retirement or paying your own health insurance? Do you know your credit score and why it’s so

ENTREPRENEURIAL UPBEAT: Vol. 5, No. 8

April 16, 2012

THIS WEEK ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP WEDNESDAYS: BUILDING A “PORTFOLIO CAREER” with special guest artist, flutist LINDSEY GOODMAN What’s a portfolio career? It’s what many (if not most) music students say they aspire to have: a career made up of teaching, an orchestral job, and chamber/solo performing. Learn what it takes to build such a career from

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Takács Quartet Inducted into Gramophone Hall of Fame

April 12, 2012

Gramophone, the world’s authority on classical music, in preparation for its 90th birthday celebration, has selected 50 names to be the first inductees into The Gramophone Hall of Fame. Among these 50 names are only two ensembles, one of them being CU «Ƶ’s very own Takács Quartet.

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Patrick Mason to receive 2012 Hazel Barnes Prize

April 10, 2012

Patrick Mason, a professor of voice at the «Ƶ’s College of Music, has been selected to receive the 2012 Hazel Barnes Prize. The prize is the highest faculty recognition for teaching and research awarded by the university. Mason will receive an engraved university medal and $20,000, the largest single faculty award funded by CU-«Ƶ. He will be recognized at spring commencement on May 11 and at a reception in his honor in the fall.

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Composition Faculty Daniel Kellogg Wins Aaron Copland Award

April 5, 2012

Composition faculty Daniel Kellogg has been awarded a coveted Aaron Copland Award that includes a residency at Aaron Copland’s National Historic Landmark house in New York’s lower Hudson Valley. During this residency, Professor Kellogg will continue his exemplary composition work.

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Alumni Anasazi String Quartet win MTNA Chamber Music Competition

March 29, 2012

The Anasazi String Quartet (ASQ) won 1st Prize in the 2012 MTNA National Chamber Music Competition. The quartet, praised by audiences for their passionate and engaging performances, has been playing together since the fall of 2009. Founded at the University of Colorado at «Ƶ, ASQ pursued studies with the school’s string faculty: Lina Bahn, Judith Glyde, Erika Eckert, and the Takács Quartet.

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Megan Marino (MM '08) wins 3rd prize in 2012 Lotte Lenya Competition

March 27, 2012

CU «Ƶ Music alumna Megan Marino (MM 2008, vocal performance) won third prize in the 2012 Lotte Lenya Competition on April 21, 2012, at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York. Three-time Tony Award nominee Rebecca Luker, Broadway and Encores! music director Rob Berman, and Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization President and American Theater Wing Chairman of the Board Theodore S. Chapin served as judges.

CU Presents Season Tickets Now on Sale

March 18, 2012

Season tickets for the 2012-2013 Artist Series, Takács Chamber & Encore Series, CU Opera, Holiday Festival and Spring Swing are now available! Following in the 75 year tradition, the Artist Series brings a diverse array of world class performers to CU «Ƶ. From engaging and thrilling dance, a world of musical sounds and exciting classical performances the 2012-2013 Artist Series is one not to miss!

ENTREPRENEURIAL UPBEAT: Vol. 5, No. 6

March 13, 2012

THIS WEEK ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP WEDNESDAYS: CONTRACTS with Attorney Dave Ratner and CU Presents Exec. Director Joan Braun Sooner or later we’ll all have to deal with a contract – either as an artist being contracted to perform, compose, or write, or as a presenter hiring artists for your venture. Come learn about how contracts are

ENTREPRENEURIAL UPBEAT: Vol. 5, No. 7

March 13, 2012

THIS WEEK ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP WEDNESDAYS: FOR-PROFIT or NON-PROFIT? With special guest Travis LaBarge, Founder of Parlando School for the Arts Many aspiring musicians assume that the arts venture they’re dreaming of starting someday will be a non-profit. But this isn’t always the best choice…how do you figure that out? Come hear Travis LaBarge, Founder and

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