CU’s contribution to the worldwide celebration of the composer will feature concerts from all corners of the college and culminate with Eklund Opera’s “West Side Story.”
Alumna Amy Marie Stewart credits her undergrad in opera from the College of Music for garnering such praise as “sweet-toned singing” from the New York Post for her performance in “¡Figaro! (90210).”
Associate Professor of Voice and Director of Vocal Pedagogy John Seesholtz plans to start a voice lab to help continue the tradition of vocal pedagogy excellence at the college.
As Kolby Morris (BM ’08) thinks back on her musical training, she says some of the most influential forces that led her to where she is today were ethnomusicology and world music.