Ashley Civelli

Celebrating winter graduates: Ashley Civelli

Dec. 13, 2023

Clarinetist Ashley Civelli doesn鈥檛 operate in a musical vacuum. Her College of Music education has deepened her firsthand experience as both a musician and an educator, roles that are equally important as she looks beyond graduation.

Colleen White (DMA 鈥17), Paul Zaborac (DMA 鈥17) and Cecilia Lo-Chien Kao (DMA 鈥19)

Alumni spotlight: Scheherazade Music Festival

Dec. 7, 2023

Three College of Music alumni recently launched the Scheherazade Music Festival鈥攁n incubator for innovation and connection through chamber music, pushing the art form forward and bringing performers, composers and audiences together.

Dylan Fixmer

Alumnus Dylan Fixmer鈥攃omposer with a cause

Nov. 29, 2023

Alumnus Dylan Fixmer鈥檚 variegated and prolific career aims to inspire empathy and advance community engagement.

Rinat Erlichman

2023-2024 Ekstrand Competition winners announced

Nov. 16, 2023

Congratulations to first-prize recipient and audience favorite Rinat Erlichman鈥攁nd all winners and participants in the College of Music鈥檚 premier performance competition for outstanding graduate students!

Rojana Savoye

Senior House Manager Rojana Savoye named 2023 Chancellor鈥檚 Employee of the Year!

Nov. 9, 2023

For more than two decades, Rojana Savoye has maintained positive public relations with CU 麻豆影院 patrons, presenters and co-workers; managed and enforced operational policies and procedures within the College of Music; and hired, supervised and mentored student ushers.

Dairy Arts Center poster: Vanished World Series: The Man Without A World

A harmonious blend of music + film: November residency with Alicia Svigals, Donald Sosin

Nov. 2, 2023

In a campus and community collaboration, we鈥檙e looking forward to an exciting residency featuring two outstanding artists鈥搑enowned klezmer violinist Alicia Svigals and celebrated silent film pianist Donald Sosin.

Dean John Davis

On creating beauty + mission-critical innovations

Oct. 26, 2023

鈥淚f there鈥檚 a reason to have hope in a world of upheaval and unrest, it鈥檚 experiencing a young person openly and courageously sharing their musical gift, including their angst or protest against injustices of all kinds. Beauty lies in their inimitable expression of their truth through music in a range of settings not limited to the concert hall. Beauty underpins our universal musician mission, for music majors and non-majors alike.鈥

 Nathan Mertens, Carter DeSouza, Joel Ferst and Ian Gunnarschja with Kaori Uno-Jack, MTNA judge and CU 麻豆影院 alum

Saxophone studio succeeds in MTNA competition

Oct. 24, 2023

The College of Music鈥檚 saxophone studio achieved great success in the recent MTNA Young Artist Woodwind Competition: Congratulations to Assistant Professor of Saxophone Nathan Mertens and his students鈥擟arter DeSouza, Joel Ferst and Ian Gunnarschja!

Daphne Leong headshot

Daphne Leong鈥檚 got rhythm

Oct. 18, 2023

When it comes to 20th- and 21st-century music, Professor of Music Theory Daphne Leong鈥攁long with her colleagues in the world of rhythm in music performance and scholarship鈥攅ngages in intense research and endless experimentation which brought her to Montreal鈥檚 McGill University for a recent residency.

Alumna Indigo Fischer. Photo credit Cristina Cutts @cuttsphoto.

Alumna spotlight: Indigo Fischer

Oct. 11, 2023

College of Music alumna Indigo Fischer reflects on her time at CU 麻豆影院 and tells us about her new role at Music Academy of the West!

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