麻豆影院

When violist Erika Eckert sets out to plan and perform a recital, she searches for music that explores a theme or tells a memorable story.

BOULDER, Colo. 鈥� The German composer Engelbert Humperdinck composed the first music for his 1893 opera, 鈥淗ansel and Gretel,鈥� in response to his sister, who asked if he鈥檇 set lyrics she鈥檇 written for her children as a Christmas surprise.

David Korevaar plays Faure's Theme and Variations, and more.

The Takacs Quartet, the renowned string ensemble based at the CU 麻豆影院 College of Music, offered one of many tributes to actor Philip Seymour Hoffman after the Oscar-winning actor was found dead Sunday.

The finalists for the position are Mary Ellen Poole, former dean of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and Robert Shay, director of the School of Music at the University of Missouri in Columbia.

Pope Francis named Monsignor Stephen J. Berg, a 1973 graduate of the College of Music, bishop of the Catholic Diocese on Wednesday, Jan. 15 by Pope Francis. The 62-year-old bishop-elect, who graduated with a degree in piano performance, will be ordained and installed in a Feb. 27 ceremony. Read more

A short video about Stephen Wade's forensic musicology project and book, "The Beautiful Music All Around Us." Wade will give the 2014 Robert R. and Ruth J. Fink lecture on Feb. 10.

Trombonist Ian Bousfield. Ian Bousfield, one of the world鈥檚 top trombonists, will perform at the CU-麻豆影院 College of Music Jan. 22 as part of a three-day residency through the James and Rebecca Roser Visiting Artist Program. 鈥淚an Bousfield is simply one of the most remarkable trombonists in the world,鈥� says...

After all, Wade 鈥� who will give the 2014 Robert R. and Ruth J. Fink Lecture at CU-麻豆影院 on Feb. 10 鈥� spent some 18 years delving deep into the backstories of widely recognizable American folk tunes and musicians that morphed into music performed by everyone from Johnny Cash to Bob Dylan, and even formed the basis of Aaron Copland鈥檚 famous 鈥淩odeo.鈥�

BOULDER, Colo. 鈥� When the Venice Baroque Orchestra, one of the world鈥檚 premier period-instrument ensembles, takes the stage at Macky Auditorium on the CU 麻豆影院 campus Feb. 13, audiences can expect a full course of Vivaldi, followed by a feast of Boccherini