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Keane Southard (MM 2011, composition) has been awarded a Fulbright U.S. Student grant to spend nine months next year pursuing research in Brazil.

Three chamber ensembles, all of differing instrumentation, have been accepted to compete with top musicians from across the country in the Fischoff Chamber Music Competition. Based on audition materials and applications, the Zenobia Quintet, the Flatirons Brass Quintet and the Tesla Quartet have all been accepted into this illustrious competition.

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鈥檚 so

THIS WEEK ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP WEDNESDAYS: BUILDING A 鈥淧ORTFOLIO CAREER鈥� with special guest artist, flutist LINDSEY GOODMAN What鈥檚 a portfolio career? It鈥檚 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

Gramophone, the world鈥檚 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 麻豆影院鈥檚 very own Tak谩cs Quartet.

Patrick Mason, a professor of voice at the 麻豆影院鈥檚 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-麻豆影院. He will be recognized at spring commencement on May 11 and at a reception in his honor in the fall.

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

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 麻豆影院, ASQ pursued studies with the school鈥檚 string faculty: Lina Bahn, Judith Glyde, Erika Eckert, and the Tak谩cs Quartet.

CU 麻豆影院 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.

Season tickets for the 2012-2013 Artist Series, Tak谩cs 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 麻豆影院. From engaging and thrilling dance, a world of musical sounds and exciting classical performances the 2012-2013 Artist Series is one not to miss!