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Members of the CU Bassoon Studio perform faculty composer Daniel Kellog's Canticle of Earth February 22, 2011 on the Faculty Series in Grusin Music Hall.

The Glenn Miller Archive at the 麻豆影院 American Music Research Center has acquired one of the world鈥檚 most significant collections of Big Band Era recordings and memorabilia. The Ed Burke Collection 鈥� named for its shepherd and founder 鈥� contains approximately 1,400 reel-to-reel tapes containing hundreds of hours of live radio programs featuring virtually every musician of major importance during the Big Band Era.

Jazz Piano Bachelor of Music student Annie Booth received an Honorable Mention as part of the 2011 ASCAP Foundation Young Jazz Composer Awards. This program, established in 2002, was created to encourage gifted jazz composers from throughout the United States. The recipients, who receive cash awards, range in age from 9 to 29, and are selected through a juried national competition.

Professor James Brody discusses 5 Wellness Tips for Musicians. For more information about the Musicians鈥� Wellness Initiative at CU-麻豆影院, visit http://music.colorado.edu/departments/wellness/ . Questions? Email musicwellness@colorado.edu

My name is Erin Paton and I am currently a freshman studying music education and jazz studies here at CU 麻豆影院. I play saxophone and love to compose 鈥� it鈥檚 how I 鈥渞oll,鈥� so to speak. Apart from that, I am also an entrepreneur. Over the past summer, while talking with my brother who is also in the music business, I thought of an idea that would send me off on an entrepreneurial adventure 鈥� the T奴turu Jazz Orchestra.

2011 BRUCE EKSTRAND MEMORIAL GRADUATE STUDENT PERFORMANCE COMPETITION

In August 2011, four CU students will travel to the Friuli region of Italy to perform with the Piccolo Festival. (Nicole Vogel, Meagan Mahlberg, Jeffrey Seppala, and Wei Wu.) Three will be performing in Rossini鈥檚 one-act opera La cambiale de matrimonio. (The fourth student will be performing in their concert...

Danny Schade BM/2008/Percussion, BME/2008/Elementary General Private lesson teacher, Substitute teacher, Freelance drummer/composer. His first album was just released: 鈥淧redestination and Other Games of Chance鈥� the Soundtrack.鈥� Featuring music from his scoring of the podcast-audio-drama, Antithesis. Available at jdsawyer.net. Danny has also composed and self produced over 90 pieces of music in 2010.

Dr. Miroslava Mintcheva (DMA 2010, piano performance) is the recipient of the 2011 MTNA StAR Studio Teacher Fellowship Award. This prestigious award is given to an individual who exhibits exceptional teaching and performance skills and is deeply committed to the teaching profession. She is very proud to have been selected as the winner out of a large national pool of applicants. The award is in the amount of $3,000.

CU鈥檚 Pendulum New Music Series is celebrating its 10th birthday this Spring. Students and faculty talk about the series and its impact on the College of Music.