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CU Opera Director Leigh Holman gives a rundown of what audiences can expect at this year鈥檚 inaugural CU New Opera Workshop (CU NOW) July 25-August 7. For more information and tickets, visit the CU Presents website.

CU New Opera Workshop, this is your chance to experience an opera being built from score to floor July 25-August 7!

CU鈥檚 麻豆影院 Laptop Orchestra (BLOrk) performed with Assistant Professor of Jazz Studies John Gunther in December 2008 as part of the ISIM (International Society for Improvised Music) Conference. Enjoy this performance of Gunther鈥檚Fireflies!

Faculty members Edward Dusinberre, violin and David Korevaar, piano have just released a new recording of Beethoven鈥檚 Violin Sonatas Nos. 9 鈥淜reutzer鈥� & 10 on Decca. This recording was funded by grants from the Council on Research and Creative Work and from the Graduate Committee on the Arts and Humanities at the University of Colorado. The recording can be ordered from Presto Classical.

The American Music Research Center鈥檚 annual advisory board retreat Saturday, July 17 was an opportunity for AMRC staff and board members to discuss future plans and recap the year鈥檚 events. This past year has been an eventful one at the AMRC, including the following highlights:

The 2010 Panoramic Flutist Seminar was held June 1-4 at CU. 44 flutists from the US, Mexico, France, Korea, and New Zealand were in attendance. Flute faculty included CU鈥檚 Christina Jennings, Rice University Full Professor Leone Buyse, and Jean Ferrandis- the extraordinary International soloist. Margaret McDonald and David Korevaar were the seminar鈥檚 amazing pianists.

Instructor of Music Theory Paul Miller was invited in May to perform on three historical string instruments in the Wilkins Collection of the Library of Congress, in Washington DC. These instruments were donated in 1937 by Dr. H.

Laurie Sampsel, faculty director of the Howard B. Waltz Music Library, is the recipient of the 2009 Provost鈥檚 Faculty Achievement Award. The award comes with a $1,000 research/creative work grant and a plaque. The commendation from Interim Provost Stein Sture noted Sampsel鈥檚 2008 book on music research published by Oxford University Press. Laurie was recognized at the Fall Convocation on October 16, 2009, in Old Main Chapel.

Alumna Kathleen McGuire (DMA, 2000) was one of only six conductors nationwide to have been awarded a special citation in 2010 from The American Prize for Excellence in Music Education, for her work with the San Francisco Gay Men鈥檚 Chorus. It is a recognition of distinction, noting her as among America鈥檚 finest teachers of the art of music.

CU-麻豆影院 composition faculty member Daniel Kellogg is working on a new opera, The Autumn Orchard, which will be workshopped this summer at the CU New Opera Workshop. Here are a few sample posts from his blog danielkellogg.blogspot.com: