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This year marks a milestone for Professor of Musicology Carlo Caballero who鈥攁long with his academic partner Stephen Rumph, professor of music history at the University of Washington鈥攚ill co-host the Faur茅 Centennial Festival in 麻豆影院, Feb. 27-March 3.

The American Music Research Center鈥檚 interim director, Associate Professor of Ethnomusicology Austin Okigbo, shares the center鈥檚 fall semester highlights鈥攊ncluding free performances of 鈥淪ong of Pueblo鈥� on campus and in Pueblo, Colorado.

Professor of Musicology Robert Shay and 10 of our students went beyond the traditional classroom this summer鈥攖o Vienna, Austria! Part of the CU 麻豆影院 Study Abroad program, this exciting, interdisciplinary two-week experience was one of several instructor-led Global Seminars.

For Professor of Musicology Robert Shay, the many mysteries of Purcell鈥檚 鈥淒ido and Aeneas鈥� are too important to ignore. His critical edition of the English composer鈥檚 score provides fresh answers to a number of questions.

For first-year PhD student Laura Klein, a visit to Jane Austen鈥檚 House in Chawton, Hampshire, inspired 鈥淭he Jane Austen Playlist: Love and Music of Regency England.鈥� On Feb. 25, Klein will capture the essence of Austen鈥檚 six major novels in a dramatized performance.

It was a busy fall for the American Music Research Center (AMRC)! One of the many efforts underway is the Soundscapes of the People project. Two CU 麻豆影院 PhD students鈥擫ydia Wagenknecht and Ben Cefkin鈥攁re working on this project alongside AMRC Director Susan Thomas, Associate Professor of Ethnomusicology Austin Okigbo and...

CU has announced newly designated distinguished professors鈥攖he highest honor bestowed upon faculty. Among the four awardees affiliated with the CU 麻豆影院 campus is the College of Music鈥檚 Professor of Musicology Rebecca Maloy.

鈥淩ather than mourn what we have lost, try to find new, different ways of music making. I tried to take this as an opportunity to create long-term curriculums with student-centered projects, and this was a great way for students and myself to interact with music in new, safe ways.鈥�

Curiosity drives Lydia Wagenknecht, a PhD candidate in ethnomusicology and recent recipient of a Fulbright Research Award. 鈥淚 care that my research will help us understand something in a more broad-based way that we didn鈥檛 understand before,鈥� she says.

鈥淲hile there鈥檚 no playbook for the unprecedented and the unknowable, by channeling collective despair into collective creativity, we become artistic entrepreneurs, contributing to society in impactful ways.鈥� In this year-end reflection on triumphs over turmoils, Dean Davis offers his perspective on music as essential to human betterment.