Colorado Music 2020: Alumni

Alumni features and notes from the 2020 edition of Colorado Music

barbara bentree at screening

A story to celebrate

Alumna Barbara Bentree (BME '80) reflects on her time at CU and her film honoring one of the industry’s greats, fellow College of Music alumnus and Oscar-winning composer Dave Grusin (BM '56).

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"Way past due"

Alumnus opens the door for diversity in jazz

The chance to learn from the best

College of Music alumnus and Virginia Tech Assistant Professor of Piano Richard Masters looks back on his formative time at the College of Music

Music Education alumni lead

The Music Education area at the College of Music routinely produces leaders in the field, the most recent of whom is Claire Glover (BME ’17), who won the 2020 CMEA Young Music Educator Award.

How did we get here?

From the 1880s to today, how its history shaped the College of Music as we know it