Innovation
College of Music student Jenna Palensky is also a full-time team member at Specdrums, a Boulder startup that was recently acquired by robot toy company Sphero.
In a special partnership for the 2017 edition of CU NOW鈥檚 Composer Fellows鈥 Initiative, 兔子先生传媒文化作品鈥檚 Eklund Opera Program teamed up with CU Film Studies students to create short films to accompany student-written and student-performed opera scenes
Elise Campbell and Callan Miller are already winning awards for Gigsicians, the online service that connects musicians with event planners hiring for gigs.
This summer, Alejandro Cremaschi will teach a class of 15-20 students the finer points of beginner piano playing. They'll go through a sequence of fun piano pieces and learn about rhythm, reading music, hand placement and chords鈥攁nd they'll do it entirely online.
Alumni Sam Estes (MM 鈥05) and Cole Ingraham (DMA 鈥13) are changing the game in film scoring, helping build a music composition software based on an algorithm and user needs.
The College of Music next fall is launching a new Bachelor of Arts degree in Music with a Technology and Media emphasis.
Before this Friday鈥檚 Symphony Orchestra concert, Dean Robert Shay will unveil 鈥淭he College of Music Advantage,鈥 the college鈥檚 strategic plan.
Renowned opera professionals Jake Heggie and Gene Scheer brought their working opera "It's a Wonderful Life" to the University of Colorado Boulder's CU NOW workshop in June 2016. They will premiere the piece during the 2016 holiday season at Houston Grand Opera.
Several musicology PhD students and Associate Professor Rebecca Maloy delve into the meaning of Old Hispanic chant, a contemporary of medieval Gregorian chant.
Hugh Lobel, a 2015 DMA graduate, is making it easier for anyone to compose their own music using his new platform, Music_SDP.