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Building blocks of human betterment

Anonymous — Thu, 21 Apr 2022 06:00:00 +0000

Building blocks of human betterment Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 04/21/2022 - 00:00

John Davis

Susanne Langer—philosopher and educator renowned for her theories on the influences of art on the mind—defined music as “a laboratory for feeling and time.” I would add that music is essential to human betterment.

This Spring alone, from the war in Ukraine to fires in our own backyard—on the heels of a two-year (and counting) pandemic and accelerating repercussions of global climate change—it can be difficult to stay focused, to be creative. And yet, in the steady success of our students (meet Outstanding Graduating Senior Nelson Walker), alumni and faculty, I’m convinced that what we do at the College of Music is more important, more relevant than ever. Because what we do is create the building blocks of human betterment—of ourselves, one another and our world.

As I reflect on the past academic year and look forward to the next one, I’m moved by our accomplishments and motivated by our mission to develop and nurture the universal musician. I consider it a profound privilege to ensure that our programs and practices increasingly support a compassionate community, transcending differences and difficult times. It’s through this lens that our faculty and staff, too, aim to guide, empower and elevate our talented and remarkably resilient students.

It’s understandable to feel helpless and to ask “What can I do?” While there’s no playbook for the unprecedented and the unknowable, a shared commitment to betterment provides anchorage and inspires action. The way I see it, by channeling collective despair into collective creativity, we become artistic entrepreneurs, contributing to society in impactful ways:

Among too many recent student successes to name, Nelson Walker’s composition “Untitled [wind]” is his processing of—and reflection upon—the devastation of the Marshall and Middle Fork fires. Meanwhile, first-year master’s student Kedrick Armstrong landed on The Washington Post’s 2022 “Composers and performers to watch” list, representing the College of Music among diverse composers, performers and artists who are “hitting their stride with work that resonates with the right now.” As well, the Ivalas Quartet—our Graduate String Quartet in Residence, studying with the Takács Quartet—won Grand Prize and First Prize in the national Coltman Chamber Music Competition; and our exceptional trumpet studio had unprecedented success at the National Trumpet Competition, winning three out of five collegiate divisions (large ensemble division, small ensemble division and military excerpts division) and placing second in the graduate solo division.

Among wide-ranging faculty achievements and well-earned accolades, Professor of Music Education James Austin was inducted into the Colorado Music Educators Association’s Hall of Fame earlier this year; and Susan Thomas—the College of Music’s Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity + Inclusion, Director of the American Music Research Center and Professor of Musicology—was recognized for her leadership and service by the Boulder Faculty Assembly this month. The Soundscapes of the People project she co-directs was just awarded a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities’ Archaeological and Ethnographic Field Research program. Additionally, a new book—“In Search of Inspiration: Interviews with Notable Choral Conductors”—by Director of Choral Studies Gregory Gentry features 15 choral conductors, each answering fundamental questions about how they shaped their achievements; and, on April 30, Chair of Musicology and Associate Professor of Ethnomusicology Austin Okigbo will explore how we create music in response to pandemics, and how musicians impact public health and healing from pandemics at TEDxMileHigh.

Such examples of the College of Music’s community engagement and artistic entrepreneurship in composition, performance, scholarship and research inspire me every day. I’m confident that, through music, our students, alumni, faculty, staff and supporters will continue to contribute to the betterment and benefit of the world we inhabit. Stay tuned for our spotlights next week featuring the impact and influence of 2022 Distinguished Alumnus Award recipient Damani Phillips and 2022 Distinguished Service Award recipient Judith Glyde.

With proud congratulations to our Spring 2022 graduates, I wish you a rejuvenating summer!

Photo: Dean Davis interacts with Conducting Chair and Director of Bands Donald McKinney. On Tuesday, April 19, the CU Wind Symphony—conducted by McKinney—performed “The Battle for the Ballot” by Stacy Garrop. Her piece celebrates the centenary of the passage of the 19th Amendment. Also on the program was “I wander the world in a dream of my own making” by composer Christopher Theofanidis. Join us on April 26, when the CU Symphony Orchestra premieres Theofanidis’ “On the Bridge of the Eternal.” Originally commissioned by the college in 2020, the debut of this work was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

“While there’s 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.” In this year-end reflection on triumphs over turmoils, Dean Davis offers his perspective on music as essential to human betterment.

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“Roots and Branches” showcases diversity in performance

Anonymous — Wed, 16 Mar 2022 06:00:00 +0000

“Roots and Branches” showcases diversity in performance Anonymous (not verified) Wed, 03/16/2022 - 00:00

You’re invited! Join us on March 31 in Grusin Music Hall for the College of Music’s annual Diversity in Performance event—a longstanding tradition of our Diverse Musicians’ Alliance (DiMA) for more than 14 years.

“This year’s Diversity in Performance event—‘Roots and Branches’—is an inclusive presentation featuring student performers from all over campus and the Boulder community,” says Professor of Piano Pedagogy Alejandro Cremaschi. “As such, it’s a wildly diverse concert featuring all kinds of genres from different cultures and ethnicities.”

He adds, “This year, we opened the event to dancers and other arts. The program includes several acts that are unusual in our College of Music—among others, highlights include freestyle hiphop dance, a Latin American cumbia ensemble, traditional Zimbabwean Mbira songs, tango dancers and an original composition for bassoon and piano by Isabel Goodwin, one of our student composers.”

Diversity and Outreach Coordinator Alexis McClain agrees: “From fiddle tunes to bassoon music, there’s something for everyone to enjoy.

“I’m very excited to check out this show—my first one since taking on my new role with the College of Music. I love to see people light up doing what they enjoy and are good at.”

Photos: Guitar performance major and DiMA member Izzy Fincher, who will perform Carlos Rafael Rivera’s “Whirler of the Dance”; Julianne Kim and Zhouming Sun in rehearsal; and the Cold Brew Freestyle Crew, who will perform a song mix.

The College of Music’s Diverse Musicians’ Alliance presents this year’s Diversity in Performance event—“Roots and Branches”—on March 31.

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2022 Honors Competition winners announced

Anonymous — Wed, 23 Feb 2022 00:04:15 +0000

2022 Honors Competition winners announced Anonymous (not verified) Tue, 02/22/2022 - 17:04

Sabine Kortals Stein

The College of Music's annual Honors Competition is always an exciting event when both undergraduate and graduate students hope to land the opportunity to perform with the CU Symphony Orchestra in the fall.

On Feb. 20, flutist Courtney Badura (BM '23) and violinist Reuben Kebede (AD '22) took the "gold."

Badura performed Malcolm Arnold’s Concerto for Flute and Strings No. 1, Op. 45, accompanied by Collaborative Piano Instructor Hsiao-Ling Lin. Kebede—a violinist with the Ivalas Quartet, the college's Graduate String Quartet in Residence—performed Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s Violin Concerto in G minor, Op. 80, accompanied by pianist Madoka Asari. Honorable mentions include cellist Matthew Wiest and mezzo soprano Gabrielle Razafinjatovo.

Says Kebede, "It means a great deal to me to have won the Honors Competition for a few reasons. Most importantly, I’m thrilled to be able to return to ��ý�Ļ��Ʒ next year to work with Maestro Lewis and the talented students in the CU Symphony Orchestra to bring this wonderful but rarely performed concerto to life. It’s such a beautiful and dynamic piece, and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s orchestration is sublime. I always find it incredibly rewarding to share music by underrepresented composers and I’m confident the audience will take to this work.

"Winning the competition this year also taught me a lesson on the power of perseverance. Two years ago, I made it to the finals of the competition but did not win. Last year, I did not make it to the finals. As with anything in life, it’s important to remember that the road to success is rarely a straight line and things are likely to work out in your favor eventually if you put in the work.

"Lastly, I’d like to sincerely thank my peers and colleagues for their support through the process and, of course, my excellent teachers Ed Dusinberre and Harumi Rhodes for everything they’ve done for me."

Adds Badura in reflecting on her experience, "Winning the Honors Competition means receiving a really amazing opportunity to share myself and my music with others. As musicians, we spend a lot of time by ourselves in practice rooms making mistakes, learning and growing on a personal level. And when we finally get to perform, it means sharing that intimate side with the audience. We get to say, 'Here I am, here's my music and I hope you'll love it as much as I do.'"

She continues, "The Malcolm Arnold concerto is a really special piece because it has everything I love about music. It has fun and interesting harmonies, witty motives, poignant heartfelt moments and that firecracker of a finale. There's so much opportunity to say something with the notes and to share many different characters with the audience.

"I'm excited to work with the orchestra and to interact with the piece in the way it was intended to be played. All of the charming moments of the piece are brought out even more with the support of the whole orchestra. It will be really special to collaborate with all of those amazing musicians to bring this piece to life."

Congratulations to all our students who participated in this year's competition and to those who advanced to the final round:

Undergraduate competition

Courtney Badura, flute
Matthew Wiest, cello
Anna Kallinikos, trumpet
Luke Lozano, piano
Asha Romeo, soprano

Graduate competition

Reuben Kebede, violin
Gabrielle Razafinjatovo, mezzo soprano
Cade Braynen, piano
Tiani Butts, violin
Sarah Cain, soprano
J.T. Holdbrooks, bassoon
Noah Mennenga, trumpet
Lisa Read + Sophia Oehlers, oboes
Michael Winkler, trumpet

To enjoy the winners' performances in the fall semester, visit cupresents.org for details.

On Feb. 20, flutist Courtney Badura (BM '23) and violinist Reuben Kebede (AD '22) took the "gold." Congratulations!

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Silver and Gold Music scholar’s interdisciplinary approach to music

Anonymous — Tue, 25 Jan 2022 07:00:00 +0000

Silver and Gold Music scholar’s interdisciplinary approach to music Anonymous (not verified) Tue, 01/25/2022 - 00:00

MarieFaith Lane

South African anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela once said: “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”

Education bridges science, technology, music and many other disciplines; it helps us to understand the advancement of humanity through time while informing and forming the minds that will change the world. However, education costs are rising everywhere and the College of Music aims to defray those costs.

On average, 75% of College of Music students receive scholarships or other financial aid. The Silver and Gold Music Scholarship Program, specifically, provides financial support to student musicians–including first-generation students and those from low-income and underserved communities.

Jennifer Kaphammer is a recipient of a Silver and Gold Music Scholarship and shares the significance of how it positively impacts her future in music and technology.

Originally from Windsor, Colorado, Kaphammer is a first-year student at our College of Music, pursuing a bachelor’s degree in music technology. “��ý�Ļ��Ʒ has allowed me to more easily pursue both of my passions–music and technology,” she says. “Receiving the scholarship reinforced my decision to commit to CU. It was incredibly comforting to know that there was a community supporting me enough to fund my education.

“This scholarship allows me to fully focus on my studies and music.”

Kaphammer describes the College of Music as an environment fostering collaboration and creativity. “I’m in the percussion studio, studying under the guidance of [Professor of Percussion and Jazz] Douglas Walter and [Percussion Lecturer] Carl Dixon.

“It was amazing to walk into studio on the first day, meeting all of these amazing musicians who are now my studio-mates. Seeing the impressive projects the upperclassmen and my fellow first-year studio-mates were working on was immediately inspiring,” Kaphammer says.

As a well-rounded student and musician, Kaphammer is involved in many extracurricular activities. “In addition to classical music, I also enjoy playing in the Latin Percussion Ensemble, where I’m learning a lot about cultural music,” she says. “I’m also playing the drum set in the Basketball Band. It’s fun to make music with other music students and people from other majors in such an upbeat, enthusiastic environment.”

As a part of the scholarship program, all students receiving financial assistance are invited to the College of Music’s Annual Scholarship Celebration Dinner. Kaphammer explains the importance of community among scholarship recipients: “Attending the Annual Scholarship Celebration Dinner, I was able to connect with students I hadn’t interacted with before, especially graduate students.

“I’ve built a strong connection with graduate students I’m taking lessons from. It’s comforting to know the graduate students who are mentoring many of the underclassmen students like us.”

Kaphammer intends to go into sound design, broadcasting, or hardware development. She’s especially passionate about building technologies that make music more accessible. She hopes to create an easy-to-use software that can be implemented in school systems to help introduce music to kids at young ages, especially those in underserved populations.

Learn more about supporting our students through the Silver and Gold Music Scholarship.

Silver and Gold Music Scholarship recipient Jennifer Kaphammer—a first-year student majoring in music technology—shares how the scholarship impacts and inspires her future in music and technology.

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BME student ambassador: “interpersonal work + music”

Anonymous — Fri, 17 Dec 2021 07:00:00 +0000

BME student ambassador: “interpersonal work + music” Anonymous (not verified) Fri, 12/17/2021 - 00:00

Laynie Metsker

College of Music student ambassador and bassoonist Laynie Metsker—current Silver + Gold Scholarship recipient—recently shared with us and Future Buffs interested in music education her perspectives on our Bachelor of Music Education (BME) degrees:

I chose to go into education because the role of a music educator combines two things I adore: interpersonal work and music. I’ve always enjoyed interacting with people and my time as a band director—as well as my time spent studying to be one—are improving my leadership, teaching and social skills. Additionally, music has always been prevalent in my life and it has contributed greatly to my growth as a person. I want to share my love for music with students of my own so that they may reap the benefits of music, too.

��ý�Ļ��Ʒ’s music education program is special because it’s immersive from the beginning. Your field work starts in your first semester of your first year, when you’ll have opportunities to observe educators at work. In previous years, students have gone to nearby schools to observe classes live—because of the pandemic, we now get to watch video clips of educators leading rehearsal and then meet with those teachers over Zoom for a live interview!

Practicum will begin in your second year and you’ll have continuous chances to teach in the classroom throughout your degree. You’ll observe and teach in band, choir and orchestra settings so that you receive a well-rounded education as a result of your exposure to music education’s different tracks. Your degree ends after you spend your last semester student teaching full time.

The BME degree is a busy one but it’s manageable with prioritization skills. When I have time between classes, I try to knock out or make decent progress on my assignments … or I practice my bassoon in a nearby practice room. I also prefer to schedule all my classes in the morning so that I can have the evening to do homework and marching band and relax when I’m done. I also used my AP credits and acquired piano skills to test out of some of my classes, which has helped me to get ahead and create a more manageable schedule.

Being a music major requires accountability and the more of it you have, the easier your day-to-day life will be.

Sign up for a tour of our Imig Music Building, learn more about our BME degrees … and be sure to catch a College of Music performance while you’re on campus!

College of Music student ambassador and bassoonist Laynie Metsker recently shared with us—and Future Buffs—her perspectives on becoming a music educator.

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Annual Holiday Festival celebrates community comeback

Anonymous — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 07:00:00 +0000

Annual Holiday Festival celebrates community comeback Anonymous (not verified) Wed, 12/01/2021 - 00:00

MarieFaith Lane

For many locals, the holiday season begins with the College of Music’s annual Holiday Festival featuring several of our ensembles—from the Holiday Festival Orchestra and the CU Chamber Singers to our West African Highlife Ensemble.

As a current graduate student studying violin performance and pedagogy—while serving as communications assistant for our college—it’s been rewarding to be a part of the behind-the-scenes preparations to launch this large-scale community event, Dec. 3-5. College of Music faculty and my fellow students have worked incredibly hard in rehearsals—especially since fall break—to deliver high quality performances this weekend. And the college’s communicators, marketers and box office staff have worked tirelessly, collaborating with different departments to creatively promote our Holiday Festival to interested audiences.

I’m honored to be concertmaster—the leader of the first violin section working closely with the conductor—this holiday season. I’m excited to be a part of this warm and entertaining holiday tradition presenting many beautiful arrangements of holiday favorites. One piece I particularly enjoy playing is “Christmas Overture” by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, an Afro-English composer. The most easily recognizable carol themes referenced in the overture include “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen,” “Good King Wenceslas” and “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing.”

With the college’s dedication to expanding diversity, equity and inclusion in everything we do, it’s been wonderful to work on a program that features repertoire from composers of all backgrounds, including works by historically underrepresented composers.

This year more than ever, I’m grateful for the opportunity to perform live for in-person audiences. I’ve been talking with community members who are counting down to this concert-filled weekend—like me, many people are eager to return to some semblance of normalcy, including going to concerts and celebrating the holiday spirit together.

Gregory Gentry, who conducts the CU Chamber Singers, puts it this way: “Both our students and staff are proud that we’re able to come back to this community tradition that was silenced last year because of the pandemic. The Holiday Festival has been and continues to be a gift to not only our students and campus community, but the broader community as a whole.”

See you at Macky Auditorium this weekend!

Photo: MarieFaith Lane, front and center, is concertmaster of this year's Holiday Festival.

MarieFaith Lane, a current graduate student and Holiday Festival 2021 concertmaster, offers a first-person perspective on the spirit of this weekend’s community event.

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Working with your studio professor

Anonymous — Wed, 20 Oct 2021 06:00:00 +0000

Working with your studio professor Anonymous (not verified) Wed, 10/20/2021 - 00:00

Rose Hansen

I’m going to say this right off the bat: I love working with Professor of Bassoon Yoshi Ishikawa. This is a very good thing—when you choose a school, your potential professors are a big reason why you look at the schools you do, so it stands to reason that I would enjoy learning from whoever taught at where I ended up going, right? Right.

Working with Professor Ishikawa is different from working with my high school teacher. They’re focused on different aspects of playing. They enjoy different things. They have different life experiences. That said, they're both focused on the success of their students and the best way that they can help them.

A typical lesson goes like this: I show up, I put my instrument together and soak my reed. While this is happening, Professor Ishikawa and I have a nice chat about life … things that are going on, current events and the like. Then, we get down to business which consists of almost anything under the sun and can take almost any amount of time. It can be talking about career plans and ways to implement them, it can be working on something for an audition or it can be working on something for fun. Sometimes I choose the pieces that I play and sometimes Professor does … it depends.

I find that when I’m preparing a piece, I generally do so with a focus on something that I'm trying to improve. A struggle for me is vibrato—so a lot of the pieces that I have chosen or been given to learn have several slower sections where it's necessary to focus on vibrato to sound good. As a result, I've been able to integrate better vibrato into all pieces that I play. Music is something that builds on itself as you learn and continue with it, so I have found it helpful to spend a lot of time on vibrato now … rather than in the future.

I also tend to be a perfectionist which explains why I tend to spend a long time on things. Professor helps me develop what I want to do, but also helps talk me down from focusing on too much all at once. He helps me move onto something else when I feel that I’m not progressing in a way that I want—or feel that I need to—so that I don’t go insane. Instead of just focusing on vibrato all semester, there’s a piece or two that includes some sort of technically difficult passage so that I can work on tricky fingerings, rhythm or different reed-making techniques.

Having someone to look out for you and know when you need a push in one direction or another is extremely helpful and I'm grateful to Professor for that.

The most important thing in working with Professor is our relationship. When looking at schools, I was majorly concerned with how I clicked with the bassoon teachers and, in particular, the teaching style at each university. Trial lessons were a huge part of how I figured that out. If you get the chance, I would encourage you to schedule a trial lesson with a professor you’re interested in taking lessons from—or at a university you’d like to attend—to see how you click.

Rose Hansen is a senior from the suburbs of Boston majoring in bassoon performance and minoring in ecology + evolutionary biology. When not making reeds or talking about bees, she can be found finding the best recipes and the worst movies in existence.

"Having someone to look out for you and know when you need a push in one direction or another is extremely helpful."

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Non-traditional careers + community

Anonymous — Thu, 07 Oct 2021 06:00:00 +0000

Non-traditional careers + community Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 10/07/2021 - 00:00

MarieFaith Lane

As part of our dean's vision to develop what he calls the "universal musician," the College of Music continually strives to revise and refine its programming and activities to ensure a flexible, well-rounded education and experiences that prepare our students for varied, non-traditional careers.

Take Ingrid Anderson, who's double majoring in violin performance and neuroscience: The College of Music senior and president of the College of Music Student Government (CMSG) expects to graduate in May 2022 and ultimately plans to pursue a career in medicine … along the way, she's "playing violin whenever I can!”

A featured speaker at the Imig Music Building dedication and open house on Sept. 17, Anderson reflects on what makes ��ý�Ļ��Ʒ’s College of Music unique.

“There are two components that distinguish the college from other music schools,” she says. “The first is community. Everyone in the College of Music is welcoming, friendly and invested in each other's well-being and professional success. And I love the size of the school. It's so special to be able to recognize and greet most people in the halls, especially in the context of a large public university.

“The second component is the support and encouragement of non-traditional careers in music. Music students receive not only high-level musical training, but have the opportunity to take excellent entrepreneurship classes and courses in business. Many students double major and use skills they've developed in music—focus, intrapersonal abilities, professionalism and more—to succeed on different paths.”

As CMSG president, Anderson is passionate about advocating for the needs of music students within the College of Music and within the context of the larger university by advancing dialogue between students and college administration.

“We're committed to improving the wellness of music students and strengthening our college community,” she explains. “Mental health is a pressing issue across the world and many college students, specifically, struggle with feelings of isolation.

“CMSG focuses on these issues within the College of Music by organizing Wellness Weeks that include drop-in therapy, yoga and healthy snacks; hosting community building events such as Donut Days, and game and movie nights; and sponsoring collective art projects.”

Post-graduation, Anderson looks forward to applying the knowledge and skills she's gained at the College of Music to both help others and create innovative ways to achieve her goals.

This College of Music senior and president of the College of Music Student Government (CMSG) expects to graduate in May 2022 and ultimately plans to apply to pursue a career in medicine … along the way, she's "playing violin whenever I can!"

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College of Music welcomes two Sher Distinguished Musician Scholarship recipients

Anonymous — Tue, 31 Aug 2021 19:26:36 +0000

College of Music welcomes two Sher Distinguished Musician Scholarship recipients Anonymous (not verified) Tue, 08/31/2021 - 13:26

MarieFaith Lane

We’re thrilled to introduce Raven Dow-Hygelund and Anna Kallinikos as the most recent recipients of the College of Music’s Sher Distinguished Musician Scholarship.

Texas native Kallinikos starts her journey at the College of Music this fall pursuing a bachelor’s in trumpet performance. Oregonian Dow-Hygelund—who studied classical guitar for more than nine years and flamenco guitar for four—is pursuing a double major in classical guitar performance and physics.

We asked Dow-Hygelund to describe her passion for performing. “For me, guitar has been a key medium for my self-expression and artistic identity,” she says. “Music provides a fundamental means of connection for humanity and I have a strong desire to share its beauty whenever possible.

“I also enjoy the personal challenges that are intrinsic to mastering a hard piece of music because they teach me humility—and when I overcome them, I experience tremendous gratitude for my teachers and a deep satisfaction with my efforts.”

Dow-Hygelund hails from a musical background. “My grandfather was a jazz musician who performed throughout the 1960s and 70s,” she says. “He was fortunate to have an amazing experience playing with some of the greatest jazz musicians of all time, including touring the United States and Europe with Thelonious Monk.

“His love of music deeply influenced our family. Growing up, we listened to a lot of jazz and classical music which helped shape my love of modern classical and flamenco guitar.”

Meanwhile, Kallinikos grew up with Greek music playing throughout her household and was inspired by her sisters to take up trumpet in sixth grade, fascinated by the buttons. Fascination developed into passion and now Kallinikos enjoys performing and connecting to audiences.

Her favorite thing about playing the trumpet? “Being able to translate emotions because I’m not one with words, particularly,” she says. “I’m definitely learning how to convey certain emotions that you can’t necessarily speak. That’s something really interesting to me.”

The decision to study at the College of Music was an easy one for Kallinikos, who’s attracted to the Boulder scenery and inspired by Associate Professor of Trumpet Ryan Gardner. “All the cards fell into place for me,” she says. “As I started to hear things from different colleges and I talked to Dr. Gardner more and more, I was like, I don't think there’s another option for me. It was a pretty clear path for which I'm really grateful.”

Beyond her performance pursuits, Kallinikos enjoys listening to diverse music—including Lebanese music—, long neighborhood walks, “anything nature related” and vegan cooking. Also culinarily inspired, Dow-Hygelund enjoys cooking and baking, as well as harvesting, preserving and sharing food from her garden, and raising a small flock of chickens and two parrots. Additionally, she enjoys hiking, running, and spending time with her family and dogs.

We’re thrilled to introduce Raven Dow-Hygelund and Anna Kallinikos as the most recent recipients of the College of Music’s Sher Distinguished Musician Scholarship.

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