Danielle Seewalker in front of her buffalo mural in the Engineering Center

New Indigenous art flourishes at CU Engineering Center

Nov. 28, 2023

Award-winning artist Danielle SeeWalker is the creative force behind two new beautiful murals at the CU Engineering Center, blending together science, art and Indigenous culture.

Student practices Chinese calligraphy

Learning culture through beautiful brush strokes

Nov. 1, 2023

At an evening of Chinese calligraphy, CU ÐßÐßÊÓƵ students studying Chinese practiced an art whose history dates back millennia.

Daphne Leong

Daphne Leong’s got rhythm

Oct. 20, 2023

When it comes to 20th- and 21st-century music, Professor of Music Theory Daphne Leong—along with her colleagues in the world of rhythm in music performance and scholarship—engages in intense research and endless experimentation, which brought her to Montreal’s McGill University for a recent residency.

Cleveland Orchestra violinist plays with a tuba player

The Cleveland Orchestra residency—‘A great partnership‘ resumes

Sept. 14, 2023

The Cleveland Orchestra’s biennial residency at CU ÐßÐßÊÓƵ’s College of Music returned for three days packed with sectionals, rehearsals, mock auditions, master classes, a Q&A and a Faculty Tuesdays concert.

Student-redesigned space in the Environmental Design building

Students redesign central space in Environmental Design building

Sept. 12, 2023

As part of an independent study course, students put their skills into practice, installing new carpet tiles to mitigate sound reflection, adding updated lighting systems and constructing floor-to-ceiling shelving units built to accommodate and showcase a variety of design materials.

2022 first-prize winner Shloka Dhar

The King Awards: Long may they reign

April 20, 2023

The King Awards and Exhibition have been celebrating CU ÐßÐßÊÓƵ students’ artwork for more than a decade. Learn more about the history of the program.

Drum set

CU ÐßÐßÊÓƵ faculty Paul Romaine appears on all-star jazz album

March 29, 2023

CU ÐßÐßÊÓƵ lecturer and drummer Paul Romaine is part of the quintet featured on the just-released all-star jazz recording Denver Sessions.

Black man leading an African dance performance

Expanding the student experience through world music

March 14, 2023

CU ÐßÐßÊÓƵ's world music ensembles mark three decades of exploring artistic identity, intercultural collaboration, global pedagogy and multidisciplinary approaches to music-making at the College of Music.

Johnette Martin and Jessica Quah working in the American Music Research Center collections

Doctoral students gain professional experience in archives

Dec. 15, 2022

For musicology students Johnette Martin and Jessica Quah, working in the American Music Research Center archives has deepened their understanding of Colorado's history and how music has played a part in that history.

Dance students sit in a studio, listening to instructor

Faces of community-engaged scholarship: Jesús Muñoz

Nov. 11, 2022

Read a Q&A highlighting graduate student Jesús Muñoz, a ballet and modern dancer with roots in Mexican and Cuban folkloric, Afro-Cuban and Cuban popular and contemporary dance, who wanted to connect his thesis to communities outside of academia.

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