CU College of Music Digital
We look forward to gathering together in person again in the future. In the meantime, we invite you to watch, listen and gather with us online right now. Each week we will bring you curated creations from the artists you’d see in any other CU Presents season, in the comfort of your own home. Welcome to CU Presents Digital. Get email notifications!
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Mark your calendar for upcoming performances streamed right to your home.
Live Streams“#LIFE”, a musical revue by Steve Marzullo and Michael Gruber
Posted April 19, 2021, CU College of Music
In this musical revue of compositions by Steve Marzullo and Michael Gruber, College of Music performers ask themselves and the audience about life’s frustrations.
Watch NowCU Orchestras offer “Enigma Variations”
Posted April 15, 2021, CU College of Music
In response to the recent mass shooting in Boulder, CU Boulder’s orchestras recorded the Nimrod movement from Edward Elgar’s “Enigma Variations” as a musical gift to the community.
Watch NowThe Emerging Composers Project
Posted April 1, 2021, CU College of Music
The Emerging Composers Project was created by composers at the CU Boulder College of Music to introduce the art of writing original music to young students in Boulder-area schools.
Watch NowProcessing and remembering with music
Posted March 31, 2021, CU College of Music
Saxophonist Josh Sweeney, a CU Boulder sophomore majoring in music and mechanical engineering, shopped regularly at the Table Mesa King Soopers, the site of recent tragedy.
Watch NowPendulum New Music concert: March 3, 2021
Posted March 31, 2021, CU College of Music
Pendulum New Music presents some of the best performers from CU Boulder’s College of Music as they premiere original music of student composers Dianna Link, Logan Dougherty, Ben Morris, Emily Zalevsky and Jordan Holloway.
Watch NowPendulum New Music concert: Dec. 2, 2020
Posted March 31, 2021, CU College of Music
Pendulum New Music presents some of CU’s best performers from all departments as they premiere original music of student composers.
Watch NowPendulum New Music concert: Nov. 4, 2020
Posted March 12, 2021, CU College of Music
Pendulum New Music presents some of CU’s best performers as they premiere and perform music by student composers Ben Morris, Logan Dougherty, Dianna Rose Link, James Morris, Sam C Henderson, Kevin Gunia and Nelson Walker.
Watch Now“Hansel and Gretel” an opera by Engelbert Humperdinck
Posted February 25, 2021, CU College of Music – Eklund Opera Program
The Eklund Opera Program brings the Brothers Grimm to the Music Theatre with Humperdinck’s decadent opera “Hansel and Gretel.”
Watch NowPennsylvania Polka
Posted October 1, 2020, CU College of Music
Colorado Brass Quintet (CU Boulder Brass and Percussion Faculty) shares the “Pennsylvania Polka” to celebrate the start of Oktoberfest!
Watch NowScenes from “Béatrice et Bénédict”
New release Aug. 18, 2020, CU College of Music – Eklund Opera Program
In light of our canceled live production, Eklund Opera presents “Béatrice et Bénédict,” a Quarantine Opera by Hector Berlioz.
Watch NowCU Fight Song, Golden Buffaloes Marching Band
Posted August 3, 2020, CU College of Music
Even while apart, we are one herd. CU Boulder’s Golden Buffalo Marching Band performs the CU Fight Song. Sko Buffs!
Watch NowHolloway Symphony No. 1, “The Patriot”
Posted August 3, 2020, CU College of Music
CU Boulder College of Music student Jordan Holloway presents his first symphony, “The Patriot.” Holloway directs the Dad Village Symphony Orchestra in this virtual, multinational performance.
Watch NowThe Marriage of Figaro
June 23, 2020, CU College of Music – Eklund Opera Program
This special digital presentation of the final dress rehearsal of the March 2020 production of “The Marriage of Figaro” is available to stream online right now!
Watch NowSousa: The Glory of the Yankee Navy
Posted June 15, 2020, CU College of Music
Composed of the most outstanding wind, brass and percussion students in the College of Music, the Wind Symphony is dedicated to performing the finest wind repertoire in performance at Macky Auditorium.
Watch NowCurated Guest: Light Shall Lift Us
Posted June 4, 2020, CU College of Music, CU Theatre & Dance
Opera America united more than 100 opera singers in song in a message of hope and solidarity for a virtual performance of Light Shall Lift Us, a large ensemble work created by the Pulitzer Prize-winning team of composer Paul Moravec and librettist/lyricist Mark Campbell.
Watch NowPomp and Circumstance, CU Piano Faculty
Posted May 27, 2020, CU College of Music
A composite performance of Elgar’s “Pomp and Circumstance.” A tribute to the Class of 2020 by the CU Boulder piano faculty.
Watch NowAlma Mater, CU Boulder College of Music Choirs
Posted May 27, 2020, CU College of Music
Celebrating its 100th anniversary this year, the CU Boulder College of Music brought our remote campus community together to celebrate the end of the 2020 spring semester by singing the Alma Mater. Congratulations graduates. Forever Buffs!
Watch Now“Jolly Beach” by Annie Booth
Posted May 15, 2020, CU College of Music
Performed by the “Concert Jazz Ensemble.” Pianist Annie Booth received her master’s in Jazz Performance and Pedagogy in 2020. Her composition “Jolly Beach” was selected nationally to be featured for the 2020 JEN Young Composers Showcase.
Watch NowThe Possibility of Orchids
Posted May 13, 2020, CU College of Music
Revisit this Faculty Tuesday concert. Flamenco Fusion music written by Steve Mullins, guitar. Improvised by CU Boulder Professor of Percussion and Jazz Doug Walter, marimba and CU Boulder Lecturer Carl Dixon, cajon.
Watch Now32 Beethoven Sonatas Challenge
Posted May 5, 2020, CU College of Music
“I did 32 performances in my living room on my un-tuned piano with my limited equipment and uploaded them to my YouTube page, djkorevaar.”
Watch NowVideo from the vaults: University Singers
Posted May 4, 2020, CU College of Music
The University Singers, conducted by guest conductor Sharon Hansen, performed Purcell’s “Hear my prayer, Oh Lord” in Grusin Music Hall on Oct. 27, 2019.
Watch NowCU Boulder College of Music presents the Alma Mater
Posted April 29, 2020, CU College of Music
Celebrating its 100th anniversary this year, the CU Boulder College of Music brings our remote campus community together to celebrate the end of the 2020 spring semester. Congratulations graduates. Forever Buffs!
Watch NowVideo from the vaults: Berlioz’s Roman Carnival Overture
Posted April 17, 2020
Gary Lewis conducted the CU Symphony Orchestra performing Berlioz’s Roman Carnival Overture, Op. 9 at Macky Auditorium on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2019.
Watch NowVideo from the vaults: CU Wind Symphony
Posted April 10, 2020
Don McKinney conducted the CU Wind Symphony performing Centennial Horizon by Kevin McKee at Macky Auditorium on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020. Featuring Ryan Gardner, trumpet.
Watch NowVideo from the vaults: Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5
Posted April 6, 2020
Gary Lewis conducted the CU Symphony Orchestra performing the first movement of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 at Macky Auditorium on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020.
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