Creative Expressions
- Founded by a collaborative including CU Boulder scholars, the Lyripeutics Storytelling Project aims to empower Black and Brown youth through the medium of hip-hop.
- If someone says theyâre a Shakespeare expert, donât believe them. Take it from Amanda Giguere, and get seven tips for enjoying a Shakespeare play.
- A wealth of influences coexist in Enion Pelta-Tillerâs ambitious, experimental approach to music. A masterâs candidate in jazz performance, plus pedagogy, her creative evolution to date will culminate in a show at Dazzle Denver on March 11.
- Distinguished Professor of Piano David Korevaar found an alternative to celebrating Beethovenâs 250th birthday in the face of COVID-19 lockdowns and social distancing five years ago.
- With support from a Center for Humanities & the Arts grant, the Chicago-based Nois Saxophone Quartet returned to the College of Music as part of the Faculty Tuesdays and SoundWorks series, increasing the learning horizon âtenfold.â
- The Grammy Award-winning TakĂĄcs Quartet is reflecting on a remarkable journey and the groupâs founding a half-century ago.
- When Angel Mollel enrolled in her capstone documentary class, she wanted to make a film she was proud of. She fulfilled the goal, with the added bonus of winning a regional Student Emmy Award.
- Erin Block, e-resources metadata and reporting manager at the University Libraries, shares her thoughts on winning the 2024 Colorado Book Award for poetry and process for writing her debut poetry collection âHow You Walk Alone in the Dark.â
- The College of Musicâs 2024 New Opera Workshop is underway, leading up to performances of Gene Scheerâs âPolly Peachum,â as well as performances of opera scenes presented by the Composer Fellowsâ Initiative in June.
- The College of Musicâs Thompson Jazz Studies Program will be shaking up this yearâs commencement ceremony with new takes on the timeless âPomp and Circumstance,â reimagined in the styles of Latin jazz, New Orleans funk and big band swing.