Music
- This year, CU songbirds Cynthia Lawrence (Mus’83; MM’87) and Keith Miller (Art’97) made the Colorado Music Hall of Fame.
- With over three decades of experience as a performer, educator, conductor and administrator, College of Music Dean John Davis champions a holistic approach to musical education through a mission he calls “developing the universal musician.”
- ​​Ally Chapel (ArtHist’14) started an all-female New Orleans-style brass band called Brass Queens. She adopted the colors black and gold for her band in CU’s honor.
- The Brain-Music lab fuses neuroscience with music, technology and engineering. The result? An interdisciplinary community producing revolutionary art grounded in empathy and human connection.
- A fixture in the Denver music scene, Ron Miles’ warm jazz melodies dazzled audiences.
- CU graduate student is gaining national recognition as a musical conductor.
- CU’s American Music Research Center is studying Pueblo’s abundant musical histories.
- Brad Turner, executive producer of Colorado Public Radio’s Audio Innovations Studio, talks about his time at CU, his recent projects and the power of podcasting.
- Austin C. Okigbo, associate professor in the College of Music and affiliate faculty in Ethnic Studies and Global Health, studies the intersection of music and public health.
- CU project pairs student musicians with new parents to create custom songs for their babies.