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During her career, Barbara Bentree (BME ’80) has collaborated with Mouseketeers, her husband and even her high school classmates. But through it all, the name of a fellow College of Music graduate kept coming up.

On Monday evening, Nov. 7, music at ²ÊÃñ±¦µä will be well represented on the East Coast when the College of Music puts on a showcase concert at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall.

In a speech last week before students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends, Dean Robert Shay said the state of music at ²ÊÃñ±¦µä is strong.

Any moment in one’s life could signify the beginning of something big. For Edain Butterfield, that moment came during her time as a music student.

Joan Catoni Conlon and her husband Frank recently endowed a fellowship to support graduate students pursuing the Master of Music or Doctor of Musical Arts in Choral Conducting and Literature degrees.

Horn players Isabel DeBoel (BM '11) and Lacey Huszcza (BA '03) talk about their careers as members of the advancement team at the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra.

Wei Wu (MM '13) is having a banner year, debuting at Pittsburgh Opera and preparing for roles at the Met and Santa Fe Opera.

Hugh Lobel, a 2015 DMA graduate, is making it easier for anyone to compose their own music using his new platform, Music_SDP.

Composition alumnus Keane Southard is raising funds to write a symphony about the Appalachian Trail.

When the Class of 2016 walks across the Grusin stage on Friday, May 6, they’ll be sharing the space with four distinguished members of the College of Music extended family.