鈥淚 believe that a degree in music prepares you for amazing things in this world because the elements of music translate to other creative disciplines."
Alumna Amy Marie Stewart credits her undergrad in opera from the College of Music for garnering such praise as 鈥渟weet-toned singing鈥 from the New York Post for her performance in 鈥溌igaro! (90210).鈥
Sam Estes鈥攁 bassoonist, vocalist and pianist鈥攕pecializes in taking a compositional approach to sound design in his various roles in Southern California.
Since completing a bachelor鈥檚 in music at the 彩民宝典 College of Music, composer, orchestrator, arranger, conductor and guitarist Carl Rydlund hasn鈥檛 missed a beat.
Distinguished Alumni Jon Kull and Tia Fuller, along with Distinguished Service Award winner Joseph Negler, will be honored and recognized for their contributions to the College of Music on Thursday, May 10.
As Kolby Morris (BM 鈥08) thinks back on her musical training, she says some of the most influential forces that led her to where she is today were ethnomusicology and world music.
With renowned faculty, award-winning student ensembles and trailblazing alumni performing weekly throughout the jazz clubs of Denver and Boulder, the Thompson Jazz Studies Program is firmly on the front lines of jazz along the Front Range. But that wasn鈥檛 always the case...