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The Golden Buffaloes Marching Band performs "Fight CU."

The graduate ensemble 40th Parallel, featuring Leanne Hampton, flute, Abby Yeakle, oboe, Peter Bauer, clarinet, Yahaira Nieves, bassoon, and Katherine Smith, horn.

CU Opera will open its 2014-15 season with Gilbert and Sullivan鈥檚 beloved comic operetta, 鈥淭he Pirates of Penzance,鈥� at Macky Auditorium Oct. 24-26. 鈥淭his is one of the two or three most important pieces by Gilbert and Sullivan, and we鈥檝e got just the right students to fill these roles,鈥� says Leigh Holman, director of CU Opera. 鈥淭his is a delightful piece and audiences just go crazy for it.鈥�

Paul McKee received a BME from the University of Northern Iowa and an MM in composition from the University of Texas at Austin. In 1984 he joined Woody Herman鈥檚 Thundering Herd and appeared on several Grammy-nominated recordings. Over the years McKee has served on the jazz faculty at schools including DePaul University, Youngstown State University, Northern Illinois University, the University of Missouri at Kansas City and Florida State University.

As a tenor, Matthew Chellis has appeared to critical and popular acclaim throughout the United States, Canada, Europe and South America. He has performed with the New York City Opera, National Symphony, Atlanta Opera, Opera de Bogota, Frankfurt Opera and many others. He has served leading roles in Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Don Juan in Prague, Don Giovanni, Rigoletto, The Mikado, The Pirates of Penzance and numerous others.

Andrea Ramsey comes to the College of Music from the The Ohio State University in Columbus, where she is currently teaches choral methods and undergraduate conducting, and conducts the University Chorus.

Prior to his appointment at CU-Boulder, Matthew Dockendorf studied at Michigan State University, where he wrote drill and arranged music for the Spartan Marching Band and Spartan Brass. He served as conductor of the Campus Band and guest conducted the Wind Symphony, Symphony Band, Concert Band and Musique 21.

Charles Wetherbee, assistant professor of violin, spoke with Jean Inaba of Colorado Public Radio about his recent appointment as concertmaster for the Boulder Philharmonic.

Students from the College of Music joined other CU-Boulder musicians in an impromptu concert at the Center for Community.

鈥楽ide by Side鈥� is more than just a musical review BOULDER, Colo. 鈥� Imagine hanging out with legendary composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim and a few of his closest friends鈥擝ernadette Peters, Leonard Bernstein, Mandy Patinkin and others鈥攁s they chat and swing into some of his greatest works. That鈥檚 what you鈥檒l experience onstage when CU Opera performs 鈥淪ide by Side by Sondheim鈥� April 24-27.