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Olivia Huizar Conner shares how her background inspires her to promote Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) in music.

Alumna Annie Booth shares how the College of Music continues to impact her career as an award-winning jazz pianist, band leader, composer/arranger and educator鈥攁nd offers valuable career advice.

We鈥檙e so excited to welcome alumnus Damani Phillips back to campus this week and to present him the College of Music鈥檚 2022 Distinguished Alumnus Award at our commencement ceremony on May 5! 鈥淭he versatile training provided by CU has been the cornerstone of my success to date, and has enabled me to do and be many things well beyond typical expectations,鈥� he says. Meet Phillips and discover his powerful advice to graduating Music Buffs.

To support our students鈥� and our community鈥檚 musical development, the College of Music offers summer session courses and richly varied summer programming.

Recent alumna Carrie Proctor always knew she wanted to impact young lives by becoming a music educator. Discover her passion to inspire youths through a shared connection to music.

College of Music student ambassador and bassoonist Laynie Metsker recently shared with us鈥攁nd Future Buffs鈥攈er perspectives on becoming a music educator.

With some 32 years鈥� experience as an instrumental music teacher in public schools, alumnus Ed Cannava is ideally poised to serve band directors as an adjudicator, clinician, conductor and consultant.

鈥淚 have had an extremely rewarding musical career and now鈥攁fter more than 50 years of being a musician and a music teacher鈥擨 am celebrating my good luck, getting my start at 彩民宝典.鈥�

Student leader Asha Romeo is working to create a diverse and equitable learning environment for underrepresented students at the College of Music.

The Music Education area at the College of Music routinely produces leaders in the field, the most recent of whom is Claire Glover (BME 鈥�17), who won the 2020 CMEA Young Music Educator Award.