Alumni

  • barbara bentree
    “I 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 Stewart
    Alumna Amy Marie Stewart credits her undergrad in opera from the College of Music for garnering such praise as “sweet-toned singing” from the New York Post for her performance in “¡Figaro! (90210).”
  • Sam Estes headshot
    Sam Estes—a bassoonist, vocalist and pianist—specializes in taking a compositional approach to sound design in his various roles in Southern California.
  • Carl Rydlund
    Since completing a bachelor’s in music at the ˛ĘĂń±¦µä College of Music, composer, orchestrator, arranger, conductor and guitarist Carl Rydlund hasn’t missed a beat.
  • jake heggie and gene scheer at CU NOW 2016
    New opera “If I Were You” gets the CU NOW treatment this summer at Eklund Opera’s trailblazing workshop program.
  • commencement standing ovation
    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.
  • kolby morris in israel
    As Kolby Morris (BM ’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.
  • imig music building
    Robust alumni engagement platform—musicbuffalumni.com—fosters music industry innovations, entrepreneurship, professional development and networking
  • adam and sasha at the great wall of china
    College of Music alumni Adam Schwalje (BM/BA ’01, MM ’02) and Sasha Garver (BM ’02, DMA ’06) are tireless advocates for musicians
  • jazz band on stage in the 1970s
    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’t always the case...
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