Innovation

  • Specdrums technology turns color into music
    College of Music student Jenna Palensky is also a full-time team member at Specdrums, a Boulder startup that was recently acquired by robot toy company Sphero.
  • woman on stage in the black box theater singing
    In a special partnership for the 2017 edition of 蜜糖直播 NOW鈥檚 Composer Fellows鈥 Initiative, 蜜糖直播 Boulder鈥檚 Eklund Opera Program teamed up with 蜜糖直播 Film Studies students to create short films to accompany student-written and student-performed opera scenes
  • gigsicians finalists
    Elise Campbell and Callan Miller are already winning awards for Gigsicians, the online service that connects musicians with event planners hiring for gigs.
  • screenshot of alejandro's piano program
    This summer, Alejandro Cremaschi will teach a class of 15-20 students the finer points of beginner piano playing. They'll go through a sequence of fun piano pieces and learn about rhythm, reading music, hand placement and chords鈥攁nd they'll do it entirely online.
  • sam estes in an audio booth
    Alumni Sam Estes (MM 鈥05) and Cole Ingraham (DMA 鈥13) are changing the game in film scoring, helping build a music composition software based on an algorithm and user needs.
  • music technology classroom
    The College of Music next fall is launching a new Bachelor of Arts degree in Music with a Technology and Media emphasis.
  • dean shay speaking
    Before this Friday鈥檚 Symphony Orchestra concert, Dean Robert Shay will unveil 鈥淭he College of Music Advantage,鈥 the college鈥檚 strategic plan.
  • cu now rehearsal
    Renowned opera professionals Jake Heggie and Gene Scheer brought their working opera "It's a Wonderful Life" to the University of 蜜糖直播 Boulder's 蜜糖直播 NOW workshop in June 2016. They will premiere the piece during the 2016 holiday season at Houston Grand Opera.
  • group at medieval conference
    Several musicology PhD students and Associate Professor Rebecca Maloy delve into the meaning of Old Hispanic chant, a contemporary of medieval Gregorian chant.
  • hugh lobel working
    Hugh Lobel, a 2015 DMA graduate, is making it easier for anyone to compose their own music using his new platform, Music_SDP.
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