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Willem Rohwer comes to the College of Music from Edwards, Colorado, to pursue an undergraduate degree in double bass performance. 鈥淒eveloping my own musical opinions and character are really something that I want to find here,鈥� he says. Discover Rohwer鈥檚 unique approach to a successful audition and his other interests.
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The College of Music has had an alternatively-sized keyboard on loan since April 2023. Recent graduate Abigail Terrill shares how the narrower keyboard is helpful, why it鈥檚 needed and what her thesis research found about the process of transitioning between pianos.
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鈥淚 find myself thinking about all our former quartet members鈥攚e wouldn鈥檛 be celebrating this milestone today except for them,鈥� says first violinist Ed Dusinberre. Adds second violinist Harumi Rhodes, 鈥淚t鈥檚 a monumental moment and we鈥檙e approaching it with a sense of awe. I feel humbled. Yet, in another sense, for us it鈥檚 business as usual.鈥� And much of that business takes place right here in Boulder.
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Hsing-ay Hsu, director of听Pendulum New Music, just released her new CD,听Barber Centennial.听 This album features Samuel Barber鈥檚听Piano Sonata听and his听Piano Concerto听(which won him a Pultizer Prize), recorded in Moscow with the Russian Philharmonic Orchestra.听 Samuel Barber is one of the most lyrical and poetic 20th century composers, and helped to define the American style.听 CDs are available at听.
