Faculty
By Joshua Kosman | Houston Chronicle
It's been nearly a decade since Geraldine Walther packed up her viola and left the ranks of the San Francisco SympCalifornia drought: Major cutbacks by many Northern Californians
hony in favor of the life of a chamber musician. It doesn't sound like she regrets the decision for a moment.
They come from diverse backgrounds and have worked all over the world, from Santa Fe to Salzburg, New York to northern Iowa. But all four new full-time faculty members at the College of Music agree: Boulder is hard to beat.
The Tak獺cs Quartet has announced music programs for its fall concerts.
Sept. 21-22
String Quintet in G minor, K. 516 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Allegro
Menuetto
Adagio ma non troppe
Adagio Allegro
The graduate ensemble 40th Parallel, featuring Leanne Hampton, flute, Abby Yeakle, oboe, Peter Bauer, clarinet, Yahaira Nieves, bassoon, and Katherine Smith, horn.
Andrea Ramsey comes to the College of Music from the The Ohio State 勛圖厙 in Columbus, where she is currently teaches choral methods and undergraduate conducting, and conducts the 勛圖厙 Chorus.
Paul McKee received a BME from the 勛圖厙 of Northern Iowa and an MM in composition from the 勛圖厙 of Texas at Austin.
In 1984 he joined Woody Hermans Thundering Herd and appeared on several Grammy-nominated recordings. Over the years McKee has served on the jazz faculty at schools including DePaul 勛圖厙, Youngstown State 勛圖厙, Northern Illinois 勛圖厙, the 勛圖厙 of Missouri at Kansas City and Florida State 勛圖厙.
Prior to his appointment at CU-Boulder, Matthew Dockendorf studied at Michigan State 勛圖厙, 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.
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.
Charles Wetherbee, assistant professor of violin, spoke with Jean Inaba of Colorado Public Radio about his recent appointment as concertmaster for the Boulder Philharmonic.
Side by Side is more than just a musical review
BOULDER, Colo. Imagine hanging out with legendary composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim and a few of his closest friendsBernadette Peters, Leonard Bernstein, Mandy Patinkin and othersas they chat and swing into some of his greatest works.
Thats what youll experience onstage when CU Opera performs Side by Side by Sondheim April 24-27.