Music Education
The Summer Music Academy offered through the College of Music provides middle and high school students from Colorado and around the country the incredible opportunity to grow as musicians during a week-long program.
This month, Ben Pollack (BME '14) will be honored as Young Teacher of the Year at the Colorado Music Educators鈥 Association (CMEA) Conference. Pollack鈥檚 palpable enthusiasm and dedication to his students make him a deserving recipient of the award.
The Middle School Ensembles Program is one of the most special and integral programs within the College of Music.
"My best experiences here have been going to concerts of my peers, and of the faculty. I'm always inspired to practice harder when I hear other people who sound amazing."
"Music has been a part of my daily life and the only consistent area of study that brings the me the most passion and success."
BME Choral and BM Voice double major Caroline Vickstrom can point to the precise moment in which she knew she wanted to be a music teacher.
Music education major Lia Bendix is this semester's Outstanding Graduate for the College of Music.
As of July 1, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies James Austin is the latest editor of the Journal of Music Teacher Education.
During her career, Barbara Bentree (BME 鈥80) has collaborated with Mouseketeers, her husband and even her high school classmates. But through it all, the name of a fellow College of Music graduate kept coming up.
Take a walk anywhere on campus in the late afternoon and early evening this time of year, and you鈥檒l probably hear brass blaring 鈥淔ight CU鈥 or drums pounding away at cadences. It鈥檚 officially marching band season at CU Boulder.