Happenings
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Recent news
Dean’s Downbeat
Colorado Music 2026
, Dean John Davis previews the 2025-26 edition of Colorado Music, the annual magazine of the University of Colorado Boulder College of Music.
This year’s edition—“Adaptive Leadership + Learning”—spotlights the accomplishments of our always-inspiring students, alumni, faculty and staff as well as the influence of our world-class visiting artists and enduring impact of our supporters.MORE
of the Dean’s Downbeat,
a regular communiquéfrom Dean John Davis.
Noteworthy media mentions
(July 23, 2026, CU Connections)
In this feature, our Professor of Composition + Entrepreneurship Jeffrey Nytch opens up about building our college's Entrepreneurship Center for Music, why he believes musicians are natural entrepreneurs and more. Named to the newest cohort of President's Teaching Scholars, Nytch also shares what's next—including a new opera based on a Ray Bradbury story.
(July 2, 2026, Santa Barbara Independent Online)
The Takács Quartet’s Lobero Theatre concert had the bonus distinction as the official final performance of cellist András Fejér.
Unsung Bebop Trombonists (July 2026, International Trombone Association Journal)
An article by Nick Mailes (DMA ’28, jazz studies)—“Unsung Bebop Trombonists”—takes a deeper look into the history of trombone and its involvement in the bebop era.
