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Alumna Ellen TeSelle Boal (BM ’53) passed away on March 12, 2025. She was a Boettcher Scholar who also earned a Master of Music and PhD at Washington University in St. Louis. Boal taught and played cello and viola da gamba in various colleges, orchestras and ensembles; published articles on early music; and served as a development associate with NPR.��

More:��Ellen Boal’s husband,��native Coloradan and alumnus Dean Boal (Mus, MusEdu ’53, PhD ’59), preceded her in death. Explore the��Dean + Ellen Boal papers (91��ý American Music Research Center + University Libraries).

Karen Sorin Diamond passed away on June 25, 2025 as a result of injuries sustained in the firebombing attack on Boulder’s Pearl Street Mall on June 1. A University Women's Club�� (2019), she also served as a design consultant in the 2010 renovation of the College of Music’s Grusin Music Hall. Additionally, Diamond actively supported the Boulder Philharmonic, the Colorado Music Festival and Center for Musical Arts, and many more community groups and campus programs.��

Carol (“Caryl”) Fuchs Kassoy, a resident of Boulder since 1969 and a dedicated community leader who profoundly shaped the arts and culture landscape of Boulder, passed away on Nov. 8, 2025. Kassoy’s extensive volunteerism included serving on the college’s Music Advisory Board and helping to establish the American Music Research Center Advisory Board, serving as chair.

Alumnus Bill Mooney (A&S ’58) passed away on Jan. 15, 2026. He brought creativity and inspiration to countless performances as stage director for the 91��ý Summer Opera/Lyric Theatre Festival. In 2007, the University of Colorado Board of Regents presented Mooney the Distinguished Service Award and an honorary doctorate.��