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The future, faster
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is the home of performing arts at the University of Colorado Boulder.
The mission of the University of Colorado Boulder College of Music is
to inspire artistry and discovery, together.
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CU Opera alumna Claire Mccahan and
instructor Jeremy Reger demonstrate
proper COVID-19 protocols during
rehearsals and coaching, 2020.
The future, faster
By Sabine Kortals Stein
Spring semester is fully underway as we continue
our commitment to being a COVID-aware college
and campus.
According to John Davis, who was appointed the
College of Music’s new dean as of the first of the
year, “While these are uncertain times and the future
seems equally uncertain, COVID-19 has pushed
us to leverage technologies in impactful ways that
will surely outlast this pandemic—through distance
learning, collaboration and performing, we’ve risen
to the challenge.
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“We’re not only expanding the reach and range of what’s possible as artists and performers, we’re also adding to our students’ skill sets, and paving the way toward greater diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in everything we do. “Put another way, COVID-19 has accelerated our momentum to leverage various technologies in ways that elevate College of Music offerings. Despite a challenging environment, the college’s continued level of excellence—and evolving, newly emerging academic activities and performance platforms— make me incredibly proud.” In a recent Q&A, Dean Davis shared his own musical journey, including these excerpts: When did you first consider music as a career for yourself? By the time I was in high school. My bachelor’s degree is in music education, from Metropolitan State University here in Colorado. At the University of Denver, I earned a Master of Arts degree in performance. Beginning in my 20s, I played with classical, jazz and commercial groups, and performed with or for some amazing musicians. 4 2020-21 Season CU COLLEGE OF MUSIC
After performing for a few years, you joined the military. Why? I didn’t like school in my 20s, and I thought I didn’t want to be a teacher. I decided to join the Army at what would be viewed as the lowest level of expertise needed, the infantry. I spent two years in the army during my initial enlistment, 12 months of which was spent in South Korea. When Desert Storm—The Gulf War—began in 1991, my reserve unit was activated and we were sent overseas to Germany for four months. Toward the end of my time in Korea—during the monsoon season, when the infantry would have to fill sandbags with mud and rebuild walls and bridges when the rain would wash them out—I realized that, unlike many of my fellow soldiers, I didn’t have to do this for a living. And I realized that the difference between me and most of them was education. What was your next move? I got fired up and committed from that day forward to education—opening people’s eyes to what’s out there for them. Knowing that I wanted to teach at a university level, the shortest path to get there was for me to return to trumpet and jazz and receive a doctoral degree. 5 2020-21 Season CU COLLEGE OF MUSIC
You left full-time teaching in 2011 to be an administrator. Why? I love doing what I can to support the success of others. As an administrator, you’re able to see a “bigger picture” and have the opportunity to make an impact that benefits so many others. The challenge is great, but the satisfaction of helping our students and faculty succeed is enormously rewarding. What excites you about leading the College of Music? The college has been fortunate to have great leadership over many years. Supporters of the college are among the most passionate and caring people I have known. And the students, faculty and staff are truly outstanding. At the same time, all of us realize there is even more we can accomplish toward the betterment of society through music. Enjoy Jessie Bauters’ complete interview with Dean Davis here. 6 2020-21 Season CU COLLEGE OF MUSIC
MM Recital
Natalie Werner, mezzo-soprano
With:
Suyeon Kim, piano
2 p.m., Sunday, March 14, 2021
I
Parto, ma tu, ben mio from La clemenza di Tito
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1758-1791)
II
Three Neapolitan Songs from Il prigioniero fortunato
Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725)
I. Incanto
II. Ultimo bacio
III. L’Incostante
III
Mai
Reynaldo Hahn (1874-1947)
Rêve d’Amour
Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
C-1 CU PRESENTS 2020-21 Season CU COLLEGE OF MUSICRomance
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
IV
An die Nachtigall
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Der Tod, das ist die kühle Nacht
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Von ewiger Liebe
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
IV
The Lordly Hudson
Ned Rorem (b.1976)
Love
Ned Rorem (b.1976)
Alleluia
Ned Rorem (b.1976)
C-2 CU PRESENTS 2020-21 Season CU COLLEGE OF MUSICText and Translations Parto, ma tu ben mio Parto, ma tu ben mio, I go, but, my dearest, Meco ritorna in pace; make peace again with me. Saro qual piu ti piace; I will be what you would most have Quel che vorrai fato. me be, do whatever you wish. Guardami, e tutto oblio, Look at me, and I will forget all E a vendicarti io volo; and fly to avenge you; A questo sguardo dolo I will think only Da me si pensera. of that glance at me. Ah qual poter, oh Dei! Ah, ye gods, what power Donaste alla belta. you have given beauty! Incanto Enchantment Quell’esser misero Being miserable Lo rende amabile Made him lovable Nel mio pensier. In my thoughts. E par, che l’anima It seems that the soul Voglia esser carcere Wants to be a dungeon D’un prigionier. For a prisoner. Ultimo bacio The Last Kiss Luce degl’occhi miei, Light of my eyes, Se la mia vita sei If you are my life, Devi morir con me. You must die with me. Prima ch’ad altri in braccio Before anyone else in your arms Sciolga quel dolce laccio, Melts this sweet snare, Voglio morir con te. I want to die with you. C-3 CU PRESENTS 2020-21 Season CU COLLEGE OF MUSIC
L’Incostante The Fickle One
Datti pace, Calm yourself,
O sventurato, Unfortunate one,
L’amor mio non è per te. My love is not for you.
Non mi piace I’m not interested in
Un cor privato, A private heart.
Tendo lacci al cor d’un Rè. I have a king’s heart in my snare.
Mai May
Depuis un mois, chère exilée, It is a month, dear exile, since you
Loin de mes yeux tu t'en allas, vanished from my gaze, and I have
Et j'ai vu fleurir des lilas watched the lilacs bloom,
Avec ma peine inconsolée. with my sorrow unassuaged.
Seul, je fuis ce ciel clair et beau Alone, I avoid these lovely clear
Dont l'ardent effluve me trouble, skies, whose blazing rays disquiet
Car l'horreur de l'exil se double me, for an exile’s dread increases
De la splendeur du renouveau. With the splendor of nature’s
renewal.
En vain le soleil a souri,
Au printemps je ferme ma porte, In vain the sun has smiled;
Et veux seulement qu'on I close my door to the spring,
m'apporte And wish only to be brought
Un rameau de lilas fleuri; A lilac branch in bloom!
Car l'amour dont mon âme est For Love, which fills my heart to
pleine overflowing, finds among its
Y trouve, parmi ses douleurs sorrows your gaze in the midst of
Ton regard dans ces chères fleurs those dear flowers, and in their
Et dans leur parfum ton haleine. fragrance your sweet breath!
C-4 CU PRESENTS 2020-21 Season CU COLLEGE OF MUSICRêve d’Amour S'il est un charmant gazon If there's a lovely grassy plot Que le ciel arrose, watered by the sky Où brille en toute saison where in every season Quelque fleur éclose, some flower blossoms, Où l'on cueille à pleine main where one can freely gather Lys, chèvrefeuille et jasmin, lilies, woodbines and jasmines… J'en veux faire le chemin I wish to make it the path Où ton pied se pose! on which you place your feet! S'il est un sein bien aimant If there is a loving breast Dont l'honneur dispose! where honor rules, Dont le ferme dévoûement where tender devotion N'ait rien de morose, is free from all gloominess, Si toujours ce noble sein if this noble breast always Bat pour un digne dessein, beats for a worthy aim... J'en veux faire le coussin I wish to make it the pillow Où ton front se pose! on which you lay your head. S'il est un rêve d'amour, If there is a dream of love Parfumé de rose, scented with roses, Où l'on trouve chaque jour where one finds every day Quelque douce chose, something gentle and sweet, Un rêve que Dieu bénit, a dream blessed by God Où l'âme à l'âme s'unit, where soul is joined to soul... Oh! j'en veux faire le nid oh, I wish to make it the nest Où ton cœur se pose! in which you rest your heart Romance L’âme évaporée et souffrante, The spent and suffering soul, L’âme douce, l’âme odorante The sweet soul, the soul steeped Des lis divins que j’ai cueillis In the divine lilies I gathered Dans le jardin de ta pensée, In the garden of your thoughts, Où donc les vents l’ont-ils chasse Where have the winds dispersed it, C-5 CU PRESENTS 2020-21 Season CU COLLEGE OF MUSIC
Cette âme adorable des lis? This adorable lilies’ soul? N’est-il plus un parfum qui reste Does not a single scent remain De la suavité céleste Of the heavenly softness Des jours où tu m’enveloppais Of the days when you enclosed D’une vapeur surnaturelle, me, in a supernatural mist, Faite d’espoir, d’amour fidèle, Made of hope, of faithful love, De béatitude et de paix? Of bliss and of peace? An die Nachtigall To the Nightingale Geuß nicht so laut der Do not pour so loudly the full- liebentflammten Lieder throated sounds Tonreichen Schall Of your love-kindled songs Vom Blütenast des Apfelbaums Down from the blossoming boughs hernieder, O Nachtigall! of the apple-tree, O nightingale! Du tönest mir mit deiner süßen The tones of your sweet throat KehleDie Liebe wach; Awaken love in me; Denn schon durchbebt die Tiefen For the depths of my soul already meiner Seele quiver Dein schmelzend Ach. With your melting lament. Dann flieht der Schlaf von neuem Sleep once more forsakes this dieses Lager, couch, Ich starre dann And I stare Mit nassem Blick’ und totenbleich Moist-eyed, haggard and deathly und hager Den Himmel an. pale at the heavens. Fleuch, Nachtigall, in grüne Fly, nightingale, to the green Finsternisse, darkness, Ins Haingesträuch, To the bushes of the grove, Und spend’ im Nest der treuen And there in the nest kiss your Gattin Küsse; faithful mate; Entfleuch, entfleuch! Fly away, fly away! C-6 CU PRESENTS 2020-21 Season CU COLLEGE OF MUSIC
Der Tod, das ist die kühle Nacht
Der Tod, das ist die kühle Nacht, Death is the cool night,
Das Leben ist der schwüle Tag. Life is the sultry day.
Es dunkelt schon, mich schläfert, It is already growing dark,
Der Tag hat mich müd gemacht. I become sleepy
The day has made me tired.
Über mein Bett erhebt sich ein
Baum, Above my bed rises a tree,
Drin singt die junge Nachtigall; In it sings the young nightingale;
Sie singt von lauter Liebe – It sings of pure love –
Ich hör es sogar im Traum. I hear it even in my dream.
Von ewiger Liebe Eternal Love
Dunkel, wie dunkel in Wald und in Dark, how dark in forest and field!
Feld! Abend schon ist es, nun Evening already, and the world is
schweiget die Welt. Nirgend noch silent. Nowhere a light and
Licht und nirgend noch Rauch, nowhere smoke,
Ja, und die Lerche sie schweiget and even the lark is silent now too.
nun auch.
Kommt aus dem Dorfe der Out of the village there comes a
Bursche heraus, Gibt das Geleit lad, escorting his sweetheart
der Geliebten nach Haus, Führt sie home, he leads her past the
am Weidengebüsche vorbei, willow-copse, talking so much and
Redet so viel und so mancherlei: of so many things:
“Leidest du Schmach und ‘If you suffer sorrow and suffer
betrübest du dich, Leidest du shame, shame for what others
Schmach von andern um mich, think of me, then let our love be
Werde die Liebe getrennt so severed as swiftly, as swiftly as
geschwind, Schnell wie wir früher once we two were plighted.
vereiniget sind. Scheide mit Regen Let us depart in rain and depart in
und scheide mit Wind, Schnell wie wind, as swiftly as once we two
wir früher vereiniget sind.” were plighted.’
C-7 CU PRESENTS 2020-21 Season CU COLLEGE OF MUSICSpricht das Mägdelein, Mägdelein The girl speaks, the girl says: spricht: “Unsere Liebe sie trennet ‘Our love cannot be severed! sich nicht! Fest ist der Stahl und Steel is strong, and so is iron, das Eisen gar sehr, Unsere Liebe Our love is even stronger still: ist fester noch mehr. Eisen und Stahl, man schmiedet Iron and steel can both be sie um, Unsere Liebe, wer wandelt reforged, but our love, who shall sie um? Eisen und Stahl, sie change it? Iron and steel can be können zergehn, melted down, Unsere Liebe muß ewig bestehn!“ Our love must endure forever!’ The Lordly Hudson “Driver, what stream is it?” I asked, well knowing it was our lordly Hudson hardly flowing. “It is our lordly Hudson hardly flowing,” he said, “under the green-grown cliffs.” Be still, heart! No one needs your passionate suffrage to select this glory– this is our lordly Hudson hardly flowing under the green-grown cliffs. “Driver has this a peer in Europe or the East?” “No, no!” He said. Home! Home! Be quiet, heart! This is our lordly Hudson and has no peer in Europe or the East; this is our lordly Hudson hardly flowing under the green-grown cliffs and has no peer in Europe or the East; be quiet, heart! Home! Home! C-8 CU PRESENTS 2020-21 Season CU COLLEGE OF MUSIC
Love Turn I my looks unto the skies, Love with his arrows wounds my eyes; If so I gaze upon the ground, Love then in every flower is found; Search I the shade to fly my pain, Love meets me in the shade again; Want I to walk in secret grove, E'en there I meet with sacred love; If so I bathe me in the spring, E'en on the brink I hear him sing; If so I meditate alone, He will be partner to my moan; If so I mourn, he weeps with me, And where I am, there will he be. Alleluia Alleluia About the performer Natalie Werner is in the second year of her graduate studies at the University of Colorado Boulder, where she is pursuing a Master of Music in choral conducting and voice performance. She currently serves as a graduate student conductor of University Singers and studies voice with Professor Andrew Garland. Outside of CU, she works as the Worship Ministry Assistant at Newport Covenant Church. She received her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Portland in vocal performance and music education, where she held a conducting associate position for 3 semesters and won the 2018 University of Portland Concerto/Aria Competition. C-9 CU PRESENTS 2020-21 Season CU COLLEGE OF MUSIC
Concert Jazz Ensemble, early 2020
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COLLEGE OF MUSIC CABINET
Dean Interim Advancement Assistant Dean for Budget
John Davis Administrative Officer and Finance
Associate Dean for Ashley Harkrader Carrie Howard
Graduate Studies Director of Strategic Initiatives Associate Dean for Undergraduate
Margaret Haefner Berg and Special Assistant to the Dean Studies and Enrollment
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Andrew Metzroth Rojana Savoye Coordinator
Interim Director of Publications Specialist Tiara Stephan
Communications, College of Music Sabrina Green Marketing Assistant
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Director, Macky Auditorium Christin Woolley Public Relations Assistant
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Adrienne Havelka
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Senior Piano Technician Recording Engineer Scheduling and Operations
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Mark Mikkelsen Coordinator
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2020-21 Digital Programs
March-May 2021
Editors Designer Contributors Photography
Sabine Kortals Stein Sabrina Green Jessie Bauters Glenn Asakawa
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