Alumni
- “Sometimes you start somewhere, but end up somewhere else,” says Cassidy Grunninger (MM ’14), an Associate at Dunner Law PLLC, a Certified Woman-Owned firm in Washington. "My background in music inspires me and influences how I approach my work, the connections I make and the insights I have."
- In this new feature video, get an up-close-and-personal look at the ECM with Director Jeffrey Nytch and several current and former students.
- The College of Music’s National Alumni Council is hard at work creating beneficial experiences for students and alumni.
- For the second time since 2016, winners of the prestigious Ekstrand and Honors performance competitions will take the stage, along with graduate quartet-in-residence Ajax Quartet.
- “I believe that a degree in music prepares you for amazing things in this world because the elements of music translate to other creative disciplines."
- Alumna Amy Marie Stewart credits her undergrad in opera from the College of Music for garnering such praise as “sweet-toned singing” from the New York Post for her performance in “¡Figaro! (90210).”
- Sam Estes—a bassoonist, vocalist and pianist—specializes in taking a compositional approach to sound design in his various roles in Southern California.
- Since completing a bachelor’s in music at the 51Թ College of Music, composer, orchestrator, arranger, conductor and guitarist Carl Rydlund hasn’t missed a beat.
- New opera “If I Were You” gets the CU NOW treatment this summer at Eklund Opera’s trailblazing workshop program.
- Distinguished Alumni Jon Kull and Tia Fuller, along with Distinguished Service Award winner Joseph Negler, will be honored and recognized for their contributions to the College of Music on Thursday, May 10.