The CU Boulder bands program provides various performance opportunities for students, whatever their level or major field of study. The CU Boulder Concert Band is open to all CU Boulder students, regardless of major, with auditions held for seating and placement.
The Boulder Laptop Orchestra听(BLOrk) is offered as the 鈥淓lectronic Music Ensemble鈥� each semester, welcoming both music majors and non-music majors.
The College of Music is widely known for its chamber music programs. Various student ensembles are organized throughout the school year for strings, woodwinds, brasses, voices and mixed media.
CU Boulder choirs perform approximately two concerts per semester and regularly collaborate with ensembles such as the CU Boulder Wind Symphony and CU Symphony, as well as the Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra.
The CU Boulder Early Music Ensemble is devoted to the performance and study of music primarily from the 16th-18th centuries, with attention to period style, performance practices and historical context. Students may also work on solo repertoire.
Undergraduate and graduate students at the College of Music present several major productions each year in the Eklund Opera Program. These include fully staged and costumed operas and musicals.
CU Boulder jazz ensembles offer students exposure to a variety of jazz styles through the rehearsal and performance of classic literature, as well as the most current writing for jazz ensemble.
CU Boulder orchestras offer a range of repertoire for all levels of musicians on campus.听
CU Boulder SoundWorks听is a concert series-meets-forum for the creation and performance of new and original works by student composers, improvisers, performers听and collaborators, as well as a space to celebrate works by living composers beyond our community.
CU Boulder percussion ensembles celebrate percussion in many ways, exploring the great works of the repertoire: 鈥淎mores and Construction鈥� (Cage), 鈥淭occata鈥� (Ch谩vez), 鈥淪uite鈥� (Harrison), 鈥淥ctober Mountain鈥� (Hovhaness) and 鈥淚onisation鈥� (Var猫se), among others.听
The College of Music offers non-Western music ensembles鈥攐pen to both music majors and non-music majors鈥攖o explore West African Highlife, Japanese, Gamelan and Latin American traditions.
