{"id":3893,"date":"2019-02-04T22:27:45","date_gmt":"2019-02-04T22:27:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/atb\/?p=3893"},"modified":"2019-02-04T22:27:56","modified_gmt":"2019-02-04T22:27:56","slug":"carlton-gamer-celebrates-90-years-of-life-with-special-concert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/atb\/2019\/02\/04\/carlton-gamer-celebrates-90-years-of-life-with-special-concert\/","title":{"rendered":"Carlton Gamer Celebrates 90 Years of Life with Special Concert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By: Miriam Brown \u201921<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When Carlton Gamer first joined the Department of Music at Colorado College, the school\u2019s trademark Block Plan system wasn\u2019t even in the works yet. Now a professor emeritus, Gamer will turn 90 this year, and CC faculty are throwing him a concert in celebration.<\/p>\n<p>Gamer is most known for being a composer of over 70 works and a musical theorist whose articles have been published and cited in a number of academic journals, books, and dissertations. At CC, he taught courses on piano, music theory, music history, and comparative musicology \u2014 but he also co-taught courses in the feminist and gender studies, Asian studies, mathematics, and political science departments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver the years, I\u2019ve taught a number of interdisciplinary courses, and I love to do that.\u201d he says. \u201cWhen you\u2019re teaching a course with somebody, they\u2019re your teacher, and you\u2019re their teacher. So for me, teaching has been an ongoing educational experience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If the faculty support for Gamer\u2019s birthday celebration is any indication, then the feeling is mutual. Ten years ago, Professor of Music Ofer Ben-Amots, co-chair of the CC Department of Music, and Susan Grace, artist-in-residence and associate chair, decided to celebrate Gamer\u2019s 80th birthday by producing a concert with performances of some of his best work. This year\u2019s concert will feature artists such as Grace, pianist Steven Beck, former student Mark Arnest, George Preston of KCME classical radio, visiting dance professor Sue Lauther, and the Veronika String Quartet. They will perform a piece that Gamer composed in the very beginning of his career, but they will also perform another that he finished last week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just hope they\u2019ll enjoy the music,\u201d Gamer said. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coloradocollege.edu\/newsevents\/calendar\/details.html?EventID=30450&amp;booking=1&amp;title=Carlton%20Gamer,%20Professor%20Emeritus%2090th%20Birthday%20Celebration%20Concert\">Carlton Gamer Birthday Celebration Concert\u00a0<\/a>is Wednesday, <strong>Feb. 13<\/strong>, 7:30 p.m. in Packard Hall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By: Miriam Brown \u201921 When Carlton Gamer first joined the Department of Music at Colorado College, the school\u2019s trademark Block Plan system wasn\u2019t even in the works yet. Now a professor emeritus, Gamer will turn 90 this year, and CC faculty are throwing him a concert in celebration. 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