{"id":3045,"date":"2024-01-23T10:31:41","date_gmt":"2024-01-23T17:31:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/emailarchive\/?p=3045"},"modified":"2024-01-23T10:32:20","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T17:32:20","slug":"upcoming-music-events-block-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/emailarchive\/2024\/01\/23\/upcoming-music-events-block-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Upcoming Music Events – Block 5"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Block 5 Music Events and an Alumnus Spotlight<\/div>\n

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Congrats!<\/span><\/h1>\n

Congratulations to Ian Widmann, who walked in Winter Commencement on December 17 after completing all credits for his Bachelor of Arts degree in Music Education with a minor in The Ancient World. Widmann has been contributing to the Music Department in many ways, including performing with Collegium Musicum, Chamber Orchestra, Concert Band, and Chamber Chorus. He also presented a wonderful capstone project on gender-affirming voice pedagogy. This semester, find him around campus finishing some extra courses and independent studies and send him your salutations!<\/span>
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Upcoming Concerts<\/u><\/h1>\n
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Quince Vocal Ensemble<\/strong><\/a>
Friday, Jan. 26, 7 p.m.<\/strong>
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Described at “the Anonymous 4 of new music” by Opera News<\/i>, Quince continually pushes the boundaries of vocal ensemble literature by performing almost exclusively music of living composers, and actively commissioning works with a broad and curious aesthetic ear.<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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Collegium Musicum Concert<\/a>
Sunday, Jan. 28, 3 p.m.<\/strong>
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Alash Tuvan Throat Singing with Shodokeh Talifero Concert<\/a>
Tuesday, Jan. 30, 7 p.m.<\/strong>
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An evening of traditional Tuvan music infused with the modern influences of beat boxer and breath artist, Shodekeh Talifero.<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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USAFA Academy Band Chamber Winds<\/a>
Tuesday, Feb. 6, 7 p.m.<\/strong>
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A musical tour de force, featuring the talents of the USAFA Band performing a program of eclectic music for small ensembles. The concert will feature musical compositions from the late 1800s to 2023.<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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Rhapsody in Blue<\/em><\/a> at 100<\/a><\/strong>
Thursday, Feb. 8, 4 p.m.<\/strong>
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<\/em>How should we celebrate Rhapsody in Blue<\/em> as it turns one hundred years old? Mixing jazz and classical musical elements, <\/em>it <\/em>remains one of the best-known works of the twentieth century\u2014thanks in no small part to United Airlines! However, programming the Rhapsody in the concert hall today is a double-edged sword. As we navigate contemporary discussions on race and culture, what lessons can Rhapsody in Blue <\/em>teach us about the evolution of popular music in America? It turns out, quite a bit. <\/span><\/div>\n

Join Ryan Ba\u00f1agale<\/a>, Associate Chair and Professor of Music for this history making presentation!<\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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Music at Midday<\/a>
Wednesday, Feb. 7, 12 p.m.<\/strong>
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Live from Packard Hall<\/a>
Tuesday, Feb. 13, 3 p.m.<\/strong>
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Alumnus Spotlight – Brendan O’Donoghue ’12<\/span><\/h2>\n
Brendan O\u2019Donoghue is a freelance bass player based out of Denver, CO. While maintaining an active gigging schedule as a freelance musician, he also regularly performs with the Tenia Nelson Trio<\/a>, the Timberline Troubadours<\/a>, and the O\u2019Connor Brothers Band<\/a>. O\u2019Donoghue graduated from CC in Spring 2012 and has since furthered his career in music performance. O\u2019Donoghue reminisces about his time at CC as one that gave him a bit of an edge in the professional music industry. His connections with faculty, the flexible block schedule and structure, and even the opportunities for leadership and performances have all directly influenced his successes as a performer.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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While at CC, O\u2019Donoghue studied with faculty Marc Neihof and Joe Head, and highly regarded Neihof as one of the main reasons he learned \u201cfunctional\u201d ear training as a jazz musician, which prepared him to take lessons with professional \u201cfirst call\u201d (KUVO Jazz) bassist, Ken Walker<\/a>. O\u2019Donoghue also worked with former CC piano tuner and instructor, Bruce Pennington, who challenged and pushed O\u2019Donoghue in ways that resembled more traditional teaching strategies before the art became highly institutionalized. Pennington not only taught O\u2019Donoghue in the historically traditionally way, but eventually aided him in getting some of his first paid gigs in Colorado Springs. Meanwhile, O\u2019Donoghue attended jam sessions like the Second Sunday Jazz Affairs organized by the Pikes Peak Jazz and Swing Society<\/a>, and eventually started subbing for Marc Neihof. It was these connections as well as the freedom in structure at CC that established a more well-rounded approach to his career. O\u2019Donohue further says that \u201cWhen conservatory musicians are first out of college, a lot of times they try to make everything they play [sound] like a jury where they have to check a box trying to demonstrate that they know all these things\u2026but it\u2019s not something you need to demonstrate on a song-to-song basis.\u201d O\u2019Donoghue believes that not having juries at CC was helpful because teachers would teach him how to \u201cdo the thing\u201d rather than how to \u201cpass a test.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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O\u2019Donoghue commented on the Block plan and student life on campus, both of which created an expectation of what freelancing would be like. On campus life he says, \u201cthere\u2019s just so much to do and you just have to do it, which is what freelance music is going to be about.\u201d He mentions being part of student-led ensembles and putting a band together for house parties. \u201cYou could rent a PA from the A\/V department essentially for free, so if you could get five people together, all the house-party houses pretty much wanted live bands instead of an iPod. Nobody really cared about the band if the music was danceable\u2026That alone was valuable because we were learning how to read audiences, which you don\u2019t do in faculty-led ensembles.\u201d  He stated that it felt natural to him on the Block plan. There was a rhythm to it that reflects what the daily life of a freelance musician is like. He says the schedule sort of \u201ctook care of itself\u201d as he attended classes in the morning, joined his ensembles and lessons in the afternoon, and finished homework in the evening. He was a member of many of the student-led ensembles, some of which often took valuable time away from his classes, but he says \u201cthe way the real freelance world works, you always have too much going on. So to prepare 100% for everything that happens, learning to ration your time and energy, and learning just how well you need to know stuff\u2026It\u2019s never something you\u2019re going to solve. You just get better and you get more comfortable with playing to everybody\u2019s satisfaction even if it\u2019s not quite up to your own standards. You\u2019ll never have enough time, and that\u2019s okay.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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CONTACT US<\/h1>\n
Colorado College Department of Music
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Block 5 Music Events and an Alumnus Spotlight Congrats! Congratulations to Ian Widmann, who walked in Winter Commencement on December 17 after completing all credits for his Bachelor of Arts degree in Music Education with a minor in The Ancient World. Widmann has been contributing to the Music Department in many ways, including performing with … <\/p>\n

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