Your Support Makes Our Musical Community Possible
Dear friend of the Center for Musical Arts, In today’s world, connection and community can be difficult to come by, which is why the Center for Musical Arts is proud to provide a musical haven for you and your family. From each student’s relationship with...
Faculty Highlight: Bryan Dubrow
The Center for Musical Arts has a variety of talented music teachers. In this interview we spoke with guitar, ukulele, and piano instructor Bryan Dubrow about his cross-genre approach to music projects, his love of the guitar, and his approach to teaching. ...
Faculty Highlight: Sarah Summar
The Center for Musical Arts has a variety of talented music teachers. In this interview we spoke with violin, piano, and composition instructor Sarah Summar about her approach to teaching and the ways that even beginners can use composition and improvisation in their...
Faculty Highlight: Michael Pordesimo
The Center for Musical Arts has a variety of talented teachers. In this interview we spoke with violin and viola instructor Michael Pordesimo about his approach to teaching and the importance of creativity and independence. Center for Musical Arts: Good...
Colorado Music Festival: Kathy’s 2023 Concert Picks & Videos
Kathy Kucsan, Education Director When I was a sophomore at Indiana University, there was a buzz about a kid violinist who was studying with Josef Gingold. One day I was passing by Maestro Gingold’s studio and there was a small crowd listening at the door. “Well, he’s...
Be a Champion for Boulder’s Arts, Culture & Heritage
Dear friends and supporters, As Executive Director of the Colorado Music Festival & Center for Musical Arts, these are a few of the most common complaints I hear regularly from our donors and volunteers: “Why is arts funding so low when there’s so much...
Summer ’23 Reads: 3 Musical Books Kathy Loved (& 2 She Didn’t!)
Kathy Kucsan, Education Director Summer is a great chance for me to reflect on the music-related reading I have been doing and pass along my recommendations. (You can read 2022’s recommendations here, and 2021’s picks here.) As always, I would like to...
Why Music Lessons Are Worth the Investment
Kathy Kucsan, Education Director How can we determine the value of taking individual lessons on an instrument or voice? How do we decide whether music lessons are worth the investment of time and money? Worth driving across town or further to spend thirty minutes with...