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For The Love Of Music: Yuri Lily Funahashi Shares The Gift Of Collaboration, Mareisa Weil

Colby Magazine

A virtuoso is quietly going about her business in the classrooms of the Bixler Art and Music Center. Yuri Lily Funahashi, accomplished chamber musician, assistant professor, and Music Department co-chair, is strengthening and inspiring her students’ relationship with music.

Court Musician: Four-Year Starter Sam Willson Is Composed On The Basketball Court - And At The Keyboard, Charles Eichacker

Colby Magazine

Four-year starter Sam Willson is composed on the basketball court—and at the keyboard

A Collaborative Note: Colby Symphony Orchestra Is A True- And Unusual- Musical Community, Christina Dong

Colby Magazine

After a final warm-up trill, the room quiets and conductor Stan Renard reaches for the baton. As the musicians watch him intently, he raises his arms, takes a breath, and delivers the opening cue. With that, Colby students and faculty, high schoolers, local amateurs, and seasoned professionals begin to play.

Lifting The Curtain: New Jersey Symphony Is Susan Stucker's Musical Home, Gerry Boyle

Colby Magazine

When as a sophomore Susan Stucker '89 agreed to manage the Colby Symphony Orchestra, she didn't know she was setting the course for her entire career.

Read/Listen/Watch, Eric Thomas

Colby Magazine

Colby faculty members have rich lives that extend beyond the classroom. In this, the first installment of a regular feature, we asked musician and composer Eric Thomas what he's listening to- and why.

Rock Never Dies: Sixties Rock Finds New Fans Among Today's Students, Brendan Sullivan

Colby Magazine

Today’s college students have something in common with their parents—music. From The Beatles to Led Zeppelin, ’60s rock echoes through the campus.

Listen, Rebecca Green

Colby Magazine

When you think composer, do you think dead, white, male, with scary hair? Well, think again. Colby has fostered a number of composers who are neither dead nor exclusively white or male. They use the medium of music in a variety of ways to express their artistic ideas, and they want you to listen.

Colby alumni and faculty composers use the medium of music to express their artistic ideas.

All That Jazz: Vinnie Martucci Composes And Improvises A Life In Music, David Mckay Wilson

Colby Magazine

On stage in a cozy New York club with his most recent quartet and jazz singer Laurel Massé, Vinnie Martucci ’77 leads the band through an eclectic set of tunes. The set is more than an interesting mix. It’s a road map of Martucci’s ever-changing musical career.

Radioheads: Lee L'Heureux And Crew Boost Wmhb To The Next Level, Rebecca Green

Colby Magazine

Lee L’Heureux ’03 and a band of devotees of music and college radio have worked to make WMHB better than ever.

8-Mile High: With Eminem On His A-List, Lawyer Randall Cutler Is All About Hip-Hop, Kate Bolick

Colby Magazine

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Breaking Through: With Today's Technology, Singer-Songwriters No Longer Need To Wait To Be "Discovered", Susan Sterling

Colby Magazine

Wait to be “discovered?” Not today’s singer-songwriters. Jason Spooner ’95 and Carolyn Altshuler Currie ’85 are part of a generation that is using technology to reach a far-flung fan base.