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All apologies to Forrest Gump, but you really never know what you’re going to get at the �ֲ���ý’s Ekstrand music competition finals. Might be Bach, Bernstein or Basie, show tunes or a string quartet, a jazz solo or guitar duo.

The Cavani Quartet's Oct. 15-20 residency at CU-�ֲ���ý includes two performances at Grusin Music Hall and master classes, lectures and workshops on campus and in the community.

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It's been nearly a decade since Geraldine Walther packed up her viola and left the ranks of the San Francisco SympCalifornia drought: Major cutbacks by many Northern Californians

hony in favor of the life of a chamber musician. It doesn't sound like she regrets the decision for a moment.

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The Kronos Quartet, always bold, brings �ֲ���ý artists to �ֲ���ý for their appearance at Macky Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 8.

Michele “Mikhy” and Mike Ritter were college sweethearts at CU-�ֲ���ý. When they left their adopted hometown a few years after graduation to pursue career goals, Mikhy made Mike sign a contract that they’d return in five years.

“It took us six years to get back but we held up the bargain,” she says, laughing.

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When the world-renowned Kronos Quartet takes the stage at Macky Auditorium Oct. 8, expect a bit of �ֲ���ý, a dash of ‘60s Germany and a major meditation on World War I in music and film.

Rajeev Taranath, one of the world’s true masters of North Indian classical music and the sarod—a richly textured relative of the lute—will teach and perform during a Sept. 6-23 residency at the �ֲ���ý College of Music.

The Takács Quartet has announced music programs for its fall concerts.

Sept. 21-22

String Quintet in G minor, K. 516 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Allegro
Menuetto
Adagio ma non troppe
Adagio – Allegro

Charles Wetherbee, assistant professor of violin, spoke with Jean Inaba of Colorado Public Radio about his recent appointment as concertmaster for the �ֲ���ý Philharmonic.