CU Boulder SoundWorks
Welcome to CU Boulder SoundWorks!
2025-26 Season featuring Koa String Quartet, Mantra, Renova, and more!
The Pendulum New Music concert series presents the best of new music with CU faculty and students, and first-class guest artists that have included Sarah Kirkland Snider, Pamela Z, Nina C Young, Bang on a Can All Stars, ~Nois, HOCKET, and eighth blackbird. Monthly concerts take place on Wednesdays in Grusin Music Hall, Imig Building, CU campus in Boulder, with special events in the Atlas Blackbox Theater and other venues. Pendulum's mission is to promote new music and to equip students with the necessary skills and resources for successful collaborations and commissions. Pendulum takes its name from the Colorado Centennial Foucault Pedulum at CU's Duane Physical Laboratory. The pendulum iconifies the series' mission to swing through all aesthetic directions in the music of our time.
09/15/2026
We are excited to invite you to the first SoundWorks concert of the 2026–2027 season this Friday, September 18, at 7:30 pm in Grusin Music Hall! As always, admission is free and no tickets are required. You can also livestream at https://cupresents.org/livestreaming. CU Presents CU Boulder College of Music
08/10/2026
We’re thrilled to announce our 2026–2027 season, featuring new music by CU composers! This year, we’re honored to host the incredible Duo Mundi, our exceptionally talented friends in ~Nois Saxophone Quartet, CU’s brand-new graduate string quartet Astrodon, and more! Stay tuned—and mark your calendars! CU Boulder College of Music CU Presents Gulimina Mahamuti ~Nois Quartet Astrodon String Quartet
04/24/2026
It’s tonight! Join us at at 6 pm to hear new works by Dr. Barnett’s songwriting students!
04/08/2026
Join us on Tuesday, April 14 at 7:30 for the last concert of our 2025-2026 season, featuring the Renova New Music Ensemble. Hope to see you there! :) (Livestream available).
Check out this “drilling” excerpt from Addison Hill’s TEETH. Addison was one of the featured composers on our March concert with guest artists Mantra Percussion :) Swipe left to hear her speak about the piece and her creative process.
For more new music at CU, join us on 4/14 for our final concert of the 2025–2026 season :)
03/21/2026
Join us on Wednesday, March 25, at 7:30 pm in Grusin Music Hall for our next SoundWorks concert, featuring Mantra Percussion and the Koa String Quarter! Also streaming online through CU Presents. We can’t wait to see you there!
02/17/2026
We’re thrilled to present our annual multimedia/multidisciplinary concert at the ATLAS B2 Center for Media, Arts, & Performance. This special evening features a collaboration with film and visual artist Xuan alongside student composers Addison Hill, Asher Dobrin, Leah Tracy Porter and Nicholas Felder.
02/09/2026
SoundWorks is thrilled to present the first concert of 2026, featuring CU faculty Jennifer DeDominici and CU alumnus and cellist Peyton Magalhaes. They will be performing Three Silent Things by internationally renowned composer Ingrid Stölzel. From string duets to brass quintets, this concert will feature works by Ingrid Stölzel, Alan Mackwell, Sydnie Notter, and Aric Vyhmeister. Join us Wednesday, February 11th at 7:30pm in Grusin Hall. This concert is free and open to the public.
01/29/2026
Announcing our annual 64-Bit Electronic Music Competition! Open to all non-composition major CU Boulder students. Submission deadline February 11 at midnight! Link in bio 🔗
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