Called a “bright wom[a]n with big ideas” (Souls in Action), Colorado composer Loretta K. Notareschi seeks to create “compassion” (303 Magazine) and connection through her “powerful” (The Denver Post) and “deeply personal” (5280 Magazine) music. Whether writing for string quartet or symphony orchestra, church congregations or classical ukulele, she seeks to move listeners with music of meaning. Notareschi is a professor of music at Regis University and a faculty member of The Walden School Creative Musicians Retreat. She received master’s and doctoral degrees from the University of California at Berkeley, a bachelor’s of music from the University of Southern California, and the General Diploma from the Zoltàn Kodàly Pedagogical Institute of Music, where she was a Fulbright Scholar. Notareschi’s music has been performed by groups such as the Spektral Quartet, the Sacred and Profane Chamber Chorus, The Playground Ensemble, and the Boulder Symphony. She has received awards and grants from the Cincinnati Camerata, IronWorks Percussion Duo, the American Composers Forum, and the GALA Choruses, and in October 2016, she was a TEDxMileHigh speaker.