Apps for tablets and smartphones can help music teachers and students to learn and have fun. At this workshop, we'll highlight apps ranging from tuners and metronomes to SmartMusic and ForScore. Please bring your devices for hands-on learning and your app recommendations to share. Oct. 8, noon, in Imig N285

Earn two credit hours this coming fall with CU-Boulder's Applied Music Program! Group classes include guitar, piano, and hand drum circle. Private lessons are available for everything from banjo and guitar to voice, and piano. Check out our faculty bios and find what works best for you! Lessons begin Sept. 15. Register now on MyCUInfo portal. $326 per credit. Tuition is separate from main campus tuition. Contact advisor at appmusic@colorado.edu or 303-492-5950. Detailed information: http://conted.colorado.edu/programs/applied-music/courses

The Rocky Mountain Interdisciplinary History Conference (RMIHC) is a unique conference planned and organized by the University of Colorado's history graduate students. The Sept. 5-7, 2014 conference marks the fifteenth annual event. The principal goal of the conference is to provide graduate students with the opportunity to present their original work. All CU students and faculty are welcome to attend panel presentations, free of charge. For more information, contact us at rmihc@colorado.edu.

Ferment: Eat, drink and talk about life, faith/doubt, theology, God, spirituality, hope, love. Meets Thursdays, 5:30 p.m. during the fall and spring semesters at Backcountry Pizza & Taphouse. 2319 Arapahoe just west of Folsom St. Open to under-grad and grad-students of any, or no, faith background. Seeking people who are open-minded, aren't rigid, and who come without agendas or needs to hog conversations. Free food and beverages for the first 8 who arrive! Hosted by Wesley Fellowship.

Are you a creative, imaginative, enthusiastic individual who would like to provide interpretative services to Museum visitors through guided tours and workshops, as well as special events such as family programs, exhibit openings, adult activities and Museum Outreach programs, locally and statewide? Please join us on Friday, Sept. 5 from 4-5 p.m. in the BioLounge to learn about volunteer opportunities, meet museum staff, eat snacks and more.

WARES art space, a new student organization that aims to teach creatives the skills required to market themselves, is hosting their first juried art exhibition at Spark Boulder on the hill on Oct. 3. To be considered for the show, please email three pieces of any medium to waresartspace@colorado.edu. For more information visit WARESartspace.com.

Despite its long history, caste continues to serve as the fabric of Indian society, co-existing with modernity and a profound and progressive legal framework. Often the differences in approach to address the issue have become contentious. Martin Macwan, founder of Navsarjan Trust, tells the story of how he and his colleagues have been able to dissolve the caste discrimination. Friday, Sept. 5, CAS Conference Room, two doors north of Starbucks on University and Broadway. CAS Luncheon Series. Lunch will be provided.

Screenings of two Korean films and a public lecture. "Oldboy" (2003) will be shown on Thursday, Oct. 2, at 7:30 p.m. in the Visual Arts Complex (VAC) Auditorium. "The Host" (2006) will be shown on Friday, Oct. 3 at 7:30 p.m. in Muenzinger Auditorium. "The Host" will be preceded by a public lecture, “The Politics of Transnational Korean Genre Films: Park Chan-wook's 'Oldboy' and Bong Joon-Ho's 'The Host,'” by Hye Seung Chung and Scott Diffrient, Communication Studies at Colorado State University, on Friday, Oct. 3, 6 p.m., Muenzinger Auditorium.

Andrew Quintman, Yale University, explores the extraordinary life story of Yogin Milarepa composed by Madman Tsangnyön Heruka, tracing its historical formation, changing narrative voices, and enduring legacy across the region, as this story inspired new forms of religious literature across the Himalayan world, new styles of artistic production, and new traditions of spiritual practice. In time, the Madman’s version of the Yogin’s life would become Tibet’s most famous book. Wednesday, Oct. 1, 5 p.m., British Studies Room, Norlin Library.

Lecture and concert featuring Malek Jandali, an American-Syrian composer and pianist who uses his art to highlight the atrocities in the ongoing Syrian conflict, invoke the principles of human rights and advocate for international aid. His lecture (2 p.m.) will center on the current conflict situation in Syria and how he makes compositional choices in response to the conflict. Later, he will give a concert (7 p.m.) on his newest compositions as well as his seminal work “Echoes from Ugarit.” Monday, Sept. 29. Imig Music, Chamber Hall (C199).