On October 19, 2024, Deanna (Kraft) Thaler was honored with Cherry Creek School District’s Teacher Belt Award. As a choral music director at Falcon Creek Middle School, Thaler received the award for building relationships and making education fun.
Music alumna, Xareny Polanco, named 2025 CMEA Outstanding Young Educator
Colorado State University Theatre alum Tara Tolar-Payne has been named the assistant stage manager for the 2024-2025 North American tour of Annie with Whoopie Goldberg appearing as Miss Hannigan in New York City. The tour begins Nov. 12 with limited runs in Chicago and NYC before embarking on a 20-city run that ends in Los […]
Recent graduate, Paul Beyer, reflects on his first year teaching music by Jessica Warner Alumni | Music Education | School of Music, Theatre, and Dance | Alumni | School of Music Theatre and Dance We recently connected with Paul Beyer, who graduated from CSU with a Bachelor of Music in Music Education in 2023. Paul […]
Phuong Nguyen has built a classroom culture around high standards and making music fun by Jessica Warner Alumni | Music Education | School of Music, Theatre, and Dance Dai-Phuong Nguyen (B.M.E. ’01, M.M.E. ’08) is a perfectionist as a performer of multiple instruments and genres and a music educator. He has created a classroom environment […]
Hollie Ryckman embraces multiple cultures and student-led approaches in her Denver classroom by Jessica Warner Alumni | Music Education | School of Music, Theatre, and Dance Many CSU music education graduates expand upon normalized approaches to music pedagogy to accommodate their students’ needs and interests. Denver music teacher Hollie Ryckman is part of this transformative […]
Jana Webster-Wheeler’s experiences are a catalyst to teaching music and more by Jessica Warner Alumni | Music Education | School of Music, Theatre, and Dance As a woman with a rich history who has turned her trauma into a wellspring of wisdom, Jana Webster-Wheeler, B.M.E. ’00, has used her difficult experiences to teach so much […]
Announcing the 2024 Middle School Outreach Ensemble Composition Competition! Winners will have their piece performed during the 2024 MSOE Concert. We would like to invite all music students to participate in the 2024 MSOE Composition Competition. The competition is open to ALL middle school and high school students who are enrolled in their school music […]
Music Education Faculty News by Music Education | Bonnie Jacobi | Erik Johnson | School of Music Theatre and Dance Dr. Bonnie Jacobi Music education professor, Dr. Bonnie Jacobi, was selected to serve on a national panel for historical research in music education, which was held at the Normal Symposium for the History of Music […]
Dr. David Saccardi, music education professor at LSU by Jessica Warner Music Education | Alumni | David Saccardi | School of Music Theatre and Dance When David Saccardi graduated from Colorado State University in 2011, he did not realize the groundwork was laid for something more prestigious. He was recently awarded the position of associate […]
