Events

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Spring 2024 Student Recitals / FREE

January 16, 2024 – May 6, 2024 @ All Day – Please join us in celebrating the recital performances of our CSU music students. Student Recitals are FREE and open to the public. Note: Dates, times, and locations are subject to change, please check back to confirm performance details. Friday, February 16, 2024: 5 p.m., Organ Recital Hall, James Scott, Bassoon Friday, March 1, 2024: 5 […]





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Classical Convergence Series: Cuarteto LatinoAmericano

January 23, 2024 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Cuarteto LatinoAmericano is one of the world’s most renowned classical music ensembles and a leading proponent of Latin American music for string quartet for more than thirty years. Founded in Mexico in 1982, the Cuarteto has toured extensively throughout Europe, North and South America, Israel, China, Japan and New Zealand. They have premiered more than […]




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Classical Convergence Series: Vitamin String Quartet

February 6, 2024 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Long before Bridgerton broke the Netflix algorithm, Vitamin String Quartet had helped establish classical crossover as a genuine force in contemporary music. Fresh off high-profile placements in Seasons 1 and 2 of the aforementioned streaming smash, VSQ has “reached a mainstream, global audience” (Variety) and “charmed the world with their classical covers” (Nylon). New York […]


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ON THE BRINK Reading Series

February 7, 2024 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – The ON THE BRINK Reading Series is aimed at amplifying marginalized voices and exposing students to a diverse array of BIPOC, queer, and women artists from around the nation and the world. A collaboration of professional theatre artists, faculty members, current students and CSU alumni, On the Brink explores works representing a variety of underrepresented voices and […]


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Body/Speak

February 9, 2024 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Co-directed by Susie Garifi and Julia Cooper  Body/Speak features guests from colleges, universities, and dance companies across the region who join CSU Dance for an evening of diverse dance. “This concert brings our community together to showcase what’s happening in dance across Colorado and Wyoming,” said Director of Dance Emily Morgan. All participants are invited […]


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Masterclass: American Dance Festival Director of Education, Nile Russell

February 10, 2024 @ 11:00 am – 1:00 pm – Masterclass with Nile Russell, American Dance Festival Director of Education. UCA studio 101 No preregistration is required. Participation waivers will be provided on the day of the class. For questions contact: Julia Cooper at julie.cooper@colostate.edu  or Emily Morgan at emily.morgan@colostate.edu Nile Russell is originally from Baltimore, MD. At the age of fifteen, his dance teacher, […]


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Spring 2024 Visit and Audition Days

February 16, 2024 – February 17, 2024 @ 12:00 am –

We look forward to meeting you at an upcoming on-campus or virtual visit. Prospective students (high school juniors, seniors, transfer students, and current CSU students) will meet dance faculty and current dance majors.

No matter if you come to campus or meet with us online, the itinerary includes an overview of our dance program, excerpts from our upcoming Dance Concert performed in our dance spaces, and teaching demonstrations by CSU Dance faculty for prospective students to observe or participate in. Prospective students (and parents/guardians) will have an opportunity to ask questions of the faculty and current students during a Q&A session.


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Spring 2024 Virtual Visit Session

February 17, 2024 @ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm –

We look forward to meeting you at an upcoming on-campus or virtual visit. Prospective students (high school juniors, seniors, transfer students, and current CSU students) will meet dance faculty and current dance majors.

No matter if you come to campus or meet with us online, the itinerary includes an overview of our dance program, excerpts from our upcoming Dance Concert performed in our dance spaces, and teaching demonstrations by CSU Dance faculty for prospective students to observe or participate in. Prospective students (and parents/guardians) will have an opportunity to ask questions of the faculty and current students during a Q&A session.


Classical Convergence Series: Gilbert & Sullivan in Concert

February 28, 2024 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – A sextet of New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players stars will entertain with many selections from the full repertoire of Gilbert & Sullivan’s comic operas. Hear your favorites from The Pirates of Penzance, H.M.S. Pinafore, The Mikado and more! Followed by their signature section—impromptu audience requests! Building on the foundation of the classical music tradition, […]


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Fairview by Jackie Sibblies Drury

March 1, 2024 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Directed by Dr. Ray Black The 2019 Pulitzer Prize-winning drama, Fairview is a candid examination of race in contemporary American society. In a well-off African American household reminiscent of TV sitcoms, a black family prepares for grandma’s birthday. A group of white spectators comments on the scene. When the play reverses the positions between spectator […]


2024 CSU Trumpet Day

March 2, 2024 @ 8:00 am – 5:30 pm –

The event is designed for trumpet players of ALL AGES AND EXPERIENCE who are looking for an in-person event that inspires their love of music and all things trumpet.

Trumpet students, teachers, performers, and band directors in Colorado are invited to attend this annual event hosted by CSU trumpet professor, Dr. Stanley Curtis, and features special guests to talk about their career and ideas on trumpet playing.


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ON THE BRINK Reading Series: Extreme Home Makeover by Makasha Copeland

March 6, 2024 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Extreme Home Makeover by Makasha Copeland Directed by Javier Hurtado CSU’s new professor of playwriting The ON THE BRINK Reading Series is aimed at amplifying marginalized voices and exposing students to a diverse array of BIPOC, queer, and women artists from around the nation and the world. Join directors Saffron Henke, Javier Hurtado, and special […]


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2024 BassoonaRAMa & OboeRAMa

March 23, 2024 @ 8:00 am – 5:30 pm –

Since 2006, BassoonaRAMa and OboeRAMa have brought together bassoonists and oboeists of all ages! The day-long event features today’s multifaceted bassoon successes who explore what it means to have a life and success in and around music. Guest clinicians include chamber and orchestral musicians, college professors, music researchers, and professional reed manufacturers.


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Hansel and Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck

April 4, 2024 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Presented by the Ralph Opera Program The classic Brothers Grimm fairy tale comes to life with the Ralph Opera Program’s performance of Engelbert Humperdinck’s “Hansel and Gretel”. Humperdinck’s sister, Adelheid Wette, wrote the libretto of the Märchenoper or fairy-tale opera Hänsel und Gretel, which is considered a key work of the German genre. The Märchenoper […]



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Spring Dance Concert

April 12, 2024 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Innovation is alive at CSU dance! This diverse concert features new works by faculty, and student choreographers. Be inspired by the versatility, athleticism, and expressiveness of our performers.  


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Our Town by Thornton Wilder

April 19, 2024 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Directed by Wesley Longacre This American classic won the Pulitzer Prize in 1938. Exploring timeless questions about the meaning of love, companionship, life, and death, Our Town tells the story of the fictional American small town of Grover’s Corners, New Hampshire between 1901 and 1913 through the everyday lives of its citizens. Using metatheatrical devices, […]


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Spring Dance Capstone Concert

May 3, 2024 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – The spring capstone dance concert features the creative work of senior dance majors Faith Brock, Tamia Fair, Corey O’Keefe, and Mikayla Zavattaro. 


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2024 Organ Week

June 9, 2024 – June 14, 2024 @ All Day –

Organ Week is designed for high school students interested in expanding (or beginning) their organ study. Led by a faculty of prominent concert and church organists, the program features one-to-one instruction, masterclasses, and recitals on the finest pipe organs in northern Colorado, including CSU’s Casavant organ.


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2024 Colorado Harp Seminar

June 9, 2024 – June 15, 2024 @ 12:00 am – Colorado Harp Seminar is a one-week intensive harp program for high school and undergraduate pedal harpists. Directed by faculty member Kathryn Harms at Colorado State University, it is designed to support, nurture, and inspire excellent musicianship. In addition to private lessons, students will participate in harp ensemble, masterclasses, and workshops on various topics such as […]


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2024 Education in Motion: A Professional Development Seminar for pk-12 Educators

June 10, 2024 – June 13, 2024 @ 12:00 am –

Join leading Dance/Movement Educators and Education Specialists to explore strategies and tools for integrating movement at all levels of learning in pK-12 classrooms. Colorado State University invites Colorado pK-12 educators and administrators to join us in person for presentations, exploration, sharing resources, and expanding our awareness and knowledge of the benefits of movement in the classroom. Guest speakers, university faculty, and education specialists will present the latest research and tools to help you reach more students, offer innovative ways to teach core curriculum and learn about how our state is supporting our efforts.