March 3, 2023 – May 6, 2023 @ 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, March 3, 2023: 5 p.m., Organ Recital Hall, Kristopher Usrey, Trumpet 6:30 p.m., Organ Recital Hall, […]
March 28, 2023 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – With Jooyeon Chang, Piano, and Kevin Poelking, Composer Inspired by their personal reflections and work with fellow musicians and students throughout the pandemic, CSU faculty artists Cayla Bellamy (bassoon), and Megan Lanz (flute) undertook a journey of identifying trends in their emotions and experiences that were either limiting their happiness or interpersonal connections. The two realized they shared […]
March 30, 2023 @ 1:00 pm – 1:45 pm – Join us for a music research colloquium presented by music education professor, Bonnie Jacobi. Dr. Jacobi will present the topic: Music-Making in the Early Years of Vassar Female College 1865-1888: The Glorious Sunset. The lecture will be held in room 222 at the University Center for the Arts.
March 30, 2023 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Presented by the Ralph Opera Program An American icon, Aaron Copland’s music evokes the wide-open spaces of American landscapes and gives voice to a pioneering spirit of adventure in pieces like Rodeo and Appalachian Spring. In this piece, the sounds of rollicking American folk music are paired with achingly beautiful melodies that speak of the […]
March 31, 2023 @ 1:00 pm – 10:00 pm –
March 31, 2023 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm – The Colorado Symphony Brass Quintet presents a recital and masterclass for CSU students and the community. The repertoire includes works from the Renaissance to the 20th century and will be announced from the stage in this interactive experience. The Quintet will also coach and play with the CSU student quintets. Stephen Dombrowski is the principal tubist of […]
March 31, 2023 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Whether performing individually or together with complex five-piano arrangements, The 5 Browns—piano virtuoso siblings—are delivering on their dream to wake up classical music. “One family, five pianos and 50 fingers add up to the biggest classical music sensation in years.” —The New York Post CLASSICAL CONVERGENCE CONCERT SERIES Building on the foundation of the classical […]
April 1, 2023 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am – Join faculty and students from CSU Dance for FREE classes in a variety of classical and contemporary dance forms. No prior experience is needed. All levels ages 16+ are welcome! Date/Time: Select Saturdays from 10-11 a.m., including: Jan. 28 Open-Styles Choreography with Professor Grace NO CLASS – Feb. 4 Body/Speak Feb. 10 (Friday at 6pm) […]
April 3, 2023 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Please join us for a concert of solos and chamber music by members of the CSU Trumpet Studio.
April 4, 2023 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – This event has been cancelled. Come enjoy the fruits of the CSU Horn Studio’s labors from the year! The Horn Studio is proud to showcase the many talented and hardworking students in solo and chamber settings.
April 6, 2023 @ 5:00 pm – 5:30 pm – We hope you’ll join us at our CSU Marching Band Q&A. During the webinar, you will receive an overview of our marching band program, meet marching band faculty and student leadership, find out about the audition process, and have an opportunity to ask questions. Register here.
April 8, 2023 @ 8:30 am – 4:30 pm –
April 10, 2023 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – The Great American Songbook CSU Saxophone Professor Peter Sommer and University of Wyoming Director of Jazz Studies Ben Markley present a program of standards from the Great American Songbook, including music by Cole Porter, George Gershwin, Duke Ellington, and many more! An evening of duo jazz, featuring saxophone and piano in an intimate setting, highlighting […]
April 11, 2023 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm – Just Getting Rollin’! Join CSU faculty artist, Eric Hollenbeck, for a concert that includes several pieces featuring the lost art of rolling on marimba. A trend of marimbaist avoiding rolling as a means of sustain on the instrument has been revealed in most percussion pieces during the last 20 years. This program will feature several […]
April 11, 2023 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – The CSU Trombone Studio presents an evening of music composed and arranged for trombone ensemble featuring guest artist David Jackson. This concert will showcase the full CSU Trombone Choir as well as the NoCo Bones, which is a large trombone choir made up of both CSU students and area high school trombonists. Jackson will perform […]
April 12, 2023 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – The award-winning quartet is admired for both its fresh interpretations of the classical music canon and its championing of works by 20th and 21st-century composers. PROGRAM: J.S. Bach – A minor Prelude and Fugue from the Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1 arranged by Nick Kitchen Bela Bartok – String Quartet 2 I. Moderato II. Allegro molto […]
April 13, 2023 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm – The CSU Flute studio presents a recital by studio members.
April 13, 2023 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – CSU Jazz Combos 1,2, and 3 present an evening of small-group jazz. Directed by Dr. Seth Lewis, Tom Amend, and Sean Sullivan, the combos will present a program of jazz standards, great hidden gems, and original music by combo members.
April 14, 2023 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm –
Experience an eclectic performance exploring themes of joy, grit, and community. The spring concert features TangoFusion, a breathtaking dance by internationally acclaimed choreographer, Hernan Justo the artistic director of Carolina Ballet Theatre. Justo will be on campus this spring to put the finishing touches on his complex work that is being restaged on the students by faculty member Matthew Harvey. Additional faculty choreographers present new dances, including Grace Gallagher, Susie Garifi, and Julia Cooper. Selected student choreography rounds out what promises to be a rich and exciting performance.
April 15, 2023 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm – The CSU Music Education program presents the Middle School Outreach Ensembles concert! More than 60 music educators, including advanced high school students in the CSU Trying-on-Teaching Program, college music education majors, CSU faculty, practicing teachers, and retired sages provide instruction to more than 200 young musicians during this nine-week program. This performance will feature students […]
April 17, 2023 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Dr. Bacon will perform selections by J.S. Bach, Dieterich Buxtehude, and Robert Schumann’s Six Fugues, op. 60. A native of N.J., Dr. Joel Bacon holds degrees in mathematics and organ performance from Baylor University in Waco, Texas, where he was a student of Joyce Jones, and an artist diploma in organ from the Konservatorium der […]
April 18, 2023 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Enjoy a program of art songs and arias from CSU voice students.
April 19, 2023 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Please check back at a later date. Information will be posted as it becomes available.
April 19, 2023 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Please check back at a later date. Information will be posted as it becomes available.
April 21, 2023 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Sound and Smoke The CSU Wind Symphony closes the season by highlighting collaborations of CSU student artists. Under the direction of Dr. Rebecca Phillips, Graduate Wind Conductor Benjamin Pouncey will conduct the CSU premiere of Sound and Smoke by Viet Cuong. In addition, the ensemble will perform the world premiere of two works; Graduate Student […]
April 21, 2023 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Directed by Debbie Swann There will be a Livestream of Machinal on Saturday, April 29. The theatre season concludes with a gem of an expressionist play by one of the 20th century’s most provocative female playwrights. Inspired by the real-life case of convicted and executed murderer Ruth Snyder, Sophie Treadwell’s play explores the conformist pressures patriarchy […]
April 22, 2023 – April 23, 2023 @ All Day –
All students at CSU, regardless of major, may audition for a theatre production.
April 22, 2023 @ 9:00 am – 3:30 pm –
Join the CSU Marching Band on Saturday, April 22, 2023 and experience what it’s like to perform with the band during the Green and Gold Football Scrimmage! This event is open to high school juniors, seniors, transfer students, associate degree graduates, and current CSU students (and their parents/guardians) who want to see what it’s like to be in CSU Marching Band.
To register for the 2023 CSU Marching Band Spring Game Extravaganza, click here.
April 23, 2023 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm – Students of Peter Sommer, Dan Goble, and Wil Swindler perform classic and contemporary works for solo saxophone and chamber groups. Please join us for this special event featuring Adolphe Sax’s great invention and its development into the 21st century!
April 23, 2023 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – The Graduate String Quartet will present their second concert of the year featuring new and old works for string quartet.
April 24, 2023 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – Join us for the popular CSU Music faculty performance, which features works by W.A. Mozart, Gioachino Rossini, Rebecca Clarke, and a commissioned work for flute and bassoon.
April 25, 2023 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Concert #2 CSU Jazz Ensembles under the direction of Wil Swindler and Shilo Stroman present guest composer/bassist Sherisse Rogers. Ms. Rogers is a versatile composer, ranging in style from jazz and classical to world music and Rhythm & Blues. She was a regular arranger and orchestrator for the world-renowned crossover orchestra The Metropole Orchestra based […]
April 26, 2023 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm – CSU’s piano students perform selected works.
April 27, 2023 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – In celebration of springtime, we explore the music of newness, rebirth, and revolution! The Symphonic Band, directed by Jayme Taylor, performs a concert featuring Of Our New Day Begun by Omar Thomas based on the song Lift Every Voice and Sing, Chester by William Schuman based on the American revolutionary war song by William Billings, […]
April 28, 2023 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm – A recital presented by brass area students from the trumpet, horn, trombone, and tuba studios of Dr. Stanley Curtis, Dr. John McGuire, Dr. Drew Leslie, and Professor Stephen Dombrowski featuring repertoire for chamber groups and soloists.
April 29, 2023 @ 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm –
This event is an in-person live audition for anyone interested in joining the Fall 2023 CSU Color Guard. The day will begin with registration, continue with instructional/review time, and finish with the live auditions. Interested individuals who cannot make the live auditions can submit videos instead. All video auditions are due by 11:59 p.m. on Friday, April 28. There is no fee to audition.
For details about the CSU Color Guard and to register for auditions, click here.
April 29, 2023 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm – This concert will feature the western tradition of percussion in the 21st century with most of the pieces being written in the last 10 years. No dead composers on this one. We will pull out most of the percussion inventory and be ready for an eclectic and modern chamber music experience. Omar Carmenates is currently […]
April 30, 2023 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm – CSU’s Chamber and Concert Choirs are excited to join forces with Laudamus Chamber Chorale to perform Mozart’s monumental “Requiem,” accompanied by an orchestra comprised of professional instrumentalists from across the Front Range. The mystery surrounding this magnificent work is well documented, mainly due to the myths and controversies about its completion. Mozart was terminally ill […]
April 30, 2023 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – This concert will feature the undergraduate string chamber music groups.
May 1, 2023 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Momentum The CSU Concert Band ends the semester with a performance capitalizing on the momentum built throughout the year. Join the Concert Band for this engaging concert.
May 2, 2023 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – The Legacy of Leipzig Both J.S. Bach and Felix Mendelssohn lived in Leipzig –albeit in different centuries—and both made major musical contributions to this great German city. This program opens with the Overture to Bach’s Orchestral Suite No. 3. It will be followed by his Concerto for Oboe and Violin, performed by CSU professors Pablo […]
May 4, 2023 @ 5:00 pm – 5:30 pm – We hope you’ll join us at our CSU Marching Band Q&A. During the webinar, you will receive an overview of our marching band program, meet marching band faculty and student leadership, find out about the audition process, and have an opportunity to ask questions. Registration required.
May 4, 2023 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – A Monumental Close To conclude his final season, Maestro Kenney has chosen to present the gigantic Mahler Symphony No. 3., this virtuosic vehicle for huge orchestra, women’s choir, children’s choir, and mezzo-soprano concludes with what quite possibly is Mahler’s view of heaven.
May 5, 2023 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm – Come see CSU Theatre’s advanced directing students’ brilliant work in the student-directed One Act Festival. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, and you will most certainly be taken aback by the exquisite work put on by our student directors.
May 5, 2023 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm –
May 6, 2023 @ 9:00 am – 1:00 pm –
May 7, 2023 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – This concert will feature the CSU steel drum ensemble, Ragtime Xylophone Band, Civil War Rope Drum Ensemble and the Mexican Marimba band. The music represents styles, instruments and cultures from North and South America, the Middle East and Europe. *Note: This concert was changed from the original time of 6:00 PM and will now occur […]
May 11, 2023 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm – As part of their final, students in TH372 – Musical Theatre History and Repertory – present their top choices of repertoire for you!
May 30, 2023 @ 5:00 pm – 5:30 pm –
We hope you’ll join us at our CSU Marching Band Webinar to talk about Preseason Camp. During the webinar, you will receive an overview of our preseason camp, meet marching band faculty and student leadership, find out more about arriving on campus, and have an opportunity to ask questions.
June 5, 2023 – June 8, 2023 @ 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 teachers 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 to reach more students, offer innovative ways to teach core curriculum, and learn about how our state is supporting our efforts.
June 5, 2023 – June 10, 2023 @ All Day – CSU’s School of Music, Theatre and Dance offers a week-long program studying musical theatre for ages 14-18. This intensive program is an opportunity to study musical theatre with the award-winning faculty of CSU’s Musical Theatre program: Broadway performers Noah Racey (Curtains, Thoroughly Modern Millie) and Patty Goble, (Curtains, Ragtime), have performed in 11+ Broadway shows […]
June 8, 2023 – June 10, 2023 @ 12:00 am –
This is an excellent opportunity for middle school and high school students to begin to unravel the mystery of Jazz improvisation by working with our excellent Jazz faculty at CSU. We can help you make sense of all of those chord changes and equip you with tools and strategies to improvise better and improve over time. This workshop will provide the information, practice techniques, and experience to grow as a Jazz musician.
June 8, 2023 – June 9, 2023 @ 12:00 am –
Percussion Camp for high school students includes instruction on how to prepare and audition successfully toward acceptance as a collegiate music major. The workshop focuses on the four primary percussion instruments: Mallets (2 and 4 mallet), Timpani, Snare Drum, and Drum Set, as well as insight on applications, scholarships, equipment, and skills in being a college student.
June 11, 2023 – June 16, 2023 @ 12:00 am –
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.
June 26, 2023 – June 29, 2023 @ All Day –
The CSU Brass Workshop is an exciting new opportunity for student brass players to gain valuable instruction and improve on their instrument in a low-pressure and supportive environment. This three-day workshop is designed to help students with all aspects of their brass playing through daily warm-up sessions, clinics, chamber ensembles, group lessons and more!
June 30, 2023 – July 16, 2023 @ All Day –
The unique program is designed for music educators, enabling students to earn a master’s degree while continuing to work full-time. With the exception of a two-week summer seminar held on the CSU campus, all course work can be completed online or using your own school orchestra, choir, or band as your conducting laboratory.
July 30, 2023 – August 12, 2023 @ 12:00 am –
CSU Dance Lab is a college preparatory summer program offering immersive study in classical and contemporary dance forms, repertory, theory, and composition. In addition to dance classes and rehearsals, students will attend lectures, develop artist statements, choreograph solos, and present a public performance. Mentored by CSU Dance faculty, renowned guest artists, and current dance majors, attendees expand skills and knowledge while contributing to a collaborative creative process. Beginner through pre-preprofessional level dancers ages 14+ are invited to register for our two-week in-person intensive. To ensure individualized attention, registration is limited to 24 dancers admitted on a first-come-first-served basis.
