Rebecca Evans wins 2024 Colorado Theatre Guild Henry Award
Please join Colorado State University Theatre in congratulating staff member Rebecca Evans on her 2024 Henry Award for Best Costume Design.
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Commitment to Campus offers CSU employees even more discounts, benefits, programs
Tellus Outdoors, The Haunted Game Cafe and Thrive Acupuncture are local establishments that recently started providing discounts for university employees.
Researchers seeking children who have autism for music therapy, brain activity study
Faculty in the Brainwaves Research Lab and Music Therapy program are currently looking for participants in an ongoing research study to determine the effects of music therapy in children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder.
EAB recognizes School of Music, Theatre, and Dance production staff
The SMTD staff is responsible for producing three plays, one musical, two operas, four dance concerts, the Halloween Organ Extravaganza and many other events every year.
Insights Speaker Series: A global perspective
This Insights Speaker Series features three CLA faculty highlighting international relations through a unique lens.
The pursuit of a passion inspires a legacy gift
Although Susan Metzger grew up in a piano-playing family, it was four decades before her latent musical aspirations found expression and eventually led her to Colorado State University. To help students realize their dreams, she recently made a $2 million planned gift to create two scholarships for undergraduate or graduate students studying viola or piano.
CSU Theatre Students Win USITT24 Awards
Colorado State University Theatre proudly announces USITT student awards. The United States Institute for Theatre Technology, Inc. (USITT) connects performing arts design and technology communities to ensure a vibrant dialog among practitioners, educators, and students. The USITT24 award winners, Annie Hennen and Dani Ranisate will be celebrated at the “Awards, Awards, Awards” ceremony in Seattle, Washington, on March 21, 2024.
Dr. Nathan Payant makes his conducting debut at Carnegie Hall
Dr. Nathan Payant will make his conducting debut at Carnegie Hall in New York, as one of MidAmerica Productions featured conductors on Saturday, April 13, 2024.
Carnegie Hall’s mission is to “present extraordinary music and musicians on the three stages of this legendary hall, to bring the transformative power of music to the widest possible audience, to provide visionary education programs, and to foster the future of music through the cultivation of new works, artists, and audiences. Since it opened in 1891, Carnegie Hall has set the international standard for musical excellence as the aspirational destination for the world’s finest artists.”
Music’s Impact on Community Spaces: CSU Students’ Ethnographic Studies
A new School of Music, Theatre, and Dance course, Music of the 20th and 21st Centuries (MU 430), offers music majors the opportunity to produce original ethnographic research, which includes observing or interacting with people moving through their chosen environments. The research took place online and in the Fort Collins community – settings where the students found music and/or sound to be an aspect of the human experience – including a local record store, The R Bar, a YouTube channel, and the Harbinger coffee houses.
Guest director Ray Black connects the history of Black theater to modern ‘Fairview’
Associate Professor of Ethnic Studies Ray Black is guest-directing ‘Fairview’ for CSU’s School of Music, Theatre and Dance.