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 […]
March 21, 2024 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – The Final Three: Saint-Saens’ Last Sonatas In the final year of his life, Camille Saint-Saens returned from writing orchestral masterworks to the land of chamber music. He has been cited as wishing to contribute to the repertoire of some of the most neglected solo instruments: the woodwinds, and particularly the double reeds. Each of the […]
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.
March 24, 2024 @ 11:30 am – 3:30 pm – CSU Music Education alums are invited to join us on March 24 at Boettcher Concert Hall for a reception and matinee performance by the Colorado Symphony and Colorado Symphony Chorus of W.A. Mozart’s Requiem Mass, conducted by Peter Oundjian. Reception: Sunday, March 24 at 11:30 a.m., Bach Room, Boettcher Concert Hall. Light hors d’oeuvres will […]
March 24, 2024 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm – Fortress Brass Quintet Live! The acclaimed Fortress Brass Quintet returns to Colorado for an evening exploring standards of the brass quintet literature as well as new works for American audiences that the quintet discovered on their numerous international tours.
March 25, 2024 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Boundless, The Way of the Modern Flute With Juhyun Lee, Piano New faculty artist, Dr. Ysmael Reyes, with Dr. Juhyun Lee, piano, presents a program of works by Claude Debussy, André Jolivet, Toshi Ichiyanagi, and Richard Strauss that display the highly expressive, lyrical, and technical qualities characterizing the modern flute. The instrument had been falling […]
March 26, 2024 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm – Please join us for a concert of solos and chamber music by members of the Trumpet Studio led by Dr. Stanley Curtis.
April 2, 2024 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm – The students of Dr. Ysmael Reyes and Dr. Michelle Stanley present a program of solo, and chamber works for flute in assorted styles and genres.
April 3, 2024 @ 4:30 pm – 5:15 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 4, 2024 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Presented by the Ralph Opera Program With the University Symphony Orchestra 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 […]
April 6, 2024 @ 9:30 am – 9:30 pm – 2024 North American Baroque Trumpet Competition and Conference at Colorado State University For more information, or to register as a presenter or competitor: NABTCC Schedule of Events: Saturday, April 6 9:30am Welcome and Opening Remarks Stanley Curtis – Colorado State University Runyan Rehearsal Hall 10:00am Clinic: TBD Jason Dovel – […]
April 6, 2024 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm – Guest Artists for the North American Baroque Trumpet Competition and Conference will perform a variety of solo and ensemble repertoire for the baroque trumpet, the valveless trumpet of the 16th and 17th Centuries. More information on the North American Baroque Trumpet Competition
April 7, 2024 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Guest Artists for the North American Baroque Trumpet Competition and Conference will perform a variety of solo and ensemble repertoire for the baroque trumpet, the valveless trumpet of the 16th and 17th Centuries. More information on the North American Baroque Trumpet Competition
04/08/2024 @ 4:00 pm – 5:15 pm – Panel discussion on the historical and contemporary meaning(s) of democracy. Moderated by CSU professors Martín Carcasson and David McIvor. Panelists: Dr. Nick Davis (University of Alabama) Kermit Roosevelt, J.D. (University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School) Dr. Rachel Siegmund (University of Denver) LSC Ballroom B 4 – 5:15 pm *Free and open to the public. No […]
04/08/2024 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm –
President Amy Parsons is in conversation with W. Kamau Bell, an Emmy and Peabody award-winning stand-up comedian, television host, director, and producer, about race, culture, and democracy. Part of the College of Liberal Arts Democracy Summit.
04/09/2024 @ 11:00 am – 1:00 pm – LSC Longs Peak Room 11 am – 1 pm Join us for a discussion of democracy with respect to Indigenous governance practices and barriers to political participation encountered by Native Americans. Featuring Allison Nesswood, Navajo attorney in Boulder, Colo. and member of the Native American Rights Fund, and Jordan Dresser from the Wind River Reservation. […]
April 9, 2024 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm – An evening of solo and chamber music that highlights the trombone in a variety of musical settings. This recital features undergraduate and graduate students from the Trombone Studio under the guidance and coaching of Dr. Drew Leslie.
April 10, 2024 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm – CSU alumni are invited to the Iris and Michael Smith Alumni Center for a behind-the-scenes look at the CSU Marching Band. Former drum major and CSU alumna, Kathryn Kennedy, will present the band’s history, and marching band director, Dr. Jayme Taylor, will discuss various aspects of the current band, including membership and the game day […]
04/10/2024 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm – In 1861, the U.S. Congress carved Colorado’s boundaries representing no river, mountain range, tribe, or language group to enclose five distinct areas that are now Southern Colorado; Western Colorado; the Eastern Plains; the Front Range along the eastern face of the mountains; and Metropolitan Denver. Each of these regions vastly differs in terms of populations, […]
04/11/2024 @ 11:00 am – 3:00 pm –
Short, facilitated processes focused on mini-dialogues about a variety of issues and civic-skill building exercises. New discussions will start every 15 minutes from 11am to 3pm
04/11/2024 @ 11:00 am – 3:30 pm – Join us for learning and conversation about a variety of topics related to democracy. Panelists are CSU faculty and staff. Pick one panel each hour. LSC 372-390 11 am – 3:30 pm Choose from one of three panels during each time slot. 11 am – 12:15 pm Engaging Rural Voices in Democracy (LSC 372-374) Democracy […]
04/11/2024 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm – The Lyric Cinema 5 – 7 pm Dr. Robert Putnam coined the phrase “social capital.” This documentary covers the ways in which our country is declining in our social capital because we join organizations less than we used to. Based on Putnam’s book, Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community. Reception after film. 6:45 […]
04/11/2024 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm – Lessons and Legacies of the Civil War for American Democracy with Dr. Jeremy Suri Lyric Cinema 7 – 9 pm Dr. Jeremy Suri, author of Civil War By Other Means, will explore the enduring political divisions, racial strife, and insurgent violence that followed from events after Abraham Lincoln’s assassination. Exploring this history helps us to understand […]
April 11, 2024 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – The Jazz Combos present an evening of small-group jazz. Directed by Dr. Seth Lewis, Tom Amend, and Sean Sullivan, the combos present a program of jazz standards, great hidden gems, and original music by combo members.
April 11, 2024 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm – Michelle Kesler, cello, and Scott Holden, piano perform several 20th-century sonatas for the instruments, including Ethel Smyth’s Sonata for Cello and Piano in A minor op. 5, Eugene Ysaye’s Sonata for Solo Cello in C minor, op. 28, and Benjamin Britten’s Sonata for Cello and Piano, Op. 65. Dr. Michelle Kesler, associate professor of cello […]
04/12/2024 @ 9:00 am – 12:30 pm – Visit with on-campus and off-campus organizations who work on different elements of democracy and find out how you can get involved. LSC Never No Summer 9 am – 12:30 pm
04/12/2024 @ 9:00 am – 10:45 am – LSC University Ballroom 9-10:45 am From the Movement Strategy Center, Rosa González will lead 60 people in practices to reclaim citizenship. Free and open to the public. RSVP required. RSVP at https://col.st/dIIQn
04/12/2024 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm – LSC University Ballroom 1 – 2 pm Robert Putnam is the retired Malkin Research Professor of Public Policy at Harvard University. He has received numerous awards for his teaching and research, including the National Humanities Medal in 2013. He is the author of 15 books, including Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community, among […]
April 12, 2024 @ 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm – Brass Area students are featured in an evening of chamber music in a variety of settings and styles, including brass quintet, trombone quartet, trumpet ensemble, tuba/euphonium quartet and more! The program features students from the studios of Dr. Stanley Curtis, Dr. John McGuire, Dr. Drew Leslie and Prof. Steve Dombrowski.
April 14, 2024 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm – The CSU Trombone Studio presents an evening of music composed and arranged for trombone ensemble, directed by Dr. Drew Leslie. This concert features the CSU Trombone Choir as well as the NoCo Bones, which is a large trombone choir made up of CSU students and area high school trombonists. The varied pieces showcase the beauty […]
April 16, 2024 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm – A recital of vocal music by students from the studios of Dr. Nicole Asel, Dr. Tiffany Blake, and Professor John Lindsey.
April 19, 2024 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Garden of Dreams For its final concert of the season, the CSU Wind Symphony, directed by Dr. Jayme Taylor, sets forth on an epic exploration of music and visual media with a presentation of Julie Giroux’s Symphony No. 6 “The Blue Marble,” and David Maslanka’s A Child’s Garden of Dreams. Immerse yourself in a unique […]
April 20, 2024 @ 8:30 am – 9:30 pm – Mangani Mania! A celebration of the clarinet compositions of living composers, this year’s event features the many works of Italian guest artist, Michele Mangani who will be a major part of the celebration. Highlights of the festival include Mangani’s talk on his compositional process and the pieces being performed on the festival concerts. Middle/high school […]
April 20, 2024 @ 9:00 am – 3:30 pm –
Join the CSU Marching Band on Saturday, April 20, 2024 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 who want to see what it’s like to be in the CSU Marching Band. Official schedule to be announced.
To register for the 2024 CSU Marching Band Spring Game Extravaganza, click here.
April 20, 2024 @ 10:00 am – 3:00 pm –
This event is an in-person live audition for anyone interested in joining the Fall 2024 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 19. There is no fee to audition.
For details about the CSU Color Guard and to register for auditions, click here.
April 21, 2024 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm – Students of saxophone professors Peter Sommer and Dr. Dan Goble present a recital of solo and chamber works for saxophone, including classic and contemporary literature featuring a dynamic range of expression and musical interplay.
April 22, 2024 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Join the CSU Music Faculty for a concert featuring the works of Johannes Brahms, Henri Dutilleux, Melanie Bonis, and Valerie Coleman. The concert includes CSU faculty artists Ron Francois, violin; Margaret Miller, viola; Romina Monsanto, cello; Bryan Wallick, piano; Ysmael Reyes, flute; Cayla Bellamy, bassoon; Megan Lanz, flute; Copper Ferreira, clarinet; Jooyeon Chang, piano; Tiffany […]
April 23, 2024 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Guest Artist Jon Gordon, Saxophone The Jazz Ensembles, under the direction of Wil Swindler and Shilo Stroman, present guest saxophonist and composer Jon Gordon, a distinct voice on the alto saxophone. Mr. Gordon has worked with Maria Schneider, Ron McClure, Clark Terry, Benny Carter, Phil Woods, T.S. Monk, Tana Reid, Bill Mays, The Vanguard orchestra, […]
April 25, 2024 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Song and Dance Part II The Symphonic Band, with guest conductor Dr. Elizabeth Peterson, continues its exploration of song and dance. This concert features Twist by Jodie Blackshaw, American Hymnsong Suite by Dwayne Millburn, and Conga Del Fuego by Arturo Marquez.
April 26, 2024 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – My Life Flows On in Endless Song Join the CSU Choral Program for our final performance of 2023-2024 school year! Chamber Choir will perform one of the most popular choral works in the choral repertoire, Vivaldi’s Gloria. They will be collaborating with a chamber orchestra, which will be co-conducted by Dr. James Kim, Director of […]
April 27, 2024 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm – With Guest Artist Sandi Rennik Students of the internationally ranked Percussion Ensemble, directed by Dr. Eric Hollenbeck, present the capstone percussion concert of the year, featuring special guest, Sandi Rennick. Ms. Rennick is a percussionist and marimba soloist with extensive performing and teaching experience in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and throughout the U.S. An original […]
April 28, 2024 @ 9:00 am – 2:00 pm –
This event is an in-person live audition for anyone interested in joining the Fall 2024 CSU Drumline. 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 26. There is no fee to audition.
April 28, 2024 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm – Students of the oboe and bassoon studios perform solo, and ensemble works written from the 1600s to present day.
April 28, 2024 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm – The string area invites you to attend the spring concert of undergraduate and graduate students performing works from the extensive chamber music canon. String professors include Ron Francois, violin, Margaret Miller, viola, Romina Monsanto, cello, and Dr. Forest Greenough, double bass.
April 29, 2024 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Come join the Graduate Quartet for a program of the only string quartet by Maurice Ravel, and the first of Ludwig van Beethoven’s late quartets.
April 29, 2024 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm – Musical Memories The Concert Band, directed by Kevin Poelking with guest graduate conductors, James Mepham and Paul Haarala, perform classic pieces and exciting new works of the wind band repertoire that conjure memories of our favorite people and places.
April 30, 2024 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm – Ancient Airs and Echoes With Guest Artist Jenna Moore, Flute The Concert Orchestra’s highlights music of late Romantic and Modern composers inspired by melodies of long ago. The orchestra, directed by Dr. Rachel Waddell and joined by wind and brass players from the School of Music, Theatre, and Dance, perform Ottorino Respighi’s Ancient Airs and […]
May 1, 2024 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm – Students from the piano studio of Bryan Wallick perform selected works from their end of year jury programs.
May 2, 2024 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Propulsion! With Guest Artist Quinn Harlow, Percussion This captivating and dynamic concert, directed by Dr. Rachel Waddell, is the perfect way to celebrate the end of the school year and dive into summer. From John Adam’s Short Ride in a Fast Machine to Arturo Márquez’s Danzón No. 2, these modern pieces are tied together by […]
May 5, 2024 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm – The concert features percussion music from around the globe performed on steel pans by the RamPan Band and the GoldPan Band. The Brazilian Ensemble, Afro Cuban Ensemble, Civil Rope Drum Ensemble, Mexican Marimba Band, and our 1930’s George Hamilton Green Xylophone Ragtime Band join the performance. The percussion area is under the direction of Dr. […]
May 8, 2024 @ 4:30 pm – 5:15 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.
June 3, 2024 – June 7, 2024 @ 12:00 am –
Spend a week honing your craft on the beautiful CSU campus! Auditioned students will perform a solo in our beautiful Recital Hall. Participants will also take voice lessons with CSU faculty, and participate in workshops, masterclasses, and talkbacks, including ‘Conquering the College Audition.’
June 5, 2024 – June 7, 2024 @ 12:00 am – Join CSU Jazz Faculty Wil Swindler, Peter Sommer, Dr. Seth Lewis, and Tom Amend for our second annual CSU Jazz Summer Workshop. The workshop will run 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. each day focusing on small group jazz playing and improvisation. Students will also study Jazz history and listening, Jazz theory, and attend instrument-specific masterclasses. […]
June 5, 2024 @ 4:30 pm – 5:15 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 6, 2024 – June 7, 2024 @ 12:00 am –
Percussion Camp for high school students includes instruction on how to successfully prepare and audition to become 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 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 […]
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.
June 24, 2024 – June 27, 2024 @ 12:00 am –
July 13, 2024 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm – The CSU Summer Conducting Seminar continues its fun tradition of presenting a delightful concert version of a popular operetta or Broadway musical. The project serves as the master’s thesis for working music educators from around the world who participate in the seminar for three consecutive summers. Bye Bye Birdie music by Charles Strouse and lyrics […]
August 3, 2024 – August 10, 2024 @ 12:00 am –
The International Keyboard Odyssiad® & Festival, U.S.A., is a weeklong summer piano competition and festival featuring over a dozen guest artists and pianists in daily masterclasses and presentations, matinee concerts, the live Semifinal and Final Rounds of the Olympic-styled Odyssiad® competition, and riveting evening and matinee concerts by internationally renowned pianists, including Van Cliburn winners. Taking place at the foothills of the majestic Rocky Mountains of Colorado, the International Keyboard Odyssiad® and Festival (IKOF) is designed for pianists of all ages and nationalities, teachers, and the general public who love the piano and its repertoire.
September 7, 2024 @ 12:00 am – 11:59 pm –
This fall, the Colorado State Marching Band will be hosting the second annual CSU Band Day in conjunction with CSU Athletics. Join us at the CSU vs Northern Colorado game on Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024, for this special event!
October 26, 2024 @ 12:00 am – Join the CSU Alumni Band at the 2024 Homecoming and Family Weekend on Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024.
December 5, 2024 – December 7, 2024 @ 12:00 am –
The annual CSU Honor Band Festival brings together the finest high school musicians in the Rocky Mountain Region, selected from hundreds of applicants throughout the western region; the three-day festival takes place at the University Center for the Arts at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado. Guest clinicians and conductors enhance the student’s experience, providing invaluable insight and expertise. In addition to rehearsals, students enjoy several concerts given by CSU faculty and student ensembles. The experience is capped off with a performance by the Honor Wind Symphony and the Festival Concert Band in the beautiful, world-class Griffin Concert Hall.