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Music’s Impact on Community Spaces: CSU Students’ Ethnographic Studies

Posted by Jennifer Clary on Thursday, February 15, 2024
CLA Community, Research & Creative Scholarship

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.

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Dr. Jess Rushing receives National Institutes of Aging and of Health research grant

Posted by School of Music, Theatre, and Dance on Tuesday, January 9, 2024
Faculty, Faculty Publications, Music Therapy, Research

Dr. Jess Rushing is a Fellow of the National Institute of Infant and Child Medical Music Therapy and is currently the chair of the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine (ACRM) Arts and Neuroscience Networking Group. She has worked clinically with all ages, from premature infants to end-of-life, with considerable experience in medical, private practice, and […]

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Viola Professor Margaret Miller was a prolific presenter in 2023

Posted by Jennifer Clary on Thursday, December 7, 2023
Chamber Music, Strings

If you are a viola student or string instructor in the state of Colorado, you’ve most likely interacted with CSU viola professor, Margaret Miller. In 2023, the senior instructor of music coached, adjudicated, and performed at multiple conferences, academies, masterclasses, and camps across the Front Range and beyond. Here are some of Ms. Miller’s recent […]

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CSU Voice Major, Chandler Peveto, Performs as Emerging Artist with Steamboat Opera

Posted by School of Music, Theatre, and Dance on Wednesday, November 29, 2023
Music, Ralph Opera Center, Voice

Dr. Nicole Asel, professor of music in the voice area, contacted Peveto about an opportunity with Opera Steamboat after a previous performer found himself unable to sing. This opportunity led to a contract for Peveto to fill the role of Harry in Stephen Sondheim’s Company. When Peveto auditioned a second time this past summer for Opera Steamboat, he was contracted to perform two roles; Pinellino in Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi, and Peter Zegner in Missy Mazzoli’s Proving Up.

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Percussion Professor Shilo Stroman works with marching bands across the state

Posted by Jennifer Clary on Monday, November 27, 2023
Bands, Brass, Marching Band, Music Education, Percussion, School of Music, Theatre, and Dance, Woodwinds

Shilo Stroman, senior instructor of music for percussion and marching band drumline, shared his marching expertise with many Colorado high school marching bands throughout the competitive season. “Now that the marching band season in Colorado is officially over, I’d like to thank the ensembles who trusted me to create music for them,” said Stroman after […]

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Dr. Erik Johnson contributes to a new industry standard in pedagogy for teaching instrumental music

Posted by School of Music, Theatre, and Dance on Friday, November 17, 2023
Alumni, Faculty, Faculty Publications, Music Education

Dr. Erik Johnson, Colorado State University associate professor of Music Education, was honored to contribute his expertise to Teaching Instrumental Music: Contemporary Perspectives and Pedagogies, edited by Bryan Powell, Kristen Pellegrino, and Quincy Hilliard from Oxford University Press. Press Description: Teaching Instrumental Music: Contemporary Perspectives and Pedagogies reflects the music pedagogy of recent years while […]

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Dr. John Pippen, Bugs Bunny, and the American Musicological Society

Posted by Jennifer Clary on Friday, November 17, 2023
CLA Community, Latest News, Research & Creative Scholarship

What do Bugs Bunny, Leopold Stokowski, and examinations of socioeconomic class have in common? They are all part of a paper presentation by Dr. John Pippen, assistant professor of Ethnomusicology at Colorado State University. Dr. Pippen presented the paper, “Putting Class Back into Classical Music Studies,” at The 89th Annual Meeting of the American Musicological Society in Denver, Nov. 9-12, 2023, held jointly with the Society for Music Theory.