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CSU Marching Band at Football vs. Utah State

CSU Marching Band at Football vs. Utah State

November 29, 2024 at 12:00 AM
Fall 2024 Performance Schedule Saturday, Sept. 7: FB vs. Northern Colorado (5 p.m. Kick-off) Ag Day/Orange Out/Band Day Saturday, Sept. 14: FB vs. Colorado (5:30 p.m. Kick-off) Rocky Mountain Showdown/Green Out Saturday, Sept. 21: FB vs. University of Texas, El Paso (3 p.m. Kick-off) State Pride/White Out Wednesday, Oct. 2, 11 a.m.: President's Fall Address [...]
2024 CSU Honor Band Festival

2024 CSU Honor Band Festival

December 5, 2024 - December 7, 2024 at 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.
Symphonic Band Concert: <em>Time and Place</em>

Symphonic Band Concert: Time and Place

December 5, 2024 at 7:30 PM
Time and Place With Chris Bloom, Tuba Music’s ability to take us to another time and place is the focus of the Symphonic Band concert, conducted by Dr. Jayme Taylor with Cameron Honnen, graduate student conductor. Featuring Darius Milhaud’s Suite Française, CSU’s own James David’s new work Atomic Time, and introducing CSU’s new professor of [...]

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‘Hope Arises’ on the wings of the premiere of James David composition, ‘Flying Jewels’

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James M. David, an internationally recognized composer who currently serves as professor of music composition at Colorado State University, is dedicated to creating dynamic and thoughtful music for all. His work is regularly inspired by moving words, images and ideas from the past and present. David’s composition, “Flying Jewels,” was inspired by Brian Doyle’s essay […]

2021 All-State Instructional Videos Now Posted

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For a seventh year, the music faculty at Colorado State University brings you All-State Instructional Videos to help prepare your High School student instrumentalists for their upcoming auditions. Dedicated to its land-grant heritage, the music faculty at CSU are committed to promoting music and pedagogy of the highest quality, serving music education through actions that […]

CSU Marching Band announces drum majors for Fall 2021

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Fall 2021 Drum Majors: Kathryn Kennedy from Fruita Monument High School, and Katie St. Gemme-Pate from Legend High School The Colorado State University Marching Band announces the drum majors for the 2021 season. In the coveted role, Fruita Monument High School alum Kathryn Kennedy and Legend High School alum Katie St. Gemme-Pate will conduct the 250-member […]