Category Archives: Bands

2014 Wind Symphony Group Photo

Wind Symphony Southwest Tour 2016

Dear Reader, I’m excited to write this note letting you know that the Colorado State University Wind Symphony is taking its first Southwestern tour in the history of the band program at CSU. On April 13-16, the Wind Symphony will make stops in Grand Junction, Colorado, Los Lunas, New Mexico (Albuquerque area), and return via […]


CSU Pep Band and Spirit Squad Best in the West 2016 group photo

CSU Pep Band and the CSU Spirit Squad Recognized as Best in the West!

The 2016 Mountain West Basketball Tournament in Las Vegas, Nev. was a tremendous success for the Colorado State University Women’s Basketball Team, which won the tournament and was subsequently selected to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2002. Additionally, their most dedicated supporters, the CSU Pep Band and the CSU Spirit Squad, received […]


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Welcome Colorado State University’s new Trumpet Professor, Caleb Hudson

In Fall 2016, Caleb Hudson, trumpet artist of the Canadian Brass, will join the music faculty at Colorado State University as the assistant professor of trumpet. In this role, he will teach, recruit, maintain an undergraduate and graduate studio, and continue an active performing career, both outside of the University and within the School of […]


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March 2016 Alumni Class Notes

Lisa Dameron, 2010, B.M. Music; 2011, M.M. Music: “Since I have graduated from CSU, I have taught in three different schools (and districts), varying from Kindergarten to 12th grade Music. I taught K-5 general music, 6-12 choir, drama, and a music exploration class in Bennett, Colo. After 1 ½ years, my husband and I moved […]


CSU Marching Band members pictured with Dame Jackie

Marching forward: Band members thrive thanks to donor support

Each fall more than 200 students take the field as part of the Colorado State University Marching Band. Their performances are always a crowd-pleaser, but there is one woman cheering them on with more enthusiasm than the rest — Dame Jackie Erickson, the marching band’s number one fan and most generous supporter. Long before she […]


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February 2016 Alumni Class Notes

Cynthia Stokes, 1981, B.A. Speech and Theatre Arts, recently founded SD CITY Opera in San Diego, Calif., a new, artist-driven opera company dedicated to building community by turning beautiful music into stunning theatre and contributing to the dynamic reimagining of opera in America for the 21st century. Previously, Ms. Stokes started La Jolla Playhouse’s Summer Conservatory […]


CSU Marching Band 2015 Arizona Bowl Trip photo

Arizona Bowl Recap

On Dec. 26, In the middle of the holidays, 240 CSU Marching Band members and staff returned to Fort Collins for one last rehearsal before boarding a charter flight in the wee hours of the morning, flying to Tucson, Ariz. for the inaugural Arizona Bowl vs. the Nevada Wolfpack. Leading up to the game, held […]


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#BorderlineFriends

CSU Graduate Student, Kate Duncan Clever camaraderie was explored during a week-long collaboration between Colorado State University and Oklahoma State’s student-run music Instagram accounts. Led by CSU grad student Kate Duncan, with extensive help from OSU undergrad Thomas Tran, the so-called #BorderlineFriends campaign was introduced on the @CSUSMTD and @OKStateMusic Instagram accounts on Nov. 8: This week […]


Marching Band pictured at half-time Thanking Dean Ann Gill

Thank you Dean Ann Gill!

At the last home football game of the season, which traditionally honors senior players and marching band members, Ann Gill, the Dean of the College of Liberal Arts, also had a special day, both as guest cannoneer, and the inspiration for one CSU Marching Band’s halftime tunes. The following was read from Sonny Lubick Field […]