Category Archives: Brass

Symphonic Band pictured in Griffin Concert Hall

CSU Symphonic Band performs dramatic ‘Made in Europe’

March 2, 2017 By Emma Turner – reprinted with permission from the Collegian. Patrons of music gathered in the University Center for the Arts’ Griffin Concert Hall Tuesday night to hear the Colorado State University Symphonic Band. The performance was titled “Made in Europe” and featured four pieces from various European romantic and 20th century […]


Spring photo of the flower test garden

Student Profile: Caylyn Ysabel Newcomb, Trombone

Meet Caylyn Ysabel Newcomb! Caylyn is a sophomore at Colorado State University, studying in Rangeland Ecology and minoring in Music. Originally from Stafford, Virginia, she has found her state here at CSU. You can frequently find her in the ecology department, but when not there she is often found practicing and performing in the University […]


Canadian Brass promotional photo

Canadian Brass at Colorado State University

Renowned ensemble gives a free master class for campus and community musicians.

The School of Music, Theatre and Dance at Colorado State University hosts The Canadian Brass for a master class on Sunday, Jan. 29 at 10 a.m. The special event is taking place in the Organ Recital Hall at the University Center for the Arts, located at 1400 Remington St.


Trombone Studio Mountain Campus Retreat

Trombone Studio Mountain Campus Retreat

By Chris Van Hof, Assistant Professor of Trombone On Saturday, Aug. 27, the members of the Colorado State University Trombone Studio and I made the two-hour trek to CSU’s gorgeous Mountain Campus for the first-ever Trombone Studio Retreat. This being my fourth year as the Trombone Professor, it was time to find creative ways to […]


St. Petersburg 2016 Tour photo

Oct. 2016 Faculty Notes

A review of Music History Professor Angela Mace Christian’s work recently appeared in Music and Letters, a top journal in musical scholarship. The reviewer, Marcia Citron, is widely regarded as a foundational scholar in Fanny Hensel studies and, more broadly, women in music. The following is an excerpt from the journal regarding the *contribution by […]



John McGuire pictured performing in Russia

Fortress Brass Returns to St. Petersburg

Well, here we are! Another year, another Fortress Brass tour! After a year off, we’ve come back to St. Petersburg, Russia as part of the Brass Autumn Music Festival. It’s always so much fun to go on adventures, especially with this group. But, as enjoyable as a tour is, I always feel the hardest part […]


Rebecca Phillips pictured conducting

April 2016 Faculty Notes

Last fall, Assistant Professor of Music History K. Dawn Grapes had her annotated bibliography/research guide to “John Dowland” recently published online by Oxford University Press in Oxford Bibliographies. In her introduction, Dr. Grapes describes Dowland (b. 1563–d. 1623) as an internationally known English musician of the late 16th and early 17th centuries. As the most […]


Caleb Hudson promotional photo

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 […]


University Symphony Orchestra 2016 CMEA performance photo

University Symphony Orchestra Performs at Annual CMEA Conference at the Broadmoor

Last week, a good portion of our music faculty and staff, Music Education students, and the University Symphony Orchestra traveled to Colorado Springs for the Colorado Music Educators Association Clinic and Conference. The annual event is an exciting opportunity for the Colorado Music Education community to collectively connect, share, and learn. CSU faculty served the […]