Annual Concert to Raise Support for CSU Music Scholarships CSU’s Annual Holiday Spectacular returns to the University Center for the Arts this season on Thursday, Dec.4, at 7 p.m. and Saturday, Dec. 6 with performances at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. in the Griffin Concert Hall at the University Center of the Arts, 1400 Remington […]
Featuring Beethoven, Mendelssohn, and more! Together with the Fort Collins Lincoln Center, the CSU Department of Music, Theatre & Dance presents the internationally acclaimed Mendelssohn Trio, the fourth installment in the new Classical Convergence Music Series, on Tuesday, Dec. 2 at 7:30 p.m. in the Organ Recital Hall at the University Center for the Arts […]
Colorado State University Special Assistant Professor of Horn, John McGuire, is currently traveling in Russia by special invitation, as a member of Fortress Brass Quintet. After a 4 hour train ride on Sunday, we arrived in Moscow from St. Petersburg. We have been very fortunate to have great weather almost the entire trip. Normally, it is pretty […]
CSU Horn Professor, Dr. John McGuire is traveling in Russia as a member of Fortress Brass. The quintet is performing and teaching masterclasses for the Wind Music Seasons International project, held throughout the year since 2003, as a component of the annual Romantic Trumpet International Festival. As the festival grew, it added traditional concerts of American soloists and brass […]
Colorado State University Special Assistant Professor of Horn, John McGuire, is currently traveling in Russia by special invitation, as a member of Fortress Brass Quintet. Today I spent the day with my colleagues in the Fortress Brass as we taught masterclasses and gave a short recital for the students at the Saint Petersburg Music Academy. These students […]
Colorado State University Special Assistant Professor of Horn, John McGuire, is currently traveling in Russia by special invitation, as a member of Fortress Brass Quintet. Over the next two weeks, he’ll share his touring and teaching experiences with us. From John McGuire: Experience has taught me that when traveling, expect the unexpected. As I headed out to travel to St. […]
Dr. Rebecca Phillips Begins New Season with the Newly Re-named Ensemble
The Symphony Takes to the Outdoors with Thematic Program The University Symphony Orchestra will open the 2014-15 ensemble season at CSU on Thursday, Sept. 25 and Friday, Sept. 26 at 7:30 p.m. with a concert entitled ‘The Symphony Takes to the Outdoors’ in the Griffin Concert Hall at the University Center for the Arts, located […]
It is with sadness that we inform you of the passing of two of our esteemed emeritus music faculty members: Dr. Edward Anderson and Dr David Shaner. Edward Anderson, director of choral activities at Colorado State University from 1948-1982, passed away on July 5, days shy of his 98th birthday. In lieu of flowers, the […]
Today we played two outdoor concerts here in Salzburg, one in a picturesque garden once used in the Sound Of Music, the other in a park outside of the Mozarteum. As we walked from one concert to the next, winding our way through idyllic city parks and streets, literally hundreds of years old, it was […]
