Artistic collaboration between the Fort Collins Lincoln Center and CSU ends season in spectacular style By Spencer Gillard Classical music is often portrayed in our modern mainstream culture as a superfluous or extraneous genre. With the digital explosion of the fast-paced, simple, and insanely catchy pop music of late, where relevance and success are counted […]
Greek adventure with cyberpunk flare By Lauren Scott The Ralph Opera Center takes on a futuristic performance of Mozart’s Idomeneo this spring. Considered the first of Mozart’s “great operas,” Idomeneo follows the ancient story of the King of Crete, who chooses to follow Agamemnon to lay siege to the city of Troy, on his journey […]
By Spencer Gillard If you had to sum up Ben Justis in one word, it would have to be variety. The CSU graduate student, earning his Master’s in percussion performance at Colorado State, was recently named the winner of the Annual Concerto Competition after placing in a semi and then final round of the competition. […]
Graduate String Quartet joins CSU Concert Orchestra in performance of music by British composers The Colorado State University Concert Orchestra, under the direction of Leslie Stewart, presents “From the Other Side of the Pond,” a collection of pieces from British composers including Gustav Holst, Ralph Vaughan Williams, and Percy Grainger on Saturday, March 7 at […]
The Colorado State University Sinfonia Orchestra hosts the 2014-15 Concerto Competition Finals featuring CSU’s finest soloists on Tuesday, March 3 at 7:30 p.m. in the Griffin Concert Hall at the University Center for the Arts, located at 1400 Remington St. Tickets are $7 for CSU students, $1 for youth (under 18), and $12 for the […]
Great Journey’s Features Program of Brahms, Ravel, and Rimsky-Korsakov The University Symphony Orchestra will begin their spring 2015 semester on Wednesday, Feb. 11 at 7:30 p.m. with a concert entitled ‘Great Journeys’ in the Griffin Concert Hall at the University Center for the Arts, located at 1400 Remington St. Tickets are $7 for CSU students, […]
We caught up with some of our studio alumni to see what they are doing now. Congrats to all on your accomplishments! William Cubin (B.M. ’10): Willy is an active blues bassist, and teaches music at Ferguson High School in Loveland, Colorado. David Saccardi (B.M. ‘11): David is the principal bass of the Cheyenne Symphony, […]
Submit your good news to Class Notes. Francisco Barradas Galvan (M.M. ’14): Mr. Galvan’s studies at CSU were funded by the Fulbright Garcia Robles program, and he completed his studies with distinction. Having led one of CSU’s graduate string quartets, Mr. Galvan has been granted admission to the D.M.A. program at the University of Western […]
To submit your good news, click here. Chue Vue (B.A. and B.M., Performance ’10) received his Masters in Performance at Arizona State University. Sabrina Romney (M.M., Performance ’12) lives in Boulder, Colorado, and is a member of the Fort Collins Symphony, the Greeley Philharmonic, and the Cheyenne Symphony. Chealsea Bernhardt (M.M., Performance ’14) is a […]
The CSU Sinfonia performs their first concert of the 2014-15 season on Wednesday, October 15, at 7:30 p.m. in the Griffin Concert Hall at the University Center for the Arts, located at 1400 Remington St. Tickets are $7 for CSU students, $1 for youth (under 18), and $12 for the public. Please note that the […]
