Category Archives: Woodwind Brass Studio Ensembles

CSU Trombone Choir performing at ITF 2023

CSU Trombone Choir at the 2023 International Trombone Festival

Colorado State University’s Trombone Choir performed four world premier pieces at the 2023 International Trombone Festival, including compositions by Chris Evan Hass, Amber Sheeran (B.M. Music Education, CSU ’21), James M. David (CSU Professor of Music), and Kevin Poelking (CSU Assistant Professor of Bands). The group was invited to perform based on a submitted recording. […]


2020 Wind Symphony group photo on Griffin Concert Hall stage

Strike Up the Bands! American Bandmasters Association Free Concerts

The American Bandmasters Association is holding its 2019 national convention on March 6-10 at the Embassy Suites Loveland Hotel & Conference Center. This is the first time the annual convention has been held in Colorado since the inception of the American Bandmasters Association (ABA) in 1930. Rebecca Phillips, director of bands at Colorado State University […]


Holiday Spectacular 2017 rehearsal photo

Start the holiday season at the University Center for the Arts

—By Herman Chavez, UCA Publicity Intern Kick off the holiday season this week at the University Center for the Arts with the annual Holiday Spectacular and Parade of Lights Preview. The Holiday Spectacular returns on Thursday, Nov. 29, at 7 p.m. and Sunday, Dec. 2, at 4 p.m. in Griffin Concert Hall. The cost of […]


Neue Polka group photo

“But…why a polka band?”

By Christopher Van Hof, Assistant Professor of Trombone and Euphonium The School of Music, Theatre and Dance has a new ensemble making a big splash in the Northern Colo. music scene, but it is a bit of a head-scratcher: an 18-member polka band that is open only to brass instruments and drums. Neue Polka Colorado […]