Category Archives: Woodwinds

In the footsteps of Mozart

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 […]


Mozart is here.

The ensemble is thoroughly delighted by Salzburg and it’s rich arts culture and history. The fourth largest city in Austria boasts over 4,000 music, theatre, dance, and art events and exhibitions each year, including the famous Salzburg Music Festival. For any group of musicians and music professors, a pilgrimage to the city’s Mozart landmarks is essential […]


Danke Schön MidEurope and Schladming

We thoroughly enjoyed our time in the Austrian Alps, were honored to perform many times throughout the festival, and met so many wonderful people. On Thursday, July 10, the ensemble performed an early evening, outdoor concert in the same location, where earlier in the week, we had watched Germany demolish Brazil 7 – 1 in the World Cup. […]


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CSU Faculty Chamber Winds 2014 European Tour

The Colorado State University Faculty Chamber Winds embark on a two-week European tour July 4 – 19, 2014, performing at festivals, and historic sites in Germany, Austria, Slovakia, and Hungary. The anchor event of the tour is the annual Mid Europe Music Festival, held in Schladming and Haus/Ennstal, Austria, July 8-13, where the ensemble is scheduled to perform […]


CSU Faculty Chamber Winds 2014 Tour Personnel and Repertoire

Repertoire Old American Songs by Aaron Copland, trans. Christopher Van Hof Petite Suite, mvts. I, IV by Claude Debussy, trans. Brakkee Notturno, Op. 24 by Felix Mendelssohn Overture and Arias from Figaro by W.A. Mozart, trans. by Johann Went, ed. Richard Frey Introduction to Zelmira by Gioachino Rossini, arr. Wenzel Sedlák, ed. Richard Frey Barber of Seville […]


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Music Alumni Class Notes

Mutsumi Abiru, ‘05 M.M., Music Therapy Is working in private music therapy practice while completing her doctoral degree at the University of Kyoto, Japan. Tony Federico ’11 B.M. Music Performance, Bassoon Is a bassonnist with the U.S. Navy Band, stationed in Naples, Italy, and has traveled around much of Europe. Cammie Kolber ’11 B.M. Vocal […]


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Jazz Ensembles Concert

CSU brings back that big band sound! Join the Colorado State University Jazz Ensembles on Wednesday, February 26 at 7:30 p.m. for an evening of modern, big band music. The performance will be held in the Griffin Concert Hall at the University Center for the Arts, located at 1400 Remington St.  Under director Peter Sommer, […]


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Director of Jazz Studies will perform at the World Saxophone Congress in Scotland

Colorado State University saxophone faculty and Director of Jazz Studies Peter Sommer is traveling to Fife, Scotland to perform at the  2012 World Saxophone Congress XVI, held at St. Andrew’s on July 10-14, 2012. The Congress features an elite program of concerts, lectures, and recitals selected from a pool of submitted proposals and recordings, of […]


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CSU Flute Choir, Directed by Michelle Stanley, to play at National Convention

The Colorado State University Flute Choir and professors will take their playing to a national stage with an invitation to perform at the  40th Annual National Flute Association Convention at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nev., Aug. 9–12, 2012. Nineteen groups from around the country were selected to perform at the four-day convention, which is […]


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Talented Student Soloists Take On Symphonic “Tour de Force”

The orchestra, directed by Wes Kenney, will perform Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4 in f minor, one of the most intense symphonies ever written.  “Only the best of orchestras can attempt to play this symphonic tour de force,” said Maestro Kenney. “The difficulties lie in the rhythmically complex first movement, its lovely lyrical second movement, the […]