Chamber music plays a central role in the musical development of our students, both on and off campus. All instrumental areas participate, performing works from the standard repertoire, as well as new music, for area and mixed ensembles. Additionally, master classes and concerts are regularly provided by visiting guest artists.
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Spring 2026 Student Recitals / FREE
Virtuoso Series Concert: Tiffany Blake, Soprano
Humanities Research Day
Guitar Studio Recital / FREE
All-Choral Finale Concert
Moved & Combined:Undergraduate Chamber Music Concert / FREE
MOVED: String Chamber Music Concert / FREE
Wind Symphony Concert: Enigma!
2026 CSU Percussion Solo and Ensemble Competition and Festival
Percussion Ensemble Festival Concert
Double Reed Studio Recital / FREE
Saxophone Studio Recital / FREE
Concert Orchestra Concert: The Birds and the Bees / FREE
Marching Band London Trip Information Meeting
CANCELLEDVirtuoso Series Concert: Patricia Goble, Soprano, and Juhyun Lee, Piano
CANCELLEDGuest Artist Concert: Andrew Lynge, Percussion / FREE
Jazz Ensembles Concert: With Guest Artist Jonathan Kreisberg, Guitar
Virtuoso Series Concert: Drew Leslie, Trombone, and Brian Sugrue, Euphonium & Tuba, with Juhyun Lee, Piano
Symphonic Band Concert: Folk Music Traditions
2026 CSU Color Guard Auditions: In-person and Online Options
World Percussion Ensemble Concert
Trombone Studio Recital / FREE
2026 CSU Drumline Auditions
Concert Band Concert: Of the People / FREE
String Area Honors Recital / FREE
Keyboard Area Studio Recital / FREE
Music in the Museum: CSU Graduate Students / FREE
University Symphony Orchestra Concert: Virtuoso Voices
2026 CSU Percussion Camp
2026 Organ Week at Colorado State University
2026 Colorado Harp Seminar
2026 Colorado Kodály Institute
Concert Version: The Music Man by Meredith Wilson
2026 Colorado Cello Intensive
2026 International Keyboard Odyssiad® and Festival, USA
2026 Alumni Band at CSU Homecoming and Family Weekend
The Colorado State University Percussion Ensemble, under the direction of Dr. Eric Hollenbeck, receives national recognition at PASIC.
If you are a viola student or string instructor in the state of Colorado, you’ve most likely interacted with CSU viola professor, Margaret Miller. In 2023, the senior instructor of music coached, adjudicated, and performed at multiple conferences, academies, masterclasses, and camps across the Front Range and beyond. Here are some of Ms. Miller’s recent […]
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. […]
Brass Area
Comprised of the students of the CSU Trombone Studio and other talented trombonists from the CSU community, the Trombone Choir is the primary performing ensemble of the Studio. The Trombone Choir studies and performs music from all musical eras and genres stretching from Renaissance dances to funk and heavy metal. Students are encouraged to explore arranging and composing for the group. Community outreach is a hallmark of the CSU Trombone Choir, with special focus paid to performances in public spaces and for audiences of all ages. The ensemble made its debut in Fall 2013 and has been invited to perform at the 2014 Big12 Trombone Conference at Texas Tech University and the 2023 International Trombone Festival.
Strings Area
Chamber music forms an important part of the core string curriculum at CSU. Listening, leadership, communication, and musicianship skills are essential components of great performances and are developed within this experience. The skills learned in chamber music and small ensembles form a part of training the complete musician and those skills transfer to orchestral and solo playing. Our world-class string faculty offers a lifetime of experience to CSU string students. Working with the Lincoln Center concert series, CSU offers students access to guest artist concerts and masterclasses each year. Ensembles receive weekly coaching from our string faculty and participate in guest artist masterclasses and public concerts each semester. Chamber music students may also participate in community outreach.
Graduate String Quartet
Pluto String Quartet
Each year, the strings area provides excellent opportunities for our most advanced graduate students. Headed by Professor Margaret Miller, the graduate string quartet performs each semester while immersing themselves in the business of running a professional ensemble. Many outreach activities provide the quartet with additional performing experience.
Woodwinds Area
The CSU Flute Choir is made up of music majors and non-music majors. The ensemble is dedicated to performing exciting and challenging works for flute choir. The flute choir has performed at the National Flute Convention as a featured college choir, selected by audition by the NFA. The choir performs several formal concerts and outreach concerts during the academic year and consists of C flutes, piccolo, alto flute, and bass flute.
Faculty Chamber Music
The CSU faculty is passionate about bringing creative new elements to classical music-making through repertoire that includes European and American compositions. Concertgoers are likely to hear one-of-a-kind transcriptions, original works, rarely-performed pieces, and new works for a variety of instrumentation.