February 27, 2016 @ 8:00 am – 5:00 pm – Audition days are for students wishing to pursue an undergraduate music major or minor degree at CSU. Auditions simultaneously function as admission consideration as well as scholarship consideration through the School of Music, Theatre and Dance. Registration required: music.colostate.edu or call (970) 491-5529.
February 20, 2016 @ 8:00 am – 5:00 pm – Audition days are for students wishing to pursue an undergraduate music major or minor degree at CSU. Auditions simultaneously function as admission consideration as well as scholarship consideration through the School of Music, Theatre and Dance. Registration required: music.colostate.edu or call (970) 491-5529.
April 6, 2016 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Join the Jazz Combos for an evening of small group jazz and improvisation, highlighting student arrangements and compositions. The concert features Jazz Combos I, II and III under the direction of Shilo Stroman and Eli Cagen.
April 11, 2016 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – The concert features select student groups performing string and wind chamber music.
May 5, 2016 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Join the Symphonic Band, directed by Dr. Richard Frey, for their final concert of the 2015-2016 school year. The program features Dr. Wesley Ferreira as clarinet soloist in the consortium premiere of David Maslanka’s Concerto for Clarinet and Wind Ensemble. The program also features graduating Master’s degree conducting student Michael Bowles, and concludes with a […]
May 3, 2016 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm – Students from the studio of Dr. John McGuire present classic and modern literature for horn.
May 1, 2016 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm –
The orchestra, directed by Leslie Stewart, opens the concert with Antonio Vivaldi’s L’Estro Armonico in D minor, featuring the Zinnia Graduate String Quartet. Faculty soloist Andrew Jacobson joins the ensemble for Alessandro Marcello’s Oboe Concerto, and the orchestra portion concludes with Prelude and Fugue for Orchestra by Italian-American composer, Vittorio Giannini, whose students at the Manhattan School of Music included Herbie Hancock. The 100-member band, directed by Dr. Erik Johnson, performs music inspired by water in many forms, with works by contemporary composers including Johan de Meij and Eric Whitacre.
April 17, 2016 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – What happens when CSU’s New Music Ensemble members combine their energy, talent, and vision? It Could Be Anything! The group aims to showcase music’s growth and change by focusing on trends in the global arts world. Under the direction of Dr. Wesley Ferreira and Professor Andrew Jacobson, this concert features unique “open score” pieces as […]
April 12, 2016 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm –
Throughout the 2015-2016 season, the CSU Wind Symphony, directed by Dr. Rebecca Phillips, celebrates some of the outstanding cornerstones written for winds and percussion. Join us for our final performance of the season, featuring faculty artist Dr. John McGuire, horn, performing James Beckel’s Glass Bead Game, based on Herman Hesse’s novel. Graduate conductor Georgianna Oswald conducts Grainger, and the Wind Symphony closes with a celebration of Morton Gould’s West Point Symphony!
March 6, 2016 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – The 100-member ensemble, directed by Dr. Erik Johnson, performs standard American concert band literature. This concert features music inspired by nature and the outdoors, with works by contemporary American composers including John Mackey, Frank Ticheli, and Julie Giroux.
