Faculty Chamber Ensemble

Virtuoso Series Concert, Faculty Chamber Music

April 26, 2016 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm –

The CSU music faculty collaborates to present a delightful evening of chamber music including Leoš Janáček’s wind sextet, Erwin Schulhoff’s Concertino for flute, viola & double-bass, and Joseph Haydn’s Op. 76 string quartet with violinist Michael Davis.


Pictured Pearl Philharmonic Solid Maple 5" Snare Drum

World Percussion Concert

April 24, 2016 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Get excited for some warmer weather with CSU’s Steel Drum Ensembles and the George Hamilton Ragtime Marimba Band.


Freshman Voice Studio Recital

April 23, 2016 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm – A recital featuring students from the Freshman Voice Studio.


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Woodwind Area Recital

April 22, 2016 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – Students from the woodwind area and the studios of Wesley Ferreira, clarinet, Andrew Jacobson, oboe, Gary Moody, bassoon, Peter Sommer, saxophone, and Michele Stanley, flute, present classic and modern literature for chamber groups and soloists.


Jazz Ensemble performance photo

Jazz Ensembles Concert

April 21, 2016 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm –

CSU Jazz Ensembles I and II, directed by Peter Sommer and Wil Swindler, are joined by Corry Petersen, and the Poudre High School Jazz Ensemble, for a swinging collaboration between students from the university and the region in our continuing High School Invitational tradition.


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Concert: It Could Be Anything New Music Ensemble

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 […]


Adam Blackstock promotional photo

Percussion Ensemble Festival Concert

April 16, 2016 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm –

The 4th annual festival concert features percussion ensembles from Colorado high schools, guest Adam Blackstock, associate professor of Percussion Studies at Troy University and principal timpanist with the Northwest Florida Symphony Orchestra, and the CSU Percussion Ensemble. A terrific finish to a terrific day of percussion!


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Keyboard Area Recital

April 14, 2016 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – Students from the studios of Janet Landreth and Joel Bacon present classic and modern literature for piano and organ.


Voice Area Recital

April 12, 2016 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – A recital featuring students from CSU’s voice studios, including the Freshman Voice Studio.


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Wind Symphony Concert

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!