October 16, 2016 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – The concert features the award-winning Percussion Ensemble, which won the PASIC “Call for Tapes” in 2010, performing works new and old to the repertoire. CSU’s steel bands, the Ram Pan Band and the Green Pan Band, will also perform. Don’t miss this exciting mixture of new, old, and Calypso!
October 13, 2016 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – War and Peace: Remembering 9/11. With guest Peter Sommer, Saxophone. The 2016-2017 Wind Symphony season remembers events from around the world that catapulted both conflict and resolution. Each concert is permeated by music that explores the memories of sacrifice along with the beauty of more peaceful times. The ensemble, conducted by Rebecca Phillips, begins the season by commemorating […]
February 5, 2017 @ 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm – This recital reminisces about pieces CSU faculty member Eric Hollenbeck played in his developing years – the 90s! “Two Mexican Dances” by Gordon Stout, Nagoya Marimbas by Steve Reich, Anamism by Steven Ridley, and Potpourri by Matthew Harris were all played by Hollenbeck, or his peers, in college. “These pieces are still challenging and recall […]
October 11, 2016 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – The Men’s Chorus, conducted by Ryan Olsen, presents Bookends, a celebration of men’s voices from the Renaissance to today. The choir performs double choir repertoire from the Venetian Renaissance tradition, American Shape Note songs, and modern repertoire that blends ancient styles with modern choral practices, including a rarely heard Indian raga. The University Chorus, directed […]
October 9, 2016 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm – As part of the annual OcTUBA Fest, the tuba studio presents a recital of solo and ensemble works.
October 7, 2016 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – The Chamber Choir, conducted by James Kim, performs the five-part madrigal setting of “Lagrime d’amante al sepolcro dell’amata” (Tears of a lover at the tomb of the beloved) by Claudio Monteverdi, cast in the virtuoso poetic form of a sestina. The sestina is a lament for ‘the little Roman girl’ – singer Caterina Martinelli who […]
October 5, 2016 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – CSU Jazz Ensemble I, under the direction of Peter Sommer, and Jazz Ensemble II, under the direction of Wil Swindler, present the music of the great American bassist and composer Charles Mingus. Mingus, best known for his wild, improvisatory, blues-drenched compositions and fiery bass playing, is also known for seeking a bridge between Duke Ellington […]
October 4, 2016 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – Voice students from all of the applied voice studios perform arias and art songs.
October 3, 2016 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – With Brooks Hafey, Piano This performance by CSU faculty member Margaret Miller features works for viola and piano by French composer Georges Hüe; American composers Alan Hovhaness and Walter Piston; and English composer York Bowen.
September 26, 2016 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – Mad Dances and Beyond: Contemporary Music for Saxophone and Piano. With Russell Hirshfield, Piano Dan Goble, the director of the School of Music, Theatre and Dance at CSU, and Russell Hirshfield, professor of Piano at Western Connecticut State University, reunite to perform selections from their critically acclaimed recording, Mad Dances: American Music For Saxophone and […]
