October 7, 2015 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – This season, the Wind Symphony celebrates outstanding cornerstones written for the winds and percussion genre, each featuring one of the great original symphonies by Hindemith, Ticheli, Hovaness, and Gould. This opening concert, conducted by Rebecca Phillips and graduate conductor Chase Morin, features Paul Hindemith’s Symphony in Bb for Band along with works by Beethoven, Adams, […]
September 30, 2015 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm –
Jazz Ensembles I and II Play the Music of Duke Ellington
September 28, 2015 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – Margaret Miller and Timothy Burns, new collaborative faculty pianist at CSU, bring a varied program of American music with tremendous creativity and expression for both solo viola and viola with piano.
September 23, 2015 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm – Ira Gold made his Carnegie Hall solo debut in 2011, performing the Vanhal Bass Concerto with the Catholic University of America Symphony Orchestra. Prior to joining the National Symphony in 2005, he performed with several American orchestras, as Section Bass with the Minnesota Orchestra and as guest Principal Bassist with the San Francisco Symphony and […]
October 2, 2015 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – Its name derived from creation mythology found in Native American Folklore, the Turtle Island Quartet has been a singular force in the creation of bold, new trends in chamber music for strings. Winner of the 2006 and 2008 Grammy Award for Best Classical Crossover Album, Turtle Island fuses the classical quartet aesthetic with contemporary American […]
June 8, 2015 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – Featuring the Fort Collins Symphony, Directed by Wes Kenney with Joel Bacon, James David Christie, and Ken Cowan An evening of organ music with three internationally acclaimed soloists and the Fort Collins Symphony, conducted by Wes Kenney. Ken Cowan, professor of organ at Rice University, will perform Josef Rheinberger’s Organ Concerto no. 2 in G […]
June 11, 2015 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm –
Featuring James David Christie, Joel Bacon, Joyce Jones, Ken Cowan and Kevin Bowyer, and members of the Fort Collins Symphony under the direction of Wes Kenney for an unforgettable evening of Baroque masterpieces.
June 10, 2015 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – Kevin Bowyer has been called “…a superb player, not only technically brilliant, but profoundly musical…” (Gramophone) and “…one of the most exciting organists now active…” (Fanfare). As the first prize winner in several of the world’s most prestigious competitions — St. Albans, Odense, Dublin, Calgary — he launched a prolific concert and recording career. His […]
June 9, 2015 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm –
Featuring Joyce Jones, Joyce Jones is one of the most recognized and beloved concert organists in America; Ken Cowan, one of North America’s finest concert organists; with violinist Lisa Shihoten.
Greek adventure with cyberpunk flare By Lauren Scott The Ralph Opera Center takes on a futuristic performance of Mozart’s Idomeneo this spring. Considered the first of Mozart’s “great operas,” Idomeneo follows the ancient story of the King of Crete, who chooses to follow Agamemnon to lay siege to the city of Troy, on his journey […]
