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 4, 2016 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – The string area welcomes the graduate string quartet to the UCA stage. The members come from a variety of locations, and bring a passion for chamber music to the Fort Collins community.
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 2, 2016 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – Violin students of Ron Francois perform a variety of pieces from the standard repertoire for violin.
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 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.
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.
April 23, 2016 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm – A recital featuring students from the Freshman Voice Studio.
