Enjoy UCA performances anytime from the comfort of your home! While there are no in-person events this spring, students, family, friends, and arts patrons can access on-demand performances created by the School of Music, Theatre, and Dance. On-demand content will be hosted on our Vimeo account and access will be provided through https://csuartstickets.universitytickets.com/. Tickets for […]
Cultivating and Developing the Next Generation of Excellent Secondary Music Teachers
The Duo Francois – comprised of faculty artist Ron Francois, violin, and Silvana Santinelli, piano – will perform selections from the great literature for the paired instruments. The program includes works by Johann Sebastian Bach, Vaughan Williams, Edvard Grieg, and Arvo Pärt. “We feel fortunate for the opportunity to play despite the ongoing world issues…may […]
An Inspiring Music Learning Experience for Developing Middle School Musicians
With Theresa Bogard, piano This concert, centered around Latin American music will feature works by Brazillian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos, and Alberto Ginastera from Argentina. It will include Sonata for Cello and Piano 1957, by the African-American composer George Walker, in addition to Johannes Brahms’ Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 2 in F Major, Op. […]
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. They Love Me (Not) Join the CSU voice faculty for an evening of love songs and non-love songs about break-ups, unrequited love, and everything in between. The program will span a variety of music from Ludwig van Beethoven and Claude Debussy to Tom Lehrer and Stephen Sondheim. […]
With Theresa Bogard, piano This concert will feature works by Heitor Villa-Lobos, Alberto Ginastera, and George Walker in addition to Johannes Brahms’ Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 2 in F Major, Op. 99. While there are no in-person events this spring, students, family, friends, and arts patrons can access live-streamed and/or on-demand performances created […]
This event has been postponed until further notice. They Love Me (Not) Join the CSU voice faculty for an evening of love songs and non-love songs about break-ups, unrequited love, and everything in between. The program will span a variety of music from Ludwig van Beethoven and Claude Debussy to Tom Lehrer and Stephen Sondheim. […]
The New American Bassoon With Jooyeon Chang, piano The sound of the bassoon is historically recognized as that of the ancient, the foolish, and often the tragic. With a new wave of music for this unique instrument, composers of diverse backgrounds are celebrating its possibilities as a painter of the contemplative, lush, resilient, and metallic. […]
Pulling the Heartstrings The University Symphony Orchestra strings and percussion perform Gustav Mahler’s beloved Adagietto from Symphony No. 5, a work said to be a love poem to his beloved Alma. Passion, love, jealousy, and tragedy are all part of Georges Bizet’s supremely popular opera Carmen. Russian composer Rodion Shchedrin recreates the music of Bizet […]
The Lonely Trumpet The concert will feature unaccompanied music for trumpet performed by faculty artist Stanley Curtis. While there are no in-person events this spring, students, family, friends, and arts patrons can access live-streamed and/or on-demand performances created by the School of Music, Theatre, and Dance. On-Demand will be hosted on our Vimeo account and […]
Dancing from Lagos to La Chorrera Concert Orchestra performs works by William Grant Still (often referred to as the “Dean of Afro-American Composers”) and Nkeiru Okoye, best known for her orchestral work “Voices Shouting Out” in commemoration of the first anniversary of 9/11. Concert Orchestra Conductor Leslie Stewart will lead the ensemble in Still’s “Danzas […]
Pulling the Heartstrings The University Symphony Orchestra strings and percussion perform Gustav Mahler’s beloved Adagietto from Symphony No. 5, a work said to be a love poem to his beloved Alma. Passion, love, jealousy, and tragedy are all part of Georges Bizet’s supremely popular opera Carmen. Russian composer Rodion Shchedrin recreates the music of Bizet […]
Erik Peterson, Barbara Thiem and Bryan Wallick present a Russian program of Sergei Rachmaninov’s Cello Sonata in G minor, and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Trio in A minor, Op. 50. While there are no in-person events this spring, students, family, friends, and arts patrons can access live-streamed and/or on-demand performances created by the School of Music, […]
What I Did on My Summer Vacation This program will portray the personal experiences of faculty artist John Carlo Pierce in Summer 2020 through music – the sights, sounds, and scents that marked the days during that unexpectedly still season. While there are no in-person events this spring, students, family, friends, and arts patrons can […]
Rags, Steel, the Civil War and Chilian Melodies The concert will feature a ragtime band of music from the 1930’s with five xylophone soloists. The CSU RamPan Band and GreenPan Band will play music from the Trinidad and Tobago, followed by a Rope Drum Ensemble replicated to the times and drums of the Civil War. […]
A recital presented by brass area students from the studios of Dr. Drew Leslie and Professor Stephen Dombrowski featuring repertoire for chamber groups and soloists. While there are no in-person events this spring, students, family, friends, and arts patrons can access live-streamed and/or on-demand performances created by the School of Music, Theatre, and Dance. On-Demand […]
This concert will feature six students from the violin studio of Dr. Ron Francois. Repertoire will be chosen to represent a wide variety of styles within the sonata, concerto and solo genres. While there are no in-person events this spring, students, family, friends, and arts patrons can access live-streamed and/or on-demand performances created by the […]
The guitar studio of Jeff LaQuatra presents a recital featuring chamber music and solo performances of contemporary works, as well as arrangements of standard classical repertoire. While there are no in-person events this spring, students, family, friends, and arts patrons can access live-streamed and/or on-demand performances created by the School of Music, Theatre, and Dance. […]
Modern Music for Solo Trombone CSU faculty artist, Drew Leslie, explores some of the exciting new repertoire that has been recently composed for the trombone as a solo instrument. The different styles, colors, tone and effects that the trombone can produce are all put on full display through the wide variety of music that is […]
String and piano students present a concert of chamber music from the semester’s work. While there are no in-person events this spring, students, family, friends, and arts patrons can access live-streamed and/or on-demand performances created by the School of Music, Theatre, and Dance. Livestreams will be hosted on our Vimeo account and access will be […]
A New World With Bryan Wallick, piano The strings and percussion of the CSU Sinfonia create a new world with two world-premieres of works by faculty composers, followed by the Colorado debut of works by Black composers Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson and Fela Sowande. Faculty artist Bryan Wallick is the featured soloist. While there are no in-person […]
This concert will feature six students from the violin studio of Dr. Ron Francois. Repertoire will be chosen to represent a wide variety of styles within the sonata, concerto and solo genres. While there are no in-person events this spring, students, family, friends, and arts patrons can access live-streamed and/or on-demand performances created by the […]
The guitar studio of Jeff LaQuatra presents a recital featuring chamber music and solo performances of contemporary works, as well as arrangements of standard classical repertoire. While there are no in-person events this spring, students, family, friends, and arts patrons can access live-streamed and/or on-demand performances created by the School of Music, Theatre, and Dance. […]
Folk Songs and Fiddle Tunes The program will open with Jack Jarrett’s “American Folk Song Suite” and conclude with “Prairie Night and Celebration” from Aaron Copland’s ballet Billy the Kid, both works conducted by Leslie Stewart. It will also include the world premiere of “Cumber Teeth,” written by the orchestra’s concertmaster and professional fiddle player, […]
The annual CSU Percussion Ensemble spring concert will feature contemporary music written for chamber music from standards such as Ionisation by Edgard Varese to smaller works for multiple pairings of drums and pitched percussion. While there are no in-person events this spring, students, family, friends, and arts patrons can access live-streamed and/or on-demand performances created […]
String and piano students present a concert of chamber music from the semester’s work. While there are no in-person events this spring, students, family, friends, and arts patrons can access live-streamed and/or on-demand performances created by the School of Music, Theatre, and Dance. On-Demand will be hosted on our Vimeo account and access will be […]
Presented by the Ralph Opera Program Gian-Carlo Menotti’s “The Old Maid and the Thief” is a unique opera that was written expressly for radio. Circumstances being what they are, this is a perfect piece for our students and audience! Sit back and relax while CSU voice students entertain you with the riotous tale of Miss […]
A New World With Bryan Wallick, piano The strings and percussion of the CSU Sinfonia create a new world with two world-premieres of works by faculty composers, followed by the Colorado debut of works by Black composers Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson and Fela Sowande. Faculty artist Bryan Wallick is the featured soloist. While there are no in-person […]
Classic and contemporary repertoire performed by student chamber groups from the studios of Michelle Stanley, flute; Wesley Ferreira, clarinet; Andrew Jacobson, oboe; Cayla Bellamy, bassoon; and Peter Sommer, saxophone. While there are no in-person events this spring, students, family, friends, and arts patrons can access live-streamed and/or on-demand performances created by the School of Music, […]
Since its inception in 2008, the graduate quartet program at CSU has brought together musicians from around the country and Mexico for an intensive two-year program of rehearsing and performing. For their concert this spring, the program will feature the works of Franz Schubert and Robert Schumann. While there are no in-person events this spring, […]
Enjoy a program of art songs and arias from CSU voice students. While there are no in-person events this spring, students, family, friends, and arts patrons can access live-streamed and/or on-demand performances created by the School of Music, Theatre, and Dance. On-Demand will be hosted on our Vimeo account and access will be provided through […]
Since its inception in 2008, the graduate quartet program at CSU has brought together musicians from around the country and Mexico for an intensive two-year program of rehearsing and performing. For their concert this spring, the program will feature the works of Franz Schubert and Robert Schumann. While there are no in-person events this spring, […]
Enjoy a program of art songs and arias from CSU voice students. While there are no in-person events this spring, students, family, friends, and arts patrons can access live-streamed and/or on-demand performances created by the School of Music, Theatre, and Dance. On-Demand will be hosted on our Vimeo account and access will be provided through […]
The summer seminar at CSU follows the curriculum of the American Eurhythmics Society and is closely affiliated with this organization. Aligning with CSU’s goals for the course, the mission of the Society is to introduce public school music teachers to the philosophical and pedagogical approach of Eurhythmics for the School Music Classroom, preparing them to incorporate […]
CKI is a dynamic training center for elementary classroom music teachers, independent music instructors, and secondary music teachers interested in taking their teaching, conducting, musicianship, and depth of knowledge about music education to new heights. Students from across the U.S., Mexico, Korea, Sweden, and Saudi Arabia are involved in the annual summer seminar.
