July 12, 2025 – July 26, 2025 @ 12:00 am –
CKI is a dynamic training center for elementary classroom music teachers, independent music instructors, and secondary music teachers interested in elevating their teaching, conducting, musicianship, and depth of knowledge about music education. Students from across the U.S., Mexico, Korea, Sweden, and Saudi Arabia participate in the annual summer seminar.
July 27, 2025 – August 2, 2025 @ 12:00 am –
The Colorado Cello Intensive program is designed to maximize technical, musical, and personal growth. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 4:1, the Colorado Cello Intensive (CCI) is dedicated to helping students reach their full potential. We believe in the work hard, play hard mentality and offer students an array of evening possibilities, including hiking, rock climbing, and a trip to Rocky Mountains National Park. Surrounded by the beautiful Rocky Mountains in Fort Collins, Colorado, CCI is the ideal location to develop your playing this summer!
August 4, 2025 – August 8, 2025 @ 12:00 am –
The International Keyboard Odyssiad® & Festival, U.S.A., is a weeklong summer piano competition and festival featuring more than a dozen guest artists and pianists in daily masterclasses and presentations, the live Semifinal and Final Rounds of the Olympic-styled Odyssiad® competition, and riveting matinee and evening concerts by internationally renowned pianists, including Van Cliburn winners. At the foothills of the majestic Rocky Mountains of Colorado, the International Keyboard Odyssiad® and Festival (IKOF) is designed for pianists of all ages and nationalities, teachers, and the general public who love the piano and its repertoire.
September 2, 2025 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Isolated With Jooyeon Chang, Piano, and Tiffany Blake, Soprano This evening of music for bassoon features works inspired by desolate mountain peaks, religious chants, the vast emptiness of our solar system, the isolation of pandemic lockdowns, and the lost children of the Holocaust. CSU faculty artists Drs. Cayla Bellamy, Jooyeon Chang, and Tiffany Blake present […]
September 3, 2025 – December 6, 2025 @ 3:00 pm – 8:00 pm – Please join us in celebrating the recital performances of our CSU music students. Student Recitals are FREE and open to the public. Note: Dates, times, and locations are subject to change, please check back to confirm performance details. Friday, October 3, 2025: 5 p.m., Organ Recital Hall, Sophia Marino, French Horn Sunday, October 5, 2025: 5 p.m., […]
September 15, 2025 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Featuring Peter Sommer, Saxophone, Matt Smiley, Bass, Dru Heller, Drums CSU faculty artist, saxophonist Peter Sommer, presents an evening of modern and mainstream jazz in the spirit of the great pianoless jazz trios of Sonny Rollins, Joe Henderson, and Ornette Coleman, with special guests Matt Smiley, bass, and Dru Heller, drums.
September 20, 2025 @ 12:00 am –
This is an opportunity for high school students to participate in a college gameday experience with an on-field performance alongside the CSU Marching Band in front of thousands of Ram Fans in Canvas Stadium. No prior marching experience is required!
September 22, 2025 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Oboe Tableaux With Juhyun Lee, Piano, and Cayla Bellamy, Bassoon Faculty artists Drs. Galit Kaunitz, Juhyun Lee, and Cayla Bellamy collaborate on a picturesque program of music inspired by visual art. Selections include works by Ian Cusson, Joseph Schwantner, Mel Bonis, and Ulysses Kay. Please join us for a charming evening of interdisciplinary delights!
October 6, 2025 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Reimagined Sounds: Lyricism in the Modern Flute Repertoire With Jooyeon Chang, Piano In this program, CSU faculty artists Ysmael Reyes, flute, and Dr. Jooyeon Chang, piano, explore transformed works through the voice of the flute. William Grant Still’s Three Songs, arranged from vocal originals, highlights the flute’s lyrical depth and soulful phrasing. Karg-Elert’s Symphonische Canzone […]
October 9, 2025 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Made in America The CSU Wind Symphony, directed by Dr. Rebecca Phillips, opens its season with Made in America, featuring music by American composers or for American ensembles. Vincent Persichetti, Jennifer Higdon, and John Philip Sousa are on the program, along with a world premiere by composer John Dupuis. We look forward to seeing you […]
October 16, 2025 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Awakenings The CSU Symphony Orchestra, directed by Dr. Rachel Waddell, presents a powerful program celebrating reflection, renewal, and new beginnings. Our journey begins with Ludwig van Beethoven’s Egmont Overture, a stirring tribute to courage and resilience. Next, George Walker’s Lyric for Strings showcases the expressive beauty of our string section, led by graduate teaching assistant […]
October 18, 2025 @ 12:00 am –
The CSU Alumni Band brings together members from throughout our 120-year history. Reconnect with friends, meet others who have shared in the CSU Marching Band experience, and dust off your chops as we play, spin, or just cheer together for our Ram team. We’re excited for you to be part of this season — Go Rams!
October 18, 2025 @ 12:00 am –
The CSU Alumni Band brings together members from throughout our 120-year history. Reconnect with friends, meet others who have shared in the CSU Marching Band experience, and dust off your chops as we play, spin, or just cheer together for our Ram team. We’re excited for you to be part of this season — Go Rams!
October 20, 2025 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Music for My Son: An Exploration of Life Lessons Through Song Inspired by his son’s observant and inquisitive nature, faculty artist Dr. Tim Burns, piano, imagines the life lessons he hopes to provide as a father through an exploration of art song literature. Each selection embodies a general topic for his son to consider – […]
October 22, 2025 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Featuring Chamber Choir, Concert Choir, and University Chorus The CSU Choral Area presents the annual Fall Choral Showcase, highlighting all singers in the program. Join the Chamber Choir, conducted by Dr. James Kim; Concert Choir, conducted by Dr. Nathan Payant; and University Chorus, conducted by graduate teaching assistant, Carly Neumann, for a wonderful evening full […]
October 25, 2025 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm – A collaboration between Nicole Asel, Voice, Tim Burns, Piano, Madeline Harvey, Dance, and Machmer Media BabyBook is an interdisciplinary performing arts collaboration that delves into the many facets of motherhood and parenting. The premiere features a short film set to music by Lauren Spavelko and text by Chloe Yelena Miller. The film tells the raw, […]
October 27, 2025 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Timeless Voices: Mozart, Beethoven, and Scriabin at the Piano The piano recital by faculty artist Dr. Hyeji Seo brings together three master composers whose works continue to inspire across generations. The program features the classical elegance of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven’s powerful voice that bridges the Classical and Romantic eras, and Alexander Scriabin’s […]
November 12, 2025 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – The New Music Ensemble offers a multifaceted experience in contemporary music for students and audiences alike. Under the direction of Dr. Cayla Bellamy, NME performers are paired with composers in the studio of Dr. James David to replicate the process of professional commissions, workshops, and world premieres. This recital features debut performances of works written […]
December 4, 2025 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Sorcery and Spectacle Prepare to be spellbound as the CSU Symphony Orchestra, directed by Dr. Rachel Waddell, conjures an evening of magic and adventure. Our journey begins with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Magic Flute Overture, setting the stage with a balance of grandeur and whimsy. Next, acclaimed vocalist and faculty artist John Lindsey joins the ensemble […]
December 8, 2025 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Rocky Mountain Rhapsody: Poetry and Music for Colorado Soundscapes Experience the breathtaking landscapes of Colorado through a harmonious fusion of music and poetry. The CSU Concert Orchestra, directed by Dr. Rachel Waddell, presents an all-Colorado composer program, weaving together works by Kevin Poelking, Chris Pilsner, Susan H. Day, and others. Each piece is accompanied by […]
December 9, 2025 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Featuring Chamber Choir, Concert Choir, and University Chorus The CSU choral program presents the annual “All-Choral Holiday Concert.” Get in the holiday spirit with the Chamber Choir, conducted by Dr. James Kim; Concert Choir, conducted by Dr. Nathan Payant; and the University Chorus, conducted by graduate teaching assistant Carly Neumann, for an evening filled with […]
