POSTPONED: 2026 Pre-College Double Reed Workshop
September 19, 2026 @ 1:00 pm – 3:30 pm –
Tailored for new or beginner oboists and bassoonists, this workshop will help you gain fundamental skills, build confidence, and sound your best!
Past Productions & Events
2026
Special Presentation: Dr. Wesley Ferreira, The Musician’s Advantage
September 18, 2026 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm – Your Musical Training Has Prepared You for More Than You Think What if the skills you’re developing as a musician are preparing you for far more than a career in music? In The Musician’s Advantage, Professor of Music and speaker Dr. Wesley Ferreira invites music students to see their training through a different lens. The hours […]
Guest Artist Concert: James Bunte, Saxophone / FREE
September 16, 2026 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Contemporary and Classic Works for Saxophone James Bunte, professor of saxophone at the University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music, presents a guest artist recital with CSU faculty-artists Juhyun Lee, piano and Peter Sommer, saxophone, featuring new and standard solo and chamber works for concert saxophone. Dr. Bunte is an internationally recognized master of the instrument, […]
Guest Lecture: Dr. Elaine Stratton Hild- Hildegard of Bingen
September 15, 2026 @ 5:15 pm – 6:15 pm – Dr. Elaine Stratton Hild, guest lecture with chant and spoken text performed by CSU students During her lifetime in the Middle Ages, Hildegard of Bingen was famous—and infamous—as a mystic whose visions compelled her to write, compose music, create artwork, found her own monastic community, preach throughout the German regions, and advise (and sometimes challenge) […]
Virtuoso Series Concert: Cayla Bellamy-Lanz, Bassoon –B is for Bassoon!
September 14, 2026 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – B is for Bassoon! With CSU Music faculty and students CSU faculty-artist Cayla Bellamy-Lanz presents an alphabetical tour of repertoire featuring the bassoon, including collaborations with Galit Kauntiz, oboe; Juhyun Lee, piano; Hsin-Hsuan Lin, piano; Meredith Blecha-Wells, cello; and members of Dr. Bellamy-Lanz’ undergraduate bassoon studio. The evening begins with a new transcription from Emilie […]
Spur Music Lab: 2nd Saturdays at CSU Spur – September 12, 2026
September 12, 2026 @ 10:00 am – 2:00 pm – The CSU Spur Music Lab is a free space for learning and playing music, either alone or as a community. We sing and play pianos, guitars, ukuleles, percussion, and accordion, or you can bring your own instrument. We provide space to learn together or to work on your own, and help you practice your musical […]
2026 CSU Band Day
September 12, 2026 @ 12:00 am –
This Fall, the Colorado State Marching Band will host the 4th annual CSU Band Day with CSU Athletics. Join us for this special event at the CSU vs. Southern Utah game on Saturday, Sept. 12, 2026!
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!
Virtuoso Series Concert: Tiffany Blake, Soprano, and Tim Burns, Piano
September 9, 2026 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – An evening of art song performed by CSU faculty-artists, Tiffany Blake, soprano, and Tim Burns, piano.
Virtuoso Series Concert: Nicole Asel, Mezzo-Soprano; John Lindsey, Tenor; and Tim Burns, Piano
August 31, 2026 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Come Away! Songs of Love, Wit, and Imagination The recital performed by CSU faculty-artists Nicole Asel, mezzo-soprano; John Lindsey, tenor; and Tim Burns, piano, brings together a tapestry of English-language song from both sides of the Atlantic, threading through the classical, the cabaret, the contemporary, and the theatrical. From the timeless poetry of Shakespeare set […]
Lecture and Music Demonstration: Kircher’s Arca Musarithmica -Artificial Creativity in the 17th Century
August 28, 2026 @ 5:15 pm – 7:15 pm – In his 1650 book Musurgia universalis, Jesuit scholar Athanasius Kircher introduced the world to his Arca Musarithmica. This device, a forerunner of generative AI, could automatically compose liturgical music. In this lecture Joel Bacon will discuss Kircher’s extraordinary ideas on music and artificial creativity, and perform a musical work composed on the spot by a […]