Past Productions & Events

2018

2018 Rocky Mountain Saxophone Summit promotional poster

Rocky Mountain Saxophone Summit

March 3, 2018 @ All Day –

The event features clinics, performances, and masterclasses by professionals and professors from along the Front Range, with guests New Third Stream Quartet featuring Rick VanMatre and James Bunte from the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, Jim Romain from Drake University, and Peter Sommer from Colorado State University. The all-ages event features masterclasses and a performance by students from CSU, UNC, CU, DU, MSU, and UW, as well as clinics with audience participation. Bring your instrument for the opportunity to play along! Daytime events are free and open to the public, and Tim Glessman from Sax Alley will have horns to try.


Chamber Choir and Concert Choir performance photo

Chamber Choir and Concert Choir Concert

March 2, 2018 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – With Wesley Ferreira, Clarinet The Chamber Choir, conducted by James Kim, performs the premier of “Pilgrim’s Soul” by CSU Composition Professor James David. The piece for mixed chorus, clarinet, and live electronics features Dr. Wesley Ferreira and is based on the well-known poem “When You Are Old” by William Butler Yeats. “The idea behind the […]


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Student Recital: Spencer Kinnison, Percussion

March 2, 2018 @ 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm –


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Guest Artist: Eric Sammut, Percussion / FREE

March 1, 2018 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – Eric Sammut will be giving a recital primarily on marimba. “Eric is one of the most respected and prized musicians in the percussion field,” described Eric Hollenbeck, percussion area coordinator. Eric Sammut is principal percussionist with the Orchestre de Paris and teaches at the Royal Academy of Music in London and Glasgow.


The CSU Symphonic Band, conducted by Dr. Richard Frey

Symphonic Band Concert

February 28, 2018 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – For this Symphonic Band concert, directed by Dr. Richard Frey, the ensemble will be performing Japanese traditional and contemporary works. The highlight of the evening will be the famous Japanese work, Gloriosa, composed by ITO Yasuhide. This work is inspired by mid-16th century songs of the Kakure-Kirishitan (Crypto-Christians) of Kyushu, who continued to practice their […]


Virtuoso Series Concert, John Carlo Pierce, Tenor

February 26, 2018 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – With Joel Bacon, Piano Enjoy a recital of art songs for voice and piano performed by CSU faculty artists John Carlo Pierce and Joel Bacon, including works by Franz Schubert, Reynaldo Hahn, Henri Duparc, and American composer Wintter Watts. “The intimate quality of art song grants us the opportunity to explore the musicality of poetry,” […]


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Student Recital: Heather Ewer, Tuba

February 25, 2018 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm –


Warhol Campbell's Tomato Soup Can pictured outside UCA

Student Recital: Brian Celaya, Clarinet

February 25, 2018 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm –


Warhol Campbell's Tomato Soup Can pictured outside UCA

Student Recital: Kennedy Malone, Clarinet

February 25, 2018 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm –


CSU voice students who won awards are pictured in front of the University Center for the Arts

2018 Singer of the Year Competition / FREE

February 24, 2018 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – This popular annual competition features CSU’s top undergraduate vocal students competing for over $50,000 in scholarship monies including the top Singer of the Year Award and the Most Improved Award. The awards are based on the students’ vocal performance and on progress toward their degree.