March 4, 2018 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – With Guest Adam Torres, Piano The Concert Orchestra, conducted by Leslie Stewart, performs Baroque and Beyond with CSU faculty artist Adam Torres. The program opens with a concerto grosso by Italian composer Pietro Locatelli – a typical example of this Baroque form in which there is a dialogue between individual players and the larger (grosso) […]
March 4, 2018 @ 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm –
March 3, 2018 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – With special Guests the New Third Stream Quartet, and saxophone professors from CSU, UW, CU, UNC, DU, and MSU Our third time out in this biennial event celebrating Adolphe Sax’s great invention, the Rocky Mountain Saxophone Summit features special guests from along the Front Range, as well as the New Third Stream Quartet with Rick […]
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.
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 […]
March 2, 2018 @ 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm –
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.
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 […]
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,” […]
February 25, 2018 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm –
