Past Productions & Events

2025

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Jazz Combos Concert: Part I

October 28, 2025 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – CSU Jazz Combos 3, 4, and 5 directed by Dr. Gabriel Santiago and Jazz GTA Sam Lumsden will perform in the Organ Recital Hall demonstrating small group Jazz focused on improvisation.  This concert will feature great tunes from the Jazz repertoire and original student compositions and arrangements. 


2025 Virtuoso Series Concert Hyeji Seo, Piano Timeless Voices: Mozart, Beethoven, and Scriabin at the Piano promotional poster

Virtuoso Series Concert: Hyeji Seo, Piano- Timeless Voices

October 27, 2025 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Timeless Voices: Haydn, Beethoven, and Bach-Busoni at the Piano Note: This is a title and description change from the original concert description. Join us for a piano recital that brings together three iconic composers whose music transcends time. The program features the brilliance of Haydn, the expressive power of Beethoven late sonata bridging the Classical […]


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Film Premiere: BabyBook

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, […]


Students in bright costumes dance to the music of Irish Elementary Mariachi Jaguares y Flor Antigua

Mexican Music y Cultura Festival

October 24, 2025 @ All Day – Mexican Music y Cultura Festival on Friday, October 24 at CSU Spur in the Hydro Building at 4777 National Western Dr., Denver, CO 80216


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Guest Artist Concert: Dana Guidroz, Soprano and Emily Heilman, Mezzo-Soprano / FREE

October 23, 2025 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – The Grass is Always Greener  “The Grass is Always Greener” is a the title of a duet recital featuring Dana Guidroz, soprano, Emily Heilman, mezzo, members of the voice faculty at Sam Houston State University, and Christian McGee, piano. The title reflects on the deeply human experience of longing for what we don’t have. This […]


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Fall Choral Showcase

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 […]


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CANCELLEDGuest Artist Concert: Michael Compitello, Percussion / FREE

October 22, 2025 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED Join us for a concert of contemporary works for percussion. Michael Compitello is a dynamic, “fast rising” (WQXR) percussionist dedicated to commissioning and premiering new works that explore the sonic and expressive possibilities of percussion instruments. His project, Unsnared Drum (New Focus Recordings, 2021) seeks to reinvent the snare drum […]


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Guest Artist Concert: Kara Huber, Piano

October 21, 2025 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – GRAMMY® nominated Canadian-American pianist and conductor Kara Huber is quickly establishing herself as a celebrated member of the new class of concert pianists. Hailed as “absolutely dazzling…in a word, flawless” (New York Concert Review) in her Carnegie Hall debut, Ms. Huber combined the polish and warmth of an old-school soloist with the charisma and flair […]


2025 Virtuoso Series Concert Tim Burns, Piano, Music for My Son: An Exploration of Life Lessons Through Song promotional poster

Virtuoso Series Concert: Tim Burns, Piano- Music for My Son

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 – […]


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Opera Scenes: Incognito- Disguises, Deception, and Mistaken Identities

October 19, 2025 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm – Presented by the Ralph Opera Program *Runyan Hall Join the Ralph Opera Program, directed by Dr. Tiffany Blake, for a program featuring scenes from opera, operetta, and musical theater exploring the theme of mistaken identities and disguises.


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