Past Productions & Events

2023

2022 Fall Virtuoso Series Promotional Photo

Virtuoso Series Concert: Kathryn Harms, Harp

October 16, 2023 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – Gems of the Harp Repertoire Join faculty artist Kathryn Harms as she explores the many timbral facets of the pedal harp with contemporary pieces including Brandee Younger’s Essence of Ruby, and Carter Pann’s Emerald’s on Artemis. In addition to other solo harp selections of Colorado composer Kurt M. Mehlenbacher and renowned harpist-composer Marcel Grandjany, this […]


Flowers in front of UCA

Guest Artist:Stephen Lancaster, Baritone, and Laure Colladant, fortepianist / FREE

October 14, 2023 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm – Sacred Music of Notre Dame faculty faculty Stephen Lancaster, baritone, and French fortepianist Laure Colladant collaborated in 2020 on recording of Robert Schumann’s Dichterliebe and Liederkreis, Op. 39 on the Blue Griffin label. Recorded in the salon of the seventeenth century Château du Tertre in Sérigny, France, this intimate recording of Schumann’s beloved song cycles […]


Kid Astronaut

CSU Spur Music Lab with Guest Artist Kid Astronaut

October 14, 2023 @ 11:00 am – 2:00 pm –

CSU Spur MusicLab is a free, community-based, and culturally relevant music outreach program that provides elemental music education workshops and performance opportunities for learners of all ages with a focus on beginner and amateur musicianship. Doors are open to all levels of musicians, but no previous music experience is required to enjoy this musical community.


2023 University Symphony Orchestra Joyful Beginnings Poster

University Symphony Orchestra Concert

October 12, 2023 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Joyous Beginnings Join our CSU Symphony Orchestra in a joyous celebration of firsts. Director of Orchestras Rachel Waddell joins the symphony for our first performance together, pairing two jubilant and exciting works. Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s Ballade in A minor, Op.33 bristles with energy, color, and lyricism while Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5 explores fate and […]


Classical Convergence Series: Beo String Quartet

October 12, 2023 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – With 65 world premieres to its credit and 145 concert works played throughout the United States, South America, and Europe, the iconoclastic Beo String Quartet does what it loves best: playing classical repertoire, contemporary, rock, and experimental music. From the Latin “to make happy,” Beo started out as a lark. Two Mexican-American brothers, Jason Neukom […]


Ariana Wyatt Promotional Photo

Guest Artist: Ariana Wyatt, Soprano, and Richard Masters, Piano / FREE

October 11, 2023 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm – Ariana Wyatt enjoys a diverse career on the opera stage and in the concert hall. On the stage, she has performed for Gotham Chamber Opera, Glimmerglass Opera, Florida Grand Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Opera Omaha, Spoleto USA, Opera Roanoke, Opera on the James, the Juilliard Opera Center, and Aspen Opera Theater. She has recorded for […]


2023 Symphonic Band French Impressions Promotional Poster

Symphonic Band Concert- French Impressions

October 10, 2023 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – The Symphonic Band, conducted by Dr. Jayme Taylor, performs the music of composers Norman Dello Joio, Julie Giroux, and George Gershwin. Join the band on a musical tour of France!


2022 Fall Virtuoso Series Promotional Photo

CANCELLEDVirtuoso Series Concert: Shilo Stroman, Percussion

October 9, 2023 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – This event has been cancelled. Modern Soundscapes CSU faculty artist Shilo Stroman performs a concert of modern soundscapes featuring a world premiere piece for vibraphone processed through guitar pedals by Ben Hylton, an original snare solo by Stroman, and other works by living composers. Stroman, described as a musical chameleon determined to fit into any […]


The Potentials and Pitfalls of Self-Care event on Oct. 6 from 12:30-2 p.m.

Equity Dialogs: The Potentials and Pitfalls of Self-Care

10/06/2023 @ 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm – Is self-care really the answer to burnout, anxiety, and stress? The self-care movement in the United States has its roots in the idea that caring for ourselves through community, creativity, and cultural celebration is a radical act in the face of challenge and oppression. But today, it is a $10+ billion industry that often urges […]


2023 Wind Symphony Adventures Promotional Poster

Wind Symphony Concert- Adventures!

October 5, 2023 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Who doesn’t like an adventure? The CSU Wind Symphony opens the 2023-24 season by taking the audience on a series auditory adventures that will allow us to see the world through different lenses. Works include Moth by Reveli Prize winning composer Viet Cuong, Gazebo Dances by Pulitzer Prize winning composer John Corigliano, Kaleidoscope Eyes by […]