December 9, 2017 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm – CSU’s nationally renowned annual Honor Band Festival brings together the finest high school musicians from the Rocky Mountain Region. The three-day festival features guest conductors and clinicians from across the country and is capped off with a performance by the High School Honor Band in the beautiful, state-of-the art Griffin Concert Hall.
December 9, 2017 @ 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm – Music Audition Days are for students wishing to pursue an undergraduate music major or minor degree at CSU. Auditions simultaneously function as admission consideration, as well as scholarship consideration, through the School of Music, Theatre, and Dance. Registration required: music.colostate.edu/admissions or contact Tom.Krebs@colostate.edu
December 8, 2017 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – Find Your State: State of InnovationRebecca Phillips, conductor The 2017-18 CSU Wind Symphony season highlights Colorado State University’s commitment to collaboration, community, innovation, and inspiration. All of these ideals can clearly be connected by music, and the Wind Symphony continues their season by highlighting works of innovation. Each selection on this concert changed the way both music and theatre were conceived, interpreted, and enjoyed by audiences […]
December 8, 2017 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm –
December 7, 2017 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – A recital presented by students from the piano studio of Dr. Janet Landreth.
December 7, 2017 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – Ecstatic Waters Join us as the Symphonic Band tackles Steven Bryant’s electrifying Ecstatic Waters, the 2010 winner of the National Band Association William D. Revelli Award. Inspired by the poetry of W.B. Yeats, this work fuses the wind band with electronic elements to create a new, hybrid sound-world that ranges from the joyful bell sounds […]
December 7, 2017 – December 9, 2017 @ 8:00 am – 8:00 pm – CSU’s nationally renowned Honor Band Festival is an annual event, bringing together the finest high school musicians from the Rocky Mountain Region, selected from hundreds of applicants from throughout the western United States. The three-day festival features guest conductors and clinicians from across the country and is capped off with a performance by the High […]
December 6, 2017 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – Violin students of Dr. Ron Francois perform a variety of pieces from the standard repertoire. “This event provides a great performing experience for the students…a great learning experience too,” exclaims Francois!
December 4, 2017 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – The concert given by Jazz Combos I, II, and III features the music of the American Songbook, arranged by the students. The beloved tunes of the songbook are still performed daily in clubs and stages across the world. “Originally written for the Broadway stage by Tin Pan Alley composers, these tunes were quickly adopted by […]
