Past Productions & Events

2025

Guest Artist Von Hansen, Percussion Concert promotional screen

Guest Artist Concert: Von Hansen, Percussion / FREE

September 23, 2025 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Join us for a concert of contemporary percussion works. Von Hansen, assistant professor of Percussion at Washburn University, is a performer, composer, educator, and multi-media artist who brings joy and thought through engaging musical experiences. His musical style is a synthesis of hip-hop, jazz, rock, and electronic music, which he grew up listening to, melded […]


Event about the underwater basilica of Nicaea with Dr. Mark Fairchild on Sept. 23

The Underwater Basilica of Nicaea

09/23/2025 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm –

Mark Fairchild, Ph.D., joined the team of archeologists working on the site in 2017 and will present his fascinating and important research on the underwater basilica of Nicaea.


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Virtuoso Series Concert: Galit Kaunitz, Oboe- Oboe Tableaux

September 22, 2025 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Oboe Tableaux  With Juhyun Lee, Piano, and Cayla Bellamy, Bassoon Faculty artists Drs. Galit Kaunitz, Juhyun Lee, and Cayla Bellamy collaborate on a picturesque program of music inspired by visual art. Selections include works by Ian Cusson, Joseph Schwantner, Mel Bonis, and Ulysses Kay. Please join us for a charming evening of interdisciplinary delights!


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2025 CSU Band Day

September 20, 2025 @ 12:00 am –

This is an opportunity for high school students to participate in a college gameday experience with an on-field performance alongside the CSU Marching Band in front of thousands of Ram Fans in Canvas Stadium. No prior marching experience is required!  


Information about academic book publishing on Sept. 18

Academic Book Publishing Information Day

09/18/2025 @ 9:00 am – 3:00 pm –

Learn how to publish your first or next book with publishers from academic presses.


Virtuoso Series Concert: Duo Oenomel- Con Amore: A Love Letter in Sound

September 17, 2025 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Con Amore: A Love Letter in Sound Duo Oenomel, featuring saxophonist Sarah Hetrick and CSU faculty pianist Jooyeon Chang, presents a program shaped by connection, memory, and love — a musical letter written not in ink, but in sound. The name Oenomel comes from an ancient Greek word meaning “a mixture of wine and honey” […]


2025 Virtuoso Series Concert The Peter Sommer Jazz Trio Promotional Poster

Virtuoso Series Concert: The Peter Sommer Jazz Trio

September 15, 2025 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Featuring Peter Sommer, Saxophone, Matt Smiley, Bass, Dru Heller, Drums CSU faculty artist, saxophonist Peter Sommer, presents an evening of modern and mainstream jazz in the spirit of the great pianoless jazz trios of Sonny Rollins, Joe Henderson, and Ornette Coleman, with special guests Matt Smiley, bass, and Dru Heller, drums.


2024 Guest Artist Promotional Screen

Guest Artist Concert: Anna Christy, Soprano / FREE

September 9, 2025 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Praised by the New York Times as “nimble of voice, body and spirit,” soprano Anna Christy continues to impress and delight audiences with an extraordinary blend of sparkling voice, powerful stage presence, and innate musicality. She has performed at the Metropolitan Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, San Francisco Opera, Santa Fe Opera, and the Royal […]


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WAVES: Listening to the Cosmos, with Ben Skepper, cello / FREE

September 8, 2025 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm –

The world premiere performance of Ben Skepper’s self-initiated, multi-sensory work draws directly from raw gravitational wave data recorded by the international LIGO-VIRGO-KAGRA scientific community: translating black hole mergers into a richly spatialized immersive soundscape.

This premiere also marks a rare instance of an artist-led interaction at a leading scientific summit, embodying a new model of public engagement at the frontier of art, physics, and immersive experience.


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Fall 2025 Student Recitals / FREE

September 3, 2025 – December 6, 2025 @ 3:00 pm – 8:00 pm – Please join us in celebrating the recital performances of our CSU music students. Student Recitals are FREE and open to the public. Note: Dates, times, and locations are subject to change, please check back to confirm performance details. Friday, October 3, 2025: 5 p.m., Organ Recital Hall, Sophia Marino, French Horn Sunday, October 19, 2025: 6:30 p.m., […]