Past Productions & Events

2023

2023 Fall Choral Showcase Promotional Poster

Fall Choral Showcase

October 18, 2023 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Featuring Chamber Choir, Concert Choir, and University Chorus   The Fall Choral Showcase highlights all choral singers and ensembles in the program! Join the Chamber Choir, conducted by James Kim; Concert Choir, conducted by Nathan Payant; and University Chorus, conducted by Seth Pendergast for a fun evening with a diverse program. 


Insights: Democracy event on Oct. 18 from 3-4:30 pm in LSC 390

Insights: Democracy

10/18/2023 @ 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm – This month, CLA’s “Insights” Speaker Series celebrates the CSU Thematic Year of Democracy. Join us for brief, exciting presentations followed by a Q&A to generate discussion and stimulate ideas that highlight the value of the liberal arts. Students, faculty, alumni and members of the community are welcome to attend this free event. Refreshments provided, and […]


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Music in the Museum Series: Theme TBD /FREE

October 18, 2023 @ 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm – The series explores the cross-fertilization between music and the visual arts, with concerts in the galleries. Performances by CSU Music faculty and students are enriched with context provided by faculty from the Department of Art and Art History and the School of Music, Theatre and Dance. Musicians: TBD Art Historian: TBD Theme: TBD Tickets are […]


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Guest Artist: Oliver Xu, Percussion / FREE

October 17, 2023 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Percussionist Oliver Xu performs a recital primarily on marimba. Xu has been internationally recognized as a solo performer advocating for contemporary music. He was awarded a Benzaquen Career Advancement Grant by The Juilliard School after graduating with his master’s degree. This season’s highlights include a guest artist recital at Ithaca College’s Ford Hall and two world […]


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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 […]


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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.


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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 […]


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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 […]