Past Productions & Events

2016

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Concert Orchestra with Concert Choir Concert

March 5, 2016 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm –

The choir and orchestra, directed by Dr. Ryan Olsen, combine to perform “Anne Frank: A Living Voice” by Linda Tutas Haugen. This choral song cycle for women’s choir and strings traces the emotional journey Anne Frank underwent as she tried to comprehend the events of the Holocaust during World War II. Using Frank’s own words, the piece goes through a range of emotions from fear, confusion, heartbreak, hope, and even the optimism and joy of a young adolescent. Often performed with a string quartet, this is the first time that the piece will be performed with a chamber string orchestra. Viola Professor Margaret Miller joins the orchestra, directed by Leslie Stewart, for Hindemith’s Trauermusik.


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Student Recital: Miranda Bashore, Voice

March 5, 2016 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm –


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Concert Choir and Chamber Choir Concert

March 4, 2016 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – The Concert Choir, directed by Dr. Ryan Olsen, performs a variety of music written to showcase women’s voices including Brahms’ Op. 11: four songs for women’s choir, two horns, and harp, and select movements from “Anne Frank: A Living Voice” by Linda Tutas Haugen. The Chamber Choir, directed by Dr. James Kim, performs sacred works […]


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Symphonic Band Concert

March 2, 2016 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm –

The Symphonic Band, directed by Dr. Richard Frey, continues the 2015-2016 school year with Night Dreams, a program inspired by the darkness and shortened days of winter. Graduate conductor Chase Morin conducts Frank Ticheli’s Rest, and the highlight of the program will be CSU faculty Peter Sommer tackling David Biendenbender’s challenging and emotional work, Dreams in the Dusk, for solo alto saxophone and wind band.


Pictured Joy Zartman playing Harp

Harp Ensemble Concert

March 2, 2016 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – The concert features a new arrangement of Por Una Cabeza for harp ensemble by Professor Rachel Ellins, as well as student arrangements including Katie Miksch’s arrangement of music from the video game Halo and Rachel Franklin’s arrangement of Arwen’s Vigil by The Piano Guys. The concert also includes a new work entitled The Gypsy in […]


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Voice Area Recital

March 1, 2016 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – A recital featuring students from CSU’s voice studios, including the Freshman Voice Studio.


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Virtuoso Series Concert, K. Dawn Grapes, Flute

February 29, 2016 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – Enjoy an evening of contemporary chamber music for flute featuring K. Dawn Grapes and CSU colleagues, including Tim Burns, piano;  Margaret Miller, viola; Peter Sommer, saxophone; Adam Torres, piano; and guest artists Cary Dodson, clarinet and Joe McConathy, organ. Featuring the music of Tatiana Nikolaeva, Charles Koechlin, and CSU faculty composer James David.


Student Recital: Angela Sapienza, Tuba

February 28, 2016 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm –


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Student Recital: Gregory Marxen, French Horn

February 28, 2016 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm –


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Student Recital: Nicholas Gledhill, French Horn

February 28, 2016 @ 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm –