April 30, 2017 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – With guest Christopher Van Hof, Trombone The Concert Orchestra’s program titled Looking Back to Look Forward opens with Edvard Grieg’s ‘Holberg’ Suite, Op. 40, conducted by Leslie Stewart. Professor Stewart articulates that, “although the Neo-Classical style is most often associated with 20th century composers such as Prokofiev and Stravinsky, Grieg anticipated this trend in 1884 […]
April 30, 2017 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – What happens when CSU’s New Music Ensemble members combine their energy, talent, and vision? It Could Be Anything! Under the direction of Professor Andrew Jacobson, the group showcases growth and change in music by focusing on trends in the global arts world.
April 30, 2017 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm – CSU’s world percussion ensembles perform a varied concert featuring the calypso music of Trinidad/Tobago performed by the steel pan bands, the ragtime era represented by the 1930s George Hamilton Green Rag Band, the Civil War Era Rope Drum Ensemble, and the frame drums of the Middle Eastern Ensemble. “This concert, with something for everyone, shows […]
April 29, 2017 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm –
April 29, 2017 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm –
April 29, 2017 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm –
April 29, 2017 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm – A recital featuring students from CSU’s voice studios, including the Freshman Voice Studio.
April 29, 2017 @ 8:00 am – 12:00 pm – Swiss music educator, Emile Jaques-Dalcroze (1865-1950), believed in movement as our “sixth sense.” This workshop introduces participants to Dalcroze Eurhythmics, where, through movement, sound is experienced in an entirely new way. Learn kinesthetic games and activities that teach your students musical concepts such as beat, meter, rhythm, melodic contour, dynamics, articulation, and phrasing. Dalcroze techniques […]
April 28, 2017 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm –
April 28, 2017 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Exhibitions With guest Barbara Thiem, cello The University Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Maestro Wes Kenney, performs the great orchestra showpiece Pictures at an Exhibition by Modeste Mussorgsky, as transcribed by Maurice Ravel. Expressing his excitement about the concert’s guest soloist, the maestro welcomes CSU faculty artist Barbara Thiem on what many consider the greatest cello […]
