March 6, 2016 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – The 100-member ensemble, directed by Dr. Erik Johnson, performs standard American concert band literature. This concert features music inspired by nature and the outdoors, with works by contemporary American composers including John Mackey, Frank Ticheli, and Julie Giroux.
March 6, 2016 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm –
March 6, 2016 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm –
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.
March 5, 2016 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm –
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 […]
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.
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 […]
March 1, 2016 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – A recital featuring students from CSU’s voice studios, including the Freshman Voice Studio.
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.
