Past Productions & Events

2015

Children dance to a folk song during the Master of Music Music Education Specialization Kodaly Option summer session.

Kodály For Kids Days

July 20, 2015 @ 9:00 am – 3:30 pm –

The Colorado Kodály Institute (CKI) – a component of the CSU Master of Music in Music Education with Kodály Emphasis program – is a dynamic training center for elementary classroom music teachers, independent music instructors, and secondary music teachers interested in taking their teaching, conducting, musicianship, and depth of knowledge about music education to new heights. Click here for more information about the institute.


H.M.S. Pinafore by Gilbert & Sullivan – Concert Version

July 18, 2015 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – For what has become a fun summer tradition, the CSU School of Music, Theatre and Dance, in collaboration with Opera Fort Collins Apprentice Artists, presents the Summer Conducting Seminar Final Concert. The seminar, a Master’s program designed for secondary music educators in band, orchestra, and choir, presents its annual concert-staging of a musical or operetta […]


H.M.S. Pinafore by Gilbert & Sullivan – Concert Version

July 18, 2015 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – This year’s concert-staged performance selection of Gilbert & Sullivan’s H.M.S. Pinafore, directed by Opera Fort Collins artistic director Brian Luedloff, is a comic opera in two acts that takes place, as the title suggests, aboard a ship. The captain’s daughter, Josephine, is promised to marry a high-ranking naval officer, but is in love with a […]


Kodaly 2015 Workshop Pictured

Kodály Workshop

July 17, 2015 @ 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm –

Topic: Strategies for Teaching Special Needs Students in Music Class With Special Guest Ms. Kari Michael


2015 CSU Marching Band Auditions

June 20, 2015 @ 12:00 am – Auditions for all sections take place at the University Center for the Arts. Scholarships are available for every student. Click here for more information. Greetings from the bands at Colorado State University! CSU is committed to providing the highest level of artist experience for our music majors, while offering outstanding musical opportunities for students of […]


Casavant Organ pictured in Organ Recital Hall

2015 Organ Week: Baroque Extravaganza

June 11, 2015 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm –

Featuring James David Christie, Joel Bacon, Joyce Jones, Ken Cowan and Kevin Bowyer, and members of the Fort Collins Symphony under the direction of Wes Kenney for an unforgettable evening of Baroque masterpieces.


Casavant Organ pictured in Organ Recital Hall

2015 Organ Week: Student Recital

June 11, 2015 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm – The students organists present a recital incorporating the ideas and skills they’ve received during the third annual CSU Organ Week.


Casavant Organ pictured in Organ Recital Hall

2015 Organ Week: Cavarra Organ Series featuring Kevin Bowyer

June 10, 2015 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – Kevin Bowyer has been called “…a superb player, not only technically brilliant, but profoundly musical…” (Gramophone) and “…one of the most exciting organists now active…” (Fanfare). As the first prize winner in several of the world’s most prestigious competitions — St. Albans, Odense, Dublin, Calgary — he launched a prolific concert and recording career. His […]


Chapel Pictured

2015 Organ Week: Organ Fireworks!

June 9, 2015 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm –

Featuring Joyce Jones, Joyce Jones is one of the most recognized and beloved concert organists in America; Ken Cowan, one of North America’s finest concert organists; with violinist Lisa Shihoten.


Organ Week performance photo

2015 Organ Week: An Evening of Organ and Orchestra

June 8, 2015 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – Featuring the Fort Collins Symphony, Directed by Wes Kenney with Joel Bacon, James David Christie, and Ken Cowan An evening of organ music with three internationally acclaimed soloists and the Fort Collins Symphony, conducted by Wes Kenney. Ken Cowan, professor of organ at Rice University, will perform Josef Rheinberger’s Organ Concerto no. 2 in G […]