October 8, 2015 @ 11:00 am – 1:00 pm – Master classes, featuring the world’s finest performers in their genre, provide hands-on instruction in an open, informal setting, and are open to the public. Lyric soprano Jennifer Black is “gleaming and glorious, with wonderful nuances of light and shade and complete dynamic control.” (Santa Fe New Mexican) She is in high demand on international opera and […]
October 7, 2015 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – This season, the Wind Symphony celebrates outstanding cornerstones written for the winds and percussion genre, each featuring one of the great original symphonies by Hindemith, Ticheli, Hovaness, and Gould. This opening concert, conducted by Rebecca Phillips and graduate conductor Chase Morin, features Paul Hindemith’s Symphony in Bb for Band along with works by Beethoven, Adams, […]
October 7, 2015 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm – Lyric soprano Jennifer Black is “gleaming and glorious, with wonderful nuances of light and shade and complete dynamic control.” (Santa Fe New Mexican) She is in high demand on international opera and concert stages. This Metropolitan Opera Winner gives a recital of art song, arias, and an operatic duet with CSU’s own John Seesholtz. The recital […]
October 6, 2015 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – A recital featuring students from the voice studios, including the Freshman Voice Studio.
October 4, 2015 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm – Each semester, CSU music students perform recitals from various instrumental areas. Student recitals are free and open to the public.
October 3, 2015 @ 2:00 pm – 7:00 pm – Join Neue Polka Colorado, CSU’s own polka band as they welcome the fall season at the Mayor of Old Town’s Oktoberfest celebration!
October 3, 2015 @ 8:30 am – 12:00 pm – Earn professional development credits toward renewal of teacher certification. Swiss music educator, Emile Jaques-Dalcroze (1865-1950), believed in movement as our “sixth sense.” This workshop will introduce you to Dalcroze Eurhythmics and through movement you will experience sound in an entirely new way. Come and learn kinesthetic games and activities that teach your students musical concepts […]
October 2, 2015 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – Its name derived from creation mythology found in Native American Folklore, the Turtle Island Quartet has been a singular force in the creation of bold, new trends in chamber music for strings. Winner of the 2006 and 2008 Grammy Award for Best Classical Crossover Album, Turtle Island fuses the classical quartet aesthetic with contemporary American […]
October 1, 2015 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm – Musicians of all types encouraged to observe, especially string players and jazz musicians. How often is it that young string students lose interest in playing simply because the musical options that are given have little relevance to their lives? The chance to improvise can be pure gold for such students. Turtle Island is fiercely dedicated […]
October 1, 2015 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm – Ron Stout, Los Angeles Jazz Trumpet legend. Starting fall 2015, the Jazz Barn Series, sponsored by Jim and Wendy Franzen, will experience a change. Guests will now come to the UCA to work with Jazz Students in a master class/Q&A situation. The clinics are FREE and open to the public.
