Past Productions & Events

2023

CSU Marching Band

Fall 2023 CSU Color Guard Live Auditions

April 29, 2023 @ 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm –

This event is an in-person live audition for anyone interested in joining the Fall 2023 CSU Color Guard. The day will begin with registration, continue with instructional/review time, and finish with the live auditions. Interested individuals who cannot make the live auditions can submit videos instead. All video auditions are due by 11:59 p.m. on Friday, April 28. There is no fee to audition.

For details about the CSU Color Guard and to register for auditions, click here.


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Brass Area Recital / FREE

April 28, 2023 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm – A recital presented by brass area students from the trumpet, horn, trombone, and tuba studios of Dr. Stanley Curtis, Dr. John McGuire, Dr. Drew Leslie, and Professor Stephen Dombrowski featuring repertoire for chamber groups and soloists.  


2023 Symphonic Band Promotional Poster

Symphonic Band Concert: Promises of a New Day

April 27, 2023 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – In celebration of springtime, we explore the music of newness, rebirth, and revolution! The Symphonic Band, directed by Jayme Taylor, performs a concert featuring Of Our New Day Begun by Omar Thomas based on the song Lift Every Voice and Sing, Chester by William Schuman based on the American revolutionary war song by William Billings, […]


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Keyboard Area Recital /FREE

April 26, 2023 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm – CSU’s piano students perform selected works.


2023 Jazz Ensembles Promotional Screen

Jazz Ensembles with Guest Sherisse Rogers

April 25, 2023 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Concert #2 CSU Jazz Ensembles under the direction of Wil Swindler and Shilo Stroman present guest composer/bassist Sherisse Rogers. Ms. Rogers is a versatile composer, ranging in style from jazz and classical to world music and Rhythm & Blues. She was a regular arranger and orchestrator for the world-renowned crossover orchestra The Metropole Orchestra based […]



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Graduate String Quartet

April 23, 2023 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – The Graduate String Quartet will present their second concert of the year featuring new and old works for string quartet.


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Saxophone Studio Recital /FREE

April 23, 2023 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm – Students of Peter Sommer, Dan Goble, and Wil Swindler perform classic and contemporary works for solo saxophone and chamber groups. Please join us for this special event featuring Adolphe Sax’s great invention and its development into the 21st century!


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2023 CSU Marching Band Spring Game Extravaganza

April 22, 2023 @ 9:00 am – 3:30 pm –

Join the CSU Marching Band on Saturday, April 22, 2023 and experience what it’s like to perform with the band during the Green and Gold Football Scrimmage! This event is open to high school juniors, seniors, transfer students, associate degree graduates, and current CSU students (and their parents/guardians) who want to see what it’s like to be in CSU Marching Band.

 

To register for the 2023 CSU Marching Band Spring Game Extravaganza, click here.


2023 Wind Symphony Promotional Poster

Wind Symphony Concert: Sound and Smoke

April 21, 2023 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Sound and Smoke The CSU Wind Symphony closes the season by highlighting collaborations of CSU student artists. Under the direction of Dr. Rebecca Phillips, Graduate Wind Conductor Benjamin Pouncey will conduct the CSU premiere of Sound and Smoke by Viet Cuong. In addition, the ensemble will perform the world premiere of two works; Graduate Student […]