September 24, 2022 @ 11:00 am – 5:30 pm – CSU vs. Sacramento State – 2 p.m. Kick Off Here is where you can find the band throughout the day: 11 a.m. RamRally and RamWalk 1:25 p.m. Rally at the Bell 1:40 p.m. Pregame Performance 3:45 p.m. Halftime Performance 5:30 p.m. Postgame Performance *Schedule subject to change. Following RamWalk, families and friends of the band […]
September 23, 2022 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm –
Maestro Wes Kenney’s final season at CSU opens with Florence Price’s Symphony No. 3, which is the composer’s attempt to assimilate her life’s experience into symphonic music; the piece was commissioned by the Works Progress Administration’s Federal Music Project during the height of the Great Depression. The concert also features Ludwig van Beethoven’s iconic Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 with its tremendous move from the stormy opening to the brilliant C Major close.
September 19, 2022 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Journey to the UK With Timonthy Burns, Piano Join faculty artists Margaret Miller and Tim Burns for an evening of compositions by Rebecca Clarke, Errollyn Wallen, and York Bowen. Concert programs are available in a virtual format only and may be viewed via a QR code at the performance when available.
September 15, 2022 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – New American Clarinet Flavors With Timothy Burns, Piano, and other faculty artists A pinch of salt, sprinkled with spirit, and topped with a generous dash of sugar, Wesley Ferreira really cooks in a recital that’s marinated in Americana. The program features new works for clarinet by American composers, featuring Kenji Bunch’s “Cookbook,” Theresa Martin’s “Peaches […]
September 13, 2022 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – The Duo Francois (faculty artist Ron Francois, violin; and pianist Silvana Santinelli) premier a newly commissioned piece for violin and piano by Juno award-winning Canadian composer Andrew Paul Mac Donald. The new piece entitled Vault, Veil and Veer, Op. 95 is Mac Donald’s fifth sonata for violin and piano. Mac Donald’s fascination with alliteration is […]
September 12, 2022 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – The trio, (Erik Peterson, violin, and faculty artists Barbara Thiem, cello, and Bryan Wallick, piano) performs Bohuslav Martinu’s Duo No. 1 for Violin and Cello, H. 157, Mary Kouyoumdjian’s Moerae (The Fates), and Felix Mendelssohn’s Trio No. 2 in C minor, Op. 66. The trio was formed in 1988 and is named for Thiem’s great […]
September 10, 2022 @ 11:00 am – 5:30 pm – CSU vs. Middle Tennessee – 2 p.m. Kick Off Here is where you can find the band throughout the day: 11 a.m. RamRally and RamWalk 1:25 p.m. Rally at the Bell 1:40 p.m. Pregame Performance 3:45 p.m. Halftime Performance 5:30 p.m. Postgame Performance
August 31, 2022 @ 11:59 pm –
We’re looking for the new VOICE of the CSU Marching Band! If you (or someone you know) love the band, want to have an important and on-going role with the program, and are an alum with a great announcer voice, then you might be the next “VOICE of the CSUMB.”
The band seeks an individual with the ability to excite crowds and create an iconic game-day experience. The new “VOICE” will have press box access for all games, will travel free of charge with the CSUMB on away games, bowl games, and other special performances, and spend game day with the band.
August 29, 2022 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Roots With Jooyeon Chang, Piano Faculty artist Dr. Cayla Bellamy, bassoon, along with Dr. Jooyeon Chang, piano, presents a recital of the “roots” of instruments’ repertoire. The program opens with the earliest bassoon sonata, written in 1608, and includes works exploring the compositional roots of the bassoon extended technique, stylistic roots of jazz in classical […]
