Past Productions & Events

2022

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Symphonic Band Concert: Celestial

December 8, 2022 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Celestial With Drew Leslie, Trombone The Symphonic Band, conducted by Dr. Jayme Taylor, is joined by faculty artist Dr. Drew Leslie, trombone, for a concert exploring celestial phenomenon. The program features Anthony Barfield’s new work for solo trombone, Red Sky, as well as works by Frank Ticheli and Yukiko Nishimura. Come enjoy music of the […]


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Keyboard Area Recital / FREE

December 5, 2022 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm – CSU’s piano students perform selected works. Concert programs are available in a virtual format only and may be viewed via a QR code at the performance when available.


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Bassoon Studio Recital / FREE

December 4, 2022 @ 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm – Join the members of the CSU bassoon studio as they perform solo and chamber repertoire featuring all varieties of bassoonist at the School of Music, Theatre, and Dance. Performers include undergraduate majors in Music Performance, Education and music minors alongside graduate students in Music Performance and CSU Assistant Professor Dr. Cayla Bellamy. Concert programs are […]


Concert Orchestra Concert: Mozart Musicale / FREE

December 4, 2022 @ 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm – Mozart Musicale With Bonnie Jacobi, Piano Please Note: The time and location of this concert has changed from when it was originally posted. The concert is now at 3:30 p.m. in the Griffin Concert Hall. The Concert Orchestra, conducted by Leslie Stewart, features faculty artist Dr. Bonnie Jacobi on Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. […]


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2022 Parade of Lights Preview

December 1, 2022 @ 5:30 pm – 6:00 pm – Enjoy a performance by the CSU Marching Band as it previews its Denver 9News Parade of Lights performance. The free parade preview is on Thursday, Dec. 1, 5:30 p.m., starting at the corner of Mathews and Lake Street, and concluding at the University Center for the Art’s front entrance on Remington Street. Viewers can purchase […]


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Music Research Colloquium Series: Dr. John Pippen

December 1, 2022 @ 12:15 pm – 1:00 pm – Dr. Abigail Shupe has created the Music Research Colloquium Series at Colorado State University, featuring academic music faculty giving talks about their current work. The series launches with CSU music professor, Dr. John Pippen, speaking about his research on Chicago Avant-garde musicians and socioeconomic class. It’s titled “The Musical Work Ethic, Rehearsals, and Middle-Class Values in […]


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Graduate String Quartet Recital / FREE

November 30, 2022 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – The new members of CSU’s Graduate String Quartet perform great works for the genre. Concert programs are available in a virtual format only and may be viewed via a QR code at the performance when available.


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Brass Chamber Ensembles Concert /FREE

November 30, 2022 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – CSU Brass Area students will be featured in an evening of chamber music combining two previously postponed concert programs. The first half of the concert will showcase undergraduate and graduate brass students playing chamber pieces that are dramatic or connected to faded memories as a salute to Tennessee Williams’ famous play The Glass Menagerie. The […]


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University Symphony Orchestra Concert: Celestial Bodies

November 29, 2022 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Celestial Bodies The department’s own Dr. James David, has written a work for Maestro Kenney’s twentieth and final season at CSU, which will be premiered at this concert. The orchestra will also perform Gustav Holst’s gargantuan programmatic symphony, The Planets. Holst’s orchestral suite represents seven planets as Pluto was not yet discovered at the time. […]


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DATE CHANGE Virtuoso Series Concert: Jooyeon Chang and Hsin-Hsuan Lin

November 28, 2022 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Piano Duo Enjoy a collection of works written for four hands playing on just one piano! The Lin and Chang Piano Duo featuring faculty artist Jooyeon Chang with Hsin-Hsuan Lin, perform works by the most well-known composers for the instrument, including Wolfgang Amadeu Mozart, Felix Mendelssohn, Claude Debussy, and Gabriel Fauré. A. Mozart (1.27.1756-12.5.1791) Aquarius; Piano […]