Past Productions & Events

2024

Virtuoso Series Promotional Poster

POSTPONED Virtuoso Series Concert: Romina Monsanto, Cello

March 4, 2024 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – New date TBD – thank you. Unexpected With Juhyun Lee, Piano, and Margaret Miller, Viola The expectations about music change according to history and individual perception, and over time, composers have been exploring sounds to create their musical language. This type of exploration can be an exciting experience for audiences. Faculty artist Romina Monsanto with […]


Spring 2024 Guest Artist Chloe Swindler Promotional Poster

Guest Artist Concert: Chloe Swindler, Trumpet / FREE

March 2, 2024 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm – Hailed by the International Trumpet Guild for her “sweet, singing sound” and “shimmering vibrato,” Dr. Chloe Swindler (b. 1995) thrives on blurring genre lines, and in addition to solo engagements, she is a chamber, orchestral, jazz, and studio musician. She recently performed with Harry Styles at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, Lizzo at […]


2024 CSU Trumpet Day

March 2, 2024 @ 8:00 am – 5:30 pm –

The event is designed for trumpet players of ALL AGES AND EXPERIENCE who are looking for an in-person event that inspires their love of music and all things trumpet.

Trumpet students, teachers, performers, and band directors in Colorado are invited to attend this annual event hosted by CSU trumpet professor, Dr. Stanley Curtis, and features special guests to talk about their career and ideas on trumpet playing.


Spring 2024 Jazz Ensembles "Jazz and the Ideal of Democracy" Promotional Poster

Jazz Ensembles Concert: Jazz and the Ideal of Democracy

February 29, 2024 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – With topic introduction by Wil Swindler, Director of Jazz Bands Jazz Ensembles I and II, under the direction of Wil Swindler and Shilo Stroman, present an evening of music exploring the inexorable link between the American ideal of Democracy and Jazz, the great American art form. This concert explores themes of individual expression, contributions from […]


Classical Convergence Series: Gilbert & Sullivan in Concert

February 28, 2024 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – A sextet of New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players stars will entertain with many selections from the full repertoire of Gilbert & Sullivan’s comic operas. Hear your favorites from The Pirates of Penzance, H.M.S. Pinafore, The Mikado and more! Followed by their signature section—impromptu audience requests! Building on the foundation of the classical music tradition, […]


2024 Symphonic Band Song and Dance Part I Promotional Poster

Symphonic Band Concert: Song and Dance Part I

February 27, 2024 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Song and Dance Part I  The Symphonic Band, with guest conductor Dr. Elizabeth Peterson, explores music based in song or dance. This concert includes Rhosymedre by Ralph Vaughan Williams, featuring graduate student conductor, Nick Hinman, as well as Ayo: Rhapsody for Band by Katahj Copley and Desert Sage by Michael Markowski. 


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Spring 2024 Be a Voice Major for a Day

February 26, 2024 @ 9:00 am – 5:00 pm –

Join us on the Colorado State University campus and experience a day in the life of a music major in the voice area! The day is an opportunity for high school students, transfer students, associate degree graduates, and current CSU students (and their parents/guardians) to see what it is like being a music major at CSU.


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Concert Orchestra Concert: A Tale of Two Concerti Grossi / FREE

February 25, 2024 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm – The Concert Orchestra, directed by Dr. Rachel Waddell, performs two beloved string orchestra concertos: Johann Sebastian Bach’s Brandenburg No. 3 and Ralph Vaughan William’s Concerto Grosso. In this concert of similarities and contrasts we will musically follow the concerto grosso genre across two centuries in this delightful and virtuosic program.


Spring 2024 Concert Band "Music in Motion" Promotional Poster

Concert Band Concert: Music in Motion / FREE

February 23, 2024 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Music in Motion: March, Sing, and Dance! The Concert Band, directed by Kevin Poelking with guest graduate conductor, Nick Hinman, performs classic pieces and exciting new works of the wind band repertoire that march, sing, and dance!


Spring 2024 Wind Symphony "Musica Populi" Promotional Poster

Wind Symphony Concert: Musica Populi

February 22, 2024 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Musica Populi Join the Wind Symphony, under the direction of Dr. Jayme Taylor, for a performance of “Musica Populi” or “Music of the People” featuring compositions with folk song or folk culture inspiration, including Grainger’s Lincolnshire Posy, H. Owen Reed’s La Fiesta Mexicana, Johann Sebastian Bach’s Who Puts His Trust…, and the finale to Frank […]