Past Productions & Events

2018

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Concert Orchestra Concert / FREE

October 7, 2018 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm –

The Concert Orchestra is open to all string students who wish to continue participating in music during their time at CSU. The ensemble is known for exciting and collaborative performances with guest faculty and students from across the School of Music, Theatre, and Dance.


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Conspirare: Considering Matthew Shepard

October 7, 2018 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – Building on the foundation of the classical music tradition, but with a contemporary edge, the co-produced Classical Convergence season features world-class performers and ensembles, performing at the University Center for the Arts and the Lincoln Center. Conspirare: Considering Matthew Shepard This moving musical response to a tragic death is led by artistic director Craig Hella […]


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Wind Symphony Concert — Foundations: A Celebration of Liberal Arts

October 3, 2018 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm –

The 2018-2019 Wind Symphony season explores civilization and how humans develop a creative, moral, spiritual, and intellectual understanding of the world. Colorado State University is committed to the humanities, and the ensemble begins the season by highlighting famous works that showcase form and structure, a key to both musical compositions and architecture. We hope you will join us for a celebration of the Liberal Arts at the UCA!


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CSU Marching Band at 2018 President’s Fall Address

October 3, 2018 @ 11:15 am – 1:00 pm – Colorado State University President Tony Frank will deliver the annual President’s Fall Address on Wednesday, Oct. 3 on CSU’s historic Oval. In his address, he will offer highlights of the past year and discuss goals for the year ahead. The university community is invited to gather at the Oval at 11:15 a.m. with the Colorado […]


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Virtuoso Series Concert, Duo Francois and Friends

October 2, 2018 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm –

The Duo Francois, joined by fabulous area musicians Deborah Marshall, Phillip Stevens, and Charlie Tucker, performs a program of three amazing chamber works: The Sonata No. 3 by Johannes Brahms for violin and piano, Paul Schoenfield’s Trio for clarinet, violin, and piano, and the great romantic Piano Quartet in E major, Op. 20 by Sergey Taneyev. “It is always a pleasure for us to discover new works…and, the Taneyev and Schoenfield, though little known, will be sure to captivate the audience…amazing pieces,” says Francois.


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Guest Artist Concert: Andrew Lynge, Percussion

October 1, 2018 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – Described by Percussion Professor Eric Hollenbeck as one of CSU’s most gifted alumni, guest artist Andrew Lynge plays several solo pieces for a variety of instruments. Dr. Lynge is a percussion professor at Jacksonville State University in Jacksonville, Alabama and a front ensemble technician for The Cavaliers Drum and Bugle Corps.


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A Concert for Gary

September 30, 2018 @ 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm – Please join us for an afternoon concert in celebration and commemoration of the work and life of Dr. Gary Moody. This concert will be a time for the School of Music, Theatre, and Dance and Colorado State University to honor all that Gary has given to the program over his 29-year career. We invite alumni, […]


Red Shoe Piano Trio / FREE

September 29, 2018 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm –

With Margaret Miller, Viola. The Red Shoe Piano Trio, in-residence at Fort Lewis College in Durango, is joined by CSU faculty artist Margaret Miller for an evening of piano quartets. “After playing there earlier in the month, I am looking forward to having my colleagues from Ft. Lewis here at CSU,” explains Miller. “Do come join us!”


Dr. Peter Sommer rehearses the CSU Jazz Ensembles

Jazz Ensembles Concert: Jazz Classics Series

September 27, 2018 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm –

The jazz ensembles, conducted by Wil Swindler, perform an evening of music celebrating the music of living jazz legend Herbie Hancock. “Herbie Hancock’s significance in jazz music cannot be overstated. His writing and playing defined much of the style and direction of jazz in the 1960’s and beyond. Outside of jazz, his music has influenced almost every musical corner of our modern world,” says Swindler.


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Masterclass: Adriana Contino, Cello, and Michael Unger, Harpsichord

September 27, 2018 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm – Adriana Contino was principal cellist of the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra for twenty years, teaches at Anderson University in Indianapolis, Indiana. Michael Unger is a multiple award-winning performer who appears worldwide as a soloist and chamber musician. He is the organ and harpsichord professor at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and organist of Cincinnati’s […]