March 2, 2020 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – The Mendelssohn Trio with members Barbara Thiem on cello, Erik Peterson on violin, and Theodor Lichmann on piano, has been in residence at CSU for a number of years. In addition to coaching student chamber music ensembles, the trio presents a program each spring, this year playing Ludwig van Beethoven’s Trio op. 1, Antonin Dvorak’s […]
March 2, 2020 @ 2:10 pm – 3:10 pm – Members of the Wind Symphony perform chamber works by Edgard Varése, Felix Mendelssohn, Antonín Dvorark, and Michael Daugherty, conducted by graduate student Shannon Weber. The Wind Symphony, conducted by Dr. Rebecca Phillips, is the premier concert band, performing the finest literature of yesterday, today, and tomorrow with a flexible instrumentation that includes as few as […]
February 29, 2020 @ All Day – January 18, and February 1, 22, 29 Music Audition Days are for students wishing to pursue an undergraduate music major or minor degree at CSU. Auditions simultaneously function as admission consideration, as well as scholarship consideration, through the School of Music, Theatre, and Dance. Registration required: music.colostate.edu/admissions or contact SMTD@colostate.edu.
February 28, 2020 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Folkloric Join the Concert Band, conducted by Erik Johnson, for a celebration of folk music from around the world! At once deep and whimsical, the program features a tour-de-force of music from Scotland, France, the Czech Republic, Japan, and beyond. “We are all standing on the musical shoulders of the musical traditions passed down to […]
February 27, 2020 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Beethoven at 250! With Tiffany Blake Oliver, Soprano; and Noah Racey, Narrator CSU begins its Beethoven’s 250th birthday celebration with the Sinfonia, CSU’s most intimate orchestra, conducted by Wes Kenney. The chamber ensemble performs the impishly frenetic Symphony No. 4, and the evening concludes with the incidental music from the play Egmont: the overture being […]
February 26, 2020 @ 6:00 pm – 8:15 pm –
February 25, 2020 @ 7:30 pm – Traveler Using music and the power of the imagination, the Symphonic Band, under the direction of T. André Feagin, explores contemporary works for wind band that capture culture and place them in a time in which they no longer exist. The ensemble presents the works of Ron Nelson, John Williams, Luis Serrano Alarcón, Dwyane Milburn, […]
February 24, 2020 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – With Tim Burns, Piano; Bryan Wallick, Piano; Jessica Warner, Oboe; John McGuire, Horn; Drew Leslie, Trombone; and Michael Hamilton, Percussion Faculty artist Stanley Curtis presents a recital of new music that he composed, alongside works by recent graduate student Kevin Poelking, and CSU composition professor James David, as well as Aaron Copland’s “Quiet City,” and […]
February 23, 2020 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm – American Idols With Jessica Warner, English Horn; and Stanley Curtis, Trumpet The Concert Orchestra, conducted by Leslie Stewart, performs the music of three “American Idols”—Aaron Copland, Samuel Barber, and John Corigliano. Faculty artists Jessica Warner, English horn, and Stanley Curtis, trumpet, play Copland’s “Quiet City.” The program opens with “Voyage” by John Corigliano, and concludes […]
February 22, 2020 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm –
