CSU Music Professor, Peter Sommer, has had a prolific season of music-making. Here are recent activities by the head of CSU’s Woodwind Area: Soulful Songs and Spirits, original music and arrangements for jazz sextet was released in June by the Peter Sommer Septet. According to the KUVO Jazz calendar, the release was inspired by his […]
The CSU Marching Band is excited to announce that band alum Tim Sanchez is the new Voice of the CSUMB! Tim graduated from CSU in 2017 with B.M. degrees in percussion performance and composition. You can hear Tim announcing in Canvas Stadium during our pregame and half time shows. Congratulations, Tim! About Tim Sanchez Tim […]
Music education masters student, Mary Rose Schiemann, will give a conference presentation titled “Long Range Planning for Success” at the Montana Music Educators Association Conference on Oct. 21, 2022. Mary Rose was the recipient of Colorado Kodály Institute’s first Jenna Olschlager Williams Award on July 29, 2022, and was selected to conduct the final song […]
Dr. K. Dawn Grapes, associate professor of Music History in the School of Music, Theatre, and Dance, was invited to present a paper at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Gordon Jacob’s “William Byrd Suite.” According to windrep.org, Jacob’s William Byrd Suite is one of 400 pieces completed by the prolific […]
CSU music professor Dr. Abigail Shupe’s newest publication, War and Death in the Music of George Crumb: A Crisis of Collective Memory, argues that a crisis of collective memory persists among Americans, especially in terms of American war. Dr. Shuppe analyzes this in terms of two pieces by George Crumb, “Winds of Destiny” (2004) and “Black […]
Dr. John McGuire spent 2022 and 2023 focused on the topic of musician health and wellness. The Colorado State University associate professor of horn presented an “Wellness and Self-care for Artists” at the 2022 Northwest Horn Symposium, held in April at the University of Idaho, and again at the 2022 International Horn Symposium held in […]
2023 saw the release of Trauma-Informed Music Therapy Theory and Practice, a new book edited by Dr. Laura E. Beer, Colorado State University, and Jacqueline C. Birnbaum, New York University. Trauma-Informed Music Therapy is a timely volume that combines theoretical perspectives on trauma-informed practice with real-life applications in music therapy practice. This book will be […]
In mid-October, Ferreira is traveling with his group, Jâca Duo, to Ecuador to perform at the Festival International de Musica, a trip that was postponed due to COVID. While there, he will fulfill a promise to donate funds to a local musical community in need, funds gathered through his guitar and clarinet duo’s philanthropic mission to create “Music with Meaning.”
A Message About the CSUMB History Project Expand Hello CSU Marching Band Alumni! My name is Kathryn Kennedy. I am a senior studying music education at Colorado State University. I also serve as a drum major for the marching band. As part of my honors thesis, I am reaching out to CSUMB alumni in hopes […]
Dr. Jacobi will present an invited session at the 2022 National Conference of the American Eurhythmics Society in Helotes, Texas on October 8, 2022. The title of the session is: “Developing the Child’s Sense of Touch: Tactile Activities Then and Now.” Also, this fall, Dr. Jacobi will join the CSU Concert Orchestra on Dec. 4 […]
