Michael Schaefer, 1974, B.M.E; 1984, M.M.E, is a passionate music educator with an extremely extensive and dedicated 35-year career. He studied undergraduate and graduate conducting with Wilfred Schwartz at Colorado State University, and earned a Bachelor’s in Music Education in 1974 and a Master’s in Instruction in 1984. After graduating from CSU in 1974, Michael […]
The School of Music, Theatre and Dance presents a vivacious music ensemble called It Could Be Anything. The newly formed group aims to showcase music’s growth and change by focusing on trends in the global arts world. Their second performance of this semester takes place on April 17 at 7:30 p.m., in the Organ Recital […]
Love, whether within an intimate relationship, a family relationship, or even a friendship, is a beautiful emotion. While every individual experiences love differently, the collaboration of the University Chorus and Men’s Chorus on an upcoming concert, aims to portray the beauty of every type of love though song. The concert, Facets of Love, set for […]
Last fall, Assistant Professor of Music History K. Dawn Grapes had her annotated bibliography/research guide to “John Dowland” recently published online by Oxford University Press in Oxford Bibliographies. In her introduction, Dr. Grapes describes Dowland (b. 1563–d. 1623) as an internationally known English musician of the late 16th and early 17th centuries. As the most […]
Dear Reader, I’m excited to write this note letting you know that the Colorado State University Wind Symphony is taking its first Southwestern tour in the history of the band program at CSU. On April 13-16, the Wind Symphony will make stops in Grand Junction, Colorado, Los Lunas, New Mexico (Albuquerque area), and return via […]
The 2016 Mountain West Basketball Tournament in Las Vegas, Nev. was a tremendous success for the Colorado State University Women’s Basketball Team, which won the tournament and was subsequently selected to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2002. Additionally, their most dedicated supporters, the CSU Pep Band and the CSU Spirit Squad, received […]
In Fall 2016, Caleb Hudson, trumpet artist of the Canadian Brass, will join the music faculty at Colorado State University as the assistant professor of trumpet. In this role, he will teach, recruit, maintain an undergraduate and graduate studio, and continue an active performing career, both outside of the University and within the School of […]
A CSU Favorite Returns to Griffin Concert Hall James Baumgardner, 2009, B.M. in Music, as Count Almaviva and Cass Mann, 2007, M.M. in Music, as Countess Almaviva in the the 2007 production of Le Nozze di Figaro The Ralph Opera Center at Colorado State University presents Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s most famous comic opera, The Marriage […]
By Madeline Bombardi, UCA Marketing Intern If you are moved by musical journeys, then join the School of Music, Theatre and Dance at Colorado State University for a night of Remembrance with the Concert Choir and Concert Orchestra’s performance of Anne Frank: A Living Voice by Linda Tutas Haugen and Paul Hindemith’s Trauermusik. The FREE […]
Lisa Dameron, 2010, B.M. Music; 2011, M.M. Music: “Since I have graduated from CSU, I have taught in three different schools (and districts), varying from Kindergarten to 12th grade Music. I taught K-5 general music, 6-12 choir, drama, and a music exploration class in Bennett, Colo. After 1 ½ years, my husband and I moved […]
