Have you heard about the Colorado State University Alumni Band experience? CSU’s Alumni Band began in 1993 when a group of enthusiastic alumni from the 80s and 90s rented a flatbed truck and participated in the Homecoming and Family Weekend parade. Over the years the group has grown in size, and annually joins the CSU […]
The American Music Therapy Association (AMTA) convened an historic and innovative research symposium, “IMPROVING ACCESS AND QUALITY: MUSIC THERAPY RESEARCH 2025” (MTR 2025), July 16-18, 2015. This visionary special event was designed to recommend guidance for future research in music therapy. Dr. Blythe LaGasse, associate professor of Music Therapy and coordinator of Music Therapy at […]
Dan Bell Dan Bell, ’88, M.M. Performance, Trumpet, is director of Bands at Cheyenne Mountain Junior High in Colorado Springs. Dan has taught for 27 years in the Colo. districts of Fort Lupton, Rangeview HS in Aurora, and Cheyenne Mountain as a high school assistant and junior high band director. In his career, he has […]
Popular radio/television personality and CSU liberal arts alumna Susie Wargin interviewed CSU Marching Band director Richard Frey on KOA Radio Friday about the marching band’s performance at the Denver Broncos season opener, which happened on Sunday, Sept. 13. Listen to the interview on KOA Radio
Michael Thaut, director of the Center for Biomedical Research in Music at Colorado State University and pioneer in the neuroscience of music and neurologic music therapy, has received a major honor from across the pond. “This was a huge and unlikely honor,” Thaut said. The Oxford Handbook of Neurologic Music Therapy, co-edited and co-authored by […]
Dan Goble, who arrived on campus in mid-July, grew up in Casper, Wyo., and spent most of his career at Western Connecticut State University where he was dean of the School of Visual and Performing Arts for the past four years. It became apparent after just a few interactions with Dr. Goble that he is […]
For a second year, the music faculty at Colorado State University brings you All-State Instructional Videos to help prepare your High School student instrumentalists for their upcoming auditions. Dedicated to its land-grant heritage, the music faculty at CSU are committed to promoting music and pedagogy of the highest quality, serving music education through actions that […]
Each year since 2011, talented CSU alumni with thriving music careers are invited back to campus to perform in the Alumni Concert Series. This fall, Britta Laree Risner, who graduated from CSU in 1999 with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, and again in 2004 with a Master’s in Music, will grace the Griffin […]
For the third consecutive year, the Colorado State University Marching Band will make a special appearance during halftime at the Denver Broncos home opener vs. the Baltimore Ravens on Sun., Sept. 13 at Sports Authority Field at Mile High. Kickoff is at 2:25 p.m. The band is planning a patriotic show honoring our military men […]
At the beginning of the summer, CSU Chamber Choir alum, along with their families and Dr. James Kim, director of choral activities at CSU, gathered together for a chance to sing and catch up. The group rehearsed and performed favorite pieces from the last eleven years including “Abide with Me,” at a Denver nursing home. […]
