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Music Education Faculty News

Music Education Faculty News Dr. Bonnie Jacobi Associate Professor of Music; Music Education; Director of Colorado Kodály Institute Music education professor, Dr. Bonnie Jacobi, was selected to serve on a national panel for historical research in music education, which was held at the Normal Symposium for the History of Music Education in Normal, Illinois, in […]


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2023 Music Alumni Notes

2023 Music Alumni Notes Gregg Cannady, B.M., Music Education, 1985; M.M., Music Education, 1989 Gregg Cannady Gregg co-founded and is COO of the non-profit, One Voice 4 Change, where innovation is the center of global collaborative learning adventures. A glimpse of the miracles that have come from One Voice 4 Change can be seen on […]


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Endowment Supporting MSOE: A milestone with roots in service

Endowment Supporting MSOE: A milestone with roots in service Dr. Erik Johnson, Colorado State University music education professor and the director and creator of the Middle School Outreach Ensembles, found a common goal with CSU alum and donor Jim Vidakovich: Service. Both men use art and music to uplift and educate. Jim Vidakovich, B.A., ’69, […]


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2023 Master’s Graduates

2023 Master’s Graduates   What are your plans, and how has CSU prepared you to be a teacher? Kristen Falls, MME, ‘23 Through my program at CSU, I have worked on my teaching practice. Through experiences working with undergraduates and diving deeper into relevant music education topics, I have been able to reflect on what […]


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Bob Kreutz: Teacher and performer with four decades of experience

Bob Kreutz: Teacher and performer with four decades of experience Robert Kreutz has a wealth of knowledge from many years of teaching in the Thompson School District and performing in prestigious orchestras in Colorado and Wyoming. Kreutz holds a Bachelor of Music Education (’84) from Colorado State University and a Master of Music in Conducting […]


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Dr. David Saccardi, music education professor at LSU

Dr. David Saccardi, music education professor at LSU David Saccardi in the University Symphony Orchestra at CSU, 2011 When David Saccardi graduated from Colorado State University in 2011, he did not realize the groundwork was laid for something more prestigious. He was recently awarded the position of associate professor at Louisiana State University, teaching classes […]


CSU’s Spur Campus: An accessible gathering place

CSU’s Spur Campus: An accessible gathering place Colorado State University’s new Spur campus in Denver is now home to an innovative music program designed to uplift and educate disadvantaged students in Northern Colorado and is a perfect canvas for community musicians and future music educators. Kid Astronaut was sponsored by Take Note Colorado to play […]


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Master’s Plus Licensure: A musical journey

Master’s Plus Licensure: A musical journey Brian Tremper, M.M., Music Education plus Licensure, ’25 Every student has a unique journey, each searching for an end goal when presented with myriad career paths. There is something admirable and impressive about going straight from school to a big teaching job or the story of a student who […]


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Announcing Dr. Rachel Waddell as the new director of orchestras at CSU

The School of Music, Theatre, and Dance is thrilled to introduce Dr. Rachel Waddell as the next conductor of the University Symphony Orchestra and director of orchestras at Colorado State University. Dr. Waddell comes to CSU from the University of Rochester where she has served as the director of orchestral activities. She is the co-founder […]