Colorado State University saxophone faculty and Director of Jazz Studies Peter Sommer is traveling to Fife, Scotland to perform at the 2012 World Saxophone Congress XVI, held at St. Andrew’s on July 10-14, 2012. The Congress features an elite program of concerts, lectures, and recitals selected from a pool of submitted proposals and recordings, of […]
The Colorado State University Flute Choir and professors will take their playing to a national stage with an invitation to perform at the 40th Annual National Flute Association Convention at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nev., Aug. 9–12, 2012. Nineteen groups from around the country were selected to perform at the four-day convention, which is […]
Greetings! We invite you to participate in another great CSU Marching Band season and be a part of history in supporting Coach McElwain’s inaugural season with the CSU Rams! Last year our 260-member band was the largest in the state and the Mountain West Conference, but we don’t care as much about size as we […]
International Keyboard Odyssiad and Festival – “A Journey to the Performance of a Lifetime” Colorado State University Professor Dr. Janet Landreth is set to launch the International Keyboard Odyssiad and Festival U.S.A., presented in conjunction with the new CSU Summer Keyboard Institute (SKI/Colorado). Both IKOF and SKI/Colorado take place during the first week of August […]
CSU faculty members continue to extend their influence and vision across the region – and the world. Dr. James Kim, CSU Director of Choral Studies, has launched the Colorado Bach Ensemble, a group featuring professional singers and instrumentalists from across North America. The Colorado Bach Ensemble will perform their inaugural concerts in June with performances of […]
Imagine rehearsing J.S. Bach’s “B Minor Mass” for six hours a day, hopping on a five- city tour of Italy, and then flying to Colorado for a one week Chamber Choir tour. Tired? This is a day in the life of Gene Stenger, tenor and graduate student studying vocal performance at Colorado State University. In […]
As the spring semester begins to wrap at Colorado State University, the University Center for the Arts is slated to host students and faculty from East China Normal University School of Music April 23 – 30 as part of the cultural exchange between the two universities. “I would never have experienced the differences between Eastern […]
On March 3, 2012, fifteen finalists competed for top prizes in the annual Denver Lyric Opera Guild Competition. Two vocal performance graduate students from Colorado State University won top honors: Kimberli Render, student of Dr. Tiffany Blake, won first prize and a $6,000 cash prize; Gene Stenger, student of Dr. Todd Queen, received Honorable Mention. […]
Deceit, betrayal, paranormal activity, and madness define the story behind Benjamin Britten’s opera The Turn of the Screw. Well known for its 12-note theme, The Turn of the Screw has proved to be a welcome challenge for Director Dr. Tiffany Blake and the students starring in the opera produced by the Charles and Reta Ralph […]
The Colorado State University Alumni Association Distinguished Alumni Awards program recognizes CSU alumni and friends who have distinguished themselves professionally, brought honor to the University, and have made significant contributions of time and/or philanthropy to the university or their community. Last year, three alumni from the College of Liberal Arts walked away with awards. GOLD […]
