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Dr. John Pippen, Bugs Bunny, and the American Musicological Society

Posted by Jennifer Clary on Friday, November 17, 2023
CLA Community, Latest News, Research & Creative Scholarship

What do Bugs Bunny, Leopold Stokowski, and examinations of socioeconomic class have in common? They are all part of a paper presentation by Dr. John Pippen, assistant professor of Ethnomusicology at Colorado State University. Dr. Pippen presented the paper, “Putting Class Back into Classical Music Studies,” at The 89th Annual Meeting of the American Musicological Society in Denver, Nov. 9-12, 2023, held jointly with the Society for Music Theory.

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Dr. Jess Rushing collaborates on publication about music therapy for premature infants

Posted by Jennifer Clary on Thursday, November 9, 2023
Faculty, Faculty Publications, Music Therapy, Research

Dr. Jess Rushing is a Fellow of the National Institute of Infant and Child Medical Music Therapy and is currently the chair of the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine (ACRM) Arts and Neuroscience Networking Group. She has worked clinically with all ages, from premature infants to end-of-life, with considerable experience in medical, private practice, and […]

CSU Trombone Choir performing at ITF 2023

CSU Trombone Choir at the 2023 International Trombone Festival

Posted by School of Music, Theatre, and Dance on Wednesday, October 11, 2023
Brass, Chamber Music, College of Liberal Arts, Composition, Latest News, Music, Music Education, School of Music, Theatre, and Dance, Student Profile, Woodwind Brass Studio Ensembles

Colorado State University’s Trombone Choir performed four world premier pieces at the 2023 International Trombone Festival, including compositions by Chris Evan Hass, Amber Sheeran (B.M. Music Education, CSU ’21), James M. David (CSU Professor of Music), and Kevin Poelking (CSU Assistant Professor of Bands). The group was invited to perform based on a submitted recording. […]

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2023 American Prize Winners Announced and CSU Music Faculty Make the List

Posted by School of Music, Theatre, and Dance on Tuesday, October 10, 2023
Brass, Composition, Faculty, Music, Woodwinds

Three of CSU’s music faculty received 2023 American Prize recognition in the Instrumental Performance professional division. The American Prize National Nonprofit Competitions in the Performing Arts is the nation’s most comprehensive series of contests in the classical arts. The prize is “nonprofit, unique in scope and structure, and is designed to evaluate, recognize and reward […]

Budapest Scoring Orchestra Recording Photo

Assistant Band Director Kevin Poelking’s With Eyes Anew performed by the Budapest Scoring Orchestra

Posted by School of Music, Theatre, and Dance on Friday, September 22, 2023
Music

CSU music instructor and assistant director of bands, Kevin Poelking (M.M. Conducting Specialization, 2019), was honored in July 2023 to work with the award-winning Budapest Scoring Orchestra on a recording of his new composition, With Eyes Anew. The work, which takes the audience on a five-minute journey conveying a “story of ego, reflection, growth, and […]

The Duo Francois FICA21 Promotional Poster

Violin Professor Ron Francois and the Duo Francois travel to Mexico for annual festival

Posted by Jennifer Clary on Friday, September 15, 2023
Chamber Music, Music, Strings

The Duo Francois – comprised of CSU faculty violinist Ron Francois and pianist Silvana Santinelli – will be featured at the FICA21 festival at the University of Veracruzana in Xalapa, Mexico. The International Camerata 21 Festival (FICA 21) of the Faculty of Music of the Universidad Veracruzana (UV) has been held uninterrupted since 1998. Founded by […]

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MSOE Composition Competition

Posted by Jennifer Clary on Monday, July 24, 2023
Alumni, Composition, Music Education

Announcing the 2024 Middle School Outreach Ensemble Composition Competition! Winners will have their piece performed during the 2024 MSOE Concert. We would like to invite all music students to participate in the 2024 MSOE Composition Competition. The competition is open to ALL middle school and high school students who are enrolled in their school music […]