The woodwinds area at Colorado State University provides talented flute, clarinet, oboe, bassoon, and saxophone students with world-class training in the areas of performance and pedagogy. The woodwind experience at CSU enhances our student's passion for music by providing a solid foundation for a lifetime of creative activity. The objectives of the curriculum are to develop professional perceptions and skills in the art of music as it is needed by performers, teachers, therapists, and those interested in other possible careers where a high level of music-making is maintained. Expectation levels are consistent with those of university study in preparation for a Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Music, and Master of Music. Areas of concentration within these degree programs include music education, music therapy, music performance, composition, and conducting.
Study With
Peter Sommer
- Professor of Music
- Saxophone, Chamber Music, Jazz Studies
- Director of the Department of Music
Michelle Stanley
- Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies, Liberal Arts
- Professor of Music
- Graduate Flute Professor
970-491-4350
Perform With Us
Woodwinds Events
Spring 2024 Student Recitals / FREE
2024 Clarinet Composers Festival: Mangani Mania!
2024 CSU Marching Band Spring Game Extravaganza
Fall 2024 CSU Color Guard Live Auditions
Saxophone Studio Recital / FREE
Virtuoso Series Concert: Faculty Chamber Music
Jazz Ensembles Concert: Guest Artist Jon Gordon, Saxophone
Symphonic Band Concert: Song and Dance Part II
Spring Choir Concert: My Life Flows On in Endless Song
CSU Percussion Ensemble Festival Concert
Fall 2024 CSU Drumline Live Auditions
Double Reed Studio Recital / FREE
String Chamber Music Concert / FREE
Concert Band Concert: Musical Memories / FREE
Graduate String Quartet
Concert Orchestra Concert: Ancient Airs and Echoes / FREE
Piano Studio Recital / FREE
University Symphony Orchestra Concert: Propulsion!
World Percussion Ensemble Concert
CSU Marching Band Q&A: Webinar #2
2024 Summer Voice Intensive
2024 CSU Jazz Summer Workshop
CSU Marching Band Preseason Virtual Q&A
2024 CSU Percussion Camp
2024 Colorado Harp Seminar
2024 Organ Week
2024 CSU Brass Workshop
Concert Version: Bye Bye Birdie
2024 International Keyboard Odyssiad® & Festival, U.S.A.
CSU Band Day
CSU Alumni Band at 2024 Homecoming and Family Weekend
2024 CSU Honor Band Festival
Woodwinds News
Masters alum, Theresa Lansberry, holds new position with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Colorado State University music alum, Theresa Soriano Lansberry (nee Bunger, M.M., ’18), was named artist liaison for the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra in February. The CSO’s mission is to seek and share inspiration and be the most relevant Orchestra in America.. cincinnatisymphony.org
Dr. Cayla Bellamy releases new album of contemporary works for bassoon
Dr. Cayla Bellamy, CSU’s bassoon professor, has recently released an album titled “American Bassoon Voices, Contemporary Works for Solo Bassoon,” published by Mark Records and available on Apple Music and Spotify. Performing collaborators include CSU faculty pianist, Jooyeon Chang and the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Symphony from Iowa conducted by Jason Weinberger. Compositions include “There and Back, […]
Dr. Cayla Bellamy to perform at international conference
Dr. Cayla Bellamy, CSU’s bassoon professor, has been invited to give a concerto performance and a chamber recital at the 53rd annual International Double Reed Society conference. Dr. Bellamy will be joined by CSU music instructor, Dr. Megan Lanz, on the chamber recital that includes world premieres of commissions for flute and bassoon. For 2024, […]