Concerts and Operas

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Spring 2024 Student Recitals / FREE

January 16, 2024 – May 6, 2024 @ All Day – Please join us in celebrating the recital performances of our CSU music students. Student Recitals are FREE and open to the public. Note: Dates, times, and locations are subject to change, please check back to confirm performance details. Friday, February 16, 2024: 5 p.m., Organ Recital Hall, James Scott, Bassoon Friday, March 1, 2024: 5 […]


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Symphonic Band Concert: Song and Dance Part II

April 25, 2024 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Song and Dance Part II The Symphonic Band, with guest conductor Dr. Elizabeth Peterson, continues its exploration of song and dance. This concert features Twist by Jodie Blackshaw, American Hymnsong Suite by Dwayne Millburn, and Conga Del Fuego by Arturo Marquez. 


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Spring Choir Concert: My Life Flows On in Endless Song

April 26, 2024 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – My Life Flows On in Endless Song Join the CSU Choral Program for our final performance of 2023-2024 school year! Chamber Choir will perform one of the most popular choral works in the choral repertoire, Vivaldi’s Gloria. They will be collaborating with a chamber orchestra, which will be co-conducted by Dr. James Kim, Director of […]


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CSU Percussion Ensemble Festival Concert

April 27, 2024 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm – With Guest Artist Sandi Rennik Students of the internationally ranked Percussion Ensemble, directed by Dr. Eric Hollenbeck, present the capstone percussion concert of the year, featuring special guest, Sandi Rennick. Ms. Rennick is a percussionist and marimba soloist with extensive performing and teaching experience in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and throughout the U.S. An original […]


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Double Reed Studio Recital / FREE

April 28, 2024 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm – Students of the oboe and bassoon studios perform solo, and ensemble works written from the 1600s to present day. 


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String Chamber Music Concert / FREE

April 28, 2024 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm – The string area invites you to attend the spring concert of undergraduate and graduate students performing works from the extensive chamber music canon. String professors include Ron Francois, violin, Margaret Miller, viola, Romina Monsanto, cello, and Dr. Forest Greenough, double bass.


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Concert Band Concert: Musical Memories / FREE

April 29, 2024 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm – Musical Memories The Concert Band, directed by Kevin Poelking with guest graduate conductors, James Mepham and Paul Haarala, perform classic pieces and exciting new works of the wind band repertoire that conjure memories of our favorite people and places.


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Graduate String Quartet

April 29, 2024 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Come join the Graduate Quartet for a program of the only string quartet by Maurice Ravel, and the first of Ludwig van Beethoven’s late quartets.  


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Concert Orchestra Concert: Ancient Airs and Echoes / FREE

April 30, 2024 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm – Ancient Airs and Echoes With Guest Artist Jenna Moore, Flute The Concert Orchestra’s highlights music of late Romantic and Modern composers inspired by melodies of long ago. The orchestra, directed by Dr. Rachel Waddell and joined by wind and brass players from the School of Music, Theatre, and Dance, perform Ottorino Respighi’s Ancient Airs and […]


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Music at the Museum Concert Series: Music and Art Graduate Collaboration

May 1, 2024 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm – The series explores the cross-fertilization of music and the visual arts through concerts in the galleries. Performances by Colorado State Music faculty and students are enriched with context provided by faculty from the Department of Art and Art History and the School of Music, Theatre, and Dance. The series is organized by Dr. Nicole Asel, […]


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Piano Studio Recital / FREE

May 1, 2024 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm – Students from the piano studio of Bryan Wallick perform selected works from their end of year jury programs.


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University Symphony Orchestra Concert: Propulsion!

May 2, 2024 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Propulsion! With Guest Artist Quinn Harlow, Percussion This captivating and dynamic concert, directed by Dr. Rachel Waddell, is the perfect way to celebrate the end of the school year and dive into summer. From John Adam’s Short Ride in a Fast Machine to Arturo Márquez’s Danzón No. 2, these modern pieces are tied together by […]


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World Percussion Ensemble Concert

May 5, 2024 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm – The concert features percussion music from around the globe performed on steel pans by the RamPan Band and the GoldPan Band. The Brazilian Ensemble, Afro Cuban Ensemble, Civil Rope Drum Ensemble, Mexican Marimba Band, and our 1930’s George Hamilton Green Xylophone Ragtime Band join the performance. The percussion area is under the direction of Dr. […]