Although Susan Metzger grew up in a piano-playing family, it was four decades before her latent musical aspirations found expression and eventually led her to Colorado State University. To help students realize their dreams, she recently made a $2 million planned gift to create two scholarships for undergraduate or graduate students studying viola or piano.
The Miami Herald’s Sarah Blaskey will speak at 3 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 28, in the Behavioral Sciences Building, Room 103. Her talk is open to the university community.
Colorado State University Theatre proudly announces USITT student awards. The United States Institute for Theatre Technology, Inc. (USITT) connects performing arts design and technology communities to ensure a vibrant dialog among practitioners, educators, and students. The USITT24 award winners, Annie Hennen and Dani Ranisate will be celebrated at the “Awards, Awards, Awards” ceremony in Seattle, Washington, on March 21, 2024.
CSUnity, Colorado State University’s large-scale tradition of volunteer service during the spring semester, is seeking volunteers for the big day on April 21.
University Advancement is proud to share its 2023 donor impact report highlighting the meaningful difference donors help make across the entire CSU community.
Dr. Nathan Payant will make his conducting debut at Carnegie Hall in New York, as one of MidAmerica Productions featured conductors on Saturday, April 13, 2024.
Carnegie Hall’s mission is to “present extraordinary music and musicians on the three stages of this legendary hall, to bring the transformative power of music to the widest possible audience, to provide visionary education programs, and to foster the future of music through the cultivation of new works, artists, and audiences. Since it opened in 1891, Carnegie Hall has set the international standard for musical excellence as the aspirational destination for the world’s finest artists.”
A new School of Music, Theatre, and Dance course, Music of the 20th and 21st Centuries (MU 430), offers music majors the opportunity to produce original ethnographic research, which includes observing or interacting with people moving through their chosen environments. The research took place online and in the Fort Collins community – settings where the students found music and/or sound to be an aspect of the human experience – including a local record store, The R Bar, a YouTube channel, and the Harbinger coffee houses.
‘Pharaoh 171 x Red Berry Woman: Photography + Fashion’ features works by photographer Joseph ‘Sagonige Yanasi’ Pekara (Pharaoh 171) and designer Norma Baker-Flying Horse (Red Berry Woman).
There is a revolutionary new beer on tap at the Ramskeller, and its flavor profile is as diverse and remarkable as the culture it was crafted to represent.