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 […]
February 16, 2024 – May 12, 2024 @ 10:00 am – 6:00 pm –
Pharaoh 171 + Red Berry Woman: Photography + Fashion at the Gregory Allicar Museum of Art combines Pekara’s photography and examples from Baker-Flying Horse’s Red Berry Woman fashion line. The exhibiting artists have also chosen works from the museum’s permanent collection that speak to their backgrounds and interests.
April 26, 2024 – July 21, 2024 @ 10:00 am – 6:00 pm –
The annual Master of Fine Arts (MFA) Thesis Exhibition marks the culmination of a three-year degree program in the visual arts that fosters individual research and creative studio practice. Students in the program focus on a particular area of study and complete a mature body of work in their chosen field. Artwork is situated within the discourse of contemporary art practice.
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.
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 […]
May 2, 2024 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – This event has been cancelled. Performances by students from the voice studio of musical theatre faculty artist Patty Goble.
May 3, 2024 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm –
The spring capstone dance concert, hold sway, is a movement story encompassing themes of individuality and overcoming strife. Senior dance majors, Faith, Tamia, Corey, Ethan, and Mikayla illustrate divergence through intricate and visceral movement languages. Please join us in celebrating their capstone achievement!
May 4, 2024 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm –
Family Day is a free, drop-in program featuring art activities led by CSU Art Education faculty and students. Designed for children ages 5-12.
Enjoy a variety of hands-on activities, including crafts to take home, games, and experiments. Meet students, curators, and other experts. Explore the galleries! Connect with art and each other!
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. […]
May 8, 2024 @ 4:30 pm – 5:15 pm – We hope you’ll join us at our CSU Marching Band Q&A. During the webinar, you will receive an overview of our marching band program, meet marching band faculty and student leadership, find out about the audition process, and have an opportunity to ask questions. Registration required.
May 24, 2024 – August 25, 2024 @ 10:00 am – 6:00 pm –
Full Circle honors Colorado-based women artists over the last hundred years. Drawing from the museum’s permanent collection, this exhibition showcases Clara Hatton, Betty Woodman, Melanie Yazzie, and their contemporaries. Full Circle is organized by GAMA’s six Spring 2024 curatorial interns: Delaney Card, Aspen Crawford, Madrigal Frederick-Law, Marissa Goldin, Claire Havenhill, and Mia Reynes.
June 3, 2024 – June 7, 2024 @ 12:00 am –
Spend a week honing your craft on the beautiful CSU campus! Auditioned students will perform a solo in our beautiful Recital Hall. Participants will also take voice lessons with CSU faculty, and participate in workshops, masterclasses, and talkbacks, including ‘Conquering the College Audition.’
June 5, 2024 – June 7, 2024 @ 12:00 am – Join CSU Jazz Faculty Wil Swindler, Peter Sommer, Dr. Seth Lewis, and Tom Amend for our second annual CSU Jazz Summer Workshop. The workshop will run 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. each day focusing on small group jazz playing and improvisation. Students will also study Jazz history and listening, Jazz theory, and attend instrument-specific masterclasses. […]
June 5, 2024 @ 4:30 pm – 5:15 pm –
We hope you’ll join us at our CSU Marching Band Webinar to talk about Preseason Camp. During the webinar, you will receive an overview of our preseason camp, meet marching band faculty and student leadership, find out more about arriving on campus, and have an opportunity to ask questions.
June 6, 2024 – June 7, 2024 @ 12:00 am –
Percussion Camp for high school students includes instruction on how to successfully prepare and audition to become a collegiate music major. The workshop focuses on the four primary percussion instruments: Mallets (2 and 4 mallet), Timpani, Snare Drum, and Drum Set as well as insight on applications, scholarships, equipment, and skills in being a college student.
June 9, 2024 – June 15, 2024 @ 12:00 am – Colorado Harp Seminar is a one-week intensive harp program for high school and undergraduate pedal harpists. Directed by faculty member Kathryn Harms at Colorado State University, it is designed to support, nurture, and inspire excellent musicianship. In addition to private lessons, students will participate in harp ensemble, masterclasses, and workshops on various topics such as […]
June 9, 2024 – June 14, 2024 @ All Day –
Organ Week is designed for high school students interested in expanding (or beginning) their organ study. Led by a faculty of prominent concert and church organists, the program features one-to-one instruction, masterclasses, and recitals on the finest pipe organs in northern Colorado, including CSU’s Casavant organ.
June 10, 2024 – June 13, 2024 @ 12:00 am –
Join leading Dance/Movement Educators and Education Specialists to explore strategies and tools for integrating movement at all levels of learning in pK-12 classrooms. Colorado State University invites Colorado pK-12 educators and administrators to join us in person for presentations, exploration, sharing resources, and expanding our awareness and knowledge of the benefits of movement in the classroom. Guest speakers, university faculty, and education specialists will present the latest research and tools to help you reach more students, offer innovative ways to teach core curriculum and learn about how our state is supporting our efforts.
June 24, 2024 – June 27, 2024 @ 12:00 am –
June 24, 2024 – June 29, 2024 @ 12:00 am –
CSU’s School of Music, Theatre, and Dance offers a six-day workshop (Monday-Saturday) studying musical theatre for ages 14-18. The camp will be held at the CSU Spur Campus in Denver. This intensive program is an opportunity to study musical theatre with the award-winning faculty of CSU’s Musical Theatre program: Broadway performers Noah Racey (Curtains, Thoroughly Modern Millie) and Patty Goble, (Curtains, Ragtime), have performed in 11+ Broadway shows and have 50 years’ professional experience between them. Students will work on college audition material, bring song interpretation skills to a new level, and study movement from one of Broadway’s top song and dance performers.
June 24, 2024 – June 28, 2024 @ 12:00 am –
CSU’s School of Music, Theatre, and Dance offers a one-week summer day camp (Monday-Friday) at CSU Spur Campus for elementary school students ages 8-13. Over the week, students will be introduced to the foundations of theatre by CSU faculty members, CSU Theatre and Dance students, and guest artists. Students will act, sing, and dance, and at the end of the week, parents, friends, and the community are welcome to watch them showcase their talents and celebrate their achievements.
June 24, 2024 – June 28, 2024 @ 12:00 am –
CSU’s School of Music, Theatre, and Dance offers a one-week summer day camp (Monday-Friday) at CSU Spur Campus for elementary school students ages 8-13. Over the week, students will be introduced to the foundations of theatre by CSU faculty members, CSU Theatre and Dance students, and guest artists. Students will act, sing, and dance, and at the end of the week, parents, friends, and the community are welcome to watch them showcase their talents and celebrate their achievements.
July 13, 2024 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm – The CSU Summer Conducting Seminar continues its fun tradition of presenting a delightful concert version of a popular operetta or Broadway musical. The project serves as the master’s thesis for working music educators from around the world who participate in the seminar for three consecutive summers. Bye Bye Birdie music by Charles Strouse and lyrics […]
August 3, 2024 – August 10, 2024 @ 12:00 am –
The International Keyboard Odyssiad® & Festival, U.S.A., is a weeklong summer piano competition and festival featuring over a dozen guest artists and pianists in daily masterclasses and presentations, matinee concerts, the live Semifinal and Final Rounds of the Olympic-styled Odyssiad® competition, and riveting evening and matinee concerts by internationally renowned pianists, including Van Cliburn winners. Taking place at the foothills of the majestic Rocky Mountains of Colorado, the International Keyboard Odyssiad® and Festival (IKOF) is designed for pianists of all ages and nationalities, teachers, and the general public who love the piano and its repertoire.
August 10, 2024 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm – Dancers from across the country come to experience collegiate dance at Colorado State University. Join us in celebrating their achievements as dancers showcase choreography and repertoire created during our two-week summer dance intensive.
August 29, 2024 – December 15, 2024 @ 10:00 am – 6:00 pm –
3óóxoneeʼnohoʼóoóyóóʼ /Ho’honáá’e Tsé’amoo’ėse: Art of the Rocky Mountain Homelands of the Hinono’eino’ and Tsétsėhéstȧhese Nations is co-curated by Bruce Cook (Haida/Arapaho) from the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming, George Curtis Levi (Southern Cheyenne/Arapaho) of the Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes of Oklahoma, and Emily Moore, Associate Professor of Art History at Colorado State University.
September 7, 2024 @ 12:00 am – 11:59 pm –
This fall, the Colorado State Marching Band will be hosting the second annual CSU Band Day in conjunction with CSU Athletics. Join us at the CSU vs Northern Colorado game on Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024, for this special event!
October 26, 2024 @ 12:00 am – Join the CSU Alumni Band at the 2024 Homecoming and Family Weekend on Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024.
December 5, 2024 – December 7, 2024 @ 12:00 am –
The annual CSU Honor Band Festival brings together the finest high school musicians in the Rocky Mountain Region, selected from hundreds of applicants throughout the western region; the three-day festival takes place at the University Center for the Arts at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado. Guest clinicians and conductors enhance the student’s experience, providing invaluable insight and expertise. In addition to rehearsals, students enjoy several concerts given by CSU faculty and student ensembles. The experience is capped off with a performance by the Honor Wind Symphony and the Festival Concert Band in the beautiful, world-class Griffin Concert Hall.