January 28, 2020 – December 17, 2021 @ 10:00 am – 6:00 pm – “An act of survivance is Indigenous self-expression in any medium that tells a story about our active presence in the world now.” — Gerald Vizenor Survivance is a term coined by Anishinaabe scholar Gerald Vizenor to describe how Indigenous people have not only survived but actively resisted the ongoing pressures of settler colonialism in North […]
August 24, 2020 – August 25, 2021 @ 12:00 am –
Photographer Binh Danh is the first of five artist-curators for the C.A.R.S. Online series, which features past participants in the long running Critic & Artist Residency Series at CSU.
September 30, 2020 – September 30, 2021 @ 12:00 am –
Jess T. Dugan is an artist whose work explores issues of identity through photographic portraiture.
October 9, 2020 – December 31, 2021 @ 12:00 am – Virtual Exhibition NOTE: The virtual exhibition works best in Chrome (Mac) or Edge (PC). Go to the Virtual Exhibition Across the African continent women are integral members of their communities, contributing as leaders, artists, entrepreneurs, and spiritual guides. While historically charged narratives led to misunderstood, romanticized, and stereotyped perspectives of African women through Western lenses, […]
November 20, 2020 – November 20, 2021 @ 12:00 am – Mauro Giaconi was the museum’s Critic & Artist Residency Series visitor in Fall 2018. The artist’s work takes place in the field of sculpture, installation, and mainly drawing, which operates as the heart of all his production and starting point to generate spatial interventions and imagery that moves across the aesthetics of chaos and procedural […]
December 19, 2020 – December 19, 2021 @ 12:00 am – The artist-curated C.A.R.S. Online series features past participants in the long running Critic & Artist Residency Series, with virtual exhibitions bringing together the artists’ own work and works from the museum’s collection. Courtney Egan, who visited CSU in 2014, is based in New Orleans, Louisiana. Her projection-based sculptural installations mix botanical themes and technology. This […]
December 19, 2020 – December 31, 2021 @ 12:00 am – MFA THESIS EXHIBITION 2020 – VIRTUAL NOTE: The virtual exhibition works best in Chrome (Mac) or Edge (PC). The annual Master of Fine Arts 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 […]
January 25, 2021 – June 20, 2021 @ 9:00 am – 5:00 pm – There are things We live among ‘and to see them Is to know ourselves’. -George Oppen, “Of Being Numerous” This exhibition brings together a collection of objects either made by, or that lived in the orbit of Richard and Jan De Vore. Richard De Vore, a former Pottery Professor in the Department of Art and […]
February 1, 2021 – April 25, 2021 @ 9:00 am – 5:00 pm – Shattering Perspectives: A Teaching Collection of African Ceramics is a collaborative, student generated exhibition exploring ceramic arts from across the African continent through vessels and objects from the Gregory Allicar Museum’s permanent collections. The exhibition features 141 objects by artists from 57 cultures, representing 19 countries across present day Africa. Shattering Perspectives takes a unique […]
February 8, 2021 – June 20, 2021 @ 10:00 am – 6:00 pm – In 1936, Clara Hatton (1901-1991) came to Colorado State College of Agriculture & Mechanic Arts as one of the earliest faculty members to teach design in the Division of Home Economics. Over the next thirty years, Hatton built an art curriculum at the college, teaching a variety of media herself and hiring the faculty who […]
Enjoy UCA performances anytime from the comfort of your home! While there are no in-person events this spring, students, family, friends, and arts patrons can access on-demand performances created by the School of Music, Theatre, and Dance. On-demand content will be hosted on our Vimeo account and access will be provided through https://csuartstickets.universitytickets.com/. Tickets for […]
Enjoy UCA performances anytime from the comfort of your home! While there are no in-person events this spring, students, family, friends, and arts patrons can access on-demand performances created by the School of Music, Theatre, and Dance. On-demand content will be hosted on our Vimeo account and access will be provided through https://csuartstickets.universitytickets.com/. Tickets for […]
*Note: The time for this concert has changed from 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Dancing from Lagos to La Chorrera Concert Orchestra performs works by William Grant Still (often referred to as the “Dean of Afro-American Composers”) and Nkeiru Okoye, best known for her orchestral work “Voices Shouting Out” in commemoration of the first anniversary […]
Note: Original date of release has changed please check back for updates. The Lonely Trumpet The concert will feature unaccompanied music for trumpet performed by faculty artist Stanley Curtis. Read the Program: Here While there are no in-person events this spring, students, family, friends, and arts patrons can access live-streamed and/or on-demand performances created by […]
Please join us online for a morning of eurhythmics activities. Workshop will be free but you must register by March 1 to be sent the link and participate. Contact Mr. Oren Logan to register by March 1: healthlogan@gmail.com
Pulling the Heartstrings The University Symphony Orchestra strings and percussion perform Gustav Mahler’s beloved Adagietto from Symphony No. 5, a work said to be a love poem to his beloved Alma. Passion, love, jealousy, and tragedy are all part of Georges Bizet’s supremely popular opera Carmen. Russian composer Rodion Shchedrin recreates the music of Bizet […]
Note: This concert has been changed from the original release date of February 22, to March 8. The New American Bassoon With Jooyeon Chang, piano The sound of the bassoon is historically recognized as that of the ancient, the foolish, and often the tragic. With a new wave of music for this unique instrument, composers […]
Erik Peterson, Barbara Thiem and Bryan Wallick present a Russian program of Sergei Rachmaninov’s Cello Sonata in G minor, and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Trio in A minor, Op. 50. Read the Program: Here While there are no in-person events this spring, students, family, friends, and arts patrons can access live-streamed and/or on-demand performances created by […]
NOTE: THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED. Please check the events listing for an updated release, coming soon. Featuring St. Luke’s Episcopal Church Phelps Organ This recital of organ music will be presented on the newly renovated organ of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Fort Collins. The organ of St. Luke’s was built in 1973 by Lawrence […]
What I Did on My Summer Vacation This program will portray the personal experiences of faculty artist John Carlo Pierce in Summer 2020 through music – the sights, sounds, and scents that marked the days during that unexpectedly still season. Read the Program: Here While there are no in-person events this spring, students, family, friends, […]
Join our CSU Jazz Ensembles for a live stream event exploring the 10-piece Jazz repertoire. Smaller sized “big bands” have always existed for various musical and logistical reasons throughout the history of Jazz from the early Kansas City Count Basie groups, through the Miles Davis Nonet, the Marty Paitch Dectet, and many more. Many composers […]
CSU Dance is proud to offer a virtual Nique masterclass and Q&A with artists of Complexions Contemporary Ballet for community dancers. Nique classes combine classical and contemporary vocabulary into a valuable training method for pre-professional dancers. This class is most suitable for intermediate/advanced dancers, but all levels are welcome to observe and participate in the […]
Rags, Steel, the Civil War and Chilian Melodies The concert will feature a ragtime band of music from the 1930’s with five xylophone soloists. The CSU RamPan Band and GreenPan Band will play music from the Trinidad and Tobago, followed by a Rope Drum Ensemble replicated to the times and drums of the Civil War. […]
A recital presented by brass area students from the studios of Dr. Drew Leslie and Professor Stephen Dombrowski featuring repertoire for chamber groups and soloists. Read the Program: Here While there are no in-person events this spring, students, family, friends, and arts patrons can access live-streamed and/or on-demand performances created by the School of Music, […]
Community members are invited to join us for two open rehearsals as CSU Dance majors learn and practice Dwight Rhoden’s Across the Universe, excerpt from Beatle Juice (2001). Schedule: Wednesday, February 3, 2021 4:30-5:30 p.m. Monday, March 22, 2021 4:30-5:30 p.m. Register for the Zoom link: Here
This concert will feature six students from the violin studio of Dr. Ron Francois. Repertoire will be chosen to represent a wide variety of styles within the sonata, concerto and solo genres. Read the Program: Here While there are no in-person events this spring, students, family, friends, and arts patrons can access live-streamed and/or on-demand […]
The guitar studio of Jeff LaQuatra presents a recital featuring chamber music and solo performances of contemporary works, as well as arrangements of standard classical repertoire. Read the Program: Here While there are no in-person events this spring, students, family, friends, and arts patrons can access live-streamed and/or on-demand performances created by the School of […]
Colorado State University Jazz Combos present an evening of modern and classic jazz. This live stream concert will reflect the resilience of our music students who have worked hard during difficult times to develop their jazz skills and continue the tradition of improvised American music. Under the direction of Wil Swindler, Dr. Peter Stoltzman, and […]
Spring 2021 ON THE BRINK Reading Series Curated by Professor Saffron Henke What have we learned from 2020? How do we as theatre artists respond to this moment? These are multifaceted times we are facing, not just in terms of the political, social and cultural upheavals that 2020 brought upon us, but also the challenges […]
Modern Music for Solo Trombone CSU faculty artist, Drew Leslie, explores some of the exciting new repertoire that has been recently composed for the trombone as a solo instrument. The different styles, colors, tone and effects that the trombone can produce are all put on full display through the wide variety of music that is […]
A New World With Bryan Wallick, piano The strings and percussion of the CSU Sinfonia create a new world with two world-premieres of works by faculty composers, followed by the Colorado debut of works by Black composers Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson and Fela Sowande. Faculty artist Bryan Wallick is the featured soloist. While there are no in-person […]
This concert will feature six students from the violin studio of Dr. Ron Francois. Repertoire will be chosen to represent a wide variety of styles within the sonata, concerto and solo genres. While there are no in-person events this spring, students, family, friends, and arts patrons can access live-streamed and/or on-demand performances created by the […]
The guitar studio of Jeff LaQuatra presents a recital featuring chamber music and solo performances of contemporary works, as well as arrangements of standard classical repertoire. While there are no in-person events this spring, students, family, friends, and arts patrons can access live-streamed and/or on-demand performances created by the School of Music, Theatre, and Dance. […]
Folk Songs and Fiddle Tunes The program will open with Jack Jarrett’s “American Folk Song Suite” and conclude with “Prairie Night and Celebration” from Aaron Copland’s ballet Billy the Kid, both works conducted by Leslie Stewart. It will also include the world premiere of “Cumber Teeth,” written by the orchestra’s concertmaster and professional fiddle player, […]
The annual CSU Percussion Ensemble spring concert will feature contemporary music written for chamber music from standards such as Ionisation by Edgard Varese to smaller works for multiple pairings of drums and pitched percussion. While there are no in-person events this spring, students, family, friends, and arts patrons can access live-streamed and/or on-demand performances created […]
*Note: The date for this event has been changed from April 28th to April 7th. Since its inception in 2008, the graduate quartet program at CSU has brought together musicians from around the country and Mexico for an intensive two-year program of rehearsing and performing. For their concert this spring, the program will feature the […]
This informal concert features new choreography by faculty, guest artists, and student choreographers. While there are no in-person events this spring, students, family, friends, and arts patrons can access live-streamed and/or on-demand performances created by the School of Music, Theatre, and Dance. Livestreams will be hosted on our Vimeo account and access will be provided […]
String and piano students present a concert of chamber music from the semester’s work. While there are no in-person events this spring, students, family, friends, and arts patrons can access live-streamed and/or on-demand performances created by the School of Music, Theatre, and Dance. On-Demand will be hosted on our Vimeo account and access will be […]
Presented by the Ralph Opera Program Gian-Carlo Menotti’s “The Old Maid and the Thief” is a unique opera that was written expressly for radio. Circumstances being what they are, this is a perfect piece for our students and audience! Sit back and relax while CSU voice students entertain you with the riotous tale of Miss […]
A New World With Bryan Wallick, piano The strings and percussion of the CSU Sinfonia create a new world with two world-premieres of works by faculty composers, followed by the Colorado debut of works by Black composers Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson and Fela Sowande. Faculty artist Bryan Wallick is the featured soloist. While there are no in-person […]
Classic and contemporary repertoire performed by student chamber groups from the studios of Michelle Stanley, flute; Wesley Ferreira, clarinet; Andrew Jacobson, oboe; Cayla Bellamy, bassoon; and Peter Sommer, saxophone. While there are no in-person events this spring, students, family, friends, and arts patrons can access live-streamed and/or on-demand performances created by the School of Music, […]
Spring 2021 ON THE BRINK Reading Series Curated by Professor Saffron Henke What have we learned from 2020? How do we as theatre artists respond to this moment? These are multifaceted times we are facing, not just in terms of the political, social and cultural upheavals that 2020 brought upon us, but also the challenges […]
Spring 2021 ON THE BRINK Reading Series Curated by Professor Saffron Henke What have we learned from 2020? How do we as theatre artists respond to this moment? These are multifaceted times we are facing, not just in terms of the political, social and cultural upheavals that 2020 brought upon us, but also the challenges […]
Spring 2021 ON THE BRINK Reading Series Curated by Professor Saffron Henke What have we learned from 2020? How do we as theatre artists respond to this moment? These are multifaceted times we are facing, not just in terms of the political, social and cultural upheavals that 2020 brought upon us, but also the challenges […]
We are excited to announce a free virtual Community Dance Workshop led by CSU dance majors. All classes are held via zoom. No prior dance experience is needed, but registration is required. Choose 1 class per day. Separate registration is required for each day. Only one engagement form is needed per participant. Please indicate titles […]
Ticket sales for live-streamed events end 15-minutes prior to the start of the performance. As we believe art is the antidote in bleak and difficult times, The HOPE Project challenges our students to engage with pressing contemporary issues: H – Health O – Overcoming Oppression P – Persistence E – Empathy A semester of HOPE-based creative projects will culminate […]
Ticket sales for live-streamed events end 15-minutes prior to the start of the performance. As we believe art is the antidote in bleak and difficult times, The HOPE Project challenges our students to engage with pressing contemporary issues: H – Health O – Overcoming Oppression P – Persistence E – Empathy A semester of HOPE-based creative projects will culminate […]
Ticket sales for live-streamed events end 15-minutes prior to the start of the performance. As we believe art is the antidote in bleak and difficult times, The HOPE Project challenges our students to engage with pressing contemporary issues: H – Health O – Overcoming Oppression P – Persistence E – Empathy A semester of HOPE-based creative projects will culminate […]
Enjoy a program of art songs and arias from CSU voice students. While there are no in-person events this spring, students, family, friends, and arts patrons can access live-streamed and/or on-demand performances created by the School of Music, Theatre, and Dance. On-Demand will be hosted on our Vimeo account and access will be provided through […]
The spring capstone dance concert features the creative work of senior dance majors, Kaitlyn Carson, Jame Fuerte, Isabel Krull, Franny Komperda, and Kourtney Yadao. While there are no in-person events this spring, students, family, friends, and arts patrons can access live-streamed and/or on-demand performances created by the School of Music, Theatre, and Dance. Livestreams will […]
Since its inception in 2008, the graduate quartet program at CSU has brought together musicians from around the country and Mexico for an intensive two-year program of rehearsing and performing. For their concert this spring, the program will feature the works of Franz Schubert and Robert Schumann. While there are no in-person events this spring, […]
Enjoy a program of art songs and arias from CSU voice students. While there are no in-person events this spring, students, family, friends, and arts patrons can access live-streamed and/or on-demand performances created by the School of Music, Theatre, and Dance. On-Demand will be hosted on our Vimeo account and access will be provided through […]
The summer seminar at CSU follows the curriculum of the American Eurhythmics Society and is closely affiliated with this organization. Aligning with CSU’s goals for the course, the mission of the Society is to introduce public school music teachers to the philosophical and pedagogical approach of Eurhythmics for the School Music Classroom, preparing them to incorporate […]
July 7, 2021 – September 19, 2021 @ 10:00 am – 6:00 pm – Gregory Allicar Museum of Art, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA Resource extraction created the world as we know it. Without fossil fuels, we would not have computers, airplanes or electricity. Yet, these technologies have come at a severe cost to global ecosystems, cli-mate stability and human health. Some of the most complex and […]
CKI is a dynamic training center for elementary classroom music teachers, independent music instructors, and secondary music teachers interested in taking their teaching, conducting, musicianship, and depth of knowledge about music education to new heights. Students from across the U.S., Mexico, Korea, Sweden, and Saudi Arabia are involved in the annual summer seminar.
Dance Lab is an online summer intensive at Colorado State University