September 8, 2009
University Center for the Arts
1400 Remington Street
Fort Collins, CO 80524
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At the School of the Arts we are celebrating the football team's huge victory over CU on Sunday! We are also extremely proud of the performance, attitude, and effort of our marching band students and staff who performed with class and enthusiasm for 54,000 people at Folsom Field. "They represented our department and university exceedingly well," said Steven Moore, director of bands at Colorado State.
Hear the marching band this Saturday, September 12th at the CSU football season home opener when they preview their new show Jambalaya. The band is preparing for the Dirty Dozen Brass Band to join them on the field on September 19th for the capstone event of their New Orleans fundraiser.
Music concerts this week include a performance by piano prodigy Yihan Chen and members from the University Chamber Orchestra on Wednesday, September 19th. The concert is now FREE thanks to a generous donation. And don't miss a magical, late-night organ concert performed by Joel Bacon this Saturday September 12th.
In the quickest turn-around imaginable, the theatre department is moving on from A Midsummer Night's Dream to Shakespeare's contemporary, Ben Jonson. The Alchemist, opening September 22nd, is being presented in the Studio Theatre, with limited seating, so buy your tickets today!
For complete details on these events, and more, please read below!
Meet Me at the UCA soon,
Jennifer Clary
Marketing Director, School |
| FREE PIANO CONCERT
ORGAN CONCERT SATURDAY |
FREE CONCERT! Student Chamber Music Showcase. This special performance features fourteen year old Yihan Chen, prodigy pianist and composer from China, performing his original compositions, as well as Beethoven's Piano Concert No. 1. CSU graduate conducting student Eric Hawk, leads members from the Colorado State University Chamber Orchestra in this evening of stunning talent and delightful repertoire.
When & Where
Wednesday, September 9, 7:30 p.m., Griffin Concert Hall, University Center for the Arts, 1400 Remington Street. FREE! General Admission seating begins at 7 p.m.
 Organ Meditations by Night with CSU Faculty Joel Bacon, Organ. Stewart and Sheron Golden Chair of Organ and Liturgical Studies, Joel Bacon, presents a rare evening of modern and mystical organ music and Gregorian chant, including works of Philip Glass, Arvo Pärt, and Olivier Messiaen. Set aside time for relaxation and thoughtful listening during this unique, late-night concert. Read more.
When & Where
Saturday, September 12, 9 p.m. (note special time), Organ Recital Hall, University Center for the Arts, 1400 Remington Street. $5/CSU students, $1/youth (2 - 17), $10/adult - Tickets available at www.csutix.com |
| UNIVERSITY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA WITH SPECIAL GUEST |
 The University Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Wes Kenney, with special guest Matthew Scheffelman, horn. The symphony plays the ground-breaking Symphonie Fantastique by Hector Berlioz, the quintessential 19th century Romantic period artist whose broad emotions and manic-depressive personality cuts across the music.
CSU Horn Professor Matthew Scheffelman, who performs around the world as a soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral player, is featured on the Atterberg Horn Concerto, a delightful work by 20th century Swedish composer Kurt Atterberg.
The evening also includes a work by American iconoclast Michael Daugherty whose music is cut from the fabric that is American pop culture.
Read more. When & Where
Thursday, September 17, and Friday, September 18, 7:30 p.m., Griffin Concert Hall, University Center for the Arts, 1400 Remington Street. $5/CSU students, $1/youth (2 - 17), $10/adult - Tickets available at www.csutix.com
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| THE ALCHEMIST BY BEN JONSON - COMING SOON! |
 CSU Theatre Presents The Alchemist by Ben Jonson.
Jonson's crowning theatrical achievement. Compelling and complex characters, impeccable comic timing, an hilarious farce. ~The London Observer
If Shakespeare represented the popular mainstream of his own time, Ben Jonson wrote that period's equivalent of the festival film - the cult classic. A brilliant satire: unrelenting, angry and hilarious. ~ The Village Voice
At any one moment, Hollywood writers are trying to write the next perfect plot; The Grifters, The Sting, and Oceans 11 are basically The Alchemist by Ben Jonson, as it dramatizes the "long con." The great English poet, Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834), surmised that The Alchemist - first performed in 1610 - had one of three perfect plots, the other two being Oedipus Rex by Sophocles (430 B.C.), and Tom Jones by Henry Fielding (1749). Just three in 2,000 years!
It's been said that if it wasn't for Shakespeare, Jonson would be Britain's national playwright and his greatest misfortune was having Shakespeare as a contemporary. This would have been news to Jonson as he went to his grave the most celebrated poet of his age.
The clever comedy and deception of The Alchemist's perfect plot takes place within six hours in London's Blackfriars district. In 1610, London was the capitol of lethal con-artists and money-minded Puritans, where the threat of plague was balanced by the prospect of limitless wealth. The Alchemist is flawless, still current satire about greed, image, perceptions and the endless gullibility of people of all social classes. If Jonson had been a Hollywood screenwriter, one could imagine a chart with each storyline represented by a different color string marking plot intersections, and reminiscent of a map of the London Underground - only easier to lose one's way. When & Where
September 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 8 p.m., Sunday, September 27, 2 p.m., Studio Theatre, University Center for the Arts, 1400 Remington Street. $7/CSU students, $7/youth (13 - 17), $14/seniors, $16/public - Tickets available at www.csutix.com |
| CSU MARCHING BAND FUNDRAISER FOR NEW ORLEANS FAMILY |
 The Colorado State University Marching Band fundraiser for a New Orleans Family brings the Dirty Dozen Brass Band to Fort Collins!
During the month of September, the Colorado State University Marching Band is partnering with the St. Bernard Parish Project, the Rocky Mountain Sustainable Living Association, the Aggie Theatre, and the Fort Collins Musicians Association, to sponsor a home rebuild for a displaced New Orleans family affected by the devastation of Hurricane Katrina.
The halftime show during the Colorado State University vs. Nevada football game on September 19th at Hughes Stadium will be one of the capstone events of the fundraiser. The CSU Marching Band will collaborate with special guests, the Dirty Dozen Brass Band from New Orleans, on a halftime show that Rams fans won't soon forget! During the show, fans will have the opportunity to text their donation to the effort. Game time is 3 p.m. and tickets are available at www.csurams.com.
Following the football game on September 19th, the Dirty Dozen Brass Band (DDBB), with special guest John Magnie of the Subdudes, will perform a "full-tilt DDBB party" at the Aggie Theater in downtown Fort Collins. Tickets are $10 in advance at www.aggietheatre.com, or $12 at the door.
Read full story. When & Where
Saturday, September 19th Halftime of the Colorado State University vs. Nevada (3 p.m. kickoff) - Buy Tickets | |
| ART MUSEUM TASTEFUL TUESDAYS |
TASTEFUL TUESDAYS: Join museum curators at the University Art Museum for insightful conversations about art, culture, and works displayed in the museum. Conversations continue at neighboring El Monte Bar and Grill with discounts on food and drinks. Conversations begin in the main gallery of the museum and are FREE and open to the public.
 Our first Tasteful Tuesday focuses on Andy Warhol's Camera: A discussion of Warhol's photographs in the context of his body of work
When and Where Tuesday, September 22, 4:30 - 5:30 p.m., University Art Museum, University Center for the Arts, 1400 Remington Street.
Regular museum hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Admission is always free. For more information contact 970-491-1989 or visit www.artmuseum.colostate.edu
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