November 12, 2009
University Center for the Arts
1400 Remington Street
Fort Collins, CO 80524
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You are receiving this e-newsletter from the School of the Arts because you registered to receive Department of Music specific e-mails from time to time...and here we are!
As a thank you for supporting music at CSU, we have a "2-for-1 TWO WAYS" ticket offer for Friday and Saturday's Rocky Mountain Trumpet Festival Concerts. Simply call the box office at 491-4849 and use the PROMO CODE: music newsletter for your choice of the following:
1. SEE BOTH NIGHTS: purchase a ticket for Friday's Classical Music Concert with the CSU Chamber Orchestra and receive a FREE ticket for Saturday's CSU Big Band Jazz Concert.
2. TAKE A FRIEND: purchase a ticket for the night of your choice and receive a second ticket to the same concert for FREE.
Read about the trumpet festival concerts and guest artists below.
The Department of Music is excited to announce that maestro Wes Kenney received the 2009 Outstanding Teacher Award from the Colorado American String Teachers Association. Read more below and please come see the University Symphony Orchestra perform tonight!
Finally, don't forget that youth tickets (ages 2 - 17) are always $1, making music events at CSU something the whole family can enjoy.
Meet Me at the UCA soon,
Jennifer Clary
Marketing Director, CSU School of the Arts |
| UNIVERSITY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CONCERT TONIGHT |
 University Symphony Orchestra Concert - A European Tour! - is sure to please.
Join the CSU Symphony and former principal oboist of the New York Philharmonic, Joe Robinson, on a tour (de force) of European music. A French bonbon opens the program with Saint-Saens seductive Bacchanale from Samson and Delilah. Written at the end of the great German composer's life, Stauss' Oboe Concerto is considered the Mt. Everest of oboe concertos. British composer Benjamin Britten's masterful orchestra demonstration work, The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra concludes your European excursion! A special reprise of Rocky Mountain Contemporary Music Festival guest composer Michael Daugherty's Ghost Ranch brings the orchestra to American soil, depicting artist Georgia O'Keefe and her home in the desert. Read more.
Thursday, November 12, 7:30 p.m., Griffin Concert Hall, University Center for the Arts. $5/CSU students, $1/youth (2 - 17), $10/adult - Tickets available at www.csutix.com.
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| TEACHER OF THE YEAR |
The Colorado State University Department of Music is proud to announce that Wes Kenney, full professor of music and director of orchestras at CSU, received the 2009 Outstanding Teacher Award from the Colorado American String Teachers Association, Inc. The award was presented during the 26th Annual Western States Honor Orchestra Festival held at Monfort Concert Hall in Greeley, Colorado on Saturday, November 7th.
"I am deeply honored to be recognized by educators across the state of Colorado," said Wes Kenney.
"This is a high honor for Maestro Kenney, and speaks to the amazing job that both he and the entire string faculty have done in building a quality program, recognized amongst our peers throughout the state," said Todd Queen, Chair of Department of Music, Theatre, and Dance. Read more. |
| ROCKY MOUNTAIN TRUMPET FESTIVAL CONCERTS THIS WEEKEND |
The CSU Department of Music hosts the annual Rocky Mountain Trumpet Festival this weekend with two concerts.
Please read the introduction of this e-mail for details about a 2-for-1 ticket offer.
Classical Music Concert: CSU Chamber Orchestra with special guests David Hickman and Daniel Kuehn, Trumpet. Mr. Hickman is considered one of the world's pre-eminent trumpet virtuosos and has performed over 2,000 solo appearances. Each piece features one to three trumpeters, plus a piano or String Ensemble. When & WhereFriday, November 13, 7:30 p.m., Griffin Concert Hall, University Center for the Arts. $5/CSU students, $1/youth (2 - 17), $10/adult - Tickets available at www.csutix.com.
Big Band Jazz Concert: CSU Big Band with special guests Al Hood, Brad Goode, Chase Sanborn and Trent Austin, Trumpet. The concert includes Dizzy Gillespie's A Night in Tunisia, Wayne Shorter's Black Nile, and other pieces selected by the soloists.
Saturday, November 14, 7:30 p.m., Griffin Concert Hall, University Center for the Arts. $5/CSU students, $1/youth (2 - 17), $10/adult - Tickets available at www.csutix.com
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| VIRTUOSO SERIES CONCERTS |
 CSU Faculty Chamber Music - The popular faculty concert this fall includes Benjamin Britten's String Quartet #2, Claude Debussy's Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp, and Henry Purcell's Sonata of Three Parts. The players are: Ron Francois, violin; Leslie Stewart, violin; Margaret Miller, viola; Barbara Thiem, cello; Michelle Stanley, flute; and Rachel Starr Ellins, harp.
When & Where Monday, November 16, 7:30 p.m., Organ Recital Hall at the University Center of the Arts. $5/CSU students, $1/youth (2 - 17), $10/adults - Tickets available at www.csutix.com.
 Peter Sommer, Saxophone and Joel Bacon, Organ & Piano - The popular duo bring you an evening of classical saxophone masterpieces by French composers, including Alfred Desenclos, Paule Maurice and Ida Gotkovsky.
When & Where
Monday, November 30, 7:30 p.m., Organ Recital Hall at the University Center of the Arts. $5/CSU students, $1/youth (2 - 17), $10/adults - Tickets available at www.csutix.com.
Virtuoso Series Concerts are followed by "Meet the Artist" Receptions sponsored by:
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