The Green Room / November 2017 by ColoradoStateUniversity_UCA

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THE GREEN ROOM A couple of weeks ago, at Homecoming and Family Weekend, I participated in the CSU Alumni Marching Band. Joining nearly sixty band alumni from decades going back to the 60s, we took the field with the CSU Marching Band in the new stadium. If you zoomed in on the video to the 35-yard line, you’d see my chin in the Dan Goble Jennifer Clary Jacobs Mike Solo Brandon Adams air, eyes directed to the press box, Director of the School of Marketing Director Creative Director Publicity and Marketing Music, Theatre, and Dance Assistant twirling my flag with the happiest of smiles. And if you had a Grinch-style magnifying glass, you’d see this Ram Fan’s heart bursting at the seams with the sheer joy of creating and performing. I recently spoke with Vincent Kitch, the new director of Cultural Services for the City of Fort Collins, who grew up playing trombone. “It really is the reason I went to college and entered the career I have,” he said. Although playing trombone isn’t a direct component of his career, Kitch has continued performing in community and professional situations throughout his life, including recent performances with the Fort Collins Wind Symphony and the Health and Wellness Community Orchestra. The orchestra, directed by CSU Violin Professor Leslie Stewart, is positioned as an outlet for members to keep playing their instruments for their “own enjoyment and health, and for the enjoyment and wellness of [their] audience.” (orchestra Facebook page) Kitch’s description of the role his instrument has in his life mirrors the orchestra’s mission. “Playing trombone keeps me connected to my creative spark and gives me tremendous joy and fulfillment,” Kitch expressed. “It takes all the stress from work, the world, and life, and creates something positive for me, the other musicians, and the audiences we perform for.” As land grant institution, many of our ensemble and production members graduate from CSU with degrees outside of the performing and visual arts. And in recent years, we’ve even increased our efforts to reach students throughout CSU’s eight colleges, encouraging them to continue their participation in the arts, no matter their major. For instance, any given year, the CSU Marching Band is comprised of 70-80% non-majors. As a result, many of our alums, as well as our patrons, pursue careers and positions outside of the arts. This message is for you! I encourage you to seek a place where you can continue exploring and presenting your craft. For Kitch, and thousands of performing and visual artists in Northern Colorado, community ensembles, theatres, dance and art studios, bands, churches, and living room spaces are fulfilling this need. I hope you’ll seek out an experience for yourself. Thank you for reading these pages of The Green Room and for attending our past and upcoming events. And when you have your own heart-overflowing, artistic moment, please share it with us!

Sincerely, Jennifer Clary Jacobs, Director of Marketing, University Center for the Arts

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CONTENTS Parade of Lights.................................................. 06 Fall Dance Concert Preview............................. 10 Virtuoso Concert................................................. 16 Morgenstern Trio................................................ 20 Medieval Music Concert.................................... 23 Homecoming....................................................... 26 Holiday Spectacular........................................... 32 Class Notes.......................................................... 37 Love and Information......................................... 38 A Light Between the Cracks............................. 42 Music in the Museum......................................... 48

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Named after the famed poet Christian Morgenstern, this German piano trio has been praised for their “unanimity, polished technique and musical imagination,” by The Washington Post.

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Marching Band Parade of Lights preview set for Nov. 30 BY ANNIKA MIKKELSON, CSU LIFE

This year will the mark the 43rd anniversary of the free parade, with festivities kicking off at 8 p.m. on Friday. The CSU Marching Band will be second in the parade’s lineup, playing holiday tunes as they march through the streets of Denver, stopping to perform at both the grandstand in front of the brightly decorated City & County Building as well as the CSU Denver Center on 17th Street. The tradition has become a special one to the CSU Marching Band, and as Associate Director of Bands Richard Frey sees it, an integral part of their season every year. “We’re just excited to be able to represent CSU for a huge crowd down in Denver,” said Frey. Marching band members are no strangers to large crowds, having performed at CSU football halftime shows as well as the substantial crowd at Mile High Stadium during the annual Rocky Mountain Showdown game. In fact, their schedule

is so packed with events that they must adhere to a strict rehearsal schedule. Frey said the schedule is a strategic way to look into the future while letting the band focus on the performance at hand. If you can’t make the trip down to Denver for the Parade of Lights, be sure to check out the Thursday, Nov. 30 preview of the band’s performance at the University Center for the Arts at 1400 Remington St., across from the Trial Gardens. The tradition gives the CSU Marching Band the opportunity to not only practice their parade performance but also give back to the community. “What I love about the marching band is that what we do is intended to bring smiles to the faces of our fans,” Frey said of the preview and the importance of representing the university. “I think what’s special here is that there’s a sense of family, and community.” The preview will begin at 6 p.m. at the corner of Mathews and Lake streets, and the band will march counterclockwise around the UCA. It’s a fun, free way to support the CSU Marching Band as well as jumpstart the holiday season.

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hen the weather starts to cool and the leaves start to fall, it becomes nearly impossible to fight the feeling of holiday cheer. One way to embrace the season is to take in the magic of the annual 9News Parade of Lights, Dec. 1-2 in downtown Denver. The CSU Marching Band will once again be performing as the only college marching band in the parade.

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CSU DANCE CONCERT COMBINES FACULTY AND STUDENT STRENGTHS BY TYLER STUP, PUBLICITY INTERN / DANCERS MADELINE AND MATTHEW HARVEY PHOTOS BY JENNIFER CLARY JACOBS / LIGHTING DESIGN BY JOSHUA LEGATE

For Madeline Harvey, new tenure-track assistant professor of dance, this fall will mark her first dance concert at CSU. Inspired by the opportunities to continue her work as a dance educator, choreographer, and performer, Harvey came to Colorado State University following her time as the instructor of ballet at the University of South Carolina. She is joined by her husband, Matthew Harvey, who is an adjunct dance faculty member. The couple continues to perform professionally as touring guest artists. Most recently, they were featured in Snow White, choreographed by Mark Diamond, artistic director of Charlotte Ballet II. The duo will travel to perform principal roles in three different productions of the Nutcracker this Dec. Having worked closely with world renowned artists such as Patricia McBride, Alonzo King, and Dwight Rhoden, the Harveys are excited to share their knowledge with CSU dance students. “I think [college dance] embodies, the intellectual, artistic, and technical aspect of dance, it’s really this marriage of body, mind, and spirit all coming together.” With this in mind, students in Harvey’s ballet repertory ensemble will perform excerpts of 1850s Parisian ballet Le Corsaire. Harvey hopes that tackling the iconic set of movements will allow her dancers to find their individuality and their voice as artists. “I look for choreography that will challenge them technically and artistically.” Harvey says. “I tend to shoot for the stars – go for something that’s going to present a fun challenge for the students to dissect and study. I’ll select choreography that really allows them to discover what it means to embody a certain character or set of movements.”

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Havelock Ellis, English physician and writer once said, “dancing is the loftiest, the most moving, the most beautiful of the arts, because it is not mere translation or abstraction from life; it is life itself.” For three days in Nov., dance students at the UCA will show audiences a piece of their life, performing dance-works from classes department-wide.

In addition to helping adapt choreography for the ballet repertory ensemble, Harvey will also perform on the dance concert. “Ultimately as an artist I tend to draw from my own personal experiences and try to access those in performance and bring them to the forefront of that live experience.” In conjunction with Dance Instructor Matthew Harvey, the pair will be performing the Romeo and Juliet Balcony Pas de Deux, choreographed by Hernan Justo of the Carolina Ballet Theatre.

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looking to painting or drawings to see what I can pull from them.” — MADISON MARTINEK

Matthew Harvey’s work on the dance concert also includes the expansion of an existing piece, Ricochet, adding several more movements to the piece that premiered in 2013, originally created for professional dancers of Carolina Ballet Theatre. As a high energy, eclectic, and fun work – driven by the music of Beats Antique – the choreography is a music visualization that swirls, bounces, glides, and kicks its way from start to finish. Each section explores a series of physical motifs and patterns, combining a variety of dance styles. As an abstract work, the ballet holds no specific message, allowing the audience to reach their own interpretation. And that’s just a small slice of what goes on to put the evening together. Many other dance staff and faculty are going through a similar process to bring dance works to the stage. In addition to faculty, the evening features original dance choreography from students. To be chosen, student choreographers presented partially completed works to a panel of faculty. Madison Martinek, a junior dance major, has risen to the challenge of being a student choreographer this semester. Having danced since she was three years old, she spent many hours choreographing as much as she could, finding inspiration from her own personal experience. “I let myself be taken over by the music to see how my body naturally moves to it. Another place I draw inspiration from is the world around me, especially other mediums of art. I love looking to painting or drawings to see what I can pull from them.” Martinek claims enjoying the music helps too. “When I enjoy the music, I find more inspiration to choreograph.” After creating choreography with a group, Martinek also serves another role. “As a student director, I am helping with the production aspect” she said. “[I make] sure choreographers have what they need to achieve their pieces and to help the production staff with any needs they have.” The night is a complex effort of many people’s hard work over the course of a semester. A talk back session with the dancers will end the show. Madeline Harvey says, “We want to make dance as accessible as possible.” CSU’s fall dance concert takes place Thursday, Nov. 9 and Friday, Nov. 10 at 7:30 p.m., and Saturday, Nov. 11 at 2 p.m. in the University Dance Theater. Tickets are available at csuartstickets.com.

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Featuring the music of Bryant and Williams

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DECEMBER 8, 7:30 P.M. / GRIFFIN CONCERT HALL

VIRTUOSO SERIES CONCERT FEATURES MUSIC FOR SAXOPHONE, VOICE, AND PIANO BY TYLER STUP, UCA INTERN

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Kicking off a four stop tour, music faculty Dan and Patty Goble and Russell Hirshfield will be playing an eclectic array of music for saxophone, voice, and piano, including works by Claude Debussy, W.A. Mozart, Frank Techeli and others at the University Center of the Art’s Organ Recital Hall. The Virtuoso Series performance starts the beginning of a tour for the three musicians. The tour starts in the UCA on Thursday Nov. 2 at 7:30 pm.

When a saxophone, soprano, and piano seek to tour, that presents some challenges. There isn’t a lot of music out there written for such an arrangement of instruments. Being that the saxophone wasn’t invented until 1840, any desire to play classical music –such as Bach and Mozart in this concert’s case- has to meet very specific criteria. “For example, the Mozart aria being performed has a beautiful duet that is usually played by a violin” says Patty Goble. “The violin part will be played on the soprano saxophone.” For this piece to even be considered it had to be in the saxophone’s range without jeopardizing the integrity of the composition. Putting that together can be hard. But trusting who you’re playing with makes it easier. “Friendship is imperative when working with a pianist.” Says Patty Goble. “The trust and respect I have for Russell's musical intelligence, skill and sensitivity allows me to reach new levels of expression.” Over the course of the performance, Bach and Mozart will both make an appearance. But that’s only the tip of the iceberg for the three. Composed by Belgian composer Piet Swerts, Hat City Sonata was written specifically for Dr. Hirshfield and Dan Goble. Swerts is internationally renowned for his saxophone compositions that Goble describes as, “challenging and exciting for the saxophonist and pianist.” Through their musical selections, the group hopes to share the energy and shared experience of live performance. “I enjoy most of all the storytelling through music and poetry that vocal music provides,” says Patty Goble.

The trio will be touring with these selections, hitting three other cities to add to their extensive list of impressive accomplishments. Hirshfield has appeared in recitals around the United States and the world, including stops in; Brazil, China, Belgium, England, Serbia, Costa Rica, and South Africa. In this year alone, he has presented recitals at Oxford University in England and at the Royal Flemish Academy in Brussels. A Professor of Music at Western Connecticut State University, he has presented master classes and conference lectures throughout the United States and abroad. Professional singer and actress, Patty Goble’s career has brought her aside to Daniel Radcliffe in How to Succeed in Business, and to Carnagie Hall with South Pacific, amongst many other performances in New York theater and opera. Patty serves on the faculty of the School of Music, Theatre, and Dance at Colorado State University where she teaches courses in musical theatre. Dan Goble currently serves as the director of the School of Music, Theatre, and Dance and Professor of Music at CSU. An arts administrator who is also an active performer, Dr. Goble has performed with the New York Philharmonic for over 18 years, and has been featured with the orchestra as the saxophone soloist on Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet, Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, and Ravel’s Bolero, among other works. After CSU, the trio will be on to Casper, Wyoming; Lincoln, Nebraska; and Lawrence, Kansas. For Fort Collins audiences, they’ll be performing in the Organ Recital Hall 7:30 p.m. Nov 2. Tickets available at csuartstickets.com.

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Classical Canon and Some Deeper Cuts with

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s a part of the Classical Convergence Concert Series, presented in partnership with the Lincoln Center, the Morgenstern Trio are coming to Fort Collins straight from Germany to bring award-winning classical canon to Northern Colorado.

When they make their way over to the United States, the three performers will buy four plane seats. Three for themselves, and one for a cello. The trio consists of Catherine Klipfel, piano, Stefan Hempel, violin, and Emanuel Wehse, cellist, who met during their studies at the Folkwang Conservatory in Essen, Germany. Named after nineteenth century German poet Christian Morgenstern, the group has won numerous awards for their renditions of Ravel, Bernstein, Beethoven, Brahms, and more. For their Nov. performance, the trio says their approach to concert composition is described like a puzzle. The Morgenstern Trio are seeking to slip in an interesting combination of crowd favorites and lesserknown pieces. When asked what composition they enjoy the most, they answered, “Our favorite piece to play is the piece we’re playing in the moment. Many pieces of our repertoire are true masterpieces. You can’t compare it. They all have their own qualities.” They’re also looking forward to performing for audiences outside of Europe. Having been to Colorado before, but never Fort Collins, they say new places and faces keep performing from getting stale. “Freshness comes from the circumstances,” said the trio. “Different moods. Different crowds. Sometimes inspiration comes easily and sometimes we have to work for it. We try to forget that we’ve played these pieces already. That way we try to be open to any spontaneous moment that could happen on stage.”

For the Morgenstern Trio, spontaneity comes from the small details. “We notice every single detail that is different from last time. Every time is a bit different and every time a bit spontaneous.” And the way they communicate and express themselves in each piece changes as well. That communication is one of the reasons they feel comfortable on stage. “All of us…we’ve found ways to express ourselves in the trio. It’s just us on stage. And it’s a medium to bring our art to people.” With prestigious awards recognizing their up-and-coming presence in the classical trio world, including the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio Award administered by the Chamber Music Society of Detroit, the group has gone on to play stages all over the world. In 2017 alone, they played stages in South Korea, Taiwan, Germany, New York, and more.

“Our favorite piece to play is the piece we’re playing in the moment. Many pieces of our repertoire are true masterpieces. You can’t compare it. They all have their own qualities.”

The Morgenstern Trio will be playing at Colorado State University’s Center for the Arts in the Organ Recital Hall on Nov. 14, starting at 7:30 p.m. Tickets can be found at csuartstickets.com. I S S UE 2 2 , N OV EM B ER 2 0 1 7 / T H E GR E E N RO OM T HE UN IVERS ITY C ENT ER F OR T HE ARTS

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NOVEMBER 16, 7:30 P.M. ORGAN RECITAL HALL, UCA

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Pre-Concert lecture given by Dr. Bacon at 6:30 p.m.

Dr. Joel Bacon takes on liturgical drama with The Play of Daniel ERIN PIHL, PUBLICITY INTERN

The age of this piece makes it difficult to determine what role

quite the elaborate celebration of fireworks and various

instruments may have played in the performance, causing

renditions of "Auld Lang Syne" we might see today.

Bacon and his cast to improvise in some places. Fortunately,

Instead, the coming of the new year was celebrated by

this drama is one of the few surviving texts that includes both

the Feast of Fools and a performance of a liturgical drama.

the script and lyrics. “The music sounds at times like Gregorian chant - it’s all going to be pretty much acapella. We don’t know

On Nov. 16, Dr. Joel Bacon, professor of organ and liturgical

how they used instruments back then, we don’t have music

studies, presents The Play of Daniel at a Medieval Music

notated specifically for instruments until much later” Bacon

Concert. Attendees will have the unique privilege of

says, later equating the distinctive composition of the music to

experiencing a thousand-year-old musical genre unlike

a “medieval drinking song.”

anything they’ve heard before. “When people think of medieval music, they may think it’ll be really serious and heavy but this

If the lack of instrumentation didn’t prove difficult enough,

was supposed to be a very lighthearted, festive kind of play that

the piece also so happens to be entirely Latin and French,

the choristers put on at the Feast of Fools,” Bacon says.

something Bacon wasn’t sure his cast would be up for. The performance will be done by the graduate seminar in medieval

The drama will closely follow the biblical story of Daniel from

music history, which Bacon teaches. Speaking about the class

his interaction with Belshazzar, the King of Babylon, to his

he says, “A course like that can be really dry and boring. I was

fate in the lion’s den. Originally written between 1227 and

hoping that by involving them in a production of real music

1234, the play is part of a series of liturgical pieces composed

that they’d get a better sense of what this music is about.”

for churches in the middle ages. “They’re like little mini musicals or the earliest opera” Bacon says, adding, “The one

This project is uncharted territory for them all, Bacon included.

[The Play of Daniel] we’re doing is possibly the most famous

“When I decided to do this in the spring, I had no idea who’d be

of all of them and one of the most detailed, and I think one of

taking the course or whether I had people in the class who liked

the most enjoyable.”

to sing or what. So, it’s been a nice surprise that the students are

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n the early thirteenth century, New Year’s Eve wasn’t

enjoying singing and enjoying a project like this,” Bacon says.

Composed of just nine students, the cast will be accompanied by a few outside vocalists and faculty members such as John Carlo Pierce, the assistant professor of voice and a lyric tenor, who will play the lead role of Daniel. Pierce is known internationally for both his acting and exceptional voice, making him an ideal candidate for the role. “John has many years of experience singing professional opera, and I think a role like this is probably different for him but I think the process of learning and performing something like this is very familiar to him,” Bacon says. His experience will no doubt help to elevate the powerful story of Daniel. In the well-known Book of Daniel, the character faces an unfortunate fate after failing to comply with the law of the land and praying to a God higher than Belshazzar. Bacon recalls Daniel’s reaction to his punishment as the T HE UN IVERS IT Y CEN T ER FO R T H E A RTS TH E G RE E N R OOM / I S S UE 2 2 , N OV EM B ER 2 0 1 7

“emotional high point of the piece” saying, “I really like the moment when Daniel is going to be thrown

into the lion’s den and he has this kind of lament and I think it’s really a beautiful moment.” As the cast includes a non-traditional co-ed cast, the use of the harp, and electric lighting, the performance may not be an exact depiction of medieval times. Still, the show is definitely worth checking out. “I don’t think people should come expecting a polished opera styled performance. I don’t think this was the original spirit of this piece, which was written by the choristers of a cathedral for this feast. It wasn’t meant to be put on stage a thousand years later as a piece of opera,” Bacon says. Instead, expect a performance sure to widen your range of musical understanding, and possibly, a surprise role by Dr. Joel Bacon himself.

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CSU MARCHING BAND

2017 ALUMNI MARCHING BAND On Oct. 14, Colorado State University celebrated its first Homecoming and Family Weekend at the new on-campus football stadium. Musicians, colorguard, and – for the first time – Golden Poms from all eras returned home to Fort Collins, cheering the Rams on to victory as part of the Alumni Marching Band. The group began the day with a rehearsal and BBQ lunch at the University Center for the Arts, before joining the CSU Marching Band in the stadium for an afternoon rehearsal.

Halftime was a blast as well! Alumni were welcomed onto the field for a combined performance of “A Little Party Never Killed Nobody” by Fergie, and it certainly was a party as students and alumni alike delivered on the enthusiasm! Despite the late kick off, most every alum stayed until the early Sunday morning hours, cheering on the Rams to their victory over Nevada. The day was a tremendous success, and we’re already counting down the days until Homecoming 2018! If you would like to be a part of a new Alumni Marching Band committee forming for the 2018 reunion, please contact Brandon.Adams@colostate.edu. Photos by Jennifer Clary Jacobs

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After experiencing the on-campus tailgating and festivities, alumni joined the CSUMB in the long-standing tradition of performing the CSU Fight Song and Spell Yell on the field for pregame. During the game, the alumni musicians in their section directly behind the student band, played with the 265-strong student band as the Golden Poms danced with their alumni counterparts on the sidelines.

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CLA DEVELOPMENT

Same holiday cheer, brand new Holiday Spectacular production

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By Shannon Dale, Assistant Director of CLA Development

t is that time of year again! Join the Northern Colorado community at Colorado State University’s University Center for the Arts for the delightful, family-friendly Holiday Spectacular. Performed by the University Symphony Orchestra, combined choirs, and special guests, the popular show has a whole new storyline. While the new script may be a surprise, you can also anticipate some special faces to appear in the show – perhaps a few new North Pole guests! “While the material may be fresh to CSU, audience expectations can remain the same – expect to hear a joyful, rousing, and fun concert with familiar holiday classics performed by our talented CSU students,” shares show producer and special assistant professor of music, Adam Torres.

working with the orchestra in rehearsals for guest conductor Randol Alan Bass in 2015. Yet his favorite part of the show remains the comradery amongst the students, faculty, and staff in the School. Torres hopes students from across campus will also experience that sense of fellowship. This year, to provide festive cheer and relaxation to CSU students preparing for finals, there will be a free preview of the show for students, followed by a holiday movie in the Instrument Rehearsal Hall. The open dress rehearsal is for CSU students only on Wednesday, Nov. 30 (movie selection TBD). Kick off the holiday season and purchase your tickets for the Holiday Spectacular today!

This charming evening of traditional, secular, and sacred holiday music is a celebration of our artistic community. Net proceeds benefit students in the School of Music, Theatre, and Dance in the form of scholarships and other programmatic support.

General Public Dates: Thursday, November 30, 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, December 3, 4 p.m. Open Dress Rehearsal for CSU Students: Wednesday, Nov. 29, 7:30 p.m. (FREE, but ID required) Location: Griffin Concert Hall, University Center for the Arts

A production of this caliber requires hundreds of performers and workers, all contributing to a single project through song, acting, dance, lighting, projection, decorations, stage crew, box office/events staff, and more. Torres has been involved in all facets of the production – playing in Holiday Spectacular concerts while studying music as a CSU graduate student, attending as an alumni patron, and

Tickets: $10/youth (under 18); $22/adult; https://csuartstickets. universitytickets.com As you plan your year-end giving, consider a gift to a School of Music, Theatre, and Dance fund that aligns with your passion. You can make real impact on our talented students make your gift online today! smtd.colostate.edu/giving

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GRIFFIN CONCERT HALL, UCA Kick off the holiday season with our family-friendly and popular annual presentation! Featuring performances from the CSU Symphony Orchestra and Choirs, faculty soloists, and a visit from Santa, this charming evening of traditional, secular, and sacred holiday music is a celebration of community, and includes something for all ages to enjoy.

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The School of Music, Theatre, and Dance has three newly board-certified music therapy alum receiving awards from the American Music Therapy Association Conference in Nov. The conference, which takes place in St. Louis, Missouri, brings music therapists from across the globe together to “explore the world of mindfulness.” In addition to the award ceremonies, the conference includes opportunities for extensive dialogue, displays of research and innovation, as well as networking. Below, alums Amanda Sciarabba, Emily Stewart, and Savannah Jaska share their thoughts and gratitude about receiving recognition for their hard work.

Savannah Jaska, 2017 B.M. Music Since graduating from CSU’s music therapy program, I have accepted a job at my internship site, Cortica, a pediatric neurology clinic. I do music therapy, neurofeedback, transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation, and transcranial magnetic stimulation with children and adolescents with autism. Receiving the Edwina Eustis Dick Scholarship has been a true honor and I would like to thank all my teachers, supporters and family for helping me get to where I am now. I am planning on using the award to assist me in purchasing a new laptop that I will use for work and when I begin a master’s program. I hope that I soon have the opportunity to continue studying more about the brain and autism.

Emily Stewart, 2017 B.M. Music After graduating from CSU with an undergraduate degree in music therapy, I took the board certification examination to earn my Board-Certified Music Therapist credential! I was then offered a position at Music To Grow On, Music Therapy Services in Sacramento, California. Here, I am able to serve older adults, kids of all ages with a diverse range of disabilities, persons with PTSD, and even teach a sign language class for kids. The Edwina Eustis Dick Scholarship has been a wonderful validation of the work I have put in to get where I am today. I'm so grateful for the extra support to help me invest in professional equipment, and help me gain access to career development programs. In the future, I hope to earn a master's degree in speech language pathology, and someday become a professor at a collegiate institution.

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Amanda Sciarabba, 2017 B.M. Music Since graduating from CSU with my degree in music therapy, I have become a Board-Certified Music Therapist, and accepted a full-time music therapy job at Clear View Behavioral Health in Johnstown, Colorado. I have the privilege of working with adolescents and adults in an acute inpatient psychiatric hospital. When I first discovered music therapy in high school, I knew immediately it was the career path I was going to follow. I knew how deeply I related to music and felt the need to share that tool with other people dealing with mental illness. The Theodore Meyer Scholarship has been a huge honor and inspiration to me as it is awarded specifically to music therapy students or interns hoping to work in mental health and addictions. With the funds awarded, I hope to attend continuing education courses focused on mental health to gain knowledge and interventions that I can bring back to the patients at Clear View Behavioral Health. I hope to help give my patients the tools they need to live healthy lives after discharging. I am so excited for the opportunity to learn more and better myself as a music therapist serving patients with mental illness and addiction. In the future, I hope to continue my work as a music therapist, developing research on music therapy in the treatment of childhood trauma and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. I am incredibly grateful to receive the Theodore Meyer Scholarship and look forward to the opportunities it presents me with in the future.

Email Brandon Adams at brandon.adams@colostate.edu

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CSU THEATRE

By Nicole Towne, Publicity Intern Colorado State University Theatre Professor Laura Jones is taking on a play unlike any she has done in her career. The script contains no outlined characters, setting information, or props. The text in the script looks like stanzas of poetry. It contains various short scenes with unattributed lines. With the text and the imagination of her group of actors and actresses, Jones has been able to take words on a page and create a show. Love and Information by Caryl Churchill, is a contemporary play about human connection and the sharing of information in the 21st century. The play, first performed at London’s Royal Court Theatre in 2012, will premiere at Colorado State University on Nov. 10. "I’ve never really done anything quite like this before,” Jones said. It’s very experimental. It’s a challenge.” There are 16 actors and actresses in the show, each playing a variety of different roles. The approximately two-hour show is broken up into seven sections. Each section is made up of at least seven blackout-style sketches, or as Jones likes to call them, "sound bites." It is like catching a snippet of a conversation, less about a clear beginning, middle, and end, and more about expressing a concept or idea faced in real life.

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“They really get to show a broad range of characters in a short amount of time. All of these characters are very different. All of them have emotional issues. All of them have questions that they can’t seem to get the answers to.”

— LAURA JONES Jones said the production is like a more intellectual Saturday Night Live where the audience is analyzing communication. “The first two weeks of rehearsal have been trial and error,” Jones said. “We just keep trying different combinations of people.”

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Not only do decisions have to be made about who plays who, but there are options for how the lines on the page can be split between the actors and where the scene will take place. These considerations have been answered through creative exploration between the students and Jones.

“We are creating all of it together as we go along, which is the challenging part and also the fun part,” said senior Theatre Performance major Cierra Amavisca. “I think that is what causes a lot of the creativity in the rehearsals, but it’s also difficult because there are so many options and choices that we can play with that it’s tough sometimes to lock in a certain choice.” The decision to take both a realistic and modern approach to the play remains foundational for all 50 plus scenes. “We are kind of going for realism and naturalism in this piece,” Amavisca said. “We are making the characters like how normal people are. We’re not trying to make caricatures or dramatic in-your-face people that you wouldn’t come across in your own life. Just the realism of it, I hope that the audience can pick up on that and take a piece of that with them.” Amavisca’s favorite scene to perform in is “Fate.” The scene discusses choices and the question of fate. Amavisca and her scene partner decided to set the scene around a suicide attempt. “One of the characters is about to attempt suicide and the other interrupts them, and they kind of discuss what fate is and if this person should make this choice or not,” Amavisca said. “I think it’s really powerful and gripping.”

Zack Rickert is also a senior theatre performance major acting in Love and Information. In the play, he plays eight unique characters. Rickert said that despite the number of characters he is playing, it isn’t difficult for him to keep the characters and scenes straight. “The scenes are so different and unique for each one that it is pretty easy to compartmentalize the lines.” Jones said the piece is great for aspiring actors and actresses because it allows them to be able to play several different roles. “They really get to show a broad range of characters in a short amount of time,” Jones said. “All of these characters are very different. All of them have emotional issues. All of them have questions that they can’t seem to get the answers to.” Even after teaching and directing theatre at CSU for over 23 years, Jones is able to have a unique experience working on Love and Information. “It’s exciting to me to do something that I can really stretch even after all of these years,” Jones said. “I can still make new discoveries of my own and find ways to connect actors with audiences in unusual ways.”

LOVE AND INFORMATION will have two weekends of performances starting Nov.10. All performances will take place at the University Center for the Arts Studio Theatre. Tickets are available at csuartstickets.com.

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Nov.10 FEATURING more than 100 characters, searching for answers to life’s impossible questions in our peculiar age of inﬁnite information. “Churchill lays bare the frenetic zeitgeist with surgical precision” — Los Angeles Times, 2015

“Love and Information” is presented by special arrangement with Samuel French, INC.

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CSU unveils sculptural study of fracking in Northern Colorado

By Jennifer Clary Jacobs

Gregory Allicar Museum of Art recently opened a new installation consisting of reassembled 3-D prints of real homes, all lying within 100 feet of active hydraulic fracturing well pads in Weld County. The exhibition, “Case Study: Weld County, CO,” will be on display in the Griffin Foundation Gallery at the Gregory Allicar Museum of Art through Dec. 15. The exhibition opened with a lecture by guest artist David Brooks, followed by a reception. Brooks is known for an artistic practice that considers the relationship between individuals and the built and natural world, while questioning how nature is perceived and utilized. His work has been exhibited nationally and internationally in both solo and group exhibitions that examine the environment and sustainability. The artist has a Master of Fine Arts from Columbia University and works in New York City.

FRACKING IN WELD Weld County, which arguably has the densest number of active fracking wells in the country, lacks visual evidence of what lies beneath its comfortable suburban life, according to Brooks. A map illustrating the underground network of active gas extraction lines reveals a sprawling, tightly knit mesh of export pipelines sitting just below the masterfully crafted image of normalcy, he says. Brooks explains that this super infrastructure is something usually placed deep in the desert, under the ocean, or otherwise marginalized to limit human contact, but in Weld County, the domestic and the everyday come in intimate proximity to the industries of resource extraction. For Brooks, how we see the landscape is a reflection of the guiding ideologies of our distinct time and place. Case Study’s image scans were taken only from what was observable from a pedestrian’s point of view, from sidewalks, roads or public paths. This restricted approach to the scanning process presented anomalies within the modeling program. When the consecutive images were assembled to form a 3-D model, the software unpredictably supplemented missing information or omitted existing information. In some cases, the sky folded into rooflines and exterior space was mistaken for interior space.

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Brooks visited CSU in fall 2016 to work with Professor Erika Osborne’s Art and the Environment class. He accompanied them on a field trip to examine fracking sites and their proximity to homes, schools, churches and playgrounds in Northern Colorado. The work in this exhibition responds to that trip and to the high incidence of hydraulic fracturing throughout our state.

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For the artist, such deformations make evident the disconnect between our actions and how we perceive them. However, while Brooks may be critical of many modes of resource extraction, given the adverse impacts that he has witnessed around the world, the exhibition itself is only intended to raise questions and prompt discussion about the proximity of hydraulic-fracturing sites to our inhabited structures.

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“The exhibition does not take a position on the issue, per se,” says Lynn Boland, director of the Gregory Allicar Museum of Art. “Rather, it attempts to provide a new perspective on existing data in order to allow viewers to have a more informed opinion.”

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existing data in order to allow viewers to have a more informed opinion.” – LYNN BOLLAND

As for Brooks, the exhibition as a sculptural study is key to the discussion. “A study is not a final result,” he says. “It is not meant to be an end, but rather a means to potential ends at a later time. One may even see it as an act of hope.”

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Case Study: Weld County, CO would not have been possible without the discerning eyes of art students Emily Boutilier Sullivan and Kyle Singer, and their keen efforts in scanning the houses used as case studies. This project, part of the Critic and Artist Residency Series, is made possible by the FUNd at CSU and the City of Fort Collins Fort Fund. This project is also sponsored by a grant from the Lilla B. Morgan Memorial Endowment, which works to enhance the cultural development and atmosphere for the arts at Colorado State University. This fund benefits from the generous support of all those who love the arts.

General museum hours are Tuesdays through Saturdays from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m., and all programs are free and open to the public. The museum is located in the University Center for the Arts at 1400 Remington St.

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For Boland, the visual arts as a catalyst for information gathering and conversation about current issues is a critical component of museum activity. “Art can open up the dialogue about issues that matter, allowing people to ask questions as a single piece offers a multitude of perspectives,” he said.

MUSIC IN THE MUSEUM

The Gregory Allicar Museum of Art and the School of Music, Theatre, and Dance are entering a second season of the collaborative visual and auditory experience, Music in the Museum Concert Series.

The corresponding Crossing Communities exhibition features a variety of ceramic pots from 27 cultures and 17 countries to showcase their beautifully distinct styles, while highlighting the visceral experience of brewing, storing, and serving beer across the African continent and its parallels with our own beer culture in northern Colorado.

The series explores the cross-fertilization between music and the visual arts, with performances by CSU Music faculty and brief historic background given by faculty from the Department of Art and Art History and the School of Music, Theatre and Dance.

Music in the Museum concerts are held in the Gregory Allicar Museum of Art located within the University Center for the Arts, at 1400 Remington Street. The concerts are FREE, but reservations are required due to limited seating. artmuseum.colostate.edu

Why do we so often separate and differentiate visual and performing arts? In this series music is performed against the backdrop of works of art ranging from Renaissance and Baroque paintings and sculpture to expressions by contemporary artists from around the globe. Patrons are invited to holistically absorb the power of music and the visual arts and the relationships between them through these unique presentations.

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MUSIC IN THE MUSEUM CONCERT SERIES

FALL CONCERT #1 This fall, the series launches on Tuesday, Sept. 12 at 12 p.m. and 6 p.m. as CSU voice professor Dr. John Seesholtz, baritone is joined in the Griffin Foundation Gallery by other faculty artists and Dr. Dave Riep, the current exhibition curator of the exhibition, Crossing Communities: Beer Culture Across Africa. The program features Dr. Seesholtz and six CSU music students, including Alex Young, Anna Bonjour, Natalie Simpson, Arika Drake, Emily Gehman, and Jonathan Wilson performing African music selections. The Program Singabahambayo, South African Freedom Song (Zulu) Abiyoyo, South African Folk Song (Lullaby) Siyahama, South African Freedom Song (Zulu) Arr. CM Freedom Is Coming, edited by Anders Nyberg

FALL CONCERT #2 Tuesday, October 10, 12 p.m. and 6 p.m., Dialogues with Power Gallery Featuring CSU oboe professor Andrew Jacobson, joined by student members of the It Could Be Anything ensemble, and Annie Krieg, instructor of Art History.

FALL CONCERT #3 Tuesday, November 14, 12 p.m. and 6 p.m., Approaching Nature Gallery Featuring Stewart and Sheron Golden Chair of Organ and Liturgical Studies Dr. Joel Bacon performing on harpsichord, joined by other CSU faculty artists, and Dr. Emily Moore, assistant professor of Art History. MUSEUM HOURS AND INFORMATION 10 a.m. - 6 p.m., Tuesday-Saturday University Center for the Arts, 1400 Remington St., Fort Collins, CO 80523 Phone (970) 491-1989 | Fax (970) 492-4027 Closed all University holidays and fall, winter, and spring breaks.

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