Secondary Ensembles

Director

• Dr. Zahari Metchkov (Professor of Music - Piano, Organ & Piano Pedagogy)

Open to qualified students by audition. Jazz ensembles l and ll meet each semester. Performances are given on and off campus as opportunities arise.

• Dr. Ryan Van Gilder (Senior Lecturer - Trombone and Jazz Studies)

Enrollment options:

1. Enrollment as a 1.0 Credit Full-Time/Part-Time/Guest/Non-Degree-Seeking CSU Pueblo student.
2. Enrollment as a .5 Credit Full-Time/Part-Time/Guest/Non-Degree-Seeking CSU Pueblo student.
3. Enrollment as a 1.0 Credit Pueblo Community College Student.

Students should enroll in class as soon as possible to ensure that you receive all necessary information for the coming season. However, students are welcome to join class all the way up until the start of our Fall Band Camp. (The tentative fall schedule is posted below for your reference.)

For more information, please contact Dr. Brett Keating, Director of Band at brett.keating@csupueblo.edu, or Ms. Amanda Burk, Assistant to the Director of Bands at amanda.burk@csupueblo.edu.

We are excited to have you join us for an amazing marching band season!!

Service Award Scholarship Program

The Department of Music offers a Service Award Scholarship for all full-time students who participate in and pass the ThunderWolves Marching Band (TWMB) class.

The conditions of these awards include:

• You must be a full-time CSU Pueblo student enrolled in marching band.
• You must pass the marching band class with a final course grade of “C” or better
• You must maintain at least a 2.0 cumulative GPA
• You must remain in good standing with the Marching Band Director.

Scholarships are contingent upon admission to the University as a new student. All eligible students will receive a $1,000 scholarship each year of participation.

CSU Pueblo College Student Enrollment:

University Band is open to all Students, Faculty, Staff, High School Students, and Community Members who have at least one year of High school-level band experience. Everyone is welcome!

U-Band meets Fall and Spring Semester on Tuesday nights from 6:00-8:30 p.m. in Hoag Concert Hall located in the Music Building on campus.

U-Band performs in a joint concert with the University Wind Ensemble at the end of the semester, with the potential of another concert mid-semester. No audition required. Contact the Director of Bands to express interest.

Director

• Dr. Brett Keating (Director of Bands)

Open to all qualif​ied students by audition. The Percussion Ensemble performs a variety of music ranging from ragtime to avant-garde. The ensemble gives several performances each semester on and off campus.

Director

• Aaron Turner

Videos:

• Branches by John Cage
• Canticle No. 1 by Lou Harrison
• Trinidad Blue Basin by traditional/arr. by Lisa Rogers
• Brazil! by Joe Smales
• 21 over 3 (Skippin')
• Aaron Turner playing improvised drum set 

The CSU-Pueblo Concert Choir is open to all students and members of the university community. Rehearsals begin the first full week of school in the Fall and Spring semesters and an audition is required for admittance.

Ability to read music is recommended. The choir will present at least one major concert per semester and, in addition, usually joins the Pueblo Chorale Society for their large works concert in March each year.

Director

• Susan Kinnischtzke (Director of Music Education, Director of Choral Activities)

The Jazz Ensemble is a select ensemble, and admittance is by vocal audition from music majors and members of the student body. The group is limited in size to approximately 15 members.

This ensemble does not meet the requirement for the vocal secondary ensemble, but rather is considered an elective vocal ensemble. The Jazz Choir performs mostly a cappella jazz literature.

Director

• Susan Kinnischtzke (Director of Music Education, Director of Choral Activities)