Ensembles: Orchestras
About
the Orchestras | 2007 Audition Information | Orchestra Ensembles | Faculty and Staff
Interns and Student Staff | Graduate Placement | Graduate
Programs
| 2007-08 Concert Schedule | Links
About the Orchestras
Recognized by musicians, music
educators, and music critics alike to be among the finest orchestral programs
in the United States, the four Michigan State University Orchestras
present a variety of concerts  each academic year with internationally
known music faculty and guest artists as featured soloists.
The program is truly international
with orchestra students representing more than 30 countries.
The following Internationally
known guest artists have appeared with the orchestras: Earl Wild, Peter
Nero, Daniel Heifetz, David Cerone, Gil Shaham, Jerse Tomachek, Johnn
Graham, Julian Lloyd Weber, Steven Dohn, Berj Zamkochian, Frank Kadarabek,
David Jolly, David Bacon, Charles Vernon, Robert Merrill, Marilyn Horne,
Frederica von Stade, Marvin Hamlisch, and Linda Ronstadt, among many others. The Symphony Orchestra has commissioned and/or performed more that 20 world premiers to date.
The Orchestra Program will present
a variety of exciting performances during the 2007-08 academic year. Guest artists of international reputation and various College of Music choral ensembles will also appear with the Symphony and Chamber Orchestras.
2007 Audition Information (excerpts, application, etc.)
Audition Information
Orchestra Ensembles
Faculty and staff
1) Leon Gregorian, Music Director-Conductor
2) Raphael Jimenez, Associate
Director-Conductor
3) Jeanette Minkel, Administrative Assistant
 Interns and student staff
Conducting Interns:
1) Nathaniel Parker, DMA candidate
2) Jose-Louis Maurtua, DMA candidate
3) Joshua Zona, DMA candidate
4) Beau Benson, DMA candidate
Conducting Auditors:
David Schultz, MM candidate
Carlos Espinosa-Machado, MM candidate
Orchestra Librarians:
Ji Hyun Kim
Lauren McMurry
Sara Stolt
Allison Whitfield
Graduate Placement
MSU Orchestral Conducting graduates have gone on to become conductors, professors and music directors at many prestigious institutions around the world. View graduate placements.
Graduate Programs
1) Master of Music in Orchestral
Conducting
2) Doctor of Music Arts in
Orchestral Conducting
Links
If you would like to contact the Michigan State University Symphony Orchestras Office, call (517) 355-7670 or e-mail minkelj@msu.edu.
The Orchestra Offices are located on the second floor of the Music Building at Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan.
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