Chamber Performance

Chamber Music Showcase

At the end of each semester, a selection of chamber groups are chosen by faculty perform in this celebration of chamber music at MSU.

Sensory Friendly Spartan Concerts

All are welcome to these concerts that focus on presenting a variety of chamber ensembles in an event designed to serve the needs of individuals on the autism spectrum or people with sensory sensitivities. Fun, interactive music-making activities are available for a concert atmosphere that permits audience mobility and noise making. A quiet room is also available for attendees. Many student musicians describe their participation as fun and meaningful.

Music and the Garden

The Michigan State University College of Music joins forces with the W.J. Beal Botanical Garden each summer to infuse music, art, science, and sustainability in a series of interactive summer events in the heart of campus. Student ensembles are selected each summer for this series that is followed by garden tours.

Musical Memories Program (Residency)

Directed by Christine Beamer, Director of Career Services and Music Entrepreneurship, the Musical Memories Program seeks out students with strong performance skills to build a residency with memory care patients at Burcham Hills Retirement Community. The program funds the placement of two chamber groups—current music majors at MSU—within Burcham to build relationships with residents and create a concert based on conversations with residents.

If Music Be the Food

“If Music Be the Food…” is a series of benefit concerts which raise awareness and support for the hungry in the local community through the sharing of great music. Our mission also includes teaching music students about the importance of community service via their art. Each concert is a fully grass-roots community event involving professionals, students, and local volunteers in joyful collaboration. We are striving to address nourishment in all of its forms; our bodies need it in the form of food and our souls need it in the form of music and community! MSU Music faculty member Yvonne Lam leads the Lansing chapter of this origanization. Contact her for additional details, or click here to learn more about the broader organization.

Beacon Hill Concerts

Periodic concerts held in a professional theater setting within the Beacon Hill community in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Performances are paid, and audiences are large and appreciative.

Impression 5 Pop Ups

In partnership with the MSU Community Music School, these live performances allow audiences to exprience the science of sound in at the Impression 5 Science Center in Lansing, Michigan. Local for MSU Music students, each musical group plays for a period of time then allows families to engage with them and their instruments.