A wide variety of performance opportunities await our students each year, with orchestras, bands, choirs and opera, jazz nonets and combos, small ensembles, and more.
A variety of programs and initiatives operate continuously or annually to enhance learning experiences and help students prepare for their future in music.
The MSU College of Music supports and challenges students, values innovation and creativity, and helps every community member achieve professional excellence.
The composition area frequently hosts guest composers, sound artists, and performers for lectures, masterclasses, workshops, lessons, and performances. This is an opportunity for students to learn from leading artists and to network and connect with diverse musicians from around the world.
Pascal Le Boeuf | composer
Sage Jenson | sound/visual artist/composer
Gabriela Ortiz | composer
Annika Socolofsky | composer
Miya Masaoka | composer, improviser, & koto player
James Lee III | composer
Andy Akiho | composer
Alex Temple | composer
Robert Alexander | sonification specialist
Christopher Cerrone | composer
Viet Cuong | composer
John Mackey | composer
Julio d’Escriván | composer
Andrea Clearfield | composer
Carter Pann | composer
Jennifer Jolley | composer
Steven Bryant | composer
Paquito D’Rivera | composer & saxophonist
Gabriela Lena Frank | composer
John Corigliano | composer
Lisa Coons | composer & sound artist
Jim Bonney | composer & interactive media
Stacy Garrop | composer
Kaia Quartet | string quartet
NOW Ensemble | contemporary chamber ensemble
Jasper Quartet | string quartet
The Westerlies | brass quartet
So Percussion | percussion quartet
Khemia Ensemble | contemporary chamber ensemble
Harlem Quartet | string quartet
Hub New Music | contemporary chamber ensemble
eighth blackbird | contemporary chamber ensemble
Manuel Alejandro Rangel | maracas player
Crystal Mooncone | electroacoustic free-improvisation trio
Momenta Quartet | string quartet
Fifth House Ensemble | contemporary music ensemble
Brooklyn Rider | string quartet
Mimi Stillman and Charles Abramovic | flute & piano duo
yMusic | contemporary chamber ensemble
Robert Simonds | violinst
Arcomusical | Afro-Brazilian berimbau ensemble
Roomful of Teeth | vocal ensemble