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 Joanne and Bill Church West Circle Series presents intimately scaled concerts in Fairchild Theatre that celebrate composers and their timeless works. From Vivaldi’s vivid Four Seasons to chamber tributes to Beethoven and American composers, each program highlights a variety of MSU’s artist-faculty. The season also includes the beloved Happy Birthday, Mozart!, an annual tradition that brings fresh surprises year after year.
Celebrate 250 years of American independence with an evening of familiar American music reimagined through solo and duo piano, violin and piano, and jazz-infused ensemble arrangements performed by MSU artists.