For current students: Fall 2024 Ensembles Audition Information
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 Spartan Youth Wind Symphony performs the highest quality wind band repertoire, spanning a wide variety of time periods and styles. SYWS students frequently have the opportunity to interact with some of today’s leading composers and guest conductors.
Title | Composer |
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Tudor Sketches (2013) | Williams Owens |
Reverberations (2009) | Brian Balmages |
Affirmation (2021) | Randall Standridge |
On Shoulders of Giants (2021) | Andrew Perkins |
Circus Days (1944/1997) | Karl King |
Quicksilver Concert March (2018) | Williams Owens |
Wild Heart (2019) | Katahj Copley |
Embers (2015/2020) | Tom Davoren |
Scarborough Fair (2013) | Boysen |
Pacific Grooves (2023) | Tyler S. Grant |
On the Mall (1923-2004) | Edwin Goldman |
Third Suite (1967) | Robert Jager |
Down Longford Way (1928/1935/1990) | Percy Grainger/arr. Osmon |
A Time to Dance (2006) | Julie Giroux |
Shine (2010) | Michael Markowski |
Astra (2023) | Katahj Copley |
The Seal Lullaby (2004/2011) | Eric Whitacre |
Encanto (1989/2007) | Robert W. Smith |
Don Ricardo (2006) | Gabe Musella |
On Shoulders of Giants (2021) | Andrew David Perkins (MSU Alumnus) |
Circus Days (1944/1997) | Karl King |
Reverberations (2009) | Brian Balmages |
Tudor Sketches (2013) | William Owens |
Pacific Grooves (2021) | Tyler S. Grant |
Quicksilver (Galop) (2018) | Williams Owens |
Embers (2020) | Tom Davoren |
WildHeart (2019) | Katahj Copley |
Scarborough Fair (Mvt. 3 from Three Folk Song Settings for Band) (2013) | Andrew Boysen, Jr. |
Wild Nights! (2007) | Ticheli, Frank |
Coriscan Litany (1976) | Nelhybel, Vaclav |
Harvest Hymn (1905-38) | Grainger, Percy Aldridge |
Mock Morris (1910-14) | Grainger, Percy Aldridge |
Vulcan (2014) | Daugherty, Michael |
Whirlwind (2013) | Bryant, Steven |
Variations on a Korean Folk Song (1965) | Chance, John Barnes |
Under the Double Eagle (1893) | Wagner, Josef |
Variants on a Medieval Tune (1963) | Dello Joio, Norman |
Riff Raff (2012) | George, Ryan |
Selections from "The Danserye" (1551) | Susato, Tielman |
Lullaby for Natalie (2011) | Corigliano, John |
Downshifting (2015) | Welcher, Dan |
JoyRIDE (2005/2014) | Markowski, Michael |
Hold This Boy and Listen (2008) | Pann, Carter |
Scenes from "The Louvre" (1964/1966) | Dello Joio, Norman |
Seis Manuel (2008) | Hanson, Shelley |
Divertimento for Winds and Percussion (1993/1994) | Cichy, Roger |
Shortcut Home (2003) | Wilson, Dana |
Cajun Folk Songs II (1997) | Ticheli, Frank |
Spoon River (1929/1967) | Grainger, Percy Aldridge |
Give Us This Day, Short Symphony for Wind Ensemble (2007) | Maslanka, David |
Homage to Perotin, From Medieval Suite (1983) | Nelson, Ron |
Cyprian Suite (2002) | Barnett, Carol |
Pacem (2003) | Spittal, Robert |
Russian Christmas Music (1944) | Reed, Alfred |
Overture to "Candide" (1956) | Bernstein, Leonard |
Lux Aurumque (2005) | Whitacre, Eric |
Luminescence (2009) | Biedenbender, David |
Blue Shades (1996) | Ticheli, Frank |
Polka and Fugue from "Schwanda the Bagpiper" (1928) | Weinberger, Jarom |
High Wire (2012) | Mackey, John |
A Movement for Rosa (1992) | Camphouse, Mark |
Courtly Airs and Dances (1995) | Nelson, Ron |
Lads of Wamphray (1905) | Grainger, Percy Aldridge |
Tempered Steel (1998) | Young, Charles |
Nobles of the Mystic Shrine (1923/1972) | Sousa, John Philip |
Irish Tune from County Derry (1918) | Grainger, Percy Aldridge |
Shelherd's Hey (1918) | Grainger, Percy Aldridge |
Armenian Dances, Part I (1972) | Reed, Alfred |
Albanian Dance (2003) | Hanson, Shelley |
First Suite in E-flat for Military Band (1909) | Holst, Gustav |
Loch Lomond (2002) | Ticheli, Frank |
Internal Combustion (1999) | Gillingham, David |
Fanfare for a Golden Sky | Boerma, Scott |
Incantation and Dance (1960) | Chance, John Barnes |
Cowan City (2011) | Newman, Christopher |
Strange Humors (2006) | Mackey, John |
La Fiesta Mexicana (1954) | Reed, H. Owen |
American Overture for Band (1953) | Jenkins, Joseph Wilcox |
Grant Them Eternal Rest (2003) | Boysen, Andrew |
Instinctive Travels (2009) | Markowski, Michael |
Hands Across the Sea (1899) | Sousa, John Philip |
RING ON! (2010) | Cannon, Cormac |
Joyce's 71st New York Regiment March (1881/1937) | Boyer, Thorton Barnes |
Cartoon (1991) | Hart, Paul |
Pines of the Appian Way from The Pines of Rome (1924) | Respighi, Ottorino |
Tico-Tico | Abreu, Zequinha |
Entry March of the Boyars (1895/1990) | Halvorsen, Johan |
Second Suite in F (1911) | Holst, Gustav |
Amazing Grace (1984) | Traditional |
Kingifishers Catch Fire (2007) | Mackey, John |
Pictures at an Exhibition (1874/1922/1959) | Mousorgsky, Modest |
Diamond Tide (2015) | Cuong, Viet |
Symphonies of Gaia (2001) | Ogren, Jayce |
Rippling Watercolors (2015) | Balmages, Brian |
Mother Earth Fanfare (2003) | Maslanka, David |
Danse Diabolique (1900) | Hellmesberger, Joseph |
San Antonio Dances (2010) | Ticheli, Frank |
Hymn to the Dawn (2004) | Archer, Kimberly |
Eclipse (2017) | Browne, Matthew |
Spangled Heavens (2010) | Grantham, Donald |
Inglesina (1871/2000) | Cese, David Delle |
Enigma Machine (2015) | Greene, Joni |
Solace in the Equinox (2017) | Grant, Tyler S. |
Steampunk Suite (2017) | Svanoe, Erika |
Incantation and Dance (1960) | Chance, John Barnes |
Colorado Peaks (2005) | Wilson, Dana |
Folk Dances (1942/1993) | Shostakovich, Dmitri |
Ye Banks and Braes O' Bonnie Doon (1932) | Grainger, Percy Aldridge |
Slava! (1977) | Berstein, Leonard/trans. Grundman |
Mercury Concert March (1991) | Van Der Roost, Jan |
Into the Silent Land (2018) | Danyew, Steve |
Shimmering Joy | Grant, Tyler S. |
Llwyn Onn | Hogg, Brian |
Hebrides Suite | Grundman, Clare |
Tight Squeeze | Shapiro, Alex |
Polly Oliver | Root, Thomas |