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.
After MSU: Ph.D. student in music theory at Florida State University
In the music theory Master’s program at MSU: 2018 to 2020
Before MSU: B.M. in Music Education, Appalachian State University
“Metrical and Hypermetrical Disruptions in Recent Pop/Rock Musicals.”
“From Design to Implementation: Creating Inclusive Assessments within the Music Theory Classroom.”
Bilidas, Stefanie, and Zachary Lloyd. 2020 (forthcoming). “From Design to Implementation: Creating Inclusive Assessments within the Music Theory Classroom.” Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy.
“Presumptions, Limitations, and Misrepresentations in Roman Numeral Analyses of Popular Music,” with Trevor deClercq, Music Theory Southeast (virtual, 2020)
“Computer Programming for Corpus Analysis,” with Michael Cuthbert, Society for Music Theory National Conference (Columbus, OH, 2019)
“Issues in Popular Music Analysis,” with Nicole Biamonte, Society for Music Theory National Conference (Arlington, VA, 2018)
Winner, Michigan State University Excellence-in-Teaching Citation (2020)
Co-winner, Best Student Paper Award, Pedagogy Into Practice National Conference (Santa Barbara, 2019)