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 percussion studio is made up of a diverse group of students from a variety of backgrounds. The studio of approximately twenty-five includes undergraduate students majoring in music performance, education and composition and graduate students in the masters, performance diploma and doctoral programs.
The percussion studio attracts and works with a diverse group of students studying music performance, education, and composition at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Students perform in state-of-the-art, prominent venues at MSU and within the College. All studio members can participate in the MSU Percussion Ensemble—a chamber group devoted to new and classic repertoire. The ensemble has performed at the Percussive Arts Society International Convention, the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival, and the Blue Griffin Recital Series. Esteemed guest artists regularly mentor and perform with the group.
MSU pianist Ralph Votapek presents an evening of works by J.S. Bach, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Claude Debussy and Sergei Prokofiev.
Cellist Suren Bagratuni performs J.S. Bach’s Six Suites for solo cello, celebrated as Bach’s greatest musical achievement, taking the audience on a dance-like journey through classical Baroque.
Chee-Yun Kim will work with MSU students and have an interactive conversation with Dmitri Berlinsky, MSU professor of violin.
University Carillonist Jon Lehrer performs popular tunes and original works composed for carillon.
Presenting a range of contemporary works performed by MSU’s percussion ensemble.
Kevin Jones releases long-awaited album and reflects on teaching, learning from his students, and what matters most.
Music Education students lead the Spartan Marching Band as drum majors.
A life of giving leads to significant support for percussion at MSU.