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 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.
Join us for an evening of classical works by Patrick Harlin, Astor Piazzola, Derek Bermel, Ahmed Karam, and more, featuring Tasha Warren on clarinet and Patrick Johnson on piano.
Enjoy a blend of jazz works by Rodney Whitaker and Charles Ruggiero, performed by the MSU Professors of Jazz with saxophonist Joseph Lulloff.
Acclaimed organist Ken Cowan showcases classical and contemporary works on the Red Cedar Organ at MSU Alumni Memorial Chapel, featuring pieces by Mendelssohn, Bach, Litaize, Laurin, Farrington, and more, in a program that promises to thrill and inspire.
Charles Ignatius Sancho was a notable figure in literature, commerce, and music. Les Délices, founded by Debra Nagy, explores his compositions and those of his contemporaries, delivering innovative performances on period instruments.
Enjoy works by Reinicke, Basler, and Herzogenberg, featuring Corbin Wagner (horn), Nermis Mieses (oboe), Michael Kroth (bassoon), Tasha Warren (clarinet), and Patrick Johnson (piano).
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.