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.
Small class sizes and a student-to-faculty ratio of 12:1 ensure that all vocal arts students receive the individualized attention needed for success at the highest level. Every faculty member in the vocal arts area is an active performer and specialist in a particular performance medium. Because of that, students receive professional training across a variety of fields, including art song, oratorio, opera, musical theater, new music, diction, vocal pedagogy, and teaching methods.
Faculty members hold their own studio classes, while students perform repertoire for the entire vocal arts area in a weekly voice recital hour. Students perform degree-required recitals and non-degree recitals, and may audition for solos in choral ensembles or roles in MSU Opera Theatre Productions. Students may also develop their skills through MSU jazz ensembles, the new music ensemble Musique 21, and symphony and concert orchestras.
All successful applicants are automatically considered for competitive merit-based music scholarships. Graduate applicants are eligible for graduate assistantship positions in vocal arts as well as fellowships and scholarships, and no supplemental application is required to be considered.
Enjoy an afternoon of art songs by Schubert, Hundley, Fauré, Debussy, Szulc, Walters, Rorem, and Poulenc, featuring WWII letters from Anzio, Italy, with artists Harlan Jennings (baritone), Anne Nispel (soprano), and Elden Little (piano).
This annual recital features musical favorites and stories with Marc Embree, Jane Bunnell, Alban “Kit” Bridges, Don Seitz, and special guests “The Piano Monsters” Young Hyun Cho, Tamar Mikeladze, Deborah Moriarty, and Zhihua Tang.
Experience an enchanting evening of Romantic era music with tenor Nils Neubert, pianist Yuri Kim, and chamber musicians, bringing beloved songs, arias, and instrumental pieces to life.
Presenting “Happy Two Gather,” an evening of duets, arias, spirituals, and art songs featuring Richard Fracker (tenor), Mark Rucker (baritone), and pianists Sadie Rucker and Elden Little.
The State Singers present “Music in the Key of Life,” while the University Chorale performs “Chaotic Joy,” featuring works from Bach to contemporary composers, conducted by Derrick Fox and Sandra Snow.
Spartans bring a deep bench of talent to national choral conference.