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 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.
Viridis and Campus Choir, directed by Marianna Romero Serra and Stuart Hill, present a program on “new beginnings” featuring choral music that embraces change.
Mosaic and Singing Spartans perform historical and contemporary choral gems from around the world, conducted by Sandra Snow and Jonathan Reed.
Over 250 voices join the MSU Symphony Orchestra for an uplifting concert featuring Poulenc’s Gloria and selections from Handel’s Messiah, conducted by Sandra Snow and Jonathan Reed.
This concert celebrates the rich voices of MSU with a program that delves into themes of playfulness, childhood, and mischief. Mariana Romero Serra and Stuart Hill, conductors.
Mosaic and Singing Spartans perform historical and contemporary choral gems from around the world, conducted by Sandra Snow and Jonathan Reed.
“Ring Out, Wild Bells” features music inspired by Tennyson’s poem, calling for fairness and tolerance, with works by Mendelssohn, Dove, Kesselman, and more, conducted by Sandra Snow and Jonathan Reed.
The MSU Symphony, Choral Union, State Singers, and University Chorale perform Brahms, Strauss, Walton, and a student-composed Fanfare, featuring baritone Mark Rucker and conducted by Sandra Snow and Octavio Más-Arocas.