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.
MSU’s Singing Spartans and U-M’s Men’s Glee Club come together for a unique, high-energy evening of choral music.
Viridis showcases contemporary global music from Bulgaria, Armenia, and beyond, followed by Campus Choir’s program centered on Gwyneth Walker’s An Hour to Dance, all conducted by Mariana Romero Serra and Michael Huey-Jones.
The Singing Spartans honor the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence with music exploring freedom’s enduring meaning, while Mosaic performs works centered on Isabella Leonarda’s Domine, expressing hope and resilience, led by Meredith Bowen and Stuart Chapman Hill.
State Singers explore personal and collective truths through choral works, while University Chorale highlights Jewish musical traditions with pieces by Rossi, Hensel, Kesselman, and Panufnik, concluding with Alex Berko’s Sacred Place, conducted by Derrick Fox and Sandra Snow.
MSU Wind Symphony joins forces with various MSU choirs to present a powerful concert featuring works by guest composer Jake Runestad, including Proud Music of the Storm, A Silence Haunts Me, and a piece by MSU composer David Biedenbender.