Events

• Online
  February 20, 2025

  At the Border for Jazz Duo, Nicolas Prost and Sébastien Paindestre

  7:30 pm

  Cook Recital Hall

  Artist-faculty and Guest Recital Series

  Saxophonist Nicolas Prost and jazz pianist Sébastien Paindestre present “At the Border of Jazz,” blending classical precision and jazz spontaneity with works by Shorter, D’Rivera, Marsalis, and others, featuring pieces written exclusively for the duo.

  Event Details

  $$$
• February 21, 2025

  MSU Professors of Jazz

  8:00 pm

  Murray Hall

  Artist-faculty and Guest Recital Series

  This dynamic jazz band features Walter Blanding, Carment Bradford, Xavier Davis, Michael Dease, Randy Gelispie, Randy Napoleon, Anthony Stanco, and Rodney Whitaker, delivering exciting performances of jazz standards and original compositions.

  Event Details

  $$$
• March 11, 2025

  “The Ghosts of Hamlet,” Le Concert de l’Hostel Dieu with Roberta Mameli, soprano

  7:30 pm

  Fairchild Theatre

  Taylor Johnston Early Music Series

  Le Concert de l’Hostel Dieu presents arias from 18th-century Italian operas inspired by Hamlet, featuring soprano Roberta Mameli. The ensemble is renowned for its captivating French Baroque performances and modern interpretations of Baroque music.

  Event Details

  $$$
• Online
  March 13, 2025

  Woodward String Quartet

  7:30 pm

  Fairchild Theatre

  MSUFCU Showcase Series

  The Woodward String Quartet, featuring DSO principal musicians, performs Haydn’s “Sunrise” Quartet, Zhou Tian’s String Quartet No. 1, and Mendelssohn’s Octet with MSU student musicians at Fairchild Theatre.

  Event Details

  $$$
• March 14, 2025

  Composition Reading with Woodward Quartet Reading Session

  5:30 pm

  Cook Recital Hall

  Reading Session

  Part of the MSUFCU Entrepreneurial Musical Artist in Residence

  Event Details

  Free
• March 16, 2025

  Echoes of Majesty: Organ Transcriptions

  3:00 pm

  MSU Alumni Memorial Chapel

  Artist-faculty and Guest Recital Series

  Presenting “Echoes of Majesty,” an organ recital featuring a variety of uniquely transcribed classical works by Richard Wagner, Gustav Holst, and Sergei Rachmaninoff performed by MSU organist Hae Won Jang.

  Event Details

  $$$
• March 17, 2025

  Suren Bagratuni, cello

  7:30 pm

  Cook Recital Hall

  Artist-faculty and Guest Recital Series

  MSU cellist Suren Bagratuni accompanied by doctoral student and pianist Soojin Kim present a recital of iconic works for cello and piano by Felix Mendelssohn, Edvard Grieg, and Sulkhan Tsintsadze.

  Event Details

  $$$
• March 18, 2025

  Symphony Band

  7:30 pm

  Wharton Center

  MSU Bands

  The program, conducted by David Thornton, features works by Boerma, Whitacre, Bronnenkant, Vaughan Williams, and Holst.

  Event Details

  $$$
• March 20, 2025

  Wind Symphony

  7:30 pm

  Wharton Center

  MSU Bands

  The concert, conducted by Kevin L. Sedatole, features MSU trumpeter Justin Emerich and the Wind Symphony performing works by Biedenbender and Horne.

  Event Details

  $$$
• March 21, 2025

  Symphony Orchestra, “Pines of Rome and Honors Concert

  8:00 pm

  Wharton Center

  MSU Orchestras

  This concert features Respighi’s celebrated Pines of Rome, the annual Honors Concert Competition winners, and a student-composed Fanfare, conducted by Octavio Más-Arocas.

  Event Details

  $$$
• March 22, 2025

  Latin American Music for Two Pianos

  8:00 pm

  Cook Recital Hall

  Artist-faculty and Guest Recital Series

  Join us for a vibrant duo piano recital featuring Latin American rhythms and masterpieces by Guastavino, Ponce, Pinto, Piazzolla, Copland, and Bolcom, performed by MSU pianist Derek Kealii Polischuk and Sarkis Baltaian.

  Event Details

  $$$
• March 23, 2025

  Jazz Orchestras

  3:00 pm

  Wharton Center

  MSU Jazz Ensembles

  MSU’s jazz orchestras perform jazz standards at Wharton Center’s Pasant Theatre.

  Event Details

  $$$
• March 26, 2025

  Rossini’s La Cenerentola

  7:00 pm

  Fairchild Theatre

  Worthington Family Foundation Opera Theatre Season

  Enjoy Rossini’s “La Cenerentola,” a charming twist on Cinderella. Follow Angelina’s journey with Prince Ramiro, guided by Alidoro. Featuring the aria Non più mesta, sung in Italian with English surtitles.

  Event Details

  $$$
• March 27, 2025

  Ralph Votapek, piano

  7:30 pm

  Cook Recital Hall

  Artist-faculty and Guest Recital Series

  MSU pianist Ralph Votapek presents an evening of works by J.S. Bach, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Claude Debussy and Sergei Prokofiev.

  Event Details

  $$$
• March 28, 2025

  Rossini’s La Cenerentola

  7:00 pm

  Fairchild Theatre

  Worthington Family Foundation Opera Theatre Season

  Enjoy Rossini’s “La Cenerentola,” a charming twist on Cinderella. Follow Angelina’s journey with Prince Ramiro, guided by Alidoro. Featuring the aria Non più mesta, sung in Italian with English surtitles.

  Event Details

  $$$
• Online
  March 29, 2025

  Rossini’s La Cenerentola

  7:00 pm

  Fairchild Theatre

  Worthington Family Foundation Opera Theatre Season

  Enjoy Rossini’s “La Cenerentola,” a charming twist on Cinderella. Follow Angelina’s journey with Prince Ramiro, guided by Alidoro. Featuring the aria Non più mesta, sung in Italian with English surtitles.

  Event Details

  $$$