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.
Experience an extraordinary chamber recital featuring oboe, trumpet, and the Red Cedar Organ in MSU’s Alumni Memorial Chapel, with artists Nermis Mieses, Justin Emerich, and Hae Won Jang.
Featuring pianist Stanislav Khristenko, newly appointed assoicate professor of piano, this solo recital presents an evening of preludes by composers including Bach, Chopin, Debussy, Gershwin, Kapustin, Schoenberg, Rachmaninov, Silvestrov, and Szymanowski.
Rick Row, renowned jazz pianist, combines intricate harmonies and lyrical improvisation in captivating musical narratives. His repertoire ranges from timeless standards to original compositions.
Join us for a special recital celebrating Philip Sinder’s 43rd and final year at MSU, featuring solo and chamber works for tuba performed by Sinder and friends.
A evening of quintessential romantic music for piano featuring works by Schubert, Brahms, Chopin, Schumann, and Chaminade performed by MSU pianist Eric Zuber.
Generously sponsored by Michael and Paula Koppisc.
Enjoy a violin recital by MSU’s Dmitri Berlinsky, accompanied by alumnus Jiarui Cheng on piano, featuring Schubert’s Fantasy for Violin and Piano and a diverse selection of classical pieces.
The program, conducted by Arris Golden, features works by Fletcher, Magnuson, Woolfenden, Thomas, and Morales-Matos.
Stella Chen will work with MSU students and have an interactive conversation with Dmitri Berlinsky, MSU professor of violin.
This concert features music from Jurassic Park, The Sound of Music, Harry Potter, and the Concert Orchestra Concerto Competition winner, conducted by Katherine Kilburn.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Part of the MSUFCU Entrepreneurial Musical Artist in Residence
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.
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.