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.
Judy Palac retired as associate professor of music education at the College of Music in 2017 after serving on the faculty since 1985. She received a Bachelor of Music and a Master of Music from the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor), and a Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of Texas. A specialist in string education and performing arts medicine, she taught at the University of Michigan, the University of Texas and the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. Dr. Palac is a former member of the Collegium String Quartet. She is published in the fields of performing arts medicine, string teacher education, and the Suzuki method in such journals as “American String Teacher” and “Medical Problems of Performing Artists.” She has held several positions with the American String Teachers Association and as a member at-large.