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.
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Experience Baroque music with works for piano, harpsichord, and violin. Featuring MSU’s new pianist Stanislav Khristenko, harpsichordist Nicola Canzano, and violinist Yvonne Lam.
Pinchas Zukerman will work with MSU students and have an interactive conversation with Dmitri Berlinsky, MSU professor of violin.
This program features Strauss’ Blue Danube, Foumai’s The Happiest Color, Rameau’s Les Sauvages, Jolley’s Blue Glacier Decoy, and Copley’s Gasoline Rainbows, conducted by Katherine Kilburn.
Presenting “Happy Two Gather,” an evening of duets, arias, spirituals, and art songs featuring Richard Fracker (tenor), Mark Rucker (baritone), and pianists Sadie Rucker and Elden Little.
The concert features guest composer Viet Cuong and American-Vietnamese guest vocalist Bích-Vân with works by Cuong, Biedenbender, Turina, and Llinás, performed by the MSU Wind Symphony and Symphony Band, conducted by Kevin L. Sedatole and David Thornton.