November 2021

Music Student Bulletin

November 2021

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Music Student Bulletin 11.23.21

COVID-19 Booster Shots and Masks

Running Start Competition

Applications are now open for the 2022 Running Start Competition. College of Music students have the opportunity to win $500, $1,000, or $2,500 towards an innovative business or project idea. With all the disruptions in the performing arts industry, the College of Music and Running Start want to support students thinking entrepreneurially now more than ever! With $8,000 to award to eight projects, everyone who is accepted to the live pitch round will receive some kind of funding.

There are three categories for awards:

Commission/production (recordings, new music, concerts, events)
New venture (LLC, 501c3, products, curriculum)
Outreach/engagement (partnerships, events, concerts, programs, education)

Deadline to apply is December 16, 2021. Application and details are on the Running Start website.

COVID-19 Booster Shots and Masks

On Friday, November 19, the CDC expanded COVID-19 booster eligibility for all adults. MSU Health Care is making Pfizer booster vaccines available for all patients 18 and older who previously received any COVID-19 vaccine. They also have COVID-19 vaccines available for patients 5-11 through the Health Care Pediatrics Clinic.

Also on November 19, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services issued guidance on the use of face masks to protect against COVID-19 infection. The guidance recommends all people in indoor settings wear face masks among other recommended measures as cases increase across Michigan. As a reminder, the university’s indoor mask requirement is still in effect and will continue into the spring semester.

SafeMSU App

Designed with input from students, faculty, and staff, the SafeMSU App puts valuable safety resources in Spartan’s hands. A key feature of the app is the virtual friend walk. This function allows Spartans to share their location with a friend in real-time so they can follow their progress to the destination. The friend also can contact police immediately if they feel there is a problem.

Other features include:

One-touch emergency calls
Access to Safe Ride from the Associated Students of Michigan State University
Link to NightOwl from the Capital Area Transportation Authority
Form to send tips to the police

The app can be downloaded through the Apple Store and Google Play on December 14, 2021. The initial rollout is available for those on or visiting the university’s East Lansing campus; future versions will be available to other MSU campuses across the state.

Music Student Bulletin 11.17.21

A note on COVID-19

Safe Ride and other ASMSU resources

A Note on COVID-19

As the Thanksgiving break approaches, we are grateful to our students, staff, and faculty, who have continued to follow the University and College health and safety protocols, which has resulted in very few COVID cases within our community and no known transmissions from within a classroom, lesson, or rehearsal situation. Please continue to follow those protocols, and please continue to heed the University guidelines, which indicate that if you experience any of the symptoms of COVID you should isolate. Thank you again for all you’ve done to make this a productive and healthy semester.

Safe Ride and Other ASMSU Resources

Safe Ride is a late night transportation service provided to members of the Michigan State University community as a safe and free alternative to walking home alone after dark. University Safe Ride programs are proven to reduce assault-related dangers and drunk driving both on and off campus. Safe Ride is back in a limited capacity, throughout the semester we hope to have additional vans and drivers.

ASMSU has many other resources that Music students may want to use, such as free printing (up to 25 pages), loans program, test prep, and more. Click here for more information or visit asmsu.msu.edu.

Music Student Bulletin 11.10.21

Healthy Musicianship Resrouce Fair

Reverón Trio Workshop and Concert

COVID-19 Updates for MSU’s Spring 2022 Semester

Healthy Musicianship Resource Fair

On Tuesday, November 23 from 4:10 to 5:00, graduate students in MUS 894 Healthy Musicianship will be hosting a healthy habits resource fair in the Charles Atrium of the Billman Music Pavilion. We encourage all Music students to stop by and start your new year’s resolutions early!

Reverón Trio Workshop and Concert

Reverón Trio is here this week as part of the Entrepreneurial Musical Artist in Residence Program.

Channel Your Passion, Make a living: Identity and purpose in the music field
Thursday, November 11; 5:30-6:30 PM ET

Chat with the Reverón Trio, an ensemble of Venezuelan musicians based in the U.S. whose mission is to introduce audiences to underrepresented music from Latin America alongside contemporary and standard repertoire. They will discuss life as foreign artists living in the U.S., including ideas about entrepreneurship and the influence of cultural identity on their career path and the music they perform and teach.

This workshop will be held virtually. Register using this link.

Reverón Trio in Concert
Cook Recital Hall, Friday, November 12, 8:00 PM ET.

The concert is free for students. Reserve your ticket here.

COVID-19 Updates for MSU’s Spring 2022 Semester

The College of Music reinforces a message from MSU President Samuel Stanley this week. "Now is not the time to let our guard down," he said.

It is clear that the measures taken by MSU in containing COVID-19 spread on campus have been effective. As a result, the following policies are in place for Spring Semester 2022:

All students, faculty and staff to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Limited exemptions for medical or religious reasons will continue to be provided, as well as online-only exemptions for students.
All students, faculty or staff who have received a medical or religious exemption to take part in MSU’s Early Detection Program or other regular testing if they aren’t near a location offering EDP. Students with online-only exemptions cannot come to campus for any reason.
At the start of the semester, all individuals to continue wearing face coverings indoors in all campus buildings and other MSU facilities in East Lansing and throughout the state.
Students who currently have an online-only exemption will need to re-apply for an exemption for spring semester if they wish to continue learning only online. Remember, students with online-only exemptions cannot come to campus for any reason. A new exemption application process will be introduced later this semester.
Students who have received a religious or medical exemption do not need to re-apply for an exemption unless they had a medical exemption with an end date. Those individuals with a medical end date or medical deferral will have to receive a vaccine or be approved for a new exemption.
Vaccine boosters have been approved for many in our community. MSU urges everyone eligible to receive a booster when they can. While the CDC has not changed its definition of “fully vaccinated,” and boosters are not at this time required as part of the MSU vaccine verification process, boosters provide additional protection from COVID-19. Students can find a COVID-19 vaccine or booster opportunity near them by visiting vaccines.gov.

Music Student Bulletin 11.3.21

Free workshops with members of the Medici Ensemble

A special student ticket offer for a Wharton Center concert

The 5th Annual Social Justice Art Festival

Free workshops with members of the Medici Ensemble

Are you interested in making informed performance decisions about Baroque music? Learn the from the remarkable musicians of The Medici Ensemble.

Friday, November 5, 12:30 pm, Cook Recital Hall, Music Building
Mark Edwards presents an interactive introduction to the harpsichord for pianists. How the approach to the instrument differs from that of the modern piano. What ‘early music’ performers consider as they approach performing Baroque music.

Friday, November 5, 3:30 pm, Murray Hall, Billman Music Pavilion
Michael Lynn presents a lecture demonstration on the historical development of the flute. He will bring 15-20 antique flutes to show how the flute developed from the 1-key baroque flute to the modern flute.

Saturday, November 6, 10:00 am, Eichler Hall, Billman Music Pavilion
Violinist Alan Choo and cellist Ruby Brallier present an interactive workshop for string players focused on how string players approach Baroque music differently than music of later periods, particularly with regard to bow strokes/articulations.

Medici Ensemble concert: Saturday, November 6, 8:00 pm, Fairchild Theatre
Click here for ticket and program information.

A special student ticket offer for a Wharton Center concert

Wharton Center is offering a special $15 student ticket to hear classical music superstars Yuja Wang, piano, and violinist Leonidas Kavakos on Saturday, November 6. Yuja Wang has been called “quite simply the most dazzlingly uncannily gifted pianist in the concert world today” by the San Francisco Chronicle, and Kavakos’s playing has been described as a “balance of pyrotechnics and lyricism” by the New York Times.

The two “sound like a single organism” (Financial Times) in a special evening performing Bach’s Violin Sonata No. 3 in E major, BWV 1016; Busoni’s Violin Sonata No. 2 in E minor, Op. 36a; and the Shostakovich Violin Sonata in G major, Op. 134. A special chance to hear two music icons performing together, live in concert!

Cobb Great Hall, Wharton Center for Performing Arts, at 8 p.m. on Saturday, November 6.
For tickets, visit www.whartoncenter.com/promo and enter the code MUSIC to redeem. Available online only.
More performance details on the Wharton Center web site.

5th Annual Social Justice Art Festival

The Call for Submissions for the 5th Annual Social Justice Art Festival (SJAF) is open! We welcome samples of your artwork to be considered for the 5th Annual SJAF hosted Thursday, January 20-Friday, January 21, 2022.

Artwork must be related to a social justice topic(s).
All participants must be current MSU undergraduate or graduate students
Participants can submit more than one (1) submission to be considered for the festival. You will need to complete a separate form for each submission.
Submissions of visual and performance art must be submitted by 11:59 PM on Friday, November 19, 2021.
We will contact all finalists by Friday, December 10, 2021.
Selected artists will need to submit their final submission by 11:59 PM on Friday, December 17, 2021.

Selected artists will compete for 1 of 4 awards. Award winners will be announced at the closing ceremony on Friday, January 21, 2022 at 6 PM (EST).

People's Choice Award - $500
Committee's Choice Award - $500
Most Inspirational - Visual Art Award - $500
Most Inspirational - Performance Art Award - $500

Full link to Call for Submissions: https://msu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8DgfpckN5zRLxum

Check out last year’s event at sjaf.msu.edu.

Questions? Contact natsci.dei@msu.edu.

College of Music students may also contact 5th Annual MSU Social Justice Art Festival Planning Committee member Talitha Wimberly, College of Music Director of Undergraduate Student Affairs.