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.
Presenting tuba-euphonium quartets, as well as the full 18-member MSU Tuba-Euphonium Ensemble, performing original and transcribed works.
Viridis and Campus Choir, directed by Marianna Romero Serra and Stuart Hill, present a program on “new beginnings” featuring choral music that embraces change.
MSU saxophonist Joseph Lulloff, guest pianist Yu-Lien The, and saxophonist Jordan Lulloff will perform a program featuring newly commissioned saxophone duos by John Fitz Rogers and Alyssa Weinberg, as well as works by Amanda Harberg and others.
Enjoy a musical journey to France with a concert featuring Gabriel Fauré’s Piano Quartet in C Minor and other vibrant chamber works.
Mosaic and Singing Spartans perform historical and contemporary choral gems from around the world, conducted by Sandra Snow and Jonathan Reed.
Join flutist Richard Sherman and newly appointed harpist Juan Riveros for a recital featuring works by Persichetti, Farr, Damase, and Alwyn, showcasing the expressive interplay between flute and harp.
“From Vienna with Love” explores romantic clarinet, cello, and piano trios, featuring works by Beethoven, Zemlinsky, Kahn, and Brahms, with artists Guy Yehuda (clarinet), Suren Bagratuni (cello), and Ralph Votapek (piano).
The concert, conducted by Kevin L. Sedatole, features trombonist Kenneth Thompkins, baritone Derrick Fox, and the MSU Wind Symphony performing works by Hong, Hindemith, Maslanka, and Copland.
Watch student entrepreneurs pitch innovative music business ideas to a live audience and judges, competing for up to $2,500 in funding.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
This concert celebrates the rich voices of MSU with a program that delves into themes of playfulness, childhood, and mischief. Mariana Romero Serra and Stuart Hill, conductors.
The fifth annual Barbara Wagner Chamber Music Competition features final performances by MSU College of Music students, culminating in the announcement of winners, cash prizes, and the People’s Choice Award.
Mosaic and Singing Spartans perform historical and contemporary choral gems from around the world, conducted by Sandra Snow and Jonathan Reed.