In addition to teaching and inspiring students, faculty members in the College of Music spend much of their time performing concerts and recitals, giving master classes and clinics, presenting lectures, and sharing their musical expertise in a wide range of areas. This work takes our faculty around the state, the country, and around the world. Below you will find dates and venues of some of our applied faculty showing how they spend their summer semester.

5/15/16, Zhihua Tang, Grosse Pointe, MI, grosse pointe symphony orchestra: Beethoven Triple concerto with Hai Xin Wu, Assistant Concertmaster, Wei Yu, Principal Cello, Detroit Symphony Orchestra

5/16/16, Dmitri Berlinsky, New York City, NY Jupiter Symphony (Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church): With Jupiter Chamber Players, 2:00 p.m., 7:30 p.m.

5/17/26, Derek Kealii Polischuk, Santa Ana, CA, Orange County School of the Arts: Piano concert, 7:30 p.m.

5/19/16, Guy Yehuda, Paris, France, Selmer Paris Concert Hall: Clarinet concert

5/19/16, Xavier Davis, Bethesda, MD, Strathmore: With Todd Marcus Orchestra, 7:30 p.m.

5/23/16, Xavier Davis, New York City, NY, Dizzy’s Club Coca Cola: With Todd Marcus Orchestra, 7:30 p.m.

5/29/16, Etienne Charles, Charleston, SC, Spoleto Festival USA (Gaillard Performance Hall): With René Marie, 7:00 p.m.

6/3/16, Etienne Charles, Bellevue, WA, Bellevue Jazz & Blues Festival (Theatre at Meydenbauer Center): 2016 featured artist, 7:30 p.m.

6/416, Etienne Charles, San Mateo, CA, Jazz on the Hill: Creole Soul, a myriad of styles rooted in Afro-Caribbean culture

6/6-27/16, Michael Kroth, Colorado Springs, CO, Colorado College Summer Music Festival: Wilson- Avatar Concerto for Bassoon 6/24, Chamber concerts on 6/9, 6/12, 6/14, 6/16

6/8-9/16, Ava Ordman, New York City, NY, International Trombone Festival: With Monarch Brass; serving as festival panelist

6/12, 6/19, 6/26/16, Suren Bagratuni, Deborah Moriarty and Richard Fracker, Todi, Italy, West Circle Series – Todi Festa della Musica

6/12/16, Etienne Charles, Washington, DC, DC JazzFest at The Hamilton: With Jimmy Greene Quartet, 7:30 p.m.

6/15/16, Etienne Charles, Lansing, MI: Jazz on the Grand (with MSU Professors of Jazz)

6/25-7/16/16, Philip Sinder, Traverse City, MI, Interlochen Arts Camp: Valade Instructor of Tuba and Euphonium Brass Faculty concert on July 5

6/25/16, Guy Yehuda, Los Angeles, CA, FOOSA Symphony in L.A (Disney Hall): Mahler 2nd Symphony, Principal clarinetist and faculty

6/20-26/16, Dmitri Berlinsky, Newburgh, NY, Newburgh Music Festival: Faculty Concerts on 6/19

6/21-25/16, Randy Napoleon, New York City, NY, Birdland Jazz Club: With Freddy Cole Quartet

6/28, 6/29/1, Etienne Charles, New York City, NY, Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola: Concert, 7:30 p.m.

6/30, 7/1/16, Etienne Charles, San Jose, CA: San Jose Jazz Summer Camp

7/2/16, Ava Ordman, Madison, WI, National Women’s Music Festival Orchestra: Principal trombone

7/3, 7/5, 7/9, 7/17/16, Walter Verdehr, Twin Lake, MI, Blue Lake Fine Arts Festival, Rose Theatre: Chamber concerts and recitals

7/11-16/16, Etienne Charles, Orlando, FL, Dr. Phillips Summer Jazz Intensive: Workshops and performance

7/18/16, Joseph Lulloff, Brevard, NC, Brevard Music Center: Faculty Artist Chamber Concert
Creation du Monde with wind faculty, 7:30 p.m.

7/23/16, Etienne Charles, Katonah, NY, Caramoor Jazz Festival

7/23/16, Guy Yehuda, Saarburg, Germany, Saarburg Chamber Music Festival: Solo and Chamber Music Concert

7/23/16, Zhihua Tang, Newark, DE, Master Players Concert Series: Opening Gala Concert

7/24/16, Suren Bagratuni, Halle, Germany, Euro Music Festival and Academy

7/24/16, Etienne Charles, Buffalo, NY, Masten Jazz Festival

7/10-17/16, Etienne Charles, Orlando, FL, Dr. Phillips Center for the Perfomring Arts: With MSU Professors of Jazz

7/29/16, Etienne Charles, Newport, RI, Newport Jazz Festival

7/31-8/13/16, Ava Ordman, Santa Cruz, CA, Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music Orchestra: Principal trombone

8/1-8/16, Michael Kroth, Door County, WI, Peninsula Music Festival: Symphony Orchestra Concerts 8/2, 4, 6, 9, 11, 13, 16, 18, 20/16

8/1-13/16, Dmitri Berlinsky, Purchase, NY Summit Music Festival (Manhattanville College)

8/9/16, Guy Yehuda, Xian, China, International Woodwind Festival: Solo Recital
Xian Conservatory of Music

8/12-15/2016, Philip Sinder, Twin Lake, MI, Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp: Leonard Falcone International Euphonium and Tuba Festival (competition, concerts, clinics)

8/26/16, Dmitri Berlinsky, Long Island, NY, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (Grace Auditorium): With Southampton Arts Festival Players, 6:00 p.m.

8/28/16, Suren Bagratuni, Beijing, China  Beijing International Music Festival and Academy

9/9/16, Suren Bagratuni, Ogden, UT, Bonneville Festival

9/14/16, Randy Napoleon, Los Angeles, CA, Hollywood Bowl: With Freddie Cole
“Sing the Truth Celebrating Lena Horne, Dinah Washington, Eartha Kitt, and Natalie Cole”

10/11/16, Joseph Lulloff, Dallas, TX, Meyerson Symphony Center: Steven Bryant’s Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Wind Ensemble with the Dallas Wind Symphony, Jerry Junkin, conducting, 7:30 p.m.

11/4/16, Etienne Charles, Toronto, ON, Koerner Hall

11/5, 8, 11, 13/16, Mark Rucker, Denver, CO, Opera Colorado (Ellie Caulkins Opera House): La Faniculla Del West

11/13/16, Suren Bagratuni, Phoenix, AZ, Hayden’s Ferry Chamber Music

12/16/16, Etienne Charles, Santa Cruz, CA, Kuumbwa Jazz Center

12/17/16 Etienne Charles, San Francisco, CA, SFJAZZ Center

12/20-24/16, Randy Napoleon, New York City, Birdland Jazz Club: With Freddy Cole

3/2017, Jane Bunnell, New York City, Metropolitan Opera: La Traviata