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A Full slate of large ensemble performances come to campus
College orchestras and bands fill Cobb Great Hall with walls of sound.
Fans of large musical ensembles have a lot to look forward to in early fall as the MSU College of Music rolls out the 2022-2023 Encore! Season with a slate of performances by the MSU Wind Symphony, Symphony Band, Symphony Orchestra, Concert and Campus Bands, and Concert Orchestra—all performing in Cobb Great Hall of Wharton Center for Performing Arts.
Among the anticipated large ensemble events is the performance of powerful, resonating works by the MSU Wind Symphony on Thursday, Sept. 29 at 7:30 p.m., conducted by Kevin L. Sedatole. Student musicians along with featured oboist Nermis Mieses will thrill the audience with performances of Legacy (concerto for oboe and wind band) by Óscar Navarro and Sokol Fanfare by Leoš Janáček. Additional works include Dionysiaques, Op. 62 by Florent Schmitt, and Yellow, Red, Blue by Paul Dooley. Mieses was recently appointed Associate Professor of Oboe for the MSU College of Music. This event will also be available for live digital broadcast at music.msu.edu/livestreams.
A back-to-back event on Friday, Sept. 30 at 8 p.m. features the MSU Symphony Orchestra conducted by Octavio Más-Arocas. The program Mahler the Titan! features dramatic works including Aere Perennius by Dinah Bianchi, something deeply hidden by MSU Associate Professor of Composition David Biedenbender; Symphony No. 1 in D Major, and Titan by Gustav Mahler. The program is generously sponsored by Linn Van Dyne and Mike Knox, in loving memory of Hal W. Hepler, Ph.D.
Additional performances of MSU large ensembles at Wharton Center for September through mid-October include:
- 9/27 Tuesday 7:30 p.m. Symphony Band
David Thornton, conductor - 10/12 Wednesday 7:30 p.m. Concert Band/Campus Band
Arris Golden and Cody Edgerton, conductors. Michael Parker, guest conductor - 10/20 Thursday 7:30 p.m. Concert Orchestra
Katherine Kilburn, conductor
General admission seating for this and other large ensemble performances are $12 for adults, $10 for seniors (age 60 and older), and free for students and those under 18 with valid ID, and can be purchased online (music.msu.edu), by calling (517) 353-5340, or at the door. More information on these and other events in the 2022-23 Encore! Season can be found at music.msu.edu/events.
Press materials
View or download the press release (PDF)
Contact Michael Sundermann, 517-353-2043, sunderm7@msu.edu
Photography and graphic downloads
MSU orchestra and band ensembles will fill the Cobb Great Hall stage of Wharton Center for five upcoming concerts in September and October. Photo by David-Lorne Photograhic.
Kevin L. Sedatole is the conductor of the MSU Wind Symphony. Photo by Harley Seeley.
Octavio Más-Arocas is the conductor of the MSU Symphony Orchestra. Photo by Harley Seeley.
