MSU Federal Credit Union Showcase Series

This series features the depth and breadth of excellence within the College of Music through an eclectic range of performances by MSU artists and international guests.

The Showcase series is generously sponsored by the MSU Federal Credit Union.


2023–2024 Season Performances
 

Holiday Cheer with MSU Symphony Orchestra and Choirs

12/9 Saturday, 8:00 p.m.  
Cobb Great Hall, Wharton Center $$$

More than 200 members from MSU’s Symphony Orchestra and Choirs bring the joy and spirit of the season to life in this holiday music tradition. A concert for the entire family, a variety of holiday favorites are included, from Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker and Handel’s Messiah, to Anderson’s Sleigh Ride and an audience singalong. Jonathan Reed and Octavio Más-Arocas, conductors.

Generously sponsored by Interim President Teresa K. Woodruff, Ph.D., Thomas V. O’Halloran, Ph.D., Ann, John and Abby Lindley, and a donor family with the hope this concert touches our spirit and brings peace and joy to all this season and in the coming year.

A Jazzy Little Christmas

12/16 Saturday, 8:00 p.m.
Fairchild Theatre, MSU Auditorium $$$

Get your tickets early for one of our most popular concerts of the season as the MSU Professors of Jazz hand pick their holiday favorites and play them with a joy and creative interpretation that keeps audiences coming back year after year. Joined by special guests, Rodney Whitaker leads an all-star cast of master improvisers who can thrill and fill the hall with cheer.  

Generously sponsored by Joseph and Jeanne Maguire.

NOW Ensemble

3/7 Thursday, 7:30 p.m.
Fairchild Theatre, MSU Auditorium $$

NOW Ensemble is a dynamic group of instrumentalists featuring flute, clarinet, electric guitar, piano, and bass. A core part of NOW Ensemble’s mission has been collaborative work with emerging composers around the world. This concert will feature the world premiere of their most recent collaboration with Michigan-based composer Griffin Candey. The piece focuses on the quiet nostalgia for small hometowns and the way they shape us as people. Candey aims to explore this relationship and how he has navigated it throughout his upbringing in Michigan.

NOW Ensemble is a guest artist of the MSU Federal Credit Union Entrepreneurial Musical Artist in Residence Program.

Barbara Wagner Chamber Music Competition Showcase

4/6 Saturday, 6:00 p.m. 
Fairchild Theatre, MSU Auditorium $

NOW Ensemble is a dynamic group of instrumentalists featuring flute, clarinet, electric guitar, piano, and bass. A core part of NOW Ensemble’s mission has been collaborative work with emerging composers around the world. This concert will feature the world premiere of their most recent collaboration with Michigan-based composer Griffin Candey. The piece focuses on the quiet nostalgia for small hometowns and the way they shape us as people. Candey aims to explore this relationship and how he has navigated it throughout his upbringing in Michigan.

This chamber music competition program and concert are generously sponsored by Barbara E. Wagner.

Piano Monster

5/5 Sunday, 3:00 p.m.
Fairchild Theatre, MSU Auditorium $$$

From the sublime to a monstrous thunder, the piano speaks, and the possibilities are endless when it is under the hands of masterful artists. In this family-friendly event, four grand pianos share the stage, commanded by multiple pianists whose medley of classical selections highlights multi-artist combinations, including piano four-hands. This year’s program will feature the classic children’s fairytale, Peter and the Wolf, by Sergei Prokofiev, part of an unforgettable musical experience at the Fairchild Theatre.  

Generously sponsored by Andrea L. Wulf.