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.
The Worthington Family Foundation Opera Theatre Season presents the sweeping American drama The Grapes of Wrath, a mid-season gala of arias and scenes in A Celebration of the Beautiful Voice, and a spring pairing of comic brilliance with Rossini’s La Cambiale di Matrimonio and Puccini’s Suor Angelica. All opera productions feature the MSU Symphony Orchestra performing in the pit.
Celebrate the artistry of opera at MSU’s annual gala, featuring graduate students from the Vocal Arts Program performing powerful arias and scenes from classic favorites to modern masterpieces.
MSU Opera Theatre’s spring double bill presents two powerful one-act operas—Rossini’s comedic La Cambiale di Matrimonio and Puccini’s tragic Suor Angelica—exploring themes of family, obligation, and sacrifice through contrasting musical styles and emotional depth.
MSU Opera Theatre’s spring double bill presents two powerful one-act operas—Rossini’s comedic La Cambiale di Matrimonio and Puccini’s tragic Suor Angelica—exploring themes of family, obligation, and sacrifice through contrasting musical styles and emotional depth.
MSU Opera Theatre’s spring double bill presents two powerful one-act operas—Rossini’s comedic La Cambiale di Matrimonio and Puccini’s tragic Suor Angelica—exploring themes of family, obligation, and sacrifice through contrasting musical styles and emotional depth.
MSU Opera Theatre’s spring double bill presents two powerful one-act operas—Rossini’s comedic La Cambiale di Matrimonio and Puccini’s tragic Suor Angelica—exploring themes of family, obligation, and sacrifice through contrasting musical styles and emotional depth.