Student Bulletin: April 2025

Important notice about theft

We regret to inform you that there continue to be incidents involving the theft of personal belongings from practice rooms and spaces when items were left unattended. We strongly encourage all students to keep personal items with them at all times and to avoid leaving belongings unsecured or in plain view.

Additionally, we urge everyone to remain vigilant. If you observe any suspicious behavior or situations, please report them immediately. While we strive to maintain a safe and secure environment, no individual or location is entirely immune to theft. It is a shared responsibility to safeguard our possessions and to support one another in fostering a secure community.

Important end of academic year details

Lockers and Keys

All lockers must be cleared out and all keys – locker and otherwise – returned to the Main Office by 5:00 p.m., Friday, May 2.

Instruments

All inventory instruments borrowed for methods classes or other uses must be returned on or before Friday, May 2. If an instrument is needed over the summer or if you have questions, contact Reed Fitzpatrick at music.inventory@msu.edu.

Summer Hours

Beginning, Monday, May 5, Music buildings will be open from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. No building access after 10:00 p.m., so please plan accordingly if you will be in the area and expect to use the facilities.

Running Start is here for you all summer!

Throughout the summer months, Running Start career advisors remain available for consultation. If you have thoughts or questions about your career and don’t want to wait until fall, advisors Emily Henly and Nick Dold remain available for career advising appointments of any type.

Make an appointment through Handshake or email Emily and/or Nick directly to set something up!

MSU College of Music Microinternships

Summer 2025

Applications due April 20 by 11:59 PM

The Running Start office partners with various organizations to provide 1-3 microinternships throughout the summer. These internships are project-based work that builds transferable skills in arts administration, with flexibility built into this program to lend itself to allow students to complete an internship simultaneously with their other summer obligations. Applications are announced through the Running Start newsletter/Bathroom Bulletin and on social media. The following three internships will be offered for the Summer 2025 Season, accessed via the Handshake hyperlinks below:

MSU CoM New Student Orientation (NSO) Microinternship
We are seeking a dynamic and enthusiastic New Student Orientation Intern to join our team. This role is perfect for someone who is passionate about helping others, enjoys working in a team, and has strong organizational skills. As an intern, you will play a key role in planning, coordinating, and executing orientation activities for new students.

DSO Equity Champion Interactive Site Microinternship
The HR team is creating an interactive internal employee site (Teams/SharePoint or similar) to increase awareness of and engagement in DEI educational and culture-building experiences. This site will provide tracking of key initiatives to show progress and achievements in building an inclusive culture, and be interactive to promote sharing and communication. The intern would:

• Review and provide basic analysis of data provided to determine effective ways to visualize and communicate information on the site
• Run reports, create site content, and document processes utilized to collect and convert data
• Monitor industry and community leaders for innovative practices, nature of outcomes, and potential collaborations; share benchmarking information

DSO Discography & Recordings Web Page Microinternship
The DSO recently released its first recording with Music Director Jader Bignamini of Wynton Marsalis’s Blues Symphony on the PENTATONE label. In conjunction with the release and a potential GRAMMY campaign for the recording later this year, the Communications department wants to create a comprehensive discography of all commercial recordings the DSO has released. The orchestra’s first recordings were released as 78rpm vinyl singles by the Victrola label in 1928, so the project would encompass compiling information on nearly a century of DSO records! Learn more at the job posting link.

OSAS Lobby Takeover

Tues. April 22nd from 10AM-12:30PM in the Billman Lobby

At the final OSAS Lobby Takeover of the year, you’ll have access to food, community, and…

• Drop-in Academic Advising to make sure your schedule is set for Fall 2025!
• Health and Wellness Resources to support you as make it through the end of the semester!
• AND drop-in, express career coaching on job interview best practices!

Don’t miss out on this opportunity to wrap up your semester AND eat some yummy food!

ATTENTION

Facilities will be performing locker maintenance on Saturday, April 12^th from 8am – noon. Lockers must be opened to realign doors, replace nuts and bolts, and lubricate locks and hinges. Please remove valuable or fragile items.

Contact facilities coordinator Tom March with questions:

Email – marcht@msu.edu
Phone/Text – 517-410-4630

Questions are frequently asked about borrowing cameras and other recording equipment, so a new student resource now exists to direct students to the many options outlined in existing resources on this site as well as an option outside of the college.

Borrowing Recording Tools

Support other MSU musicians by cheering them on at the fifth annual Barbara Wagner Chamber Music Competition!

This dynamic showcase of final performances, featuring the announcement of winners who receive cash prizes and professional opportunities, is happening this Sunday, April 6 starting at 1:00 p.m. in Cook. This fun-filled event combines the beauty of outstanding performances with the excitement of competition. It is free, and you are welcome to say for as long as you are able. 

Here are the Competing Groups!

Click the links below to preview group portraits and bios (PDF).

Altamira, percussion quartet
Angel Hernandez, Isaac Hinshaw, Cadence Miller, and Margaret Parker

Brown Squirrel, brass quintet
Brian Wiik, tuba; Zora Alfredson, horn; Calvin Pfund, trumpet; Korie Brewer, trombone; Spencer Clark, trumpet

Jordan 5, brass quintet
Natalia Vela, trumpet; Anderson Johnson, tuba; Kaley Rodriguez, trumpet; Alex Delperdang, horn; Jordan Dove, trombone

Lono, saxophone quartet
Nathan Jasper, soprano sax; Emma Allen, alto sax; Owen Kilpatrick, tenor sax; Haruka Taguchi, bari sax

Moderno Trio, chamber trio
Leonid Tsoy, violin; Shaoqian Wang, clarinet; and Myungseo Kenzie Kim, piano

Odigo, saxophone quartet
Spencer Cox, soprano saxophone; Stephen Michaels, alto saxophone; Diego Chapela-Perez, tenor saxophone; Michael Keeler, baritone saxophone