Student Bulletin: March 2025

Free Body Mapping Workshop with Dr. Judy Palac!

Join ASTA Spartan Chapter for an amazing opportunity to learn from Dr. Judy Palac in a FREE Body Mapping Workshop!

Sunday, March 30

4:00–6:00 PM

MSU College of Music

In collaboration with MASTA, ASTA Spartan Chapter is excited to offer this session to help musicians improve movement and prevent injury. Open to all—ASTA membership not required!

Spread the word and bring a friend!

Independent Project Funding for Music Grad Students! | due April 1

The College of Music seeks to fund graduate students who are working towards building their brand, business, or future career through project-based work. $600 awards will be given to accepted projects. Ideas could include:

• Launch a personal website for teaching/performing/composing
• Create a recital series or a concert tour
• Commission a work by an emerging composer (or create a commission consortium)
• Publish a method book or a collection of your arrangements
• Create a music video of your own work or a performance to improve your YouTube channel traction.
• Get new headshots or design a logo for your online presence
• Learn a new skill like audio editing or e-commerce marketing through an online course
• Record a piece, track, or EP for your YouTube or website
• Get Suzuki, Dalcroze, Alexander certification
• Invest in software or equipment to start a music-related business

Summer 2025 Unpaid Internship Funding | due April 6 at midnight

The Internship Opportunity Award program was established to encourage students who have demonstrated the capacity to accomplish educational and professional goals, the motivation to achieve these goals and the initiative to seek experiential learning opportunities to further progress toward their career. Awards of $1000 per awardee are available. The number of awards will be given based on available program funds and demonstrated student interest and need.

On March 15th, a student organization and service day was led by Sage Dole and Anna Young representing Tau Beta Sigma, Zeta Epsilon chapter. The group consisted of approximately 20 students who helped to clean and organize rooms and equipment at the Music and Music practice buildings. The group cleaned all the practice rooms, polished pianos, hung information/instruction signs, inventoried all music stands, chairs, and carts, repaired and serviced piano benches, music stands, and instrument lockers. The team is planning a second service day on April 12th.

THANK YOU!

The OSAS team is hosting Pop-Up Advising Sessions where students can ask questions on the spot and quickly create a course plan for the Fall. Stop by and visit Talitha, Mike, and Dan in the Billman Pavilion lobby on Friday, March 21, 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Three summer internship opportunities are being offered by the Running Start office:

Arts Internship Award Program

Live at Blue Llama Record Label

Intern

Due April 6

Blue Llama Jazz Club

Production Intern

Due April 6

Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival

Production & Artistic Operations Intern

Due April 6

Nicholas Dold

Please join us in welcoming our new Assistant Director of Career Services and Entrepreneurship in the College of Music Running Start Office, Nicholas (Nick) Dold. His work will encompass assisting in the creation and implementation of our annual Running Start programming, managing employer development and our experiential learning programs, a portion of career advising, and Running Start marketing and communications. Nick has enjoyed a versatile career as a performer, educator, and arts administrator.

Nick joined the College of Music staff on Monday, March 3. He will be TEMPORARILY located in Music Building Office 110 but will move to a space in the Music Practice Building this summer. Another announcement will be made when we have his permanent office location.

Meredith Bowen

The College of Music is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Meredith Bowen as assistant professor of choral conducting effective August 16, 2025. Dr. Bowen comes from Radford University where she is currently director of choral activities and associate director of the Virginia Governor’s School for the Visual and Performing Arts and Humanities. For more information about Dr. Bowen, please see her bio page. We look forward to welcoming her in August.

A reminder that the Rush Ticket Program is an offer of a free ticket to multiple College of Music concerts that is made available to Music majors only. Please be on the lookout for emails announcing concerts you can attend free of charge The latest offer is for the Woodward String Quartet.

Tickets are easily available in the Main Office, and the Main Office staff will assist with any questions you may have. Check out the Rush Ticket Program page for more details.