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.
State Singers explore personal and collective truths through choral works, while University Chorale highlights Jewish musical traditions with pieces by Rossi, Hensel, Kesselman, and Panufnik, concluding with Alex Berko’s Sacred Place, conducted by Derrick Fox and Sandra Snow.
Get on your feet for this high-energy night of swing! MSU Jazz Orchestras deliver timeless charts and toe-tapping rhythms from jazz’s greatest composers.
Internationally renowned clarinetist and saxophonist Anat Cohen brings her captivating artistry to this series finale, joined by MSU Jazz Orchestra I, the Professors of Jazz, and the Outstanding High School Jazz Band of the Day for a high-energy celebration of jazz collaboration and excellence.
Top high school bands from across the region gather for a full day of performance and competition, presenting works by Duke Ellington and other legends before a panel of Jazz at Lincoln Center clinicians and professional jazz artists.
Six contemporary works explore darkness and light, featuring a new song cycle by MSU composer David Biedenbender, alongside music by today’s leading voices.
Four-event series includes swing dance, high school jazz competition, and a finale concert with an internationally acclaimed guest artist.
Unique concert celebrates American music and composers.
Annual showcase concert features six student groups competing for top prizes.
MSU Opera Theatre close out the season with Puccini and Rossini Double Bill.
Multi-GRAMMY nominated artist returns as MSU Federal Credit Union Jazz Artist in Residence.
Guest artist Haiqiong Deng joins MSU musicians for fifth annual celebration.
Guest ensemble appears in two concerts and a weeklong residency
The calendar of events runs from September through early May and will feature a rich variety of superb classical and jazz performances by exceptional artists including faculty, students, acclaimed visiting musicians, and cutting-edge new music groups. Tickets go on sale on August 20.
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