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Yu Xin, violin

Michigan State University

Michael Keeler, saxophone

First Saturday means Family Day at the MSU Broad Art Museum! Make creative connections with our exhibitions through free hands-on and interactive family fun throughout the museum. Join us as we explore many ways you can create art through weaving. No glue, paint, or paper needed!

Family Day: WEAVE

Kevin Cawley, harp

Leonid Tsoy, violin

Gerson Medina, viola

Te-Fen Cheng, clarinet

Adrianne Evans, double bass

Jiwoon Sim, piano

Gabriel Sanchez, flute

Jake Weichert, double bass

Professor of Music from the University of North Texas, Torgbui Midawo Gideon Foli Alorwoyie leads the Afrikania Cultural Troupe showcasing traditional drumming and dance from Ghana, West Africa.

Gideon Alorwoyie and the Afrikania Cultural Troupe

Yifan Liu, clarinet

Symphony Band with Spartan Youth Wind Symphony

Erin Dowler, clarinet

The MSU Symphony Orchestra shares the stage with Choral Union, State Singers, and University Chorale to perform a panoramic program depicting different aspects of the sea. Ralph Vaughan Williams used text from poems by Walt Whitman including "The Waves" and "On the Beach at Night, Alone" for his magnificent A Sea Symphony, (Symphony No. 1). The final ripple of the program presents beauty and wonder with Benjamin Britten's Four Sea Interludes. Octavio Más-Arocas and Sally Yu, conductors.

Symphony Orchestra & MSU Choirs: Songs of the Sea

Patrick Mulligan, euphonium

MIchael Ethier, saxophone

Ben Kessler and Maura Drinkert, percussion

Amira Coleman, voice

Owen Robinson, saxophone

Nathan Marsh, oboe

Seth Lambert, euphonium

Members of MSU's Percussion Ensemble perform a variety of traditional Congolese drumming on instruments that are unique to music from the African Diaspora.

African Diaspora Percussion Ensemble

Gerardo de la Torre, voice

Wind Symphony

Jie Zuo, piano

Elene Kobulashvili, piano

Yu-Hsin Wu, cello

Jungmin Lee, violin

Sierra Watson, bassoon

Trombone Studio Recital

Jeffrey Allardyce, saxophone

Manyl Zhang, double bass

Presenting a musical journey through the magical and wonderous works of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's The Magic Flute Overture and Ottorino Respighi's Belkis, Regina dé Saba. The concert program will also include the winning work from the annual Jere Hutcheson Composition Competition.

Concert Orchestra: Fairytales and Legends

Chamber ensembles in a concert designed to serve the needs of individuals on the autism spectrum or people with sensory sensitivities.

Sensory Friendly Concert

Jookhyun Kim, piano

Qianshan Yun, piano

Jiajing Fang, viola

Experience the musical harmonies and tempos of "El ritmo de las Américas" (Rhythm from the Americas), a concert that highlights composers of Latin American descent. The program features recent and new works by MSU Professor of Composition Ricardo Lorenz, Javier Alvarez, Paul Desenne, Gabriela Lena Frank, and more. Katherine Kilburn and Sally Yu, conductors.

Musique 21: Rhythm from the Americas

Program includes Soir sur la plaine by Lili Boulanger, My Lord What a Mornin' by Henry Burleigh, Credo from Missa Purificationis, Jan Dismas Zelenka's ZWV 16, and excerpts from The Passing of the Year by Jonathan Dove. Alex Gerleman, conductor.

Chamber Choir: Belief in Goodness

Mattie Pennington, horn

Katherine Pilbeam, horn

Divira Pahwa, voice

Ben Merte, double bass

Riley Piazzun, voice

Jazz Spectacular Finale Concert

Shaoqian Wang, clarinet

Aurora Krueger, voice

Arianna Argentiem, voice

Michael Kirby, tuba

Maxwell Kowal, composition

Voice and piano concert

Cellist Suren Bagratuni brings to life Johann Sebastian Bach's Six Cello Suites in honor of his 339th birthday. These highly regarded compositions are considered the most celebrated and immortalized instrumental works and Bach's greatest musical achievement. With each suite containing six movements, they are a musical marathon that takes the audience on a dance-like journey of classical Baroque.

Happy Birthday, Bach!

Dylan Myers, bassoon

Ursula Glasmacher, viola

Jazz Nonets

Endi Chen, violin

Nathan Salazar, saxophone

Emilia Teed, flute

Yingyi Xu, piano

The audience will find it hard not to get up and dance as three jazz orchestras perform the repertoire of the great jazz masters as well as swing in this high-energy concert.

Swing Dance

Noah Meinecke, clarinet

Brass Quintet Recital - John Danziger

Hsin-Jen Yang, violin

Xiaojie Ji and Jiayin Zhang, tenor

Jiayin Zhang, piano

Mosaic performs contemporary treble choral repertoire while tenor and bass repertory is explored by the Singing Spartans. Sandra Snow and Jonathan Reed, conductors.

Mosaic and Singing Spartans

In 1924, the world mourned the passing of several renowned composers, including Giacomo Puccini and Ferruccio Busoni of Italy, Gabriel Fauré of France, Victor Herbert of the United States, and Cecil Sharp of the United Kingdom. These influential giants bridged the Romantic Era with the rise of the modern Classical Era, and all left an indelible mark with songs that are still celebrated today. In the 100th anniversary year of their passing, vocal artists from the College of Music faculty honor these composers in a concert that explores some of their greatest operatic works and arias.

Con Amore: Puccini and More

Aaron Longuski, cello

Philip Roragen, piano

Morgan Gold and Mitchell Augenstein, tuba

Chang Li - Yihe Wang, piano

Helen Hanchin, flute

Madi LaJoice and Joshua Mostyn, voice

Sam Tuttle, tuba

Yoojin Choi, piano

The annual juried Barbara Wagner Chamber Music Competition concludes with this energetic showcase of the finalists, resulting in the exciting announcement of the winners who earn a cash prize and professional opportunities. Performers and composers selected by a distinguished panel of external jurors prepare for the next step in their music careers, and audiences can participate by voting for the People's Choice Award. A fun-filled evening, the showcase offers the beauty of excellent performances and the thrill of a competition.

Barbara Wagner Chamber Music Competition Showcase

Justin Gembarski, tuba

Featuring graduates from 2002 to present, former students of MSU Professor of Trombone Ava Ordman perform a variety of works written for trombone choir.

Trombone Alumni Concert

Matt Weber, bassoon

Sibbi Bernhardsson Masterclass

State Singers and University Chorale

Xiaoyi Zhong, piano

Myungseo Kim, piano

Kelly Bohan, piano

Anna Jesko, voice

Spencer Cox, saxophone

Jennifer Ornelas, horn

Andrew Buckley, clarinet

Sunah Jeong, piano

Manyi Zhang, double bass

Premieres IV - Composition

A wide-ranging program of historical and contemporary music from the soprano and alto repertory and music that echos issues of our time. Katy Green and Mariana Romero-Serra, conductors

Viridis and Campus Choir

To celebrate the end of the school year, join The Burgess Institute for ESIP at The College of Law Lawn from 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. ET for free Groovy Donuts & Coffee. See you there!

Michigan State University College of Music

May 27, 2024

Yu Xin, violin

May 16, 2024

Michael Keeler, saxophone

Michigan State University College of Music