Department of Music announces lineup of spring events, audition dates
Mississippi State’s Department of Music is hosting a variety of concerts this spring, showcasing the talents of its students, faculty and guest artists.
Select events are ticketed to provide much-needed resources for creative programming, guest artist honorariums, technical and academic support services, and sheet music. For box office information for each event, visit www.music.msstate.edu/events.
The spring lineup includes:
-- Feb. 24, 7:30 p.m., Piano Faculty Recital, Recital Hall, Music Building, free
-- Feb. 27, 7:30 p.m., World Music featuring Benjamin Hunter, Recital Hall, Music Building, ticketed
-- March 31, 7:30 p.m., Flute Choir and Chamber Ensembles Concert, Recital Hall, Music Building, free
-- April 5, 1 p.m., Double Reed Day featuring Double Reed Studios, Kent Sills Band Hall and Music Building, free
-- April 6, 4 p.m., Violin Studio, Recital Hall, Music Building, free
-- April 8, 7:30 p.m., Clarinet Choir, Saxophone Quartet and Saxophone Ensemble Concert, Recital Hall, Music Building, free
-- April 15, 7:30 p.m., Faculty Piano Trio Recital featuring Serena Scibelli (violin), Amy Catron (cello) and Sophie Wang (piano), Recital Hall, Music Building, free
-- April 22 and 24, 7:30 p.m., “Operatic Fusion” Opera, Recital Hall, Music Building, ticketed
-- April 26, 10 a.m., Honors Piano Recital featuring Kowoon Lee, the Community Music School and Golden Triangle Music Forum, Recital Hall, Music Building, free
-- April 26, noon, guest artists and ensembles including the MSU Percussion Ensemble and Steel Band, Recital Hall, Music Building, free
-- May 3, 10 a.m. and 11:30 a.m., Community Music School recitals, Recital Hall, Music Building, free
A complete listing of the Department of Music’s spring events is available at www.music.msstate.edu/events.
High school seniors and community college transfer students interested in majoring in music or participating in an MSU ensemble as a non-music major may audition Feb. 22, March 14-15 and April 4.
Weekday auditions also are available by appointment. Additional information is available at www.music.msstate.edu/future-students/undergraduate/auditions-and-scholarships.
Designated an All-Steinway School, MSU’s Department of Music is housed in a $21 million, state-of-the-art facility equipped with sound-proof practice rooms, a high-tech recording studio, an acoustically advanced lecture-recital hall, more than $3.5 million in Steinway pianos and more.
MSU’s College of Education, home of the Department of Music, also includes four additional academic departments, a division of education, one research unit and numerous service units. Learn more at www.educ.msstate.edu.
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Bethany Shipp | College of Education
