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Department of Music at MSU announces lineup of spring events, audition dates

Department of Music at MSU announces lineup of spring events, audition dates

Musicians play wind instruments at MSU'S All-Steinway celebration.
MSU鈥檚 music department is hosting a variety of concerts this spring that will showcase the talents of its faculty, students and guest artists. (Photo by Grace Cockrell)

Contact: Bethany Shipp

STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥擬ississippi 大象APP鈥檚 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聽.

The spring lineup includes:

鈥擣eb. 24, 7:30 p.m., Piano Faculty Recital, Recital Hall, Music Building, free

鈥擣eb. 27, 7:30 p.m., World Music featuring Benjamin Hunter, Recital Hall, Music Building, ticketed

鈥擬arch 31, 7:30 p.m., Flute Choir and Chamber Ensembles Concert, Recital Hall, Music Building, free

鈥擜pril 5, 1 p.m., Double Reed Day featuring Double Reed Studios, Kent Sills Band Hall and Music Building, free

鈥擜pril 6, 4 p.m., Violin Studio, Recital Hall, Music Building, free

鈥擜pril 8, 7:30 p.m., Clarinet Choir, Saxophone Quartet and Saxophone Ensemble Concert, Recital Hall, Music Building, free

鈥擜pril 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

鈥擜pril 22 and 24, 7:30 p.m., 鈥淥peratic Fusion鈥 Opera, Recital Hall, Music Building, ticketed

鈥擜pril 26, 10 a.m., Honors Piano Recital featuring Kowoon Lee, the Community Music School and Golden Triangle Music Forum, Recital Hall, Music Building, free

鈥擜pril 26, noon, guest artists and ensembles including the MSU Percussion Ensemble and Steel Band, Recital Hall, Music Building, free

鈥擬ay 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鈥檚 spring events is available at聽.

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 .

Designated an All-Steinway School, MSU鈥檚 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鈥檚 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 .

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