MSU Bands

10/02/2026

Join us next Tuesday in the Wharton Center for our first MSU Concert and Campus Bands concert of the school year! Under the direction of Dr. Arris Golden and graduate conductors Dylan Teel and Emily Trapani, the program features music from Malcolm Arnold, Julie Giroux, Jorge Vargas, and more! Tickets and more information are available at the link below:

https://music.msu.edu/event/concert-band-and-campus-band-9/

09/22/2026

Symphony No. 8 | Movement I
David Maslanka
MSU Wind Symphony

09/22/2026

Join us this evening for the MSU Symphony Band's first concert of the school year! Link to livestream below or on our YouTube channel.

This performance features the MSU Symphony Band under the direction...

09/15/2026

MSU Bands would like to congratulate our very own Dr. Zhou Tian on winning the 2026 ABA Sousa/Ostwald Award for his Concerto for Alto Saxophone!

The Concerto will be performed by the UMKC Wind Ensemble at the 2027 American Bandmasters Association in Kansas City, MO.

Congratulations, Dr. Zhou!

09/15/2026

Join us Tuesday, September 22nd for the first MSU Symphony Band concert of the semester! Featuring works by Stamp, Dunton, Grainger, and Tull. Tickets and more information are available at the link below:

https://music.msu.edu/event/symphony-band-12/

08/31/2026

The Michigan State University Wind Symphony performs at Carnegie Hall in New York City on February 13, 2027! Tickets will go on sale to the general public in late fall.

REPERTOIRE:
Time Flies - David Biedenbender
Concerto for Alto Saxophone - Zhou Tian
Prof. Joseph Lulloff, guest artist
Candide Suite - Leonard Bernstein, arr. Clare Grundman
An Outdoor Overture - Aaron Copland
Concerto for Wind Ensemble - Steven Bryant

Go Green!

08/25/2026

Fall 2026 Ensemble Auditions begin this Thursday, August 27th in the Billman Music Pavilion! Happy practicing to all our new and returning students, and we’ll see you on Monday for the first day of classes! Go Green! 💚🤍

08/12/2026

We have immediate openings in clarinet, trombone, euphonium, and percussion for the 2026-2027 Spartan Youth Wind Symphony! Please contact Dana Sedatole at [email protected] for more information.

06/05/2026

The 20th Annual Michigan State University Conducting Symposium 💚🤍

06/02/2026

We are live for conducting symposium rounds on Mozart's Serenade in C minor!

Live Event