Music Faculty and Student Presented at the 65th College Music Society National Conference

MSU faculty at CMSN conference

MSU Department of Music had a strong presence at the College Music Society 65th National Conference at Long Beach - CA. Dr. Jenna Klein presented a poster “Piano Majors’ Relationship with Repertoire by Women Composers and Composers of Color”. Prof. Sheri Falcone and Drs. Denise Rowan and Rosângela Sebba performed a recital “Underrepresented Brazilian Composers: Arrangements for Clarinet, Bassoon and Piano” works arranged for the trio by Dr. Sebba. The highlight was the presentation of MSU Piano/Voice BME major Desmond Henderson “Florence Price’s Summer Moon: Classical and Jazz Music Synthesized.” The only undergraduate student selected out of 251 applications from around the US schools of music.