Concerts & Events
AUG 20
7:30 pm
Faculty Gala Recital
Old Main Auditorium
AUG 25
6:00 pm
Guest Artist: Andy Kruspe, Irish Bodhran Clinic
Percussion and World Music Building
SEP 8
8:00 am
Choral Colloquium: Workshops
Band and Choral Rehearsal Hall
SEP 8
8:00 pm
Choral Colloquium: Singers Concert
Bettersworth Auditorium - Lee Hall
Departmental News
Kathy Olsen, MSU Alumna, Makes Donation to Support Steinway Initiative
The MSU Department of Music recently recieved a new second concert grand piano donated by alumnus Kathy Olsen (pictured with Rose Sebba and Kathy's husband, Bob Olsen). The music department now has 11 Steinway pianos and will finalize the Steinway Initiative in the next two years. To learn more about the project, watch this...
Kappa Kappa Psi Names Regional Award In Honor of MSU Band Faculty Member
STARKVILLE, Miss.—Musicianship, leadership and service is the motto of Kappa Kappa Psi National Honorary Band Fraternity. An associate professor in Mississippi State’s Department of Music who exhibits those same characteristics is being honored by the organization in a special way. Craig Aarhus, the university’s senior associate director of bands, now is namesake of the Sponsor/Band Director...
Jason Baker Awarded Mississippi Arts Commission Grant
Associate Professor Jason Baker has been awarded a grant by the Mississippi Arts Commission to assist in programming a performance of Igor Stravinsky’s “L’Histoire du Soldat” (The Soldier’s Tale) at MSU in the spring of 2020. Composed in 1918, it is considered a cornerstone of 20th century concert repertoire. This performance will include Jeanette Fontaine (narrator), Barry Kopetz (conductor),...