MSUM Orchestra in concert April 30

Sunday, April 30 | 4 p.m. | Weld Hall Glasrud Auditorium The Minnesota State University Moorhead Orchestra will present an “East Side Meets West Side” concert at 4 p.m. Sunday, April 30 in Weld Hall Glasrud Auditorium. The Orchestra will perform a variety of works by Bernstein, Capuzzi Rutter, Schroeder. Tickets are available at mnstate.edu/tickets or purchase at the door.

Upcoming MSUM Concerts

MSUM will host three upcoming concerts by the MSUM Wind Ensemble, Orchestra, and Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Combo. Tickets for the public performances can be purchased at the door and at mnstate.edu/tickets.    Friday, Nov. 18 | 7:30 p.m. | Center for the Arts Hansen Theatre The MSUM Wind Ensemble presents its fall concert with music by Brian Balmages, Steve Danyew, Gustav Holst, […]

All choirs and orchestra in concert Dec. 6

MSUM presents its seasonal all choirs and orchestra concert Friday, Dec. 6 at 7:30 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church, 650 2nd Avenue North, Fargo. It will feature the Concert Choir, Men’s Choir and Women’s Choir, directed by Daniel Mahraun, and the University Orchestra, directed by Christina Chen-Beyers. Guest soloist is 2006 MSUM alumnus John DeCausmeaker, who will be portraying Saint […]

Cage Against Machine April 3

Cage Against the Machine with the MSUM Percussion Ensemble Sunday night! Join the MSUM Percussion Ensemble in a recreation of a 1960’s “happening” at the
 beautiful Plains Art Museum this Sunday night, April 3rd from 7:30-9:30pm!  Hear 
the avant-garde music of John Cage and the minimalist music of Gavin Bryars 
performed by the University Orchestra along with radios, breaking glass, […]

Moss conducts inaugural Georgia Orchestra

Kirk Moss, associate professor of music and director of orchestral activities and string education, guest conducted the inaugural Georgia All-College Orchestra on Friday, January 29. Held in Savannah in conjunction with the Georgia Music Educators Association Annual In-Service Conference, the event attracted students from ten different colleges and universities. While there, Moss also presented a showcase conference session for his publisher, Alfred Music. Entitled, “The Perfect Method Book: Fact or Fiction,” the session described Alfred’s newest method book series for school bands and orchestras. Moss is a member of the author team for the series.