Music education senior and instructor at the camp Liz James was given the task of teaching the campers choreography to the song they have been learning throughout the duration of the camp.
Class is in session, and the word for the day is “cohesion.” When asked for the definition, the students stare back blankly at the teacher, unsure of how to answer.? But this is no English class.
Among MSU’s many registered student organizations, the Guitar Club is one that might have a quiet voice in publicity, but a loud one in musical sound.?On Friday evenings inside Holmes and Bessey Halls’ classrooms, one can hear the sound of an amplifier’s feedback and then any kind of Rock n’ Roll.
Luyi Han can read Mandarin Chinese, English and music — but he has found the latter more easily understood across continental lines.
A new on-campus series “Music in the Neighborhoods” launched Sunday evening at the Lunar New Year celebration in McDonel Hall.
People of all ages played instruments and learned about what the Community Music School has to offer at an open house on Sunday.
In the midst of East Lansing’s Saturday night snow storm, dozens of local residents gathered together at the Orchard Street Pump House listening room to hear three folk musicians sing the night away. Michigan-based singers Drew Howard, Josh Rose and Matt Dmits took the stage around 7 p.m. Silence swept over the room as the performers entertained the crowd with singing, guitar-playing and a few jokes.
As a student at MSU, Amber Teunis had little exposure to teaching children with special needs.? But when she began working as a music therapist at the MSU Community Music School, or CMS, the alumna discovered a whole new side of teaching.? Now a music therapist at CMS, Teunis assists music therapy program director Cindy Edgerton with several programs, including “Together … Let’s Jam!,” a walk-in session held monthly and sponsored by the Capital Area Down Syndrome Association.
As the semester comes to a close, 20 students enrolled in an MSU song writing course will have a chance to display their musical skills during a live concert. The students come from diverse musical backgrounds, said professor John Kratus, who teaches the course. From rapping to heavy metal, the students touch almost every genre of music, then compose and perform their pieces for classmates.
The Wharton Center hummed with Bollywood fever Saturday night as the cast members of this year’s Sargam took the stage in a vibrant display of Indian culture. Sargam is the Indian Students Organization’s annual song-and-dance show that features students acting and dancing to popular Hindi songs.
A group of MSU students known as the Nate Woodring Trio jazzed up (SCENE) Metrospace Wednesday night, bringing musical life through the drums and bass East Lansing. The show featured jazz studies senior Nate Woodring on drums, jazz studies sophomore Runere Brooks on bass and jazz studies graduate student Corey Kendrick on piano.
Media and information freshman Peter Burroughs has always had an interest in art and, according to a new study done by MSU researchers, the time he has put into his artwork might be a wise investment.
The MSU College of Music is aiming to expand and promote music with a new jazz studies artist in residence program, which ran Oct 14-19 and will continue four times a year.
MSU assistant professor Joanna Bosse has lived in many university towns, but said she’s experienced the most animosity between students and residents during her time in East Lansing. By running for the East Lansing City Council this fall, she hopes to use her experience interacting with both constituencies to help bridge the gap between town and gown.
As the ‘80s hit “Maniac” played in Brody Hall, bystanders were caught off guard as members of the MSU Dance Club and Wharton Center Student Marketing Organization broke out in a “Flashdance” rendition. The neon-shirted flash mob wandered into Brody Wednesday and performed a choreographed routine to promote “Flashdance the Musical” coming to Wharton Center Oct.
Lansing’s Old Town was immersed in the mournful crooning of harmonicas, the sweet plucking of guitars, and the thunderous beat of drums this past weekend during the annual BluesFest.
Many see Greg Robertson on Grand River Avenue during the week strumming his guitar and singing a folk song.
Country boys and girls from Lansing and beyond gathered to hear melodic, sweat-drenched and Michigan-made musicians Gunnar & the Grizzly Boys on Sept. 14 The Loft. As folk, rock and country poured from the downtown Lansing venue, patrons danced, drank and reveled in the sound of well-tuned guitars and gritty ballads that concert-goers said could only be found in Michigan.
When the Common Ground Music Festival began in downtown Lansing, it originally focused on classic rock, but as the festival progresses into its 14th year, it now headlines some of the nation’s brightest stars along with upcoming local and regional talent. “We bring in a wide variety of diverse acts of all types of music,” said Scott Keith, board chair of Center Park Productions.
For East Lansing resident Irene Blanchard, music is “an expression of a happy heart.”