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(01/19/24 5:02pm)
Last night, Wharton Center Student Marketing Organization put on "Mammia Mia!" College Night, their last college night of the year. The event took place above the Grand Cobb Theatre before the showing of Broadway’s "Mammia Mia!". Students in attendance helped themselves to food and drinks, and heard from the show’s cast members in a Q&A segment.
(11/20/23 2:51am)
MSU’s Wharton Center for Performing Arts hosted the Lansing Symphony Orchestra and their performance of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone" in concert.
(11/22/23 4:29am)
Recently, the Recording Academy announced the nominees for the 2024 Grammy Awards. Nominees include artists and groups such as SZA, boygenius and Noah Kahan. Even containing hits from the 2023 summer film “Barbie," the list covered a wide variety of music spaces.For students at Michigan State University who frequently listen to music — whether during study sessions, between classes or while relaxing with friends — the awards could be a significant representation of the voices of their generation. Yet, arts and humanities freshman Ariana Watson said the awards were hardly on her radar.“I haven’t like watched them in a long time,” Watson said.To Watson, the meaning behind a song is what makes it remarkable; she said a focus on that may generate more interest in the famous award show overall.“I look for songs that just have like a really deep meaning,” Watson said. “Like Taylor Swift— she's great and she has like a lot of songs that have meanings so I understand that (nomination). I love Ice Spice, and yeah, she can win one, but maybe her songs should like have a little bit more meaning— but I get she makes like hype songs.”Computer science sophomore Devendra Tambat said all music is artistically valid, but made note of how complex pieces can be ruled out prematurely. While he recognised a few of the nominees, Tambat said, he wished the awards were more inclusive to different types of music.“With music like 100 gecs and all that, Poppy and Death Grips— it’s like to the untreated eye you can look at that and be like, ‘oh, it's not really real music, right,’” Tambat said. “No, it 100% is. That music is high quality because, as hard of a thing it is to realize, it takes a lot of inspiration from various forms of art.”Business management sophomore Simon VanderWall said if the Grammys are going to stay relevant, they have to consider what’s wanted by viewers. To him, the nominees felt disingenuous.“I think it’s a lot of publicity,” VanderWall said. “So it's interesting to see people win awards for, sometimes, not actually being good musicians, but more having good marketing.”Tambat said music is opinion based, so individuals shouldn’t place so much significance on an award show anyhow. He says people should just listen to what they like.“One of my favorite musicians is Poppy,” Tambat said. “It doesn't concern me if, you know, Poppy wins an award, doesn't win and award or whatnot. I just like their music.”
(11/06/23 6:37pm)
Whether you’re getting ready in the morning before classes, driving in your car after school, or pretty much anything in between, there’s a good chance you’re listening to music.
(10/27/23 7:48pm)
For 51 years, Lansing folk instrument shop, Elderly Instruments, has never lost its sound.
(11/02/23 8:13pm)
With the recent release of singer-songwriter Taylor Swift's album, "1989 (Taylor's Version)" and film, "Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour", Michigan State University students and swifties alike have had a lot of muscial content to engage with.
(10/22/23 8:43pm)
"Compound Kinetics," a female and non-binary-focused music group with ties to MSU, intends to create change in their community through performing. Chuck Mannino, a talent buyer and the owner of Mac’s, where the group will be performing soon, said he was proud to provide the space because he was a fan of the intentions behind the group.“(Their music is) about life and just all kinds of cool topics,” Mannino said. “It's cool to give them a place to have a show.”
(11/03/23 3:48pm)
In the 50-year history of hip-hop, N.W.A., Tupac and Kendrick Lamar have been three of the most influential and highly recognized artists. The albums solidifying each of them as musical genuineness — “Straight Outta Compton,” “All Eyez on Me” and “To Pimp a Butterfly” — all relate back to prevalent social issues the artists were affected by at that time.
(09/27/23 1:00pm)
After a long anticipated wait by her fans, singer-songwriter Olivia Rodrigo returned to stardom with the release of her sophomore album "Guts," which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 and showcased hits like "Vampire" and "bad idea right?"
(09/15/23 4:43pm)
The summer of 2023 has been a whirlwind for popular culture and feminism, with Taylor Swift's Era's Tour causing a small earthquake, "Barbie" making pink waves in the film industry and Beyoncé's Renaissance Tour projected to become the highest-grossing tour of a female artist ever.
(04/17/23 3:00pm)
Risky Studios, a rentable recording and content production studio, officially reopened on Saturday, April 15 after expanding its space.
(04/18/23 5:00pm)
The Stoopfest music festival is returning to Lansing for its sixth year, featuring over 100 artists from various genres, such as folk, ska, hip hop and comedy. The festival will take place on April 20 and 21 in various locations across Lansing's Eastside neighborhood.
(04/28/23 12:00pm)
The warmth from the sun runs across your skin as you rise from the sand and head towards the cool, refreshing water. The clear blue sky vanishes as it transforms into a watercolor of orange, yellow and pink hues.
(04/10/23 5:00pm)
Tickets are now on sale for the Wharton Center's 2023-'24 Broadway season, which begins on Tuesday, Oct. 3. Six Broadway productions, including musicals and a play will come to Michigan State University’s campus.
(03/29/23 6:30pm)
A unique blend of music genres was brought to the Breslin Center Tuesday night with a performance by indie-rock band Hippo Campus and singer, songwriter and rapper Danny Brown.
(03/21/23 7:11pm)
The Michigan State University College of Music will present Falstaff, an Elizabethan-era opera comedy, at Fairchild Theatre beginning Wednesday, March 22.
(03/13/23 2:00pm)
Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice. Say his name three times and he’ll appear in East Lansing.
(03/01/23 7:00pm)
The Black Violin Experience does not offer an average classical music performance. The violinists fuse different genres of music together, particularly hip-hop and classical music to create music over different genres. They play with a keyboardist, drummer and a DJ to bring the experience to the audience.
(02/09/23 6:00pm)
In early 2020, political science senior Zyair Ayanna went to California for the first time to help her cousin move into an apartment at UCLA. That same trip, she went to a studio where her cousin was modeling and was approached by a producer and engineer duo that was scouting out talent.
(02/08/23 4:00pm)
On Sunday, the Grammy Awards rolled out the red carpet to welcome some of the biggest stars and award the year’s most popular music. While many fans were excited to see their favorites win, other students were disappointed to see their icons snubbed.