New arrangements of popular hits, powerful solos, complex harmonies, vocal percussion and choreography will arrive at MSU this weekend as a cappella groups from across the Midwest compete in a vocal showdown.
More than 15 years ago The Verve Pipe could be found practicing in a small storage unit just north of East Lansing. This weekend, the platinum-selling band returned home for a concert with a larger stage and a few hundred more fans at The Small Planet, 16800 Chandler Road.
If you frequent concerts in East Lansing, chances are you have been to a Fusion Show.
Tickets for the 11th annual Common Ground Music Festival are now on sale for the seven-day event. As of Monday, tickets for the July 12-18 event are on sale for $93. Ticket prices will increase to $99 on July 1.
Three faculty members from the MSU Community Music School will put on a free concert at 5:30 p.m. on Sunday at the Turner-Dodge House, 100 E. North St., in Lansing.
A gun was fired at Wharton Center during the College of Music’s MSU’s Home For The Holidays concert Saturday night — a pop gun, that is.
A diverse blend of local, regional and national bands played for an intimate Black Friday crowd.
Walter Verdehr, professor of violin at the MSU College of Music, will be holding a recital at 6 p.m. Sunday at Hart Recital Hall (Rm. 125) in the Music Building.
After ticket prices were announced Monday for U2’s June 30 Spartan Stadium concert, students said they expect the “lower priced” event to be a hit.
With its unique sounds, dance-inspiring vibes and driving “four on the floor” beat, electronic music has found a place in the Lansing area and only is getting bigger as four local artists start a musician’s collective called LEAK, the Lansing Electronic Artist Kollection.
Loune, an East Lansing-based band and an act with strong MSU ties, held an EP release show Wednesday night at (SCENE) Metrospace, 110 Charles St.
Select students from Michigan high schools will join the MSU Symphony Orchestra at 8 p.m. Saturday at Wharton Center.
A student collaboration with one of the most respected Mexican bands in the world hit the Music Building Auditorium stage Thursday night, and not only exposed audience members to Mexican folk music, but musical styles from around the world.
The ensemble “Trio con Brio” will be playing in concert as part of the Lansing Symphony Chamber Series at 3 p.m. Nov. 15 at Plymouth Congregational Church, 2001 Grand River Ave., in Lansing.
MSU’s Next Job Idol contest began Sunday and students have until the end of the month to enter.
The Lansing Symphony Orchestra’s presentation of Masterworks 2: Into the Heavens, which will be performed by the University Chorale, State Singers and Choral Union at 8 p.m. on Saturday at Wharton Center.
As part of the celebration for the Julian Samora Research Institute’s 20th anniversary, the MSU Graduate Brass Quintet will perform with the Grammy-nominated Chicago folk group Sones de México.
I had high hopes for the Trans-Siberian Orchestra performance Monday night. I imagined a vast visual spectacular. However, I walked away with mixed feelings — and a bit of disappointment.
The recently released “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” soundtrack might have sold 153,000 copies in its first week of release (claiming No. 1 on the Billboard 200) however, it fails to measure up to the previously released soundtrack of the first installment of the “Twilight” series.
U2 will rock Spartan Stadium next summer. The internationally-known rock group has confirmed a June 30 concert for summer 2010 as a part of its U2 360 tour.