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The School of Performing Arts offers many opportunities to attend live music performances each year. You can get your tickets online and stream live online.

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November 2025 Schedule

Day of Percussion

Day of Percussion
Saturday, November 1, 2025 | All Day
Ballroom, Comstock Memorial Union

"Fuego Tropical" Steel Drum Ensemble & visiting guest steelbands with the Jonathan Scales Fourchestra
Saturday, November 1, 2025 | 4:30 pm
Ballroom, Comstock Memorial Union

Jonathan Scales Fourchestra

Jonathan Scales Fourchestra (MSUM Performing Arts Series)
Saturday, November 1, 2025 | 7:30 pm
Hansen Theatre, Roland Dille Center for the Arts

Veering from in-your-face, jaw dropping chops and passion, to those quiet moments when the background noise disappears and you hold your breath to take in a soundscape of solitude, the power trio of electric bass (E'Lon JD), drums (Maison Guidry), and steel pans (Jonathan Scales) combines elements of jazz, classical, and progressive rock, peppered with Latin rhythms and soulful outbursts of funk.

Grand Finale Concert Program

Percussion Day
Grand Finale Concert Program

St. Mary's Central High School - Hammerhead Steel Band
Bismarck, ND
Matt Prindiville, director

Black Olives

CJ Menge

Heartland

Tom Miller

Easy Does It

Chris Tanner

University of St. Scholastica - Saints Steel Band
Duluth, MN
Jeremy Craycraft, director

Interstellar Theme Song

Hans Zimmer
Arr. Jeremy Craycraft

Conscious Chutney

Liam Teague

Pan-Handlers Steel Band
Minneapolis, MN
Chris Belich, director

Believer

Neil Diamond,
Arr. Olin Edwards

Play One for Keith

Andy Narell

Let's Go Crazy

Prince,
Arr. Chris Belich

The MSUM World Percussion Ensemble and Steelband - Fuego Tropical
Moorhead, MN
Dr. Kenyon Williams, director

Birthday Party

Len “Boogsie” Sharpe,
Arr. Shelly Irvine
&
Steve Popernack

Denmark

Gideon Freudmann,
Arr. Kenyon Williams

Mass Steelband Selections with the Jonathan Scales Fourchestra

Jam We Did

Jonathan Scales,
arr. Kenyon Williams

Heart Engineer

Jonathan Scales,
arr. Matt Ehlers
&
Kenyon Williams

Make Things Happen

Jonathan Scales,
arr. Matt Ehlers
&
Kenyon Williams

Percussion Day Grand Finale Concert Roster

St. Mary’s Central High School Hammerhead Steel Band Performers

Arndt, Joseph

Bakken, Adison

Brash, Anna

Chilumbu, Elise

Churchill, Joey

Dasovick, Emilee

Dasovick, Lily

Emmel, Lucy

Heen, Thomas

Heick, Ramona

Holzer, Joseph

Holzer, Matthew

Huntington, Owen

Jilek, Clare

Konieczka, Ethan

Krebs, Leah

Prindiville, Claire

Prindiville, Luke

Schmidt, Allison

Scott, Adam

St. Scholastica Saints Steel Band Performers

Benjamin Brach

Susanna Brown

Amanda Jelinski

Dax LaVigne

Hannah Wohler

Pan-Handlers Steel Band Performers

Olin Edwards

Kelly Elizas

Stephen Exarhos

Peyton Green

Emily Herold

 

Kate Hildebrant

Jeremy Kunkel

Andrew Martin

Sam Randall

Jim Swanson

MSUM Fuego Tropical Performers

Callum DCamp, West Fargo, ND

Aidan Kolehmainen, Monticello, MN

Zian Loe, Las Vegas, NV

Annika Lukken, Battle Lake, MN

Leah Meyer, West Fargo, ND

 

Siena Newland, Harwood, ND

Julia Putt, Minot, ND

Carter Reburn, Moorhead, MN

Eva Stoeckel, St. Cloud, MN

Jacob Voxland, Shakopee, MN

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Fall 2025 Piano Ensemble Concert

Piano Potpourri
Piano Ensemble Concert
Sunday, November 2, 2025 | 7:30 pm
Fox Recital Hall, Roland Dille Center for the Arts

The Minnesota State Moorhead Piano Ensemble will perform works by Bach, Beethoven, Rachmaninoff, Mussorgsky and more.

Piano Ensemble Fall Concert Program & Roster

MSUM Piano Ensemble Fall Concert Program
Piano Potpourri

Little Fugue in G Minor

J. S. Bach,
arr. A. Mercer

Elijah Gress, McKenzie Lee, Olivia Swanson, Audrey Gust

Russian Dance

César Cui

Woodland Zilka, Amy Mercer

Norwegian Dance No. 2

Edvard Grieg

Hannah Bronson, Katelynn Toomey

Waltz

Cornelius Gurlitt

Woodland Zilka, Tiana Taylor

Les Toreadors

Georges Bizet, arr. Richard Simm

Amy Mercer, Keziah Quanbeck

Vocalise

Sergei Rachmaninoff,
arr. Jirapat Leetrakulnumchai

Eyerusalem Ketema Kinfe, McKenzie Lee, Noelle Larsen, Amy Mercer

Allegro in E Minor

Anton Diabelli

Eyerusalem Ketema Kinfe, Tiana Taylor

Immortelle No. 2

Fritz Spindler

Woodland Zilka, McKenzie Lee

Country Dances

Ludwig van Beethoven

Annie Ondracek, Noelle Larsen, Macy Purdy, Amy Mercer

Love Theme from The Godfather

Nino Rota

Kayla Huebner, Eyerusalem Ketema Kinfe

Fall 2025 Mystery Piece

arr. A. Mercer

Amy Mercer, Kayla Huebner

Flight of the Bumblebee

Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov, arr. Robert Schultz

Keziah Quanbeck, Katelynn Toomey

Pictures at an Exhibition

IX. Baba Yaga (arr. A. Mercer)

X. The Great Gate of Kiev (arr. Reginald Haché)

Modest Mussorgsky

Keziah Quanbeck, Katelynn Toomey, Noelle Larsen, Amy Mercer

Fall 2025 MSUM Piano Ensemble
Dr. Amy Mercer, Director

Kayla Huebner, Vocal Music Education, Red Wing, MN

Audrey Gust, Political Science, Greenbush, MN

Eyerusalem Ketema Kinfe, Biochemistry and Biotechnology/Music Minor, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Noelle Larsen, Vocal Music Education, Eagan, MN

McKenzie Lee, English Education, Mankato, MN

Keziah Quanbeck, Instrumental Music Performance, Moorhead, MN

Olivia Swanson, Speech Language Hearing Sciences, Fergus Falls, MN

Tiana Taylor, Vocal Music Education, North Pole, AK

Katelynn Toomey, Music Performance, Fargo, ND

Woodland Zilka, Instrumental Music Education, Little Falls, MN

Special Guest High School Performers

Hannah Bronson, Park Christian High School, Student of Cathie Scheid

Elijah Gress, Homeschool, Student of Amy Mercer

Annie Ondracek, Homeschool, Student of Cathie Scheid

Macy Purdy, West Fargo High School, Student of Kathy Tsen

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Tiana Taylor Senior Recital
Sunday, November 16, 2025 | 2:00 pm
Fox Recital Hall, Roland Dille Center for the Arts

Children's Show
Tuesday, November 18 - Saturday, November 22, 2025 | 10:00 am, 1:00 pm, 2:00 pm (Saturday only)
Hansen Theatre, Roland Dille Center for the Arts

Jazz Ensemble Concert
Thursday, November 20, 2025 | 7:30 pm
Hansen Theatre, Roland Dille Center for the Arts

Instrumental Studio Class Performances (Q-Z)
Friday, November 21, 2025 | 12:00 pm
Fox Recital Hall, Roland Dille Center for the Arts

String Ensemble Concert
Sunday, November 23, 2025 | 4:00 pm
Hansen Theatre, Roland Dille Center for the Arts

Commercial Ensemble Concert
Monday, November 24, 2025 | 7:30 pm
Hansen Theatre, Roland Dille Center for the Arts

December 2025 Schedule

Instrumental Studio Class Performances (A-P)
Friday, December 5, 2025 | 12:00 pm
Fox Recital Hall, Roland Dille Center for the Arts

Celebration of the Arts
Friday, December 5, 2025 | 6:00 - 9:00 pm
Roland Dille Center for the Arts

Vocal Music Juries
Friday, December 12, 2025 | All Day
Fox Recital Hall, Roland Dille Center for the Arts

Instrumental Music Juries
Monday, December 15, 2025 | All Day
Fox Recital Hall, Roland Dille Center for the Arts

Commencement
Thursday, December 18, 2025 | All Day
Hansen Theatre, Roland Dille Center for the Arts