Locals Only: The Lansing Symphony Orchestra and MSU Team Up for Show

Lansing music: LSO and MSU collaborate on Mozart's Coronation Mass

Members of the MSU Choral Union and University Chorale will present Mozart’s Coronation Mass with the Lansing Symphony Orchestra on Saturday at the Wharton Center, working under Maestro Timothy Muffitt.  The second part of the concert will showcase Bruckner’s monumental Symphony No. 4 in E-flat Major, “Romantic.”

Four vocal guest artists will join the symphony to sing along with the ensembles, as well, including soprano and College of Music faculty member Anne Nispel; Oswego, N.Y.-based alto Nicole Weigelt; Juilliard graduate and tenor Paul Appleby; and bass and Michigan State University and Juilliard graduate Benjamin Clements.

-Show details: Lansing Symphony Orchestra and MSU Choral Union and Chorale perform Mozart’s Coronation Mass and Bruckner’s monumental Symphony No. 4 in E-flat Major, “Romantic,” 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 5, Wharton Center for Performing Arts Cobb Great Hall on the campus of MSU, tickets $45, $35, $25, $15, available via 517-487-5001 or www.Lansingsymphony.org.