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Music at Alma offers fulfilling creative outlets regardless of your major. Twenty percent of Alma students perform in one of eight music ensembles, for which they receive academic credit toward graduation. We’re serious about making music, but we also have fun doing so!

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<a href="/live/image/gid/46/width/900/602_img_8492.jpg" class="lw_preview_image"><img src="/live/image/gid/46/width/700/602_img_8492.rev.1510101477.jpg" alt="Kiltie Wind Ensemble" class="lw_image lw_image602" width="700" height="467" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/46/width/700/602_img_8492.rev.1510101477.jpg 2x" data-max-w="1650" data-max-h="1100"/></a>
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For more information about the music program, auditions and scholarships, please contact Kristen Bennett at 989-463-7242 or email her at kbennett@alma.edu.

SUMMER FUN

Alma Students taught high schoolers at the annual percussion camp.

Alma students taught high schoolers at the annual percussion camp.

The Pipe Band placed 2nd in the US Championships.

SPRING PERFORMANCES

Members of the Percussion Ensemble (March 28, 2015)

Alma Symphony Orchestra, Alma Choir, Glee Club, and Women’s Choir
Masterworks Concert (April 11, 2015)

Alma Symphony Orchestra, Alma Choir, Glee Club and Women's Choir at the annual Masterworks Con...

DECEMBER PERFORMANCES

The Percussion Ensemble’s concert included a performance of “Lover.” The Percussion Ensemble's concert included a performance of “Lover.”

The Kiltie Marching Band Indoor Show pays homage to the 1980s band “Tower of Power.”

Jazz Ensemble December concert. Jazz Ensemble at their December concert.

The Alma Symphony Orchestra concert featured soprano Victoria Walker.

The Alma Choirs Christmas Concert was streamed live on the web.

Unique Opportunities

The Pipe Band competed at the 2014 Highland Games in St. Louis, MO, on September 27. The bass and tenor drummers won best midsection.