Every Wednesday and Friday at 1 p.m., Knuth Hall comes alive with the sound of music. Students and faculty perform for free, exhibiting a wide variety of music.

Yesterday’s performance, however, was a break from the norm because it was not the players of the instruments, but members of the audience who were performing.

Five music composition students joined the audience at the afternoon concert yesterday as they their works were performed by peers.

Sepand Shahab, a 24-year-old music composition major, said it was interesting to hear his works being played in concert. “It’s cool,” he said.

Shahab, who plays the piano, wrote “Three Glimpses for Two Flutes,” which was performed by Meeranai Shim and Laura Scarletta. Shahab. He praised the SF State music composition department for preparing him well for the task of composing music

“The program here is great because you get to work with other students who will perform your work once a week and have professionals listen to it and help you with it,” he said.

The crowd was filled with music students as well as students from other departments just wanting to enjoy an afternoon of classical music.

“This is actually extra credit for me,” said Louise Barron, 19, a clinical science major, “I just like going.”

Classical concert reviews are a requirement for the “Music, the Listener’s Art” class.

Student Rena Zamora took the same class last semester. An accounting major, Zamora enjoys classical music and found it appealing to take a class where she would learn more about it.

“You learn about classical music and its terms. It was interesting,” she said.

Although she is no longer taking a class where she is required to attend the free afternoon concerts, Zamora still enjoys attending.

“I still come because it’s free and it makes me sleepy,” she said, “It relaxes me, especially now with finals.”

The concert was about an hour long and included works for many different instrument mixtures. The oboe, cello and clarinet were among the mix.

Of the five students whose work was performed, 21-year-old music composition student Andrew Kalleen was the only one who performed his own work.

“I took so long to write it that I had to play it,” he said, “But I would rather play it myself anyway.”

Kalleen played two movements for solo piano, “My Spot” and “End.”

He said his inspiration for the non-traditional pieces came from one of his professors.

“My professor told me to start a piece that did not have traditional phrasing,” he said.

He ended up taking that and running with it, composing a melody using only the white keys and playing in a way that made everything flow together.

“Everything just kind of blends into each other,” he said.