The Bach Giga in Gm piece that you've played is a nice piece for mandolin. In fact, any of bach's sonatas and partitas for solo violin are worth taking a look at. You might also consider Bach's Prelude to the Cello Suite (it's originally in G, but you can play it in D and it sounds just as good). If you're feeling adventurous, try Chris Thile's caprice (AKA "When Mandolin's Dream"). Both the Prelude and Thile's Caprice have free tab available for them at Mandozine's TAB archive.
On a completely seperate note, I also go to University of Michigan... are you a music major for Mandolin or another instrument? If UM allows mandolins as the principal instrument for music majors I'd be very interested in hearing that...
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