Happening @ Michigan

SMTD Undergraduate Student Welcome

Come meet the Dean, members of the faculty, and your student colleagues at this unique event. There will be student performances, free swag,...

EXCEL Open House

Taco Tuesday!

Celebrate the new semester with EXCEL at Taco Tuesday! Enjoy tacos and refreshments with friends of EXCEL while learning about opportunities...

Dance Master Class Repertory Series: Sarah Konner and Austin Selden

SMTD alumni Sarah Konner and Austin Selden teach a warm-up which will include partnering, technique exercises for strength and stability,...

Faculty Recital/Master Class: Maximillian Dimoff and Ranaan Meyer

As part of the Youth & Adult Community Program offerings, new SMTD string bass faculty Maximillian Dimoff and artist-in-residence Ranaan...

Faculty Recital: Kola Owolabi, organ

Organ Works by Cabanilles, Correa de Arauxo, Frescobaldi, Scheidt, Bach, and Rheinberger.

Guest Recital: Frank Chiou, piano

Dr. Frank Chiou is assistant professor of music and the head of piano and music theory at Ohio Wesleyan University. As a performer, Chiou is...

September 11 Memorial Carillon Concert

Assistant Professor Tiffany Ng will perform a reflective recital of memorial works, including John Courter's In Memoriam - September 11,...

EXCEL Talk: Davóne Tines

“In a just world, one in which fame was proportionate to talent, Davóne Tines would be as big a name as Kanye West” proclaimed KQED...

Guest Recital: Winston Choi, piano

Canadian pianist Winston Choi is the head of the piano program at Roosevelt University's Chicago College of Performing Arts. His...

Guest Lecture: Sachal Vasandani, jazz vocalist

SMTD alumnus Sachal Vasandani is recognized for his singular voice, with a tone and unique phrasing that mark him as one of the most...

EXCEL Talk: DaVone Tines & ART & M. Schachter

This talk will focus on the new composition, THE BLACK CLOWN, for the American Repertory Theater. THE BLACK CLOWN features music by Michael...

Dance Master Class Repertory Series: William Crowley

SMTD alumnus William Crowley introduces students to Graham Technique, its basic principle of “contraction and release”, spirals, and...

Faculty Recital: Stephen Shipps, violin

Featuring Mi Eun Kim, piano and Wei Yu, cello....

Opera Workshop/Discussion: THE BLACK CLOWN

Music by Michael Schachter...

Guest Master Class: Davóne Tines, bass-baritone

SMTD voice students will have a chance to work one-on-one with this prominent young American bass-baritone.

Strings Preparatory Academy Faculty Recital

The String Preparatory Academy at SMTD provides the highest quality of string training through private weekly lessons and master classes...

SMTD@UMMA

Heart of Tones

Inspired by Random International’s LED-light and motion-sensing dynamic sculpture, “Swarm Study / II,” featured in UMMA's exhibition...

Faculty Recital: Yizhak Schotten, viola

Featuring Joseph Gascho, harpsichord; Maximilian Dimoff, bass; Anthony Elliot, cello; Katherine Collier, piano; Joachim Angster and McKayla...

Guest Recital: Idit Shner, saxophone

An active performer of both jazz and classical music and professor of saxophone at the University of Oregon, Idit Shner has played in...

Guest Master Class: Don Lucas, trombone

Don Lucas is an associate professor of trombone at Boston University College of Fine Arts.

Guest Recital: Sean Dobbins Group

Jazz drummer Sean Dobbins got his start as a sought-after Detroit area jazz sideman at a young age, when he would regularly play with Blue...

Faculty Recital: Jonathan Ovalle, percussion

“Chamber Music for Marimba”

Featuring Liz Ames, piano; Timothy McAllister, saxophone; Stephen Shipps, violin; Danielle Belen, violin; Matt Albert, viola; and Katri...

Faculty Recital: Joseph Gascho, harpsichord and Aaron Berofsky, violin

SMTD Professors Gascho and Berofsky perform alongside the ensemble Harmonious Blacksmith, featuring Kathie Stewart, traverso and Jaap ter...

Dance Master Class Repertory Series: Marly Spieser-Schneider

SMTD alumna Marly Spieser-Schneider is, among many things, a dance artist who currently teaches, choreographs, performs, and experiments in...

University Symphony Orchestra

Kenneth Kiesler, conductor...

Grand Night for Singing

An event highlighting all facets of singing at SMTD, including performances by the Department of Musical Theatre, University Opera Theatre,...

3CS Colloquium

Guest artists and scholars mingle with U-M students and faculty and share their understanding of screen culture and its histories, ideas,...

Scholarship Showcase

As beneficiaries of the generous support of SMTD scholarship donors, students representing the best of SMTD perform a wide range of...

Guest Master Class: Dr. Christina Jennings, flute

Christina Jennings (University of Colorado-Boulder) is praised for virtuoso technique, rich tone, and command of a wide range of literature...

Guest Master Class: Natalie Mannix, trombone

SMTD alumna Natalie Mannix is an assistant professor of trombone at the University of North Texas.

University Philharmonia Orchestra

Oriol Sans, conductor...

Virginia Howard Stearns Collection Lecture: Matt Dane, viola d’amore

Violist Matthew Dane enjoys a career of both teaching and playing. Living in Boulder, CO, he is the newest member of the Boulder Piano...

Ann Arbor Dance Works Performance

Ann Arbor Dance Works, the resident professional dance company of the Department of Dance, presents its 32nd Annual Season, featuring...

Faculty/Guest Recital: Joseph Gascho, harpsichord and Matt Dane, viola

Featuring members of the Baroque Chamber Orchestra. Two concerti for Viola d'Amore and Strings by Vivaldi, Sonata in D Minor by Ariosti, and...