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SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Exhibition Tour: American Sampler with Curator Julie Ault
DESCRIPTION:Guest artist and curator Julie Ault will lead a conversation about her new project American Sampler: Activating the Archive.  This research-driven\, immersive exhibition in UMMA’s Vertical Gallery is a collaboration with the Joseph A. Labadie Collection of anarchism\, protest\, and social movements housed in the U-M Library’s Special Collections Research Center.\n \nThe exhibition centers on 1950s–1970s movements for Black freedom\, civil rights\, and antiwar activism\, clarifying the aspirations and effects as well as the violent opposition these movements encountered. American Sampler invites visitors to examine how legacies of grassroots organizing and protest in U.S. history shape the present. This ambitious project is the inaugural collaboration of the new Labadie Collection and UMMA Fellowship Program.\n \nFree and open to the public\, registration required.\n 
UID:142615-21891223@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142615
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Museum,UMMA,Tour,Exhibition,Art
LOCATION:Museum of Art - Vertical Gallery
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DTSTAMP:20260123T181634
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SUMMARY:Performance:Michelle Cann\, piano
DESCRIPTION:Renowned pianist Michelle Cann will present a recital of music by the Women of Chicago’s Black Renaissance. The performance will include spoken commentary and storytelling about the fascinating lives and journeys of these trailblazing artists. Music of Nora Holt\, Betty Jackson King\, Florence Price\, Irene Britton Smith\, and Margaret Bonds. \n\nGenerously sponsored by the Sally Fleming Master Class Fund.\n\nABOUT THE GUEST ARTIST\n\nLauded as “exquisite” by *The Philadelphia Inquirer* and “a pianist of sterling artistry” by *Gramophone*\, GRAMMY Award winning pianist MICHELLE CANN is one of the most sought-after artists of her generation. Recent engagements include appearances with Chicago Symphony Orchestra\, The Cleveland Orchestra\, The Philadelphia Orchestra\, Los Angeles Philharmonic\, National Symphony Orchestra\, and Orquestra Sinfônica Municipal de São Paulo. She is a recipient of the Sphinx Medal of Excellence and the Andrew Wolf Chamber Music Award\, and she served as the inaugural Christel DeHaan Artistic Partner of the American Piano Awards.\n\nHighlights of Cann’s 2025-26 season include appearances with the Colorado Symphony\, New Jersey Symphony\, Kansas City Symphony\, and Ireland’s National Symphony Orchestra. She also performs the world premiere of a new piano concerto by Valerie Coleman with the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington\, D.C. Her recital appearances include Stanford Live\, Music Toronto\, Chamber Music Detroit\, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum\, Spivey Hall\, and a recital tour in China.\n\nRecognized as a leading interpreter of the piano music of Florence Price\, Cann performed the New York City premiere of Price’s *Piano Concerto in One Movement* with The Dream Unfinished Orchestra in July 2016 and the Philadelphia premiere with The Philadelphia Orchestra and Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin in February 2021. Her recording of the concerto with the New York Youth Symphony won a GRAMMY Award in 2023 for Best Orchestral Performance. She won a GRAMMY Award in 2025 for *Beyond the Years: Unpublished Songs of Florence Price*\, recorded with soprano Karen Slack\, which features 19 unpublished songs composed by Price. Her acclaimed debut solo album *Revival*\, featuring music by Price and Margaret Bonds\, was released in May 2023 on the Curtis Studio label. She has also recorded two Price piano quintets with the Catalyst Quartet as a part of the quartet’s UNCOVERED series. A champion of emerging talent\, Cann and cellist Tommy Mesa recorded *Our Stories*\, an album of new works by five living composers of color\, which was released in November 2023.\n\nA celebrated chamber musician\, Cann has collaborated with leading artists including the Catalyst\, Dover\, and Juilliard string quartets\, Imani Winds\, violinists Timothy and Nikki Chooi\, soprano Karen Slack\, and mezzo-soprano J’Nai Bridges. She regularly performs duo piano repertoire with her sister\, pianist Kimberly Cann\, as the Cann Duo. She has appeared as co-host and collaborative pianist with NPR’s *From The Top*\, collaborating with actor/conductor Damon Gupton\, violinist Leila Josefowicz\, and violinist and MacArthur Fellow Vijay Gupta. Cann’s numerous media appearances include *Performance Today*\, PBS Great Performances’ *Now Hear This*\, and *Living the Classical Life*.\n\nEmbracing a dual role as performer and pedagogue\, Cann is frequently invited to teach master classes\, give lecture-demonstrations\, and lead teaching residencies. Recent residencies include the Gilmore International Keyboard Festival and the National Conference of the Music Teachers National Association. She has recorded lessons for tonebase\, the popular piano lesson platform. She has also served on the juries of the Cleveland International Piano Competition\, the Kauffman Music Center International Youth Piano Competition\, and the piano competition of the Music Academy of the West.\n\nCann holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in piano performance from the Cleveland Institute of Music\, where she studied with Paul Schenly and Dr. Daniel Shapiro\, and an Artist’s Diploma from Curtis Institute of Music\, where she studied with Robert McDonald. She joined the Curtis piano faculty in 2020 as the inaugural Eleanor Sokoloff Chair in Piano Studies. She is also on the piano faculty of the Manhattan School of Music.
UID:139267-21885211@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/139267
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Free,North Campus,Music
LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - Britton Recital Hall
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