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His work focuses on writing Arabic using a combination of traditional Chinese calligraphic tools and techniques to fuse the Chinese and Arabic visual arts uniquely. Haji Noor Deen is also responsible for the formal codification of the ancient Arabic writing system in the Chinese tradition.\r\nHe is internationally recognized for his expertise and knowledge and has written several books on Arabic Calligraphy in the Chinese Script. He is currently in the process of producing a Quran written in this script in collaboration with his students. His pieces are featured in museums and art galleries throughout the world, including the British Museum, the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, the National Museum of Scotland, the University of Michigan and the Center for Government and International Studies (CGIS) at Harvard University. He was also awarded the Dubai Islamic Economy Development Center 2016 Islamic Economy Award in the category of Islamic Arts.\r\nHe has ijazaat (formal certifications) in several scripts of Islamic calligraphy and is part of the isnaad (chain) of Islamic Calligraphers through his teacher, Hasan Chalabi, the foremost living master calligrapher in the world.", "occurrence_notes":null, "guid":"131551-21868752@events.umich.edu", "permalink":"http:\/\/events.umich.edu\/event\/131551", "building_id":"1005188", "building_name":"Ross School of Business", "campus_maps_id":"547", "room":"R2210", "location_name":"Ross School of Business", "has_livestream":0, "cost":"", "tags":["China","Global Islamic Studies","Multicultural","Art","Art History","Chinese Studies","Community"], "website":"", "sponsors":[ { "group_name":"The Muslim Coalition", "group_id":"5206", "website":"" }, { "group_name":"Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies", "group_id":"2625", "website":"http:\/\/ii.umich.edu\/lrccs\/" }, { "group_name":"Global Islamic Studies Center", "group_id":"3176", "website":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UmichGISC\/" }, { "group_name":"Muslim Students' Association", "group_id":"3730", "website":"" }, { "group_name":"Felicity Foundation", "group_id":"5061", "website":"" } ], "image_url":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/attachments\/2025\/01\/event_131551_original-1.jpeg", "styled_images":{ "event_thumb":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/resolve\/event_thumb\/media\/attachments\/2025\/01\/event_131551_original-1.jpeg", "event_large":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/event_large\/media\/attachments\/2025\/01\/event_131551_original-1.jpeg", "event_large_2x":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/event_large_2x\/media\/attachments\/2025\/01\/event_131551_original-1.jpeg", "event_large_lightbox":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/event_large_lightbox\/media\/attachments\/2025\/01\/event_131551_original-1.jpeg", "group_thumb":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/resolve\/group_thumb\/media\/attachments\/2025\/01\/event_131551_original-1.jpeg", "group_thumb_square":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/resolve\/group_thumb_square\/media\/attachments\/2025\/01\/event_131551_original-1.jpeg", "group_large":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/resolve\/group_large\/media\/attachments\/2025\/01\/event_131551_original-1.jpeg", "group_large_lightbox":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/resolve\/group_large_lightbox\/media\/attachments\/2025\/01\/event_131551_original-1.jpeg", "event_large_crop":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/resolve\/event_large_crop\/media\/attachments\/2025\/01\/event_131551_original-1.jpeg", "event_list":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/resolve\/event_list\/media\/attachments\/2025\/01\/event_131551_original-1.jpeg", "event_list_2x":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/event_list_2x\/media\/attachments\/2025\/01\/event_131551_original-1.jpeg", "event_grid":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/event_grid\/media\/attachments\/2025\/01\/event_131551_original-1.jpeg", "event_grid_2x":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/resolve\/event_grid_2x\/media\/attachments\/2025\/01\/event_131551_original-1.jpeg", "event_feature_large":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/resolve\/event_feature_large\/media\/attachments\/2025\/01\/event_131551_original-1.jpeg", "event_feature_thumb":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/resolve\/event_feature_thumb\/media\/attachments\/2025\/01\/event_131551_original-1.jpeg" }, "occurrence_count":1, "first_occurrence":21868752 } , "129679-21864308": { "datetime_modified":"20241205T090136", "datetime_start":"20250127T193000", "datetime_end":"20250127T210000", "has_end_time":1, "date_start":"2025-01-27", "date_end":"2025-01-27", "time_start":"19:30:00", "time_end":"21:00:00", "time_zone":"America\/Detroit", "event_title":"Spencer Myer, piano", "occurrence_title":"", "combined_title":"Spencer Myer, piano", "event_subtitle":"", "event_type":"Performance", "event_type_id":"15", "description":"Guest artist Spencer Myer, Professor at Indiana University, performs a guest recital. 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He has been soloist with The Cleveland Orchestra, the Boise, Dayton, Rhode Island, Cape Town, Johannesburg and Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestras, Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra of Boston, the Baton Rouge, Indianapolis, Knoxville, New Haven, Oma-ha, Phoenix, Santa Fe and Tucson Symphony Orchestras, Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra, Mexico\u2019s Orquesta Filarm\u00f3nica de Jalisco and Beijing\u2019s China National Symphony Orchestra, collaborating with, among others, conductors Michael Christie, Leslie B. Dunner, Arthur Fagen, Robert Franz, Bernhard Gueller, Jacques Lacombe, Jahja Ling, Rossen Milanov, Timothy Muffitt, Yannick N\u00e9zet-S\u00e9guin, Kev-in Rhodes, Lucas Richman, Steven Smith, Thomas Wilkins and Victor Yampolsky. His 2005 recit-al\/orchestral tour of South Africa included a performance of the five piano concerti of Beethoven with the Chamber Orchestra of South Africa, followed by six return orchestra and recital tours.\n \nSpencer Myer\u2019s recital appearances have been presented in New York City\u2019s Weill Recital Hall, 92nd Street Y and Steinway Hall, Philadelphia\u2019s Kimmel Center and London\u2019s Wigmore Hall, while many of his performances have been broadcast on WQXR (New York City), WHYY (Philadelphia), WCLV (Cleveland) and WFMT (Chicago). An in-demand chamber musician, he has appeared numerous summers at the Lev Aronson Legacy Festival in Dallas with cellists Lynn Harrell, Ralph Kirshbaum, Amit Peled and Brian Thornton, and has enjoyed a recurring partnership for over a decade with the Miami String Quartet at the Kent\/Blossom Music Festival. Other artistic partners have included clarinetist David Shifrin, sopranos Nicole Cabell, Martha Guth and Erin Wall, the Jupiter and Pacifica String Quartets and the Dorian Wind Quintet.\n \nSpencer Myer\u2019s career was launched with three important prizes: First Prize in the 2004 UNISA Interna-tional Piano Competition in South Africa, the 2006 Christel DeHaan Classical Fellowship from the Ameri-can Pianists Association and the Gold Medal from the 2008 New Orleans International Piano Competi-tion. He is also a laureate of the 2007 William Kapell, 2005 Cleveland and 2005 Busoni International Piano Competitions. He enjoys an esteemed reputation as a vocal collaborator since winning the 2000 Marilyn Horne Foundation Competition. Mr. Myer was a member of Astral Artists\u2019 performance roster from 2003-2010.\n\nA renowned pedagogue, Spencer Myer is currently Associate Professor of Piano at the Indiana Uni-versity Jacobs School of Music, where he received the 2024 Trustees Teaching Award. Previously, he has served as a guest faculty at the Oberlin and Baldwin-Wallace Conservatories of Music, and was a member of the Piano Faculty of Boston\u2019s Longy School of Music of Bard College from 2016 to 2022. He currently serves on the Board of New York\u2019s Musicians Foundation and Brooklyn Art Song Society.\n \nSpencer Myer\u2019s debut CD for *harmonia mundi usa* - solo music of Busoni, Copland, Debussy and Kohs - was released in the fall of 2007 to critical acclaim by *Fanfare* and *Gramophone* magazines. 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