Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. My Folky Valentine (August 16, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65345 65345-16573560@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, August 16, 2019 12:00pm
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Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Presented by The Ark.

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Performance Fri, 16 Aug 2019 12:27:52 -0400 2019-08-16T12:00:00-04:00 2019-08-16T13:00:00-04:00 Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance
UMMA Pop Up: ​Andrew Brown Guitar Duo: Jazz Manouche (August 17, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64388 64388-16340374@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, August 17, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

​Andrew Brown's Djangophonique is a musical project that performs Jazz Manouche and Hot Swing inspired by the legendary gypsy guitarist Django Reinhardt and his Quintette du Hot Club de France. ​   Born in a sandstone victorian farmhouse that has been in his family since it was built four generations ago, Andrew Brown is the son of a Motown session musician and grew up listening to the sounds of his dad’s piano as he steeped in musical influences from Duke Ellington to Stevie Wonder. As a young man returning from a trip to New Orleans with a newfound interest in swing he co-founded the eclectic americana group Appleseed Collective, with whom he has toured 150+ dates a year. Traveling all over the continental United States, playing esteemed venues and festivals such as The Ark, Sisters Folk Festival, Wheatland, Cervantes Ballroom, Summercamp Music Festival, Schuba’s, and The Ann Arbor Folk Festival at Hill Auditorium, he cut his teeth as a guitarist, songwriter and band leader. Since slowing down his touring schedule in 2017 he began tirelessly studying and performing the music of his favorite guitar player: Django Reinhardt. Since then he has studied at various music camps with many of the genres heavy hitting players such as Angelo Debarre, Sebastian Gineaux, and Gonzalo Bergara, and was even invited to back up Denis Chang at one of his concerts. Andrew currently plays throughout Michigan with his own project Djangophonique, his band Appleseed Collective, and his friends projects Third Coast Gypsy Jazz, Smoking Dandies. He also teaches guitar, both generally and specifically in the style of Django.

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Performance Mon, 22 Jul 2019 12:15:48 -0400 2019-08-17T13:00:00-04:00 2019-08-17T14:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Performance Museum of Art
Matt Wertz (August 17, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63697 63697-15824936@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, August 17, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Presented by The Ark

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Performance Wed, 15 May 2019 16:29:20 -0400 2019-08-17T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance
Seth Bernard (August 21, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63935 63935-16003646@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, August 21, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Seth Bernard has made folk music happen in Michigan. Born and raised on Earthwork Farm in rural northern Michigan, Seth was brought up in the folk and farmstead culture with an enriching integrative experience of the arts, agriculture, and community. In 2001, Seth founded Earthwork Music, a Michigan-based collective of independent musicians who focus their efforts on environmental advocacy, social justice, creative empowerment and community building. As the Artistic Director of “The Quest”, Seth has partnered with SEEDS, the Library of Congress and the National Parks Service to bring experiential arts and ecological education to children in Northern Michigan in after-school programs and summer camps. As the Director of the Musical Ambassador Program for On the Ground, Seth has helped cultivate partnerships and cultural exchanges between communities in southern Mexico, Ethiopia and eastern Congo and communities in Michigan with a focus on direct collaboration between youth.

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Performance Thu, 06 Jun 2019 14:53:48 -0400 2019-08-21T20:00:00-04:00 2019-08-21T22:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Seth Bernard
The Sea The Sea (August 22, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63045 63045-15536938@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, August 22, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Presented by The Ark

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Performance Wed, 10 Apr 2019 16:49:13 -0400 2019-08-22T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance
Riders in the Sky (August 23, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63783 63783-15873600@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, August 23, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Presented by The Ark

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Performance Tue, 21 May 2019 13:44:02 -0400 2019-08-23T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance
George Bedard (August 24, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62401 62401-15361890@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, August 24, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Presented by The Ark

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Performance Thu, 21 Mar 2019 10:58:19 -0400 2019-08-24T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance
UMMA Pop Up: Progressive Acoustic Music with Warren & Flick​ (August 25, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64389 64389-16340375@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, August 25, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Warren & Flick explore the nuanced textures of a two-person band. Using both original material and standards from many genres they have arranged in a personal style, the group finds new depth in the simplicity of the duo. Jacob Warren plays double bass, while Grant Flick plays violin, tenor guitar and mandolin. Currently based out of Ann Arbor, Michigan, the two met at the 2015 Acoustic Music Seminar (AMS), a program accepting only sixteen young string players from around the world to participate in a week of intense improvisation, composition, and performance training. A part of the Savannah Music Festival in Georgia, AMS is led by multi-instrumentalist Mike Marshall with the help of guitarist Julian Lage.

After discovering their shared musical interests, Jacob and Grant began collaborating as a duo as well as in larger projects including The Leafless and Westbound Situation, both comprised of former AMS participants. Jacob and Grant attend University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre, & Dance, where they spend much of their time arranging, composing and performing together. With Jacob’s classical foundation and Grant’s experience in bluegrass and jazz, their contrasting backgrounds give them a unique and compelling musical narrative. ​ Find them on Facebook.

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Performance Fri, 19 Jul 2019 12:15:50 -0400 2019-08-25T13:00:00-04:00 2019-08-25T14:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Performance Museum of Art
Ring to Remember: to Honor 400 Years of Black History (August 25, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65624 65624-16623830@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, August 25, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Burton Memorial Tower
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

This Sunday, bells will be ringing across the nation at 3PM for 4 minutes, to honor 400 years of Black History. At the University of Michigan Burton Tower, we will be joining in. People in our community are all welcome to come and ring bells themselves! We are currently partnered with the Department of Afroamerican and African studies, the Prison Creative Arts Project, the Carceral State Project, the Interfaith Council for Peace, the School of music theatre and dance, and more. If you are interested in partnering with us or learning more, please contact Hoai An Pham at phama@umich.edu.

Co-sponsored by the Department of Afroamerican and African studies, the Prison Creative Arts Project, the Carceral State Project, the Interfaith Council for Peace, and SMTD.

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Performance Fri, 23 Aug 2019 12:15:22 -0400 2019-08-25T15:00:00-04:00 Burton Memorial Tower School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Burton Memorial Tower
An Open Book: An Evening With Justin Furstenfeld Of Blue October (August 29, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63312 63312-15636673@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, August 29, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Justin Furstenfeld is a Texas-based artist known for his signature voice and his heart-string pulling lyrics. A true storyteller and troubadour with a powerful stage presence.

His one-man show “An Open Book” is a transparent look at his life, his mistakes and his victories. His willingness to share even the most taboo of topics create and enlightening and uplifting experience for the listener. His story inspires tremendous passion with countless listeners around the world.

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Performance Mon, 22 Apr 2019 14:34:04 -0400 2019-08-29T20:00:00-04:00 2019-08-29T22:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Justin Furstenfeld - performing at The Ark 8/29/19
Pre-Candidate Recital: Emily Solomon, organ (August 31, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65479 65479-16605625@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, August 31, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

PROGRAM: Bach - Fantasia and Fugue in G Minor, BWV 542; Tunder - Christ lag in Todesbanden; Storace - Ciaccona in C Major; Böhm - Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend (6 verses); Buxtehude - Magnificat Primi Toni.

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Performance Wed, 28 Aug 2019 18:15:23 -0400 2019-08-31T16:00:00-04:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Emily Solomon Poster
Welcome to Michigan: Shakespeare in the Arb - Twelfth Night (September 1, 2019 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64376 64376-16338336@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, September 1, 2019 5:30pm
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Organized By: Matthaei Botanical Gardens & Nichols Arboretum

A special performance for students of Shakespeare in the Arb on Labor Day weekend. Play is Twelfth Night, directed by Graham Atkin and Carol Gray, with Kate Mendeloff of the Residential College. Takes place in Nichols Arboretum, 1610 Washington Hts., Ann Arbor. Free but student ID required.

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Performance Mon, 26 Aug 2019 13:19:21 -0400 2019-09-01T17:30:00-04:00 2019-09-01T20:30:00-04:00 Matthaei Botanical Gardens & Nichols Arboretum Performance Shakespeare in the Arb 2019
Welcome to Michigan: Shakespeare in the Arb - Twelfth Night (September 2, 2019 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64376 64376-16338337@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 2, 2019 5:30pm
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Organized By: Matthaei Botanical Gardens & Nichols Arboretum

A special performance for students of Shakespeare in the Arb on Labor Day weekend. Play is Twelfth Night, directed by Graham Atkin and Carol Gray, with Kate Mendeloff of the Residential College. Takes place in Nichols Arboretum, 1610 Washington Hts., Ann Arbor. Free but student ID required.

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Performance Mon, 26 Aug 2019 13:19:21 -0400 2019-09-02T17:30:00-04:00 2019-09-02T20:30:00-04:00 Matthaei Botanical Gardens & Nichols Arboretum Performance Shakespeare in the Arb 2019
Guest Recital: Alessandro Vena, piano (September 4, 2019 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64827 64827-16455003@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 4, 2019 7:30pm
Location: Walgreen Drama Center
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

A program of Nocturnes, with music by Chopin, Giuseppi Lupis, and Peter Fribbins. Alessandro Vena, pianist, harpsichordist, and teacher enjoys an international performing career which has taken him all around his native Italy, and to many countries in the world, throughout Europe, Russia, South America, and to numerous cities in the U.S.

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Performance Wed, 28 Aug 2019 13:58:15 -0400 2019-09-04T19:30:00-04:00 Walgreen Drama Center School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Alessandro Vena
Jazz & Broadway Piano (September 5, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66161 66161-16717493@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 5, 2019 12:00pm
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Orville Grant has enjoyed playing music and teaching for over 25 years. He studied at the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music and Berklee School of Music. Grant’s jazz band launched many performers’ careers: pianist Cedric Lawson played for Miles Davis; drummer Ralph Penland went on to play for Freddy Hubbard; saxophone player Darnell Smith played with Isaac Hayers; and guitarist Aurel Ray with Lonnie Liston Smith. More recently, Grant received a degree in Contemporary Jazz Studies from Washtenaw Community College and has played Kerrytown Concert House, among others.

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Performance Thu, 05 Sep 2019 14:00:59 -0400 2019-09-05T12:00:00-04:00 2019-09-05T13:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Performance Photograph of Orville Grant by James Weir.
The Ark's Student Welcome Show Terra Lightfoot (September 5, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64509 64509-16380887@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 5, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Students: Welcome to Ann Arbor and to The Ark, a world-class club with music for all ages and tastes! Canada’s Terra Lightfoot offers up something rare: the kind of genuine document that can only come from a road-tested breed of songwriter and performer. Shot through with the guitarist-vocalist’s powerful, bluesy soul, vivid lyrics and ferocious six-string virtuosity, it’s an unforgettable outing. Terra’s stunning, soulful voice powers her emotional wallops on her latest album "New Mistakes," laid low as a gentle whisper over the swirling finger-picking of “You Get High,” or belted out with nuclear swagger over the rock ’n’ soul grooves of “Hold You,” battling things out with a righteous Jake Clemons sax solo during its climax. And the only forces that can go toe-to-toe with Terra's vocal prowess are her guitar chops—and her fast-developing songwriting.

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Performance Wed, 31 Jul 2019 16:04:05 -0400 2019-09-05T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Terra Lightfoot
Second City (September 6, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60287 60287-14857785@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 6, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

There’s a reason the biggest names in laughter all had their careers catapulted at The Second City ... it’s been the funniest place on the planet since ‘59! Come witness the next generation of comedy superstars put their spin on the legendary comedy company’s greatest hits, rebooted and re-imagined for today. From sketch comedy to original songs to world-famous improv, The Second City will leave you rolling in the aisles! Fresh, fast and always spectacularly funny​,​ The Second City is celebrating nearly 60 years of producing cutting-edge satirical revues and launching the careers of generation after generation of comedy’s best and brightest.

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Performance Tue, 09 Jul 2019 15:22:41 -0400 2019-09-06T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Second City
Second City (September 7, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60287 60287-14857786@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 7, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

There’s a reason the biggest names in laughter all had their careers catapulted at The Second City ... it’s been the funniest place on the planet since ‘59! Come witness the next generation of comedy superstars put their spin on the legendary comedy company’s greatest hits, rebooted and re-imagined for today. From sketch comedy to original songs to world-famous improv, The Second City will leave you rolling in the aisles! Fresh, fast and always spectacularly funny​,​ The Second City is celebrating nearly 60 years of producing cutting-edge satirical revues and launching the careers of generation after generation of comedy’s best and brightest.

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Performance Tue, 09 Jul 2019 15:22:41 -0400 2019-09-07T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Second City
UMMA Pop Up: Emma Aboukasm & Alex Anest (September 8, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65024 65024-16503315@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, September 8, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Emma Lee Aboukasm is an award-winning, Detroit-based recording artist, vocalist, pianist, and composer. Educated in classical and jazz music at the University of Michigan, she is now performing in a variety of venues, ranging from intimate venues like the Dirty Dog Jazz Cafe to the Detroit Jazz Festival. Emma Lee is on the vanguard of contemporary music in the heart of metro-Detroit. 

Aboukasm won the Youth Vocal Jazz Competition in Detroit in 2014. In 2015, she made the top five finalists out of 2,000 applications worldwide in the International Sarah Vaughan Vocal Jazz Competition. There, she performed for a panel of judges including Christian McBride and Cyrille Aimée and played tracks from her CD on WBGO radio in Newark, NJ. 

Currently, Emma Lee Aboukasm resides in Southeast Michigan as she completes her bachelor degrees in Jazz Studies and Science in Information Analysis at the University of Michigan. She continues to write and arrange music for a new project to be announced soon. 

Alex Anest has been teaching, performing, and recording music professionally in the Southeast Michigan area since 1996. He founded and leads the Ann Arbor Guitar Trio and is also currently playing with the Alex Anest Trio, the Bluewater Kings, Kat Steih, and Klezmephonic. Alex studied guitar with Miles Okazaki and Chris Buzzelli. He holds a Masters of Music in Improvisation from University of Michigan, where he studied with Benny Green, Mark Kirschenmann, and Ellen Rowe. Alex was a founding member of the electric jazz group Giraffe, the Jericho Guitar Trio, Never Nebula, Secret 7, and Delta 88. He has toured Switzerland, Germany, Austria and Italy with songwriter Kevin Meisel and has played on stages throughout the Midwest and New England. Alex has also appeared on over 30 albums, mostly recorded in Michigan.

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Performance Wed, 07 Aug 2019 18:15:52 -0400 2019-09-08T13:00:00-04:00 2019-09-08T14:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Performance Museum of Art
Sonny Landreth (September 8, 2019 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64258 64258-16268501@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, September 8, 2019 7:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

After a dozen acclaimed albums, virtuoso slide guitarist and bandleader Sonny Landreth found himself at an artistic crossroads. He wanted to finally create the full-length acoustic collection his fans had long requested. But he was also itching to capture the sound of his stalwart electric trio augmented by a couple of his favorite collaborators. And the time was certainly right for an elastic, career-spanning double-live album. So Sonny and his longtime friends decided to do it all. "Recorded Live in Lafayette" is a 16-song opus that covers more musical ground than any single album ever could, as the singer and songwriter’s work stretches and twists across 93 minutes of full-band acoustic and electric bottleneck lightning. You can get a taste of the magic without going to Lafayette right here at The Ark—Sonny Landreth is one of the great live guitarists of our time!

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Performance Tue, 09 Jul 2019 15:45:05 -0400 2019-09-08T19:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Sonny Landreth
Chely Wright & Alice Peacock (September 10, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63700 63700-15831011@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 10, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

New albums from veteran country and folk songwriters

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Performance Tue, 09 Jul 2019 15:51:01 -0400 2019-09-10T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Chely Wright
Jazz & Classical Piano (September 12, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66164 66164-16717495@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 12, 2019 12:00pm
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Barton Polot is Chair of the Department of Music at Schoolcraft College in Livonia, Michigan, where he teaches electronic music and music theory. His doctorate from U-M is in Music Education, he served on the faculty of U-M and University of Toledo, and he launched the successful Ann Arbor Community High School jazz program. Polot is also a music advocate, and he has served on the board of the Michigan Philharmonic, Michigan Jazz Festival and the Southeastern Michigan Jazz Association, among others. For 15 years, he was the house pianist at Ann Arbor’s Gandy Dancer restaurant in Ann Arbor in the ‘70s & ‘80s. His repertoire is extensive, and he often takes requests.

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Performance Tue, 03 Sep 2019 10:35:21 -0400 2019-09-12T12:00:00-04:00 2019-09-12T13:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Performance Photograph of Barton Polot by Paul Keller.
“Reflecting on the past...Reaching toward the future, II” – an African American Music Conference Opening Concert and Reception (September 12, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64689 64689-16428885@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 12, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Walgreen Drama Center
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

The opening concert of “Reflecting on the past…Reaching toward the future, II” African American Music Conference features winners of the George Shirley Vocal Competition and faculty performers such as Prof. Daniel Washington accompanied by Kathryn Goodson.

The African American Music Conference takes place September 12 through September 15 and focuses on the curation of music of the African Diaspora for future research and performance. To attend the free conference and for additional information about the conference’s daily events please visit myumi.ch/9ooRE

This performance will be livestreamed here: https://smtd.umich.edu/performances-events/live-stream-stamps/

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Performance Mon, 09 Sep 2019 12:15:14 -0400 2019-09-12T19:00:00-04:00 Walgreen Drama Center School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Walgreen Drama Center
Faculty Recital: Amy I-Lin Cheng, piano (September 12, 2019 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65506 65506-16607687@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 12, 2019 7:30pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Featuring Summi Chang, violin; Heewon Uhm violin; Fabiola Kim, violin; Prof. Caroline Coade, viola; Nathaniel Pierce, cello; and Prof. Richard Aaron, cello.

This recital will celebrate the 200th anniversary for Clara Schumann’s birth year and highlight women’s contribution to chamber music for piano and strings. The first half of the program will feature Germaine Tailleferre’s Piano Trio, and Clara Schumann’s Piano Trio in G minor, op. 17. The second half of the recital will feature Johannes Brahms’ Quintet for Piano and Strings in F minor, op. 34. Originally written for string quintet for two violins, viola, and two cellos, Brahms revised the quintet twice due to the influence of Joseph Joachim and Clara Schumann–first for two pianos, and finally for piano and string quartet.

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Performance Tue, 10 Sep 2019 12:15:21 -0400 2019-09-12T19:30:00-04:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Earl V. Moore Building
“Reflecting on the past...Reaching toward the future, II” – an African American Music Conference SMTD Alumni Concert (September 13, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64690 64690-16428886@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 13, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Pre-concert conversation with Willis Patterson at 7:30 PM.

SMTD alumni performers include Tim Holley, Karen Walwyn, David Jackson, Timothy Jones, Tiffany Jackson, Gwen Laster, Louise Toppin, and others with Kathryn Goodson and John Marzan, pianists.

This performance will be livestreamed here: https://smtd.umich.edu/performances-events/live-stream-britton/

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Performance Mon, 09 Sep 2019 12:15:14 -0400 2019-09-13T20:00:00-04:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Earl V. Moore Building
Ax Plays Brahms (September 13, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65770 65770-16654030@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 13, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: Center for Campus Involvement

Serene, pastoral, and deceptively simple–no piece has come to define Aaron Copland’s reputation as the “American voice” of classical music more than the great American ballet, Appalachian Spring. We travel to the fields of Galánta with the composer, Zoltán Koldáy to continue our dance-inspired evening in Hill Auditorium. His Dances of Galánta holds a deeply personal meaning discovered by weaving through the Hungarian folk melodies from his childhood spent in Galánta surrounded by stunning orchestral colors. The distinct and fiery rhythms of Hungarian dances return and close the program with a performance of Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 2, op. 83 in B-flat major featuring celebrated pianist Emanuel Ax.

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Performance Tue, 27 Aug 2019 14:29:05 -0400 2019-09-13T20:00:00-04:00 2019-09-13T22:00:00-04:00 Hill Auditorium Center for Campus Involvement Performance photo
Briggs Chamber Music Competition Winner’s Concert (September 13, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64906 64906-16487241@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 13, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Walgreen Drama Center
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Featuring the Heriya Trio and Cerulean Quartet of the 2019 Briggs Chamber Music Competition.

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Performance Tue, 20 Aug 2019 18:15:19 -0400 2019-09-13T20:00:00-04:00 Walgreen Drama Center School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Walgreen Drama Center
The History of Physics in 13 Songs, From Galileo to Dark Matter (September 13, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65069 65069-16509336@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 13, 2019 8:00pm
Location: East Quadrangle
Organized By: Residential College

Join us for a 45-minute interdisciplinary musical performance that highlights the turning points in the history of physics.

The show combines fragments (excerpts from writings by some of the most prominent physicists in history) read and interpreted by a narrator (a role played by Lynnae Lehfeldt in the premiere), with original songs, based on each fragment, composed by Alberto Rojo, and performed by Alberto Rojo (guitar and voice), Michael Gould (percussion), and Dave Haughey (cello). The project explores the intersection between the arts and the sciences, and postulates that art and science are not antagonistic alternatives in the search for truth; rather, there is a broad territory of coexistence.

The movements are as follows Galileo (The Book of the Universe); Isaac Newton (From the Principia); Pierre Maupertuis (Least Action); Rudolf Clausius (The Limiting Condition); Ludwig Boltzmann (Atomic movements); James Clerk Maxwell (From letters to Faraday); Marie Curie (Radioactivity); Albert Einstein (From the 1905 paper); Max Planck (The quantum of action); Werner Heisenberg (Analogies); J. S. Bell (Remote Instruments); Richard Feynman (Trees are made of air); Vera Rubin (Dark Matter)

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Performance Mon, 09 Sep 2019 15:24:23 -0400 2019-09-13T20:00:00-04:00 2019-09-13T21:30:00-04:00 East Quadrangle Residential College Performance Rojo and Gould playing instruments
The Way Down Wanderers wsg Joe Nolan (September 13, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65334 65334-16571542@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 13, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Presented by The Ark

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Performance Fri, 16 Aug 2019 11:18:34 -0400 2019-09-13T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance
UMMA Pop Up: The Ann Arbor Guitar Trio (September 14, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65025 65025-16503316@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 14, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

The Ann Arbor Guitar Trio was founded on the idea that more guitar is better. Alex Anest formed the group with Evan Veasey and Adam Kahana in April 2016. All three musicians are talented, creative players who have been performing and recording in the Ann Arbor area for years. With three guitars there are endless possibilities and the A2G3 looks to explore as many of them as they can. For their performance at UMMA, the group has chosen compositions by Abby Clemens, Alex Anest, Janelle Reichman, The Beach Boys, and JS Bach. The repertoire was specifically selected to work with the reverberant nature of the museum's space. For more information and recent recordings, visit https://annarborguitartrio.com/

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Performance Fri, 06 Sep 2019 12:18:05 -0400 2019-09-14T13:00:00-04:00 2019-09-14T14:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Performance Museum of Art
“Reflecting on the past...Reaching toward the future, II” – an African American Music Conference Concert (September 14, 2019 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64691 64691-16428887@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 14, 2019 7:30pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Performed by the Mark Lomax Quartet.

The program is both a performance of the suite from the 400, a 12-album cycle that was released in January 2019, and a discussion among the audience and the performers. The music and discussion explore Black America in pre-colonial Afrika, the Ma’afa (the 400 years between 1619 and 2019), and Afro-futurism, a vision of community strength and unity in the next 400 years. The purpose is to engage students, faculty, staff, and artists in an experience that educates, entertains, and informs, and also inspires and uplifts the human spirit through the power of music. The work was presented to a sold-out audience at the Lincoln Theatre in January 26, 2019.

This performance will be livestreamed here: https://smtd.umich.edu/performances-events/live-stream-britton/

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Performance Mon, 09 Sep 2019 12:15:15 -0400 2019-09-14T19:30:00-04:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Earl V. Moore Building
Josh White Jr. (September 14, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65335 65335-16571543@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 14, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Presented by The Ark

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Performance Fri, 16 Aug 2019 12:25:12 -0400 2019-09-14T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance
John McEuen & the String Wizards (September 15, 2019 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64880 64880-16483062@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, September 15, 2019 7:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

John McEuen brings with him 50+ years of worldwide performing with his banjo, fiddle, guitar, and mandolin. Often referred to as the String Wizard, he weaves stories of his travels and family life (he has raised seven kids), taking us through where his musical path has taken him. A Nitty Gritty Dirt Band founding member in 1966, John initiated the 1972 classic "Will the Circle Be Unbroken" album, (inducted in to the Library of Congress as ‘one of America’s most important recordings). Proud of being an integral part of America’s first band to go to Russia (28 sold-out shows in 1977!), John has a love of performing evident since his teenage Magic Shop days in Disneyland. With music from 1800s to now, original songs laced with known hits, (his current "Made in Brooklyn" album earned the Independent Music Award’s recognition as Best Americana album), and a special tribute to the ‘Circle’ album music and its stories, John McEuen and his history come to life in an evening of acoustic music in overdrive.

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Performance Mon, 05 Aug 2019 11:54:00 -0400 2019-09-15T19:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance John McEuen
Faculty Recital: Yizhak Schotten, viola (September 16, 2019 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64826 64826-16455002@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 16, 2019 7:30pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Prof. Schotten presents an all Schubert program featuring Prof. Aaron Berofsky, violin; Prof. Maximilian Dimoff, bass; Prof. Kathryn Votapek, violin; Nathaniel Pierce, cello; and Hye Jin Cho, piano.

PROGRAM:
Schubert- Trio D. 581; Arpeggione Sonata; Trout Quintet D. 667, op. 114

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Performance Wed, 04 Sep 2019 18:15:19 -0400 2019-09-16T19:30:00-04:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Earl V. Moore Building
Bill Frisell (September 16, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64055 64055-16113173@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 16, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

"Bill Frisell plays the guitar like Miles Davis played the trumpet."

The New Yorker

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Performance Wed, 10 Jul 2019 16:39:37 -0400 2019-09-16T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Bill Frisell
Crash Test Dummies wsg Mo Kenney (September 17, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64526 64526-16386889@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 17, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Presented by The Ark

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Performance Tue, 03 Sep 2019 15:15:13 -0400 2019-09-17T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance crash test dummies
LRCCS Special Performance | The Chinese Hip-Hop Experience: Showcase and Discussion (September 18, 2019 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64930 64930-16491247@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 18, 2019 5:30pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

This event will feature two Chinese rappers (Lil Bag 小包 and Don Dream aka Tang King) from the Iron Mic (the largest MC competition in China), and the founder of the competition himself, Detroit native Dana "Showtyme" Burton. Don Dream (Shanghai) has been a full time rapper since 2003 and took second place in the Iron Mic. He also MCs large events and music festivals, such as EDC Shanghai. Lil Bag (Changsha) has been nominated for "Rap album of the year" three times (Abilu awards) and has 7 full length albums. He also has a history as one of the most famous journalists on Chinese hip-hop.

Our panelists will be talking about the evolution of Chinese hip-hop, moderated by LRCCS Faculty Associate Professor Emily Wilcox. There will also be an opportunity for questions from the audience. The artists will also give a short showcase of their microphone skills, which is a preview for a large scale Chinese hip-hop performance happening in Hart Plaza, Detroit on Saturday, Sept 21st at the Detroit Chinatown Festival.

The artists will also give a short showcase of their microphone skills, which is a preview for a large scale Chinese hip-hop performance happening in Hart Plaza, Detroit on Saturday, Sept 21st at the Detroit Chinatown Festival. ( http://www.detroitchinatownllc.com/event/ )

Click here for more info on the festival: http://www.detroitchinatownllc.com/event/

Cosponsored by the U-M Center for World Performance Studies and Detroit Chinatown.

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, please reach out to us at least 2 weeks in advance of this event. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Performance Thu, 22 Aug 2019 13:53:56 -0400 2019-09-18T17:30:00-04:00 2019-09-18T19:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Performance The Chinese Hip-Hop Experience: Showcase and Discussion
The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band (September 18, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64290 64290-16276488@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 18, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

"Kindred spirits to Reverend Peyton are John Lee Hooker and RL Burnside."

Washington Post

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Performance Wed, 10 Jul 2019 16:50:27 -0400 2019-09-18T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance RevPayton
Classical & Ragtime Flute & Piano (September 19, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66165 66165-16717496@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 19, 2019 12:00pm
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Siblings Laura and Ted Wyman have been playing flute and piano together since they were in elementary school in Ann Arbor. Laura has a degree in flute performance from U-M. She also owns Wyman Video, specializing in documentary photo and video. Ted studied classical, ragtime and jazz with Sarah Albright, Barton Polot and Mike Grace during his time at Community High School. He is an accomplished and versatile accompanist, working with instrumentalists, vocalists and choral groups, including Ben Cohen's Vocal Arts Ensemble. Laura and Ted are two of the founding members of the River Raisin Ragtime Revue.

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Performance Tue, 03 Sep 2019 10:37:53 -0400 2019-09-19T12:00:00-04:00 2019-09-19T13:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Performance Photograph of Wyman Duo by Laura Wyman.
Amy Speace (September 19, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63372 63372-15661324@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 19, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Presented by The Ark

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Performance Thu, 25 Apr 2019 13:39:02 -0400 2019-09-19T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance
Amy Speace (September 19, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64291 64291-16276489@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 19, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Nashville-based, Amy Speace is a folk singer, timeless and classic, and a bit out of her own era. "She has one of the richest and loveliest voices in the genre and her songs are luxuriously smart," writes journalist Craig Havighurst (host of Nashville’s Music City Roots). "She’s profoundly personal yet also a bit mythic." Since her discovery in 2006 by folk-pop icon Judy Collins, who signed her to her own imprint Wildflower Records, Amy has been heralded as one of the leading voices of the new generation of American folk singers. Her song “The Weight of the World” was named as the #4 Best Folk Song of the last decade by NYC’s premiere AAA radio station, WFUV and was recorded by Judy Collins. From her beginnings in New York City as a classically trained actress with The National Shakespeare Company, to the coffeehouses of Greenwich Village where she began playing her original songs, to her move to East Nashville in 2009, to her most recent release, "That Kind Of Girl,: what ties all of her work together is a palpable empathy for the small struggles of the human condition. Rock critic Dave Marsh, long a fan, wrote taht "Amy Speace’s songs hang together like a short story collection, united by a common vantage point and common predicaments … it’s a gift to hear a heart so modest even when it’s wide open." She comes to Michigan with a brand-new release, "Me and the Ghost of Charlemagne."

This show is free at the door for Ark members at the Solo level and above.

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Performance Wed, 10 Jul 2019 16:54:18 -0400 2019-09-19T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Amy Speace
Performing Arts Technology Seminar: Luke Dahl, University of Virginia (September 20, 2019 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66727 66727-16772448@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 20, 2019 2:30pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Luke Dahl is assistant professor of Composition and Computer Technologies in the Music Department at University of Virginia where he teaches classes on music technology, audio signal processing, and music interaction design. His research is primarily situated in the interdisciplinary field of New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME) which investigates and explores the intersection of technology and musical practice through the activities of design, musical performance, and empirical research. He is especially interested in systems for digitally-mediated real-time music collaboration, and in the role of movement and gesture in music. 

Dahl has recently released alpha versions of two software libraries: Modosc is a Max library for processing motion-capture data in real-time to enable movement-based interactions, and was created in collaboration with Dr. Federico Visi. Bf-Pd is a library written in PureData which facilitates real-time data-sharing and collaboration between musicians in spontaneously formed ensembles. Bf-Pd was developed in collaboration with Dr Florent Berthaut at Université de Lille. 

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Performance Mon, 09 Sep 2019 18:15:24 -0400 2019-09-20T14:30:00-04:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Earl V. Moore Building
Reckless Kelly (September 20, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63931 63931-16003642@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 20, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

The heartland gave the band authenticity. Musical lives honed its skill. Adversity instilled its persistence. Moving to Austin gave it wings to fly. Understanding the virtuosity of Reckless Kelly requires the perspective of where the band has been. Cody and Willy Braun grew up in the White Cloud Mountains of Idaho. They moved to Bend, Oregon, and then migrated to that great musical fountainhead, Austin, Texas. It's natural that Reckless Kelly, born in the dreams of the two Braun brothers and their heritage but nurtured in the bumpy road of maturity, became the very essence of Americana music in all its far-flung glory. "We came along in that second wave of the movement," Cody Braun says. “Son Volt’s album 'Trace' had a major effect on us. People like Joe Ely, Ray Kennedy and Robert Earl Keen were always big supporters. Our goal was to make music that had a country vibe but a solid rock edge. As Music Row magazine proclaimed, "In my perfect world, this is what country radio would sound like."

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Performance Wed, 10 Jul 2019 16:58:33 -0400 2019-09-20T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance reckless kelly
University Symphony Orchestra (September 20, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65496 65496-16607677@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 20, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Kenneth Kiesler, conductor
Xiaoya Liu, piano (Winner, 2019 SMTD Concerto Competition)

Pre-concert lecture at 7:15 PM in the lower lobby.

The University Symphony Orchestra (USO), conducted by its music director Kenneth Kiesler, opens its season with an exciting program of masterworks by French and Russian composers. Xiaoya Liu, a winner of the 2019 SMTD Concerto Competition, joins the USO to perform one of the most virtuosic and justly popular piano concertos of the 20th Century, the Prokofiev Third. After Mussorgsky breathed musical life into the work of artist Victor Hartmann with his set of piano pieces called Pictures at an Exhibition, other composers transformed it into a piece for symphony orchestra. The task stirred the imagination and creativity of perhaps the greatest orchestrator of the era–or any era–Maurice Ravel. The result, with its stunning palette of colors, demanding solo passages, and sheer sonic opulence, has become one of the most widely performed and beloved pieces of the symphonic repertoire.

PROGRAM-
Berlioz- Roman Carnival Overture
Prokofiev- Piano Concerto No. 3
Mussorgsky/Ravel- Pictures at an Exhibition

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Performance Wed, 11 Sep 2019 18:15:24 -0400 2019-09-20T20:00:00-04:00 Hill Auditorium School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance University Symphony Orchestra
Senior Recital: Celia van den Bogert, harp (September 21, 2019 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67183 67183-16807426@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 21, 2019 7:30pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

PROGRAM: Jacob TV - Cities Change the Songs of Birds; Bach - Fugue from Violin Sonata no. 1 in G Minor, BWV 1001; Lizotte - Suite Galactique, op. 39; Bley - Lawns; Zel - stopwatch; Bax - Elegy in light (Elegiac Trio, GP 178); Rogers - The Dedication of a Bird Sitting on Eggs; Grandjany - Rhapsodie pour la Harpe.

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Performance Wed, 18 Sep 2019 18:15:34 -0400 2019-09-21T19:30:00-04:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Earl V. Moore Building
A Grand Night for Singing: Community and Interdependence featuring Melanie DeMore (September 21, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63542 63542-15784059@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 21, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Join us for the return of Grand Night for Singing featuring singer, song leader and activist Melanie DeMore.

With a focus on themes of community and interdependence, the concert will combine traditional concert performances with moments akin to a ‘Big Sing’ gathering (where the audience becomes the choir) led by our guest, Ms. DeMore.

The concert will feature performances by the Chamber Choir, University Choir, Orpheus Singers, Men’s Glee Club, Women’s Glee Club, the Department of Voice, and the Department of Musical Theatre.

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Performance Mon, 09 Sep 2019 18:15:14 -0400 2019-09-21T20:00:00-04:00 Hill Auditorium School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Grand Night For Singing Poster
Scholarship Showcase (September 22, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63543 63543-15784060@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, September 22, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Beneficiaries of the generous support of SMTD scholarship donors, students representing some of SMTD’s best perform a wide range of selections in music, theatre, and dance in an “intimate Collage.”

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Performance Thu, 29 Aug 2019 12:15:16 -0400 2019-09-22T16:00:00-04:00 Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Scholarship Showcase Poster
Chris Pureka w/ The Harmaleighs (September 22, 2019 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63373 63373-15661325@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, September 22, 2019 7:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Presented by The Ark

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Performance Mon, 20 May 2019 11:52:14 -0400 2019-09-22T19:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance
Faculty Recital: Arthur Greene, piano (September 22, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65507 65507-16607688@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, September 22, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

PROGRAM:
Schumann- Davidsbündlertänze
Scriabin- Sonata #3
Brahms- Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Handel

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Performance Wed, 21 Aug 2019 12:15:18 -0400 2019-09-22T20:00:00-04:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Earl V. Moore Building
Justin Townes Earle (September 23, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64798 64798-16444955@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 23, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Justin Townes Earle has done a lot of living in his 37 years. For starters, there’s the quick-hit bullet points about his childhood that seem to get dredged up in every interview, article or review about the singer-songwriter and guitarist: Born the son of Steve Earle, who was largely absent during Justin’s childhood; struggles from a young age with addiction and numerous stints in rehab; long stretches of itinerancy and general juvenile delinquency; a youth he once said he was “lucky to have gotten out of alive.”

That’s before we get to the years spent honing his craft in Nashville bars and on club stages all over the world; the various bands, record labels and industry types that have been drawn toward and, at times, pushed away by him; and, finally, the celebrated and rather formidable body of work he has amassed since releasing his critically-acclaimed 2007 debut EP, Yuma.

It’s a seemingly bottomless well of material for a singer-songwriter to mine out of just three decades or so of life. And Earle at times has—most recently on his 2017 album, Kids in the Street, which the artist calls “one of the more personal records I’ve ever made.”

But when it came to his newest effort, The Saint of Lost Causes, Earle, these days sober, married and father to a baby girl, chose to focus his gaze outward. “Maybe having a kid has made me look at the world around me more,” he says.

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Performance Wed, 31 Jul 2019 16:14:04 -0400 2019-09-23T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance JTE
University Philharmonia Orchestra (September 23, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65497 65497-16607678@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 23, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Adrian Slywotzky, conductor
Pre-concert lecture at 7:15 PM in the lower lobby

The University Philharmonia Orchestra brings together Beethoven’s lighthearted Second Symphony with two evocative American works: William Grant Still’s spiritual and affirming Poem for Orchestra, and the colorful music of Walter Piston’s whimsical ballet, The Incredible Flutist.

PROGRAM:
Beethoven- Symphony No. 2
Still- Poem for Orchestra
Piston- Suite from The Incredible Flutist

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Performance Wed, 11 Sep 2019 12:15:21 -0400 2019-09-23T20:00:00-04:00 Hill Auditorium School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance University Philharmonia Orchestra
Value the Voice: A Storyteller's Lounge (September 24, 2019 6:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/66699 66699-16770225@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 24, 2019 6:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

Storytelling is one of the oldest forms of educational entertainment known to mankind. From the West African tradition of the Griot to modern day Moth events, storytelling environments have served as a means to pass along history, shape culture, share helpful lessons, and establish a sense of belonging and community.

The U-M Comprehensive Studies Program and Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, along with the U-M Museum of Art and the Trotter Multicultural Center invite you to explore themes related to campus life, coming of age, and learning and growing, at this series of Moth Style Storyteller Lounge events. Storytellers include students, faculty and staff, and Voices of Wisdom (alums or community members).

There will be a post event reception in the Trotter Multicultural center.

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Performance Mon, 09 Sep 2019 15:27:38 -0400 2019-09-24T06:00:00-04:00 2019-09-24T21:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Performance Museum of Art
Yandong Grand Singers (September 24, 2019 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64719 64719-16434925@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 24, 2019 7:30pm
Location: Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre
Organized By: Center for World Performance Studies

Center for World Performance Studies and Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies present the Yandong Grand Singers at the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre on September 24, 2019 at 7:30pm. In bright voices and natural harmonies shaped by the unique environment of the area, the Dong people of Guizhou, China sing about nature, romantic love, history and moral values. For the Dong people, Grand Song is an indispensable part of life, just as their saying goes, “rice feeds the body–but songs feed the soul”. The Dong people transmit much of their history, culture and knowledge through songs that accompany them throughout their lives. Choirs of children, young and senior people are formed in every village, representing a crucial symbol of Dong ethnic identity and cultural heritage.

The Yandong Grand Singers is a choir formed by farmers from Yandong Village, specializing in the “Grand Song” of the Dong people - polyphonic music known to the world only in recent decades. The repertoire includes a range of genres such as ballads, children’s songs, songs of greeting and imitative songs that test performers’ virtuosity at mimicking the sounds of animals. Taught by masters to choirs of disciples, Grand Songs are performed formally in the drum-tower, the landmark venue for rituals, entertainment and meetings in a Dong village, or more spontaneously in homes or public places. In 2009, the Dong musical tradition was listed by UNESCO as an intangible cultural heritage in China. This will mark the group’s first full US tour, having previously appeared at Carnegie Hall China Festival and the International International Festival for Vocal Music in Leipzig, Germany.

CWPS events are free and open to the public. Visit www.lsa.umich.edu/world-performance for more info. If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact the Center for World Performance Studies, at 734-936-2777, at least one week in advance of this event. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the University to arrange.

This event is supported by the Office of the Vice Provost for Global Engagement and Interdisciplinary Academic Affairs.

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Performance Thu, 05 Sep 2019 14:31:05 -0400 2019-09-24T19:30:00-04:00 2019-09-24T21:00:00-04:00 Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre Center for World Performance Studies Performance Yandong Grand Singers
Brown Bag Recital Series: Stephanie Shapiro, oboe and Marilyn Biery, organ (September 25, 2019 12:05pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64707 64707-16428918@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 25, 2019 12:05pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Stephanie Shapiro and Marilyn Biery perform.

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Performance Tue, 20 Aug 2019 18:15:15 -0400 2019-09-25T12:05:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance
String Showcase (September 25, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64692 64692-16428888@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 25, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Walgreen Drama Center
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Please note the new location and day for this monthly series from previous years. A monthly performance series featuring the finest among our outstanding SMTD string students. Soloists and chamber music groups will be selected by the faculty to perform at this prestigious event.

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Performance Wed, 25 Sep 2019 15:25:36 -0400 2019-09-25T19:00:00-04:00 Walgreen Drama Center School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance String Showcase
LSWA/LHSP Arts & Literary Journal Release Party (September 25, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67558 67558-16892247@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 25, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Alice Lloyd Hall
Organized By: Lloyd Scholars for Writing and the Arts

Lloyd Scholars and LSWA/LHSP alum are invited for a night to commemorate the latest edition of our Arts & Literary Journal.

Wed. Sept. 25 @ 8PM

The evening will include readings, art, and refreshments. You'll also have the chance to get a print copy of this edition.

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Performance Mon, 23 Sep 2019 15:05:12 -0400 2019-09-25T20:00:00-04:00 2019-09-25T21:00:00-04:00 Alice Lloyd Hall Lloyd Scholars for Writing and the Arts Performance Arts & Literary Journal Release Party flyer
Celtic Fusion (September 26, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66166 66166-16717497@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 26, 2019 12:00pm
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Derzier is led by Kelly McDermott, known for her dazzling flute technique and beautiful, soulful voice. She is joined by co-founder and multi-instrumentalist Rob Crozier (strings, percussion and vocals) to research and arrange ballads and dances of the UK and Europe. They uniquely blend elements of classical, folk, jazz and world music to create rich, complex musical hybrids. They move audiences with funky reels, “barn burner” jigs, and deep, soulful glimpses of old stories. Look for live stream video on Gifts of Art Facebook.

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Performance Tue, 03 Sep 2019 10:40:31 -0400 2019-09-26T12:00:00-04:00 2019-09-26T13:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Performance Photograph of Derzier by Leisa Thompson.
Musical Performance: Borders & Ballads (September 26, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64902 64902-16485244@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 26, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: Judaic Studies

Detroit-born, Berlin-based singer, songwriter, translator and U-M alum Daniel Kahn returns to Ann Arbor for an intimate polyglot program in Yiddish, English, Russian, German, and French. Featuring images and surtitles designed and projected by co-translator and partner Yeva Lapsker, and acclaimed violist Jake Shulman-Ment, Kahn’s songscape traverses the borders of language, culture, history, and politics and draws on Kahn's own original songs and translations of Yiddish folksongs. In a time haunted by the specters of displacement and despotism, these are ballads without borders, anthems of solidarity and solitude, smuggled stories, forgotten futures.

For parking information:
https://smtd.umich.edu/admissions/explore-visit/travel-information/

If you have a disability that requires an accommodation, contact the Judaic Studies office at judaicstudies@umich.edu or 734-763-9047.

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Performance Tue, 24 Sep 2019 12:23:38 -0400 2019-09-26T20:00:00-04:00 2019-09-26T22:00:00-04:00 Earl V. Moore Building Judaic Studies Performance Daniel Kahn
What is nothing at the ends and high in the middle? *NEW SHOWTIME ADDED* (September 26, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64817 64817-16452967@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 26, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Duderstadt Center
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

*An additional performance has been added for Friday, September 27 at 6:00 PM*

An evening of dance/theater short works directed by Tzveta Kassabova. What is nothing at the ends and high in the middle? is an attempt to make sense of the world we live in, relationships we experience and witness, and our attitudes to existential questions of all times. The evening consists of three short works: Little is left to tell, Ohio Impromptu, and Beginnings.

There is a limited audience capacity for this show - please make a reservation in advance by e-mailing tzveta@umich.edu

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Performance Wed, 25 Sep 2019 15:25:15 -0400 2019-09-26T20:00:00-04:00 Duderstadt Center School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance What is nothing at the ends and high in the middle
What is nothing at the ends and high in the middle? *NEW SHOWTIME ADDED* (September 27, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64817 64817-16452968@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 27, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Duderstadt Center
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

*An additional performance has been added for Friday, September 27 at 6:00 PM*

An evening of dance/theater short works directed by Tzveta Kassabova. What is nothing at the ends and high in the middle? is an attempt to make sense of the world we live in, relationships we experience and witness, and our attitudes to existential questions of all times. The evening consists of three short works: Little is left to tell, Ohio Impromptu, and Beginnings.

There is a limited audience capacity for this show - please make a reservation in advance by e-mailing tzveta@umich.edu

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Performance Wed, 25 Sep 2019 15:25:15 -0400 2019-09-27T18:00:00-04:00 Duderstadt Center School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance What is nothing at the ends and high in the middle
Symphony Band (September 27, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64606 64606-16396972@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 27, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Michael Haithcock, conductor
Liz Ames, piano
Nicholas Music, tenor

Pre-concert conversation in the lower lobby at 7:15 PM with Liz Ames, Michael Daugherty, and Michael Haithcock.

The influence of J.S. Bach greatly inspired these works by Michael Daugherty, David Maslanka, and Igor Stravinsky. Retrospective casting of Bach’s genius illuminates their own unique compositional voices. A Baroque form employed by Ralph Vaughan Williams, a melancholy song by John Dowland adapted by Percy Grainger, and a period drinking tune disguised by Anne Clyne further illustrate the diversity of “almost Baroque” musical practices.

PROGRAM:
Ralph Vaughan Williams- Toccata Marziale
Percy Grainger- Bell-Piece (after Dowland), Nicholas Music, solo tenor
Anne Clyne- Masquerade
David Maslanka- Traveler
Stravinsky- Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments, Liz Ames, soloist
Michael Daugherty- Bells for Stokowski

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Performance Fri, 13 Sep 2019 12:15:17 -0400 2019-09-27T20:00:00-04:00 Hill Auditorium School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Symphony Band
What is nothing at the ends and high in the middle? *NEW SHOWTIME ADDED* (September 27, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64817 64817-16805199@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 27, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Duderstadt Center
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

*An additional performance has been added for Friday, September 27 at 6:00 PM*

An evening of dance/theater short works directed by Tzveta Kassabova. What is nothing at the ends and high in the middle? is an attempt to make sense of the world we live in, relationships we experience and witness, and our attitudes to existential questions of all times. The evening consists of three short works: Little is left to tell, Ohio Impromptu, and Beginnings.

There is a limited audience capacity for this show - please make a reservation in advance by e-mailing tzveta@umich.edu

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Performance Wed, 25 Sep 2019 15:25:15 -0400 2019-09-27T20:00:00-04:00 Duderstadt Center School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance What is nothing at the ends and high in the middle
UMMA Pop Up: Nadim Azzam feat. Thor Sigurdson on Cello (September 28, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67305 67305-16833422@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 28, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Singer-songwriter/acoustic Hip-Hop artist Nadim Azzam performs original music and covers accompanied by Cellist Thor Sigurdson.

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Performance Mon, 16 Sep 2019 18:17:15 -0400 2019-09-28T13:00:00-04:00 2019-09-28T14:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Performance Museum of Art
59th University of Michigan Organ Conference: “Building Bach: His Foundations and Futures” 7th Annual University of Michigan Improvisation Competition (September 28, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64695 64695-16428899@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 28, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Part of the 59th University of Michigan Organ Conference: “Building Bach: His Foundations and Futures”

The 59th University of Michigan Organ Conference “Building Bach: His Foundations and Futures” takes place Saturday, September 28 through Monday, October 1. Johann Sebastian Bach is often portrayed as a solitary colossus, dwarfing his contemporaries and casting a long shadow on his successors. This conference provides an opportunity to assess Bach within the context of his foundational artistic influences, his exchanges with his contemporaries, and his influence on later composers, extending to present-day projects. Registration to attend the daily conference required (Students are free, $100 for non-students, $50 for single day), register at myumi.ch/LBQE8

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Performance Wed, 25 Sep 2019 15:22:27 -0400 2019-09-28T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance 59th University of Michigan Organ Conference
Greg Lawell (September 28, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63377 63377-15661338@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 28, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Presented by The Ark

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Performance Thu, 25 Apr 2019 16:53:55 -0400 2019-09-28T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance
Senior Recital: Benjamin Cormier, oboe (September 28, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67591 67591-16900779@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 28, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

PROGRAM: del Aquila - Summer Song; Handel - Trio Sonata in G Major, HWV 384; Krommer - Oboe Concerto no. 2 in F Major, op. 52; Kirsch - Danse (Sigillum Saturni).

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Performance Tue, 24 Sep 2019 12:15:36 -0400 2019-09-28T20:00:00-04:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Earl V. Moore Building
59th University of Michigan Organ Conference “Building Bach: His Foundations and Futures” Guest Recital: Dr. Julia Brown, Mayflower Congregational Church, Grand Rapids (September 29, 2019 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64825 64825-16455001@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, September 29, 2019 4:30pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Works by Buxtehude, Müthel, and Bach

The 59th University of Michigan Organ Conference “Building Bach: His Foundations and Futures” takes place Saturday, September 28 through Monday, October 1. Johann Sebastian Bach is often portrayed as a solitary colossus, dwarfing his contemporaries and casting a long shadow on his successors. This conference provides an opportunity to assess Bach within the context of his foundational artistic influences, his exchanges with his contemporaries, and his influence on later composers, extending to present-day projects. Registration to attend the daily conference required (Students are free, $100 for non-students, $50 for single day), register at myumi.ch/LBQE8

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Performance Wed, 25 Sep 2019 15:21:56 -0400 2019-09-29T16:30:00-04:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance 59th University of Michigan Organ Conference
Masters Recital: Wenyi Xiong, piano (September 29, 2019 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67662 67662-16911455@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, September 29, 2019 7:30pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

PROGRAM: Beethoven - Bagatelles, op. 119; Chopin - Polonaise in F-sharp Minor, op. 44; Bax - Sonata for Piano and Viola, GP 251; Prokofiev - Piano Sonata no. 6 in A Major, op. 82.

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Performance Wed, 25 Sep 2019 18:15:42 -0400 2019-09-29T19:30:00-04:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Earl V. Moore Building
The Shootouts (September 29, 2019 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65014 65014-16501313@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, September 29, 2019 7:30pm
Location:
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Presented by The Ark

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Performance Wed, 07 Aug 2019 15:07:54 -0400 2019-09-29T19:30:00-04:00 Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance
59th University of Michigan Organ Conference: “Building Bach: His Foundations and Futures” Faculty Recital: Prof. Kola Owolabi (September 29, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64696 64696-16428900@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, September 29, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Featuring SMTD Prof. Kola Owolabi.

The 59th University of Michigan Organ Conference “Building Bach: His Foundations and Futures” takes place Saturday, September 28 through Monday, October 1. Johann Sebastian Bach is often portrayed as a solitary colossus, dwarfing his contemporaries and casting a long shadow on his successors. This conference provides an opportunity to assess Bach within the context of his foundational artistic influences, his exchanges with his contemporaries, and his influence on later composers, extending to present-day projects. Registration to attend the daily conference required (Students are free, $100 for non-students, $50 for single day), register at myumi.ch/LBQE8

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Performance Wed, 25 Sep 2019 15:21:32 -0400 2019-09-29T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance 59th University of Michigan Organ Conference
59th University of Michigan Organ Conference: “Building Bach: His Foundations and Futures” Faculty Recital: Tiffany Ng, carillon (September 30, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65072 65072-16511422@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 30, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Ng's recital of contemporary carillon music, ranging from the world premiere of Trevor Weston's "Nut: Goddess of the Night Sky" to Jenny Olivia Johnson's monumental "July 3 - A Hall of Mirrors," honors Bach's 21st-century legacy with compositional forms and themes Bach used in his work. Part of the 59th University of Michigan Organ Conference “Building Bach: His Foundations and Futures."

The 59th University of Michigan Organ Conference “Building Bach: His Foundations and Futures” takes place Saturday, September 28 through Monday, October 1. Johann Sebastian Bach is often portrayed as a solitary colossus, dwarfing his contemporaries and casting a long shadow on his successors. This conference provides an opportunity to assess Bach within the context of his foundational artistic influences, his exchanges with his contemporaries, and his influence on later composers, extending to present-day projects. Registration to attend the daily conference required (Students are free, $100 for non-students, $50 for single day), register at myumi.ch/LBQE8

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Performance Wed, 25 Sep 2019 15:21:02 -0400 2019-09-30T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance 59th University of Michigan Organ Conference
Eurydice (September 30, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67686 67686-16952007@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 30, 2019 1:00pm
Location:
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Sarah Ruhl's EURYDICE, a contemporary adaptation of a renowned Greek myth, tells the story of Eurydice, a young woman hopelessly in love with her husband Orpheus, who is proclaimed to be the greatest musician of all time. When a mysterious stranger attempts to seduce Eurydice, she is led down a terrifying and confusing rabbit hole to the Underworld; she's dead, leaving Orpheus behind. While Eurydice embraces a reunion with her Father in the Underworld, Orpheus becomes determined to bring his wife and one true love back from the Underworld. The task he faces presents more challenges than he could expect, and Eurydice begins to wonder if returning to the real world is what she wants.

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Performance Mon, 30 Sep 2019 13:38:30 -0400 2019-09-30T13:00:00-04:00 2019-09-30T14:00:00-04:00 Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Sarah Ruhl's EURYDICE
Eurydice (September 30, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67686 67686-16952008@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 30, 2019 1:00pm
Location:
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Sarah Ruhl's EURYDICE, a contemporary adaptation of a renowned Greek myth, tells the story of Eurydice, a young woman hopelessly in love with her husband Orpheus, who is proclaimed to be the greatest musician of all time. When a mysterious stranger attempts to seduce Eurydice, she is led down a terrifying and confusing rabbit hole to the Underworld; she's dead, leaving Orpheus behind. While Eurydice embraces a reunion with her Father in the Underworld, Orpheus becomes determined to bring his wife and one true love back from the Underworld. The task he faces presents more challenges than he could expect, and Eurydice begins to wonder if returning to the real world is what she wants.

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Performance Mon, 30 Sep 2019 13:38:30 -0400 2019-09-30T13:00:00-04:00 2019-09-30T14:00:00-04:00 Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Sarah Ruhl's EURYDICE
59th University of Michigan Organ Conference: “Building Bach - His Foundations & Futures” Carillon Recital: Roy Kroezen, Centralia Carillon (September 30, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64697 64697-16428901@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 30, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Burton Memorial Tower
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Part of the 59th University of Michigan Organ Conference: “Building Bach: His Foundations and Futures”

The 59th University of Michigan Organ Conference “Building Bach: His Foundations and Futures” takes place Saturday, September 28 through Monday, October 1. Johann Sebastian Bach is often portrayed as a solitary colossus, dwarfing his contemporaries and casting a long shadow on his successors. This conference provides an opportunity to assess Bach within the context of his foundational artistic influences, his exchanges with his contemporaries, and his influence on later composers, extending to present-day projects. Registration to attend the daily conference required (Students are free, $100 for non-students, $50 for single day), register at myumi.ch/LBQE8

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Performance Wed, 25 Sep 2019 15:20:43 -0400 2019-09-30T19:00:00-04:00 Burton Memorial Tower School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance 59th University of Michigan Organ Conference
59th University of Michigan Organ Conference: “Building Bach - His Foundations & Futures” Guest Recital: Dr. Steven Elger, Central Michigan University (September 30, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64698 64698-16428902@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 30, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Part of the 59th University of Michigan Organ Conference: “Building Bach: His Foundations and Futures”

The 59th University of Michigan Organ Conference “Building Bach: His Foundations and Futures” takes place Saturday, September 28 through Monday, October 1. Johann Sebastian Bach is often portrayed as a solitary colossus, dwarfing his contemporaries and casting a long shadow on his successors. This conference provides an opportunity to assess Bach within the context of his foundational artistic influences, his exchanges with his contemporaries, and his influence on later composers, extending to present-day projects. Registration to attend the daily conference required (Students are free, $100 for non-students, $50 for single day), register at myumi.ch/LBQE8

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Performance Wed, 25 Sep 2019 15:20:27 -0400 2019-09-30T20:00:00-04:00 Hill Auditorium School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance 59th University of Michigan Organ Conference
First Dissertation Recital: Amanda Ross, trumpet (September 30, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67590 67590-16900778@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 30, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Walgreen Drama Center
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

PROGRAM: Vierdanck - Cappricio à 2 Cornetti; Ibert - Impromptu; Arutiunian - Trumpet Concerto in A-flat Major; Bozza - Rustiques; Williams - “With Malice Towards None” from Lincoln; Jacob TV - Close Fight.

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Performance Tue, 24 Sep 2019 12:15:36 -0400 2019-09-30T20:00:00-04:00 Walgreen Drama Center School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Walgreen Drama Center
59th University of Michigan Organ Conference: “Building Bach - His Foundations & Futures” Closing Performance: U-M Early Music Ensemble (October 1, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64699 64699-16428903@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 1, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

The U-M Early Music Ensemble with faculty soloists Prof. Kola Owolabi, Prof. Joseph Gascho, and Prof. Aaron Berofsky.

The 59th University of Michigan Organ Conference “Building Bach: His Foundations and Futures” takes place Saturday, September 28 through Monday, October 1. Johann Sebastian Bach is often portrayed as a solitary colossus, dwarfing his contemporaries and casting a long shadow on his successors. This conference provides an opportunity to assess Bach within the context of his foundational artistic influences, his exchanges with his contemporaries, and his influence on later composers, extending to present-day projects. Registration to attend the daily conference required (Students are free, $100 for non-students, $50 for single day), register at myumi.ch/LBQE8

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Performance Wed, 25 Sep 2019 15:19:49 -0400 2019-10-01T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance 59th University of Michigan Organ Conference
Tannahill Weavers // Old Blind Dogs (October 1, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61936 61936-15241342@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 1, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Scotland's Tannahill Weavers recently celebrated their 50th year on the road, and they're not slowing down! Named for Scottish poet Robert Tannahill, the Tannahill Weavers create music that is steeped in history yet brings the Scottish musical tradition forward into the present day. With innovative arrangements blending the beauty of traditional melodies with the power of modern rhythms, the group embraces the rollicking, even brawling qualities of Lowland Anglo-Scots tunes but never loses sight of the almost mystical Highland Celtic core. "The penetrating sound of the Highland bagpipes is a thread of ancient memory running through it all," they say. The band's diverse repertoire spans the centuries with fiery instrumentals, topical songs, and original ballads. They're an Ark favorite, but tonight you have the chance to see them with an act that's a good deal rarer stateside—The Old Blind Dogs. Since forming in Scotland in 1992, The Dogs have stood on the cutting edge of the Scots roots revival. The band has developed its own trademark style with an energetic mix of songs and tunes. Dynamic percussion, polished vocals, soaring fiddle and stirring pipes fuel the delicately phrased melodies and traditional songs. "The Old Blind Dogs play with a compelling energy and intoxicating rhythm," says The Scotsman, "...as players and audience seem to share a wild ecstasy of emotion." Twenty-seven years is a long time in the life of any band and most who reach those milestones are content to rest on the tried and tested formulas that have worked in the past. Not so for The Old Blind Dogs, whose newly released "Room With A View" takes them once again bravely in many new directions.

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Performance Mon, 22 Jul 2019 14:40:08 -0400 2019-10-01T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance
Mi Vida Su Vida - Open Dance Workshop with Alexis Saenz (October 2, 2019 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67455 67455-16857829@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 2, 2019 6:30pm
Location: Dance Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

The Ancestral Healing Movement Workshop is an experience that requires participants to use imagination and movement to heal past trauma and embrace resilience. During this process, students should be prepared to experience all emotions that come up for them and will leverage movement to release feelings or experiences that no longer serve them. This class requires all senses and in some cases speech to take up space in the room figuratively and physically. Using epigenetics to understand and movement as medicine to heal, the goal is to physically release trauma that is pinned up in the body and embrace generational resilience for a brighter future.

Saenz's residency at U-M also includes a screening of the film "The Process of Remembering" on Friday, Oct. 4th at 6:30 pm in the Betty Pease Studio Theater within the University of Michigan Department of Dance.

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Performance Wed, 02 Oct 2019 18:15:36 -0400 2019-10-02T18:30:00-04:00 Dance Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Alexis Saenz
Andrea Gibson (October 2, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65133 65133-16539444@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 2, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Andrea Gibson has proven to be one of the most quotable and influential poets of our time and has made a career at the forefront of the spoken-word movement. Gibson was the first winner of the Women’s World Poetry Slam and has headlined prestigious performance venues all over the country and abroad. Gibson regularly tours, performing poetry that focuses on gender norms, politics, social reform, and the struggles LGBTQ people face in today’s society. A devoted fan base sees Gibson’s work as a rally cry to action and a welcome mat at the door of the heart’s most compassionate room. Born in Calais, Maine, Gibson now resides outside Boulder, Colorado.

www.andreagibson.org

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Performance Mon, 12 Aug 2019 10:39:49 -0400 2019-10-02T20:00:00-04:00 2019-10-02T22:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Andrea Gibson
Concert Band (October 2, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64703 64703-16428914@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 2, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Courtney Snyder, conductor
Giovani Briguente, graduate conductor

The Concert Band opens its 2019-20 program with a concert of diverse repertoire spanning nearly 200 years of music.

PROGRAM:
McCune- Pocket
Puckett- It Perched for Vespers Nine
Milhaud- Suite Francaise
Gipps- Seascape
Bates- Mothership
Berlioz- “March to the Scaffold” from Symphonie Fantastique
King- Invictus

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Performance Mon, 16 Sep 2019 18:15:20 -0400 2019-10-02T20:00:00-04:00 Hill Auditorium School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Concert Band
First Dissertation Recital: Joachim Angster, viola (October 2, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67729 67729-16926536@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 2, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Walgreen Drama Center
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

PROGRAM: Mozart - Duo for Violin and Viola no. 1 in G Major, K. 423; Toch - Divertimento, op. 37; Spohr - Duet for Violin and Viola in E Minor, op. 13; Martinu - Duo no. 1 for Violin and Viola (”Three Madrigals”), H. 313.

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Performance Wed, 02 Oct 2019 18:15:37 -0400 2019-10-02T20:00:00-04:00 Walgreen Drama Center School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Walgreen Drama Center
EVENT CANCELLED - Musical Theatre & Cabaret (October 3, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67411 67411-16849154@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 3, 2019 12:00pm
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

EVENT RESCHEDULED FOR JAN 30 - LOBBY CURRENTLY CLOSED FOR MAINTENANCE. The Two Tenors (Jeffrey Willets & Jay Kaplan), with the assistance of pianist Elisabeth Wagner and percussionist Jessie Gibbs, will tickle your funny bone and tingle your spine with October themed musical pieces from the American musical theatre and Cabaret repertoire. Look for live stream video on Gifts of Art Facebook.

University Hospital Main Lobby, Floor 1
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109

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Performance Tue, 01 Oct 2019 13:57:42 -0400 2019-10-03T12:00:00-04:00 2019-10-03T13:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Performance Photograph of Jay Kaplan, Elisabeth Wagner and Jeffrey Willets by Hector Luna.
Walking With Our Ancestors: Cape Coast Castle (October 3, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66726 66726-16772447@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 3, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Ama Oforiwaa Aduonum—researcher, writer, choreographer, and performer.

The award-winning and nationally-recognized performance art piece The Walking with My Ancestors: Cape Coast Castle (2019) is a story that takes the audience through a ritual journey that includes live drumming, storytelling, song, dance, and drama and leads to revelation, reconciliation, and rebirth. It is a human story about triumph over adversity, hope, resilience, emotional justice, love, and survival.
 
 
Walking with My Ancestors: Cape Coast Castle (2019) is based on the totality of ethnographic field research in former dungeons for enslaved Africans at Cape Coast, Ghana in 2016-2017. It was directed by Kim Pereira, and originally produced by Don Shandrow.

This event is co-sponsored by the School of Music, Theatre & Dance and the University Library System as part of the 2019 DEI Summit.

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Performance Thu, 19 Sep 2019 15:45:37 -0400 2019-10-03T18:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Walking With Our Ancestors: Cape Coast Castle
Sense and Sensibility (October 3, 2019 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63544 63544-15784061@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 3, 2019 7:30pm
Location: Walgreen Drama Center
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Adapted by Kate Hamill.
Based on the novel by Jane Austen.
Directed by Priscilla Lindsay.

When sisters Elinor and Marianne Dashwood are left financially destitute by their father’s sudden passing, they must navigate the perilous social circles in their new, vulnerable status. As potential suitors come and go, so do their hopes for true love. Full of gossip, humor, and heart-felt moments, this classic story examines the effects of societal pressures on love and life. The play Sense and Sensibility premiered in 2014 at New York City’s Bedlam Theater Company, returning for another, longer run in 2016, and was named The New York Times Critic’s Pick for both years. The New York Times calls Sense and Sensibility a “bouncy, jaunty take on Austen…[that] remains remarkably true to the values and priorities of its source.”

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Performance Wed, 25 Sep 2019 18:15:28 -0400 2019-10-03T19:30:00-04:00 Walgreen Drama Center School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Sense and Sensibility
Jazz Showcase (October 3, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65512 65512-16607696@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 3, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Students and faculty from the Department of Jazz and Contemporary Improvisation perform a variety of original compositions and arrangements of jazz standards in small and large group formats.

Please note Hankinson Rehearsal Hall has limited seating capacity, early arrival is recommended to ensure admission.

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Performance Wed, 25 Sep 2019 12:15:33 -0400 2019-10-03T20:00:00-04:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Jazz Showcase
Radney Foster and Kim Richey - Lyrics and Harmony (October 3, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63378 63378-15661339@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 3, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Presented by The Ark

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Performance Thu, 25 Apr 2019 17:04:01 -0400 2019-10-03T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance
Faculty/Guest Recital: Prof. Arthur Greene and Solomia Soroka (October 4, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65508 65508-16607689@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 4, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

American works for violin and piano, including a major romantic sonata by Rosseter Cole, a graduate of Ann Arbor High School (1884) and the University of Michigan (1888), and works by Gershwin, Arthur Hartmann, William Grant Still, and Julius Chajes (born Lemberg 1910, died Detroit 1985).

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Performance Wed, 25 Sep 2019 18:15:36 -0400 2019-10-04T20:00:00-04:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Arthur Greene and Solomia Soroka
May Erlewine (October 4, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64879 64879-16483059@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 4, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Presented by The Ark

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Performance Mon, 05 Aug 2019 11:45:11 -0400 2019-10-04T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance
Sense and Sensibility (October 4, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63544 63544-15784062@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 4, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Walgreen Drama Center
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Adapted by Kate Hamill.
Based on the novel by Jane Austen.
Directed by Priscilla Lindsay.

When sisters Elinor and Marianne Dashwood are left financially destitute by their father’s sudden passing, they must navigate the perilous social circles in their new, vulnerable status. As potential suitors come and go, so do their hopes for true love. Full of gossip, humor, and heart-felt moments, this classic story examines the effects of societal pressures on love and life. The play Sense and Sensibility premiered in 2014 at New York City’s Bedlam Theater Company, returning for another, longer run in 2016, and was named The New York Times Critic’s Pick for both years. The New York Times calls Sense and Sensibility a “bouncy, jaunty take on Austen…[that] remains remarkably true to the values and priorities of its source.”

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Performance Wed, 25 Sep 2019 18:15:28 -0400 2019-10-04T20:00:00-04:00 Walgreen Drama Center School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Sense and Sensibility
Symphony Band Chamber Winds (October 4, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64607 64607-16396973@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 4, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Richard Frey, guest conductor
Nick Balla, Kim Fleming, Christine Lundahl, JoAnn Wieszczyk, graduate conductors

Historic forms of composition serve as the basis for each work. While many musical elements change, others stand the test of time. Ensemble “structures” of 8-15 musicians are featured.

PROGRAM:
Ernst Krenek- Three Merry Marches
Claude Arrieu- Dixtour
Fisher Tull- Nonet
Franz Schubert- Little Symphony
Robert Smith- Dance Mix

Please note Hankinson Rehearsal Hall has limited seating capacity, early arrival is recommended to ensure admission.

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Performance Fri, 20 Sep 2019 12:15:24 -0400 2019-10-04T20:00:00-04:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Symphony Band Chamber Winds
The Sally Fleming Guest Masterclass Series, as part of the Department of Performing Arts Technology Resonance: Suzanne Ciani (October 5, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64814 64814-16452964@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 5, 2019 2:00pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Suzanne Ciani is a composer, recording artist, and pioneer in the field of electronic music and sound design. She is best loved for her fifteen albums of original music which feature her performances in a broad array of expressions: pure electronic, solo piano, piano with orchestra, and piano with jazz ensemble. Her music, renowned for its romantic, healing, and aesthetic qualities has found a rapidly growing international audience, and her performances include numerous benefits for humanitarian causes. Her many recognitions include five Grammy nominations for Best New Age Album, an INDIE award for Best New Age Album, numerous Clios, a Golden Globe, Keyboard Magazine’s “New Age Keyboardist of the Year,” and the 2017 Moog Innovation Award.

Resonance is an annual symposium that celebrates women and non-binary artists in music technology hosted by the Department of Performing Arts Technology. This year, Resonance presents a pioneer of electronic music: Suzanne Ciani. The day-long event will include a masterclass and a performance by the artist, who will perform her works for the Buchla synthesizer with quadraphonic sound and visuals. Resonance receives generous support from the Sally Fleming Masterclass Fund, the Stearns Collection, the EXCEL Lab, and the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion office at SMTD.

Please note Hankinson Rehearsal Hall has limited seating capacity, early arrival is recommended to ensure admission.

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Performance Wed, 25 Sep 2019 15:14:41 -0400 2019-10-05T14:00:00-04:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Suzanne Ciani
Basement Arts' Songs Your Mom Likes: Season Kick-Off Cabaret (October 5, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67880 67880-16960552@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 5, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Walgreen Drama Center
Organized By: Basement Arts

Basement Arts is hosting a kick off cabaret performance and fundraiser on the Saturday of Parent's Weekend! Come enjoy some songs we all (but especially moms) love, and support free, entirely student run theatre!

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Performance Tue, 01 Oct 2019 16:40:20 -0400 2019-10-05T18:00:00-04:00 2019-10-05T21:00:00-04:00 Walgreen Drama Center Basement Arts Performance Poster!
Old Salt Union (October 5, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65336 65336-16571544@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 5, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Presented by The Ark

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Performance Fri, 16 Aug 2019 12:25:29 -0400 2019-10-05T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance
Sense and Sensibility (October 5, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63544 63544-15784063@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 5, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Walgreen Drama Center
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Adapted by Kate Hamill.
Based on the novel by Jane Austen.
Directed by Priscilla Lindsay.

When sisters Elinor and Marianne Dashwood are left financially destitute by their father’s sudden passing, they must navigate the perilous social circles in their new, vulnerable status. As potential suitors come and go, so do their hopes for true love. Full of gossip, humor, and heart-felt moments, this classic story examines the effects of societal pressures on love and life. The play Sense and Sensibility premiered in 2014 at New York City’s Bedlam Theater Company, returning for another, longer run in 2016, and was named The New York Times Critic’s Pick for both years. The New York Times calls Sense and Sensibility a “bouncy, jaunty take on Austen…[that] remains remarkably true to the values and priorities of its source.”

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Performance Wed, 25 Sep 2019 18:15:28 -0400 2019-10-05T20:00:00-04:00 Walgreen Drama Center School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Sense and Sensibility
String Quartet Recital (October 5, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65509 65509-16607690@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 5, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Come hear some of SMTD’s finest string players perform an evening of string quartets.

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Performance Tue, 15 Oct 2019 18:15:35 -0400 2019-10-05T20:00:00-04:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Earl V. Moore Building
The Sally Fleming Guest Masterclass Series, as part of the Department of Performing Arts Technology Resonance: Suzanne Ciani (October 5, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64813 64813-16452963@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 5, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Suzanne Ciani is a composer, recording artist, and pioneer in the field of electronic music and sound design. She is best loved for her fifteen albums of original music which feature her performances in a broad array of expressions: pure electronic, solo piano, piano with orchestra, and piano with jazz ensemble. Her music, renowned for its romantic, healing, and aesthetic qualities has found a rapidly growing international audience, and her performances include numerous benefits for humanitarian causes. Her many recognitions include five Grammy nominations for Best New Age Album, an INDIE award for Best New Age Album, numerous Clios, a Golden Globe, Keyboard Magazine’s “New Age Keyboardist of the Year,” and the 2017 Moog Innovation Award.

Resonance is an annual symposium that celebrates women and non-binary artists in music technology hosted by the Department of Performing Arts Technology. This year, Resonance presents a pioneer of electronic music: Suzanne Ciani. The day-long event will include a masterclass and a performance by the artist, who will perform her works for the Buchla synthesizer with quadraphonic sound and visuals. Resonance receives generous support from the Sally Fleming Masterclass Fund, the Stearns Collection, the EXCEL Lab, and the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion office at SMTD.

Please note Hankinson Rehearsal Hall has limited seating capacity, early arrival is recommended to ensure admission.

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Performance Wed, 25 Sep 2019 15:14:20 -0400 2019-10-05T20:00:00-04:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Suzanne Ciani
UMMA Pop Up: Frankie (October 6, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67306 67306-16833423@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, October 6, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Frankie is a singer-songwriter from Ann Arbor, MI.  Some of her biggest influences are Norah Jones, Carole King, Joni Mitchell, and Nina Simone, making her style a unique blend of indie, folk, soul, and pop.  With honest lyrics and a soulful sound, her music is "powerful yet sentimental . . . you don't want to miss her" - The Michigan Daily

Find Frankie's music on bandcamp @frankietunes and on Instagram @francyypants

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Performance Mon, 16 Sep 2019 18:17:15 -0400 2019-10-06T13:00:00-04:00 2019-10-06T14:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Performance Museum of Art
Faculty Recital: Martin Katz, piano with SMTD alumnus Jesse Blumberg, baritone (October 6, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64605 64605-16396971@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, October 6, 2019 2:00pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Baritone Jesse Blumberg, an alumnus of SMTD, joins Prof. Katz as a special guest. Half of this recital will feature texts of Friedrich Rückert, set to music by both Clara and Robert Schumann, as well as Gustav Mahler’s complete cycle Rückert Lieder. Songs by Argento, Cipullo, and Ravel will complete the afternoon’s program.

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Performance Wed, 25 Sep 2019 15:13:25 -0400 2019-10-06T14:00:00-04:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Jesse Blumberg
Sense and Sensibility (October 6, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63544 63544-15784064@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, October 6, 2019 2:00pm
Location: Walgreen Drama Center
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Adapted by Kate Hamill.
Based on the novel by Jane Austen.
Directed by Priscilla Lindsay.

When sisters Elinor and Marianne Dashwood are left financially destitute by their father’s sudden passing, they must navigate the perilous social circles in their new, vulnerable status. As potential suitors come and go, so do their hopes for true love. Full of gossip, humor, and heart-felt moments, this classic story examines the effects of societal pressures on love and life. The play Sense and Sensibility premiered in 2014 at New York City’s Bedlam Theater Company, returning for another, longer run in 2016, and was named The New York Times Critic’s Pick for both years. The New York Times calls Sense and Sensibility a “bouncy, jaunty take on Austen…[that] remains remarkably true to the values and priorities of its source.”

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Performance Wed, 25 Sep 2019 18:15:28 -0400 2019-10-06T14:00:00-04:00 Walgreen Drama Center School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Sense and Sensibility
Front Porch Presents: Our Place (October 6, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65729 65729-16631988@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, October 6, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Front Porch is a mixed quartet that invites audiences to engage personally with the voices of their close friends, reimagining the classical concert experience with warmth and love at its foundation. Their uncommon instrumentation — violin, bassoon, piano, and percussion — makes them equally at home with composers, folk artists, opera singers, and everyone in between. With "Our Place," Front Porch celebrates incredible composers from the University of Michigan's composition program with four world premieres by Douglas Hertz, Nina Shekhar, Corey Dundee, and Jung Yoon Wie alongside additional works from their ever-expanding repertoire. 

This concert is made possible thanks to a generous grant from the University of Michigan's Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and co-sponsored by the University of Michigan Museum of Art.

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Performance Sat, 31 Aug 2019 00:16:33 -0400 2019-10-06T17:00:00-04:00 2019-10-06T19:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Performance Museum of Art
Velvet Caravan (October 6, 2019 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64057 64057-16113182@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, October 6, 2019 7:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Presented by The Ark

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Performance Thu, 20 Jun 2019 10:34:23 -0400 2019-10-06T19:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance
Student Composers’ Concert (October 7, 2019 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65298 65298-16567510@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 7, 2019 7:30pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

A concert of original works by student composers at SMTD.

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Performance Thu, 15 Aug 2019 18:15:15 -0400 2019-10-07T19:30:00-04:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Earl V. Moore Building
Guest Recital: National Chinese Orchestra Chamber Ensemble (October 7, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65503 65503-16607684@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 7, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Walgreen Drama Center
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Featuring Prof. Amy Porter, piccolo; Megan Rohrer, violin; Prof. Amy I-Lin Cheng, piano; and Emily Salgado, marimba, in collaboration with National Chinese Orchestra Chamber Ensemble from Taipei.

This program includes music ranging from traditional folk music to newly composed ensemble works for both traditional Chinese and western instruments.

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Performance Tue, 01 Oct 2019 12:15:31 -0400 2019-10-07T20:00:00-04:00 Walgreen Drama Center School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance National Chinese Orchestra Chamber Ensemble
Story Lab Kickoff (October 8, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66686 66686-16770202@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 8, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Sanger Leadership Center

The Sanger Leadership Center and Ross Design + Business Club invite you to join us for the Story Lab Kickoff on Tuesday, October 8 from 5-6:30 PM in the Tauber Colloquium (6th floor) at Michigan Ross.

At the Story Lab Kickoff, you will hear powerful stories from your peers and learn more about what’s beneath the surface here at Ross. You will also learn how you can get involved in this year’s Story Lab program, including our interactive retreats and Story Lab Showcase events.

All are welcome. We hope to see you there! RSVP on our website below.

Questions? Email us at rossleaders@umich.edu.

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Performance Mon, 09 Sep 2019 14:06:06 -0400 2019-10-08T17:00:00-04:00 2019-10-08T18:30:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Sanger Leadership Center Performance Story Lab at Michigan Ross
Davina and The Vagabonds (October 8, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64059 64059-16113183@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 8, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Presented by The Ark

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Performance Thu, 20 Jun 2019 11:09:14 -0400 2019-10-08T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance
Brown Bag Recital Series: Scott Hyslop, harpsichord (October 9, 2019 12:05pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64705 64705-16428916@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 9, 2019 12:05pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Scott Hyslop presents a harpsichord recital.

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Performance Tue, 20 Aug 2019 18:15:15 -0400 2019-10-09T12:05:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance
Indonesian Gamelan Festival (October 9, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67821 67821-16977562@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 9, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: PERMIAS (Indonesian Student Association)

As a part of commemorating the 70th year of Indonesia and USA formal diplomatic partnership (1949-2019), numbers of high school students from Indonesia will visiting top universities at five states around Midwest to promote Gamelan ensembles. Becoming the last destination of this culture tour, Permias Michigan collaborates with the Government of Indonesia, Sekolah Bogor Raya, University of Michigan (LSA, STMD, Ford School, and Ross School), and UM Indonesian Alumni will held Indonesian Gamelan Festival on October 9th 2019. 

This is free event, and we will provide dinner for the first 100 attendees.

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Performance Thu, 03 Oct 2019 15:44:45 -0400 2019-10-09T18:00:00-04:00 2019-10-09T20:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art PERMIAS (Indonesian Student Association) Performance Indonesian Gamelan Festival
First Dissertation Recital: Zixiang Wang, piano (October 9, 2019 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67757 67757-16928718@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 9, 2019 7:30pm
Location: Walgreen Drama Center
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

PROGRAM: Franck - Sonata in A Major for Violin and Piano; Rachmaninoff - Sonata in G Minor for Cello and Piano, op. 19.

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Performance Tue, 01 Oct 2019 18:15:43 -0400 2019-10-09T19:30:00-04:00 Walgreen Drama Center School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Walgreen Drama Center
City of the Sun w/sg Old Sea Brigade (October 9, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63933 63933-16003644@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 9, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Flipping the perception of instrumental music

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Performance Thu, 06 Jun 2019 14:31:51 -0400 2019-10-09T20:00:00-04:00 2019-10-09T22:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance City of the Sun
EVENT CANCELLED - Blues & Boogie-Woogie Piano (October 10, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67413 67413-16849155@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 10, 2019 12:00pm
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

EVENT RESCHEDULED FOR JAN 23 - LOBBY CURRENTLY CLOSED FOR MAINTENANCE. Pianist and vocalist Mr. B., a.k.a. Mark Lincoln Braun, is a rare link to the first generation of blues and boogie-woogie pianists. Mr. B learned directly from Little Brother Montgomery, Boogie Woogie Red and Blind John Davis. He has performed coast to coast and throughout Europe, Canada, Mexico and South America. Percussionist Pete Siers has an international reputation for his intensely physical yet dynamically sensitive drumming, attention to detail, and mastery of many different styles. He has played Carnegie Hall, has toured Europe several times, and is a long-time favorite at many jazz festivals across the US.

University Hospital Main Lobby, Floor 1
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109

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Performance Tue, 01 Oct 2019 13:58:17 -0400 2019-10-10T12:00:00-04:00 2019-10-10T13:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Performance Photographs of Pete Siers and Mr. B courtesy of Gifts of Art.
Third Annual LGBTQ Monologues (October 10, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67334 67334-16839873@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 10, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Spectrum Center

The Spectrum Center is excited to host the Third Annual LGBTQ Monologues as a part of our National Coming Out Week series! Envisioned as an event that meets the need for LGBTQ spaces and visibility, the LGBTQ Monologues event is a platform for all of our stories to be heard. This year, our theme is Intergenerational Dialogues, inspired by the many ways our community and the world at large has changed in the past few decades. Community elders from SAGE Detroit and rising students will share the stage and speak to their experiences in an ever-evolving context of living while queer.

Interested in performing? Share your narratives at the event by applying at this link - http://bit.ly/Monologues19. Deadline is Oct 2nd, 2019.

Want to learn more about the event logistics, like parking and directions? Check out http://Monologues19Details.

Spectrum Center Accessibility Statement
If you have an accessibility need you feel may not be automatically met at this event, fill out our Event Accommodation Form, found at http://bit.ly/SCaccess. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary for some accommodations to be fully implemented, but we will always attempt to dismantle barriers as they are brought up to us. Any questions about accessibility at Spectrum Center events can be directed to spectrumcenter@umich.edu.

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Performance Tue, 17 Sep 2019 13:22:27 -0400 2019-10-10T18:00:00-04:00 2019-10-10T20:00:00-04:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Spectrum Center Performance Time, date, and location for the Third Annual LGBTQ Monologues, including the links to apply and to event details. In the background there is a cartoon person with purple lipstick speaking into a microphone. Their face from the nose up is covered by a rainbow flag.
Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance (October 10, 2019 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63545 63545-15784069@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 10, 2019 7:30pm
Location: Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Young Frederic, who has spent his formative years as a junior pirate, plans to mark his 21st birthday by breaking free from the Pirate King and beginning his courtship of Mabel. But because he was born in a Leap Year, Frederic isn’t technically 21– and the Pirate King is still his master. Unless something gives, Frederic will soon be on a collision course with the Pirate King’s new nemesis: Mabel’s father.

This updated version of the original D’Oyly Carte production marries the wit of British Music Hall and the American show-biz know-how of a combustive Broadway musical; including dance, visual gags, and many well-loved songs such as “I am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General,” “Poor Wand’ring One,” and “A Policeman’s Lot is Not a Happy One.” The Pirates of Penzance is the quintessence of silly, a delightful excuse to indulge in the literate humor of Gilbert’s libretto, the enchanting melodies of Arthur Sullivan’s score, and the powerhouse talents of our Musical Theatre students.

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Performance Wed, 25 Sep 2019 18:15:28 -0400 2019-10-10T19:30:00-04:00 Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Pirates of Penzance
Sense and Sensibility (October 10, 2019 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63544 63544-15784065@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 10, 2019 7:30pm
Location: Walgreen Drama Center
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Adapted by Kate Hamill.
Based on the novel by Jane Austen.
Directed by Priscilla Lindsay.

When sisters Elinor and Marianne Dashwood are left financially destitute by their father’s sudden passing, they must navigate the perilous social circles in their new, vulnerable status. As potential suitors come and go, so do their hopes for true love. Full of gossip, humor, and heart-felt moments, this classic story examines the effects of societal pressures on love and life. The play Sense and Sensibility premiered in 2014 at New York City’s Bedlam Theater Company, returning for another, longer run in 2016, and was named The New York Times Critic’s Pick for both years. The New York Times calls Sense and Sensibility a “bouncy, jaunty take on Austen…[that] remains remarkably true to the values and priorities of its source.”

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Performance Wed, 25 Sep 2019 18:15:28 -0400 2019-10-10T19:30:00-04:00 Walgreen Drama Center School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Sense and Sensibility
Veterans for Peace John Lennon Birthday Concert (October 10, 2019 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63787 63787-15873604@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 10, 2019 7:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Presented by The Ark

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Performance Wed, 09 Oct 2019 10:03:14 -0400 2019-10-10T19:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Veterans for Peace John Lennon Birthday Concert
Jazz Ensemble (October 10, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65504 65504-16607685@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 10, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Walgreen Drama Center
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

The Jazz Ensemble performs compositions and arrangements by Oliver Nelson, Chuck Owen, Radiohead, and Ellen Rowe, among others.

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Performance Thu, 26 Sep 2019 12:15:29 -0400 2019-10-10T20:00:00-04:00 Walgreen Drama Center School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Jazz Ensemble
University Symphony Orchestra (October 10, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65498 65498-16607679@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 10, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Kenneth Kiesler conductor
Ayana Terauchi, flute (Winner, 2019 SMTD Concerto Competition)

Pre-concert lecture at 7:15 PM in the lower lobby.

The second concert of the USO’s 2019-20 season presents great, affirming pieces by American composers Samuel Barber and Lowell Liebermann, and the nearly unrelenting tragic story of the final symphony by Johannes Brahms. All three pieces pay homage to the music of the past while breaking new, sometimes revolutionary, ground. Samuel Barber’s Second Essay, argues its case in the fashion of a literary essay with an argument and an aspirational conclusion. The Fourth Symphony of Brahms offers what may be considered the pinnacle or summation of Brahms’ symphonic writing. Winner of the 2019 SMTD Concerto Competition, and member of the USO, Ayana Terauchi, performs the Flute Concerto by Lowell Liebermann.

PROGRAM:
Barber- Second Essay
Lowell Liebermann- Flute Concerto
Brahms- Symphony No. 4

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Performance Mon, 30 Sep 2019 15:10:15 -0400 2019-10-10T20:00:00-04:00 Hill Auditorium School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance University Symphony Orchestra
Out There: A Performance by art duo Princess (October 11, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65881 65881-16664183@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 11, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Out There (2019; 4K video, live performance; 55:20) is a concept video album and live performance piece by the band Princess. It explores the role men ought to be playing during the current cultural reckoning of misogyny. The video’s science fiction narrative explores the power of the Divine Feminine through collaborations with JD Samson, visual artist Jennifer Meridian, and the band TEEN.

Princess is a performance art duo, a collaboration between Alexis Gideon and Michael O’Neill that uses music as the backbone of a multi-disciplinary practice. Princess has performed at the Andy Warhol Museum, The Bass, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, MCA San Diego, MIT List Visual Arts Center, MOCA Cleveland, New Museum, Wexner Center for the Arts and many other institutions.

Princess explores queerness and the concept of masculinity. Simultaneously gay, straight, queer, masculine and feminine, Princess embodies the fluidity and coherence between the seemingly contradictory. Princess was formed in 2004 in the Chicago DIY Performance space Texas Ballroom. The duo released a self-titled LP and performed until 2006 when they went on to pursue other paths, reuniting for this project in 2017.

Please RSVP to reserve your place for this free event: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/out-there-a-performance-by-art-duo-princess-tickets-70631796605

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Performance Thu, 12 Sep 2019 00:15:36 -0400 2019-10-11T17:00:00-04:00 2019-10-11T19:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Performance https://stamps.umich.edu/images/uploads/calendar/Out_There_Princess_Stamps_Gallery.jpg
First Dissertation Recital: Colin McCall, percussion (October 11, 2019 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67818 67818-16954116@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 11, 2019 7:30pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

PROGRAM: Benson - Three Dances for Solo Snare Drum; Miyoshi - Conversation Suite; Cage - Quartet; Druckman - Reflections on the Nature of Water; Ishii - Thirteen Drums.

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Performance Mon, 30 Sep 2019 18:15:41 -0400 2019-10-11T19:30:00-04:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Earl V. Moore Building
Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance (October 11, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63545 63545-15784070@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 11, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Young Frederic, who has spent his formative years as a junior pirate, plans to mark his 21st birthday by breaking free from the Pirate King and beginning his courtship of Mabel. But because he was born in a Leap Year, Frederic isn’t technically 21– and the Pirate King is still his master. Unless something gives, Frederic will soon be on a collision course with the Pirate King’s new nemesis: Mabel’s father.

This updated version of the original D’Oyly Carte production marries the wit of British Music Hall and the American show-biz know-how of a combustive Broadway musical; including dance, visual gags, and many well-loved songs such as “I am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General,” “Poor Wand’ring One,” and “A Policeman’s Lot is Not a Happy One.” The Pirates of Penzance is the quintessence of silly, a delightful excuse to indulge in the literate humor of Gilbert’s libretto, the enchanting melodies of Arthur Sullivan’s score, and the powerhouse talents of our Musical Theatre students.

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Performance Wed, 25 Sep 2019 18:15:28 -0400 2019-10-11T20:00:00-04:00 Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Pirates of Penzance
Sense and Sensibility (October 11, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63544 63544-15784066@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 11, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Walgreen Drama Center
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Adapted by Kate Hamill.
Based on the novel by Jane Austen.
Directed by Priscilla Lindsay.

When sisters Elinor and Marianne Dashwood are left financially destitute by their father’s sudden passing, they must navigate the perilous social circles in their new, vulnerable status. As potential suitors come and go, so do their hopes for true love. Full of gossip, humor, and heart-felt moments, this classic story examines the effects of societal pressures on love and life. The play Sense and Sensibility premiered in 2014 at New York City’s Bedlam Theater Company, returning for another, longer run in 2016, and was named The New York Times Critic’s Pick for both years. The New York Times calls Sense and Sensibility a “bouncy, jaunty take on Austen…[that] remains remarkably true to the values and priorities of its source.”

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Performance Wed, 25 Sep 2019 18:15:28 -0400 2019-10-11T20:00:00-04:00 Walgreen Drama Center School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Sense and Sensibility
The Black Lillies (October 11, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64060 64060-16113184@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 11, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Presented by The Ark

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Performance Wed, 09 Oct 2019 10:10:35 -0400 2019-10-11T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance The Black Lillies
Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance (October 12, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63545 63545-15784071@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 12, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Young Frederic, who has spent his formative years as a junior pirate, plans to mark his 21st birthday by breaking free from the Pirate King and beginning his courtship of Mabel. But because he was born in a Leap Year, Frederic isn’t technically 21– and the Pirate King is still his master. Unless something gives, Frederic will soon be on a collision course with the Pirate King’s new nemesis: Mabel’s father.

This updated version of the original D’Oyly Carte production marries the wit of British Music Hall and the American show-biz know-how of a combustive Broadway musical; including dance, visual gags, and many well-loved songs such as “I am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General,” “Poor Wand’ring One,” and “A Policeman’s Lot is Not a Happy One.” The Pirates of Penzance is the quintessence of silly, a delightful excuse to indulge in the literate humor of Gilbert’s libretto, the enchanting melodies of Arthur Sullivan’s score, and the powerhouse talents of our Musical Theatre students.

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Performance Wed, 25 Sep 2019 18:15:28 -0400 2019-10-12T20:00:00-04:00 Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Pirates of Penzance
Sense and Sensibility (October 12, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63544 63544-15784067@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 12, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Walgreen Drama Center
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Adapted by Kate Hamill.
Based on the novel by Jane Austen.
Directed by Priscilla Lindsay.

When sisters Elinor and Marianne Dashwood are left financially destitute by their father’s sudden passing, they must navigate the perilous social circles in their new, vulnerable status. As potential suitors come and go, so do their hopes for true love. Full of gossip, humor, and heart-felt moments, this classic story examines the effects of societal pressures on love and life. The play Sense and Sensibility premiered in 2014 at New York City’s Bedlam Theater Company, returning for another, longer run in 2016, and was named The New York Times Critic’s Pick for both years. The New York Times calls Sense and Sensibility a “bouncy, jaunty take on Austen…[that] remains remarkably true to the values and priorities of its source.”

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Performance Wed, 25 Sep 2019 18:15:28 -0400 2019-10-12T20:00:00-04:00 Walgreen Drama Center School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Sense and Sensibility
The Verve Pipe (October 12, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68196 68196-17026801@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 12, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Presented by The Ark.

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Performance Wed, 09 Oct 2019 10:24:24 -0400 2019-10-12T20:00:00-04:00 2019-10-12T22:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance The Verve Pipe
Magic School Bus: Lost in the Solar System Pre-Show (October 13, 2019 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66194 66194-16719566@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, October 13, 2019 1:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Museum of Natural History

Sunday, Oct 13, 2019, 1:30 p.m.
Michigan Theater
603 E Liberty St, Ann Arbor, MI 48104
The museum will be bringing some out-of-this-world fun to the pre-show event of this popular family movie. Tickets are available through the Michigan Theater box office.

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Performance Tue, 03 Sep 2019 13:06:06 -0400 2019-10-13T13:30:00-04:00 2019-10-13T14:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Museum of Natural History Performance
Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance (October 13, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63545 63545-15784072@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, October 13, 2019 2:00pm
Location: Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Young Frederic, who has spent his formative years as a junior pirate, plans to mark his 21st birthday by breaking free from the Pirate King and beginning his courtship of Mabel. But because he was born in a Leap Year, Frederic isn’t technically 21– and the Pirate King is still his master. Unless something gives, Frederic will soon be on a collision course with the Pirate King’s new nemesis: Mabel’s father.

This updated version of the original D’Oyly Carte production marries the wit of British Music Hall and the American show-biz know-how of a combustive Broadway musical; including dance, visual gags, and many well-loved songs such as “I am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General,” “Poor Wand’ring One,” and “A Policeman’s Lot is Not a Happy One.” The Pirates of Penzance is the quintessence of silly, a delightful excuse to indulge in the literate humor of Gilbert’s libretto, the enchanting melodies of Arthur Sullivan’s score, and the powerhouse talents of our Musical Theatre students.

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Performance Wed, 25 Sep 2019 18:15:28 -0400 2019-10-13T14:00:00-04:00 Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Pirates of Penzance
Sense and Sensibility (October 13, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63544 63544-15784068@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, October 13, 2019 2:00pm
Location: Walgreen Drama Center
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Adapted by Kate Hamill.
Based on the novel by Jane Austen.
Directed by Priscilla Lindsay.

When sisters Elinor and Marianne Dashwood are left financially destitute by their father’s sudden passing, they must navigate the perilous social circles in their new, vulnerable status. As potential suitors come and go, so do their hopes for true love. Full of gossip, humor, and heart-felt moments, this classic story examines the effects of societal pressures on love and life. The play Sense and Sensibility premiered in 2014 at New York City’s Bedlam Theater Company, returning for another, longer run in 2016, and was named The New York Times Critic’s Pick for both years. The New York Times calls Sense and Sensibility a “bouncy, jaunty take on Austen…[that] remains remarkably true to the values and priorities of its source.”

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Performance Wed, 25 Sep 2019 18:15:28 -0400 2019-10-13T14:00:00-04:00 Walgreen Drama Center School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Sense and Sensibility
UMMA Pop Up: Davis & Brown: Banjo + Cello Duo (October 13, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68059 68059-16988233@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, October 13, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Zachary Brown is a cellist, hailing from Brentwood, NY.  Zachary began the cello age the age of thirteen. He completed a double degree in cello performance and jazz studies from Ithaca College in 2016 as well as a masters in cello performance from SUNY Purchase in 2019. He has appeared as a guest artist and has given instructional workshops on “chopping” and improvisation at the New Directions Cello festival as well in at the Ithaca Winter Strings Festival.    Matthew Davis is an up and coming banjoist in the world of new acoustic music, and elsewhere. His influences include artists like Béla Fleck, Donald Fagen, the Punch Brothers, Julian Lage, and many others. Growing up playing piano, it wasn’t until Matthew was 12 years old when he decided to pick up the banjo for the first time. Since then, he has continued to improve himself as a musician with a strong desire to find ways to take the banjo into new musical areas. Matthew’s list of achievements include the 2016 National Banjo Champion, 2016 & 2017 Acoustic Music Seminar Alumni, and the 2017 Rockygrass Banjo Champion. He currently studies jazz at the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance in Ann Arbor, MI.

For more about this dynamic duo, visit www.westboundsituation.com

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Performance Tue, 08 Oct 2019 12:17:33 -0400 2019-10-13T15:00:00-04:00 2019-10-13T16:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Performance Museum of Art
Seth Glier (October 13, 2019 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63701 63701-15831012@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, October 13, 2019 7:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Presented by The Ark

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Performance Wed, 09 Oct 2019 10:12:30 -0400 2019-10-13T19:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Seth Glier
Bros. Landreth w/sg Anthony da Costa (October 15, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68197 68197-17026802@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 15, 2019 8:00pm
Location:
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Presented by The Ark.

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Performance Wed, 09 Oct 2019 10:29:07 -0400 2019-10-15T20:00:00-04:00 2019-10-15T22:00:00-04:00 Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Bros. Landreth
Matt Andersen (October 16, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68198 68198-17026803@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 16, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Presented by The Ark

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Performance Wed, 09 Oct 2019 10:33:21 -0400 2019-10-16T20:00:00-04:00 2019-10-16T22:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Matt Andersen
Folk/Rock (October 17, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67414 67414-16849156@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 17, 2019 12:00pm
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Tracy Huffman began her vocal career at the young age of 11 when she was chosen to participate in an all-star choir to back-up Karen Carpenter and Barry Manilow. As an adult, Tracy has been a vocalist in various R&B/pop bands throughout the Midwest since the mid-eighties. Bob Huffman studied music in Hollywood, California and Boston, Massachusetts and is currently a music therapist at Michigan Medicine in the Rogel Cancer Center. Bob has played music professionally for over 30 years and in 2008 released an all-acoustic instrumental CD entitled Forever and a Day.

University Hospital Main Lobby, Floor 1
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109

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Performance Wed, 18 Sep 2019 13:49:15 -0400 2019-10-17T12:00:00-04:00 2019-10-17T13:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Performance Please see photograph of Souls Alike by Amanda Mirabitur.
U-M Native American Studies Presents: Against Hungry Listening with Dylan Robinson (October 17, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68115 68115-17011955@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 17, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

How are settler colonial and Indigenous listening practices different? How can listening be extractive, a way to access and use Indigenous resources? What are alternative listening practices that connect listener and song-life rather than make a distinction between them? This presentation provides an overview of forms of extractive or “hungry” perception, and alternatives to these that emerge from Indigenous sensory engagement. 

Dylan Robinson is a xwélméxw artist and writer (Stó:lō Nation, Sqwa), and the Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Arts at Queen’s University. His current work focuses on the re-connection of Indigenous songs with communities who were prohibited by law to sing them as part of Canada’s Indian Act from 1882-1951. Robinson’s previous publications include the edited volumes Music and Modernity Among Indigenous Peoples of North America (2018); Arts of Engagement: Taking Aesthetic Action in and Beyond the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (2016); and Opera Indigene (2011). His monograph, Hungry Listening, is forthcoming with Minnesota University Press in early 2020. Additionally, Robinson is curator of the Ka’tarohkwi Festival of Indigenous Arts in Kingston, and along with Candice Hopkins, is curator of the internationally touring exhibition Soundings featuring “scores for decolonial action” by Indigenous artists.

This program is organized by the U-M Department of Native American Studies and co-sponsored by the Department of American Culture, History of Art, the Humanities Collaboratory, Multi Ethnic Student Affairs (MESA), and the University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA).

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Performance Thu, 10 Oct 2019 12:17:28 -0400 2019-10-17T16:00:00-04:00 2019-10-17T17:30:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Performance Museum of Art
U-M Chamber Choir: Everything is Made of Light (October 17, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64322 64322-16316268@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 17, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Conceived in connection with Collection Ensemble, the recent re-installation of UMMA's historic Apse, this program of sacred and spiritual music weaves together radiant sonorities and shimmering timbres that play on the installation's celebration and critique of community, faith, and the spaces that hold us. Led by SMTD Director of Choirs, Professor Eugene Rogers, the U-M Chamber Choir presents a concert with works from around the globe, including a world premiere by Brehm Prize winner, SMTD composition graduate student Ari Sussman.  Vera Grant, UMMA Deputy Director for Curatorial Affairs and curator of Collection Ensemble, will join Rogers to further illuminate the threads of connection between art and music.

This program is supported by the Katherine Tuck Enrichment Fund and the Greg Hodes and Heidi Hertel Hodes—Partners in the Arts Endowment Fund.

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Performance Fri, 04 Oct 2019 18:17:56 -0400 2019-10-17T19:00:00-04:00 2019-10-17T21:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Performance Museum of Art
Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance (October 17, 2019 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63545 63545-15784073@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 17, 2019 7:30pm
Location: Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Young Frederic, who has spent his formative years as a junior pirate, plans to mark his 21st birthday by breaking free from the Pirate King and beginning his courtship of Mabel. But because he was born in a Leap Year, Frederic isn’t technically 21– and the Pirate King is still his master. Unless something gives, Frederic will soon be on a collision course with the Pirate King’s new nemesis: Mabel’s father.

This updated version of the original D’Oyly Carte production marries the wit of British Music Hall and the American show-biz know-how of a combustive Broadway musical; including dance, visual gags, and many well-loved songs such as “I am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General,” “Poor Wand’ring One,” and “A Policeman’s Lot is Not a Happy One.” The Pirates of Penzance is the quintessence of silly, a delightful excuse to indulge in the literate humor of Gilbert’s libretto, the enchanting melodies of Arthur Sullivan’s score, and the powerhouse talents of our Musical Theatre students.

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Performance Wed, 25 Sep 2019 18:15:28 -0400 2019-10-17T19:30:00-04:00 Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Pirates of Penzance
Makuyeika Colectivo Teatral's ANDARES (October 17, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67466 67466-16857940@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 17, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Walgreen Drama Center
Organized By: Center for World Performance Studies

Free & Open to the Public
Performed in Spanish with English subtitles

Seating is limited, and advance reservations are recommended
ONLINE: https://cwps-makuyeika-andares.eventbrite.com
PHONE: 734.936.2777

Center for World Performance Studies presents Makuyeika: Colectivo Teatral, founded by U-M alumnus Héctor Flores Komatsu, for a one week artist residency that will include class visits, workshops and two performances of their devised-work Andares. This piece chronicles the lives of indigenous youth in México, and the realities that they face at the crossroads of modern life and tradition. Performances of the piece will take place in the Newman Studio at Walgreen Drama Center on Thursday, October 17 and Friday, October 18 at 8pm.

Makuyeika: Colectivo Teatral is a theatre ensemble dedicated to creating original works about the narratives and theatricalities of Mexico’s indigenous people, touching with keen, artistic sensibility themes of great social, cultural, and human value. Meaning “wayfarer” in the language of the Wixarika people, Makuyeika was formed after an extensive search across the country’s indigenous communities, a project undertaken by Flores Komatsu as an inaugural recipient of The Julie Taymor World Theatre Fellowship.

Andares is a theatre creation about the lives of indigenous youth in México, devised collectively through personal anecdotes, ancestral myths, as well as traditional music and art forms. The play shines light on a range of realities — land usurpation, widespread violence, ancestral duties, community resistance, — that indigenous people face at the crossroads of modern life and tradition. Meaning “pathways,” Andares is a genuine, eye-opening, and intimate close-up on Mexico’s most remote corners and the extraordinary stories of its humble, everyday inhabitants.

Co-sponsored by: Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies; LSA Department of American Culture; LSA Latina/o Studies; LSA Native American Studies; LSA Residential College; SMTD Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion; SMTD EXCEL; and SMTD Department of Theatre & Drama.

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact the Center for World Performance Studies, at 734-936-2777, at least one week in advance of this event. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the University to arrange.

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Performance Thu, 19 Sep 2019 14:32:36 -0400 2019-10-17T20:00:00-04:00 2019-10-17T22:00:00-04:00 Walgreen Drama Center Center for World Performance Studies Performance ANDARES
Trace Bundy (October 17, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68199 68199-17026804@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 17, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Presented by The Ark.

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Performance Wed, 09 Oct 2019 10:37:20 -0400 2019-10-17T20:00:00-04:00 2019-10-17T22:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Trace Bundy
University Philharmonia Orchestra (October 17, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65499 65499-16607680@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 17, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Adrian Slywotzky, conductor
Krit Kosoltrakul, piano (Winner, 2019 SMTD Concerto Competition)

Pre-concert lecture at 7:15 PM in the lower lobby

The University Philharmonia Orchestra presents brilliant works by two Russian contemporaries: Shostakovich’s Festive Overture and Prokofiev’s youthful Piano Concerto No. 1, featuring undergraduate concerto competition winner Krit Kosoltrakul. The program concludes with Brahms’ First Serenade, an exuberant work of symphonic proportions.

PROGRAM:
Shostakovich- Festive Overture
Prokofiev- Piano Concerto No. 1 in D-flat Major
Brahms- Serenade No. 1 in D Major

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Performance Wed, 09 Oct 2019 13:17:05 -0400 2019-10-17T20:00:00-04:00 Hill Auditorium School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance University Philharmonia Orchestra
DanceChamberDance (October 18, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65515 65515-16607699@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 18, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Walgreen Drama Center
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

This culminating event showcases collaborations between the Department of Dance and Department of Chamber Music created through a five-week intensive course called DanceChamberDance. During this time students are exposed to all elements of producing a collaborative performance event in a condensed timeline, including rehearsal scheduling, lighting design, stage management, event coordination, and publicity.

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Performance Tue, 20 Aug 2019 18:15:21 -0400 2019-10-18T20:00:00-04:00 Walgreen Drama Center School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Walgreen Drama Center
Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance (October 18, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63545 63545-15784074@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 18, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Young Frederic, who has spent his formative years as a junior pirate, plans to mark his 21st birthday by breaking free from the Pirate King and beginning his courtship of Mabel. But because he was born in a Leap Year, Frederic isn’t technically 21– and the Pirate King is still his master. Unless something gives, Frederic will soon be on a collision course with the Pirate King’s new nemesis: Mabel’s father.

This updated version of the original D’Oyly Carte production marries the wit of British Music Hall and the American show-biz know-how of a combustive Broadway musical; including dance, visual gags, and many well-loved songs such as “I am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General,” “Poor Wand’ring One,” and “A Policeman’s Lot is Not a Happy One.” The Pirates of Penzance is the quintessence of silly, a delightful excuse to indulge in the literate humor of Gilbert’s libretto, the enchanting melodies of Arthur Sullivan’s score, and the powerhouse talents of our Musical Theatre students.

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Performance Wed, 25 Sep 2019 18:15:28 -0400 2019-10-18T20:00:00-04:00 Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Pirates of Penzance
Makuyeika Colectivo Teatral's ANDARES (October 18, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67466 67466-16857941@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 18, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Walgreen Drama Center
Organized By: Center for World Performance Studies

Free & Open to the Public
Performed in Spanish with English subtitles

Seating is limited, and advance reservations are recommended
ONLINE: https://cwps-makuyeika-andares.eventbrite.com
PHONE: 734.936.2777

Center for World Performance Studies presents Makuyeika: Colectivo Teatral, founded by U-M alumnus Héctor Flores Komatsu, for a one week artist residency that will include class visits, workshops and two performances of their devised-work Andares. This piece chronicles the lives of indigenous youth in México, and the realities that they face at the crossroads of modern life and tradition. Performances of the piece will take place in the Newman Studio at Walgreen Drama Center on Thursday, October 17 and Friday, October 18 at 8pm.

Makuyeika: Colectivo Teatral is a theatre ensemble dedicated to creating original works about the narratives and theatricalities of Mexico’s indigenous people, touching with keen, artistic sensibility themes of great social, cultural, and human value. Meaning “wayfarer” in the language of the Wixarika people, Makuyeika was formed after an extensive search across the country’s indigenous communities, a project undertaken by Flores Komatsu as an inaugural recipient of The Julie Taymor World Theatre Fellowship.

Andares is a theatre creation about the lives of indigenous youth in México, devised collectively through personal anecdotes, ancestral myths, as well as traditional music and art forms. The play shines light on a range of realities — land usurpation, widespread violence, ancestral duties, community resistance, — that indigenous people face at the crossroads of modern life and tradition. Meaning “pathways,” Andares is a genuine, eye-opening, and intimate close-up on Mexico’s most remote corners and the extraordinary stories of its humble, everyday inhabitants.

Co-sponsored by: Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies; LSA Department of American Culture; LSA Latina/o Studies; LSA Native American Studies; LSA Residential College; SMTD Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion; SMTD EXCEL; and SMTD Department of Theatre & Drama.

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact the Center for World Performance Studies, at 734-936-2777, at least one week in advance of this event. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the University to arrange.

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Performance Thu, 19 Sep 2019 14:32:36 -0400 2019-10-18T20:00:00-04:00 2019-10-18T22:00:00-04:00 Walgreen Drama Center Center for World Performance Studies Performance ANDARES
The Steel Wheels (October 18, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64061 64061-16113185@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 18, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Presented by The Ark

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Performance Wed, 09 Oct 2019 10:15:49 -0400 2019-10-18T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance The Steel Wheels
​UMMA Pop Up: Jazz with Aidan Cafferty and Max Bowen (October 19, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67307 67307-16833424@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 19, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Max Bowen is an Ann Arbor born jazz guitarist. An alumnus of Community High School's jazz program, he recently completed a Masters of Music at University of Michigan. His influences include Grant Green, Barney Kessel, and Pat Martino. At Michigan he studied guitar privately with Miles Okazaki and performed with the Jazz Ensemble under the direction of professor Ellen Rowe. Max has performed in venues around the Midwest, including Cliff Bell's in Detroit, Andy's in Chicago, and Milwaukee's Jazz Estate. He recently toured with the hip-hop collective Ruby Yacht, opening for Future Islands. 

Aidan Cafferty is an accomplished bassist whose passion for jazz and improvised music started in middle school.

Aidan pursued his love for jazz at Michigan State Univeristy's School of Music, where he spent four years studying under Rodney Whitaker. Aidan received his bachelor’s degree jazz performance in 2016. In 2017, Aidan enrolled in the University of Michigan’s School of Music, Theater and Dance, where he studied jazz improvisation under Robert Hurst. Aidan was awarded the degree of Master of Music (Improvisation) in 2019.

Aidan continues to perform with numerous groups in recording sessions and concerts throughout the Midwest. Aidan is actively touring as the bassist with Talking Ear, a five-piece progressive music ensemble committed to providing a unique experience for listeners through composition, collaboration, and improvisation and Estar Cohen. Aidan also tours with Travis Swanson and performed on all tracks on his album When it's time to say goodbye (2017). Aidan was previously the bassist for Malena Quartet, both in concert and on all tracks of the album Behind the Eyes (2016).

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Performance Fri, 11 Oct 2019 00:17:45 -0400 2019-10-19T13:00:00-04:00 2019-10-19T14:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Performance Museum of Art
Masters Recital: Eileen Venessa Rodriguez, soprano (October 19, 2019 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68181 68181-17022573@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 19, 2019 5:30pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

PROGRAM: Hayes - Plenty Good Room; Hairston - Guide my Feet; Brown - Ain’t a that Good News; Bonds - He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands; Otero - Amanecer; Marín - Lamento Borincano (El Jibarito); Figueroa - Silencio; Figueroa - El ojo de agua; Cordero - Zenobia; Cordero - Cadencia; Cordero - El Viaje Definitivo; Lejarza - Ojitos Salvadoreños; Sandoval - Sin Tu Amor; Obradors - El Tumba y le; Sorozabal - “No. 6, En un país de fábula” from La Taberna del Puerto; Moreno - “Habanera: Todas las Mañatitas” from Don Gil de Alcalá; Vives - “Canción de ruiseñor” from Doña Francisquita.

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Performance Tue, 08 Oct 2019 18:15:43 -0400 2019-10-19T17:30:00-04:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Earl V. Moore Building
An Evening with Carbon Leaf (October 19, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63462 63462-15710559@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 19, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Presented by The Ark

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Performance Wed, 09 Oct 2019 10:39:36 -0400 2019-10-19T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance An Evening With Carbon Leaf
DanceChamberDance (October 19, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65515 65515-16607700@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 19, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Walgreen Drama Center
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

This culminating event showcases collaborations between the Department of Dance and Department of Chamber Music created through a five-week intensive course called DanceChamberDance. During this time students are exposed to all elements of producing a collaborative performance event in a condensed timeline, including rehearsal scheduling, lighting design, stage management, event coordination, and publicity.

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Performance Tue, 20 Aug 2019 18:15:21 -0400 2019-10-19T20:00:00-04:00 Walgreen Drama Center School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Walgreen Drama Center
Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance (October 19, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63545 63545-15784075@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 19, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Young Frederic, who has spent his formative years as a junior pirate, plans to mark his 21st birthday by breaking free from the Pirate King and beginning his courtship of Mabel. But because he was born in a Leap Year, Frederic isn’t technically 21– and the Pirate King is still his master. Unless something gives, Frederic will soon be on a collision course with the Pirate King’s new nemesis: Mabel’s father.

This updated version of the original D’Oyly Carte production marries the wit of British Music Hall and the American show-biz know-how of a combustive Broadway musical; including dance, visual gags, and many well-loved songs such as “I am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General,” “Poor Wand’ring One,” and “A Policeman’s Lot is Not a Happy One.” The Pirates of Penzance is the quintessence of silly, a delightful excuse to indulge in the literate humor of Gilbert’s libretto, the enchanting melodies of Arthur Sullivan’s score, and the powerhouse talents of our Musical Theatre students.

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Performance Wed, 25 Sep 2019 18:15:28 -0400 2019-10-19T20:00:00-04:00 Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Pirates of Penzance
Masters Recital: Robert Levinger, piano (October 19, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68488 68488-17088479@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 19, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

PROGRAM: Mozart - Sonata for Violin and Piano in A Major, K. 526; Mendelssohn - Piano Trio no. 2 in C Minor, op. 66; Franck - Piano Quintet.

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Performance Wed, 16 Oct 2019 12:15:42 -0400 2019-10-19T20:00:00-04:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Earl V. Moore Building
Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance (October 20, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63545 63545-15784076@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, October 20, 2019 2:00pm
Location: Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Young Frederic, who has spent his formative years as a junior pirate, plans to mark his 21st birthday by breaking free from the Pirate King and beginning his courtship of Mabel. But because he was born in a Leap Year, Frederic isn’t technically 21– and the Pirate King is still his master. Unless something gives, Frederic will soon be on a collision course with the Pirate King’s new nemesis: Mabel’s father.

This updated version of the original D’Oyly Carte production marries the wit of British Music Hall and the American show-biz know-how of a combustive Broadway musical; including dance, visual gags, and many well-loved songs such as “I am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General,” “Poor Wand’ring One,” and “A Policeman’s Lot is Not a Happy One.” The Pirates of Penzance is the quintessence of silly, a delightful excuse to indulge in the literate humor of Gilbert’s libretto, the enchanting melodies of Arthur Sullivan’s score, and the powerhouse talents of our Musical Theatre students.

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Performance Wed, 25 Sep 2019 18:15:28 -0400 2019-10-20T14:00:00-04:00 Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Pirates of Penzance
Guest Recital: Kristian Nyquist, harpsichord (October 20, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64838 64838-16460975@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, October 20, 2019 2:00pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Featuring a new work by Braxton Blake, harpsichordist Kristian Nyquist performs a solo harpsichord recital. Additionally, five SMTD students will join him to perform Manuel de Falla’s Concerto for Harpsichord.

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Performance Mon, 14 Oct 2019 12:15:23 -0400 2019-10-20T14:00:00-04:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Kristian Nyquist
Octubafest: U-M Euphonium and Tuba Ensemble (October 20, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65505 65505-16607686@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, October 20, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Walgreen Drama Center
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Fritz Kaenzig, director

This performance features seasonal music and a tribute to Woodstock.

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Performance Fri, 11 Oct 2019 18:15:27 -0400 2019-10-20T15:00:00-04:00 Walgreen Drama Center School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Octubafest
Faculty Recital: Caroline Helton, soprano (October 20, 2019 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64812 64812-16452962@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, October 20, 2019 4:30pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

With Kathryn Goodson, piano

This program is the third in a series of recordings by Helton and Goodson entitled Songs from a Lost World of Italian Jewish Composers, which focuses on rare repertoire that was suppressed during the Holocaust and then neglected in subsequent years.

Photo courtesy of Joanne Leonard.

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Performance Wed, 09 Oct 2019 18:15:23 -0400 2019-10-20T16:30:00-04:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (Photo via Joanne Leonard)
Senior Recital: Mickenna Rose Keller, oboe (October 20, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68487 68487-17088478@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, October 20, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

PROGRAM: Stravinsky - Pastorale; Musgrave - Cantilena; Clearfield - Gaia; Skalkottas - Concertino for Oboe and Piano; Bach - Weichet nur bertrübte Schatten, BWV 202; Bach - Flösst mein Heiland, BWV 248; Veldhuis - The Garden of Love.

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Performance Wed, 16 Oct 2019 12:15:42 -0400 2019-10-20T19:00:00-04:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Earl V. Moore Building
The Sally Fleming Guest Masterclass Series: Johann Vexo, organ (October 21, 2019 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65500 65500-16607681@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 21, 2019 3:30pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Johann Vexo presents a master class on organ improvisation. Vexo is a French organist for both the choir organ at Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris and the great organ of the Cathedral of Nancy.

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Performance Wed, 09 Oct 2019 18:15:25 -0400 2019-10-21T15:30:00-04:00 Hill Auditorium School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Johann Vexo
Octubafest: Student Recitals (October 21, 2019 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65510 65510-16607693@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 21, 2019 7:30pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Euphonium and tuba students of Prof. Fritz Kaenzig perform a wide variety of solo repertoire, both unaccompanied and with other instrumentalists.

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Performance Wed, 16 Oct 2019 18:15:37 -0400 2019-10-21T19:30:00-04:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Octubafest
Octubafest: Student Recitals (October 22, 2019 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65510 65510-16607694@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 22, 2019 7:30pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Euphonium and tuba students of Prof. Fritz Kaenzig perform a wide variety of solo repertoire, both unaccompanied and with other instrumentalists.

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Performance Wed, 16 Oct 2019 18:15:37 -0400 2019-10-22T19:30:00-04:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Octubafest
Arlo Guthrie (October 22, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68200 68200-17026805@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 22, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Presented by The Ark.
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the movie "Alice’s Restaurant,” based on the song by Arlo Guthrie. To commemorate the occasion, Arlo has arranged a special tour, running through 2020, to revisit the incredible events that began on Thanksgiving in 1965. "Alice’s Restaurant Massacree" struck a chord with the anti-war counterculture. By 1967 Guthrie had gone from playing small clubs to playing festivals and stadiums. :Arthur Penn (who had just finished filming Bonnie & Clyde) heard the record when it came out in 1967," recalled Arlo. "He also happened to live in Stockbridge, where the events took place. He thought it would be a great idea to make it into a movie. And he did." For this tour, Arlo will be joined on stage by longtime collaborators Terry “A La Berry” Hall (drums), Steve Ide (guitar, vocals), and Carol Ide (vocals, percussion). "I didn’t think I was gonna live long enough to have to learn ‘Alice's Restaurant' again," Arlo says with a smile. "It was a quirky kinda thing

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Performance Wed, 09 Oct 2019 10:54:28 -0400 2019-10-22T20:00:00-04:00 2019-10-22T22:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Arlo Guthrie
Orpheus Singers (October 22, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64884 64884-16485056@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 22, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Walgreen Drama Center
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Graduate Student Conductors
Eugene Rogers, music director
Scott Van Ornum, pianist

Pre-concert lecture at 7:15 PM

PROGRAM:
Brahms- Drei Quartette, op. 31
Hawley- from "Six Madrigals" I. Vita de la mia vita; IV. Siepe, che gli orti vaghi; V. Dolcissimi colori
MacFarren- Orpheus, with his lute
Harris- Shakespeare Songs, Book III: Sigh no more ladies and It was a lover and a lass
Marenzio- Già torna a rallegrar l’aria la terra
Arcadelt- Il bianco e dolce cigno
Passereau- Il est bel et bon
Weelkes- As Vesta was from Latmos Hill descending
Carreño- Mañanita pueblerina
Chatman- I.There is sweet music here; II.Song of the Laughing Green Woods; III. Piping down the valleys wild; IV. Music when soft voices die from "There is Sweet Music Here"

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Performance Fri, 11 Oct 2019 18:15:26 -0400 2019-10-22T20:00:00-04:00 Walgreen Drama Center School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Orpheus Singers
Brown Bag Recital Series: U-M Baroque Chamber Ensembles (October 23, 2019 12:05pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64706 64706-16428917@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 23, 2019 12:05pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Joseph Gascho, director

The U-M Baroque Chamber Ensembles present this recital as part of the Brown Bag Recital Series at the School of Public Health.

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Performance Tue, 20 Aug 2019 18:15:15 -0400 2019-10-23T12:05:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance
String Showcase (October 23, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64692 64692-16428889@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 23, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Walgreen Drama Center
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Please note the new location and day for this monthly series from previous years. A monthly performance series featuring the finest among our outstanding SMTD string students. Soloists and chamber music groups will be selected by the faculty to perform at this prestigious event.

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Performance Wed, 25 Sep 2019 15:25:36 -0400 2019-10-23T19:00:00-04:00 Walgreen Drama Center School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance String Showcase
Guest Recital: Svetozar Ivanov, piano (October 23, 2019 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64828 64828-16455004@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 23, 2019 7:30pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Music by Rameau, George Crumb, Mozart, Berio, and Beethoven. Svetozar Ivanov is professor of piano at the University of South Florida and serves as artist faculty at Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival in Vermont, Brancaleoni International Music Festival in Italy, and Prague Piano Festival in the Czech Republic, and is the artistic director of the Steinway Piano Series in Tampa, Florida.

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Performance Wed, 09 Oct 2019 13:11:43 -0400 2019-10-23T19:30:00-04:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Svetozar Ivanov
Arlo Guthrie (October 23, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68200 68200-17026807@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 23, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Presented by The Ark.
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the movie "Alice’s Restaurant,” based on the song by Arlo Guthrie. To commemorate the occasion, Arlo has arranged a special tour, running through 2020, to revisit the incredible events that began on Thanksgiving in 1965. "Alice’s Restaurant Massacree" struck a chord with the anti-war counterculture. By 1967 Guthrie had gone from playing small clubs to playing festivals and stadiums. :Arthur Penn (who had just finished filming Bonnie & Clyde) heard the record when it came out in 1967," recalled Arlo. "He also happened to live in Stockbridge, where the events took place. He thought it would be a great idea to make it into a movie. And he did." For this tour, Arlo will be joined on stage by longtime collaborators Terry “A La Berry” Hall (drums), Steve Ide (guitar, vocals), and Carol Ide (vocals, percussion). "I didn’t think I was gonna live long enough to have to learn ‘Alice's Restaurant' again," Arlo says with a smile. "It was a quirky kinda thing

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Performance Wed, 09 Oct 2019 10:54:28 -0400 2019-10-23T20:00:00-04:00 2019-10-23T22:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Arlo Guthrie
Symphony Band (October 23, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64608 64608-16396974@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 23, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Michael Haithcock, conductor
Giovani Briguente, graduate conductor
Jeffrey Lyman, bassoon

Pre-concert conversation in the lower lobby at 7:15 PM with Jeffrey Lyman, Nico Muhly, and Michael Haithcock.

Sounds from the streets of Nicaragua and London, the influence of be-bop jazz, the music of Orlando Gibbons, and the traditions of Spanish flamenco dancing are all “reliable sources” of inspiration for the works to be performed. U-M Professor Jeffrey Lyman is soloist in acclaimed guest composer Nico Muhly’s new work for bassoon and winds.

PROGRAM:
Gilda Lyons- La flor más linda
Gustav Holst- Hammersmith
Donald Grantham- Fayetteville Bop
Nico Muhly- Reliable Sources
Luis Serrano Alarcón- Duende

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Performance Thu, 10 Oct 2019 12:15:20 -0400 2019-10-23T20:00:00-04:00 Hill Auditorium School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Symphony Band Chamber Winds
Digital Music Ensemble presents Pond Music XVII: Brian Eno’s Music for Airports (October 24, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64702 64702-16428910@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 24, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

The Digital Music Ensemble under the direction of Stephen Rush will present a version of Brian Eno’s Music for Airports as a live performance system of reel-to-reel tape recorders and loops, complemented with airplane propellers revolving on the surface of the Earl V. Moore Pond.

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Performance Wed, 16 Oct 2019 15:54:36 -0400 2019-10-24T12:00:00-04:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Pond Music
Folk Music & More (October 24, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67415 67415-16849158@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 24, 2019 12:00pm
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Twin brothers San and Laz Slomovits, nationally known for their music for children and families, also have a wide-ranging repertoire for adults. From the classic folk songs of the 1960s (Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, and Peter, Paul and Mary), to well-loved show tunes from Broadway and movie musicals, to traditional vocal and instrumental music from around the world, Gemini performs it all with sparkling, genetically matched harmonies, and nearly a dozen instruments. They will be joined on drums by U-M School of Music graduate and local performer and music teacher, Mike Morrison.

University Hospital Main Lobby, Floor 1
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109

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Performance Thu, 19 Sep 2019 10:29:32 -0400 2019-10-24T12:00:00-04:00 2019-10-24T13:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Performance Photograph of San Slomovits, Mike Morrison and Laz Slomovits, courtesy of San Slomovits.
Dancing at the End of the World: Armageddon or Sunrise or Something (October 24, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65516 65516-16607701@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 24, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Dance Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Choreographers Mauriah Kraker and Leah Wilks will perform their acclaimed duet Armageddon or Sunrise or Something, an hour long endurance-driven event that asks questions about place, boundary, sensuality, care, and exhaustion. Pulling from the duo’s different training histories in improvisation, Olympic-level sport, ballet, modern dance technique, photography, and sound design, the piece functions as both a grief ritual and a space for reckoning with limitation.

This performance is part of the Art in the Anthropocene: An Interdisciplinary Symposium on Performance, Technology, and Ecology taking place Monday, October 21 through Saturday, October 26. This interdisciplinary symposium will bring together artists and scholars across the fields of dance, art and design, science and technology studies, and women’s studies who are currently working at the intersections of performance, art, and ecology. Through workshops, performances, and open panels participants will be examining the relationship between the arts and sciences during what is commonly referred to as ‘The Anthropocene,” meaning the current epoch in which human impact on earthly geography is undeniable and irreversible. All events are free and open to the public. For more information about Symposium events visit myumi.ch/4pp0R

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Performance Wed, 16 Oct 2019 18:15:39 -0400 2019-10-24T19:00:00-04:00 Dance Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Art in the Anthropocene
Jazz Lab Ensemble (October 24, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65502 65502-16607683@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 24, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Dennis Wilson, director

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Performance Fri, 18 Oct 2019 12:54:46 -0400 2019-10-24T20:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Jazz Lab Ensemble
The Cactus Blossoms w/sg Esther Rose (October 24, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68203 68203-17026809@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 24, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Presented by The Ark.
In the music of The Cactus Blossoms, the country sibling harmonies of The Everly Brothers and The Louvin Brothers come alive for modern times. As we got to hear at the 2018 Ann Arbor Folk Festival, brothers Page Burkum and Jack Torrey sing and play the guitar, and their voices fit together as only brother duets can. The Cactus Blossoms were born and raised in Minneapolis and grew up on rock and pop, but they always had a fondness for old-time country and folk tunes. They began playing as a duo in 2010, soon they added classic-style originals to their repertoire and landed a band-in-residence spot at St. Paul's Turf Club. The Cactus Blossoms began playing clubs beyond Minnesota as headliners, and toured with Kacey Musgraves. They were signed to the Red House label, released their debut album, "You're Dreaming," and saw their song "Mississippi" featured on Twin Peaks. The Cactus Blossoms come to Michigan with a new release, "Easy Way." New Orleans songwriter Esther Rose is special guest.

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Performance Wed, 09 Oct 2019 11:03:29 -0400 2019-10-24T20:00:00-04:00 2019-10-24T22:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance The Cactus Blossoms w/sg Esther Rose
Digital Music Ensemble presents Pond Music XVII: Brian Eno’s Music for Airports (October 25, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64702 64702-16428911@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 25, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

The Digital Music Ensemble under the direction of Stephen Rush will present a version of Brian Eno’s Music for Airports as a live performance system of reel-to-reel tape recorders and loops, complemented with airplane propellers revolving on the surface of the Earl V. Moore Pond.

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Performance Wed, 16 Oct 2019 15:54:36 -0400 2019-10-25T12:00:00-04:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Pond Music
Dancing at the End of the World: Agua Viva + Elemental Rites at the End of the World (October 25, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65517 65517-16607702@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 25, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Dance Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

In this evening performance, artist-scholars Michael J. Morris and Charli Brissey will present two current performance projects, Elemental Rites at the End of the World and Agua Viva: Choreographies of Water. Morris works with ritual structures for shifting consciousness, connecting to our embodiment of air/fire/water/earth, devising spontaneous rituals for healing and addressing political harm, incorporating astrology and tarot as movement scores, and creating dances as spells. Their performances and scholarship address the figure of the witch as a site of resistance to imperialist, colonialist, white supremacist, capitalist, heteropatriarchy. Brissey will share an iteration of their current multi-year research project, which turns to the oceans, natural water systems, and the deep-sea floor as potentially radical sites for imagining new futures in ecologically precarious times. Emerging through performance, video, sound design, and experimental writing, this project questions what gets identified as “technology” and the social, political, and ecological consequences of engaging with these systems and infrastructures.

This performance is part of the Art in the Anthropocene: An Interdisciplinary Symposium on Performance, Technology, and Ecology taking place Monday, October 21 through Saturday, October 26. This interdisciplinary symposium will bring together artists and scholars across the fields of dance, art and design, science and technology studies, and women’s studies who are currently working at the intersections of performance, art, and ecology. Through workshops, performances, and open panels participants will be examining the relationship between the arts and sciences during what is commonly referred to as ‘The Anthropocene,” meaning the current epoch in which human impact on earthly geography is undeniable and irreversible. All events are free and open to the public. For more information about Symposium events visit myumi.ch/4pp0R

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Performance Wed, 16 Oct 2019 18:15:39 -0400 2019-10-25T19:00:00-04:00 Dance Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Art in the Anthropocene
Senior Recital: Lisa Gudan, flute (October 25, 2019 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68711 68711-17140898@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 25, 2019 7:30pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

PROGRAM: Hoover - Winter Spirits; Dutilleux - Sonatine for Flute and Piano; Dorff - Sonata (Three Lakes); Borne - Fantasie brillante sur “Carmen.”

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Performance Tue, 22 Oct 2019 18:15:34 -0400 2019-10-25T19:30:00-04:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Earl V. Moore Building
Contemporary Directions Ensemble (October 25, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65513 65513-16607697@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 25, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Adrian Slywotzky, conductor

The Contemporary Directions Ensemble celebrates guest composer Nico Muhly with a kaleidoscopic program of his works for chamber ensemble. The concert is the final event of his William Bolcom Guest Residency.

PROGRAM:
Muhly- Gibbons Suite; Doublespeak; Balance Problems; Step Team; By All Means

Please note Hankinson Rehearsal Hall has limited seating capacity, early arrival is recommended to ensure admission.

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Performance Mon, 21 Oct 2019 18:15:31 -0400 2019-10-25T20:00:00-04:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Contemporary Directions Ensemble
Rich the Kid (October 25, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67447 67447-16855681@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 25, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Big Ticket Productions presents Rich the Kid live at Hill Auditorium on 10/25. Rich the Kid was an early creator in Atlanta's trap scene evolving from collaborations with Atlanta-based artists like Migos and Young Thug to starting his own label and eventually signing with Interscope Records. As an icon of Atlanta hip-hop, he is known for his multiplatinum hits "Plug Walk" and "New Freezer." Rich the Kid's catchy beats, pressurized flows, and high energy will prove for an unforgettable and exciting performance.

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Performance Fri, 20 Sep 2019 09:06:23 -0400 2019-10-25T20:00:00-04:00 2019-10-25T23:00:00-04:00 Hill Auditorium Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Rich the Kid, Hill Auditorium 10/25/19
Digital Music Ensemble presents Pond Music XVII: Brian Eno’s Music for Airports (October 26, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64702 64702-16428912@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 26, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

The Digital Music Ensemble under the direction of Stephen Rush will present a version of Brian Eno’s Music for Airports as a live performance system of reel-to-reel tape recorders and loops, complemented with airplane propellers revolving on the surface of the Earl V. Moore Pond.

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Performance Wed, 16 Oct 2019 15:54:36 -0400 2019-10-26T12:00:00-04:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Pond Music
Guest Recital: Jennifer Lane, mezzo-soprano (October 26, 2019 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64835 64835-16460972@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 26, 2019 5:30pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Featuring Prof. Richard Aaron, baroque cello, Prof. Aaron Berofsky, violin, and Prof. Joseph Gascho, harpsichord.

Mezzo-soprano Jennifer Lane, known for performances of Baroque and contemporary repertoire, sings a recital featuring Handel’s vocal works.

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Performance Tue, 22 Oct 2019 18:15:21 -0400 2019-10-26T17:30:00-04:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Jennifer Lane
NIGHTSTALKERS HAUNTED HOUSE (October 26, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67771 67771-16949857@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 26, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Teleconference Suite
Organized By: Maize Pages Student Organizations

********GET TICKETS HERE******** The student organization that brought you the Stranger Things Haunted Experience is pleased to present something even more terrifying! Introducing NIGHTSTALKERS: What seemed like a typical college party in the secluded forest has taken a dreadful turn for the worst. From deep in the woods in Ann Arbor, horrific creatures with a penchant for stalking their prey have emerged. Now, with not a single party-goer left, these beasts are hiding, lurking, and looking for more suitable and unsuspecting victims. You'd be smart to heed our warnings, or perhaps you will risk your very own survival to catch a glimpse what really lives in the trees. Become the prey at the James and Anne Duderstadt Center Teleconference Suite on October 26th. We do not recommend the NightStalkers Haunted House to children under the age of 13. Our walkthrough multi-sensory attraction will include sudden loud noises, dynamic lighting, tight spaces, and various frightening scene********GET TICKETS HERE********

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Performance Sat, 26 Oct 2019 18:00:10 -0400 2019-10-26T18:00:00-04:00 2019-10-26T23:00:00-04:00 Teleconference Suite Maize Pages Student Organizations Performance
Horn Studio Recital (October 26, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65511 65511-16607695@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 26, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Horn students of Profs. Adam Unsworth and Bryan Kennedy will perform solo and chamber works for horn.

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Performance Tue, 20 Aug 2019 18:15:21 -0400 2019-10-26T20:00:00-04:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Earl V. Moore Building
Tom Paxton and The Don Juans (October 26, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68202 68202-17026808@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 26, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Presented by The Ark.
We know—Tom Paxton had a farewell tour a few years ago. Kidding! Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winner and folk icon Tom Paxton is back, and he's teaming up with the Grammy-winning Nashville singer/songwriter duo The Don Juans—Don Henry & Jon Vezner! Collectively, their songs have been covered by: Harry Belafonte, John Mellencamp, Miranda Lambert, Neil Diamond, Ray Charles, Nancy Griffith, Judy Collins, Pete Seeger, Janis Ian, Kathy Mattea, John Denver, Faith Hill, B.J. Thomas, Blake Shelton, Peter, Paul & Mary and Bob Dylan … just to name a few! Within days of writing and playing together, they knew they were onto something, and they soon took it on the road. Ever since the days of Porter & Dolly's cover of "The Last Thing on My Mind," the songs of Tom Paxton have had a special resonance with Nashville songwriters, and now the tradition continues!

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Performance Wed, 09 Oct 2019 10:59:18 -0400 2019-10-26T20:00:00-04:00 2019-10-26T22:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Tom Paxton and The Don Juans
Digital Music Ensemble presents Pond Music XVII: Brian Eno’s Music for Airports (October 27, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64702 64702-16428913@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, October 27, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

The Digital Music Ensemble under the direction of Stephen Rush will present a version of Brian Eno’s Music for Airports as a live performance system of reel-to-reel tape recorders and loops, complemented with airplane propellers revolving on the surface of the Earl V. Moore Pond.

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Performance Wed, 16 Oct 2019 15:54:36 -0400 2019-10-27T12:00:00-04:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Pond Music
Carillon Recital: The Halloween Haunted Belfry (October 27, 2019 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68735 68735-17147122@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, October 27, 2019 3:30pm
Location: Burton Memorial Tower
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Bring the whole family to enjoy our FREE Haunted Belfry as students perform spooky music on the 53-bell Charles Baird Carillon. Costumes welcome, and you'll get the chance to try some spooky music on the bells yourself! We provide free ear plugs as well!

Accessibility: Unfortunately, our bell tower is not fully accessible. An elevator goes up to the 8th floor, but the two more flights of stairs to the tower are narrow.

We will be live-streaming as much of our event here: https://www.facebook.com/UMCarillon/

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Performance Fri, 25 Oct 2019 12:15:44 -0400 2019-10-27T15:30:00-04:00 Burton Memorial Tower School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Burton Memorial Tower
Halloween Concert (October 27, 2019 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63546 63546-15784077@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, October 27, 2019 4:30pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Kenneth Kiesler, artistic director.

A U-M tradition for more than 40 years, the Halloween Concert brings together the University Symphony and Philharmonia Orchestras for this beloved holiday event. Graduate conducting students lead more than 125 costumed musicians for this entertaining concert featuring thrilling, popular, and spooky symphonic Halloween favorites. Get out your scariest costume or come dressed as you are to enjoy this chilling event.

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Performance Wed, 16 Oct 2019 18:15:29 -0400 2019-10-27T16:30:00-04:00 Hill Auditorium School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Halloween Concert
The Ark's 23rd Fall Fundraider: An Evening with Pokey LaFarge (October 27, 2019 7:15pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68205 68205-17026810@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, October 27, 2019 7:15pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Presented by the Ark!
Over the last decade, Pokey LaFarge has won the hearts of music lovers across the globe with his creative mix of early jazz, string ragtime, country blues and western swing, all while writing songs that ring true in both spirit and sound. His music transcends the confines of genre, continually challenging the notion that tradition-bearers fail to push musical boundaries. Cleverly striding among numerous forms of traditional American music, Pokey has crafted a genre all his own, marked by its accessible ingenuity. Rather than merely conjuring up half-forgotten imagery of days past, Pokey is a lyrical storyteller, the plot delivered smoothly through his dynamic vocals. One moment he shouts a line and the next he croons above his archtop guitar. He transmits a rare distillation of old American sounds!

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Performance Wed, 09 Oct 2019 11:08:54 -0400 2019-10-27T19:15:00-04:00 2019-10-27T21:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance The Ark's 23rd Fall Fundraider: An Evening with Pokey LaFarge
Guest Master Class: Amanda Blaikie, flute (October 28, 2019 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67756 67756-16928717@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 28, 2019 4:30pm
Location: Stearns Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Amanda Blaikie is the 2nd Flute of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra since 2016. She previously held the position of Principal Flute with orchestras including the Michigan Opera Theatre, the Sarasota Opera, the Miami City Ballet, and the Battle Creek Symphony Orchestra.

Featuring members of the Flute studio of Professor Amy Porter.

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Performance Wed, 16 Oct 2019 18:15:42 -0400 2019-10-28T16:30:00-04:00 Stearns Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Amanda Blaikie
Guest Recital: Haerim Liz Lee, violin and Alex Brown, piano (October 28, 2019 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67819 67819-16954117@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 28, 2019 7:30pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

SMTD alumna Haerim Elizabeth Lee (violin) returns to Ann Arbor to perform works by and inspired by George and Ira Gershwin. She performs as part of a national tour to celebrate the release of her recording project "My Time Is Now," likewise performed on the Britton Recital Hall stage with pianist Alex Brown playing George Gershwin's own Steinway piano. Donated to the University and lovingly restored by SMTD's director of piano technology Robert Grijalva, this recording is the first by a U-M student to feature the instrument upon which the composer created such iconic works as Porgy and Bess. Lee and Brown will perform some of Jascha Heifetz's arrangements from the opera as well as works by contemporary composers that draw upon the Gershwin spirit, including works by Michigan composers such as William Bolcom, Michael Daugherty, and Patrick Harlin.

“My Time Is Now”- Haerim Elizabeth Lee : The Gershwin Initiative: https://vimeo.com/200252303

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Performance Wed, 16 Oct 2019 18:15:43 -0400 2019-10-28T19:30:00-04:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Liz Lee and Alex Brown
Adrian Legg (October 28, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64063 64063-16115174@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 28, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Presented by The Ark
Guitar gods in training, take notice. Voted Guitarist of the Decade by Guitarist magazine and Best Acoustic Fingerstylist four years in a row by readers of Guitar Player, Adrian Legg dazzles audiences with an unclassifiable mixture of country, jazz, folk, rock, and classical styles. For all his rapid-fire playing, though, Adrian never loses sight of melodies and their power to move us. And on top of that, he's a tall tale teller of the first order, with a dry sense of humor that would be reason enough in itself to come to one of his concerts. Says Newsday: "Unlike Richard Thompson or Robert Fripp, in whose league he belongs, Legg seems never to have been seduced by rock. But unlike Leo Kottke or Ry Cooder, whom he also occasionally resembles, Adrian Legg is an adventurer, not an archivist." He is, quite simply, one of the greatest guitarists in the world, and perhaps the very least heralded among that group.

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Performance Wed, 09 Oct 2019 11:10:56 -0400 2019-10-28T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Adrian Legg
University Choir (October 29, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65501 65501-16607682@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 29, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Mark Stover, conductor
Joshua Marzan, accompanist


PROGRAM:
Lloyd Pfautsch- Musicks Empire (Triptych)
Josu Elberdin- Segalariak
J. Brahms- op. 112 Nos. 1 & 2
Purcell- Hear My Prayer, O Lord
Stephen Paulus- The Road Home
Gabriel Fauré- Requiem, Sarah Simko, organist, Catherine Moss, soprano, Jacob Surzyn, baritone, and Michael Romans, violin

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Performance Mon, 28 Oct 2019 18:15:20 -0400 2019-10-29T20:00:00-04:00 Hill Auditorium School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance University Choir
Classical Violin & Piano (October 31, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67416 67416-16849159@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 31, 2019 12:00pm
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

This performance is a part of the U-M Community Outreach Performance Series, an engaged-learning initiative of the School of Music, Theatre & Dance (SMTD). Student performers prepare repertoire and high quality cultural experiences for the surrounding community with assistance from SMTD faculty and staff. U-M Professor Danielle Belen’s violin studio is comprised of some of the top young players in the country. Under her tutelage, they have won major prizes in national and international competitions including the Menuhin, Stulberg and Klein competitions, as well as being accepted into major conservatories and universities across the country. Abigel Szilagyi is a featured performer for Disability Community Month. Look for live stream video on Gifts of Art Facebook.

University Hospital Main Lobby, Floor 1
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109

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Performance Fri, 20 Sep 2019 09:31:20 -0400 2019-10-31T12:00:00-04:00 2019-10-31T13:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Performance Photograph of Danielle Belen’s students by Kristina Zlatareva.
Faculty Theatre Performance: Malcolm Tulip *CANCELED* (October 31, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67364 67364-16842071@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 31, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

*These performances have been canceled*

Written and performed by Malcolm Tulip
Sound design and performance by Cy Tulip
Video design by Jeromy Hopgood
Set design by Vincent Mountain
Costume design by Christianne Myers

In 2017 Prof. Malcolm Tulip came across a book of anagrammatic poetry by the German Surrealist artist Unica Zürn (1916-1970) and a journey into her writings, art works, and life followed. As he became hypnotized by the vivid life force of her work memories, real and imagined, from his own life were released. Encouraged by Zürn’s creative strategies as well as playwright Charles L. Mee’s intuitive text/image assemblage approach, Tulip brings together seemingly disparate fragments of text and imagery to conjure a new hybrid autobiography. Texts from multiple and contrary sources live side by side. The friction between apparent non-sequiturs fire the imagination; more closely resembling our brain activity with collisions of past, present, tangible, and subconscious events that constantly fight to be seen and heard.

Made possible with the generous support of the U-M Office of Research, the Center for World Performance Studies, SMTD, the Department of Theatre & Drama, and Trinosophes, Detroit.

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Performance Tue, 22 Oct 2019 12:15:30 -0400 2019-10-31T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance
WGTE “On the Road with Brad Cresswell” at SMTD (November 1, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68903 68903-17190821@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 1, 2019 9:00am
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

WGTE FM 91 is taking it on the road with host Brad Cresswell.

WGTE (91.3 FM) will be broadcasting live from the Earl V. Moore Building from 9-11 a.m. and 1-4 p.m.

Tune in to hear SMTD professors talk with WGTE all throughout the day.

Listen live here: http://myumi.ch/mnqQl

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Performance Tue, 29 Oct 2019 18:15:37 -0400 2019-11-01T09:00:00-04:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance WGTE On The Road
Department of Performing Arts Technology Seminar: Michelle Moog-Koussa (November 1, 2019 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68452 68452-17082175@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 1, 2019 2:30pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Michelle Moog-Koussa has been the executive director of the Bob Moog Foundation for the 12 years since its inception. She has guided the organization through the creation and growth of its hallmark educational project, Dr. Bob’s SoundSchool, which inspires thousands of teachers and young children every year through a 10-week experiential science of sound curriculum. She has also maintained her vision for a Moogseum, a historical and educational center that will house all of the Foundation’s projects while encouraging people of all ages to embrace the process of scientific and creative discovery.

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Performance Wed, 23 Oct 2019 18:15:40 -0400 2019-11-01T14:30:00-04:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Michelle Moog-Koussa
Concert Band Chamber Winds (November 1, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66005 66005-16680429@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 1, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Courtney Snyder, conductor
Lauren Reynolds, guest conductor
Nicholas Balla, Kimberly Flemming, Christine Lundahl, JoAnn Wieszczyk, graduate conductors
Anna Hart, soloist

PROGRAM:
Giovanni Gabrieli- Canzon Duodecimi Toni
Cassie Wieland- Inside
John Mackey- Songs From the End of the World
Peter Warlock- Capriol Suite
Hiraoki Kataoka- Gryphon’s Prayer
Ralph Vaughan Williams- “Scherzo alla marcia” from Symphony no. 8
Kazuhiro Morita- Terpsichore II

Please note Hankinson Rehearsal Hall has limited seating capacity, early arrival is recommended to ensure admission.

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Performance Wed, 16 Oct 2019 12:15:34 -0400 2019-11-01T20:00:00-04:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Earl V. Moore Building
Eurydice (November 1, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67686 67686-16918004@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 1, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Sarah Ruhl's EURYDICE, a contemporary adaptation of a renowned Greek myth, tells the story of Eurydice, a young woman hopelessly in love with her husband Orpheus, who is proclaimed to be the greatest musician of all time. When a mysterious stranger attempts to seduce Eurydice, she is led down a terrifying and confusing rabbit hole to the Underworld; she's dead, leaving Orpheus behind. While Eurydice embraces a reunion with her Father in the Underworld, Orpheus becomes determined to bring his wife and one true love back from the Underworld. The task he faces presents more challenges than he could expect, and Eurydice begins to wonder if returning to the real world is what she wants.

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Performance Mon, 30 Sep 2019 13:38:30 -0400 2019-11-01T20:00:00-04:00 2019-11-01T22:00:00-04:00 Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Sarah Ruhl's EURYDICE
Faculty Theatre Performance: Malcolm Tulip *CANCELED* (November 1, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67364 67364-16842072@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 1, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

*These performances have been canceled*

Written and performed by Malcolm Tulip
Sound design and performance by Cy Tulip
Video design by Jeromy Hopgood
Set design by Vincent Mountain
Costume design by Christianne Myers

In 2017 Prof. Malcolm Tulip came across a book of anagrammatic poetry by the German Surrealist artist Unica Zürn (1916-1970) and a journey into her writings, art works, and life followed. As he became hypnotized by the vivid life force of her work memories, real and imagined, from his own life were released. Encouraged by Zürn’s creative strategies as well as playwright Charles L. Mee’s intuitive text/image assemblage approach, Tulip brings together seemingly disparate fragments of text and imagery to conjure a new hybrid autobiography. Texts from multiple and contrary sources live side by side. The friction between apparent non-sequiturs fire the imagination; more closely resembling our brain activity with collisions of past, present, tangible, and subconscious events that constantly fight to be seen and heard.

Made possible with the generous support of the U-M Office of Research, the Center for World Performance Studies, SMTD, the Department of Theatre & Drama, and Trinosophes, Detroit.

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Performance Tue, 22 Oct 2019 12:15:30 -0400 2019-11-01T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance
John Gorka (November 1, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61937 61937-15241343@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 1, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Presented by The Ark
The modern renaissance of folk music began when John Gorka won the Kerrville Folk Festival's New Folk award in 1984, and it grew to maturity when he released his debut album, "I Know," three years later. Here was a singer-songwriter with a striking baritone voice that made you feel like you'd been hearing it all your life, with the songwriting chops to take on and see into nearly every type of song—from personal pieces about love and sadness, to bemused observations about daily life, political thinking-aloud, and sheer unmitigated whimsy. Three and a half decades later, John still calls himself an aspiring folksinger, and his music has just kept getting deeper and better over his 15 critically acclaimed albums. John isn't on the road as much as he used to be, so don't miss this chance to catch a folk classic.

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Performance Wed, 09 Oct 2019 11:12:06 -0400 2019-11-01T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance John Gorka
UMMA Pop Up: Adam Kahana & Allie Taylor (November 2, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/69055 69055-17222095@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, November 2, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

A unique blend of Jazz, Rhythm & Blues, Soul, and much more are what make the music of singer/violinist Allie Taylor and guitarist Adam Kahana enticing. Allie Taylor (@allietay on Instagram), is a first year Graduate student at the University of Michigan, pursuing a Masters of Music in Violin Performance and a Masters of Music in Improvisation. Allie is a 3-time DownBeat Magazine Student Music Award winner (in the Jazz Vocal and Pop/Rock/Blues categories), a 2-time semifinalist in the Michael Feinstein Great American Songbook Initiative Competition, the first place winner of the Allegro Society Instrumental Scholarship Competition, and has performed internationally, from London to India (where she studied Carnatic violin for a summer). During her Undergraduate career at the University of Michigan, where she earned a B.M. in Violin Performance and a B.A. in Communications Studies, Allie interned with Askonas Holt, the Philharmonia Orchestra of London, and The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. 

Adam Kahana is a composer (of both the planned and the spontaneous kinds) from Ann Arbor, Michigan. Born in Seattle, Washington, by way of Chicago and Madison, Wisconsin, he currently lives in Ann Arbor, where he studies jazz guitar, data science, and business at the University of Michigan. Adam (@AdamKahanaMusic on Facebook) recently placed as a jazz semi-finalist in the 2018 Wilson Center Guitar Festival Competition, an international multi-genre competition open to all guitar students. His quartet also placed as a finalist in the 2019 Detroit Jazz Festival Collegiate Combo Competition. 

In addition to giving guitar lessons in the area, Adam can be seen performing around town with his own groups, as well as with the acclaimed Ann Arbor Guitar Trio: annarborguitartrio.com.

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Performance Fri, 01 Nov 2019 18:17:01 -0400 2019-11-02T13:00:00-04:00 2019-11-02T14:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Performance Museum of Art
Eurydice (November 2, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67686 67686-16918005@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, November 2, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Sarah Ruhl's EURYDICE, a contemporary adaptation of a renowned Greek myth, tells the story of Eurydice, a young woman hopelessly in love with her husband Orpheus, who is proclaimed to be the greatest musician of all time. When a mysterious stranger attempts to seduce Eurydice, she is led down a terrifying and confusing rabbit hole to the Underworld; she's dead, leaving Orpheus behind. While Eurydice embraces a reunion with her Father in the Underworld, Orpheus becomes determined to bring his wife and one true love back from the Underworld. The task he faces presents more challenges than he could expect, and Eurydice begins to wonder if returning to the real world is what she wants.

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Performance Mon, 30 Sep 2019 13:38:30 -0400 2019-11-02T20:00:00-04:00 2019-11-02T22:00:00-04:00 Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Sarah Ruhl's EURYDICE
Guest Recital: Brad Phillips, fiddle (November 2, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68045 68045-16988219@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, November 2, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Chamber Music Resident Artist Brad Phillips brings his acclaimed one man show to SMTD. ROADSIGNS: The Story of a Midwestern Sideman features music from along Brad’s musical path, including music of Jeff Daniels, Stevie Wonder, The Verve Pipe, and original songs accompanied on guitar and piano, with virtuosic instrumentals on violin, mandolin, octave mandolin, guitar, piano, and dobro.

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Performance Wed, 23 Oct 2019 18:15:38 -0400 2019-11-02T20:00:00-04:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Brad Phillips
Jay Ungar & Molly Mason (November 2, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68206 68206-17026811@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, November 2, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Presented by The Ark.
People all over the world think of the haunting "Ashokan Farewell," from the Ken Burns PBS series The Civil War, as an American folk song. But it's actually the creation of fiddler Jay Ungar and guitarist Molly Mason, musical partners since the 1970s and a marital duo since 1991. And "Ashokan Farewell" is just a small part of what they do. Listen to their timeless renditions of hard-driving Appalachian, Cajun and Celtic fiddle tunes, stirring Civil War classics, sassy songs from the golden age of swing and country, stunning waltzes, and deeply moving original compositions—and you'll find a pair of musicians who put on a great show and have a lifelong love for the music they make. Says Geoffrey Himes of Amazon.com: "Jay Ungar . . . is almost without peer as a composer of fiddle tunes. [He is] blessed with that rare knack for making his melodies move in ways that stir the listener's longings." Jay and Molly come to Michigan with a new release, the score for the Western film "The Divide."

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Performance Wed, 09 Oct 2019 11:15:13 -0400 2019-11-02T20:00:00-04:00 2019-11-02T22:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Jay Ungar & Molly Mason
Eurydice (November 3, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67686 67686-16918006@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, November 3, 2019 2:00pm
Location: Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Sarah Ruhl's EURYDICE, a contemporary adaptation of a renowned Greek myth, tells the story of Eurydice, a young woman hopelessly in love with her husband Orpheus, who is proclaimed to be the greatest musician of all time. When a mysterious stranger attempts to seduce Eurydice, she is led down a terrifying and confusing rabbit hole to the Underworld; she's dead, leaving Orpheus behind. While Eurydice embraces a reunion with her Father in the Underworld, Orpheus becomes determined to bring his wife and one true love back from the Underworld. The task he faces presents more challenges than he could expect, and Eurydice begins to wonder if returning to the real world is what she wants.

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Performance Mon, 30 Sep 2019 13:38:30 -0400 2019-11-03T14:00:00-05:00 2019-11-03T16:00:00-05:00 Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Sarah Ruhl's EURYDICE