Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. Ann Arbor Japan Week | Musical Performance by Godaiko Drummers (June 23, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52595 52595-12868038@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, June 23, 2018 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Japanese Studies

Musical Performance by Godaiko Drummers, Downtown Library multi-purpose room, 343 S. Fifth, 10-11am.

Please see the complete Ann Arbor Japan Week Schedule here: https://ii.umich.edu/cjs/news-events/events/ann-arbor-japan-week.html

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Performance Thu, 07 Jun 2018 14:48:02 -0400 2018-06-23T10:00:00-04:00 2018-06-23T11:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Japanese Studies Performance Ann Arbor Japan Week
Ann Arbor Japan Week | Storytime at the Museum (June 23, 2018 11:15am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52596 52596-12868039@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, June 23, 2018 11:15am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: Center for Japanese Studies

Storytime at the Museum: Japanese Art, University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA). Meet in front of the UMMA store, 11:15am-12:30pm. Ages 3-6. Children must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. No registration required.

Please see the complete Ann Arbor Japan Week Schedule here: https://ii.umich.edu/cjs/news-events/events/ann-arbor-japan-week.html

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Performance Thu, 07 Jun 2018 14:53:06 -0400 2018-06-23T11:15:00-04:00 2018-06-23T12:30:00-04:00 Museum of Art Center for Japanese Studies Performance Ann Arbor Japan Week
Shakespeare in the Arb - Romeo and Juliet (June 23, 2018 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51923 51923-12294426@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, June 23, 2018 6:30pm
Location: Nichols Arboretum
Organized By: Matthaei Botanical Gardens & Nichols Arboretum

A first-ever performance in the 18-year history of Shakespeare in the Arb of Romeo and Juliet. Directed by Kate Mendeloff of the U-M Residential College and performed by U-M students and community players. Box office, located at the visitor center at the 1610 Washington Hts. entrance to Nichols Arboretum, open at 5:30 pm each day of performance.

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Performance Fri, 15 Jun 2018 12:36:03 -0400 2018-06-23T18:30:00-04:00 2018-06-23T21:00:00-04:00 Nichols Arboretum Matthaei Botanical Gardens & Nichols Arboretum Performance Shakespeare in the Arb 2018 poster
Center Stage Strings Saturday Night Student Recital Series *CANCELED* (June 23, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52409 52409-12706721@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, June 23, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Biweekly performance series featuring the finest among our outstanding CSS string students. Soloists and chamber music groups will be selected by the faculty to perform on this prestigious event.

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Performance Fri, 06 Jul 2018 18:15:11 -0400 2018-06-23T19:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Center Stage Strings Saturday Night Student Recital Series *CANCELED*
22nd Fall Fundraiser: An Evening with The Taj Mahal Trio (June 23, 2018 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52716 52716-12969912@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, June 23, 2018 7:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Presented by The Ark

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Performance Tue, 19 Jun 2018 14:45:41 -0400 2018-06-23T19:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance
Matthew Sweet (June 23, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51422 51422-12101066@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, June 23, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

"When I was young, the artists that I really admired were the ones who always found a way to keep making music and expressing themselves," Matthew Sweet says on the occasion of the release of his 13th solo album, "Tomorrow's Daughter." "To me, those guys were the real artists, and I've tried to hold on to that attitude in my own work." The seasoned singer/songwriter/producer/multi-instrumentalist is currently in the midst of a personal musical renaissance that's seen him produce some of the most compelling and ambitious music of his three-decade career. That description applies to Tomorrow's Daughter, on which such instantly memorable new tunes as "Belong," "Run Away," "Lady Frankenstein" and "Out of My Misery" demonstrate his uncanny ability to tap into a bottomless well of pop history to craft music that's effortlessly catchy yet deeply personal. And he's got more new music in the pipeline, including a vinyl-only EP for this November's Record Store Day. Not to be missed!

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Performance Fri, 11 May 2018 11:45:03 -0400 2018-06-23T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Matthew Sweet
Shakespeare in the Arb - Romeo and Juliet (June 24, 2018 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51923 51923-12294427@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, June 24, 2018 6:30pm
Location: Nichols Arboretum
Organized By: Matthaei Botanical Gardens & Nichols Arboretum

A first-ever performance in the 18-year history of Shakespeare in the Arb of Romeo and Juliet. Directed by Kate Mendeloff of the U-M Residential College and performed by U-M students and community players. Box office, located at the visitor center at the 1610 Washington Hts. entrance to Nichols Arboretum, open at 5:30 pm each day of performance.

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Performance Fri, 15 Jun 2018 12:36:03 -0400 2018-06-24T18:30:00-04:00 2018-06-24T21:00:00-04:00 Nichols Arboretum Matthaei Botanical Gardens & Nichols Arboretum Performance Shakespeare in the Arb 2018 poster
Michael McDermott (June 24, 2018 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51423 51423-12101068@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, June 24, 2018 7:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Michael McDermott burst onto the scene in his early 20s with his exceptional debut, "620 W. Surf," and subsequently found himself touted as Rock’s Next Big Thing. The missteps and failures that followed, the collapse of an industry that once embraced him as its next sensation, are troubles and travails that either ruin a person completely, or force a change of attitude and staunch determination to gather one’s resolve to not only survive, but overcome. Michael's 11th studio album, "Out From Under," brims with richly autobiographical songs that mix stunning frankness with wicked, idiosyncratic humor. It’s the sound of a clear-eyed, dedicated artist, now a contented husband and father, giving in to his heart’s most urgent commands and trusting his instincts in ways he never thought possible.

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Performance Thu, 10 May 2018 10:10:24 -0400 2018-06-24T19:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Mi
Center Stage Strings Tuesday Afternoon Student Recital Series (June 26, 2018 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52408 52408-12706718@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, June 26, 2018 3:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Biweekly performance series featuring the finest among our outstanding CSS string students. Soloists and chamber music groups will be selected by the faculty to perform on this prestigious event.

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Performance Thu, 24 May 2018 18:15:10 -0400 2018-06-26T15:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Center Stage Strings Tuesday Afternoon Student Recital Series
Center Stage Strings Guest Recital: Calidore String Quartet (June 27, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52411 52411-12706725@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, June 27, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Walgreen Drama Center
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Prize-winning Calidore String Quartet performs Bartók String Quartet no. 5 and Chausson's Concerto for Violin, Piano & String Quartet featuring Center Stage Strings artistic director Danielle Belen and faculty pianist Jennie Jung.

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Performance Wed, 13 Jun 2018 18:15:10 -0400 2018-06-27T19:00:00-04:00 Walgreen Drama Center School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Center Stage Strings Guest Recital: Calidore String Quartet
Gifts of Art presents Folk Music (June 28, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52247 52247-12566862@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, June 28, 2018 12:00pm
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Harmony Bones is a band of Ann Arbor folk music veterans: Laz Slomovits (of Gemini), Tom Voiles, Linda Teaman and John Lloyd (of Nutshell), Jeanne Mackey, and Eric Fithian. Their sound features rich vocal harmonies on traditional, contemporary and original songs, with an array of instruments — guitar, mandolin, flute, pennywhistle, fiddle, accordion, banjo, banjo ukulele, bass, drums and sitar. The name Harmony Bones comes from an acupuncture point that harmonizes imbalances and promotes clarity. Rain/heat location: University Hospital Main Lobby, Floor 1.

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Performance Tue, 08 May 2018 11:30:53 -0400 2018-06-28T12:00:00-04:00 2018-06-28T13:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Performance Photograph of Harmony Bones by Jennifer Burd. High resolution version available upon request.
Center Stage Strings Side-by-Side: Calidore String Quartet & Student Recital (June 29, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52412 52412-12706726@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, June 29, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

An intensive week-long residency with the Calidore String Quartet culminates in a chamber music concert with both CSS students and professionals on stage.

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Performance Thu, 24 May 2018 18:15:11 -0400 2018-06-29T19:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Center Stage Strings Side-by-Side: Calidore String Quartet & Student Recital
Center Stage Strings Saturday Night Student Recital Series *CANCELED* (June 30, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52409 52409-12706722@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, June 30, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Biweekly performance series featuring the finest among our outstanding CSS string students. Soloists and chamber music groups will be selected by the faculty to perform on this prestigious event.

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Performance Fri, 06 Jul 2018 18:15:11 -0400 2018-06-30T19:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Center Stage Strings Saturday Night Student Recital Series *CANCELED*
Sam Lewis (June 30, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51920 51920-12288830@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, June 30, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Sam Lewis has collaborated with everyone from Leon Russell to The Wood Brothers. Chris Stapleton, with whom Sam toured for several months, dubbed him "a modern Townes Van Zandt," And while he’s often labeled with some form of the word ‘soulful’ (some have even compared his voice to molasses), Sam’s style meets at a juncture of many different genres. There’s something about Sam Lewis that is indescribably different—and with his newest project, he’s discovered what most musicians spend lifetimes working for—the place where feel-good music meets vital social commentary. Sam comes to Michigan with his much-awaited new album, "Loversity."

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Performance Thu, 10 May 2018 10:12:09 -0400 2018-06-30T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Sam
Center Stage Strings @ UMMA (July 1, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52413 52413-12706727@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, July 1, 2018 6:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Center Stage Strings is an MPulse Summer Institute Program. The intensive four-week program led by SMTD Associate Professor of Violin Danielle Belen attracts top young artists from around the world to study and perform in Ann Arbor during an inspiring and transformative season.  

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Performance Thu, 24 May 2018 18:15:11 -0400 2018-07-01T18:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Center Stage Strings @ UMMA
Center Stage Strings in the Gallery (July 1, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52556 52556-12850974@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, July 1, 2018 6:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Danielle Belen, celebrated violinist, founder of Center Stage Strings, and U-M Associate Professor of Violin, has gathered the nation's finest young musicians for a four-week-long festival in the heart of Ann Arbor. Inspired by the art at UMMA, these artists will present a program of chamber works written throughout the centuries - from the 18th century Classical period to Brahms and beyond.

Center Stage Strings is one of the MPulse Summer Performing Arts Institutes at the U-M School of Music Theater and Dance. This concert is co-sponsored by the U-M Museum of Art.

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Performance Tue, 05 Jun 2018 13:03:27 -0400 2018-07-01T18:00:00-04:00 2018-07-01T19:30:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Performance SMTD@UMMA
Johnny Nicholas and Friends (July 1, 2018 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51915 51915-12285993@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, July 1, 2018 7:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Make no mistake: Johnny Nicholas knows the blues. His credentials? Impeccable. Conviction? Immeasurable. And chops? If an instrument’s got strings, keys, or reeds he can play the hell out of it. He’s also a consummate songwriter and a great singer blessed with a warm, toasty growl of a voice that can roll from rumble to croon and back again with seductive ease. Marcia Ball calls Johnny "an extremely engaging innovative traditionalist" who "writes instant classics and sings them to break your heart and rock your soul." But the key word there is "innovative," because as deep as his roots go—and we’re talking about a guy who learned firsthand from the likes of Robert Lockwood Jr., Howlin’ Wolf, Big Walter Horton, and Johnny Shines (to name but a few of the legends he studied under early in his five-decade career)—Johnny Nicholas does not paint in one color. Johnny comes to Michigan with a new release, "Too Many Bad Habits."

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Performance Thu, 10 May 2018 10:14:10 -0400 2018-07-01T19:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance John
Marcia Ball (July 2, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51628 51628-12173412@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, July 2, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

They call her Long Tall Marcia Ball, and she's one of a kind! Marcia Ball grew up in Vinton, Louisiana, in the heart of an area overflowing with blues, zydeco, and swamp rock. All the female members of her family played the piano. In 1970 Marcia and her first husband were heading for San Francisco, but their car broke down in Austin, and that's where she stayed. She put together a trio of talents: piano playing, songwriting, and vocals. In 1983 Marcia released her first solo album, "Soulful Dress," and ever since then she's been letting the good times roll at The Ark and other clubs around the country where a corps of devoted fans has watched her evolved into a true legend of the piano blues. Marcia has won nine Blues Music Awards, and she was recently inducted into the Gulf Coast Music Hall of Fame. Marcia comes to town with a brand new album, "Shine Bright"!

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Performance Thu, 19 Apr 2018 15:40:11 -0400 2018-07-02T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Marcia Ball
Center Stage Strings Tuesday Afternoon Student Recital Series (July 3, 2018 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52408 52408-12706719@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, July 3, 2018 3:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Biweekly performance series featuring the finest among our outstanding CSS string students. Soloists and chamber music groups will be selected by the faculty to perform on this prestigious event.

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Performance Thu, 24 May 2018 18:15:10 -0400 2018-07-03T15:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Center Stage Strings Tuesday Afternoon Student Recital Series
American Roots & Bluegrass (July 5, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52645 52645-12916807@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, July 5, 2018 12:00pm
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The Raisin Pickers are a Manchester-based string band that plays rustic Appalachian, old time swing, bluegrass and Louisiana music. Carol Wells Palms is a classically trained string bass player; Mark Palms (banjo, fiddle, guitar, accordion) is a composer, player and proponent of American musical heritage; David Mosher plays mandolin, fiddle and guitar; Billy King plays guitar; and they all sing. They were the first place winner in the Appalachian Stringband Festival Non-Traditional Band Contest in West Virginia. MHealthy Farmers Market is also open in the courtyard during the concert. Rain/heat location: University Hospital Main Lobby, Floor 1.

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Performance Wed, 13 Jun 2018 09:10:09 -0400 2018-07-05T12:00:00-04:00 2018-07-05T13:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Performance Photograph of the Raisin Pickers by Unforgettable Photos. High resolution version available upon request.
Student Recital: James Perretta, viola de gamba (July 5, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52806 52806-13081671@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, July 5, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Duderstadt Center
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Experience the sonic landscape of voice and viola da gamba: the rich bass of the cello, the colorful harmonies of the lute, and the warmth of the mezzo-soprano voice. The tradition of accompanying the voice with viola da gamba began in 16th century Italy and spread to England by the 17th century. Our program will feature some of the “Greatest Hits” of Italian and English songs of love, despair, and wit.

Lyracle is a new ensemble featuring current SMTD student James Perretta and alumna Ashley Mulcahy (voice).

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Performance Tue, 03 Jul 2018 12:15:13 -0400 2018-07-05T19:00:00-04:00 Duderstadt Center School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Student Recital: James Perretta, viola de gamba
Center Stage Strings Young Artist Evening of Chamber Music Recital (July 6, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52414 52414-12706728@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, July 6, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Walgreen Drama Center
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

A chamber music performance featuring the finest among our outstanding CSS string students. Soloists and chamber music groups will be selected by the faculty to perform on this prestigious event.

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Performance Mon, 04 Jun 2018 12:15:11 -0400 2018-07-06T19:00:00-04:00 Walgreen Drama Center School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Center Stage Strings Young Artist Evening of Chamber Music Recital
Kubat, Finlay & Rose (July 6, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52115 52115-12441232@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, July 6, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Kubat, Finlay, & Rose are a collective of independent songwriters who sometimes perform solo, but have come together to offer lush harmonies and rich instrumentation to songs by each member. This edition includes Tamara Finlay, Emily Rose, and Audra Kubat. Tonight's opener is Andru Bemis, whose music is known for "straddling the boundary between punk rock and mountain music" (Isthmus)

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Performance Thu, 10 May 2018 10:17:00 -0400 2018-07-06T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance KubatFinlayRose
Center Stage Strings Saturday Night Student Recital Series *CANCELED* (July 7, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52409 52409-12706723@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, July 7, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Biweekly performance series featuring the finest among our outstanding CSS string students. Soloists and chamber music groups will be selected by the faculty to perform on this prestigious event.

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Performance Fri, 06 Jul 2018 18:15:11 -0400 2018-07-07T19:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Center Stage Strings Saturday Night Student Recital Series *CANCELED*
Mary Fahl (July 7, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51229 51229-12021442@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, July 7, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

"Sounding like no other singer of her generation" (Allmusic.com), Mary Fahl is an expressive, emotional singer/songwriter who first achieved fame as lead singer and co-founder of the mid-1990s NYC-based chamber-pop group October Project. The hallmark of their sound was Mary Fahl's awe-inspiring power vocals over gorgeous melodies played with passion and sophistication. Since the band disbanded, Mary has released several compelling albums, including the fantastic reworking of Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon" for V2 Records. She has also written and performed songs for several major motion pictures, including the lead song ("Going Home") for the Civil War epic "Gods and Generals." Mary's elegant, cinematic songs draw on classical and world music sources, American art song, as well as thinking man’s folk-pop she performs with an earthy, viscerally powerful contralto. Mary's popular Ark shows include October Project songs as well as her strong and growing corpus of originals. Come and pick up a copy of Mary's new double album, "Live at the Mauch Chunk Opera House"!

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Performance Thu, 10 May 2018 10:19:29 -0400 2018-07-07T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance M
The Kruger Brothers (July 8, 2018 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51629 51629-12173413@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, July 8, 2018 7:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Some call it jazz. Some call it classical. Some call it bluegrass. Certainly the music of The Kruger Brothers is all of that and more. Experience what happens when these innovative and soulful world-class virtuosos put on one-of-a-kind performance that audiences find breathtaking and unforgettable. When you listen to the music of The Kruger Brothers, you can't help but be amazed by the sheer depth of their artistry. Originally from Europe, now living in North Carolina, they were first introduced to American audiences in 1997, quickly gaining the attention of fans and the music industry alike. Drawing on a rich cultural palette, theirs is a music that celebrates the best of what music can be: exciting, engaging, intelligent, and delightful. Brother Jens Kruger is a recent recipient of the Steve Martin Bluegrass Prize. The Kruger Brothers come to Michigan with a new album, "Roan Mountain Suite,' recorded with a string quartet, and a new book, "Simple Truths in Music and Life," recording Jens' wit and wisdom.

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Performance Thu, 10 May 2018 10:21:55 -0400 2018-07-08T19:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Kruger Brothers
2018 Summer Carillon Concert Series (July 9, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52234 52234-12559269@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, July 9, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Burton Memorial Tower
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

The University of Michigan presents its Summer Carillon Concert Series. Concerts are family-friendly and free!

July 9- Steven Karp, University of Michigan
July 30- Andy Zhang, Yale University

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Performance Thu, 24 May 2018 18:15:09 -0400 2018-07-09T19:00:00-04:00 2018-07-09T20:00:00-04:00 Burton Memorial Tower School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance 2018 Summer Carillon Concert Series
Center Stage Strings Tuesday Afternoon Student Recital Series (July 10, 2018 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52408 52408-12706720@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, July 10, 2018 3:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Biweekly performance series featuring the finest among our outstanding CSS string students. Soloists and chamber music groups will be selected by the faculty to perform on this prestigious event.

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Performance Thu, 24 May 2018 18:15:10 -0400 2018-07-10T15:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Center Stage Strings Tuesday Afternoon Student Recital Series
Mike Gentry // Mike Vial (July 10, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52204 52204-12528877@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, July 10, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Michigan songwriter Mike Vial writes songs about love and life's transitions, and his vocal style shows the influence of James Taylor and Ari Hest. But his accomplished guitar playing has a voice of its own, mixing elements of jazz, folk, and rock. Out on the road once more, Mike is taking Mike Gentry along for the ride. Mike started out playing guitar at Dexter High School, worked for years at A&M in Los Angeles, and came home to Michigan. He's appeared at Plymouth Coffee Bean, Black Fire Winery, Crazy Wisdom Bookstore and Tea Room, Dearborn Brewing, and many other venues. "I pitched to him the idea to tour together this summer like old folk artists did in the 60s!" Vial says. The Mikes will complete a tour of one-night stands with suitcases and guitars in hand, performing as solo artists and ending shows as a duo. Their musical partnership feels fated, since Gentry produced Vial’s latest record, the ambitious "A World That’s Bigger."

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Performance Wed, 16 May 2018 15:45:31 -0400 2018-07-10T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Mike Gentry
Center Stage Strings Student & Faculty Side-by-Side Recital (July 11, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52415 52415-12706729@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, July 11, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Center Stage Strings students and faculty join together on stage for an evening of chamber music. 

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Performance Thu, 24 May 2018 18:15:12 -0400 2018-07-11T19:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Center Stage Strings Student & Faculty Side-by-Side Recital
Antigone Rising (July 11, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52269 52269-12579995@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, July 11, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

This all-female New York City quartet cultivates an amazing mixture of three-part harmony singing, original country-flavored songwriting, and rock intensity. They've toured the Middle East as ambassadors of the U.S. State Department, and their videos have appeared on both VH1 and CMT. The band has appeared on has also appeared The Today Show, The Tonight Show, Emeril Live, and A&E's Breakfast with the Arts. Each of their albums since they came on the scene in 2005 has outdone the previous one, Guitarist, songwriter, and group co-founder Kristen Ellis-Henderson and wife Sarah Kate Ellis were featured on the cover of a Time magazine issue marking the advance of gay marriage, and a recent NYC performance, noted Curve, "stoked the predominately lesbian crowd already burning with music-lust and the desire for more, more, more of Antigone Rising."

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Performance Tue, 15 May 2018 16:12:36 -0400 2018-07-11T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Antigone Rising
Classic R&B & Motown (July 12, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52646 52646-12916808@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, July 12, 2018 12:00pm
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The All Directions band is a fixture in the southeastern Michigan music scene. The band includes original band members Mike Ager on keyboards, Pat Sorise on drums, Ralph McKee on bass, and joining them to form a powerful R&B and classic Motown sound is Shelley Catalan on vocals. Playing numerous clubs, music festivals and concerts, the band has backed up a wide spectrum of talent including Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees Ben E. King & the Drifters and The Diamonds singing groups, as well as jazz legend Grady Tate. MHealthy Farmers Market is also open in the courtyard during the concert. Rain/heat location: University Hospital Main Lobby, Floor 1.

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Performance Wed, 13 Jun 2018 09:09:05 -0400 2018-07-12T12:00:00-04:00 2018-07-12T13:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Performance Photograph of Shelley Catalan by Mizchanges Photography. High resolution version available upon request.
Bossa Blue's Tribute to The James Taylor Song Book (July 12, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52203 52203-12528876@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, July 12, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Award-winning singer-songwriter and band leader Brad Cole’s most recent project, Bossa Blue, has created quite a buzz with their multi-genre mash-ups of contemporary and classic rock tunes. Their latest endeavor is their new set of James Taylor songs infused with bossa nova rhythms, Samba grooves and intriguing vocal interplay. Hear the classics remixed like you have never heard them before.

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Performance Thu, 10 May 2018 10:27:27 -0400 2018-07-12T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Boss
Center Stage Strings Final Student Recital (July 13, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52416 52416-12706730@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, July 13, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Walgreen Drama Center
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

The last of the Center Stage Strings student performance series featuring soloists and chamber music celebrating a summer of great music-making.

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Performance Thu, 24 May 2018 18:15:12 -0400 2018-07-13T19:00:00-04:00 Walgreen Drama Center School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Center Stage Strings Final Student Recital
Haley Heynderickx (July 13, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52573 52573-12857348@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, July 13, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Songwriter Haley Heynderickx grew up in a religious household in Oregon, closely identifying with her Filipino roots, but also straddling multiple cultural identities—her name is not Dutch but is a tribute to Jimi Hendrix. Now she lives in Portland, and her faith is not overt, but her introspection and continued struggle for self­actualization are easily accessible and relatable. The tracks on her debut album, "I Need to Start a Garden," reflect seemingly disparate elements. Through soft acoustic guitar picking and deftly accented trombone sighs, Haley’s music immediately recalls the folk scene of the '60s and '70s, mixed with a love of jazz radio. But her singing—her vocals that range from sultry to operatic—reveals a tenacity in her soul. Aware of the birds, the garden, and anyone listening acutely, Haley Heynderickx's music serves as an invitation for all to join her. Because the beauty of a garden is that while it’s often started for deeply personal reasons, its bounty is best consumed and shared with others. Haley opened for Ani DiFranco at the Ann Arbor Summer Festival, and now she's back for a full show of her own.

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Performance Fri, 08 Jun 2018 16:21:41 -0400 2018-07-13T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Haley Heynderickx
Concert of Colors | Wolverine Outdoor Stage (July 14, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52732 52732-12976285@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, July 14, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Detroit Center
Organized By: University of Michigan Detroit Center

ABOUT THE FESTIVAL: The Concert of Colors is metro Detroit’s free annual diversity-themed music festival. It is produced by the Arab American National Museum with partners including the University of Michigan Detroit Center, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Detroit Institute of Arts, Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, ACCESS and Midtown Detroit Inc.

DETROIT CENTER & WOLVERINE OUTDOOR STAGE: Beginning in 2011, the University of Michigan Detroit Center began hosting the outdoor portion of the festival, now known as the Wolverine Outdoor Stage (WOS). In the spirit of the festival, the WOS offers a diverse collection of music that continues to draw larger crowds with each passing year. The Wolverine Outdoor Stage is located in the Sonick Courtyard behind the U-M Detroit Center/Orchestra Place building.

For more information about this year's lineup, visit: detroitcenter.umich.edu/concert-of-colors

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Performance Wed, 20 Jun 2018 11:43:15 -0400 2018-07-14T13:00:00-04:00 2018-07-14T22:00:00-04:00 Detroit Center University of Michigan Detroit Center Performance hotsauce
UMMA Pop Up: Music with Ed Dupas (July 14, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52560 52560-12850979@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, July 14, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Americana singer-songwriter Ed Dupas’ lived-in melodies unwind with reflective lyrics and speak to the current state of the human condition. Come enjoy an hour of songs that are soothing where possible, agitating where necessary, and seeking change where appropriate.

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Performance Tue, 05 Jun 2018 13:16:11 -0400 2018-07-14T13:00:00-04:00 2018-07-14T14:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Performance Ed Dupas
Junior Brown (July 14, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51916 51916-12285994@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, July 14, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

If you haven't seen Junior Brown yet, you need to "guit with it"! Junior Brown is a one-man musical hot fusion machine, and he's coming to town with his guit-steel, a unique hybrid contraption that's part electric guitar and part country steel guitar. People call him a cross between Jimi Hendrix and Ernest Tubb. But there's a lot more to say about Junior Brown. There's the fact that he's just about the best surf guitarist around, for example. Or that he's a wonderful composer of traditional country songs, the kind in which each outrageous pun leads you deeper into an emotional blind alley. Come check out the performer voted #1 House Rocker by the readers of Guitar Player! Come pick up a copy of Junior's recent album "Deep in the Heart of Me."

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Performance Thu, 10 May 2018 10:29:46 -0400 2018-07-14T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Jun
Concert of Colors | Wolverine Outdoor Stage (July 15, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52732 52732-12976286@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, July 15, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Detroit Center
Organized By: University of Michigan Detroit Center

ABOUT THE FESTIVAL: The Concert of Colors is metro Detroit’s free annual diversity-themed music festival. It is produced by the Arab American National Museum with partners including the University of Michigan Detroit Center, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Detroit Institute of Arts, Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, ACCESS and Midtown Detroit Inc.

DETROIT CENTER & WOLVERINE OUTDOOR STAGE: Beginning in 2011, the University of Michigan Detroit Center began hosting the outdoor portion of the festival, now known as the Wolverine Outdoor Stage (WOS). In the spirit of the festival, the WOS offers a diverse collection of music that continues to draw larger crowds with each passing year. The Wolverine Outdoor Stage is located in the Sonick Courtyard behind the U-M Detroit Center/Orchestra Place building.

For more information about this year's lineup, visit: detroitcenter.umich.edu/concert-of-colors

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Performance Wed, 20 Jun 2018 11:43:15 -0400 2018-07-15T13:00:00-04:00 2018-07-15T22:00:00-04:00 Detroit Center University of Michigan Detroit Center Performance hotsauce
2018 Summer Carillon Concert Series (July 16, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52235 52235-12559271@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, July 16, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

The University of Michigan presents its Summer Carillon Concert Series. Concerts are family-friendly and free!

July 16- Joey Brink, University of Chicago
July 23- Philippe Beullens, Leuven, Belgium
August 6- Pamela Ruiter-Feenstra

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Performance Thu, 24 May 2018 18:15:09 -0400 2018-07-16T19:00:00-04:00 2018-07-16T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance 2018 Summer Carillon Concert Series
Carillon Summer Series: Joey Brink (July 16, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51725 51725-12208388@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, July 16, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Joey Brink is the sixth University carillonneur at the University of Chicago, where he performs on the 72-bell Rockefeller Memorial Carillon and directs a carillon studio of twenty students. He serves on the board of the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America and co-chairs the Johan Franco composition committee to promote new works for carillon.

Brink began his carillon studies at Yale University with Ellen Dickinson in 2007; graduated with greatest distinction from the Royal Carillon School in Mechelen, Belgium in 2012; and studied further with Geert D’hollander at Bok Tower Gardens in 2015. He received first prize at the International Queen Fabiola Carillon Competition in Mechelen in 2014, and has toured North America and Europe extensively as a performer. Brink is regularly a recitalist at congresses of the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America and the World Carillon Federation, most recently as a soloist with the Barcelona Municipal Symphonic Band in June 2017. He performed the inaugural recital at Salisbury University in September 2017. He released his first album, “Letters from the Sky”, alongside his performance at Chicago’s Ear Taxi Festival, in October 2016.

Brink is an award-winning composer for carillon, and works with graduate composition students in the University of Chicago’s Department of Music, under the direction of Augusta Read Thomas, introducing them to the art of composing for the bells. He is additionally interested in the design of practice carillons, and has published and presented on his work to improve the functionality and affordability of practice instruments. He and his wife, Vera Wünsche Brink, perform duet carillon recitals, and are avid outdoor enthusiasts, spending much of their free time camping, hiking, and canyoneering.

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Performance Fri, 06 Apr 2018 18:15:37 -0400 2018-07-16T19:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance
Free Drop-In Zumba & Line Dance (July 19, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52647 52647-12916809@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, July 19, 2018 12:00pm
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

In this free, drop-in Zumba & Line Dance workshop, an MHealthy instructor will teach dance and aerobic movements to energetic music. The choreography incorporates hip-hop, Latinx and other dance traditions from around the world. Approximately 15 million people take weekly Zumba classes in over 200,000 locations across 180 countries. Two more exercise & relaxation workshops in the courtyard will be offered this summer: Sampler Class 8/2/18 and Tai Chi & Meditation 8/9/18. The workshops, which are open to faculty, staff and the general public, are family friendly and perfect for all fitness levels and abilities; no prior experience is required. A shaded patio is available for people to participate in chairs/wheelchairs. Rain/heat location: UH South, F1523.

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Performance Wed, 13 Jun 2018 09:13:35 -0400 2018-07-19T12:00:00-04:00 2018-07-19T13:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Performance Photograph courtesy of Getty Images and Gifts of Art. High resolution version available upon request.
2018 Summer Carillon Concert Series (July 23, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52235 52235-12559272@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, July 23, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

The University of Michigan presents its Summer Carillon Concert Series. Concerts are family-friendly and free!

July 16- Joey Brink, University of Chicago
July 23- Philippe Beullens, Leuven, Belgium
August 6- Pamela Ruiter-Feenstra

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Performance Thu, 24 May 2018 18:15:09 -0400 2018-07-23T19:00:00-04:00 2018-07-23T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance 2018 Summer Carillon Concert Series
Bebel Gilberto (July 25, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51226 51226-12021438@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, July 25, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Brazilian legend Bebel Gilberto inherited the traditions of bossa nova and samba from her family—her father is João Gilberto, mother Miúcha, stepmother Astrud Gilberto, and uncle Chico Buarque. She has built on those traditions, adding subtle electronics and American pop influences (she spent much of her early career in New York) to create a bland that's all her own. Call it Bossa 2.0, or just call it an ethereal evening of tropical sounds for a summer's night—this is Bebel Gilberto's Ark debut, and we're sure you're going to love her.

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Performance Thu, 17 May 2018 09:05:59 -0400 2018-07-25T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Bebl
Early British Rock (July 26, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52648 52648-12916810@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, July 26, 2018 12:00pm
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

David Roof’s musical goal is to capture the inspiration that comes at the roots of all types of music. Whether it’s early jazz, blues, rock-a-billy, British invasion rock, or emerging artists, there is a raw energy and authenticity to the sound that he aspires to in his playing. Roof is the bandleader for The Invasion, as well as an in-demand sideman on bass, guitar, or whatever instrument may be needed. For this show, he will be playing music of the British Invasion on guitar along with Ron Bozzi on bass and Donn Deniston on drums. MHealthy Farmers Market is also open in the courtyard during the concert. Rain/heat location: University Hospital Main Lobby, Floor 1.

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Performance Wed, 13 Jun 2018 09:16:55 -0400 2018-07-26T12:00:00-04:00 2018-07-26T13:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Performance Photograph of David Roof by David Kornblum. High resolution version available upon request.
MPulse Vocal Arts Institute Solo Voice Workshop Recital (July 26, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53196 53196-13282851@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, July 26, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

MPulse Summer Performing Arts Institutes on the Ann Arbor campus, inspire students to exciting new levels of excellence in music performance, music technology, musical theatre, theatre, and dance.

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Performance Wed, 25 Jul 2018 18:15:12 -0400 2018-07-26T19:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance
Mustard's Retreat (July 26, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/50995 50995-11939128@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, July 26, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

From their start at an open mic at the Ark in the summer of 1974, this award-winning duo consisting of David Tamulevich and Michael Hough has become a perennial favorite, not only here in southeastern Michigan but all over the folk singer-songwriter circuit. Their songwriting and recordings have received consistently high praise, and their live performances even more so. Their songs are touching, humorous, insightful, and intelligent, and their music is always revealing something new‑lately they've become a key presence in the consistently high-quality local songwriting collective the Yellow Room Gang. Mustard's Retreat recently celebrated their 40th anniversary as a duo, and they're still creating "music to cure what ails you" anew!

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Performance Thu, 17 May 2018 09:07:32 -0400 2018-07-26T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Mustards Retreat
Greg Brown (July 27, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/50998 50998-11939130@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, July 27, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Greg Brown's mother played electric guitar, his grandfather played banjo, and his father was a Holy Roller preacher in the Hacklebarney section of Iowa. Maybe that last item explains some of his amazing charisma! Greg's first professional singing job came at age 18 in New York City, running hootenannies at the legendary Gerdes Folk City. After a year, Greg moved west to Los Angeles and Las Vegas, where he was a ghostwriter for Buck Ram of the Platters. Over more than four decades on the road, Greg has developed into the essential Midwestern songwriter, with a deep feeling for what makes people and communities hang together. He's a compelling performer, aware that in folk music less is usually more and that the intimate musical detail communicates as well as the grand gesture. It's not so often that we see Greg Brown in southeastern Michigan, so this could be a very scarce ticket!

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Performance Thu, 17 May 2018 09:10:48 -0400 2018-07-27T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Greg Brown
MPulse Harp Institute and Vocal Arts Institute Solo Voice Workshop Final Recital (July 28, 2018 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53197 53197-13282852@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, July 28, 2018 10:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

MPulse Summer Performing Arts Institutes on the Ann Arbor campus, inspire students to exciting new levels of excellence in music performance, music technology, musical theatre, theatre, and dance.

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Performance Wed, 25 Jul 2018 18:15:12 -0400 2018-07-28T10:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance
2018 Summer Carillon Concert Series (July 30, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52234 52234-12559270@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, July 30, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Burton Memorial Tower
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

The University of Michigan presents its Summer Carillon Concert Series. Concerts are family-friendly and free!

July 9- Steven Karp, University of Michigan
July 30- Andy Zhang, Yale University

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Performance Thu, 24 May 2018 18:15:09 -0400 2018-07-30T19:00:00-04:00 2018-07-30T20:00:00-04:00 Burton Memorial Tower School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance 2018 Summer Carillon Concert Series
WILLOW RUN Comes to Chelsea (August 1, 2018 10:15am) https://events.umich.edu/event/48437 48437-11233273@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, August 1, 2018 10:15am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

It is only through the magic of the theater that Willow Run could possibly come to Chelsea. Join us on this day trip which will include a performance of WILLOW RUN at the Purple Rose Theatre. WILLOW RUN is a world premiere by Jeff Duncan.
The original music is by Jeff Daniels and his son, Ben.

The play follows the journey of four women who migrated from all over America to find new lives at the Willow Run Bomber Plant located near Ypsilanti. The plant employed 40,000 employees, mostly women, who turned out B-24 Bombers at the rate of one every 55 minutes.

Lunch at Terry B’s Restaurant in Dexter will precede the matinee performance of the play. Jeff Duncan, the author of WILLOW RUN, will join us for lunch and provide us with a presentation regarding the play. Following lunch, Jeff will be with us at the Purple Rose Theatre for the performance and will participate in the “talkback” after the play. Boarding begins at 10:15 a.m. to ensure prompt departure at 10:45 a.m.

This OLLI Out of Town event is for those over 50.

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Performance Wed, 18 Apr 2018 15:46:38 -0400 2018-08-01T10:15:00-04:00 2018-08-01T18:15:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Performance OLLI Travel
Lori McKenna (August 3, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52116 52116-12441233@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, August 3, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Home and the people who make it have captivated Lori McKenna for years. Over the last three decades, as she became a wife and mother of five, she has also emerged as one of the most respected, prolific singer-songwriters in popular music. Her 2016 release The Bird and the Rifle netted three Grammy nominations, along with Americana Music Association nods––all firsts for McKenna as an artist. Then, she made history: In 2016, she became the first woman ever to win the Country Music Association’s Song of the Year two years in a row thanks to co-writing Little Big Town’s “Girl Crush” and penning Tim McGraw’s no. 1 “Humble and Kind” solo. Both songs also clinched back-to-back Grammy wins for Best Country Song. In 2017, she became the Academy of Country Music’s first female Songwriter of the Year. McKenna’s much-anticipated eleventh studio album, produced by Dave Cobb, takes one of McKenna’s signature themes––family––and builds a tapestry of experiences she has lived and overheard, been told and dreamed up, to create a stunning ode to life’s defining relationships.

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Performance Wed, 16 May 2018 16:12:04 -0400 2018-08-03T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Lori McKenna
Hawktail (August 4, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52329 52329-12639132@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, August 4, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Hawktail (formerly Haas Kowert Tice) brings together musicians you've heard in a dozen other places into an exciting new combination! Fiddler Brittany Haas was a member of Crooked Still and is a fixture on Chris Thile's "Live from Here" radio shows. Bassist Paul Kowert is a longtime member of Punch Brothers and has also been active in classical music. Guitarist Jordan Tice grew up in bluegrass and has played with The Dave Rawlings Music Machine. And mandolinist Dominick Leslie has studied with Thile, Mike Marshall, and David Grisman, and has performed with Noam Pikelny & Friends and other bands. Put it together, and you have a band that can range across genres and recombine them with ease, imagination, and brilliant virtuosity.

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Performance Wed, 23 May 2018 11:14:45 -0400 2018-08-04T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Hawk
2018 Summer Carillon Concert Series (August 6, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52235 52235-12559273@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, August 6, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

The University of Michigan presents its Summer Carillon Concert Series. Concerts are family-friendly and free!

July 16- Joey Brink, University of Chicago
July 23- Philippe Beullens, Leuven, Belgium
August 6- Pamela Ruiter-Feenstra

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Performance Thu, 24 May 2018 18:15:09 -0400 2018-08-06T19:00:00-04:00 2018-08-06T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance 2018 Summer Carillon Concert Series
Young Dubliners (August 6, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/50756 50756-11861935@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, August 6, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Although The Young Dubliners' sound is most commonly called Celtic Rock, that label, as labels can often be, is misleading. The Irish influence is there, certainly, but it's not the only influence heard on their albums, or in live shows. After all, several of the band members have no Irish roots of any kind. "That was always the idea," vocalist Keith Roberts explains. "The sound was always intended to be a hybrid because we all come from different backgrounds. Even though two of us are from Ireland, a lot of the music we listened to growing up wasn't Irish at all, but when we got here, we got homesick and developed a new appreciation for Irish music. In truth the Celtic riffs can just as easily come from the American band members. Everyone writes now, so you never know what you'll end up with when we write." The Young Dubliners come to The Ark just back from taking their Irish and American sound to Ireland itself.

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Performance Thu, 17 May 2018 09:13:57 -0400 2018-08-06T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Young Dubliners
The Tannahill Weavers 50th Anniversary Tour (August 7, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/50758 50758-11861938@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, August 7, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

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," say the Tannahill Weavers, widely acclaimed as Scotland's finest traditional band. The band's diverse repertoire spans the centuries with fiery instrumentals, topical songs, and original ballads. The Tannahill Weavers have been on the road for 50 years, and they're celebrating with—what else?—a new album, "Orach."

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Performance Thu, 17 May 2018 09:16:23 -0400 2018-08-07T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Tannahill Weavers
David Bromberg Quintet (August 8, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51917 51917-12285995@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, August 8, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

A legend of the folk scene, David Bromberg got his start in the Greenwich Village coffeehouse scene in the mid-1960s. His extraordinary guitar picking and exceptional stylistic range developed over the next decade. David's live shows, rarer since he took up violin-making full time, range from Texas swing to bluegrass, blues, classical music, and anything else that might cross his mind. In the words of the New York Times, he "has such control of his audience that he can, at one moment, hold it in his hand with a tender, touching yet funny anecdotal song, and then set it romping and stomping with a raucous bit of raunch. He is electrifying." We might add that he picked up on the humor in country and classic blues as well as anyone else in the folk revival scene, making his shows a great deal of fun. David appears tonight with his band, with whom he recently recorded a new album, "The Blues, the Whole Blues, and Nothing But the Blues."

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Performance Thu, 17 May 2018 09:23:43 -0400 2018-08-08T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Dave
Smooth Hound Smith w/sg Olivia Millerschin (August 9, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51719 51719-12205477@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, August 9, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Says No Depression: "In the case of Smooth Hound Smith, two is all that’s needed to brew a raucous clash of backwoods folk, raw blues, and underground rock." Smooth Hound Smith is the foot-stompin’ American roots duo of one-man band Zack Smith (guitars/vocals/foot drums/harmonicas/banjo) and Caitlin Doyle (vocals/percussion). Established in 2012, and currently based in East Nashville, they record and perform a varied and unique style of folky, garage-infused rhythm & blues. Using primal foot percussion, complex, fuzzed-out, finger-picked guitar patterns, warbled harmonicas, tasty harmonies and a lot of tambourine, they are able to create something rugged and visceral—a modern interpretation of early blues, soul, and rock ‘n’ roll music that harks back to the traditions of hazy front porch folk songs as well as raucous back-alley juke joints. They’ve shared the stage with artists such as Justin Townes Earle, Robert Earl Keen, Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers, The David Mayfield Parade, Matthew Perryman Jones, Charlie Parr, Possessed By Paul James, Shawn Mullins, and more. They're coming to Michigan with music from their as-yet-untitled but much-awaited third album. Ann Arbor singer-songwriter Olivia Millerschin is special guest.

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Performance Wed, 16 May 2018 16:53:02 -0400 2018-08-09T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Smooth Hound Smith
Dissertation defense: The geography of diversification: a critical evaluation of methods and an empirical exploration of global marine fish diversity (August 10, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52255 52255-12576992@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, August 10, 2018 10:00am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Pascal defends his Ph.D. dissertation

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Performance Mon, 30 Jul 2018 08:48:52 -0400 2018-08-10T10:00:00-04:00 2018-08-10T11:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Performance Earth surrounded by phylogeny
Daniel Washington with the River Raisin Ragtime Revue (August 11, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51424 51424-12101069@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, August 11, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Talent abounds as celebrated bass-baritone opera singer Daniel Washington partners with the acclaimed River Raisin Ragtime Revue orchestra to celebrate the release of their new album. Special guest and rising blues star Jerron “Blind Boy” Paxton will join the party, making his Ann Arbor debut. The program consists of beautiful spirituals, joyous ragtime, poignant African American popular song and early blues and jazz tunes. Daniel Washington is currently Professor of Voice at the University of Michigan School of Music Theatre, and Dance and enjoys a distinguished career that brings him to the world’s major opera houses and concert stages. Although still in his 20s, Jerron "Blind Boy" Paxton has earned a reputation for transporting audiences back to the 1920's and making them wish they could stay there for good. The River Raisin Ragtime Revue, or R4, is a 13-piece orchestra that educates and entertains audiences of all ages through the performance and preservation of the 20th century's exuberant original style of popular music.

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Performance Wed, 23 May 2018 11:18:49 -0400 2018-08-11T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Dan
UMMA Pop Up: Music with Jen Sygit & Sam Corbin (August 12, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53389 53389-13355939@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, August 12, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Jen Sygit and Sam Corbin have been performing regionally as a songwriting team for the better part of a decade. Together, they have six albums and are both members of the Americana outfit "Lincoln County Process." Soulful vocals laden with rich harmonies, a variety of instrumentation including banjo, acoustic guitar, telecaster, and harmonica round out the duo's eclectic roots-y sound.

Find Jen and Sam on Twitter @sygvicious and @SamCorbinMusic.

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Performance Fri, 03 Aug 2018 11:55:45 -0400 2018-08-12T13:00:00-04:00 2018-08-12T14:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Performance Jen Sygit and Sam Corbin
Jan Krist & Jim Bizer (August 12, 2018 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51630 51630-12173414@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, August 12, 2018 7:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

A longtime Detroit-area songwriter who has garnered lots of national attention, Jan Krist has been a four-time Detroit Music Award winner and a finalist at the prestigious Kerrville Folk Festival in Texas. Entertainment Weekly praised the "breathtaking leaps" of Jan's voice and opined that she "makes soul-searching more enjoyable than it has any right to be." Her songs over ten CDs take on big themes, including religious ones, yet her way with a hook is second to none. If you've never heard Jan Krist, check her out—her songwriting voice is serious, completely Midwestern, and unafraid of depth. Sharing tonight's bill is Michigan songwriter Jim Bizer, who sings about faith, rivers, insanity and a few things you've probably never heard before in a song--like a romance that got started with a man falling off of a 30-story building. A member of the Yellow Room Gang and a three-time finalist in the New Folk Songwriting Competition at the Kerrville Folk Festival, Jim won the grand prize in the Great American Song Contest for his September 11 reflection, "We Are All Connected."

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Performance Wed, 23 May 2018 11:20:53 -0400 2018-08-12T19:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance KristBizer
Nicole Atkins (August 14, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51721 51721-12205479@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, August 14, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Singer-songwriter Nicole Atkins has a golden voice and a set of life experiences that have put her through the wringer. Raised in New Jersey, she's recorded in Charlotte, Brooklyn, Malmö, Sweden, and Nashville. Her vocals have drawn comparisons with no less than Roy Orbison, and she shapes soul, psychedelia, Brill Building pop, and more 1960s styles into a mix that's totally contemporary and totally her own. In the midst of a serious struggle with addiction and the illness of a close family member, she reconnected with friend Chris Isaak, who told her, "Atkins, you have a very special thing in your voice that a lot of people can’t or don’t do. You need to stop staying away from that thing and let people hear it." The result is Nicole's latest, "Goodnight Rhonda Lee" (in which Isaak had a songwriting hand), and some career-making music. Australian singer-songwriter Ruby Boots is special guest.

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Performance Tue, 29 May 2018 11:49:45 -0400 2018-08-14T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Nicole Atkins
Robben Ford (August 15, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51720 51720-12205478@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, August 15, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Guitar virtuoso Robben Ford’s latest album, "Into The Sun," debuted at #2 on blues charts and shines a bright light on his artful, contemporary songwriting and stunning playing. The five-time Grammy nominee describes the 11-song set as “one of the top recordings I’ve ever done” and Guitar Player asserts that it “explores the breadth of Ford’s sophisticated, visionary writing and playing, creating a new chapter in his brilliant musical history.” Robben has recorded more than 35 albums under his own name and with various bands. There’s also his session and sideman work, which included hundreds of concert appearances and albums by Miles Davis, George Harrison, Joni Mitchell, Bonnie Raitt, Barbara Streisand, Charlie Musselwhite, KISS, Ruthie Foster, Warren Haynes, Jimmy Witherspoon, Larry Carlton, Brad Paisley, Gregg Allman, Phil Lesh and Rickie Lee Jones. Robben continues to tour heavily and teach master classes in the U.S. and worldwide.

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Performance Tue, 29 May 2018 11:51:20 -0400 2018-08-15T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Rob
Judy Collins (August 17, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52608 52608-12899828@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, August 17, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

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Performance Mon, 11 Jun 2018 11:11:12 -0400 2018-08-17T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance
Delhi 2 Dublin (August 18, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52201 52201-12528874@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, August 18, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Delhi 2 Dublin is a live-electronic, bhangra, hip-hop, world-pop, hybrid act whose concerts have been likened to "90 minutes of freebasing joy". Famous for their energy onstage, the five member crew has played over 100 shows a year for the last decade at festivals like Electric Forest (USA), Woodford Folk (Australia) and Bali Spirit Festival (Indonesia)

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Performance Tue, 15 May 2018 17:11:03 -0400 2018-08-18T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Delhi2Dublin
Neil Woodward (August 19, 2018 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51716 51716-12205474@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, August 19, 2018 7:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Neil Woodward's musical performances bring to life the Michigan Experience for Great Lakes audiences and visitors from around the world. Neil's first time to play at The Ark was 1975. He is recipient of Michigan State University's Michigan Traditional Arts 2018 Heritage Award for leadership and artistry in folk music. In 2003 the State of Michigan Legislature officially designated Neil “Michigan’s Troubadour” in recognition of his life-long commitment to preservation of Great Lakes folk music and culture. Historical settings: Greenfield Village/Henry Ford and Crossroads Village/Huckleberry Railroad; and modern: schools, libraries, parks, festivals, lighthouses, theaters, and homes present Neil's award-winning instrumental skills and storytelling.

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Performance Thu, 19 Apr 2018 15:53:53 -0400 2018-08-19T19:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Neil Woodward
Shelby Lynne (August 21, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52636 52636-12910444@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, August 21, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

The voice of Alabama songstress Shelby Lynne is an addictive thing, whether applied to classic or contemporary country, pop, R&B, or any other style she's favored since coming on the scene in Nashville in the 1980s. Shelby has sung with bands of various kinds, and a few years back she did a legendary Ark show that proved she was one of the very few artists who should be permitted to cover the songs of Dusty Springfield. Over the years, her music has become steadily more personal and more committed as she has exerted greater control over its sound and distribution. Join us for this intimate evening with a major artist in the field of American roots music who has followed her instincts and forged her own brilliant path.

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Performance Fri, 29 Jun 2018 16:15:55 -0400 2018-08-21T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Shelby Lynne
Eilen Jewell (August 22, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51717 51717-12205475@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, August 22, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Eilen Jewell laughs when told her label’s president called her a musicologist. But she confirms she and her husband and bandmate, Jason Beek, have a passion for studying American music. “We really love to uncover the past. It’s almost like digging for buried treasure,” she says. “For me, that’s where music is at. I like all kinds of music as long as there’s the word early in front of it.” For her latest album, "Down Hearted Blues," they unearthed 12 vintage gems written or made famous by an array of artists both renowned and obscure, from Willie Dixon and Memphis Minnie to Charles Sheffield and Betty James. Then, like expert stonecutters, they chiseled them into exciting new shapes and forms, honoring history while breathing new life into each discovery.

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Performance Tue, 29 May 2018 11:57:00 -0400 2018-08-22T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Eilen Jewell
An Evening with Alejandro Escovedo & Joe Ely (August 23, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52601 52601-12876521@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, August 23, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Tonight's show brings together two Texas legends and Ark favorites! Joe Ely was born between Route 66 and the Rock Island Line in Amarillo, Texas, and he saw Jerry Lee Lewis playing on a flatbed trailer in an Amarillo dust storm when he was six years old. Since then he's had a career than can fairly be called mythic. His songs about the geographic and romantic landscapes of the Lone Star State are pure poetry, but there's no other Texas songwriter on whom rock has left a stronger mark, and he's true pioneer of Americana and progressive Texas music. Alejandro Escovedo's life reads like a primer in renewal. He was around at the dawn of American punk rock in his band the Nuns, which opened the last Sex Pistols show. His next band, Rank and File, marked a key stage in the early evolution of what became known as alternative country. Since then he's been a solo songwriter full of amazing stories, a full-blast rocker, and a survivor back from the brink of death.

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Performance Thu, 14 Jun 2018 09:47:24 -0400 2018-08-23T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Alejandro Escovedo
Cúig (August 24, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52347 52347-12641715@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, August 24, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

This Irish five-piece band, with members from Armagh and Tyrone, are tearing up the rule book with their bold approach to their native musical tradition. Following the release of their critically acclaimed debut album, "New Landscapes," Cúig was named Best New Irish Band 2016 by the Irish American News. Since then, they have added vocals to their performances, creating a dynamic and powerful live show that has left audiences on their feet in Ireland, France, Italy, Spain, Holland, Luxembourg, and most recently the U.S.—and not only have they achieved success as a band, individually these multi-talented musicians can lay claim to several All Ireland titles.

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Performance Tue, 29 May 2018 11:59:09 -0400 2018-08-24T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Cuig
George Bedard (August 25, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/50762 50762-11861945@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, August 25, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

For his sixth annual journey through American roots music, Bedard will be joined by two former bandmates, pianist Mark “Mr. B” Braun and guitarist Steve Nardella. Bedard and Mr. B will start out with some small band swing, including tunes from Bedard’s acclaimed instrumental CD “Pickin’ Apart the Past”, before moving on to R & B with a tribute to the late Fats Domino. Bedard and Nardella will explore the world of guitar instrumentals, from Freddie King to Dick Dale, hitting the mid-'60s running with some unabashed surf guitar.

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Performance Tue, 29 May 2018 12:01:43 -0400 2018-08-25T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance George Bedard
Peter Bradley Adams (August 26, 2018 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51231 51231-12021443@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, August 26, 2018 7:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

There's a confidence, a completeness in the song cycle that listeners have gleaned throughout songwriter Peter Bradley Adams' illustrious career, but "A Face Like Mine," his sixth solo effort, brings it all into sharp focus. Peter's brand of Americana nestles his often delicate, always heartfelt voice in the warm embrace of gentle guitar, tasteful dobro, subtle banjo, supportive bass, and unhurried percussion. The result is a soundscape that, in turn, wraps itself around the listener like a soft blanket on a cold day. With "A Face Like Mine," Peter Bradley Adams further refines the simple musical sophistication that has become his trademark.

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Performance Tue, 29 May 2018 12:04:57 -0400 2018-08-26T19:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Peter
SMTD New Undergraduate Student Welcome (Students Only) (August 30, 2018 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52702 52702-12963464@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, August 30, 2018 6:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Meet the Dean, members of the faculty, and your student colleagues at this unique event! Enjoy student performances, free swag, and great food while you start building your network of friends and learn to sing The Victors!

This event is for new incoming undergraduate SMTD students only. Friends and family are invited to watch the livestream at smtd.umich.edu/performances-events/live-stream-welcome/

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Performance Mon, 20 Aug 2018 18:15:20 -0400 2018-08-30T18:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance SMTD New Undergraduate Student Welcome (Students Only)
Katie Geddes (August 30, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52119 52119-12441236@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, August 30, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Washtenaw County's own Katie Geddes sings traditional and contemporary folk, country-folk, and folk-pop tunes. A deft interpreter of familiar songs, she brings something new to songs in which you think you've heard it all. Katie's captivating voice and velvety-smooth delivery bring new insight to the compositions of writers such as John Prine, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Michael Nesmith, and Lennon and McCartney. Her CD "We Are Each Other's Angels" featured an inspired roster of guest artists including Michael Johnson, Mary McCaslin, Don Henry, and Small Potatoes, and has received extensive airplay around the country and around the world. When not doing her own gigs, Katie has been known to moonlight singing harmony for folk-rock legend Melanie and local favorite Matt Watroba, and unannounced special guests at her shows are always a possibility.

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Performance Tue, 29 May 2018 12:06:22 -0400 2018-08-30T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Katie Geddes
The 2018 Ballet in the City Gala (September 1, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52691 52691-12927445@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 1, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

The 2018 Ballet in the City Gala showcases professional ballet and musical talent from across the country. Selections from Balanchine's "Jewels," Balanchine's "Valse Fantaisie," and Balanchine's "Who Cares," performed by dancers from Miami City Ballet and Dance Theatre of Harlem, and original collaborations with renowned Baritone of The Boston Pops Justin Hopkins, Ballet in the City is celebrating ballet in Ann Arbor through the presentation of world-class artists.

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Performance Thu, 14 Jun 2018 17:03:55 -0400 2018-09-01T20:00:00-04:00 Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Ballet in the City
The 2018 Ballet in the City Gala (September 1, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52698 52698-12959225@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 1, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

The 2018 Ballet in the City Gala showcases professional ballet and musical talent from across the country. Selections from Balanchine's "Jewels," Balanchine's "Valse Fantaisie," and Balanchine's "Who Cares," performed by dancers from Miami City Ballet and Dance Theatre of Harlem, and original collaborations with renowned Baritone of The Boston Pops Justin Hopkins, Ballet in the City is celebrating ballet in Ann Arbor through the presentation of world-class artists.

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Performance Mon, 18 Jun 2018 09:47:33 -0400 2018-09-01T20:00:00-04:00 Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance BalletInTheCity
UMMA Pop-Up: Music from Nadim Azzam feat. Jacob LaChance on Saxophone (September 2, 2018 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53764 53764-13459397@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, September 2, 2018 3:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Singer-songwriter Nadim Azzam will be performing his unique blend of acoustic blues, pop, and hip-hop. Nadim's catchy and conscious lyrics paired with his melodic rapping have earned him the stage at Top of the Park, Sonic Lunch, and Buttermilk Jamboree this year, as well as a national tour with Matisyahu.

www.nadimazzam.com
facebook.com/azzammusic
​instagram.com/azzammusic

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Performance Wed, 15 Aug 2018 10:45:14 -0400 2018-09-02T15:00:00-04:00 2018-09-02T16:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Performance Nadim Azzam
Welcome Week Shakespeare in the Arb Performance for Students (September 2, 2018 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52956 52956-13157432@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, September 2, 2018 5:30pm
Location: Nichols Arboretum
Organized By: Matthaei Botanical Gardens & Nichols Arboretum

A revival of this summer’s play Romeo & Juliet. Directed by Kate Mendeloff, Carol Gray, and Graham Atkin and performed by students and faculty. Free for students with ID. Performances start 5:30 pm. 1610 Washington Hts. entrance to the Arb. Shakespeare in the Arb is an outdoor performance where audience and players move with the scenes.

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Performance Thu, 23 Aug 2018 13:25:34 -0400 2018-09-02T17:30:00-04:00 2018-09-02T20:00:00-04:00 Nichols Arboretum Matthaei Botanical Gardens & Nichols Arboretum Performance Shakespeare in the Arb - Romeo & Juliet
Welcome Week Shakespeare in the Arb Performance for Students (September 3, 2018 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52956 52956-13157433@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 3, 2018 5:30pm
Location: Nichols Arboretum
Organized By: Matthaei Botanical Gardens & Nichols Arboretum

A revival of this summer’s play Romeo & Juliet. Directed by Kate Mendeloff, Carol Gray, and Graham Atkin and performed by students and faculty. Free for students with ID. Performances start 5:30 pm. 1610 Washington Hts. entrance to the Arb. Shakespeare in the Arb is an outdoor performance where audience and players move with the scenes.

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Performance Thu, 23 Aug 2018 13:25:34 -0400 2018-09-03T17:30:00-04:00 2018-09-03T20:00:00-04:00 Nichols Arboretum Matthaei Botanical Gardens & Nichols Arboretum Performance Shakespeare in the Arb - Romeo & Juliet
Tartan Terrors (September 4, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52270 52270-12579996@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 4, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

The Tartan Terrors are not a band but, in the words of the organizers, "North America’s premiere Celtic Event, featuring the best in music, comedy and dance." Amazed by the blistering chops of a two-time world champion bagpiper, the driving tones of drums from around the world, and a guitar played unlike any you’ve ever heard, standing-room-only audiences come to understand why Dig This magazine declares the Terrors "one act to keep an eye on!" Combine all the music with championship-caliber Highland Dancers and internationally recognized comedic performers, and this Celtic group goes beyond the ordinary. Members of The Tartan Terrors have performed on four different continents; in some of the most prestigious festivals, Highland Games, and theaters in North America, for a U.S. president and Britain's Queen, and on Good Morning America. Experience the phenomenon of the Tartan Terrors and see why Celtic Beat hails them as "the heirs apparent to the mayhem"!

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Performance Tue, 29 May 2018 12:08:02 -0400 2018-09-04T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Tartan Terrors
Gifts of Art presents Classical Guitar (September 6, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53184 53184-13278539@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 6, 2018 12:00pm
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Michael Casher is a physician at the University of Michigan Hospital and a classical guitarist. He has performed in numerous master classes including those of Pepe Romero and Sharon Isbin and most recently was accepted into the annual Maui master class of Benjamin Verdery. He has performed solo and with chamber groups throughout Michigan. "Michael Casher is a fine musician, with a warm, elegant and engaging sound." – Brian Roberts, Professor of Guitar at Wayne State University. Look for live stream video on Gifts of Art Facebook.

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Performance Wed, 25 Jul 2018 08:52:40 -0400 2018-09-06T12:00:00-04:00 2018-09-06T13:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Performance Photograph of Michael Casher by Tatyana Austin. High resolution version available upon request.
Faculty Recital: Joseph Gramley, percussion (September 6, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53555 53555-13403681@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 6, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

With Colleen Bernstein, Nigel Fernandez, Danielle Gonzalez, and Janet Lyu.

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Performance Mon, 13 Aug 2018 18:15:22 -0400 2018-09-06T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Joseph Gramley
The Ark's Student Welcome Show Michigan Rattlers (September 6, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53738 53738-13453010@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 6, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Students: welcome to Ann Arbor and The Ark, a world-class listening room with music for all ages and tastes. Tonight's show is FREE with any student ID. Lifelong friends and deep-north natives, Michigan Rattlers play "heavy-hearted folk-rock with an aching dose of Midwestern nice." Graham Young (guitar), Adam Reed (upright bass), and Christian Wilder (piano) began writing music and performing together in their Petoskey high school. "etoskey is a small place. Beautiful, but secluded. It’s hard to start a musical career in a place where there are more deer than people," they say. Still, they regularly played every bar, cafe, and stage in town, developing a musical chemistry informed by the likes of AC/DC, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Bob Seger, and more. Their debut EP, recorded in Los Angeles, attracted glowing reviews from No Depression, Bluegrass Situation, B3 Science, and Rolling Stone, who named the band one of their “Ten New Country Artists You Need To Know” in 2016.

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Performance Tue, 21 Aug 2018 13:37:01 -0400 2018-09-06T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance MI
Mason Jennings (September 7, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53040 53040-13211450@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 7, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Minneapolis singer-songwriter Mason Jennings started writing music when his six-year-old son saw an electric guitar ornament on the family Christmas tree and asked what it was. Since the late 1990s he's accumulated a songbag of consistently high quality, covering themes from personal to political to historical. A staple of outdoor festivals from the Midwest to California, Mason has toured with surfer-songwriter Jack Johnson and has recorded for his Brushfire label. His dozen-plus consistently fine albums place his experiences of love and family against the geography of the place where he lives. Mason comes to Michigan with a new album, "Songs from When We Met," about his partner, Josie. He calls it "a love record, a record about healing," and it's sure to please his many local fans.

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Performance Tue, 21 Aug 2018 13:38:31 -0400 2018-09-07T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Mason Jennings
UMMA Pop Up: Progressive Acoustic Music with Warren & Flick (September 8, 2018 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53765 53765-13459398@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 8, 2018 2:00pm
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 that 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 Wed, 15 Aug 2018 10:49:03 -0400 2018-09-08T14:00:00-04:00 2018-09-08T15:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Performance Warren & Flick
A/PIA The Slants Concert and Keynote Lecture (September 8, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53269 53269-13330235@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 8, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Asian/Pacific Islander American Studies

The University of Michigan Asian/Pacific American Studies Program will be kicking off the Fall 2018 semester with a concert/keynote speaking event featuring The Slants, the world's first and only Asian-American dance rock band, as featured on Conan O'Brien, The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, NPR, BBC, CBS, TIME, and 3,000+ radio stations, TV shows, magazines, and websites in over 150+ countries. This event is part of the program's goal to raise awareness of issues surrounding use of terms targeting numerous gender and ethnic groups and the plight of Asian Americans in our fractious society.

The Slants will preform some of their most popular hits and their founder/bassist, Simon Tam, will give a keynote lecture on the background of The Slants, focusing on their battle with the Supreme Court over trademarking their band name. Simon Tam is also an author, entrepreneur, and activist.

**Following the set and keynote lecture, there will be a large-group Q&A session, time to meet the band, and an opportunity check out merchandise, receive autographs, and have 1 on 1 questions.

Check out our follow-up event collaboration with WeListen: https://events.umich.edu/event/53906

Simon Tam bio:
Simon was named a champion of diverse issues by the White House and worked with President Barack Obama's campaign to fight bullying. He recently helped expand freedom of speech through winning a unanimous victory at the Supreme Court of the United States for a landmark case in constitutional and trademark law (Matal v. Tam). He has also been a keynote speaker, performer, and presenter at TEDx, SXSW, Comic-Con, The Department of Defense, Stanford University, and over 1,200 events across North America, Europe, and Asia. He has set a world record by appearing on the TEDx stage 12 times.

Simon designed one of the first college-accredited social media programs in the United States. Bloomberg Businessweek called him a "Social Media Rockstar." Forbes says his resume is a "paragon of completeness." Recently, he was recognized as a Freedom Fighter by the Roosevelt Rough Writers, named Citizen of the Year from the Chinese American Citizens Alliance Portland Lodge, Portland Rising Star from the Light a Fire Awards, received a Distinguished Alum Award from Marylhurst University, and he Mark T. Banner award from the American Bar Association.

He serves as board chair for the APANO United Communities Fund and member/advisor for multiple nonprofit organizations dedicated to social justice and the arts. You can find Simon's appearances, writing, and current projects at www.simontam.org.

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Performance Mon, 27 Aug 2018 14:01:41 -0400 2018-09-08T20:00:00-04:00 2018-09-08T22:00:00-04:00 Michigan League Asian/Pacific Islander American Studies Performance Band
Amanda Shires w/sg Leah Blevins (September 8, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52355 52355-12641899@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 8, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

"It’s all rock & roll—no golf!" is how acclaimed singer/songwriter/violinist Amanda Shires describes her electrifying fifth album, To The Sunset. She’s borrowed a lyric from the effervescent track “Break Out the Champagne,” one of ten deftly crafted songs that comprise her powerful new recording. The Texas-born road warrior, new mom, and recently minted MFA in creative writing has mined a range of musical influences to reveal an Amanda Shires many didn’t know existed. “Isn’t it refreshing?” Amanda asks. Indeed. Distorted electric guitars, effects pedals, swirling keys and synths, and rockin’ rhythms certainly suit Shires’ visceral songcraft and lilting soprano. Amanda is renowned for her carefully crafted, evocative songs. Her influences include Leonard Cohen and John Prine, the latter a mentor. Amanda says she also uses songwriting as a way to "get through my own emotional stuff, which is cheaper than a therapist." Kentucky-born songwriter Leah Blevins is special guest.

VIP Meet & Greet Package: $85

Package includes:
One general admission ticket
Early entry into the venue
Exclusive preshow meet & greet with Amanda Shires
Personal (instax) photo with Amanda Shires
Collectible tour poster autographed by Amanda Shires
Limited availability

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Performance Tue, 29 May 2018 12:10:10 -0400 2018-09-08T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Amanda Shires
Corn Potato String Band (September 9, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51000 51000-11939131@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, September 9, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

The Corn Potato String Band plays authentic American Appalachian folk music, with a few twists that keep the music from a one-way trip to the dustbins of history. Theirs is a story of struggle, hard knocks, and triumph. Essentially unable to cope with modern life, the members of this band are outcasts of society who survive by playing the lost music of the flatlands where they were raised. They've delighted audiences with their driving fiddle tunes and harmonious singing across the U.S., Canada, Europe, and India. Aaron Jonah Goldberg, Lindsay McCaw, and Ben Belcher are multi-instrumentalists dedicated to continuing the traditional fiddle and banjo music and dance of the central Southern U.S. In addition to being champion fiddlers, they play banjo, guitar, bass and mandolin and cover many different old-time styles including ballads, "ho-downs," country rags, and Southern gospel, specializing in twin fiddling and double banjo tunes. Says Marc Griffiths of Global Texan Chronicles: "They can take a forgotten or just plain underplayed tune and make it beautiful and relevant once again." The Corn Potato String Band comes to Michigan with a new album, "Good Job Everybody."

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Performance Tue, 29 May 2018 12:13:16 -0400 2018-09-09T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Corn Potato String Band
Che Apalache (September 10, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52602 52602-12876522@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 10, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Che Apalache (roughly "Appalachian homeboy") is a four-man string band based in Buenos Aires with members from Argentina, Mexico and the United States. The group’s founder is Joe Troop (fiddle), a North Carolinian multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter, and composer who moved to Argentina in 2010. While patiently carving out a niche in the local music scene, Joe taught bluegrass and old-time music for a living. That’s how he met Pau Barjau (banjo), Franco Martino (guitar) and Martin Bobrik (mandolin), his most dedicated students. They quickly became picking buddies and in 2013 decided to hit the stage. Che Apalache began as a bluegrass band, but eventually incorporated Latin American styles into their repertoire. Combining instrumental prowess with tight vocal harmonies, they have created an authentic blend of genres to reflect the nature of their lives. Evoking images from Appalachia to the Andes, their debut album, “Latingrass,” is a testament to a powerful cultural and musical exchange. At the prestigious Appalachian String Band Music Festival in Clifftop, WV, they were awarded first place in the Neo-Traditional band competition. The momentum is growing for Che Apalache, and the future looks promising in both South and North America.

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Performance Fri, 08 Jun 2018 16:44:35 -0400 2018-09-10T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Che Apalache
Lipbone (September 11, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53733 53733-13453005@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 11, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

It’s a human voice. Former subway musician Lipbone Redding makes lots of sounds with only his lips. He not only imitates a trombone, he's an accomplished soloist, songwriter, guitarist and entertainer. He's the jazz, blues, jam, and soul version of a human beat-box .. make that a "Human Sweet Box." Lipbone creates original songs that effervesce with New Orleans swing, Memphis grooves, and New York City style. Storyteller, songwriter, guitarist and "voice-stramentalist" Lipbone Redding has spent the last 25 years traveling the world collecting and recounting exotic tales through music and performance art. With humble beginnings as a New York City subway singer, Lipbone now performs in festivals, theaters and concert halls across America and Europe. Lipbone comes to Michigan with a new album, "Return of the Beautiful."

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Performance Tue, 21 Aug 2018 13:40:28 -0400 2018-09-11T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Lip
Faculty Recital: Maximilian Dimoff and Ranaan Meyer, double bass *POSTPONED* (September 12, 2018 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53674 53674-13446257@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 12, 2018 1:30pm
Location: Stearns Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

This performance has been postponed, a new date will be announced later.

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Performance Fri, 07 Sep 2018 12:15:26 -0400 2018-09-12T13:30:00-04:00 Stearns Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Ranaan Meyer
Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore (September 12, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51718 51718-12205476@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 12, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Roots music legends Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore, have been friends for 30 years, but only recently realized they had never played music with each other before. So they decided in 2017 to hit the highway to swap songs, tell stories, and share their life experiences. They discovered that their musical roots in old blues and folk music are exactly the same. In these spontaneous shows, audiences have enjoyed classic original compositions from the two, and also songs from a wide spectrum of songwriters and styles— from Merle Haggard to Sam Cooke to the Youngbloods. Mutually energized and inspired by these performances, Dave and Jimmie agreed to hit the road again in 2018 ... this time with a full band and some new stories to share.

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Performance Thu, 14 Jun 2018 09:49:25 -0400 2018-09-12T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance AlvinGilmore
Gifts of Art presents Jazz/Pop Guitar & Bass (September 13, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53185 53185-13278540@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 13, 2018 12:00pm
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

For the past 25 years, guitar virtuoso Jake Reichbart has been delighting audiences in the Great Lakes region and beyond. Along the way, he has picked up numerous praises and awards for his performances and recordings. While a noted bandleader and an in-demand sideman, Reichbart's forte lies in his instrumental solo work. According to Lyle Robinson from Jazz Guitar Life, “While being a top shelf jazz guitarist, [Reichbart] is also a tremendous arranger of solo chord melody tunes in a variety of genres.” For this performance, he will be joined by Nick Calandro on bass. Look for live stream video on Gifts of Art Facebook.

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Performance Tue, 31 Jul 2018 09:30:51 -0400 2018-09-13T12:00:00-04:00 2018-09-13T13:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Performance Photograph of Jake Reichbart by David Smith. High resolution version available upon request.
SMTD@UMMA Performance: JIT Exchange (September 13, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53471 53471-13386080@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 13, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

A cross-cultural synthesis of Zimbabwean jiti, Detroit ghetto tech, jit dance, jazz and funk performed by dancer/choreographers Haleem “Stringz” Rasul of Detroit and Franco “Slomo” Dhaka of Harare, Zimbabwe, with live music by SMTD alumnus Everett Reid and a student Jazz combo.

Presented in partnership with the Center for World Performance Studies, the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, the Zimbabwean Cultural Center of Detroit, and the School of Music, Theatre & Dance.

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Performance Fri, 07 Sep 2018 10:19:41 -0400 2018-09-13T19:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Museum of Art
Guest Recital: National Chinese Orchestra Chamber Ensemble (September 13, 2018 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53669 53669-13446251@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 13, 2018 7:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Based in Taipei, The National Chinese Orchestra is the premier orchestra of traditional Chinese instruments from Taiwan. The 2018 Michigan tour will feature a 10-piece chamber ensemble, performing original works and works based on traditional Taiwanese folk music for solo instruments and chamber ensembles. Three works on the program will feature SMTD faculty members in cross-cultural collaboration with the ensemble. SMTD faculty members appearing on the program are Amy Porter, Matt Albert, and Amy I-Lin Cheng. Reception to follow.

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Performance Wed, 05 Sep 2018 12:15:21 -0400 2018-09-13T19:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance National Chinese Orchestra
Davina and The Vagabonds (September 13, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52120 52120-12441237@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 13, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Davina Lozier and the Vagabonds offer "a modern take on old-time blues and jazz" (PennLive). They've created a stir on the national music scene with their high-energy live shows, level A musicianship, sharp-dressed professionalism, and Lozier’s commanding stage presence. With influences ranging from Fats Domino and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band to Aretha Franklin and Tom Waits, the band is converting audiences one show at a time, from Vancouver to Miami and across Europe. In 2011 Davina released her first full-length, all-original album, "Black Cloud." It was awarded 4 1/2 stars from Downbeat. Their next release in 2014, "Sunshine," hit number 13 on the Billboard blues chart. DATV’s shows are filled with New Orleans charm, Memphis soul swagger, dark theatrical moments that evoke Kurt Weill, and tender gospel passages, and Davina herself has been compared to Etta James, Amy Winehouse, Janis Joplin, Billie Holiday, and Betty Boop, but comparisons don’t suffice: she's a true original. Davina & The Vagabonds have become Ark favorites—they tore up the stage at the 2017 Ann Arbor Folk Festival, and their third album, "Nicollet and Tenth," is their best yet.

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Performance Thu, 14 Jun 2018 09:51:17 -0400 2018-09-13T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Davina
The Second City (September 14, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52656 52656-12925292@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 14, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

A certified American comedy institution since 1959, The Second City’s laughs are 100% USA-made in this latest take on our great, big dysfunctional nation! The lauded company is sending satire down the conveyor belt and celebrating what makes us all tick in a hilarious revue that will leave you breathlessly ready to face the future ... and all its loose screws. Fresh, fast and always spectacularly funny​,​ The Second City is celebrating nearly sixty 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 Thu, 14 Jun 2018 10:03:52 -0400 2018-09-14T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Second City
Bass Bash Recital (September 15, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53194 53194-13280699@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 15, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Bass Bash is a one-day festival for beginning, intermediate and advanced classical and jazz bass students in grades 6–12 and their teachers. Students play in small ensembles, have a technique class, work on a massed ensemble piece, and give a short informal performance at the end of the day.

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Performance Wed, 05 Sep 2018 12:15:23 -0400 2018-09-15T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Bass Bash
Guest Recital: Xuan Gong, piano (September 15, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53670 53670-13446252@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 15, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Professor Xuan Gong (Zhejiang Conservatory of Music) will present a program of Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Barber, and three Chinese preludes by Zhang Shuai.

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Performance Wed, 05 Sep 2018 18:15:24 -0400 2018-09-15T19:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Zhejiang Conservatory
The Second City (September 15, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52656 52656-12925291@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 15, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

A certified American comedy institution since 1959, The Second City’s laughs are 100% USA-made in this latest take on our great, big dysfunctional nation! The lauded company is sending satire down the conveyor belt and celebrating what makes us all tick in a hilarious revue that will leave you breathlessly ready to face the future ... and all its loose screws. Fresh, fast and always spectacularly funny​,​ The Second City is celebrating nearly sixty 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 Thu, 14 Jun 2018 10:03:52 -0400 2018-09-15T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Second City
UMMA Pop Up: Solo with Ryan Schildcrout (September 16, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53769 53769-13459402@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, September 16, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Ryan Schildcrout is a jazz pianist and saxophonist from Metro Detroit. His style of solo piano playing takes on standards from swing to pop, working to bring jazz into the modern age.

Find Ryan on Facebook @ryansethmusic.

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Performance Wed, 15 Aug 2018 11:01:44 -0400 2018-09-16T13:00:00-04:00 2018-09-16T14:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Performance Museum of Art
Riders In The Sky (September 16, 2018 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52603 52603-12876523@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, September 16, 2018 7:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Forty years ago. No laptops, no cellular phones, no Google, no downloads, no Skype, no Tweets, no Apple, no Microsoft, no texting, no electric cars, no Uber. A different world. But there were three young men with drive and wit who wanted to keep a special music alive. They believed in preserving the heritage of Western Music and presenting it to a new generation. They believed in entertaining, and they did so … entertaining themselves as well as the audience! And they believed in creating original Western Music to continue the tradition, not just seal it in amber as a museum piece. What they did not realize at the time was that they would be doing the same thing 40 years later. Ranger Doug, Too Slim and the late Windy Bill Collins played that first date on the bitter cold evening of November 11, 1977, at Herr Harry’s Frank N’ Stein Rathskeller in Nashville, and small listening room dates followed. By August of the following year demand was building, and while Windy Bill left, Woody Paul joined, and the true professional beginnings of the band began at the Kentucky State Fair, where the trio played 10 days for $2500—and bought their own rooms and meals out of that!

A first wave followed, including appearances on Austin City Limits; recording contracts with Rounder, then MCA, then Columbia; guest appearances on the Grand Ole Opry leading to membership in 1982; and a three-year run on The Nashville Network with a TV show called “Tumbleweed Theater,” which yet in turn led to a seven-year run on public radio with “Riders Radio Theater. People Magazine, interested in the Riders phenomenon, ran a story which happy caught the eye of a Hollywood producer.

And so the second wave broke, sending the boys to Hollywood to star in “Riders In The Sky” on CBS for a year on Saturday mornings, introducing them to yet another generation. More recordings, endless show dates, and television appearances followed for a decade before the fine folks at Pixar called and asked the quartet—by this time they had been joined by Joey the Cowpolka King—to sing a tune called “Woody’s Roundup” in the movie “Toy Story 2.” Thus, the third wave began, highlighted by a number of projects for Disney, including two albums, both of which won GRAMMY Awards! The creation of satellite radio has recently given them a new platform, as they continue to produce episodes of the award winning “Classic Cowboy Corral” on Sirius/XM.

Still more road dates and recordings (several on their own Riders Radio Records label) and other film and television projects have filled the days and weeks and years, and since the quartet has slowed up very little, the numbers begin to add up: an astonishing 7,200+ appearances, 35 years on the Grand Ole Opry, 40 records albums (well, now CDs,) and tours of all 50 states and all over the world. Honors accumulated as well. In addition to the two Grammy Awards, Riders received numerous awards from the Western Music Association, including the highest: membership in the Western Music Hall of Fame; numerous Wrangler awards from the Cowboy Hall of Fame and Western Heritage Museum; awards from the Academy of Western Artists; enshrinement in the Walkway of Western Stars, and more. What began as a celebration of classic Western Music and an evening of hilarity has become a career, and that career has become a legend, one which, 40 years on, shows no signs of stopping or even slowing down much.

Ranger Doug, Too Slim, Woody Paul and Joey the Cowpolka King … 40 years on, “The Cowboy Way."

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Performance Fri, 08 Jun 2018 16:49:47 -0400 2018-09-16T19:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Riders In The Sky
3rd Annual Ark Community Sing (September 16, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52117 52117-12441234@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, September 16, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

The Ark is widely known to have one of the best singing audiences in the country. For the third year running, we celebrate that with a full night devoted to songs that everyone can sing. Michigan’s own Matt Watroba has devoted the last few years of his musical work to spreading community singing throughout the country. Matt will transform the audience into a spontaneous choir. Says Matt: "Community singing is not performing. It exists so that all willing singers, at all levels of skill, can experience the power of song and musical participation. Performing choruses and musical groups often spring out of the community singing experience, but that is not the purpose—it’s just a welcomed consequence!"

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Performance Tue, 29 May 2018 11:54:34 -0400 2018-09-16T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Matt Watroba
Briggs Chamber Music Concert (September 16, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53668 53668-13446250@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, September 16, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Featuring the winners of the 2018 Briggs Chamber Music Competition.

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Performance Wed, 05 Sep 2018 18:15:24 -0400 2018-09-16T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Briggs
SMTD DEI Recital with SMTD Faculty & Alumni (September 16, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52854 52854-13090525@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, September 16, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Walgreen Drama Center
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

This one-hour concert celebrates America’s diversity, both ethnic and religious. Performers include SMTD faculty Caroline Helton, Carmen Pelton, Scott Piper, George Shirley, and Louise Toppin, and SMTD alumni Rikki Morrow-Spitzer, Benjamin Sieverding, Kira Slovacek, and Kimberly Haynes Stephens. SMTD Professor Timothy Cheek will serve as pianist.

Reading the source material that inspired each piece, religious leaders on the concert will be Rabbi Sara O'Donnell Adler, Chaplain, U-M Michigan Medicine, Imam Kamau Ayubbi, Chaplain, U-M Michigan Medicine, Rev. Fr. James P. Conlon, Pastor, St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, Ann Arbor, and Rev. Susan Schilperoort, retired Minister, Presbyterian Church USA.

While in New York in 1894, Czech composer Antonín Dvořák composed his cycle of 10 Biblical Songs for voice and piano, set to various verses from the Book of Psalms in the Old Testament. Each song on this celebratory concert will be sung in the original Czech but preceded by an oral English translation of the particular psalm–recited, in turns, by a Catholic priest, a Jewish rabbi, a Muslim Imam, and a Protestant minister, as well as SMTD Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer Freyja Harris.

The concert also celebrates ties between Czech composer Antonín Dvořák and the USA, as he taught for several years at the National Conservatory in New York City, and was the first to advocate for basing a national musical style on Negro Spirituals and Native American music at a time when American composers were looking to Europe for their model. Lastly, the concert also celebrates the 100th anniversary of the birth of Czechoslovakia in 1918.

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Performance Wed, 05 Sep 2018 18:15:22 -0400 2018-09-16T20:00:00-04:00 Walgreen Drama Center School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Dvorak
Jazz Master Class Forum: Junior and Senior Ensembles (September 17, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53677 53677-13446260@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 17, 2018 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

The Jazz Forum is the weekly community gathering of the Department of Jazz and Contemporary Improvisation.

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Performance Wed, 05 Sep 2018 18:15:29 -0400 2018-09-17T18:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Jazz Forum
String Showcase *DEC 4 RECITAL CANCELED* (September 18, 2018 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52427 52427-12706741@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 18, 2018 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

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 on this prestigious event.

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Performance Wed, 28 Nov 2018 18:15:18 -0500 2018-09-18T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Student violinist
Deidre McCalla & Dianne Davidson (September 18, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52773 52773-13036488@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 18, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Deidre McCalla came of age in the fiery blaze of NYC's folk heyday - a time when Greenwich Village clubs were filled with the likes of Dylan, Baez, and Ochs; a time when Motown ruled the top of the charts and the streets of America screamed with anger and civil unrest. Her first album, "Fur Coats and Blue Jeans," was released when Deidre was 19 and a student at Vassar College. With a theater degree tucked under her belt and an acoustic guitar tossed in the back of a battered Buick station wagon, releasing three albums with the pioneering women's music label Olivia Records/ The Miami Herald affectionately dubs her a "dreadlocked troubadour," and she shared the stage with a long list of notables that includes Suzanne Vega, Tracy Chapman, Holly Near, Odetta, Cris Williamson, and Sweet Honey in the Rock. Deidre comes to Michigan with a new album, "Playing for Keeps."

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Performance Tue, 21 Aug 2018 13:43:16 -0400 2018-09-18T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Deidre McCallay
Staging Unrest: Performance in times of crisis (September 19, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53324 53324-13343107@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 19, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Walgreen Drama Center
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

A panel/presentation/discussion on the Department of Theatre & Drama co-production with the AST National Academy of Theatre Arts, Kraków, and Adam Mickiewicz Institute, Warsaw, Poland of Night and Day by Charles Mee.

This event aims to foster discussion around our common yet disparate experiences during times of political uncertainty and unrest while focusing on the role of the arts in engaging with social and political issues. Members of the panel include directors Malcolm Tulip and Dominika Knapik, designers Vince Mountain and Wolfgang Macher, and members of the American and Polish cast. The discussion will be moderated by Department of Germanic Languages & Literatures Studies Visiting Scholar Teresa Kovacs.

Co-sponsored by Center for World Performance Studies, Goethe Institut, and the Copernicus Program for Polish Studies.

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Performance Wed, 05 Sep 2018 18:15:26 -0400 2018-09-19T17:00:00-04:00 2018-09-19T18:30:00-04:00 Walgreen Drama Center School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Staging Unrest
Lindi Ortega (September 19, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52350 52350-12641718@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 19, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Lindi Ortega gives fair warning: "Don’t come any closer to my heart /If you’re afraid of the dark." However, that shroud is slowly lifted in her new album, "Liberty." As the narrative unfolds in this concept album, a central character emerges—one who finally sheds the darkness of her past and emerges into the light. As melodies and tempos change, her journey carries her steadily forward. "I think the most important thing for me was that I ended on a very positive note because I've had so many people tell me that my songs helped them through really hard times in their life," Lindi says. "That struck a chord for me, because just like everybody else, I have had hard times in my life, and continue to have pockets of difficult moments here and there. If I can provide some sort of solace with my music, then that gives me every reason to make music. I wanted this record to be all about helping people through the darkness."

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Performance Thu, 14 Jun 2018 10:10:09 -0400 2018-09-19T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Lindi
Gifts of Art presents Club Classical (September 20, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53186 53186-13278541@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 20, 2018 12:00pm
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

CutTime Simfonica® is shaking up classical music across Southeast Michigan. The quintet of strings and drums was started within the Detroit Symphony by bassist-composer Rick Robinson before spinning off in 2012. It info-tains with a surprising mix of pop, Latin, gospel, jazz, folk and dance elements in textural instrumental works. Audience members can join the fun on toy percussion. Featured are Robinson’s funkiest compositions, “Pork ‘n Beans” and “City of Trees” as well as “Beethoven’s 5th” and “Billie Jean.” See what Mozart and Brahms can do taken off the pedestal. Look for live stream video on Gifts of Art Facebook.

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Performance Wed, 25 Jul 2018 09:03:13 -0400 2018-09-20T12:00:00-04:00 2018-09-20T13:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Performance Photograph of CutTime Simfonica courtesy of TEDx Detroit. High resolution version available upon request.
Masters Recital: Lindsay Bronnenkant, conductor (September 20, 2018 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55522 55522-13752387@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 20, 2018 7:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

PROGRAM: Mozart - Die Zauberflöte, K. 620; Schubert - Little Symphony for Winds; Krommer - Octet-Partita in E-flat Major, op. 69.

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Performance Mon, 17 Sep 2018 18:15:29 -0400 2018-09-20T19:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance
Archie Fisher & Garnet Rogers (September 20, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51002 51002-11939148@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 20, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Tonight's concert brings original songwriters who work within deep traditions of place and song. Scottish folk master Archie Fisher is well known all over the British Isles as host of his own BBC radio show, but his appearances stateside are to be cherished. Archie's most recent collection of songs "Windward Away," on which he worked for more than ten years. It's a gem—a haunting collection of introspective ballads, evoking the wild and rough beauty of the Scottish Border country. One of a pair of brothers who spearheaded a tremendous renaissance in Canadian songwriting in the 1970s and 1980s, Garnet Rogers tells detailed stories of people from all walks of life and their small, everyday victories. He can shift from seriousness to razor-sharp wit in a heartbeat, and no two of his shows are the same.

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Performance Thu, 14 Jun 2018 10:12:09 -0400 2018-09-20T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Garnet Rogers
50th Anniversary Live Presentation of Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey (September 21, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52810 52810-13081675@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 21, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: Michigan Engineering

UMS and the Michigan Engineering co-present a free multi-media community event of Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 masterpiece, 2001: A Space Odyssey, with live orchestral and choral accompaniment from the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Musica Sacra, and Robert Ziegler

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Performance Mon, 02 Jul 2018 15:14:23 -0400 2018-09-21T20:00:00-04:00 2018-09-21T23:00:00-04:00 Hill Auditorium Michigan Engineering Performance 2001: A Space Odyssey by Courtesy of Artist
Jill Sobule (September 21, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53346 53346-13349489@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 21, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Jill Sobule - Nostalgia Kills

“Nostalgia can be wonderful and amazing. It’s OK to look back. But then you gotta get the fuck out of there.” So says singer-songwriter Jill Sobule, explaining the theme of her new album, Nostalgia Kills.



On Nostalgia Kills (out September 14 on Jill’s own Pinko Records), the woman hailed by The New York Times for making “grown-up music for an adolescent age” turns her warm wit and poet’s eye on herself more than ever before, revisiting moments from throughout her life that made her into the person she is today. It’s an especially poignant look back at childhood — “exorcising some junior high school demons,” as she puts it.


Looking back is a new experience for Jill Sobule. Ever since she first caught mainstream attention with her 1995 song “I Kissed a Girl” — the first song about same-sex romance ever to crack the Billboard Top 20 (and no relation to the later Katy Perry tune) — she’s always pushed forward, exploring new sounds and subject matter with each passing album and refusing to be pigeonholed by her early hits (which also include the ‘90s alt-rock anthem “Supermodel,” featured in an iconic scene in the film Clueless).



Along the way, Jill has shared stages with the likes of Billy Bragg, Cyndi Lauper and Warren Zevon, written music for TV and theater, and been a pioneer in the art of crowdfunding, raising so much money for her 2009 album California Years that a then-unknown startup called Kickstarter came to her for advice. She’s also been active in numerous social and political causes, performing at prisons as part of Wayne Kramer’s Jail Guitar Doors project, playing dates with Lady Parts Justice’s “Vagical Mystery Tour,” and curating Monster Protest Jams Vol. 1, featuring protest songs by Tom Morello, Billy Bragg, Boots Riley, Amanda Palmer, Jackson Browne and many other great artists — including Jill’s own “When They Say We Want Our America Back, What the F#@k Do They Mean?”, which traces the history of anti-immigrant sentiment in America.



For Nostalgia Kills, Jill worked with her good friend, Australian singer-songwriter Ben Lee, to cull the album’s 11 songs from a collection of over 100, representing nearly a decade’s worth of material accumulated since the release of California Years. In turning those songs into an album, she received a little extra motivation from an unlikely source.



“I was at an industry party,” she recalls. “And I heard this total douche saying, you know, once someone reaches the age of 40, they can’t write a good song. And I went up to him and I was like, ‘You don’t know me, but you’re an idiot.’”



Making it her mission to prove her new nemesis wrong, Jill took the songs into Lee’s home studio in Los Angeles with a supporting cast of players that included John Doe (X), Wayne Kramer (The MC5), Petra Haden (That Dog), Roger Joseph Manning Jr. (Jellyfish), and Richard Barone (The Bongos). “This was done with a lot of friends,” she says. “It was very organic.” Many of the final mixes even contain elements of the original demos, recorded with various apps on Jill’s iPad.



Right from the jump, Nostalgia Kills proves that this songwriter, despite being a few years north of 40, is still at the peak of her powers. How many artists of any age can write a song like “I Don’t Wanna Wake Up,” an Old Testament head trip inspired by a bad breakup, the death of a parent, and microdosing mushrooms? Let alone have the nerve to make it their album’s opening track?



From there, Nostalgia Kills explores its titular theme through a collection of songs that ponder the past without ever lapsing into easy sentimentality. “I Put My Headphones On,” as catchy as anything in Jill’s catalog, captures the cozy feeling of tuning out the outside world with a favorite record. “Almost Great” is a ukulele-laced ode to youthful brushes with success and adult battles with procrastination. “Forbidden Thoughts of Youth” is a beautifully rendered portrait of adolescent unrequited love, as Jill looks back at her first gay crush (“an incredible combination of Marcia Brady and future meth-smoking biker chick”).



“Headphones” and “Forbidden Thoughts” will be part of #Fuck7thGrade, a one-woman show about “the worst year of my life,” and just the latest of Jill’s many forays into theater. Nostalgia Kills features new versions of several of Jill’s best songs for the stage: “There’s Nothing I Can Do” is a defiant breakup anthem from the off-off-Broadway musical Prozak and the Platypus, sung from the perspective of a rebellious 17-year-old girl. “25 Cents” is from Times Square, a new musical based on the 1980 cult film of the same name — and Jill’s own memories of visiting New York City as a teenager, back when the city was still “scary and fascinating and full of junkies.” And the gorgeous ballad “Tomorrow Is Breaking My Heart” is one of several original songs Jill wrote for a new adaptation of Yentl, Isaac Bashevis Singer’s tale of gender-bending romance later made famous by Barbra Streisand’s film adaptation.



There are two versions of “Tomorrow Is Breaking” on Nostalgia Kills — a mournful duet with John Doe, and a special bonus track version featuring an amateur musician named Nicholas Ford, who made a pledge to the Nostalgia Kills Kickstarter campaign in which the prize was to sing a duet with Jill. “I decided to do it in a different style with a piano and he kicked ass,” she says proudly of Nicholas’ crooning accompaniment.



Nostalgia Kills’ bonus tracks also include “The Donor Song,” on which Jill gives shout-outs to her Kickstarter backers (including Avengers director and Buffy the Vampire Slayer creator Joss Whedon, whom Jill calls “my personal lord and savior” because he donated at the highest level), as well as lovely covers of The Stairsteps’ soul classic “O-o-h Child” and “Don’t Let Us Get Sick,” a heartbreakingly beautiful, late-career ballad by Jill’s friend and mentor, Warren Zevon, with whom she tour shortly before his death in 2003. “He used to come out during my set to sing ‘I Kissed a Girl’ with me,” Jill remembers. “He would always wink at me when we would sing ‘They can have their diamonds and we’ll have are pearls’ to let me know he got the clitoral reference.”



For all its graceful, funny and heartbreaking explorations of awkward youth and grown-up regrets, Nostalgia Kills is as of-the-moment as anything in Jill Sobule’s catalog. Through her own experiences, she explores issues our society still collectively struggles with (LGBTQ rights, teen mental health, our unhealthy obsession with staying forever young) and gently skewers our tendency to dwell on the past at the expense of addressing the present. As she sings on the title track: “We look at ourselves in a long row of mirrors/We get smaller and smaller with each passing year/We have to keep moving or die.”

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Performance Tue, 21 Aug 2018 13:46:46 -0400 2018-09-21T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Jill Sobule
John Popper (September 22, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52939 52939-13150958@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 22, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

One of the most phenomenal harmonica players in history, John Popper formed his band, Blues Traveler, with his high school friends Brendan Hill (drums), Chan Kinchla (guitar) and Bobby Sheehan (bass), in the late 80s, in New York City. They released their debut album in 1990 and hit the billboards with 1994's “Four." Following Blues Traveler's mainstream success, Popper was able to release a solo album, Zygote, in 1999 and toured with his own John Popper Band. Zygote was produced by Terry Manning with the background band consisting of longtime friends Dave Ares, Crugie Riccio, and Rob Clores of Cycomotogoat, and Carter Beauford, the drummer of Dave Matthews Band. The album's release came only less than three months after his heart surgery, and days after the death of Bobby Sheehan, Popper's best friend and band mate. Unfortunately, The subsequent tour was canceled midway due to poor ticket sales. Although his stage performances were becoming fewer, he made a major appearance on the big screen taking his first actual role in a movie, Just for the Time Being (2000), with supermodel Eva Herzigova. Soon after, Blues Traveler rejoined forces with two new members, and they have been touring and releasing albums ever since. This year marks the 30th anniversary of Blue Traveler as a band.

Popper has co-written songs with Trey Anastasio, Warren Haynes, Chris Barron, and Jonny Lang. He also frequently appears as a guest performer with musicians both famous and obscure, from a diverse variety of genres. He has performed with, among others, jam bands Spin Doctors, Dave Matthews Band, Phish, The Allman Brothers Band, bluesmen Eric Clapton and B.B. King; singer-songwriters Jason Mraz and John Mayer; saxophonist Karl Denson; San Francisco's Culann's Hounds; heavy metal band Metallica; rock trio ZO2 and even with the Hungarian Ambassador to the United States, András Simonyi and then-vice-presidential-candidate Tim Kaine.

In addition to Popper’s musical accomplishments, he has appeared in a cameo in several films: the Farrelly Brothers' Kingpin (1996) (which included a Blues Traveler performance at the end), Howard Stern's Private Parts (1997), Blues Brothers 2000 (1998), and The Meddler (2016).

Los Angeles songwriter Katrina Woolverton opens.

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Performance Tue, 10 Jul 2018 16:16:30 -0400 2018-09-22T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance John Popper
Summer Program in India Showcase with Swar Sandhya (September 22, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53661 53661-13446242@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 22, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

A concert celebrating the India summer program that provides an opportunity for students "to do something unusual and immersive” and allow them to "really sink into Indian culture in an experiential way."

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Performance Mon, 13 Aug 2018 18:15:20 -0400 2018-09-22T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance
University Symphony Orchestra (September 22, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53539 53539-13401546@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 22, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Kenneth Kiesler, conductor
Christine Harada Li, violin, SMTD Concerto Competition winner

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

The University Symphony Orchestra, conducted by its music director Kenneth Kiesler, opens the new season with the dramatic and triumphant music of Beethoven and masterpieces by two of England’s musical giants: the Violin Concerto by Benjamin Britten performed by SMTD Concerto Competition winner Christine Harada Li, and Elgar’s Enigma Variations, one of the crown jewels of English music. Closing the concert, will be Jerry Bilik’s Variations on a College Song, which will have its first performance since it was premiered by the New York Philharmonic conducted by Leonard Bernstein in 1987. Bilik, who has written more than a thousand arrangements for the Michigan Marching Band, created a new version of Hail the Victors in the style of composers such as Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, and Stravinsky. It ends with a rousing rendition in the style of Bilik himself, who will be in attendance at the concert. 

PROGRAM: Beethoven- Egmont Overture; Britten- Violin Concerto, Christine Harada Li, violin; Elgar- Enigma Variations; Jerry Bilik-Variations on a College Song (The Victors)

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Performance Mon, 17 Sep 2018 18:15:24 -0400 2018-09-22T20:00:00-04:00 Hill Auditorium School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance USO
Scholarship Showcase (September 23, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52113 52113-12441222@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, September 23, 2018 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 Wed, 19 Sep 2018 12:53:21 -0400 2018-09-23T16:00:00-04:00 Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Showcase poster
An Evening with The Taj Mahal Trio (September 23, 2018 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52783 52783-13055849@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, September 23, 2018 7:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

We are excited to announce that The Taj Mahal Trio will join us Sunday, September 23 for our 22nd Annual Fall Fundraiser at The Ark!

A buffet dinner will be provided by Zingerman's Roadhouse for Platinum, Gold and Silver level ticket holders. The evening will also feature a Silent Auction for your bidding pleasure and an afterglow dessert reception.

Our schedule for the evening:

5:00 Doors open for Platinum, Gold and Silver level ticket holders
5:00 Buffet Dinner (until 6:45)
7:15 Doors open for Bronze ticket holders
7:30 The music begins

A dessert after-glow reception follows the performance for all ticket holders.

Proceeds from the evening will benefit The Ark, helping us continue to present the best folk and roots music to be heard anywhere in the world, over 300 nights a year.

Tickets are on sale to the public on Monday, June 18 at 9am.



Ticket levels:

$500 Platinum ($425 tax-deductible). Includes dinner, valet parking, table seating during dinner, converting to front and center seating on the dance floor during the show.
$250 Gold ($175 tax-deductible). Includes dinner, valet parking, table seating during dinner, converting to reserved seating on the dance floor during the show.
$150 Silver ($75 tax-deductible). Includes dinner, valet parking and reserved seating in the drink rail areas (best available; location will vary).
$75 Bronze ($25 tax-deductible). Includes only the show and dessert reception. General admission seating in remaining seats.

Tickets are available by calling The Ark's business office at 734-761-1800. Bronze ($50) tickets are also available online, in person, and by phone through MUTO at the Michigan League Underground at 734-763-8587.

Thank you to our Presenting Sponsor: Merrill Lynch and to our Media Partners: WEMU, ann arbor's 107one and MetroTimes. And thank YOU for supporting The Ark!

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Performance Fri, 29 Jun 2018 16:36:38 -0400 2018-09-23T19:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Taj Mahal
Jazz Master Class Forum: Guest Artists Stephen Crump, Ingrid Laudbrock, and Alexander Dubovoy (September 24, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53678 53678-13446261@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 24, 2018 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

The Jazz Forum is the weekly community gathering of the Department of Jazz and Contemporary Improvisation.

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Performance Wed, 12 Sep 2018 06:15:27 -0400 2018-09-24T18:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Stephen Crump
Johnny Irion (September 24, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53170 53170-13269770@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 24, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Now and then in American culture, the written word fuses the worlds of music and literature. Bob Dylan’s Nobel Prize is only the most obvious example. An individual singer-songwriter can sometimes embody that fusion in his life and work. An example Johnny Irion (EYE-ree-on), great-nephew of John Steinbeck and grandson-in-law of Woody Guthrie. Johnny's new solo album, "Driving Friend," includes members of Dawes, Wilco and the Mother Hips and ranges across a wide expanse of roots genres, from blues and gospel to folk and country. Whether Johnny Irion is singing about Santa Barbara, Pittsfield or the Rapture, his sharp wit, telling description, and sharp character studies take us to a musical hometown of his own.

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Performance Tue, 21 Aug 2018 13:48:50 -0400 2018-09-24T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Johnny
Guest Performance/Talkback: Serafin Aponte, dance (September 25, 2018 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54863 54863-13647529@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 25, 2018 4:30pm
Location: Walgreen Drama Center
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Serafin Aponte is a graduate of the National Artistic Institute Education of the Fine Arts in México and where he taught for several years and is a founding member of Barro Rojo Dance Company of México. He created Serafín Aponte Dance Company in 2000 and Acapulco Contemporary Dance Company in 2017. Aponte also worked as a teacher for The Morelense Center of Arts and as a director for the Guanajuato Arts Center. Serafín has been invited to create works in Latin América, Europe, USA, and Canada.


The event is co-sponsored by Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Latino Studies, Dance Department and Theatre Department

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Performance Tue, 11 Sep 2018 10:32:29 -0400 2018-09-25T16:30:00-04:00 Walgreen Drama Center School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Serafin Aponte
Brown Bag Recital Series: Stephanie Yu (September 26, 2018 12:15pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53497 53497-13392460@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 26, 2018 12:15pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

SMTD doctoral student in organ Stephanie Yu performs.

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Performance Tue, 07 Aug 2018 12:15:17 -0400 2018-09-26T12:15:00-04:00 2018-09-26T12:45:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance
Guest Recital/Demo: Zhou Family Band (September 26, 2018 4:45pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53557 53557-13403683@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 26, 2018 4:45pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Zhou Family Band ( 周家班) plays traditional wind and percussion music that has accompanied birth and death celebrations of the people of Central-Eastern China for more than 600 years. Coming from Lingbi, Anhui Province, part of the Central Plain area, which formed the cradle of Chinese civilization, the Zhou family have been musicians for seven generations, and are bearers of a tradition that represents the finest of Chinese folk music – Bolin Laba, a national intangible cultural heritage of China as declared by the Chinese government.

This event is sponsored by the Confucius Institute at the University of Michigan.

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Performance Mon, 13 Aug 2018 18:15:29 -0400 2018-09-26T16:45:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Zhou Family Band
University Philharmonia Orchestra (September 26, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53493 53493-13392456@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 26, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Oriol Sans, conductor

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

The University Philharmonia Orchestra will join the worldwide celebration of Leonard Bernstein’s centennial performing his delightful Divertimento for Orchestra. With its eclectic musical allusions, its tenderness, wittiness, longing, and charm, the work is the perfect musical embodiment of Bernstein’s multifaceted and absolutely mesmerizing personality. Two more pieces by American composers, Howard Hanson’s outstanding Symphony No. 2 “Romantic” and So Far So Good by Nico Muhly, considered by the Daily Telegraph“the hottest composer,” will complete this first program of the year.

PROGRAM: Nico Muhly- So Far So Good; Bernstein- Divertimento for Orchestra; Hanson- Symphony No. 2

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Performance Tue, 11 Sep 2018 18:15:26 -0400 2018-09-26T20:00:00-04:00 Hill Auditorium School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance UPO
Gifts of Art presents American Songbook (September 27, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53187 53187-13278542@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 27, 2018 12:00pm
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Paul Keller is best known for the Detroit Music Award winning 15-piece Paul Keller Orchestra, playing on Monday nights in Ann Arbor since 1989, but he also toured internationally with Diana Krall for many years. Jazz vocalist Sarah D’Angelo has a master’s degree in clarinet performance from U-M, and she brings her lifetime of music study to her singing. James Dapogny is Professor Emeritus from the U-M School of Music, Theater and Dance, and he led his Grammy-nominated Chicago Jazz Band on piano for over 30 years. Look for live stream video on Gifts of Art Facebook.

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Performance Wed, 25 Jul 2018 09:05:27 -0400 2018-09-27T12:00:00-04:00 2018-09-27T13:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Performance Photograph of Sarah D’Angelo and Paul Keller by Christopher John Wilson. High resolution version available upon request.
Guest Master Class: Carol Jantsch, tuba (September 27, 2018 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55661 55661-13768250@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 27, 2018 3:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Praised by the Philadelphia Inquirer as having “a sound as clear and sure as it [is] luxurious,” Carol Jantsch has been principal tuba of The Philadelphia Orchestra since 2006. She won the position during her senior year at the University of Michigan, becoming the first female tuba player in a major symphony orchestra.

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Performance Wed, 19 Sep 2018 12:49:59 -0400 2018-09-27T15:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Carol Jantsch
Donovan Woods (September 27, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54206 54206-13539458@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 27, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Donovan Woods's work is guided by a mantra that only sounds simple: Good songs win. Donovan, a Juno Award nominee, was raised in the small city of Sarnia, Ontario, to the sounds of country music, with a healthy dose of folk and pop, a combination that instilled in him a strong belief in the power of a good melody, the importance of everyday language, and the potential of a carefully crafted song. While amassing a catalogue of rousing and acclaimed music of his own, he has worked with some of the top songwriters in North America to craft cuts for performers ranging from Alan Doyle to Billy Currington. It’s not that Woods makes music that is a product of both country and folk; it’s that he makes music that shows how distracting the line separating the two can be. Like with so many songwriters of note, what matters isn’t what you call it, or where it comes from, but the stories you tell, and the voice you use. Woods's is a voice that demands attention, and that attention has been quick in coming, bringing international accolades, a growing number of fans inside and outside the music industry, and proclamations like "Canada’s best-kept secret," "piercingly honest," and "quietly anthemic." He comes to Michigan with a new album, "Both Ways."

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

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Performance Fri, 24 Aug 2018 16:07:38 -0400 2018-09-27T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Donovan Woods
Department of Performing Arts Technology Career Fair (Music Technology) (September 28, 2018 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53499 53499-13392462@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 28, 2018 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

The Department of Performing Arts Technology hosts a career fair featuring the world’s leading companies in the fields of music technology and acoustics. Presentations by Shure, Arup, Bose, and Harman will be followed by Q&A sessions. Snacks and light refreshments will be provided.

This event is sponsored in part by the by the Meta Weiser EXCEL Fund.

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Performance Wed, 19 Sep 2018 12:51:32 -0400 2018-09-28T15:00:00-04:00 2018-09-28T18:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Career Fair
EnspiRED x Creatives of Color Art Experience Showcase (September 28, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56067 56067-13825526@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 28, 2018 6:00pm
Location: North Quadrangle Space 2435
Organized By: Maize Pages Student Organizations

A safe space for creatives from all walks of life to showcase their art to the public. There will be talent from several different art forms including, but not limited to: singers, rappers, photographers, dancers, poets, graphic designers, stand up comedians, etc.  

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Performance Fri, 28 Sep 2018 18:00:17 -0400 2018-09-28T18:00:00-04:00 2018-09-28T21:00:00-04:00 North Quadrangle Space 2435 Maize Pages Student Organizations Performance
Earthly Airs and Hearty Beats: A Unique Concert of Wind and Drum Music from Central China (September 28, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53991 53991-13510883@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 28, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre
Organized By: Confucius Institute at the University of Michigan

Registration: https://goo.gl/G7AuE2

“Earthly Airs and Hearty Beats” will be performed at the Mendelssohn Theater on Friday, September 29, 2018. The performers are Zhou family Band, a group of family musicians that play music of weddings, funerals, and other life cycle rituals. Zhou Family Band attracted international attention through their first Europe tour in 2017, which brought them to five countries and prestigious festivals such as World of Music, Arts and Dance festival (WOMAD). Hailed for its “tremendous energy” by BBC, regarded as “China’s avant-garde” by The Guardian, and selected by SOAS Radio as one of its five favorite acts from the 2017 WOMAD, Zhou Family Band presents an authentic Chinese tradition.

Zhou Family Band (周家班) plays traditional wind and percussion music that have accompanied birth and death celebrations of people in Central-Eastern China for more than 600 years. Coming from Lingbi, Anhui Province, part of the Central Plain area which formed the cradle of Chinese civilization, the Zhou family has been musicians for seven generations, and are bearers of a tradition that represents the cream of Chinese folk music – Bolin Laba, a national intangible cultural heritage of China as declared by UNESCO.

Program:

“Red Forever” 《万年红》
“Tune of Celebration” 《庆贺令》
“Picking Dates“ 《打枣》
“Wild Geese Landing on the Shore” 《雁落沙滩》
“Tune of Great Sadness” 《大悲调》
“Chinese Opera” 《咔戏》
“Opening the Door” 《开门》
“A Hundred Birds Saluting the Phoenix” 《百鸟朝凤》
“Double Pipe” 《双管》
Medley of Chinese Popular Songs

*This program is subject to change.

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Performance Fri, 24 Aug 2018 16:28:57 -0400 2018-09-28T19:00:00-04:00 2018-09-28T21:00:00-04:00 Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre Confucius Institute at the University of Michigan Performance zhou family band
Faculty Recital: Scott Piper, tenor and Logan Skelton, piano (September 28, 2018 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53467 53467-13386076@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 28, 2018 7:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Program to include songs of Ralph Vaughan Williams and new songs of Logan Skelton.

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Performance Wed, 19 Sep 2018 12:54:36 -0400 2018-09-28T19:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Piper & Skelton
Mbende/Jerusarema Tehkno: Sculpture & Movement Study (September 28, 2018 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53948 53948-13504380@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 28, 2018 7:30pm
Location: Duderstadt Center
Organized By: Center for World Performance Studies

Mbende/Jerusarema Tehkno
Sculpture and Movement study exploring Mbende/Jerusarema, Zimbabwe Jit, Detroit Jit and Techno

Presented by Masimba Hwati and Friends:

Haleem "Stringz" Rasul
Liliane Karunanayake
Mike Manson
DJ George Rahme
Spencer Haney
Dylan Hancook
Kumbulani Zamuchiya
Chido Johnson

Supported by
Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design
Smucker Wagstaff Grant
Center for World Performance Studies (CWPS)
Arts Engine Grant
Rackham Research Grant
Zimbabwean Cultural Centre of Detroit (ZCCD)
PowerHouse Productions (PHP)

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Performance Mon, 20 Aug 2018 12:53:47 -0400 2018-09-28T19:30:00-04:00 2018-09-28T21:00:00-04:00 Duderstadt Center Center for World Performance Studies Performance Poster
Ann Arbor Dance Works 33rd Annual Season (September 28, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53546 53546-13401555@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 28, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Dance Building
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Ann Arbor Dance Works, the resident professional dance company of U-M's Dept. of Dance, presents its 33nd Annual Season, featuring new, recent, and historic dance works created & performed by guest artists, faculty, alumni, & students. Featured are works by Detroit dance artist Jennifer Harge to music by Def Jam and Boys Don't Cry; modern dance pioneer Doris Humphrey's "Air" set to J. S. Bach with live music performed by Christian Matijas Mecca; Chicago dance artists Corinne Imberski and Ayako Kato; a solo by faculty member Missy Beck and Amy Cova performed by Cova; a duet by faculty member Charli Brissey to a remix of Lady Gaga music; and a solo by faculty member Jillian Hopper.

Dancer: Ayako Kato, Photo: William Frederking

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Performance Wed, 15 Aug 2018 13:20:09 -0400 2018-09-28T20:00:00-04:00 Dance Building Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance A2 Dance Works
Symphony Band (September 28, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53469 53469-13386078@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 28, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Michael Haithcock, conductor
Danielle Gonzalez, soloist, SMTD Concerto Competition winner

Pre-concert conversation with Judy Bozone, Danielle Gonzalez, and Michael Haithcock at 7:15 PM in the lower lobby.

Four movements of Mozart’s “magnificent and sublime” Gran Partita recall the work’s premiere in 1784. This timeless classic is contrasted with the premiere of a composition by Judy Bozone, a recent U-M alumna, based on her recollections of living in Thailand. Higdon’s Percussion Concerto exploits the traditions of the classical concerto form infused with her award-winning compositional language. Premiered in Hill Auditorium in 1967, Nelson’s Rocky Point Holiday was an instant classic and has been an audience favorite for more than half a century!

PROGRAM: Mozart- Serenade No.10 “Gran Partita”, Mvt. 1, 3, 4, and 7; Judy Bozone- Spilled Orange (premiere performance); Jennifer Higdon- Percussion Concerto, Danielle Gonzalez, soloist; Ron Nelson- Rocky Point Holiday

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Performance Fri, 14 Sep 2018 18:15:37 -0400 2018-09-28T20:00:00-04:00 Hill Auditorium School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Symphony Band
58th Annual Organ Conference: Trailblazers (September 29, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52445 52445-12727263@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 29, 2018 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

This year we celebrate women’s contributions as performers, composers, educators, and builders of the organ, harpsichord and carillon. Distinguished guest artists and lecturers from North America and Europe will join University of Michigan faculty, students and alumni in presenting an impressive range of events, beginning with our annual Improvisation Competition and concluding with the restaging of three choreographies by the American Modern Dance pioneer, Doris Humphrey, set to the music of J.S. Bach.

We’re deeply grateful to our sponsors and community partners for making this exceptional event possible.

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Performance Mon, 20 Aug 2018 18:15:18 -0400 2018-09-29T08:00:00-04:00 2018-09-29T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance 58th Annual Organ Conference: Trailblazers
Michigan Performing Arts College Fair (September 29, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53141 53141-13239621@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 29, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

1:00 PM: Admissions Panel
2:00-4:00 PM: College Fair

This unique college fair is for students who are interested in pursuing a degree in the performing arts. Attendees will have the opportunity to meet admissions representatives from the nation’s top colleges, universities, and conservatories and to learn about their programs in all areas of the performing arts.

Co-hosted by the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance and the Michigan State University College of Music, the inaugural Michigan Performing Arts College Fair for prospective undergraduate and graduate students takes place at SMTD.

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Performance Wed, 26 Sep 2018 12:15:25 -0400 2018-09-29T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance MIPACF
A New World: intimate music from FINAL FANTASY (September 29, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51168 51168-12010115@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 29, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Presented by AWR Music Productions LLC

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Performance Mon, 19 Mar 2018 12:30:13 -0400 2018-09-29T20:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Ann Arbor Dance Works 33rd Annual Season (September 29, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53546 53546-13401554@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 29, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Dance Building
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Ann Arbor Dance Works, the resident professional dance company of U-M's Dept. of Dance, presents its 33nd Annual Season, featuring new, recent, and historic dance works created & performed by guest artists, faculty, alumni, & students. Featured are works by Detroit dance artist Jennifer Harge to music by Def Jam and Boys Don't Cry; modern dance pioneer Doris Humphrey's "Air" set to J. S. Bach with live music performed by Christian Matijas Mecca; Chicago dance artists Corinne Imberski and Ayako Kato; a solo by faculty member Missy Beck and Amy Cova performed by Cova; a duet by faculty member Charli Brissey to a remix of Lady Gaga music; and a solo by faculty member Jillian Hopper.

Dancer: Ayako Kato, Photo: William Frederking

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Performance Wed, 15 Aug 2018 13:20:09 -0400 2018-09-29T20:00:00-04:00 Dance Building Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance A2 Dance Works
Faculty/Guest Recital: Aaron Berofsky, violin and Tobias Werner, cello (September 29, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53468 53468-13386077@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 29, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Walgreen Drama Center
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

A “String Extravaganza” featuring U-M string faculty and guest artist Tobias Werner, cello (director of the Pressenda Chamber Players). They will perform two masterworks: Brahms String Quintet Opus 111 and the Schubert Cello Quintet.

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Performance Tue, 14 Aug 2018 12:15:18 -0400 2018-09-29T20:00:00-04:00 Walgreen Drama Center School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Aaron Berofsky
Holly Near (September 29, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51003 51003-11939149@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 29, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Holly Near invites audience members to find their best selves. Almost singlehandedly Holly created a whole slice of today's folk and acoustic music scene: politically engaged female songwriters who have spoken out for gender equality and for the freedom to love whomever we choose, and who have created new, independent ways of distributing their music—well, these numerous artists all have Holly Near to thank for blazing the way. In 1972, Holly was one of the first women to create an independent record company, paving the way for women like Ani DiFranco and others.

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Performance Thu, 14 Jun 2018 10:14:06 -0400 2018-09-29T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Holly Near
Tunde Olaniran (September 29, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53573 53573-13410065@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 29, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

On the occasion of the UMMA exhibition Beyond Borders: Global Africa, UMMA presents Tunde Olaniran in concert. Olaniran’s music and performance embodies what it means to be beyond borders, blending dance, electro, hip-hop, and rock. His debut album, Transgressor (2015), “feel[s] like it was recorded by a dissonant, flourishing collective, rather than a man from Flint [...] whose only vocal training is choir practice to boot” (Pitchfork). He was named NPR's Top Artist to Watch at SXSW 2017 and has been praised by The New York Times, Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, Stereogum, Noisey, Afropunk, and countless others.

The exhibition will be open after the performance.

This concert is a standing-room performance, and is co-sponsored by the U-M Center for World Performance Studies, Spectrum Center, and the School of Music, Theatre & Dance.

This event is FREE. However A TICKET IS REQUIRED FOR ENTRY. Click "Get Tickets" or call the Michigan Union Ticket Office at 734-763-8587 to see if tickets are available.

Photograph by Jordyn Belli

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Performance Mon, 20 Aug 2018 12:11:04 -0400 2018-09-29T20:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Tunde
58th Annual Organ Conference: Trailblazers (September 30, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52445 52445-12727264@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, September 30, 2018 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

This year we celebrate women’s contributions as performers, composers, educators, and builders of the organ, harpsichord and carillon. Distinguished guest artists and lecturers from North America and Europe will join University of Michigan faculty, students and alumni in presenting an impressive range of events, beginning with our annual Improvisation Competition and concluding with the restaging of three choreographies by the American Modern Dance pioneer, Doris Humphrey, set to the music of J.S. Bach.

We’re deeply grateful to our sponsors and community partners for making this exceptional event possible.

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Performance Mon, 20 Aug 2018 18:15:18 -0400 2018-09-30T08:00:00-04:00 2018-09-30T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance 58th Annual Organ Conference: Trailblazers
Student/Faculty Baroque Recital (September 30, 2018 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53522 53522-13394607@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, September 30, 2018 3:00pm
Location: Walgreen Drama Center
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

This program features Stephen Shipps’s violin class; Stephen Shipps, violin; David Daniels, countertenor; Carmen Pelton, soprano; and Joe Gascho, harpsichord and organ performing Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater.

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Performance Mon, 13 Aug 2018 18:15:23 -0400 2018-09-30T15:00:00-04:00 Walgreen Drama Center School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Walgreen Drama Center
58th University of Michigan Organ Conference: Hymn Festival (September 30, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53473 53473-13386083@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, September 30, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Featuring guest artists Dr. Scott Hyslop & Rev. Kendra Mohn

Events of recent history have clearly demonstrated to us how little we have progressed in the areas of social justice - justice for women, justice For sexual orientation, justice for race and creed are to name but a few of these areas which seem to populate newspaper headlines, television news feeds and social media. The church triumphant cannot remain mute in the face of these societal ills and issues, but must stand strong and with a clear voice proclaim justice for all - justice for all creation. This hymn festival will present a variety of hymns which address these issues with texts written by women poets and authors as well as settings by women composers. It will be our hope to present the best of what these voices have to offer for the edification of all who hear their words and music.

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Performance Mon, 13 Aug 2018 18:15:27 -0400 2018-09-30T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance
Michigan Chamber Players (September 30, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55658 55658-13768247@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, September 30, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Matt Albert, director and curator

Michigan Chamber Players opens its 2018-19 season with “Hymns,” a program curated by director Matt Albert. This concert explores melodic, choral, and rhythmic textures that resonate with Albert's own experiences growing up in church choirs. The program features music by Missy Mazzoli, Nico Muhly, Anna Clyne, and Marc Mellits, with a centerpiece of Vaughan Williams' Four Hymns for tenor, viola, and piano. 

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Performance Wed, 19 Sep 2018 12:15:23 -0400 2018-09-30T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance
Seth Walker w/sg The Zindles (September 30, 2018 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52774 52774-13036489@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, September 30, 2018 7:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Over the past ten years, Seth Walker has become recognized as one of the most revered modern roots artists in the United States; a three-dimensional talent comprising a gift for combining melody and lyric alongside a rich, gospel-drenched, Southern-inflected voice, with a true-blue knack for getting around on the guitar. Seth's latest studio album, "Gotta Get Back," is produced by Jano Rix of The Wood Brothers. Seth Walker splits his time between New Orleans and New York City after previously residing in Austin and Nashville. He’s used those experiences wisely, soaking up the sounds and absorbing the musical lineage of these varied places.

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Performance Tue, 21 Aug 2018 13:50:37 -0400 2018-09-30T19:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Seth
58th Annual Organ Conference Faculty Concert (September 30, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53193 53193-13280698@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, September 30, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

SMTD professors Joan Holland (harp), James Kibbie (organ), Kola Owolabi (organ), and guest artist Susan Clark Joul (soprano) perform works of Rachel Laurin, Pamela Decker, and the world premiere of The Apostle by SMTD alumna Catherine McMichael.

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Performance Mon, 13 Aug 2018 18:15:24 -0400 2018-09-30T20:00:00-04:00 Hill Auditorium School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Hill Auditorium
58th Annual Organ Conference: Trailblazers (October 1, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52445 52445-12727265@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 1, 2018 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

This year we celebrate women’s contributions as performers, composers, educators, and builders of the organ, harpsichord and carillon. Distinguished guest artists and lecturers from North America and Europe will join University of Michigan faculty, students and alumni in presenting an impressive range of events, beginning with our annual Improvisation Competition and concluding with the restaging of three choreographies by the American Modern Dance pioneer, Doris Humphrey, set to the music of J.S. Bach.

We’re deeply grateful to our sponsors and community partners for making this exceptional event possible.

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Performance Mon, 20 Aug 2018 18:15:18 -0400 2018-10-01T08:00:00-04:00 2018-10-01T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance 58th Annual Organ Conference: Trailblazers
Guest Master Class: Christina Smith, flute (October 1, 2018 4:40pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53099 53099-13230955@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 1, 2018 4:40pm
Location: Stearns Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Christina Smith is one of the most sought-after flutists in the country as an orchestral player, soloist, chamber musician, and teacher. The 2018-19 season is Smith’s 28th season as principal flutist of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, where she holds the Jill Hertz Principal Flute chair, endowed in perpetuity. Smith’s flute solos can be heard on over 40 ASO recordings. She has also appeared with the orchestra numerous times as concerto soloist, in works including Mozart, Vivaldi, Ibert, Rodrigo, Nielsen, Jolivet, and Christopher Rouse. She performed the southeastern U.S. premiere of Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho’s L’aile du songe, with Robert Spano conducting.

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Performance Mon, 13 Aug 2018 18:15:24 -0400 2018-10-01T16:40:00-04:00 2018-10-01T18:30:00-04:00 Stearns Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Christina Smith
58th University of Michigan Organ Conference Guest Recital: Margaret Pan, carillon (October 1, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53474 53474-13386084@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 1, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Burton Memorial Tower
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Margaret Pan began studying carillon in 2007 with Robin Austin at Princeton University and passed the carillonneur's exam of the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America (GCNA) in 2008. She graduated from the Royal Carillon School in Mechelen, Belgium in 2012 as a student of Eddy Marien, Koen Cosaert, and Erik Vandevoort, and spent autumn 2015 as a carillon fellow with Geert D'hollander at Bok Tower Gardens in Lake Wales, Florida. Currently, Pan is a freelance carillonneur in the Boston area, practicing and performing regularly at Cohasset and Norwood. She has given recitals across the United States, Canada, Belgium, and the Netherlands, including at the 2013 International Carillon Festival in Springfield, Illinois and the 2014 GCNA congress in Denver, Colorado. Pan won first and second prizes respectively at international carillon competitions in Springfield, Illinois (2017) and Groningen, The Netherlands (2012). She also serves as juror on the GCNA exam committee. Pan holds physics and astrophysics degrees from MIT and Caltech and has returned to MIT for research on planetary dynamics and planet formation in our and other solar systems.

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Performance Mon, 13 Aug 2018 18:15:27 -0400 2018-10-01T19:00:00-04:00 Burton Memorial Tower School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Burton Memorial Tower
First Dissertation Recital: Eun Young Lee, piano *POSTPONED TBA* (October 1, 2018 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55858 55858-13782345@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 1, 2018 7:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

This program has been postponed.

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Performance Thu, 27 Sep 2018 12:15:31 -0400 2018-10-01T19:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance
58th University of Michigan Organ Conference Student Recital: Students of Dr. James Kibbie and Dr. Kola Owolabi (October 1, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53475 53475-13386085@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 1, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

This recital features organ music by women composers.

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Performance Mon, 13 Aug 2018 18:15:27 -0400 2018-10-01T20:00:00-04:00 Hill Auditorium School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Hill Auditorium
Carl Broemel of My Morning Jacket with Steelism (October 1, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53250 53250-13321612@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 1, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Carl Broemel has appeared on Rolling Stone's list of 20 New Guitar Gods, but that doesn't cover his divine presence. A linchpin of the phenomenally successful Louisville neo-psychedelic rock band My Morning Jacket, he has released three solo albums, including the new "Wished Out." Solo, he plays acoustic instruments and takes an introspective approach. "It takes a lot of time to know your mind," Carl says and that Zen-like statement informs his intimate musings on life, reflecting on things as they are and making no judgment on how they should be. The music of Carl Broemel gives pause for thought but stops well short of preaching. It inhabits little fractured moments that invite the listener into thoughtful contemplation that in turn gives rise to epiphanies on larger themes.

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Performance Tue, 21 Aug 2018 13:52:06 -0400 2018-10-01T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Carl Broemel
58th Annual Organ Conference: Trailblazers (October 2, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52445 52445-12727266@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 2, 2018 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

This year we celebrate women’s contributions as performers, composers, educators, and builders of the organ, harpsichord and carillon. Distinguished guest artists and lecturers from North America and Europe will join University of Michigan faculty, students and alumni in presenting an impressive range of events, beginning with our annual Improvisation Competition and concluding with the restaging of three choreographies by the American Modern Dance pioneer, Doris Humphrey, set to the music of J.S. Bach.

We’re deeply grateful to our sponsors and community partners for making this exceptional event possible.

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Performance Mon, 20 Aug 2018 18:15:18 -0400 2018-10-02T08:00:00-04:00 2018-10-02T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance 58th Annual Organ Conference: Trailblazers
58th University of Michigan Organ Conference Faculty Recital: Tiffany Ng, carillon (October 2, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53476 53476-13386086@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 2, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Burton Memorial Tower
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Tiffany Ng is an assistant professor of carillon and University carillonist at the University of Michigan. An energetic advocate of contemporary music, she has premiered or revived two dozen pieces by emerging and established composers from Ken Ueno to Kaikhosru Sorabji, pioneered models for interactive “crowdsourced” carillon performances and environmental data-driven sound installations with Greg Niemeyer, Chris Chafe, Ed Campion, and Ken Goldberg, and through her composer collaborations significantly increased the American repertoire for carillon and electronics. Her concert career has taken her to festivals in a dozen countries in Europe, Asia, and North America, including Berkeley’s 2015 Campanile Centennial, Stanford’s 2014 CCRMA anniversary festival, the 23rd International Carillon Festival at Bok Tower Gardens, Florida, the 2014 International Carillon Festival Barcelona, and the 2008 Post-Congress Festival of the World Carillon Federation.

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Performance Tue, 14 Aug 2018 12:15:21 -0400 2018-10-02T19:00:00-04:00 Burton Memorial Tower School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Burton Memorial Tower
Percussion Ensemble (October 2, 2018 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53662 53662-13446243@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 2, 2018 7:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

The Percussion Ensemble looks at music from Canadian composers and performers this semester over two different concerts (second concert later this year). Celebrating "...the true north strong and free, from far and wide..." the Percussion Ensemble will perform works by Canadians Ann Southam and Dinuk Wijeratne. Canadian percussionist and composer Bob Becker is featured in his work Mudra with soloist Colin McCall and Steve Reich's Nagoya Marimbas written for Becker and fellow Canadian and NEXUS Percussion Ensemble founder Russell Hartenberger. Works by the percussion pioneer Johanna Beyer will be featured; other works include compositions by Marc Mellits, Ben Wahlund, Mark Applebaum, and Glenn Kotche

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Performance Mon, 13 Aug 2018 18:15:20 -0400 2018-10-02T19:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance
58th University of Michigan Organ Conference (October 2, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53477 53477-13386087@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 2, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

The Dance Legacy Project—Doris Humphrey at Michigan—is a new faculty initiative directed by SMTD faculty Jillian Hopper and Christian Matijas-Mecca. This year’s program will feature three dances created by one of the pioneers of American Modern Dance, Doris Humphrey.

Air, Brandenburg Concerto #4, and Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor, will be performed at Hill Auditorium in collaboration with Professor James Kibbie, the U-M Organ Department, and the Baroque Chamber Ensemble under the direction of Professors Joseph Gascho and Aaron Berofsky. This concert will be the first presentation of all three dances on the same program, accompanied by live music in Bach’s original scoring.

A cast of 31 dancers from U-M and Eastern Michigan University will perform the works on the final concert of the 58th Annual U-M Organ Conference in a first-of-its-kind collaboration between the Organ and Dance Departments.

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Performance Mon, 10 Sep 2018 18:15:26 -0400 2018-10-02T20:00:00-04:00 Hill Auditorium School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance 58th University of Michigan Organ Conference
The Revelers (October 2, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52352 52352-12641730@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 2, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

"If you've ever been nagged by the feeling that all Cajun and zydeco music was starting to sound a bit too much like the same old thing," writes the UK's Songlines, "The Revelers will toss that notion back on your ears." This Louisiana band has been called an Eastern U.S. counterpart to Los Lobos, and they punch up Cajun and swamp rock classics with a dose of contemporary rock and R&B. The Revelers are a sextet of veteran musicians from Cajun country and beyond who combine crack musicianship with sheer infectious joy in playing together. And if you're hanging on to the last vestiges of summer, well, we've got a jolt of warmth for you, straight from Lafayette, Louisiana. This band contains several former members of The Pine Leaf Boys and of The Red Stick Ramblers, who did some legendary Michigan shows back in the day.

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Performance Fri, 06 Jul 2018 11:34:59 -0400 2018-10-02T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Revelers
Concert Band (October 3, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53540 53540-13401547@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 3, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Courtney Snyder, conductor
Giovani Briguente, graduate conductor

The U-M Concert Band opens its season with a program that reflects the diversity of its genre: traditional standards, new works by women and minority composers, works of frivolity and solemnity, large and chamber ensembles, overtures, suites, and symphonies. We welcome home U-M alumnus, Frank Ticheli, to receive an SMTD Alumni Award the following weekend.

PROGRAM: Schuman- Chester; Holst- First Suite in Eb; McCune- High Water Rising; Grantham- Baron Cimitiere's Mambo; Fukada- Dream Forest; Tamura- City Girl Sentimentalism; Ticheli- Symphony No. 2

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Performance Mon, 10 Sep 2018 18:15:25 -0400 2018-10-03T20:00:00-04:00 Hill Auditorium School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Concert Band
Matt Andersen (October 3, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52708 52708-12969903@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 3, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

New Brunswick might not be the first place you would think to look for the blues, but forget your presumptions! Matt Andersen won the Blues Foundation's International Blues Challenge in Memphis, and his soulful voice is matched in intensity by his brittle, captivating acoustic guitar style. Matt does what we guarantee is the greatest version of "Ain't No Sunshine" since the days of Bill Withers. He's opened for Little Feat, Bo Diddley, Randy Bachman, and David "Honeyboy" Edwards in between about 250 annual headliner dates of his own all over Canada, the U.S., and the UK. Matt's unique blues sound incorporates elements of rock and other roots traditions, and pickers of any instrument are sure to learn a thing or two on the way to a great time. Tonight, for the first time at The Ark, Matt plays a solo show.

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Performance Wed, 11 Jul 2018 13:33:47 -0400 2018-10-03T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Matt
Folk Music (October 4, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55657 55657-13768246@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 4, 2018 12:00pm
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Sandor and Laszlo Slomovits are Ann Arbor’s nationally known folk music duo, Gemini. However, when they are joined by San’s daughter Emily, they are called Gemily! The trio has a wide ranging repertoire, from classic songs of the 60s to traditional folk songs and dance tunes, as well as their own sparkling originals. Sung with unique three-part family harmonies, and accompanied by nearly a dozen instruments, their music is at once soothing and invigorating. Look for live stream video on Gifts of Art Facebook.

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Performance Wed, 19 Sep 2018 12:35:02 -0400 2018-10-04T12:00:00-04:00 2018-10-04T13:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Performance Photograph of Gemily by Jennifer Burd.
How the Potty Trained Us (October 4, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55775 55775-13777544@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 4, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Dana Natural Resources Building
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

Part lecture, part stand-up, part character shifting solo play, this is the performance that started it all. You'll find out why we have such negative feelings about poop, how it's been different in the past, the problems our current system creates, and how you can be part of the poo revo-loo-tion!

More information about Shawn Shafner and the POOP project can be found by visiting http://thepoopproject.org/

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Performance Fri, 21 Sep 2018 13:15:13 -0400 2018-10-04T16:00:00-04:00 2018-10-04T17:00:00-04:00 Dana Natural Resources Building Civil and Environmental Engineering Performance three toilet papers
Night and Day (October 4, 2018 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52114 52114-12441223@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 4, 2018 7:30pm
Location: Walgreen Drama Center
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

A dance/theatre work by Charles Mee

Dept. of Theatre & Drama

Directed by Malcolm Tulip with Dominika Knapik

In collaboration with the Polish National Academy of Theatre Arts, a work based on the Greek myths of Daphnis and Chloe, and Thyestes.

*The production contains violent material, loud sound, and flashing lights/video. Recommended for mature audiences.*

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Performance Tue, 09 Oct 2018 12:15:21 -0400 2018-10-04T19:30:00-04:00 Walgreen Drama Center School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Night and Day
Senior Recital: Audrey Camille Shepherd, bassoon (October 4, 2018 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56129 56129-13834889@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 4, 2018 7:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

PROGRAM: Tansman - Sonatine pour basson & piano; Mignone - 16 Waltzes; Vivaldi - Concerto in F Major, RV 485; Sciortino - Sorcels; Hsu - Spring Fever; Rossi - Unlikely Friends: For a pair of distorted harpsichords, a drum set, an 808, and a bassoon.

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Performance Thu, 27 Sep 2018 18:15:33 -0400 2018-10-04T19:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance
Faculty Recital: Jonathan Ovalle, percussion (October 4, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53675 53675-13446258@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 4, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Percussionist, Jonathan Ovalle presents a recital featuring works for solo percussion, transcriptions for marimba, free improvisations, and a jazz set on vibraphone, also featuring SMTD faculty members Ellen Rowe on piano, Michael Gould on drums, and UM-Flint professor Patrick Prouty on bass. Works by Phillip Glass, Julian Lage, J.S. Bach, Nicholas Martynciow, and Jonathan Ovalle will be on the program.

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Performance Wed, 26 Sep 2018 12:15:26 -0400 2018-10-04T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Jonathan Ovalle
Los Lonely Boys (October 4, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52775 52775-13036490@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 4, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

The abiding sense of family unity and creative rapport that has produced two decades of great music has been built into Los Lonely Boys from the beginning. Indeed, Henry, Jojo, and Ringo Garza have been making music together for their entire lives. Their father, Ringo Garza Sr., was a member of another sibling band, the Falcones, which played throughout southern Texas in the ’70s and ’80s. The family relocated to Nashville in the ’90s, and soon Henry, Jojo, and Ringo Jr. began writing and performing their own material as a trio.

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Performance Wed, 11 Jul 2018 13:37:05 -0400 2018-10-04T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Los
Student Recital: Front Porch (October 4, 2018 9:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55660 55660-13768249@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 4, 2018 9:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Front Porch teams up with local singer-songwriters from a wide range of backgrounds and styles: Evan Chambers, Hannah McPhillimy, Grey Grant, and Rebecca Rosen. Together, they will perform original arrangements of their songs in a genre-breaking evening of fun at the intimate Canterbury House in downtown Ann Arbor.

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Performance Wed, 19 Sep 2018 12:51:57 -0400 2018-10-04T21:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Front Porch
Doin' Time: Through the Visiting Glass (October 5, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54935 54935-13654179@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 5, 2018 7:00pm
Location: East Quadrangle
Organized By: Residential College

Doin’ Time: Through the Visiting Glass examines the impact of incarceration on families. Ashley Lucas, the child of an incarcerated father, conducted interviews in California, Texas, and New York with prisoners’ family members, former prisoners, and people who do work connected to prisons. She also corresponded with over 400 prisoners from across the U.S. Weaving together these interviews and letters with her personal experience as a prisoner’s child and creative writing, Lucas wrote a one-person play which she performs herself. Doin’ Time uses monologues to take the audience through a variety of perspectives on the families of the incarcerated. Since 2004, Lucas has performed Doin’ Time both inside and outside prisons throughout the U.S. and in Ireland, Canada, and Brazil. The play runs one hour and fifteen minutes and is always followed by an audience discussion.

RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED. THE EVENT IS SOLD OUT, but if you did not get a reservation, you may come to the event and get on the waiting list in case a spot opens up.

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Performance Wed, 26 Sep 2018 10:41:49 -0400 2018-10-05T19:00:00-04:00 2018-10-05T21:00:00-04:00 East Quadrangle Residential College Performance Ashley Lucas- Doin' Time
Night and Day (October 5, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52114 52114-12441224@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 5, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Walgreen Drama Center
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

A dance/theatre work by Charles Mee

Dept. of Theatre & Drama

Directed by Malcolm Tulip with Dominika Knapik

In collaboration with the Polish National Academy of Theatre Arts, a work based on the Greek myths of Daphnis and Chloe, and Thyestes.

*The production contains violent material, loud sound, and flashing lights/video. Recommended for mature audiences.*

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Performance Tue, 09 Oct 2018 12:15:21 -0400 2018-10-05T20:00:00-04:00 Walgreen Drama Center School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Night and Day
Symphony Band Chamber Winds (October 5, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53465 53465-13386074@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 5, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Richard Frey, guest conductor
Giovani Briguente, Christine Lundahl, and Elliott Tackitt, graduate student conductors
Kelly Ann Bixby, soloist

Symphony Band musicians mix and match in groups of 10 to 16 performers to present works inspired by a variety of “leaders and best” including two pieces written by prominent U-M alumni composers. Join us in celebrating Frank Ticheli and his return to campus as a new member of the SMTD Hall of Fame.

PROGRAM: Renaissance Brass Set including music of Scheidt and Gabrieli; Bernard- Divertissement; Matthew Tomassini- Torn Canvases; Frank Ticheli- Songs of Love and Life, Kelly Ann Bixby, soprano

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Performance Mon, 24 Sep 2018 14:12:18 -0400 2018-10-05T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance SBCW
Trace Bundy & Sungha Junga (October 5, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52576 52576-12857425@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 5, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Internationally acclaimed guitar virtuoso Trace Bundy must be seen, not just heard. His music is poetry in motion, using harmonics, looping, multiple capos, and his unique banter and stage presence to deliver an unforgettable live concert experience. Listening to his intricate arrangements is one thing, but seeing the fan-dubbed "Acoustic Ninja" play live confounds even the most accomplished music lovers as to how one person can do all that with just two hands and ten fingers. Trace’s unique career has brought him across the world, with concerts in 28 countries and counting - from high-tech performance halls in South Korea and Italy, to remote villages in Zimbabwe and Guatemala. He has independently sold over 125,000 albums on his record label, Honest Ninja Music. His video clips circulate virally at astonishing speed, with over 40 million YouTube views to date. Jimmy Leslie at Guitar Player blogs “It was easy to see why Bundy plays bigger venues on each tour. In his hands, the acoustic guitar is an imagination station, and there was no telling where he is going take the audience at any given turn. Thrilling stuff.” Audiocast from Austin, TX agrees: "Bundy's live show is without a doubt an event that needs to be witnessed rather than told about. With such a jaw-dropping performance, Bundy's live concert is a slap in the face that would leave a palm print on the memory of everyone in the audience."

One of the most sought-after young artists in the world today, Sungha Jung began playing the guitar at the age of 10 and learned his exceptional guitar skills solely from watching other musicians on the Internet. Sungha Jung’s YouTube channel ‘jwcfree’ has garnered a phenomenal 1.5 billion views with over 5 million subscribers worldwide since its launch in 2006. Since the release of his debut album "Perfect Blue{ in 2010, the aspiring young musician has now had 8 solo albums out and tours all over the world every year as a professional fingerstyle guitar player.

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Performance Fri, 08 Jun 2018 17:26:44 -0400 2018-10-05T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Trace Sungha
Carbon Leaf (October 6, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52013 52013-12351782@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 6, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Carbon Leaf is celebrating its Silver Anniversary in 2018 behind a new album and extensive touring. Through 25 years together, the group’s independent music and spirit continue to resonate with its fans, and an authentic bond between the band members and their audience is evident.

Blending rock, folk, Celtic, bluegrass and Americana into a high-energy style the group calls ether-electrified porch music, the Virginia quintet’s poetic songs are brought to life with acoustic & electric guitars, mandolin, fiddle, bass, drums, cello, banjo, penny whistle, pedal steel, accordion and rich vocal harmony.

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Performance Thu, 14 Jun 2018 10:17:19 -0400 2018-10-06T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Carbon
Night and Day (October 6, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52114 52114-12441225@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 6, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Walgreen Drama Center
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

A dance/theatre work by Charles Mee

Dept. of Theatre & Drama

Directed by Malcolm Tulip with Dominika Knapik

In collaboration with the Polish National Academy of Theatre Arts, a work based on the Greek myths of Daphnis and Chloe, and Thyestes.

*The production contains violent material, loud sound, and flashing lights/video. Recommended for mature audiences.*

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Performance Tue, 09 Oct 2018 12:15:21 -0400 2018-10-06T20:00:00-04:00 Walgreen Drama Center School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Night and Day
Student Composers’ Concert (October 6, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53663 53663-13446244@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 6, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

A concert of original works by student composers at SMTD.

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Performance Thu, 04 Oct 2018 18:15:25 -0400 2018-10-06T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance
Night and Day (October 7, 2018 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52114 52114-12441226@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, October 7, 2018 2:00pm
Location: Walgreen Drama Center
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

A dance/theatre work by Charles Mee

Dept. of Theatre & Drama

Directed by Malcolm Tulip with Dominika Knapik

In collaboration with the Polish National Academy of Theatre Arts, a work based on the Greek myths of Daphnis and Chloe, and Thyestes.

*The production contains violent material, loud sound, and flashing lights/video. Recommended for mature audiences.*

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Performance Tue, 09 Oct 2018 12:15:21 -0400 2018-10-07T14:00:00-04:00 Walgreen Drama Center School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Night and Day
Sophomore Horn Studio Recital (October 7, 2018 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53520 53520-13394603@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, October 7, 2018 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Students of Professors Adam Unsworth and Bryan Kennedy will perform solo works for horn and piano.

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Performance Tue, 07 Aug 2018 18:15:14 -0400 2018-10-07T14:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance
Josh White Jr (October 7, 2018 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52776 52776-13038641@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, October 7, 2018 7:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Josh White Jr. describes himself as a secular, folk/blues, pop, jazz vocalist, guitarist, songwriter, actor, adult and children's concert performer and recording artist, teacher, and social activist. He carries forward the musical legacy of his father, who brought a taste of the blues to New York's folk scene and then to the whole world in the 1930s and 1940s. Josh Jr. grew up performing on stage with his father, and he can take you back to personal encounters with the likes of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, Langston Hughes, Paul Robeson, Bojangles, Leadbelly, Joe Louis, Woody Guthrie, Billie Holiday, Pete Seeger, Dorothy Gish, Burl Ives, Odetta, Miriam Makeba, and Nina Simone. He has continued to record music ranging from folk to country to kids' music, and he comes to The Ark with a new album, "Spiritual Side," recorded with Richard Smerin.

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Performance Wed, 11 Jul 2018 13:39:44 -0400 2018-10-07T19:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Josh
String Quartets Recital *Updated Time* (October 7, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53664 53664-13446246@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, October 7, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

The 5:00 PM performance has been folded into the 8:00 PM performance.

In their first performance of the semester, members of the String Quartet class present selections from Joseph Haydn's Op. 64 quartets. These beautiful pieces showcase Haydn's joy, humor, and elegance, and his writing helped pave the way for string quartets to become one of the most influential chamber music forms of the next two hundred years.

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Performance Mon, 01 Oct 2018 12:15:24 -0400 2018-10-07T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance
The Sally Fleming Masterclass Series: Kristin von der Goltz, cello (October 8, 2018 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56426 56426-13899086@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 8, 2018 4:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

As part of the Sally Fleming Guest Masterclass Series Kristin von der Goltz will lead three master classes.

Monday: Continuo & Chamber Music

Tuesday (AM): with the U-M Baroque Chamber Orchestra

Tuesday (PM): with the cello studios of Richard Aaron and Anthony Elliott

Kristin von der Goltz (born in 1966) is a German-Norwegian cellist and professor of baroque cello in Frankfurt. She is a renowned soloist and chamber musician, and is artistic leader for the Norwegian Baroque Orchestra.

She started studying with her father Konrad von der Goltz and her mother Kirsti Hjort. She later studied with, among others, William Pleeth in London. Her musical activities include regular collaboration with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and The Hannover Band, and from 1991 until 2004 she was with the Freiburger Barockorchester. Since 1992 she has been a member of the acclaimed trio Trio Vivente with violinist Anne Katharine Schreiber and pianist Jutta Ernst.

Goltz plays both modern and baroque cello, and is an internationally sought after cello soloist. She has been a member and soloist with the Berliner Barock Solisten since 2006, and since 2009 has had several solo performances with Munich Chamber Orchestra. Goltz has been professor of baroque cello at Frankfurt College of Music since 2009. She has released a number of CD recordings, including Sonatas by Jacob Klein in 2004, Capriccios by D’all Abaco in 2006, and Sonatas by Antoine Dard in 2007.

Sponsored by the Sally Fleming Guest Masterclass Fund with additional support from the SMTD Chamber Music Department, SMTD Early Music, and the Stearns Collection.

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Performance Thu, 04 Oct 2018 18:15:36 -0400 2018-10-08T16:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance
Story Lab Kickoff (October 8, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54898 54898-13651925@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 8, 2018 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 Monday, October 8 from 5-6:30 PM in the Ross 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 Ross Diaries 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 Thu, 06 Sep 2018 09:46:57 -0400 2018-10-08T17:00:00-04:00 2018-10-08T18:30:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Sanger Leadership Center Performance Story Lab
Jazz Master Class Forum: Jazz Students Group Performance (October 8, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53679 53679-13446262@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 8, 2018 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

The Jazz Forum is the weekly community gathering of the Department of Jazz and Contemporary Improvisation. This performance will also have a Rhythm Section Master Class from 7-8:00 PM.

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Performance Mon, 13 Aug 2018 18:15:30 -0400 2018-10-08T18:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance
Department of Voice Recital (October 8, 2018 6:45pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53521 53521-13394604@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 8, 2018 6:45pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Voice students present a recital of their latest repertoire.

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Performance Thu, 11 Oct 2018 12:15:27 -0400 2018-10-08T18:45:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance
Symphony Band Chamber Winds: Gran Partita Concert (October 8, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53466 53466-13386075@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 8, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Walgreen Drama Center
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Michael Haithcock, conductor
Steven Whiting, commentator

Mozart’s Serenade No. 10 in B-flat major, known as the Gran Partita, will be performed in its entirety and will be preceded by an illuminating commentary on the work by U-M’s acclaimed musicologist, Steven Whiting. Live musical examples from the performance to follow will enhance the commentary.

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Performance Mon, 24 Sep 2018 18:15:22 -0400 2018-10-08T20:00:00-04:00 Walgreen Drama Center School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance SBCW
The Sally Fleming Masterclass Series: Kristin von der Goltz, cello (October 9, 2018 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56426 56426-13899087@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 9, 2018 11:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

As part of the Sally Fleming Guest Masterclass Series Kristin von der Goltz will lead three master classes.

Monday: Continuo & Chamber Music

Tuesday (AM): with the U-M Baroque Chamber Orchestra

Tuesday (PM): with the cello studios of Richard Aaron and Anthony Elliott

Kristin von der Goltz (born in 1966) is a German-Norwegian cellist and professor of baroque cello in Frankfurt. She is a renowned soloist and chamber musician, and is artistic leader for the Norwegian Baroque Orchestra.

She started studying with her father Konrad von der Goltz and her mother Kirsti Hjort. She later studied with, among others, William Pleeth in London. Her musical activities include regular collaboration with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and The Hannover Band, and from 1991 until 2004 she was with the Freiburger Barockorchester. Since 1992 she has been a member of the acclaimed trio Trio Vivente with violinist Anne Katharine Schreiber and pianist Jutta Ernst.

Goltz plays both modern and baroque cello, and is an internationally sought after cello soloist. She has been a member and soloist with the Berliner Barock Solisten since 2006, and since 2009 has had several solo performances with Munich Chamber Orchestra. Goltz has been professor of baroque cello at Frankfurt College of Music since 2009. She has released a number of CD recordings, including Sonatas by Jacob Klein in 2004, Capriccios by D’all Abaco in 2006, and Sonatas by Antoine Dard in 2007.

Sponsored by the Sally Fleming Guest Masterclass Fund with additional support from the SMTD Chamber Music Department, SMTD Early Music, and the Stearns Collection.

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Performance Thu, 04 Oct 2018 18:15:36 -0400 2018-10-09T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance
The Sally Fleming Masterclass Series: Kristin von der Goltz, cello (October 9, 2018 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56426 56426-13899088@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 9, 2018 2:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

As part of the Sally Fleming Guest Masterclass Series Kristin von der Goltz will lead three master classes.

Monday: Continuo & Chamber Music

Tuesday (AM): with the U-M Baroque Chamber Orchestra

Tuesday (PM): with the cello studios of Richard Aaron and Anthony Elliott

Kristin von der Goltz (born in 1966) is a German-Norwegian cellist and professor of baroque cello in Frankfurt. She is a renowned soloist and chamber musician, and is artistic leader for the Norwegian Baroque Orchestra.

She started studying with her father Konrad von der Goltz and her mother Kirsti Hjort. She later studied with, among others, William Pleeth in London. Her musical activities include regular collaboration with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and The Hannover Band, and from 1991 until 2004 she was with the Freiburger Barockorchester. Since 1992 she has been a member of the acclaimed trio Trio Vivente with violinist Anne Katharine Schreiber and pianist Jutta Ernst.

Goltz plays both modern and baroque cello, and is an internationally sought after cello soloist. She has been a member and soloist with the Berliner Barock Solisten since 2006, and since 2009 has had several solo performances with Munich Chamber Orchestra. Goltz has been professor of baroque cello at Frankfurt College of Music since 2009. She has released a number of CD recordings, including Sonatas by Jacob Klein in 2004, Capriccios by D’all Abaco in 2006, and Sonatas by Antoine Dard in 2007.

Sponsored by the Sally Fleming Guest Masterclass Fund with additional support from the SMTD Chamber Music Department, SMTD Early Music, and the Stearns Collection.

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Performance Thu, 04 Oct 2018 18:15:36 -0400 2018-10-09T14:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance
The Sally Fleming Masterclass Guest Recital: Kristin von der Goltz, cello (October 9, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56046 56046-13823403@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 9, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Kristin von der Goltz (born in 1966) is a German-Norwegian cellist and professor of baroque cello in Frankfurt. She is a renowned soloist and chamber musician, and is artistic leader for the Norwegian Baroque Orchestra.

She started studying with her father Konrad von der Goltz and her mother Kirsti Hjort. She later studied with, among others, William Pleeth in London. Her musical activities include regular collaboration with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and The Hannover Band, and from 1991 until 2004 she was with the Freiburger Barockorchester. Since 1992 she has been a member of the acclaimed trio Trio Vivente with violinist Anne Katharine Schreiber and pianist Jutta Ernst.

Goltz plays both modern and baroque cello, and is an internationally sought after cello soloist. She has been a member and soloist with the Berliner Barock Solisten since 2006, and since 2009 has had several solo performances with Munich Chamber Orchestra. Goltz has been professor of baroque cello at Frankfurt College of Music since 2009. She has released a number of CD recordings, including Sonatas by Jacob Klein in 2004, Capriccios by D’all Abaco in 2006, and Sonatas by Antoine Dard in 2007.

Sponsored by the Sally Fleming Guest Masterclass Fund with additional support from the SMTD Chamber Music Department, SMTD Early Music, and the Stearns Collection.

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Performance Thu, 04 Oct 2018 18:15:33 -0400 2018-10-09T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance
The Western Den (October 9, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53171 53171-13269771@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 9, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

To find a musical soulmate, someone with whom to explore your innermost feelings, unite artistic languages, and craft a shared voice is a daunting, even mysterious, undertaking. Some writers spend years searching and never uncover the other half they seek; for others, a partnership just flicks on like a light. The origin story of the hauntingly beautiful duo The Western Den is wonderfully curious in just this way: Deni Hlavinka, an introspective pianist from small-town Virginia, posted a song idea on a college forum for accepted students. Chris West, a bright-eyed guitarist from Bermuda, sent back the song the following day in finished form. Upon meeting in person, they discovered their musical—and personal—bond was eerily close; there was never a discussion of forming a band, never a conscious choice, it just happened, fueled by a sheer desire, a necessity to pursue what felt right.

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Performance Tue, 21 Aug 2018 13:54:19 -0400 2018-10-09T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance West
Brown Bag Recital Series: Naki Sung-Kripfgans, organist (October 10, 2018 12:15pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53498 53498-13392461@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 10, 2018 12:15pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Naki Sung-Kripfgans, organist at First United Methodist Church of Ann Arbor, performs.

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Performance Wed, 26 Sep 2018 12:15:28 -0400 2018-10-10T12:15:00-04:00 2018-10-10T12:45:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Naki Sung-Kripfgans
Guest Recital: Marine Corps Brass Quintet (October 10, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56045 56045-13823402@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 10, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Walgreen Drama Center
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

The Marine Corps Brass Quintet frequently tours the United States, playing at various military ceremonies, civic events, and educational venues in support of our community relations mission. With unmatched diversity, this ensemble performs patriotic, classical, dixieland, and jazz literature.

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Performance Wed, 26 Sep 2018 12:15:31 -0400 2018-10-10T17:00:00-04:00 Walgreen Drama Center School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Walgreen Drama Center
Classical Violin (October 11, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55663 55663-13768260@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 11, 2018 12:00pm
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Founded in 1880, the U-M School of Music, Theatre & Dance is consistently ranked among the top in the country when compared with performance-oriented conservatories or with prestigious academic departments of music. Students are prepared with expert skills, instilled with passionate enthusiasm, and emboldened to challenge and inspire the world through the power of the performing arts. This concert features strings music by students of Professor Stephen Shipps. Look for live stream video on Gifts of Art Facebook.

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Performance Wed, 19 Sep 2018 12:33:59 -0400 2018-10-11T12:00:00-04:00 2018-10-11T13:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Performance Photograph of Stephen Shipps by Jaroslav Sveceny Productions.
2nd Annual LGBTQ Monologues (October 11, 2018 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55849 55849-13780068@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 11, 2018 6:30pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Spectrum Center

Envisioned as an event that meets the need for LGBTQ spaces and visibility, the LGBTQ monologues is a platform for all of our stories to be heard. Last year the event enabled twelve students to share a personal portrait of queer and trans life at the university in front of an audience of 150 people.

This year our goal in celebrating the 2nd annual student performances, is to build partnerships with the local community and student organizations - to accurately represent the LGBTQ population on campus and the width of experiences students faced. The theme this year is "More Pride. More Color". We recognize that it is critical that the intersecting identities within the LGBTQ community are accurately represented and are given the equal opportunity to be heard.

To Share your Story, Register Here: bit.ly/monologue18

Event Date/Time: October 11th, 2018 (National Coming Out Day)
Annenberg Auditorium, Ford School of Public Policy
735 S. State St. Ann Arbor, MI, 48109
Contact us at oipleaders@umich.edu

***SPACE IS LIMITED: Priority will go to early responders and varying narratives***

Audience Members:
Event is free. Please Respond accurately to this event so we have a headcount for food. Space is limited to first arrivals. Doors open at 6:30.

Food: TBA

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Performance Fri, 21 Sep 2018 15:51:04 -0400 2018-10-11T18:30:00-04:00 2018-10-11T21:00:00-04:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Spectrum Center Performance A flyer describing the event, with an image of a dark skinned individual speaking into a microphone, with rainbows going along the side
Night and Day (October 11, 2018 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52114 52114-12441227@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 11, 2018 7:30pm
Location: Walgreen Drama Center
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

A dance/theatre work by Charles Mee

Dept. of Theatre & Drama

Directed by Malcolm Tulip with Dominika Knapik

In collaboration with the Polish National Academy of Theatre Arts, a work based on the Greek myths of Daphnis and Chloe, and Thyestes.

*The production contains violent material, loud sound, and flashing lights/video. Recommended for mature audiences.*

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Performance Tue, 09 Oct 2018 12:15:21 -0400 2018-10-11T19:30:00-04:00 Walgreen Drama Center School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Night and Day
Sweet Charity (October 11, 2018 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52123 52123-12444054@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 11, 2018 7:30pm
Location: Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

A musical by Neil Simon, Cy Coleman, and Dorothy Fields

Dept. of Musical Theatre

Directed by Mark Madama
Music Direction by Tyler Driskill
Choreographed by Linda Goodrich

The 1966 musical comedy about the romantic adventures of dance-hall hostess Charity Hope Valentine

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Performance Mon, 15 Oct 2018 12:15:21 -0400 2018-10-11T19:30:00-04:00 Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Sweet Charity
Veterans for Peace John Lennon Birthday Concert (October 11, 2018 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53247 53247-13321608@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 11, 2018 7:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

This eleventh annual concert benefits the Veterans for Peace Chapter 93 Peace Scholarship Fund and the Wayne State University Center for Peace and Conflict Studies. Proceeds will go to scholarships for college students enrolled in an accredited peace studies program and for Iraq Veterans Against The War (IVAW) programs to assist combat veterans suffering from serious trauma. Musical artists to be announced, but past concerts have featured Dick Siegel, Chris Buhalis, John Latini, FUBAR, San & Emily Slomovitz, Dave Boutette, Jen Sygit, Shari Kane & Dave Steele, Paul Tinkerhess, Wire in the Wood, Dave Keeney, Jo Serrapere, Annie & Rod Capps, Danny Kline, Rollie Tussing, Tim Monger, Sophia Hanifi, and Jason Dennie. All artists will be performing works of John Lennon as well as other peace-themed songs.

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Performance Mon, 30 Jul 2018 09:41:19 -0400 2018-10-11T19:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Ark
Department of Jazz Showcase Concert (October 11, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53665 53665-13446247@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 11, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Department of Jazz & Contemporary Improvisation faculty and students are featured in a variety of small and large ensembles performing jazz standards and original compositions. The U-M Jazz Ensemble will perform selections by Darcy James Argue, Astor Piazzolla, Chuck Owen, John Clayton, and Herbie Hancock.

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Performance Tue, 02 Oct 2018 12:15:24 -0400 2018-10-11T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Jazz Poster
University Symphony Orchestra (October 11, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53541 53541-13401548@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 11, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Kenneth Kiesler, conductor
Jiyuan Grace Zhang, piano, SMTD Concerto Competition winner

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

The second concert of the USO’s concert season features music by Italian and Russian composers. The concert opens with the wit and sparkle of the Overture to Semiramide by Rossini, and continues with the Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini by Rachmaninoff, with piano soloist and SMTD Concerto Competition winner Jiyuan Grace Zhang. The concert also features the second of Stravinsky’s three early blockbuster ballets, the virtuosic, charming, and kaleidoscopic story of three puppets, Petrouchka.

PROGRAM: Rossini- Semiramide Overture; Rachmaninoff- Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini; Stravinsky- Petrouchka

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Performance Mon, 08 Oct 2018 18:15:26 -0400 2018-10-11T20:00:00-04:00 Hill Auditorium School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance USO
CJS Special Event | Blue Moon Over Memphis (October 12, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54507 54507-13592085@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 12, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Power Center for the Performing Arts
Organized By: Center for Japanese Studies

Part of the Toyota Visiting Professor 30th Anniversary Special Lecture Series

Join the U-M Center for Japanese Studies for this special, free presentation of BLUE MOON OVER MEMPHIS, by English-language noh drama troupe THEATRE NOHGAKU.

* = Doors open at 6:00 PM

PLEASE RSVP VIA EVENTBRITE
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/blue-moon-over-memphis-tickets-49621896428

Blue Moon Over Memphis is a stark and beautiful meditation on loneliness, with numerous textual and musical allusions to 20th-century popular song.

Judy is a lonely, middle-aged woman, and a devout Elvis fan. She makes a pilgrimage to Graceland on the anniversary of Elvis's death, but she is forced to wait outside due to the overwhelming crowds. Her dream shattered, she is left to reflect on her life. But then, during the candlelight vigil, a mysterious man lets her into the Meditation Garden where Elvis is buried, and there, under the light of a blue moon, she encounters a spirit...

DIGITAL BROCHURE AVAILABLE HERE
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oeQsNEJUDiby1JajF2JdTmaRUtO846ac/view

PROMOTIONAL VIDEO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQpNmYbIVxY

DIRECTIONS TO THE POWER CENTER
https://goo.gl/maps/4d2M81UoY6r

PARKING NEAR THE POWER CENTER
https://en.parkopedia.com/parking/attraction/power-center-ann-arbor/?arriving=201808301400&leaving=201808301600

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, please reach out to us at (at bradlyh@umich.edu) 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.

Presented in partnership with Theatre Nohgaku

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Performance Mon, 10 Sep 2018 12:43:20 -0400 2018-10-12T19:00:00-04:00 2018-10-12T21:00:00-04:00 Power Center for the Performing Arts Center for Japanese Studies Performance Blue Moon Over Memphis