Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. Gifts of Art presents Motown & Classic R&B (June 20, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63659 63659-15824868@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, June 20, 2019 12:00pm
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The All Directions Band is a fixture in the southeastern Michigan music scene. It includes Mike Ager on keyboards, Pat Sorise on drums, Shelley Catalan on vocals, and Ralph McKee on bass. The band has backed up a wide spectrum of talent including Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees Ben E. King & the Drifters, the Diamonds, and jazz legend Grady Tate. This concert is part of the Michigan Medicine Gifts of Art Summer Courtyard Concert Series. Rain or heat location: University Hospital Main Lobby, Floor 1. Look for live stream video on Gifts of Art Facebook.

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Performance Fri, 07 Jun 2019 08:56:00 -0400 2019-06-20T12:00:00-04:00 2019-06-20T13:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Performance Photograph of the All Directions Band by Cheryl Brown.
Shakespeare in the Arb: Twelfth Night (June 20, 2019 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63337 63337-15644913@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, June 20, 2019 6:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Matthaei Botanical Gardens & Nichols Arboretum

Shakespeare’s story of love and identity, mistaken and otherwise, brims with some of the bard’s most well-loved speeches and songs. Directed by Kate Mendeloff, Graham Atkin, and Carol Gray. Performances happen at Univ Michigan Nichols Arboretum, 1610 Washington Hts., Ann Arbor. Visit mbgna.umich.edu/event/shakespeare-in-the-arb-2018-romeo-juliet-2/2019-06-06/ for more information on tickets, parking, location.

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Performance Fri, 31 May 2019 12:42:01 -0400 2019-06-20T18:30:00-04:00 2019-06-20T21:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Matthaei Botanical Gardens & Nichols Arboretum Performance Shakespeare in the Arb 2019
Les Poules à Colin (June 20, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61735 61735-15178978@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, June 20, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Taking their name from a traditional song, Les Poules à Colin were raised behind the scenes at folk festivals, learning their craft at kitchen parties amongst some of Quebec’s finest traditional musicians—which included their parents—in a region famous for its living heritage. The group has a strong stage presence and demonstrates a contagious pleasure in each and every performance, drawing the audience to them. The group has already performed in major cities and small towns in Canada, the US, Europe, the UK and Australia, and Africa, amassing a wealth of impressive experience in a short time. The group’s sound is a seamless blend of their strong folk upbringing and North American influences that range from old-time to jazz, with some provocative and moody effects. Their adaptations of traditional songs from Quebec, Brittany, and Louisiana speak eloquently to their generation while retaining the beauty of timeless music. Fiddle, guitar, lap steel, banjo, mandolin, piano, bass and foot percussion form a rich and varied backdrop for their inventive arrangements. Les Poules à Colin reveal a unique and modern perspective on traditional Québec culture.

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Performance Tue, 04 Jun 2019 14:58:15 -0400 2019-06-20T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance lespoules
Shakespeare in the Arb: Twelfth Night (June 21, 2019 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63337 63337-15644914@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, June 21, 2019 6:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Matthaei Botanical Gardens & Nichols Arboretum

Shakespeare’s story of love and identity, mistaken and otherwise, brims with some of the bard’s most well-loved speeches and songs. Directed by Kate Mendeloff, Graham Atkin, and Carol Gray. Performances happen at Univ Michigan Nichols Arboretum, 1610 Washington Hts., Ann Arbor. Visit mbgna.umich.edu/event/shakespeare-in-the-arb-2018-romeo-juliet-2/2019-06-06/ for more information on tickets, parking, location.

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Performance Fri, 31 May 2019 12:42:01 -0400 2019-06-21T18:30:00-04:00 2019-06-21T21:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Matthaei Botanical Gardens & Nichols Arboretum Performance Shakespeare in the Arb 2019
Steven Page Trio (June 21, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62908 62908-15492424@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, June 21, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Steven Page’s distinctive and powerful tenor is among the most instantly recognizable voices in popular music. Newly minted as a member of the Canadian Music Hall of Fame with former bandmates Barenaked Ladies, Steven Page has continued his artistic evolution with a diverse array of solo projects in music, film, theatre and television. He has composed six Stratford Festival scores, has collaborated and toured North America with Toronto’s innovative Art of Time Ensemble. Steven journeyed across Canada and the U.S. as host of TV’s "The Illegal Eater." Still the dynamic stage presence he’s always been, Steven Page is the consummate entertainer, performing music from both his solo career and his BNL years. He comes to Michigan with a new release, "Discipline: Heal Thyself, Part II." Nebraska-born, Portland-based duo The Talbott Brothers open: Blood is thicker than water and there’s nothing like family creating music together to prove it. With contrasting blood-harmonies and left-handed/right-handed guitar playing, singer-songwriter duo The Talbott Brothers combine rock, blues and pop with honest storytelling.

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Performance Tue, 04 Jun 2019 15:00:20 -0400 2019-06-21T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance steven
Shakespeare in the Arb: Twelfth Night (June 22, 2019 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63337 63337-15644915@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, June 22, 2019 6:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Matthaei Botanical Gardens & Nichols Arboretum

Shakespeare’s story of love and identity, mistaken and otherwise, brims with some of the bard’s most well-loved speeches and songs. Directed by Kate Mendeloff, Graham Atkin, and Carol Gray. Performances happen at Univ Michigan Nichols Arboretum, 1610 Washington Hts., Ann Arbor. Visit mbgna.umich.edu/event/shakespeare-in-the-arb-2018-romeo-juliet-2/2019-06-06/ for more information on tickets, parking, location.

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Performance Fri, 31 May 2019 12:42:01 -0400 2019-06-22T18:30:00-04:00 2019-06-22T21:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Matthaei Botanical Gardens & Nichols Arboretum Performance Shakespeare in the Arb 2019
Center Stage Strings Student Evening Concert (June 22, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63750 63750-15865480@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, June 22, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
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 Mon, 20 May 2019 12:15:08 -0400 2019-06-22T19:00:00-04:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Earl V. Moore Building
Robyn Hitchcock (June 22, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61737 61737-15178981@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, June 22, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Over the past four decades, Robyn Hitchcock has built a large and distinctive body of work that's established him as one of rock's most respected and beloved iconoclasts. Drawing on roots in the music of John Lennon, Bob Dylan, and the New Wave, his unique songs veer from comic surrealism to slightly melancholy pictures of everyday life and the slightly eccentric people who live it--all set to gorgeous ore fun," he says. He describes his songs as "paintings you can listen to." Robyn comes to Michigan for his first new show in five years with several recent releases including a self-titled one he describes as "an ecstatic work of negativity with nary a dreary groove."

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Performance Tue, 04 Jun 2019 15:01:56 -0400 2019-06-22T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance robyn
UMMA Pop Up: Progressive Acoustic Music with Warren & Flick​ (June 23, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63441 63441-15696246@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, June 23, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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

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

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Performance Fri, 10 May 2019 18:15:29 -0400 2019-06-23T13:00:00-04:00 2019-06-23T14:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Performance Museum of Art
Shakespeare in the Arb: Twelfth Night (June 23, 2019 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63337 63337-15644916@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, June 23, 2019 6:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Matthaei Botanical Gardens & Nichols Arboretum

Shakespeare’s story of love and identity, mistaken and otherwise, brims with some of the bard’s most well-loved speeches and songs. Directed by Kate Mendeloff, Graham Atkin, and Carol Gray. Performances happen at Univ Michigan Nichols Arboretum, 1610 Washington Hts., Ann Arbor. Visit mbgna.umich.edu/event/shakespeare-in-the-arb-2018-romeo-juliet-2/2019-06-06/ for more information on tickets, parking, location.

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Performance Fri, 31 May 2019 12:42:01 -0400 2019-06-23T18:30:00-04:00 2019-06-23T21:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Matthaei Botanical Gardens & Nichols Arboretum Performance Shakespeare in the Arb 2019
Diamonds in the Rust (June 23, 2019 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61738 61738-15178982@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, June 23, 2019 7:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

It was inevitable, perhaps—creative musical friends find other creative musical friends and can’t resist creating music together. Out of the heart of the Midwest, two veteran Michigan duos join forces in a new quartet/quintet: Diamonds in the Rust. In what began simply as an idea to tour together, Annie & Rod Capps and Jan Krist & Jim Bizer (along with percussionist/composer Alan Finkbeiner) have formed a new band. With each member already well known for performing prowess, the new group promises to be that much more. Everyone sings, everyone plays multiple instruments, and the band boasts a trio of respected, award-winning songwriters. The repertoire also includes a few choice selections from the rich musical history of the place where they grew and learned their craft. Perhaps best of all is the palpable joy and camaraderie that happens between good musicians who are also good friends. Says Rich Warren of WFMT Chicago's Folkstage: "They obviously love performing together and their diverse and skilled writing styles come to life with their upbeat and convincing performance."

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Performance Tue, 04 Jun 2019 15:03:50 -0400 2019-06-23T19:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance diamonds
Center Stage Strings Student Concert (June 25, 2019 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63751 63751-15865483@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, June 25, 2019 3:30pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
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 Mon, 20 May 2019 12:15:09 -0400 2019-06-25T15:30:00-04:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Earl V. Moore Building
The National (June 25, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62170 62170-15308871@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, June 25, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Both individually and collectively The National's members have been involved in countless artistic, charitable and socio-political pursuits. The group released “A Lot of Sorrow” documenting their collaboration with installation artist Ragnar Kjartansson, that took place at MOMA’s PS1 and saw the band play their song “Sorrow” for six hours in front of a live audience. They are behind the Red Hot benefit albums Dark Was The Night and Day Of The Dead, and the compilation boxed set titled 7-Inches for Planned Parenthood. Band member’s have received a Golden Globe Nomination for work on the score of the 2015 film Revenant, founded or play a major part in MusicNow, Eaux Claires and Haven Festival and Boston Calling, and participated heavily in both Obama Presidential Campaigns, and much more.

2013 also saw the theatrical release of their documentary, Mistaken For Strangers set to the backdrop of the band’s 2010 release High Violet. The documentary was chosen to premiere on the opening night of the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival followed by a theatrical release in the US and worldwide distribution. Over their 16-year career the band has sold more than 1.7 million albums in the U.S. alone.

The National consists of Matt Berninger (vocals) fronting two pairs of brothers: Aaron (guitar, bass, piano) and Bryce Dessner (guitar, piano), and Scott (bass, guitar) and Bryan Devendorf (drums).

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Performance Fri, 15 Mar 2019 10:34:27 -0400 2019-06-25T20:00:00-04:00 2019-06-25T23:00:00-04:00 Hill Auditorium Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Hill Auditorium
Center Stage Strings Guest Recital: Calidore String Quartet (June 26, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63752 63752-15865487@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, June 26, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Walgreen Drama Center
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Prize-winning Calidore String Quartet performs during their week-long CSS residency.

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Performance Tue, 21 May 2019 12:15:09 -0400 2019-06-26T19:00:00-04:00 Walgreen Drama Center School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Walgreen Drama Center
Rachel Baiman (June 26, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63031 63031-15536925@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, June 26, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Rachel Baiman’s 2017 label debut, "Shame," was featured on NPR’s "Songs We Love," called a "rootsy wake-up call" by Folk Alley, and described by Vice’s Noisey as "flipping off authority one song at a time." She has toured for four years with 10 String Symphony and played fiddle for other musicians, including Kacey Musgraves. Now Baiman has announced "Thanksgiving," a self-produced four-song EP, featuring her live trio as well as special guests including Molly Tuttle and Josh Oliver. "Thanksgiving" is an intriguing follow-up, allowing her a chance to stretch out stylistically, moving effortlessly between bluegrass, to folk, old-time and country. The bittersweet lyricism she’s become known for conveys the push and pull of hardship and hope we often feel during the holiday season. Raised in Chicago by a radical economist and a social worker, Baiman was surrounded by social justice issues her entire life. “If I wanted to rebel against my parents I could have become a finance banker or a corporate lawyer” she says of her childhood, and her new music has a social and political emphasis.

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Performance Tue, 04 Jun 2019 15:04:43 -0400 2019-06-26T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance rachel
Gifts of Art presents Jazz & Swing (June 27, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63660 63660-15824869@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, June 27, 2019 12:00pm
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

This traditional jazz and swing quartet showcases the talents of Cary Kocher on vibes, Paul Winder on violin and viola, Paul Keller on upright bass, and Myron Grant on guitar, vocals and harp. Their repertoire ranges from up tempo classics such as, “It Don’t Mean a Thing if it Ain’t Got That Swing”, to beautiful slow tunes such as “Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans”. This concert is part of the Michigan Medicine Gifts of Art Summer Courtyard Concert Series. Rain or heat location: University Hospital Main Lobby, Floor 1. Look for live stream video on Gifts of Art Facebook.

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Performance Fri, 07 Jun 2019 08:56:25 -0400 2019-06-27T12:00:00-04:00 2019-06-27T13:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Performance Photograph of Treetown Swingtette by Christin Grant.
Adam Ezra (June 27, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60217 60217-14849119@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, June 27, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

The songwriting of The Adam Ezra Group is making waves around the country. It’s difficult to impart the roots-steeped, road-trippin' essence of the Adam Ezra Group into a single word, but front man Adam Ezra nonetheless keeps one in mind as something of a mantra: COMMUNITY. To the musicians at the heart of AEG, community is epitomized by a belief they all share, one that has long doubled as a mission statement for the group: namely, that making music together is itself a form of grassroots organizing, capable of nothing less than changing the world. The Adam Ezra Group plays upwards of 200 shows a year, often devoting their time to local charities and always going out of their way to connect with fans. Adam is creating a powerful, inclusive community around that is beginning to be compared to a social movement as much as a traditional music fan base. Says Ben Tishler of VH1: "Adam Ezra is one of the most promising songwriters to come along in years," and he has collaborated as a songwriter with the legendary John Oates.

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Performance Tue, 04 Jun 2019 15:11:50 -0400 2019-06-27T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance adam
Adam Ezra (June 27, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60286 60286-14857784@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, June 27, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

The songwriting of The Adam Ezra Group is making waves around the country. It’s difficult to impart the roots-steeped, road-trippin' essence of the Adam Ezra Group into a single word, but front man Adam Ezra nonetheless keeps one in mind as something of a mantra: COMMUNITY. To the musicians at the heart of AEG, community is epitomized by a belief they all share, one that has long doubled as a mission statement for the group: namely, that making music together is itself a form of grassroots organizing, capable of nothing less than changing the world. The Adam Ezra Group plays upwards of 200 shows a year, often devoting their time to local charities and always going out of their way to connect with fans. Adam is creating a powerful, inclusive community around that is beginning to be compared to a social movement as much as a traditional music fan base. Says Ben Tishler of VH1: "Adam Ezra is one of the most promising songwriters to come along in years," and he has collaborated as a songwriter with the legendary John Oates.

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Performance Tue, 04 Jun 2019 16:30:28 -0400 2019-06-27T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance adam
Center Stage Strings: Calidore String Quartet Side by Side Concert (June 28, 2019 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63754 63754-15865489@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, June 28, 2019 3:30pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
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 Mon, 20 May 2019 12:15:09 -0400 2019-06-28T15:30:00-04:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Earl V. Moore Building
Blue Bird Inn Jam Session (June 28, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63999 63999-16059467@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, June 28, 2019 6:00pm
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Organized By: Stamps Gallery

Celebrating the legacy of sonic resistance in Detroit and beyond, join us for a special evening of jazz with some of the area’s greatest Jazz musicians. A full band with special guests will gather at Stamps Gallery to perform on the legendary Blue Bird Inn Stage.

The Blue Bird Inn Jam Session will feature live music by Rayse Biggs (Trumpet), Andrew Bishop (Saxophone), Wendell Harrison (Saxophone), Marion Hayden (Bass), De'Sean Jones (Saxophone), and Gayelynn McKinney (Drums). With special guests Kasan Belgrave (Saxophone), Ron Brooks (Bass), Tariq Gardner (Drums), Kameron Johnson (Piano), Trunino Lowe (Trumpet), and Shahida Nurullah (Vocals).

This program is curated by Marion Hayden, Bassist, founding member of the band Straight Ahead and an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Jazz & Contemporary Improvisation at the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance.

This event is held in conjunction with the group exhibition Call & Response with work by Romare Bearden, Chakaia Booker, Tony Cokes, Saffell Gardner, Allie McGhee, and Tylonn Sawyer. Call & Response is on view at Stamps Gallery from June 14 - August 25, 2019.

Parking at the gallery: there is a small parking lot at the back of the building, if you can find a spot, you are welcome to park there. Otherwise, street parking is available or there is a public parking garage, Liberty Square Parking, located at 510 E Washington Street, just a block from the gallery.

For more information contact Jennifer Junkermeier-Khan, Outreach and Public Engagement Coordinator, Stamps Gallery at jenjkhan@umich.edu or call 734-615-5322.

This event takes place in partnership with Detroit Sound Conservancy.

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Performance Thu, 13 Jun 2019 16:05:09 -0400 2019-06-28T18:00:00-04:00 2019-06-28T20:00:00-04:00 Stamps Gallery Performance
Blue Bird Inn Jam Session (June 28, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63903 63903-15981772@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, June 28, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Celebrating the legacy of sonic resistance in Detroit and beyond, join us for a special evening of jazz with some of the area’s greatest jazz musicians. A full band with special guests will gather at Stamps Gallery to perform on the legendary Blue Bird Inn Stage.

The Blue Bird Inn Jam Session will feature live music by Rayse Biggs (Trumpet), Andrew Bishop (Saxophone), Wendell Harrison (Saxophone), Marion Hayden (Bass), De’Sean Jones (Saxophone), and Gayelynn McKinney (Drums). With special guests Kasan Belgrave (Saxophone), Ron Brooks (Bass), Tariq Gardner (Drums), Kameron Johnson (Piano), Trunino Lowe (Trumpet), and Shahida Nurullah (Vocals).

This program is curated by Marion Hayden, Bassist, founding member of the band Straight Ahead and an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Jazz & Contemporary Improvisation at the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance.

This event is held in conjunction with the group exhibition Call & Response with work by Romare Bearden, Chakaia Booker, Tony Cokes, Saffell Gardner, Allie McGhee, and Tylonn Sawyer. Call & Response is on view At Stamps Gallery from June 14 - August 25, 2019.

For more information contact Jennifer Junkermeier-Khan, Public Engagement Coordinator, Stamps Gallery at jenjkhan@umich.edu or call 734-615-5322.

Please RSVP to reserve your place for this free event: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/blue-bird-inn-jam-session-tickets-62863709046

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Performance Mon, 03 Jun 2019 18:15:12 -0400 2019-06-28T18:00:00-04:00 2019-06-28T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Performance https://stamps.umich.edu/images/uploads/calendar/Jam_Session_01.png
Dobros Heal the World: Drew Howard, Mark Lavengood, Joe Wilson (June 28, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63041 63041-15536935@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, June 28, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

It sounds strange, but maybe what the world needs is a little more Dobro! We're going to test the possibility with three world-class Dobro and slide guitar players, for a night to remember! Mark Lavengood (Lindsay Lou), Joe Wilson (Steppin' In It), and Drew Howard (a dozen albums by everyone from Mustard's Retreat to Peter Madcat Ruth) are well known to Michigan audiences for their work with other artists, but we're putting them together for an evening of Dobro synergy. When the Dopyera Brothers, John and Emil, formed the Dobro Manufacturing Company in 1929, they were dreaming of this show—they just didn't know it yet.

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Performance Tue, 04 Jun 2019 15:14:24 -0400 2019-06-28T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance
Center Stage Strings Student Evening Concert (June 29, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63750 63750-15865481@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, June 29, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
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 Mon, 20 May 2019 12:15:08 -0400 2019-06-29T19:00:00-04:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Earl V. Moore Building
Los Lonely Boys (June 29, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62855 62855-15483801@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, June 29, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Presented by The Ark

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Performance Thu, 04 Apr 2019 11:14:18 -0400 2019-06-29T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance
UMMA Pop Up: Music with Emily Slomovits and Billy King (June 30, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63442 63442-15696247@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, June 30, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Emily Slomovits is an Ann Arbor-based musician, actress, and teacher. She will be playing a mixture of classical violin pieces and fiddle tunes from around the world accompanied by Billy King. Emily regularly plays music with her father and uncle, the duo Gemini, as well as Annie and Rod Capps, and many other local musicians. She is a member of Spinning Dot Theatre and has also been seen with The Encore Musical Theatre Company, The Croswell Opera House, Performance Network, and Wild Swan Theatre. Emily helps to lead Spinning Dot's Youth Company and teaches violin, voice, and guitar for Manchester's Cultural Arts Strings program and the Grass Lake School of Music. She writes regular theater and music previews and reviews for Current Magazine, PULP, and The Washtenaw Jewish News. 

Billy King is a seasoned performer, songwriter, and recording artist. His presence in the independent music scene brings an original blend of rootsy folk/pop with an occasional touch of country swing. Billy's versatility as a multi-genre singer-songwriter is matched by his ability on a wide range of instruments from guitar and banjo to keyboards and accordion. Some of Billy's performance highlights include performing at the The Ark, Ann Arbor Summer Festival, Detroit Art's Beat & Eats, Blind Pig and many more. 

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Performance Tue, 21 May 2019 12:15:33 -0400 2019-06-30T13:00:00-04:00 2019-06-30T14:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Performance Museum of Art
The Go Rounds (June 30, 2019 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63032 63032-15536927@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, June 30, 2019 7:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

The Go Rounds are bits of all your favorite bands exploded into rock n' roll confetti. Their unique brand of Psychedelic Americana Pop crosses, blends, and deconstructs genres from indie to country to art-rock and baroque folk, creating an accessible and engaging experience that will leave you telling your friends. The songs are catchy, twangy, and trippy, led by Graham Parsons' spellbinding vocals, which weave through lush sonic textures and the band’s master class of intricate arrangements. The Kalamazoo quartet has released four LPs and four EPs, and playing countless Great Lakes music festivals. Their album "Don't Go Not Changin'" made several year-end best lists and earned them 3 WYCE Jammy awards, including the Special Jury Prize of album of the year. They come to The Ark with a new album, "Whatever You May Be."

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Performance Tue, 04 Jun 2019 15:17:58 -0400 2019-06-30T19:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance gorounds
Center Stage Strings Student Concert (July 2, 2019 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63751 63751-15865484@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, July 2, 2019 3:30pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
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 Mon, 20 May 2019 12:15:09 -0400 2019-07-02T15:30:00-04:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Earl V. Moore Building
Center Stage Strings Faculty Chamber Music Concert (July 5, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63757 63757-15865492@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, July 5, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Walgreen Drama Center
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

CSS faculty showcase classical and contemporary chamber music works.

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Performance Fri, 14 Jun 2019 18:15:09 -0400 2019-07-05T19:00:00-04:00 Walgreen Drama Center School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Walgreen Drama Center
Center Stage Strings Student Evening Concert (July 6, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63750 63750-15865482@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, July 6, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
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 Mon, 20 May 2019 12:15:08 -0400 2019-07-06T19:00:00-04:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Earl V. Moore Building
Sarah Shook and The Disarmers (July 7, 2019 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63037 63037-15536929@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, July 7, 2019 7:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Inspired by artists such as the Sex Pistols, Elliott Smith, and Hank Williams, Sarah Shook sings with confidence, control, and, at times, a hint of menace. The Disarmers match her, coloring the tales of resilience and empathy with urgency and broad sonic sweep. It’s easy to hear Sarah as a close cousin to artists like Hurray for the Riff Raff and Margo Price, and she makes hard-core country music for a modern time. “You’re as good as gold/ I’m as good as gone,” she sings with a mix of vulnerability and defiance. Says Tidal: "Sarah Shook entered the spotlight as one of the most important new voices in new country music. Like she’s been there all her life."

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Performance Tue, 04 Jun 2019 15:20:18 -0400 2019-07-07T19:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance sarah
2019 U-M Carillon Summer Series: Helen Hofmeister, Westminster Presbyterian (MI) (July 8, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63982 63982-16053352@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, July 8, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Burton Memorial Tower
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

The University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance presents the annual Summer Carillon Concert Series, which brings accomplished carillonists from around the world to play on campus. Performances are free and family-friendly.

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Performance Wed, 03 Jul 2019 10:09:01 -0400 2019-07-08T19:00:00-04:00 Burton Memorial Tower School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance 2019 Carillon Series
Center Stage Strings Student Concert (July 9, 2019 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63751 63751-15865485@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, July 9, 2019 3:30pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
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 Mon, 20 May 2019 12:15:09 -0400 2019-07-09T15:30:00-04:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Earl V. Moore Building
Center Stage Strings: Young Artists Evening of Chamber Music (July 10, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63759 63759-15865494@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, July 10, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Walgreen Drama Center
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

CSS students showcase classical and contemporary chamber music works. 

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Performance Mon, 20 May 2019 12:15:10 -0400 2019-07-10T19:00:00-04:00 Walgreen Drama Center School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Walgreen Drama Center
Guest Recital: Yuval Rabin, organ (July 10, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63499 63499-15759483@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, July 10, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Israeli-Swiss concert organist Yuval Rabin will perform his own "Smirot Fantasy," works of Jewish composers Chajes, Lewandowski, Alexander and Sheriff, and works of German composers who influenced them.

Born in Haifa, Israel in 1973, Rabin has studied at the Dunie Weizmann Conservatory in Haifa, the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, and the Musik Akademie der Stadt Basel and the Schola Cantorum Basiliensas in Switzerland. He participates in festivals and performs internationally with ensembles, orchestras and choirs. His compact discs include “Organ Music from Israel” and works of C.P.E Bach and Mendelssohn.

Rabin currently lives in Basel, Switzerland, but remains active in Israel’s musical life, holding master classes there and directing the annual Israel International Organ Festival under the auspices of the Israel Organ Association. He also composes and writes poetry.

Presented by the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance and the Jean & Samuel Frankel Center for Judaic Studies

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Performance Tue, 07 May 2019 12:15:03 -0400 2019-07-10T20:00:00-04:00 Hill Auditorium School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Hill Auditorium
Gifts of Art presents Folk & Bluegrass (July 11, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64025 64025-16067439@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, July 11, 2019 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; 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. This concert is part of the Michigan Medicine Gifts of Art Summer Courtyard Concert Series. Rain/heat location: University Hospital Main Lobby, Floor 1. Look for live stream video on Gifts of Art Facebook.

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Performance Fri, 14 Jun 2019 13:47:56 -0400 2019-07-11T12:00:00-04:00 2019-07-11T13:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Performance Photograph of the Raisin Pickers by Unforgettable Photos.
Center Stage Strings Student Concert (July 11, 2019 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63751 63751-15865486@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, July 11, 2019 3:30pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
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 Mon, 20 May 2019 12:15:09 -0400 2019-07-11T15:30:00-04:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Earl V. Moore Building
Greg Brown (July 11, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63358 63358-15659237@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, July 11, 2019 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 Tue, 04 Jun 2019 16:33:47 -0400 2019-07-11T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance greg
Center Stage Strings Finale Concert (July 12, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63760 63760-15865495@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, July 12, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

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

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Performance Mon, 20 May 2019 12:15:10 -0400 2019-07-12T19:00:00-04:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Earl V. Moore Building
Delbert McClinton (July 12, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63039 63039-15536932@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, July 12, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Delbert McClinton grew up singing and playing in the gutbucket clubs of Fort Worth, and in a sense he's never left. He still has a voice that will roar through the noise of a barroom or through any kind of mental clutter you might bring to one of his concerts. Delbert and his band backed the absolute royalty of deep blues as they came through town—Jimmy Reed, Sonny Boy Williamson, Bobby "Blue" Bland, and the incomparable Howlin' Wolf—and all that he saw and heard, he absorbed and passes along in his own music. (He gave John Lennon some pointers on the harmonica, to boot.) Delbert hasn't slowed down a bit, and his shows are an Ark tradition. So don't delay on getting tickets! Delbert is coming to town with an as-yet-untitled new release.

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Performance Tue, 04 Jun 2019 15:22:48 -0400 2019-07-12T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance delbert
U-M Detroit Center Wolverine Stage at the 2019 Concert of Colors (July 13, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63463 63463-15710563@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, July 13, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
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.

This years acts include local jazz artist Sean Dobbins, Caribbean music group Roots Vibrations, and many more.

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 on the Northeastern lawn of the Detroit Institute of Arts, near the Gracehoper Art Sculpture.

For more information about this year's lineup, visit: http://concertofcolors.com/artists/

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Performance Wed, 01 May 2019 15:55:34 -0400 2019-07-13T13:00:00-04:00 2019-07-13T22:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location University of Michigan Detroit Center Performance Concert of Colors
Dave Alvin (July 13, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63241 63241-15595511@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, July 13, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Recorded in Los Angeles the day after the historic 1994 Northridge earthquake and produced by Greg Leisz, "King of California" is an Americana classic. The album had its genesis its title track, a readymade folk ballad written for Dave's mother, in which an aspiring suitor heads west to make his fortune in the wild, still-young Golden State. “King of California is when I decided ‘this is when I let the song tell me what it sounds like,’” says Alvin. “Ever since then, that’s been my rule. It sounds ridiculous, but it was something I had to learn.” Originally released on Hightone Records, and being reissued by Craft Recordings, the remastered, expanded edition includes a previously unreleased instrumental studio track, “Riverbed Rag,” along with bonus material. And King of California is available on vinyl for the first time EVER! Come by and hear Dave's latest thinking on this great album, and pick up a copy. Dead Rock West opens with their tribute to The Everly Brothers.

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Performance Tue, 04 Jun 2019 15:25:34 -0400 2019-07-13T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance dave
U-M Detroit Center Wolverine Stage at the 2019 Concert of Colors (July 14, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63463 63463-15710564@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, July 14, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
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.

This years acts include local jazz artist Sean Dobbins, Caribbean music group Roots Vibrations, and many more.

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 on the Northeastern lawn of the Detroit Institute of Arts, near the Gracehoper Art Sculpture.

For more information about this year's lineup, visit: http://concertofcolors.com/artists/

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Performance Wed, 01 May 2019 15:55:34 -0400 2019-07-14T13:00:00-04:00 2019-07-14T22:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location University of Michigan Detroit Center Performance Concert of Colors
UMMA Pop Up: Fiddle and Banjo music with Aaron Jonah Lewis (July 14, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63942 63942-16011584@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, July 14, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Aaron Jonah Lewis is a multi-instrumentalist performer and educator. He has won awards at the Clifftop Appalachian String Band Festival, including First Place Neotraditional Band in 2008 and 2015; and at the Galax Old Fiddlers Convention, including First Place Bluegrass Fiddle in 2007. He has performed at major festivals from the US to the UK and from Italy to Finland.

Lewis has appeared on dozens of recordings from bluegrass and old time to swing jazz, modern experimental, and Turkish classical music projects. He has taught workshops at the the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow and at the English Folk Dance and Song Society in London. He also plays and teaches banjo, mandolin, guitar, and bass. Lewis is currently based in Detroit.

Aaron will be joined by Kyle Rhodes for this Pop Up performance. 

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Performance Tue, 25 Jun 2019 12:15:32 -0400 2019-07-14T13:00:00-04:00 2019-07-14T14:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Performance Aaron
Junior Brown (July 14, 2019 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63360 63360-15659239@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, July 14, 2019 7:30pm
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 Tue, 04 Jun 2019 16:36:31 -0400 2019-07-14T19:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance junior
2019 U-M Carillon Summer Series: U-M Student & Alumni Showcase (July 15, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63983 63983-16053353@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, July 15, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Burton Memorial Tower
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Madeliene Davies, Jenni Jasperse, and Jenna Moon.

The University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance presents the annual Summer Carillon Concert Series, which brings accomplished carillonists from around the world to play on campus. Performances are free and family-friendly.

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Performance Wed, 03 Jul 2019 10:08:00 -0400 2019-07-15T19:00:00-04:00 Burton Memorial Tower School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance 2019 Carillon Series
Gifts of Art presents Jazz, Funk & Pop (July 18, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64026 64026-16067440@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, July 18, 2019 12:00pm
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The MotorCity3 is a trio from Berkley, Michigan that play a variety of jazz standards and jazz/funk/pop from the 1930s to today. Each member has performed in other ensembles and groups for many years in the jazz, rock and blues genres, but it’s the jazz format where they thrive. Cliff Barrer is on guitar, Len Gervasi is on bass, and Paul Price, drums. This concert is part of the Michigan Medicine Gifts of Art Summer Courtyard Concert Series. MHealthy Farmers Market is also open in the courtyard during the concert. Rain/heat location: University Hospital Main Lobby, Floor 1. Look for live stream video on Gifts of Art Facebook.

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Performance Fri, 14 Jun 2019 13:51:56 -0400 2019-07-18T12:00:00-04:00 2019-07-18T13:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Performance Photograph Cliff Barrer, Len Gervasi and Paul Price by Paul Price
2019 U-M Carillon Summer Series: Anna Kasprzycka, Poland (July 18, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63984 63984-16053354@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, July 18, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Burton Memorial Tower
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

The University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance presents the annual Summer Carillon Concert Series, which brings accomplished carillonists from around the world to play on campus. Performances are free and family-friendly.

Co-sponsored by the U-M LSA Copernicus Program in Polish Studies.

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Performance Wed, 03 Jul 2019 12:15:09 -0400 2019-07-18T19:00:00-04:00 Burton Memorial Tower School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance 2019 Carillon Series
UMMA Pop Up: ​Andrew Brown Guitar Duo: Jazz Manouche (July 21, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63943 63943-16011585@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, July 21, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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

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Performance Fri, 19 Jul 2019 18:15:45 -0400 2019-07-21T13:00:00-04:00 2019-07-21T14:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Performance Museum of Art
Elijah (July 21, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64283 64283-16276481@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, July 21, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

SMTD, Chorus America, and the University Musical Society present Mendelssohn's Elijah. This is the culminating performance of the 3rd Chorus America Choral-Orchestral Conducting Academy held for the first time on the University of Michigan campus.

Members of the Choral Union, SMTD, and the Detroit-Metro community join forces to perform this amazing work. Conducting Fellows from the Chorus America Conducting Academy lead the performance.

Featuring Jonathan Lasch, as Elijah; Nicole Josephs, soprano; Lianna Wimberly Williams, alto; Drake Dantzler, tenor; and Andrew Chen, boy soprano.

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Performance Tue, 16 Jul 2019 12:15:08 -0400 2019-07-21T15:00:00-04:00 Hill Auditorium School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Hill Auditorium
John Paul White (and his band) wsg Caleb Elliott (July 22, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63516 63516-15767682@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, July 22, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

With "The Hurting Kind," John Paul White has crafted a stunning album that draws on the lush, orchestrated music made in Nashville in the early 1960s. Yet these songs retain a modern feel, whether he's writing about overwhelming love, unraveling relationships, or the fading memory of a loved one. John Paul White grew up in tiny Loretto, Tennessee, and now lives in Florence, Alabama, not far from Muscle Shoals. He has cultivated his career in Nashville for two decades, first as a songwriter for a major publisher, then as half of The Civil Wars—a groundbreaking duo that won four Grammy Awards before disbanding in 2012. Because The Civil Wars were so hard to categorize, White has earned a fan base among indie rock listeners, folk audiences, Americana outlets, and AAA radio. So, what will happen if people hear "The Hurting Kind" and call it country? “Well, that doesn’t scare me in the least,” he says. “As a matter of fact, it kind of thrills me.” Louisiana "art-swamp-rock" songwriter Caleb Elliott opens.

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Performance Tue, 04 Jun 2019 15:28:47 -0400 2019-07-22T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance johnpaul
Mo Lowda & The Humble (July 24, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59456 59456-14743426@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, July 24, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Known for their original songwriting and energetic live performances, Mo Lowda & The Humble began in the beer-soaked basements of Philadelphia. Following the release of their first full-length, "Curse the Weather, the band started to hit the road. They've played shows throughout the country, including those at summer festivals such as Firefly. The band's 2016 sophomore release, "Act Accordingly," was a short and sweet embodiment of the band's natural progression, and they come to Michigan with a new release, "Creatures." Alabama songwriter Pierce Pettis, whom Performing Songwriter has called "one of the more vital and critically acclaimed folk stars of recent years," opens the show.

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Performance Tue, 04 Jun 2019 15:38:55 -0400 2019-07-24T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance molowda
An Evening With Kris Allen (July 25, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/64064 64064-16394977@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, July 25, 2019 8:00am
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Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Presented by The Ark
Since the release of Letting You In, Allen has released an anthemic single about the
depth of love outlasting life called When All the Stars Have Died (2018). Kris will also
be heading out on a solo tour to celebrate his 10-year long career with fans all over
the United States. For more info on dates and tickets, visit krisallenofficial.com.

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Performance Wed, 09 Oct 2019 11:50:17 -0400 2019-07-25T08:00:00-04:00 2019-07-25T09:00:00-04:00 Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance An Evening With Kris Allen
Gifts of Art presents Pop & Jazz Standards (July 25, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64027 64027-16067441@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, July 25, 2019 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. Jazz vocalist Sarah D’Angelo has a master’s degree in clarinet performance from U-M, and she brings her lifetime study of music to her singing. This concert is part of the Michigan Medicine Gifts of Art Summer Courtyard Concert Series. Rain or heat location: University Hospital Main Lobby, Floor 1. Look for live stream video on Gifts of Art Facebook.

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Performance Fri, 14 Jun 2019 13:55:17 -0400 2019-07-25T12:00:00-04:00 2019-07-25T13:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Performance Photograph of Sarah D’Angelo, courtesy of Sarah D’Angelo.
Eilen Jewell (July 25, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61739 61739-15178983@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, July 25, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

American Songwriter describes Eilen Jewell as, “one of America’s most intriguing, creative and idiosyncratic voices.” The Boise, Idaho songwriter is one of a kind.

That singular voice springs forth from a woman of more than one mind, and she taps into many of them on Gypsy (August, 2019 Signature Sounds Recordings). By turns personal and political, pissed off and blissed out, Jewell’s first album of original material since 2015 expands brief moments of joy into lifetimes, and distills epic sentiments and persistent doubts into succinct songs.

Jewell seamlessly blends heavy electric guitars and dirty fiddles on the rollicking country rocker “Crawl” with the sweet and understated horn section of the tender “Witness. "79 Cents (The Meow Song)" skewers sexism and discrimination with pointed humor over a circus bed of musical saw and horns

Longtime fans who love Eilen Jewell in classic country mode will delight in the pedal steel driven "These Blues" and the sole cover on Gypsy, "You Cared Enough To Lie,” written by fellow Idahoan and country legend Pinto Bennett.

Rather than pulling artist and listener this way and that, the tensions within and between these twelve tracks propel Eilen Jewell’s eighth studio album forward as a remarkably cohesive full-length.

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Performance Tue, 04 Jun 2019 15:42:00 -0400 2019-07-25T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance eilen
Appalachian Roadshow (July 26, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61774 61774-15179582@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, July 26, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Presented by The Ark

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Performance Thu, 28 Feb 2019 15:13:22 -0500 2019-07-26T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance
UMMA Pop Up: Solo Finger-Style Guitar, Jazz and Pop Standards with Jake Reichbart (July 27, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63443 63443-15696248@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, July 27, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Jake Reichbart is a veteran Ann Arbor musician, bandleader, and solo guitarist—perhaps you have even heard him play at The Earle Restaurant, where he has been performing three nights a week for the past 26  years. Jake has performed for two US presidents, at the Governor's Inaugural Ball three times, and many other high-end events. Other regular, past gigs include 5 years at The Kerrytown Bistro, 5 Years at Eve, The Restaurant, 15 years at the Common Grill in Chelsea, The Whitney in Detroit, and many others. 

Find Jake on YouTube @jakereichbart 

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Performance Wed, 29 May 2019 00:15:33 -0400 2019-07-27T13:00:00-04:00 2019-07-27T14:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Performance Museum of Art
Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley w/sg Chatham Rabbits (July 27, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63361 63361-15659240@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, July 27, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Based on a mutual love of bluegrass, country, blues, western swing, and other string band music of all kinds, the partnership of dobro player Rob Ickes (who also plays superlative lap steel guitar in the duo on occasion) and acoustic/electric guitarist Trey Hensley continues to delight and astound audiences of traditional American music around the globe. Since the duo decided to join forces and make their collaboration the focus of their touring and recording careers in 2015, after cutting their first album on Compass, "Before The Sun Goes Down" (nominated for a Grammy), they have continued to bring their music to venues near and far. Their second album on Compass, "Country Blues," released in 2016, testified to the growing diversity and expansion of their collaborative talents and repertoire, and since then the sky has been the limit. North Carolina old-time duo Chatham Rabbits are special guests.

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Performance Tue, 04 Jun 2019 15:47:18 -0400 2019-07-27T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance ickes
The Lunar Octet (July 28, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61741 61741-15178984@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, July 28, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

The Lunar Octet (a.k.a. The Lunar Glee Club) plays highly original and eclectic music drawing on jazz, Cuban and Puerto Rican salsa, rock, African highlife music, and Brazilian sambas, forging a vital new sound enriched by these traditions. Almost all of the band's music consists of original compositions involving rich arrangements and strong focus on solo improvisations, and all of the band members contribute to the compositional process. Since its debut in February 1984, the band has carried its high-energy message to dancers and listeners, jazz, R&B, and rock fans alike. The Lunar Octet has performed at the Detroit Jazz Festival (five times), the Flint Jazz Festival, the Columbus Arts Festival, the Lancaster Festival, the Ann Arbor Art Fair, the WEMU/Depot Town Winter Jazz Series, Rusty's Jazz Cafe, Ann Arbor's Top of the Park, the Bird of Paradise, the Del Rio, Mr. Flood's Party, the Blind Pig, the Detroit Festival of the Arts, Detroit's New Center Park, Toledo's CityFest, Toledo's Rib-Off, and more. They have released four albums, and they come to The Ark with a long-awaited new one on the way!

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Performance Tue, 04 Jun 2019 15:53:28 -0400 2019-07-28T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance lunar
2019 U-M Carillon Summer Series: Alex Johnson, Royal Carillon School, Belgium (July 29, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63985 63985-16053355@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, July 29, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

The University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance presents the annual Summer Carillon Concert Series, which brings accomplished carillonists from around the world to play on campus. Performances are free and family-friendly.

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Performance Wed, 03 Jul 2019 10:08:27 -0400 2019-07-29T19:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance 2019 Carillon Series
Paul Thorn (July 29, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62400 62400-15361889@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, July 29, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Raised in Tupelo, Mississippi, among the same spirits (and some of the actual people) who nurtured the young Elvis generations before, Paul Thorn has rambled down back roads, battled four-time world champion boxer Roberto Duran on national television, signed with and been dropped by a major label, performed on stages with Bonnie Raitt, Mark Knopfler, Sting, and John Prine among many others, and made some of the most emotionally restless yet relatable music of our time. With 20 years of writing, touring, and entertaining under his belt, he shows no sign of slowing down with his somewhat-gospel new record, "Don’t Let the Devil Ride," still breaking genre barriers and topping charts, putting a new twist on his already entertaining live show. Paul is an Ark favorite who never fails to connect with Michigan audiences.

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Performance Tue, 04 Jun 2019 15:57:00 -0400 2019-07-29T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance paul
The Gothard Sisters (July 30, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61767 61767-15179577@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, July 30, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Springing from an immensely creative family of painters, woodworkers, sculptors, tapestry weavers, dancers and musicians, this band of sisters has always been comfortable with thinking outside the box. The Gothard Sisters' unpredictable and theatrical flair brings a youthful splash to the time-honored tradition of Celtic folk music, bridging the gap between classical, folk, Celtic, world, and roots influences with a sunny, optimistic style. When Edmonds, Washington, sisters Greta Gothard, Willow Gothard, and Solana Gothard fuse their musical talents together, the result is an irresistible mix of spritely violin and fiddle tones, pure sibling vocal harmonies, mandolin and pennywhistle accents, all supported by the powerful and exuberant rhythms of the Irish bodhran, African djembe, and acoustic guitar. The sisters' collaborative process and eclectic style has evolved into a jubilant live performance, full of entertaining sibling-banter, Irish step-dancing, foot-stomping tunes, lyrical melodies, storytelling, and a genuine lightness of heart that leaves audiences feeling refreshed and inspired. They come to Michigan with a new album, "Midnight Sun."

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Performance Tue, 04 Jun 2019 16:01:57 -0400 2019-07-30T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance gothard
Student Poetry Night: Telluride Association Summer Program (August 1, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64649 64649-16404985@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, August 1, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

Please join the high school students in the Telluride Association Summer Program for an evening of poetry!

Youth writers will be sharing original poetry and artwork created over the past 6 weeks while studying at the University of Michigan. Topics range from video games to art to love to race and sexuality. Don't miss the debut of many exciting new voices!

Stop by the Gallery exhibit space any time on Thursday to see a pop-up art show featuring works by the high school students in the U-M TASP program!

TASP instructors and students collaborated with many different areas of the library in their six weeks in this U-M summer program, gathering inspiration to create their poetry and art. This includes working with subject specialists, visiting the Book Arts Studio (hand-setting and printing with metal type), Special Collections (where they worked with underground poetry journals, zines, and broadsides), Computer and Video Game Archive, Comics and Graphics Novels collection, Reference Reading Room collection, and a zine-making workshop in ScholarSpace.

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Performance Tue, 30 Jul 2019 10:52:03 -0400 2019-08-01T18:00:00-04:00 2019-08-01T20:15:00-04:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Performance TASP poster with event details
Moxie Strings (August 4, 2019 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63044 63044-15536937@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, August 4, 2019 7:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

wizardry,” The Moxie Strings offer listeners the unique opportunity to experience some of the world’s best-known instruments through a young, progressive lens. Diana Ladio (who just returned from a revelatory solo year on the road with no fixed address) and Alison Lynn, often joined by percussionist Fritz McGirr, all hold Bachelor of Music degrees in music performance, which have given them a technical foundation for exploration. The Moxie Strings compose the majority of their pieces and arrange melodies from many traditions, resulting in a genre-blurring blend of ear-catching melodies and foot-stomping, rock-influenced rhythms. Alison performs on a newly invented electric cello, and Diana on a contemporary five-string violin, both through a variety of audio effects pedals. Fritz performs on a mix of world percussion instruments and drum kit. Their polished, high-energy show and unique sound have quickly made The Moxie Strings one of the country’s most promising instrumental acts.

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Performance Tue, 04 Jun 2019 16:04:48 -0400 2019-08-04T19:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance moxie
2019 U-M Carillon Summer Series: Jan Verheyen, carillon & Cedric Honings, guitar (August 5, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63986 63986-16053356@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, August 5, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Special duet with guitar

The University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance presents the annual Summer Carillon Concert Series, which brings accomplished carillonists from around the world to play on campus. Performances are free and family-friendly.

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Performance Wed, 03 Jul 2019 10:07:23 -0400 2019-08-05T19:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance 2019 Carillon Series
Sam Burchfield (August 5, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63802 63802-15881960@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, August 5, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Sam Burchfield is a southern folk / soul artist out of Atlanta, GA. After cutting his teeth in the indie-music hub of Athens, GA, Sam planted new roots in the nation’s R&B capital of Atlanta. Sam has now made ripples in the Southeast and continues to grow a loyal fan base nationwide. Lyrical depth, a soulful vocal delivery, and catchy melodies drive home the message. Sam's latest EP, "Unarmored," digs a few layers deeper into a genre-crossing career that has only just begun. From folk, to funk, to Southern soul —Sam and his band of 'Scoundrels' capture it all. Says Emily McBride of Vinyl Mag: "Burchfield’s music is soulful. That is the perfect word for it. It doesn’t just describe his genre—it describes the heart of the artist himself."

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Performance Tue, 04 Jun 2019 16:07:27 -0400 2019-08-05T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance sam
The Founding (August 6, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61930 61930-15241335@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, August 6, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

The Founding is a progressive Folk band with Celtic roots from Kalamazoo, Michigan. With their timeless, energetic, and powerful approach to songwriting, they strive to constantly push the boundaries of the Irish and Scottish music traditions. Over the past two years The Founding has become one of the premier acts in their genre in Michigan and promises to be one of the best of its kind. This young band has performed at venues throughout the United States, making appearances at such notable events as the Michigan Irish Music Festival, the Boston Irish Festival, and The Austin Celtic Festival, and many more. Their discography includes "Form." (2017), an EP, "To a City, Fair" (2016), and the single "Silhouettes Against the Soil" (2016). Their recordings have been featured on radio stations and podcasts around the country.

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Performance Tue, 04 Jun 2019 16:11:30 -0400 2019-08-06T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance founding
Katie Geddes (August 7, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61934 61934-15241340@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, August 7, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Katie sings traditional and contemporary folk, country-folk, and folk-pop tunes. A deft interpreter of beloved songs, her captivating voice and velvety-smooth delivery bring new life to the compositions of writers such as John Prine, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Michael Nesmith and Lennon and McCartney. Katie's CD release "We Are Each Other's Angels" features an inspired roster of guest artists including Michael Johnson, Mary McCaslin, Don Henry and Small Potatoes, and is receiving 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 guests at her shows are always a possibility!

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Performance Tue, 04 Jun 2019 16:18:49 -0400 2019-08-07T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance katie
Altan (August 8, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61939 61939-15241345@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, August 8, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Altan, named for Loch Altan in Ireland's County Donegal, has arguably had a wider impact on audiences over the last 30 years than any other traditional Irish band. Their dynamic and warm live performances mix the most touching old Irish songs with hard-hitting reels and jigs, and the band members' interest in and sheer enjoyment of each other musically is apparent even to audience members new to the Irish tradition. For the Irish music enthusiast, Altan has a treasure trove of brilliant moves to offer: the mix of sounds from Donegal with outside influences, the sheer virtuosity of the players, the beauty, delicate singing, and down-to-earth charm of singer and fiddler Mairead Ni Mhaonaigh. Anywhere they go, a concert by Altan is the Irish music event of the year, and last year they released a much-awaited new album, "The Gap of Dreams."

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Performance Tue, 04 Jun 2019 16:22:51 -0400 2019-08-08T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance altan
Ragtime Extravaganza Music of New Orleans (August 10, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61868 61868-15223792@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, August 10, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

With The River Raisin Ragtime Revue, featuring Evan Christopher and Tom McDermott direct from New Orleans! Special guests Evan Christopher (clarinet) and Tom McDermott (piano), both leading New Orleans musicians, will join the R4 orchestra for a program featuring ragtime and jazz from the Crescent City. Christopher and McDermott both appeared in and contributed music for the HBO series “Treme,” based on post-Katrina New Orleans. The program will feature well known figures in ragtime and jazz and includes works by Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, Sidney Bechet, Kid Ory and the Original Dixieland Jass Band. This show is dedicated to the memory of the late Ann Arbor jazzman Jim Dapogny.

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Performance Tue, 04 Jun 2019 16:25:57 -0400 2019-08-10T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance ragtime
UMMA Pop Up: Nadim Azzam feat. Jacob LaChance on Saxophone (August 11, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64387 64387-16340373@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, August 11, 2019 1:00pm
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. He will be joined by saxophonist, Jacob LaChance. 

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Performance Thu, 18 Jul 2019 12:15:50 -0400 2019-08-11T13:00:00-04:00 2019-08-11T14:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Performance Museum of Art
The Iguanas (August 11, 2019 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63976 63976-16051361@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, August 11, 2019 7:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Presented by The Ark

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Performance Wed, 12 Jun 2019 14:47:44 -0400 2019-08-11T19:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance
Réalta (August 13, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63362 63362-15659241@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, August 13, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Presented by The Ark

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Performance Thu, 25 Apr 2019 10:36:03 -0400 2019-08-13T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance
The Felice Brothers wsg Diana DeMuth (August 14, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63922 63922-16001634@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, August 14, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Presented by The Ark

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Performance Thu, 06 Jun 2019 10:23:59 -0400 2019-08-14T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance
Talisk (August 15, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63363 63363-15659242@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, August 15, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Presented by The Ark

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Performance Thu, 25 Apr 2019 11:11:10 -0400 2019-08-15T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance
My Folky Valentine (August 16, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65345 65345-16573560@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, August 16, 2019 12:00pm
Location:
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Presented by The Ark.

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

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

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

Presented by The Ark

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

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

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

Presented by The Ark

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

Presented by The Ark

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

Presented by The Ark

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

New albums from veteran country and folk songwriters

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Presented by The Ark

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

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

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

Performed by the Mark Lomax Quartet.

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

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

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

Presented by The Ark

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The New Yorker

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

Presented by The Ark

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Washington Post

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

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

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

Presented by The Ark

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Presented by The Ark

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Stephanie Shapiro and Marilyn Biery perform.

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

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

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

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

Wed. Sept. 25 @ 8PM

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Presented by The Ark

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

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

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

Works by Buxtehude, Müthel, and Bach

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

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

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

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

Presented by The Ark

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

Featuring SMTD Prof. Kola Owolabi.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

www.andreagibson.org

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

Courtney Snyder, conductor
Giovani Briguente, graduate conductor

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Presented by The Ark

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

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

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

Presented by The Ark

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Presented by The Ark

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Presented by The Ark

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

A concert of original works by student composers at SMTD.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Questions? Email us at rossleaders@umich.edu.

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

Presented by The Ark

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

Scott Hyslop presents a harpsichord recital.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Flipping the perception of instrumental music

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Presented by The Ark

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Presented by The Ark

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Presented by The Ark.

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

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

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Performance Tue, 03 Sep 2019 13:06:06 -0400 2019-10-13T13:30:00-04:00 2019-10-13T14:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Museum of Natural History Performance