Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. Diversity & Belonging: Unsung Keyboard Stories (January 27, 2022 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89449 89449-21663171@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 27, 2022 9:00am
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

U of M’s SMTD and the Westfield Center for Historical Keyboard Studies are co-hosting a “Diversity and Belonging: Unsung Keyboard Stories conference in Ann Arbor, January 26–30, 2022. The D&B Conference is collaborating with the African American Cultural and Historical Museum of Washtenaw County, and Sphinx Connect.

To view the full schedule and to register, see https://westfield.org/keyboard-stories.html

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Performance Mon, 22 Nov 2021 18:15:20 -0500 2022-01-27T09:00:00-05:00 2022-01-27T20:00:00-05:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Diversity & Belonging: Unsung Keyboard Stories
Venezuelan Crises and Agency in Stories and Music (January 27, 2022 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89451 89451-21663176@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 27, 2022 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

performances and panel discussion featuring Ana María Otamendi, Horacio Contreras, and Reinaldo Moya, Maria Castillo, Sandra Jackson, Simón Gollo, Jean Carlo Ureña, Valeria de Luna-Kent , Marielba Núñez, and Régulo Stabilito, with Pamela Ruiter-Feenstra, moderator. 

PROGRAM
La Boca del Dragón (The Mouth of the Dragon) - Marielba Núñez & Pamela Ruiter-Feenstra
Resistencia y Resiliencia - Alfredo Rugeles

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Performance Tue, 11 Jan 2022 18:15:26 -0500 2022-01-27T09:00:00-05:00 2022-01-27T10:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance
Faculty Showcase (January 27, 2022 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/90224 90224-21668757@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 27, 2022 7:30pm
Location: Walgreen Drama Center
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

PERFORMERS
Doug Perkins and Ian Antonio, percussion
Christopher Harding, piano
David Jackson, trombone
Stephen West, voice and Kathryn Goodson, piano
Adam Unsworth, French horn, and Andy Milne, piano


attend in person or watch livestream at https://myumi.ch/StampsWatch

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Performance Tue, 25 Jan 2022 18:15:20 -0500 2022-01-27T19:30:00-05:00 Walgreen Drama Center School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Faculty Showcase
The Reverón Trio performs Latin American Works (January 27, 2022 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/89448 89448-21663169@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 27, 2022 8:00pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Part of the Diversity & Belonging: Unsung Keyboard Stories Conference

Ana María Otamendi, piano - 2021 Emerging Artist in Music
Simón Gollo, violin
Horacio Contreras, cello

PROGRAM
Trio Romántico - Manuel Ponce
La Hamaca (The Hammock) - Ricardo Lorenz
Trio No. 1, op. 35 - Joaquín Turina

The Reverón Piano Trio’s main goal is to introduce audiences to underrepresented music from Latin America alongside contemporary and standard repertoire. These seasoned artists are active promoters of Latin American music through their work as scholars and entrepreneurs, and they have devoted their careers to the discovery, cataloguing, performance, and recording of this rich repertoire. In addition, the trio continues to commission new works, and is in the process of creating the Sphinx Catalog of Latin American Piano Trios. Ana María, Simón, and Horacio are all Venezuelan artists that have made their home in the United States.

The Reverón Trio is named after Venezuelan artist Armando Reverón, one of the earliest American modernists. Despite the fact that Reverón is now regarded as a highly influential figure in Latin America, his work is not celebrated outside the borders of Venezuela. Similarly, the music of Latin America is virtually unknown, especially the piano trio literature. It is the trio’s wish to enhance multicultural understanding and increase the visibility of Reverón’s work and of Latin American music.

The trio has been in residency at the University of Wisconsin, Dickinson College, Lawrence University, Louisiana State University, the Latin American Music Initiative's first conference, Aruba Symphony Festival, the Beethoven Festival Park City, the Collaborative Piano Institute, and has given many recitals, lectures, and masterclasses in the United States and Aruba. Upcoming projects include the release of their first audio recording produced and distributed globally by IBS Classical, the Latin American Chamber Music Series at the Music Institute of Chicago, and residencies at the University of Michigan, Michigan State University, and various other universities in the U.S. and abroad.

At the performance, Ana María Otamendi will be recognized as the 2021 Emerging Artist in Music. The Emerging Artist Awards recognize SMTD graduates from within the past fifteen years who have made a significant contribution to their artistic field. Winners from each of three categories (music, theatre, and dance) are awarded annually by the SMTD Alumni Board and are chosen from nominations made by alumni and faculty.

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Performance Tue, 11 Jan 2022 18:15:18 -0500 2022-01-27T20:00:00-05:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Earl V. Moore Building
Diversity & Belonging: Unsung Keyboard Stories (January 28, 2022 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89449 89449-21663172@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 28, 2022 9:00am
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

U of M’s SMTD and the Westfield Center for Historical Keyboard Studies are co-hosting a “Diversity and Belonging: Unsung Keyboard Stories conference in Ann Arbor, January 26–30, 2022. The D&B Conference is collaborating with the African American Cultural and Historical Museum of Washtenaw County, and Sphinx Connect.

To view the full schedule and to register, see https://westfield.org/keyboard-stories.html

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Performance Mon, 22 Nov 2021 18:15:20 -0500 2022-01-28T09:00:00-05:00 2022-01-28T20:00:00-05:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Diversity & Belonging: Unsung Keyboard Stories
Qualifying Slam (January 28, 2022 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/91242 91242-21677514@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 28, 2022 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University Activities Center

Slam Poetry invites you to their College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational (CUPSI) Qualifying Slam!

Contestants should bring two poems each, a maximum of 3 minutes. CUPSI is an international College Slam competition that will take place April 7-9 at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia. Competitors making the team of 5 will participate in extra writing workshops and rehearsals leading up to the competition, and attend (travel provided) the April competition.

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Performance Wed, 19 Jan 2022 15:15:11 -0500 2022-01-28T18:00:00-05:00 2022-01-28T19:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location University Activities Center Performance Your chance to qualify for CUPSI!
CANCELED: 45th Ann Arbor Folk Fest 2022 (January 28, 2022 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/89280 89280-21661696@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 28, 2022 6:30pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Please Note: Proof of vaccination is required for admission and current University policy requires masking at all times during events at Hill Auditorium. Please check The Ark’s COVID policy page the week of January 24, 2022 for up-to-date information about Festival requirements regarding masking, COVID vaccination, testing, and health screening. All attendees will be required to comply with the health and safety protocols in place at the time of the Festival.

Get ready to Find Your Folk! The 45th annual Ann Arbor Folk Festival returns to Hill Auditorium on Friday, January 28 and Saturday, January 29, live and in-person. The festival is the largest annual fundraiser for The Ark, Ann Arbor’s non-profit home for folk, roots, and ethnic music. Presented by The Ark and Ford Motor Company Fund, the 2022 Folk Fest brings two nights of music which includes a blend of well-known and up-and-coming artists, providing you with an opportunity to hear artists you know and love while discovering great new talent. The lineup delivers the full spectrum of “Ark music,” presenting a taste of what’s happening on the leading edge of acoustic music while delving into the very heart of folk and roots traditions.

All funds raised through the Festival benefit The Ark, Ann Arbor's non-profit home for folk, roots, and ethnic music. More info at www.theark.org.

Emcee: Sara Watkins

FRIDAY NIGHT
Glen Hansard
Punch Brothers
Madison Cunningham
Ghost of Paul Revere
Gina Chavez
Kyshona

SATURDAY NIGHT
Emmylou Harris
Patty Griffin
Oshima Brothers
Sweet Water Warblers
Brittney Spencer
Jared Deck

**This project is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts. Program subject to change. **

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Performance Fri, 14 Jan 2022 14:02:25 -0500 2022-01-28T18:30:00-05:00 2022-01-28T23:00:00-05:00 Hill Auditorium Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Folk Fest in person at Hill Auditorium
Webster Reading Series (January 28, 2022 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/86291 86291-21632598@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 28, 2022 7:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Helen Zell Writers' Program

The Mark Webster Reading Series presents emerging writers in a warm and relaxed setting. MFA second-year students in fiction and poetry, each introduced by a peer, will share a sample of their work. Friends, family, and members of the Ann Arbor community are welcome to attend the readings both in-person (in Stern Auditorium at the University of Michigan Museum of Art) or synchronously on Zoom via this login link: https://tinyurl.com/WebsterSeries

This series is organized by the Helen Zell Writers' Program and presented in partnership with the University of Michigan Museum of Art. For questions or accommodation needs, contact co-hosts Jen Galvao (jgalvao@umich.edu) or Uri Kumbhat (urvik@umich.edu).

SCHEDULE OF READERS:

*September 24th:* David Joez Villaverde (poetry) and Matthew Del Busto (poetry)

*October 8th:* Richard Stock (fiction), Dasha Sikmashvili (fiction), and Olivia Brown (poetry)

*October 29th: *Bridgette Brados (poetry) and Thomas Boos (fiction)

*November 12th: *Molly Gott (fiction) and Chloe Alberta (fiction)-- DUE TO A COVID RISK, THE NOV. 12TH EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. IT WILL BE RESCHEDULED SOON.

*December 3rd:* Caroline Harper New (poetry) and Julie Cadman-Kim (fiction)

*January 28th:* Abigail McFee (poetry) and Eva Warrick (fiction)

*February 11th:* Robert Laidler (poetry) and Afarin Allabakhshizadeh (fiction)

*March 11th:* Mollie Traver (fiction) and Austin Farrell (poetry)

*March 18th: *Urvi Kumbhat (fiction) and Jennifer Galvão (fiction)

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Performance Fri, 12 Nov 2021 10:27:45 -0500 2022-01-28T19:00:00-05:00 2022-01-28T20:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Helen Zell Writers' Program Performance .
ShunFu Chang, clarinet (January 28, 2022 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/91684 91684-21681605@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 28, 2022 7:30pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

PROGRAM

Clarinet Sonata Op. 120 No. 2 - Johannes Brahms
Piano Trio No. 3, op. 110 - Robert Schumann

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Performance Fri, 28 Jan 2022 18:15:25 -0500 2022-01-28T19:30:00-05:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Earl V. Moore Building
ComCo Presents: Reverse Cowgirl 360 (January 28, 2022 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/91540 91540-21680446@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 28, 2022 8:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Center for Campus Involvement

ComCo's back and ready to bring the laughs! Come on down to Angell Hall Auditorium A this Friday (January 28) for a good laugh at the end of a long week!

Tickets are $2 each at the door. The show starts at 8 pm, come early and bring friends!

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Performance Fri, 28 Jan 2022 14:39:59 -0500 2022-01-28T20:00:00-05:00 2022-01-28T21:00:00-05:00 Angell Hall Center for Campus Involvement Performance Neon light sign reading "Laugh" in red letters in front of a brick wall | Instagram: @timmossholder
Karen Walwyn, piano (January 28, 2022 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/89452 89452-21663177@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 28, 2022 8:00pm
Location: Walgreen Drama Center
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

part of the Diversity & Belonging: Unsung Keyboard Stories Conference

PROGRAM
In the Land O’ Cotton Suite - Florence Price
Child Asleep - Florence Price
Arkansas Jitter - Florence Price
Sonata in E Minor - Florence Price
“A Journey from Afar” from Mother Emanuel: Charleston Karen Walwyn

Karen Walwyn, Concert Pianist, Composer, an Albany Recording Artist and a Florence Price Scholar is the first female African American pianist/ composer to receive the Steinway Artist Award.
A native of New York, Concert Pianist Karen Walwyn made her New York solo piano debut at Merkin Hall as a follow-up to her 2-CD series for Albany Records entitled Dark Fires, offering premiere recordings of works by American composers of African descent. Bill Faucett from The American Record Guide said “ Walwyn’s pianism is superb”, and Peter Burwasser from Fanfare Magazine said “Walwyn gets through this technically demanding program with aplomb. Her rhythmic nimbleness is especially notable.”

Dark Fires’ first volume includes composers Dolores White, Lettie Beckon Alston, Tania León, Hale Smith, Roger Dickerson, Jeffrey Mumford, and Adolphus Hailstork.

Dark Fires’ second album includes composers Ellis Marsalis, David Baker, Alvin Singleton, Adolphus Hailstork and Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson.
As a Composer, she received the Global Award: Gold Medal -Award of Excellence for her recording of her composition entitled Reflections on 9/11. Robert Schulslaper of Fanfare Magazine wrote: “Imaginatively conceived and executed, it both disturbingly transposes the catastrophe into appropriately cataclysmic sound and artistically suggests the aftermath’s lingering sense of numbing devastation.” The demand for concerts of this seven-movement ‘tour de force’ continuously carries her across the nation for command performances, which was first premiered in full at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.

As a Mellon Faculty Fellow at the John Hope Franklin Institute, Duke University, Walwyn composed her debut choral work entitled Of Dance & Struggle: A Musical Tribute on the Life of Nelson Mandela, (Choir/Solo Piano/African Percussion) commissioned and performed by the Elon University Chorale under the direction of Dr. Gerald Knight.

Scored for a 100+choir, African Drums, Dancers, it is a multi-movement multimedia work, the premiere performance included choreographer Jason Aryeh.

Of Dance and Struggle was heralded by the South African Embassy in Washington, D.C. as “a monumental work for our beloved president, Nelson Mandela.”

As a Florence Price Scholar, Dr. Walwyn remains active in the research and work towards recordings of new music by Florence Price. She was invited by deputy director Morris Phibbs of the Center of Black Music Research of Chicago to perform and record the premiere recording of the Florence Price Concerto for Piano with the New Black Music Repertory Ensemble conducted by Leslie B Dunner of Chicago on Albany Records. “Walwyn provides a magnificent account of the concerto displaying her considerable technical skills”, reviewed by Bob McQuiston at NPR. Shortly after this release, she was invited as a guest artist on the documentary by Dr. James Greeson for his Emmy nominated film entitled The Caged Bird: The Life and Music of Florence B. Price which features Walwyn as one of the pioneering soloists of the music of Florence Price.

On her trip to Arkansas to visit the former homes of Ms. Price in Little Rock, and to review the precious letters at Special Collections at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, Dr. Walwyn had the opportunity to discover important history not yet told about which she shares in her many interviews and workshops on Florence Price. Learn more about Florence B. Price on Dr. Walwyn’s florenceprice.org here.

Dr. Walwyn, Area Coordinator of Keyboard Studies at Howard University, is in constant concert demand nationally and internationally for both her repertoire from Frédéric Chopin to Florence Price, as well as for performances of her own works for solo piano, choir and instrumental ensemble. And as a composer, she remains exceedingly busy with the completion of and performance of her commissions.

Pre-covid, some recent concerts include appearances in Johannesburg, South Africa; Barcelona, Spain; Tenerife, Canary Islands; Salzburg, Austria; London, England; and Nice, France. Nationally, Walwyn has performed throughout the contiguous United States, Hawaii, West Indies and the Virgin Islands.
Dr. Karen’s hobby is creating music therapy for pets! Her favorite pup, Miles, who was once a beautiful German Shepherd, taught her a lot about music affected him and after much research, she created her on line of albums for pets: Allegro Paws.

Making her compositional debut recently at the Kennedy Center, Dr. Walwyn received a tremendous standing ovation for her work for solo piano entitled “Reflections on 9/11”. “Imaginatively conceived and executed, it both disturbingly transposes the catastrophe into appropriately cataclysmic sound and artistically suggests the aftermath’s lingering sense of numbing devastation.” reviewed by Robert Schulslaper of Fanfare Magazine. The demand for concerts of this seven-movement ‘tour de force’ work continuously takes her across the nation for command performances.

co-sponsored by CEW+ Frances and Sydney Lewis Visiting Leaders Fund

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Performance Thu, 13 Jan 2022 18:15:27 -0500 2022-01-28T20:00:00-05:00 Walgreen Drama Center School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Karen Walwyn, piano
Diversity & Belonging: Unsung Keyboard Stories (January 29, 2022 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89449 89449-21663173@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, January 29, 2022 9:00am
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

U of M’s SMTD and the Westfield Center for Historical Keyboard Studies are co-hosting a “Diversity and Belonging: Unsung Keyboard Stories conference in Ann Arbor, January 26–30, 2022. The D&B Conference is collaborating with the African American Cultural and Historical Museum of Washtenaw County, and Sphinx Connect.

To view the full schedule and to register, see https://westfield.org/keyboard-stories.html

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Performance Mon, 22 Nov 2021 18:15:20 -0500 2022-01-29T09:00:00-05:00 2022-01-29T20:00:00-05:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Diversity & Belonging: Unsung Keyboard Stories
Anna Rosengart, trombone (January 29, 2022 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/91685 91685-21681606@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, January 29, 2022 4:00pm
Location: Stearns Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

PROGRAM

So This Is Love - Mack David, Jerry Livingston & Al Hoffman arr. Anna Rosengart
Young and Foolish - Albert Hague & Arnold B Horwitt arr. Anna Rosengart
Stay A While -Anna Rosengart
Dear Maple Tree - Anna Rosengart
You’d Better Love Me - Hugh Martin & Timothy Gray arr. Anna Rosengart
She Touched Me - Milton Schafer & Ira Levin

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Performance Fri, 28 Jan 2022 18:15:25 -0500 2022-01-29T16:00:00-05:00 Stearns Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Stearns Building
CANCELED: 45th Ann Arbor Folk Fest 2022 (January 29, 2022 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/89280 89280-21661697@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, January 29, 2022 6:30pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Please Note: Proof of vaccination is required for admission and current University policy requires masking at all times during events at Hill Auditorium. Please check The Ark’s COVID policy page the week of January 24, 2022 for up-to-date information about Festival requirements regarding masking, COVID vaccination, testing, and health screening. All attendees will be required to comply with the health and safety protocols in place at the time of the Festival.

Get ready to Find Your Folk! The 45th annual Ann Arbor Folk Festival returns to Hill Auditorium on Friday, January 28 and Saturday, January 29, live and in-person. The festival is the largest annual fundraiser for The Ark, Ann Arbor’s non-profit home for folk, roots, and ethnic music. Presented by The Ark and Ford Motor Company Fund, the 2022 Folk Fest brings two nights of music which includes a blend of well-known and up-and-coming artists, providing you with an opportunity to hear artists you know and love while discovering great new talent. The lineup delivers the full spectrum of “Ark music,” presenting a taste of what’s happening on the leading edge of acoustic music while delving into the very heart of folk and roots traditions.

All funds raised through the Festival benefit The Ark, Ann Arbor's non-profit home for folk, roots, and ethnic music. More info at www.theark.org.

Emcee: Sara Watkins

FRIDAY NIGHT
Glen Hansard
Punch Brothers
Madison Cunningham
Ghost of Paul Revere
Gina Chavez
Kyshona

SATURDAY NIGHT
Emmylou Harris
Patty Griffin
Oshima Brothers
Sweet Water Warblers
Brittney Spencer
Jared Deck

**This project is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts. Program subject to change. **

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Performance Fri, 14 Jan 2022 14:02:25 -0500 2022-01-29T18:30:00-05:00 2022-01-29T23:00:00-05:00 Hill Auditorium Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Folk Fest in person at Hill Auditorium
“Momentum: Portraits of Women in Motion” - Ellen Rowe Jazz Octet (January 29, 2022 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/89453 89453-21663178@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, January 29, 2022 8:00pm
Location: Walgreen Drama Center
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

part of the Diversity & Belonging: Unsung Keyboard Stories Conference

PROGRAM
Selections from Momentum: Portraits of Women in Motion - Ellen Rowe
Ain’t I A Woman
R.F.P. (Relentless Forward Progress)
The Soul Keepers
Anthem
The First Lady (No, Not You, Melania)
The Guardians
Game, Set and March
Song of the Medowlark
The Supremes

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Performance Thu, 13 Jan 2022 18:15:27 -0500 2022-01-29T20:00:00-05:00 Walgreen Drama Center School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance “Momentum: Portraits of Women in Motion” - Ellen Rowe Jazz Octet
Diversity & Belonging: Unsung Keyboard Stories (January 30, 2022 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89449 89449-21663174@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, January 30, 2022 9:00am
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

U of M’s SMTD and the Westfield Center for Historical Keyboard Studies are co-hosting a “Diversity and Belonging: Unsung Keyboard Stories conference in Ann Arbor, January 26–30, 2022. The D&B Conference is collaborating with the African American Cultural and Historical Museum of Washtenaw County, and Sphinx Connect.

To view the full schedule and to register, see https://westfield.org/keyboard-stories.html

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Performance Mon, 22 Nov 2021 18:15:20 -0500 2022-01-30T09:00:00-05:00 2022-01-30T20:00:00-05:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Diversity & Belonging: Unsung Keyboard Stories
Chamber Music - Schubert’s Birthday Concert (January 30, 2022 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/90849 90849-21674256@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, January 30, 2022 2:00pm
Location: Walgreen Drama Center
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

PROGRAM
Music of Franz Schubert
Der Hirt auf dem Felsen, D. 965
Julia Bezems, soprano
Nick Thompson, clarinet
Jacob Wang, piano

Fantasia in F Minor, D. 940
Sua Lee, piano
Jacob Wang, piano

Piano Trio No. 1 in B-flat Major, D. 898
Kevin Sung, violin
Benjamin Maxwell, cello
Jacob Wang, piano

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Performance Wed, 19 Jan 2022 18:15:23 -0500 2022-01-30T14:00:00-05:00 Walgreen Drama Center School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Walgreen Drama Center
Kathryn Marks, horn (January 30, 2022 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/91251 91251-21677603@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, January 30, 2022 5:30pm
Location: Walgreen Drama Center
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

PROGRAM

Six Melodies for Horn and Piano - Charles Gounod
Concerto No. 5 in F Major - Giovanni Punto
Introduction and Rondo - Ferdinand Ries
Brass Quintet No. 2 in E-flat Major, Op. 6 - Victor Ewald

attend in person or watch online at https://myumi.ch/StampsWatch

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Performance Fri, 28 Jan 2022 18:15:24 -0500 2022-01-30T17:30:00-05:00 Walgreen Drama Center School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Walgreen Drama Center
Brian Allen, violin (January 30, 2022 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/91686 91686-21681607@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, January 30, 2022 8:00pm
Location: Walgreen Drama Center
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

PROGRAM

Three Preludes - George Gershwin
Sonata no. 1 for Violin and Piano - Béla Bartók
Slavonic Dance, op. 46 no. 2 - Antonín Dvořák
Berceuse - Gabriel Fauré
Hungarian Dance no. 2 - Johannes Brahms

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Performance Fri, 28 Jan 2022 18:15:25 -0500 2022-01-30T20:00:00-05:00 Walgreen Drama Center School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Walgreen Drama Center
Symphony Band Chamber Winds “Structures” (January 30, 2022 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/89210 89210-21661162@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, January 30, 2022 8:00pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Richard Frey, guest conductor
Nicholas Balla, Kimberly Fleming, Daniel Johnson, JoAnn Wieszczyk, graduate conductors

Structures. 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.

Overture from L'Amant Anonyme - Joseph Bologne
“Intermezzo grazioso and Pifferari” from Divertimento, Opus 22 - Hans Gal
All Set - Milton Babbitt
Pastoral Variee Dans Le Style Ancien - Gabriel Pierne
Seascapes - Ruth Gipps
French Dances Revisited - Adam Gorb

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Performance Tue, 25 Jan 2022 12:15:14 -0500 2022-01-30T20:00:00-05:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Symphony Band Chamber Winds “Structures”
Eunbin Ko, piano (January 31, 2022 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/91252 91252-21677604@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 31, 2022 7:30pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

PROGRAM

Sonata - Domenico Scarlatti
Piano Sonata No.30 in E Major,Op.109 - Ludwig van Beethoven
6 Klavierstücke Op.118 - Johannes Brahms
Piano Sonata No.2, “The Fire Sermon” - Einojuhani Rautavaara

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Performance Fri, 28 Jan 2022 18:15:24 -0500 2022-01-31T19:30:00-05:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Earl V. Moore Building
Yuting Ma, piano (February 1, 2022 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/91687 91687-21681608@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 1, 2022 7:30pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

PROGRAM

Piano Sonata in A Major, D.959 - Franz Schubert
Sonata in C Minor, K.115 - Domenico Scarlatti
Sonata in A Major, K.65 - Domenico Scarlatti
Sonata in B-flat Major, K.529 - Domenico Scarlatti
Nutcracker Suite - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Hungarian Rhapsody no.4 in E-flat Major, S.244/4 - Franz Liszt

attend in person or watch online at https://myumi.ch/BrittonWatch

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Performance Fri, 28 Jan 2022 18:15:25 -0500 2022-02-01T19:30:00-05:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Earl V. Moore Building
Anne Richardson, cello (February 2, 2022 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/91741 91741-21682695@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 2, 2022 8:00pm
Location: Walgreen Drama Center
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

PROGRAM
Romanian Folk Dances - Béla Bartók
Drei Kleine Stücke, Op. 11 - Anton Webern
Sonate pour Violoncelle et Piano - Claude Debussy
Sonata for solo cello, Op. 8 - Zoltán Kodály

attend in person or watch online at https://myumi.ch/StampsWatch

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Performance Mon, 31 Jan 2022 12:15:22 -0500 2022-02-02T20:00:00-05:00 Walgreen Drama Center School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Walgreen Drama Center
Faculty Showcase (February 3, 2022 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/90225 90225-21668758@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 3, 2022 7:30pm
Location: Walgreen Drama Center
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

PERFORMERS
Arthur Greene, piano
David Zerkel, tuba
Danielle Belen, violin and Martin Katz, piano
Amy Porter, flute and Christopher Harding, piano
Ellen Rowe, piano and Andrew Bishop, saxophone (jazz)
Timothy McAllister, saxophone and Liz Ames, piano
Erik Santos, composition
Fabiola Kim, violin and Natalie Scherer, piano

attend in person or watch livestream at https://myumi.ch/StampsWatch

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Performance Wed, 02 Feb 2022 18:15:19 -0500 2022-02-03T19:30:00-05:00 Walgreen Drama Center School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Faculty Showcase
Forward Facing (February 3, 2022 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/90990 90990-21675226@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 3, 2022 7:30pm
Location: Power Center for the Performing Arts
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

The Department of Dance reflects on the pandemic with an eye to the future in “Forward Facing,” this year’s annual dance concert. Featuring two new works by faculty members Krisilyn “Tony” Frazier and Shannon Gillen and a new work by guest choreographers Wideman-Davis Dance–all performed by the exceptional Department of Dance students and a few guest dancers–“Forward Facing” showcases the power of modern dance to evoke emotion and demonstrate resilience in these troubled times.

Tickets available at tickets.smtd.umich.edu or at the League Box Office 734-764-2538

**Please Note: Due to new U-M health and safety guidance, recently updated in January 2022, this indoor, ticketed performance requires audience members to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or present a negative PCR Covid test within 72 hrs of the performance. By purchasing this performance you agree to adhere to these guidelines and any other health and safety measures already currently in place (such as wearing a face mask in our venues and auditioriums for the duration of the performance as well as a screening for symptoms through the ResponsiBlue app). **

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Performance Mon, 17 Jan 2022 12:15:24 -0500 2022-02-03T19:30:00-05:00 Power Center for the Performing Arts School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Forward Facing
Yi-Hsuan Lee, piano (February 4, 2022 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/91690 91690-21681611@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 4, 2022 5:00pm
Location: Walgreen Drama Center
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Works by Leoš Janáček

attend in person or watch online at https://myumi.ch/StampsWatch

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Performance Mon, 31 Jan 2022 18:15:22 -0500 2022-02-04T17:00:00-05:00 Walgreen Drama Center School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Walgreen Drama Center
An Evening in B-flat (February 4, 2022 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/90144 90144-21668128@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 4, 2022 8:00pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Yizhak Schotten, viola
Blythe Allers, violin
Michael Romans, violin
Anne Richardson, cello

String Quartet, no. 1 op. 50 “Prussian” - Joseph Haydn
String Quartet, no. 3 op. 67 - Johannes Brahms

attend in person or watch online at httsp://myumi.ch/BrittonWatch

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Performance Mon, 31 Jan 2022 18:15:19 -0500 2022-02-04T20:00:00-05:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance An Evening in B-flat
Forward Facing (February 4, 2022 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/90990 90990-21675227@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 4, 2022 8:00pm
Location: Power Center for the Performing Arts
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

The Department of Dance reflects on the pandemic with an eye to the future in “Forward Facing,” this year’s annual dance concert. Featuring two new works by faculty members Krisilyn “Tony” Frazier and Shannon Gillen and a new work by guest choreographers Wideman-Davis Dance–all performed by the exceptional Department of Dance students and a few guest dancers–“Forward Facing” showcases the power of modern dance to evoke emotion and demonstrate resilience in these troubled times.

Tickets available at tickets.smtd.umich.edu or at the League Box Office 734-764-2538

**Please Note: Due to new U-M health and safety guidance, recently updated in January 2022, this indoor, ticketed performance requires audience members to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or present a negative PCR Covid test within 72 hrs of the performance. By purchasing this performance you agree to adhere to these guidelines and any other health and safety measures already currently in place (such as wearing a face mask in our venues and auditioriums for the duration of the performance as well as a screening for symptoms through the ResponsiBlue app). **

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Performance Mon, 17 Jan 2022 12:15:24 -0500 2022-02-04T20:00:00-05:00 Power Center for the Performing Arts School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Forward Facing
Symphony Band (February 4, 2022 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/89226 89226-21661178@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 4, 2022 8:00pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Michael Haithcock, conductor
Kimberly Fleming, graduate conductor
Nancy Ambrose King, oboe

Pre-concert lecture at 7:15

Sound Formations. An eclectic program representing diverse styles of composition and composers from many cultures and eras of music history. U-M Professor Nancy Ambrose King is soloist in U-M alum Roger Zare’s distinctive new concerto for oboe and winds, "Oceans of Undiscovered Truth."

PROGRAM
Konzertmusik, Opus 41 - Paul Hindemith
Sweet Chariot - Carlos Simon
“ Energetically” from Dragon Rhyme - Chen Yi
Ocean of Undiscovered Truth - Roger Zare
Nancy Ambrose King, oboe
Dionysiaques - Florent Schmitt

attend in person or watch online at https://myumi.ch/HillWatch

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Performance Thu, 03 Feb 2022 18:15:16 -0500 2022-02-04T20:00:00-05:00 Hill Auditorium School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Symphony Band
Christine Amon, mezzo-soprano (February 5, 2022 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/91688 91688-21681609@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 5, 2022 5:30pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

PROGRAM

Music by Francis Poulenc
Trois mélodies du Bestiaire
Le Bestiaire
Deux Mélodies
Banalités

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Performance Fri, 28 Jan 2022 18:15:25 -0500 2022-02-05T17:30:00-05:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Earl V. Moore Building
Forward Facing (February 5, 2022 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/90990 90990-21675228@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 5, 2022 8:00pm
Location: Power Center for the Performing Arts
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

The Department of Dance reflects on the pandemic with an eye to the future in “Forward Facing,” this year’s annual dance concert. Featuring two new works by faculty members Krisilyn “Tony” Frazier and Shannon Gillen and a new work by guest choreographers Wideman-Davis Dance–all performed by the exceptional Department of Dance students and a few guest dancers–“Forward Facing” showcases the power of modern dance to evoke emotion and demonstrate resilience in these troubled times.

Tickets available at tickets.smtd.umich.edu or at the League Box Office 734-764-2538

**Please Note: Due to new U-M health and safety guidance, recently updated in January 2022, this indoor, ticketed performance requires audience members to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or present a negative PCR Covid test within 72 hrs of the performance. By purchasing this performance you agree to adhere to these guidelines and any other health and safety measures already currently in place (such as wearing a face mask in our venues and auditioriums for the duration of the performance as well as a screening for symptoms through the ResponsiBlue app). **

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Performance Mon, 17 Jan 2022 12:15:24 -0500 2022-02-05T20:00:00-05:00 Power Center for the Performing Arts School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Forward Facing
Imprint Series (February 5, 2022 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/91739 91739-21682693@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 5, 2022 8:00pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

attend in person or watch online at https://myumi.ch/McIntoshWatch

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Performance Tue, 01 Feb 2022 18:15:14 -0500 2022-02-05T20:00:00-05:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Earl V. Moore Building
In-Ae Ha, piano (February 5, 2022 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/91759 91759-21682809@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 5, 2022 8:00pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

PROGRAM

Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109 - Ludwig van Beethoven
La Valse - Maurice Ravel
Kreisleriana, Op. 16 - >Robert Schumann

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Performance Mon, 31 Jan 2022 18:15:22 -0500 2022-02-05T20:00:00-05:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance In-Ae Ha, piano
Forward Facing (February 6, 2022 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/90990 90990-21675229@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, February 6, 2022 2:00pm
Location: Power Center for the Performing Arts
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

The Department of Dance reflects on the pandemic with an eye to the future in “Forward Facing,” this year’s annual dance concert. Featuring two new works by faculty members Krisilyn “Tony” Frazier and Shannon Gillen and a new work by guest choreographers Wideman-Davis Dance–all performed by the exceptional Department of Dance students and a few guest dancers–“Forward Facing” showcases the power of modern dance to evoke emotion and demonstrate resilience in these troubled times.

Tickets available at tickets.smtd.umich.edu or at the League Box Office 734-764-2538

**Please Note: Due to new U-M health and safety guidance, recently updated in January 2022, this indoor, ticketed performance requires audience members to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or present a negative PCR Covid test within 72 hrs of the performance. By purchasing this performance you agree to adhere to these guidelines and any other health and safety measures already currently in place (such as wearing a face mask in our venues and auditioriums for the duration of the performance as well as a screening for symptoms through the ResponsiBlue app). **

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Performance Mon, 17 Jan 2022 12:15:24 -0500 2022-02-06T14:00:00-05:00 Power Center for the Performing Arts School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Forward Facing
David Hahn, conductor (February 6, 2022 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/91818 91818-21683183@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, February 6, 2022 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

“Expressions of National Identity”

PROGRAM

The Star-Spangled Banner - Kile Smith
the national anthems - David Lang
Lift every voice and sing - J. Rosamond Johnson

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Performance Tue, 01 Feb 2022 12:15:32 -0500 2022-02-06T18:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance
Hongyu Hanson Yao, piano (February 6, 2022 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/91689 91689-21681610@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, February 6, 2022 7:00pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

PROGRAM

Works by Frédéric Chopin
Polonaise Op.44
Ballade Op.52
Frédéric Chopin
Barcarolle Op. 60
Sonata Op. 58

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Performance Fri, 28 Jan 2022 18:15:25 -0500 2022-02-06T19:00:00-05:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Earl V. Moore Building
Anaïs Mitchell & Bonny Light Horseman (February 7, 2022 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/91542 91542-21680448@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 7, 2022 7:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Proof of COVID vaccination required for entry. By purchasing a ticket you agree that you and your guests will comply with all laws, orders, ordinances, regulations and health and safety guidance adopted by the State of Michigan, the County of Washtenaw and The Ark, including any guidelines in place at the time of the show. Attendees who do not comply will be asked to leave. Policies will be updated as circumstances and requirements change in our community. Please review The Ark’s current COVID-related information before attending a show. 

Anaïs Mitchell, the esteemed singer-songwriter whose Broadway smash "Hadestown" won 8 awards, including Best Musical, at the 2019 Tony Awards, is joined on this one-of-a-kind tour by Bonny Light Horseman, a folk supergroup trio comprised of Mitchell, Eric D. Johnson (best known for his project Fruit Bats and stints with The Shins), and Josh Kaufman (instrumentalist and producer known for his work with Hiss Golden Messenger, Bob Weir, The National). Bonny Light Horseman will perform selections from their two-time Grammy nominated album of traditional folk songs with a contemporary twist, before Anaïs takes to the stage to share songs from her forthcoming album as well as from her back catalogue of audience-favorites on this unique, collaborative tour.

For more information: https://amp-worldwide.com/artist/anais-mitchell-bonny-light-horseman/

VENUE CHANGE - Event is now at The Ark. Previously purchased tickets will be reissued for The Ark. Print at Home tickets will come from muto-tix@umich.edu.

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Performance Wed, 26 Jan 2022 10:14:05 -0500 2022-02-07T19:30:00-05:00 2022-02-07T22:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Anaïs Mitchell & Bonny Light Horseman
CANCELED: Ocie Elliott (February 7, 2022 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/88669 88669-21656588@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 7, 2022 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Proof of COVID vaccination required for entry. By purchasing a ticket you agree that you and your guests will comply with all laws, orders, ordinances, regulations and health and safety guidance adopted by the State of Michigan, the County of Washtenaw and The Ark, including any guidelines in place at the time of the show. Attendees who do not comply will be asked to leave. Policies will be updated as circumstances and requirements change in our community. Please review The Ark’s current COVID-related information before attending a show. 

Ocie Elliott is musical duo Jon Middleton and Sierra Lundy from Victoria, B.C., Canada. The two have come a long way in a short time since a chance encounter in a Salt Spring Island café led to a spark, collaboration, and their ultimate partnership in music and beyond. With gentle acoustic chords layered over gorgeously complementary voices, which intertwine in gentle harmonies, Sierra and Jon’s beautifully written songs explore, of all things, love and connection. The duo has been aptly described by one reviewer as “...the aural equivalent of indigo painted skies and the first summer stars."

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Performance Fri, 21 Jan 2022 14:10:15 -0500 2022-02-07T20:00:00-05:00 2022-02-07T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Ocie Elliott at The Ark
Jonathan Jung, piano (February 9, 2022 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/90419 90419-21670794@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 9, 2022 7:30pm
Location: Walgreen Drama Center
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

PROGRAM

Partita in B-flat major, BWV. 825 - Johann Sebastian Bach
Polonaise No. 2 in E major, S. 223/2 - Franz Liszt
Valses nobles et sentimentales - Maurice Ravel
Piano Sonata No. 7 in B-flat major, Op. 83 - Sergei Prokofiev


South Korean-New Zealand pianist Jonathan Jung concertizes regularly across the USA, New Zealand, Australia, Thailand, Vietnam, China, South Korea, and Japan. He has been featured as a Guest Artist at the Texas State International Piano Festival and Brevard Summer Music Festival. Jonathan has performed with the Eastman Philharmonic Orchestra, Korean Philharmonic Orchestra of New Zealand, University of Auckland Symphony Orchestra, Auckland Youth Orchestra, and Chattanooga Symphony Orchestra. Jonathan received prizes in Kerikeri Piano Competition, Eastman Concerto Competition, Kapiti Coast National Piano Competition, and Christchurch National Piano Concerto Competition. His solo recitals and concerto performances have been recorded and broadcasted by Radio New Zealand, World TV, and WSMC-FM.

Jonathan completed a Master of Music Degree and Bachelor of Music (Honours) Degree with First Class at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. In 2009, he received an invitation to study in the USA to complete a Doctor of Musical Arts Degree, Master of Arts in Theory Pedagogy Degree, and Master of Music Degree at the Eastman School of Music. His academic mentors include Barry Snyder, Rae de Lisle, Read Gainsford, Douglas Humpherys, Thomas Schumacher, Steven Laitz, Elizabeth Marvin, Katherine Ciesinski, David Temperley, and Matthew Brown.

Jonathan has a passion for collecting rare historical music recordings of the early twentieth century. He is now combining this passion with his academic interest: music theory and music analysis. Jonathan’s current research is on tempo rubato—an in depth comparative study between nineteenth- and twentieth century pianists’ interpretations. His thesis, titled “Structural Hearing of Rubato,” is a pedagogical study of tempo fluctuation in music performance, focusing on motives, counterpoint, and harmonization. Jonathan has presented his theoretical work at the MTNA and College Music Society conferences.

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Performance Tue, 04 Jan 2022 12:15:13 -0500 2022-02-09T19:30:00-05:00 Walgreen Drama Center School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Jonathan Jung, piano
University Philharmonia Orchestra (February 9, 2022 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/89227 89227-21661179@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 9, 2022 8:00pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Graduate Student Conductors

Featuring music written by SMTD composition students
PROGRAM
Red Rapture - Christian Erroll King
Still Processing - Indigo Knecht
Nor am I Quiet - Grayson Jarvis     
In a Midwest Field - Grey Grant
“Orange” from Concerto for Alto Saxophone - Algernon Robinson
Conducting Milgram’s Experiment - Sammy Sussman
Reflective Surfaces - Ancel Neeley
Imaginary Skin - Sylvan Talavera
Breathing Light - Gala Flagello
Infierno - Jeremy Esquer
Phantasy in Red - Carlos Taboada

attend in person or watch online at https://myumi.ch/HillWatch

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Performance Tue, 08 Feb 2022 12:15:19 -0500 2022-02-09T20:00:00-05:00 2022-02-09T22:30:00-05:00 Hill Auditorium School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Hill Auditorium
Lone Piñon (February 10, 2022 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/90299 90299-21669069@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 10, 2022 7:30pm
Location: East Quadrangle
Organized By: Center for World Performance Studies

East Quad Keene Theater | 701 E. University
Thursday, February 10 at 7:30pm
Free & Open to the public
*U-M requires all students, staff, faculty and visitors to wear a face covering that covers the mouth and nose when indoors on U-M property.*

Center for World Performance Studies (CWPS) will host the New Mexico-based Latinx roots music ensemble Lone Piñon on Thursday, February 10, 2021 for an evening performance. Lone Piñon is a New Mexican string band, or “orquesta típica”, whose music celebrates the integrity and diversity of their region's cultural roots. With fiddles, upright bass, guitars, accordions, vihuela, and bilingual vocals, they play a wide spectrum of the traditional music that is at home in New Mexico. In addition, Detroit based singer and guitarist Camilla-Isabella Cantu, from the band Mariachi Feminil, will open the show with a solo set.

In 2014, Lone Piñon was founded as a platform from which to explore and strengthen the oldest sounds of traditional New Mexico string music, sounds that had all but disappeared from daily life. Through relationship with elders, study of field recordings, connections to parallel traditional music and dance revitalization movements in the US and Mexico, and hundreds of local and national performances, they have brought the language of the New Mexico orquesta típica back onto the modern stage, back onto dance floors, into a contemporary aesthetic/artistic conversation, and into the ears of a young generation. The musicians of Lone Piñon learned from elder musicians who instilled in them a respect for continuity and an example of the radicalism, creativity, and cross-cultural solidarity that has always been necessary for musical traditions to adapt and thrive in each generation.

In the past seven years Lone Piñon has played extensively throughout the Southwest and the US and recorded four studio albums: "Trio Nuevomexicano” (2016), "Días Felices," (2017), "Dále Vuelo,”(2019), and “Nuevas Acequias, Río Viejo: Traditional Music of Northern New Mexico”(2020). In August 2018 Lone Piñon was invited by the Library of Congress and the American Folklife Center to Washington DC, where they recorded a concert and an oral history of their work with New Mexican and Mexican musical traditions.

In 2019 they were honored to teach and perform Northern New Mexico fiddle and dance alongside traditional masters from across North America and Europe at Centrum’s Festival of American Fiddle Tunes in Port Townsend, WA. A documentary film about their work with traditional music, “En Donde los Bailadores se Entregan los Corazones,” premiered in 2019 and won several awards at film festivals in the US, Canada, and Mexico. In 2019 the band received the Parsons Award from the American Folklife Center, which brought them back to the Library of Congress in Washington DC in 2020 to study the Library’s collection of field recordings of Northern New Mexican musicians and to record another program of music they have learned and revived from the Juan B. Rael archive.

Additional info about Lone Piñon and individual band members can be found at:
www.https://www.lonepinon.com

If you require accommodation to participate in this event, please contact the Center for World Performance Studies, at 734-936-2777 or cwps.information@umich.edu. 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 Fri, 21 Jan 2022 16:10:14 -0500 2022-02-10T19:30:00-05:00 2022-02-10T21:00:00-05:00 East Quadrangle Center for World Performance Studies Performance Lone Piñon
Corn Potato String Band (February 10, 2022 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/86602 86602-21635119@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 10, 2022 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Please review The Ark’s current COVID-related information and policies before purchasing a ticket and again before attending a show. Policies will be updated as circumstances and requirements change in our community. By purchasing a ticket you agree that you and your guests will comply with all laws, orders, ordinances, regulations and health and safety guidance adopted by the State of Michigan, the County of Washtenaw and The Ark, including any guidelines in place at the time of the show. Attendees who do not comply will be asked to leave.

The Corn Potato String Band earns high praise in traditional American music, keeping old time fiddle and banjo music from a one-way trip to the dustbins of history. Theirs is a story of struggle, hard knocks and triumph. Essentially unable to cope with modern life, the members of this band are outcasts of society who survive by playing the lost music of the flatlands where they were raised.

The Corn Potatos have delighted audiences with their driving fiddle tunes and harmonious singing across the US, Canada, Europe, Mexico, and India. They are all multi-instrumentalists dedicated to continuing the music and dance traditions of the Central and Southern US. In addition to being champion fiddlers they play banjo, guitar, bass and mandolin and deftly handle many different antiquated styles including ballads, "ho-downs," country "rags" and southern gospel, specializing in twin fiddling and double banjo tunes.

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Performance Thu, 09 Sep 2021 11:28:14 -0400 2022-02-10T20:00:00-05:00 2022-02-10T22:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Corn Potato String Band at The Ark
MSwing Lesson + Open Dance (February 10, 2022 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/91446 91446-21679723@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 10, 2022 8:00pm
Location: Koessler Room (3rd floor Michigan League)
Organized By: Maize Pages Student Organizations

Come join us for a swing dance lesson (both beginner and advanced lessons will be taught!), games, open dance following the lesson, and meeting a bunch of cool folks :) We're a completely free organization, and no partner is required to attend.  

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Performance Thu, 10 Feb 2022 18:00:13 -0500 2022-02-10T20:00:00-05:00 2022-02-10T22:00:00-05:00 Koessler Room (3rd floor Michigan League) Maize Pages Student Organizations Performance Image Imported from Maize Pages
Yaron Kohlberg, piano (February 10, 2022 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/90145 90145-21668129@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 10, 2022 8:00pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Yaron Kohlberg is a prize winning pianist and the Director of the Cleveland International Piano Competition.

PROGRAM
Rhapsody in Blue - George Gershwin
Yaron Kohlberg, piano
Philip Solomonick, piano

Piano Quintet in A major, D. 667 “Trout Quintet” - Franz Schubert
Yaron Kohlberg, piano
Fabiola Kim, violin
Yizhak Schotten, viola
Amir Eldan, cello
Nicholas Walker, bass

“Kohlberg showed an intuitive understanding of Schumann’s music, the fleeting sense of fancy, here light as a spider web and then crashing down with heavy-footed fury, both humorous and self-righteous.” – The Washington Post

“And when the music ends, if you’re not deeply moved by the depth of Kohlberg’s insight, you might want to check your pulse.” – NPR

Described as “the pianist with golden hands” by international media, Jerusalem-born and Israeli native Yaron Kohlberg is one of today’s top Israeli pianists. He has played in major halls in 40 countries spanning five continents and has won more than ten international prizes, including the second prize at the 2007 Cleveland International Piano Competition.

Mr. Kohlberg has arrived in Cleveland after spending the last few years traveling around the world, performing in various concerts and presenting master classes and workshops. He was also a part of the highly successful piano duo, Duo Amal, where he teamed up with friend Bishara Haroni.

Mr. Kohlberg, who speaks six languages, holds a graduate degree (with distinction) from the Buchmann-Mehta school of music of Tel Aviv University.

attend in person or watch online at https://myumi.ch/BrittonWatch

attend in person or watch livestream at https://myumi.ch/BrittonWatch

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Performance Mon, 31 Jan 2022 18:15:19 -0500 2022-02-10T20:00:00-05:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Yaron Kohlberg, piano
Feel Good Friday at UMMA (February 11, 2022 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/91548 91548-21680553@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 11, 2022 7:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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Feel Good Friday is a gathering of art and humans.    Join us on the second Friday of each month at the University of Michigan Museum of Art. Looking for a reason to feel good? Let art, music, and culture lift you up. Reconnect and recharge each month at Feel Good Friday.    Free and open to the public. No advance registration required.

February is Feel Good Fashion: Open until 10pm on Friday, February 11, our Feel Good Friday event series kicks off with a focus on the intersection of fashion, art, and community. This month's event has the vibe of a community block party with a fashion show and swap meet mixed in. All welcome, always free. 

Drop in for:
Art-inspired Fashion Show presented in partnership w/ SHEI Magazine, NOiR, and Runway of Dreams Clothing swap – Bring your threads! (see details below) Live DJs from the Maize Collective
Refresh your style in a sustainable way. Check out our Feel Good Fashion clothing swap.
Bring gently used unwanted clothing from your wardrobe and swap it for something new!  Participation in the clothing swap is free, and people are welcome to participate even if they do not have any clothing to donate Donate only clean, non-damaged clothing We are seeking clothing styles for all sizes and genders, please no children's clothing  No socks, no shoes, no jewelry, no bathing suits, no undergarments Accessories such as scarves, hats, gloves are welcome Any clothing left at the end of the event will be donated  Clothing for the swap can be brought to UMMA during gallery hours from Tuesday, February 7 to 12 noon on Friday, February 11. Or just bring your clothing to the event beginning at 7pm. 
SAVE THE DATE: future Feel Good Fridays on March 11, April 8, and the second Friday of every month.

Health & Safety Requirements

HEALTH SCREENING The ResponsiBLUE health screening will be required for all visitors and involves answering a few, quick questions about your health and recent COVID-19 exposure risk. Your check-in host will walk you through the process, it will take less than one minute. 

You can pre-complete the health screening up to 24-hours in advance of your visit: https://responsiblue.umich.edu/sign-in

VACCINATION OR NEGATIVE TEST REQUIRED

All guests and staff ages 12 and older will be required to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination OR a negative COVID-19 PCR or rapid test taken within 72 hours of the event. 

If you haven't already done so, take a photo of your vaccine card and save it to your phone.

MASKS REQUIRED

Masks are currently required for anyone entering the Museum regardless of vaccination status in accordance with University of Michigan policies. Thank you for helping us keep UMMA open and visitors safe.  UMMA has disposable masks available should you need one.

If you are not feeling well on the day of the event, please stay home.

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Performance Sat, 12 Feb 2022 00:16:38 -0500 2022-02-11T19:00:00-05:00 2022-02-11T22:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Performance Museum of Art
Webster Reading Series (February 11, 2022 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/86291 86291-21632599@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 11, 2022 7:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Helen Zell Writers' Program

The Mark Webster Reading Series presents emerging writers in a warm and relaxed setting. MFA second-year students in fiction and poetry, each introduced by a peer, will share a sample of their work. Friends, family, and members of the Ann Arbor community are welcome to attend the readings both in-person (in Stern Auditorium at the University of Michigan Museum of Art) or synchronously on Zoom via this login link: https://tinyurl.com/WebsterSeries

This series is organized by the Helen Zell Writers' Program and presented in partnership with the University of Michigan Museum of Art. For questions or accommodation needs, contact co-hosts Jen Galvao (jgalvao@umich.edu) or Uri Kumbhat (urvik@umich.edu).

SCHEDULE OF READERS:

*September 24th:* David Joez Villaverde (poetry) and Matthew Del Busto (poetry)

*October 8th:* Richard Stock (fiction), Dasha Sikmashvili (fiction), and Olivia Brown (poetry)

*October 29th: *Bridgette Brados (poetry) and Thomas Boos (fiction)

*November 12th: *Molly Gott (fiction) and Chloe Alberta (fiction)-- DUE TO A COVID RISK, THE NOV. 12TH EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. IT WILL BE RESCHEDULED SOON.

*December 3rd:* Caroline Harper New (poetry) and Julie Cadman-Kim (fiction)

*January 28th:* Abigail McFee (poetry) and Eva Warrick (fiction)

*February 11th:* Robert Laidler (poetry) and Afarin Allabakhshizadeh (fiction)

*March 11th:* Mollie Traver (fiction) and Austin Farrell (poetry)

*March 18th: *Urvi Kumbhat (fiction) and Jennifer Galvão (fiction)

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Performance Fri, 12 Nov 2021 10:27:45 -0500 2022-02-11T19:00:00-05:00 2022-02-11T20:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Helen Zell Writers' Program Performance .
Concert Band (February 11, 2022 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/89228 89228-21661180@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 11, 2022 8:00pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Courtny Snyder, conductor

PROGRAM
Cuban Overture - George Gershwin
Blithe Bells - Percy Grainger
Double Play - Cindy McTee
Fantasies on a Theme by Haydn - Norman Dello Joio
Havana - Kevin Day

attend in person or watch online at https://myumi.ch/HillWatch

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Performance Wed, 19 Jan 2022 12:15:18 -0500 2022-02-11T20:00:00-05:00 Hill Auditorium School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Hill Auditorium
Heywood Banks (February 11, 2022 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/90431 90431-21670807@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 11, 2022 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Heywood Banks is simply one-of-a-kind, almost impossible to describe, with a style his very own. Equal parts genius and buffoon, this songwriter-comic-singer-poet-musician has become a cult hero and a pop icon, with a show that appeals to college students, stoners, businessmen, yuppies, rednecks, punks, kids or your grandmother.

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Performance Tue, 04 Jan 2022 13:01:53 -0500 2022-02-11T20:00:00-05:00 2022-02-11T22:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Heywood Banks at The Ark
Kirsten Docter, viola (February 12, 2022 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/91740 91740-21682694@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 12, 2022 3:30pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

livestream cancelled

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Performance Sat, 12 Feb 2022 12:15:18 -0500 2022-02-12T15:30:00-05:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Earl V. Moore Building
ICCA Great Lakes Quarterfinals (February 12, 2022 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/92215 92215-21688195@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 12, 2022 7:00pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: University Activities Center

University of Michigan | 58 Greene
University of Michigan – Ann Arbor | Amazin’ Blue
University of Michigan | DJs A Cappella
Eastern Michigan University | Emerald Harmony
Eastern Michigan University | EMU Evergreen
Northwestern University | Treblemakers
Oakland University | Gold Vibrations
University of Michigan | Maize Mirchi
Eastern Michigan University | Summit Street A Cappella
University of Michigan | The Sopranos A Cappella

The top two finishing groups at this event will advance to the ICCA Great Lakes Semifinal.
We invite you to tweet and Instagram this event using #ICCA.

COVID PROTOCOLS
All guests must follow University of Michigan’s COVID policies which include Proof of Vaccination OR Negative PCR Test within 72 hours.
Face masks that cover the nose and mouth will be required for all indoor performances, regardless of vaccination status.
Additional information can be found here: https://ums.org/visit/health-safety/

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Performance Thu, 10 Feb 2022 16:42:47 -0500 2022-02-12T19:00:00-05:00 2022-02-12T22:30:00-05:00 Hill Auditorium University Activities Center Performance Support some incredible a capella groups!
Candlelight Piano Concert (February 12, 2022 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/91755 91755-21682709@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 12, 2022 8:00pm
Location: Michigan Union
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

A unique musical and visual experience featuring romantic and famous pieces played by the students in the SMTD piano department.

Bring proof of vaccination status and Mcard. Free parking at the Thompson structure.

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Performance Mon, 31 Jan 2022 17:05:09 -0500 2022-02-12T20:00:00-05:00 2022-02-12T22:00:00-05:00 Michigan Union School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Poster featuring piano keys as candles
Langhorne Slim with special guest Nat Myers (February 12, 2022 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/90433 90433-21670809@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 12, 2022 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Langhorne Slim didn't write a song for more than a year. A battle with clinical anxiety disorder and prescription drug abuse, which came to a head in 2019, had dimmed the light within. The man who once seemed to ooze spontaneity was now creatively adrift, stumbling along in the fog.

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Performance Fri, 21 Jan 2022 12:11:05 -0500 2022-02-12T20:00:00-05:00 2022-02-12T22:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Langhorne Slim at The Ark
Masterclass: Shodekeh Talieiro, Beatboxer/ Breath Artist (February 13, 2022 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/91925 91925-21684246@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, February 13, 2022 11:00am
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

With over 30 years of experience, Dominic "Shodekeh" Talifero is a groundbreaking Beatboxer & Vocal Percussionist who pushes the boundaries of the human voice. He currently serves as Faculty, Musical Accompanist & Composer for Towson University's Department of Dance and is the founding director of "Embody, A Music Series of the Vocal Arts," which strives for artistic and cultural unity through the many vocal traditions from the world from opera, throat singing, to beat boxing. Beatboxing is a form of Vocal Percussion of Hip Hop Culture. Imitating & often replacing a drum set, drum machine or drum loop through a series of vocal effects or percussive sounds primarily produced by the larynx, nasal & oral cavities, Beatboxing exemplifies the Hip hop Philosophy of creating meaningful artistic expressions with limited resources at its most extreme; it replaces the source of the timeless Break Beat - with the Human Voice. Beatboxing has become a ubiquitous feature of the American city experience & soundscape. In recent years, Mr. Talifero has moved from Beatboxing's Hip Hop roots to explore innovative collaborations with a wide range of traditional artists, including Tuvan Throat Singing, Lithuanian Folk Music, Experimental, Funk, Jazz, Rock, Classical, Ballet & various forms & techniques of Modern Dance. He is constantly striving to rhythmically channel the vast spectrum of sounds around him, not just through Music, but via the channels of Science, Culture, History, Mathematics & Ethnomusicology.

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Performance Thu, 03 Feb 2022 12:15:21 -0500 2022-02-13T11:00:00-05:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Masterclass: Shodekeh Talieiro, Beatboxer/ Breath Artist
Michigan Chamber Players (February 13, 2022 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/91683 91683-21681604@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, February 13, 2022 4:00pm
Location: Walgreen Drama Center
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

PROGRAM

Seducción Dance for flute, oboe and piano Op. 81 - Miguel del Águila
Amy Porter, flute
Nancy Ambrose King, oboe
Matthew Thompson, piano

Mo Suo’s Burial Ceremony for woodwind quintet - Xinyan Li
Amy Porter, flute
Nancy Ambrose King, oboe
Chad Burrow, clarinet
Adam Unsworth, horn
Jeffrey Lyman, bassoon

Quintette, opus 8 pour flûte, hautbois, clarinette, basson & piano -Albéric Magnard
Amy Porter, flute
Nancy Ambrose King, oboe
Chad Burrow, clarinet
Jeffrey Lyman, bassoon
Amy I-Lin Cheng, piano

attend in person or watch online at https://myumi.ch/StampsWatch

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Performance Mon, 07 Feb 2022 12:15:12 -0500 2022-02-13T16:00:00-05:00 Walgreen Drama Center School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Walgreen Drama Center
Percussion Ensemble with special guest Shodekeh Talifero - Beatboxer/ Breath Artist (February 13, 2022 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/89211 89211-21661163@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, February 13, 2022 4:00pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Shodekeh Talifero, Guest Composer, Beatboxer and Breath Artist
Doug Perkins and Ian Antonio, directors

Spiritual Gifts - Joe W. Moore III
Under the Umbrella - Jo Kondo
Fleeting - Arnold Marinissen
Shui - Juri Seo
Vodalities: Paradigms of Consciousness for the Human Voice - Shodekeh Talifero

attend in person or watch online at https://myumi.ch/BrittonWatch

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Performance Fri, 04 Feb 2022 18:15:13 -0500 2022-02-13T16:00:00-05:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Percussion Ensemble with special guest Shodekeh Talifero - Beatboxer/ Breath Artist
Emma Cary, cello (February 13, 2022 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/90847 90847-21674254@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, February 13, 2022 7:30pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

PROGRAM

Fantasia No. 1 - Georg Philipp Telemann
Two Pieces - Anton Webern
Drei kleine Stücke (Three Little Pieces) - Anton Webern
Sonata for Cello and Piano - Samuel Barber
Arpeggione Sonata - Franz Schubert

attend in person or watch online at https://myumi.ch/McIntoshWatch

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Performance Mon, 07 Feb 2022 18:15:18 -0500 2022-02-13T19:30:00-05:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Earl V. Moore Building
My Folky Valentine (February 13, 2022 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/90912 90912-21674694@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, February 13, 2022 7:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Proof of COVID vaccination required for entry. By purchasing a ticket you agree that you and your guests will comply with all laws, orders, ordinances, regulations and health and safety guidance adopted by the State of Michigan, the County of Washtenaw and The Ark, including any guidelines in place at the time of the show. Attendees who do not comply will be asked to leave. Policies will be updated as circumstances and requirements change in our community. Please review The Ark’s current COVID-related information before attending a show.

My Folky Valentine will be in-person! It’s that hopeful outlook that encouraged us to go ahead with our annual love fest. Featured couples are Dave Keeney & Sophia Hanifi, Matt & Kim Watroba, and Dave Boutette & Kristi Lynn Davis.

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Performance Fri, 21 Jan 2022 14:04:45 -0500 2022-02-13T19:30:00-05:00 2022-02-13T22:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance My Folky Valentine at The Ark
Adam Unsworth, horn, Liz Ames, piano, Andy Milne, piano, David Zerkel, tuba (February 15, 2022 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/91249 91249-21677601@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 15, 2022 7:30pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

PROGRAM

Motet V from “Since it was the Day of Preparation...” - James MacMillan
Letter from Saturn - Miho Hazama
Divertimento for Horn, Tuba and Piano - Trygve Madsen
Mondrian's Studio - Paul Dooley
Capturing the Castle - Andy Milne
Balance - Adam Unsworth

attend in person or watch online at https://myumi.ch/BrittonWatch

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Performance Fri, 04 Feb 2022 18:15:20 -0500 2022-02-15T19:30:00-05:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Adam Unsworth, horn, Liz Ames, piano, Andy Milne, piano, David Zerkel, tuba
C.S. Lewis On Stage: The Most Reluctant Convert (February 15, 2022 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/89139 89139-21660644@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 15, 2022 7:30pm
Location: Power Center for the Performing Arts
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Masks and ResponsiBLUE are REQUIRED. Some productions may require vaccines or negative COVID-19 tests as well. Be sure to read about the event policies before you complete your purchase.

Campus guests are expected to complete ResponsiBLUE Guest, the daily COVID-19 symptom check tool, prior to accessing campus buildings. U-M policy also requires all individuals — both vaccinated and unvaccinated — to wear a face covering while in a campus building or on campus transit.

C.S. Lewis – author of The Screwtape Letters and The Chronicles of Narnia – comes to life on stage! Using Lewis’ own words, award-winning actor Max McLean leads audience on the brilliant Oxford don’s extraordinary trek from hard-boiled atheist to “the most reluctant convert in all England.” Engaging, entertaining, inspiring. Experience the beginning of the journey that would lead Lewis to become the most renowned Christian author of the 20th century.

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Performance Fri, 19 Nov 2021 09:55:03 -0500 2022-02-15T19:30:00-05:00 2022-02-15T22:00:00-05:00 Power Center for the Performing Arts Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance C.S. Lewis On Stage: The Most Reluctant Convert
“Approaching Equity and Justice in Music Teacher Education: Lessons for All Who Teach” - Carlos Abril (February 16, 2022 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/90420 90420-21670795@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 16, 2022 7:00pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

All music educators must be prepared to construct learning environments that are equitable and socially just. Much of that preparation begins in our university-based music teacher education programs, where a critical foundation is laid. Built on the assumption that this work is essential for teachers of any subject area, this talk will consider how three domains of the music curriculum—content, context, and pedagogy—can be approached through a lens of equity and justice. Research and personal reflections will inform a discussion of the imaginative potential and problematic practices of this work in today’s sociopolitical climate.

Carlos Abril is Professor of Music and Associate Dean at the University of Miami Frost School of Music and Chair of the Society for Research in Music Education. His body of research seeks to document visible and invisible barriers to the study of music in schools, as well as to illuminate ways to make the study of music more relevant and accessible. His work is published in numerous research and professional journals, as well as in books. He co-edited the books Teaching General Music: Approaches, Issues, and Viewpoints (Oxford University Press) and Musical Experiences in Our Lives: Lessons We Learn and Meanings We Make (Rowan & Littlefield) and has published music and instructional materials for World Music Press and Macmillan/McGraw-Hill. His latest book, General Music: Dimensions of Practice (with Dr. Brent Gault), is currently in press with Oxford. Abril has served on the Research Panel for the National Endowment for the Arts and is the recipient of the Phillip Frost Award for Excellence in Teaching and Scholarship.

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Performance Tue, 01 Feb 2022 18:15:14 -0500 2022-02-16T19:00:00-05:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance “Approaching Equity and Justice in Music Teacher Education: Lessons for All Who Teach” - Carlos Abril
Antigone (February 17, 2022 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/89239 89239-21661197@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 17, 2022 7:30pm
Location: Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

In one of the most compelling pieces of classic theatre, Sophocles tells the tale of Antigone, daughter of Oedipus and sister to Eteocles and Polyneices, former rulers of Thebes who have just battled to the death. In their absence, their uncle Creon has ascended the throne and declared it illegal to bury the rebel Polyneices. Antigone refuses to obey Creon’s order, setting off a tragic conflict of morality vs. law, cruelty vs. love, and man vs. woman. Guest Director Sam White (founder of Shakespeare in Detroit), who led the Theatre & Drama students in last year’s production of Romeo & Juliet, will return to helm this production. David Mulroy, Professor of Classics Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, faithfully reproduces the literal meaning of Sophocles’ words while also reflecting his verbal pyrotechnics in this translation from 2013. Using fluid iambic pentameters for the spoken passages and rhyming stanzas for the songs, it is true to the letter and the spirit of the great Greek original.

**Please Note: Due to new U-M health and safety guidance, recently updated in January 2022, this indoor, ticketed performance requires audience members to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or present a negative PCR Covid test within 72 hrs of the performance. By purchasing this performance you agree to adhere to these guidelines and any other health and safety measures already currently in place (such as wearing a face mask in our venues and auditioriums for the duration of the performance as well as a screening for symptoms through the ResponsiBlue app). **

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Performance Thu, 20 Jan 2022 18:15:20 -0500 2022-02-17T19:30:00-05:00 Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Antigone
Chamber Choir and Orpheus Singers (February 17, 2022 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/90842 90842-21674249@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 17, 2022 8:00pm
Location: Walgreen Drama Center
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Eugene Rogers, conductor
graduate choral conducting student conductors

Inside Is What Remains featuring an eclectic program from the Renaissance to the present featuring two new works: The 2020 Brehm Choral Composition Competition winning work by Alfredo Cabrera "Iridescent Porcelain" and a new choral adaptation by award winning composer Nkeiru Okoye featuring Dr. Louise Toppin as soloist.

PROGRAM

Hosanna to the Son of David - Orlando Gibbons
Schaffe in mir Gott and Vier Quartette, op. 92 - Johannes Brahms
Iridescent Porcelain - Alfredo Cabrero
Tuttuarana - Reena Esmail
Valient-for-Truth - Ralph Vaughn Williams
And the swallow - Caroline Shaw
My Soul, There is Country - C. H. H. Parry
The Talk - Damien Geter
Inside is what remains - Nkeiru Okoye
Christ lag im Todersbanden - J.S. Bach
Quartre motets - Maurice Durufle
Ava Maria - Gaetano Donizetti
Eligischer gesang - Ludwig van Beethoven
De Herr ist mit mir - Dieterich Buxtehude

attend in person or watch online at https://myumi.ch/StampsWatch

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Performance Thu, 17 Feb 2022 18:15:12 -0500 2022-02-17T20:00:00-05:00 Walgreen Drama Center School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Walgreen Drama Center
MSwing Lesson + Open Dance (February 17, 2022 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/91447 91447-21679724@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 17, 2022 8:00pm
Location: Koessler Room (3rd floor League)
Organized By: Maize Pages Student Organizations

Come join us for a swing dance lesson (both beginner and advanced lessons will be taught!), games, open dance following the lesson, and meeting a bunch of cool folks :) We're a completely free organization, and no partner is required to attend.

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Performance Thu, 17 Feb 2022 18:00:12 -0500 2022-02-17T20:00:00-05:00 2022-02-17T22:00:00-05:00 Koessler Room (3rd floor League) Maize Pages Student Organizations Performance Image Imported from Maize Pages
An Evening of Encores (February 18, 2022 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/90330 90330-21670397@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 18, 2022 7:00pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Encores are traditionally the “dessert” of a concert, called upon after a meaty program of sonatas and more savory repertoire. Sometimes they are whimsical little things, charming and sweet, other times full of fire, flash and virtuosity.

Violinists from the studio of Danielle Belen join with collaborative pianists from the studio of Martin Katz in a FUN evening filled with a wide range of encore pieces.


March from "Love for Three Oranges" - Sergei Prokofiev, Arr. Jascha Heifetz
Isabella Amador, violin
Kimia Rafieian, piano

Spanish Dances, Op. 21, No. 2, Habanera- Pablo de Sarasate
Andrew Choi, violin
Julian Grabarek, piano

Girl with the Flaxen Hair - Claude Debussy - Arr. Jascha Heifetz
Erika Dalton, violin
Vini Costa, piano

La Capricieuse, Op. 17 - Edward Elgar
Javier Torres, violin
John Morefield, piano

Adoration - Florence Price
Cara Wunder, violin
Mahour Arbabian, piano

Ford's Farm - Mason Bate
Ellen Hayashi, violin
Jacob Wang, piano

Nocturne No. 20 in C sharp minor, Op. posth. - Frédéric Chopin , Arr. Nathan Milstein
Emily Hauer, violin
Sua Lee, piano

My Man's Gone Now - George Gershwin, Arr. Jascha Heifetz
Taylor Tookes, violin
Eric Banitt, piano

Viennese Rhapsodic Fantasietta - Fritz Kreisler
Will Thain, violin
Cole Anderson, piano

Estrellita - Manuel Ponce
Bronwyn James, violin
Tzu Kuang Tan, piano

La Ronde Des Lutins, Op. 25 - Antonio Bazzini
Angela Lee, violin
Tzu Kuang Tan, piano

Deep River - Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Valerie Xu Friedman, violin
Sarah Thune, piano

Syncopation - Fritz Kreisler
Bethlehem Kelley, violin
Sarah Thune, piano

Beau Soir - Claude Debussy. Arr. Jascha Heifetz
Joshua Millet, violin
Martin Katz, piano

Elfentanz - Florence Price
Camille Jones, violin
Natalie Sherer, piano

Songs My Mother Taught Me - Antonín Dvořák , Arr. Fritz Kreisler
Annamaria Vasmatzidis, violin
Martin Katz, piano

"America" from West Side Story
Michael Romans, violin
Natalie Sherer, piano

attend in person or watch the livestream at https://myumi.ch/BrittonWatch

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Performance Mon, 14 Feb 2022 18:15:16 -0500 2022-02-18T19:00:00-05:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance An Evening of Encores
Joseph Gascho, harpsichord, Todd Wilson, organ, and James Kibbie, organ (February 18, 2022 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/92221 92221-21688327@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 18, 2022 7:00pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Joseph Gascho will perform works by Purcell on a newly donated 18th-century harpsichord made by Benjamin Slade in 1734. This instrument was donated to the Stearns Collection by Gretchen Dekker.

Organ faculty Todd Wilson and James Kibbie will perform works for organ on the Marilyn Mason Organ.
Ground [in D Minor], Z. D222 - Henry Purcell
Suite in D Major, Z. 667 - Henry Purcell
Suite in G Minor, Z. 661 - Henry Purcell
Ground in Gamut, Z. 645 - Henry Purcell
Joseph Gascho, harpsichord

From the Schübler Chorales - Johann Sebastian Bach
Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor, BWV 582 - Johann Sebastian Bach
Todd Wilson, organ

Go Down, Moses - Fela Sowande
Variations on “Victimae Paschali Laudes” - Jiří Ropek
James Kibbie, organ

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Performance Thu, 10 Feb 2022 18:15:21 -0500 2022-02-18T19:00:00-05:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Earl V. Moore Building
32nd Annual A Night at The Set Multicultural Talent Showcase (February 18, 2022 7:15pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/89984 89984-21667332@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 18, 2022 7:15pm
Location: Michigan Union
Organized By: Maize Pages Student Organizations

Multicultural Talent Showcase

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Performance Fri, 18 Feb 2022 18:00:04 -0500 2022-02-18T19:15:00-05:00 2022-02-18T21:30:00-05:00 Michigan Union Maize Pages Student Organizations Performance Michigan Union
Antigone (February 18, 2022 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/89239 89239-21661198@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 18, 2022 8:00pm
Location: Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

In one of the most compelling pieces of classic theatre, Sophocles tells the tale of Antigone, daughter of Oedipus and sister to Eteocles and Polyneices, former rulers of Thebes who have just battled to the death. In their absence, their uncle Creon has ascended the throne and declared it illegal to bury the rebel Polyneices. Antigone refuses to obey Creon’s order, setting off a tragic conflict of morality vs. law, cruelty vs. love, and man vs. woman. Guest Director Sam White (founder of Shakespeare in Detroit), who led the Theatre & Drama students in last year’s production of Romeo & Juliet, will return to helm this production. David Mulroy, Professor of Classics Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, faithfully reproduces the literal meaning of Sophocles’ words while also reflecting his verbal pyrotechnics in this translation from 2013. Using fluid iambic pentameters for the spoken passages and rhyming stanzas for the songs, it is true to the letter and the spirit of the great Greek original.

**Please Note: Due to new U-M health and safety guidance, recently updated in January 2022, this indoor, ticketed performance requires audience members to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or present a negative PCR Covid test within 72 hrs of the performance. By purchasing this performance you agree to adhere to these guidelines and any other health and safety measures already currently in place (such as wearing a face mask in our venues and auditioriums for the duration of the performance as well as a screening for symptoms through the ResponsiBlue app). **

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Performance Thu, 20 Jan 2022 18:15:20 -0500 2022-02-18T20:00:00-05:00 Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Antigone
Contemporary Directions Ensemble (February 18, 2022 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/89212 89212-21661164@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 18, 2022 8:00pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Adrian Slywotzky, conductor

PROGRAM
blackportrait - Michael Frazier
Monuments - Adolphus Hailstork
Hush - Hannah Lash
Wonderous Steps - Dai Fujikura

attend in person or watch online at https://myumi.ch/HankinsonWatch

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Performance Thu, 10 Feb 2022 12:15:14 -0500 2022-02-18T20:00:00-05:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Earl V. Moore Building
John McCutcheon (February 18, 2022 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/86604 86604-21635121@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 18, 2022 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Please review The Ark’s current COVID-related information and policies before purchasing a ticket and again before attending a show. Policies will be updated as circumstances and requirements change in our community. By purchasing a ticket you agree that you and your guests will comply with all laws, orders, ordinances, regulations and health and safety guidance adopted by the State of Michigan, the County of Washtenaw and The Ark, including any guidelines in place at the time of the show. Attendees who do not comply will be asked to leave.

John McCutcheon's art grew out of his absolute mastery of American traditional music and instruments. He's a legend of the guitar, the hammered dulcimer, and several other instruments, and a prolific songwriter, and there's nobody more qualified to own the folkmusic.com domain name! The result is a body of classic American song, rooted in the best our musical tradition has to offer. John McCutcheon is a voice for peace, a community organizer, a writer, a literacy campaigner, and a performer who has packed concert halls on four continents. The Washington Post calls John's concerts "little feats of magic," and as a storyteller he's been compared with Will Rogers.

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Performance Thu, 09 Sep 2021 11:32:33 -0400 2022-02-18T20:00:00-05:00 2022-02-18T22:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance John McCutcheon
Antigone (February 19, 2022 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/89239 89239-21661199@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 19, 2022 8:00pm
Location: Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

In one of the most compelling pieces of classic theatre, Sophocles tells the tale of Antigone, daughter of Oedipus and sister to Eteocles and Polyneices, former rulers of Thebes who have just battled to the death. In their absence, their uncle Creon has ascended the throne and declared it illegal to bury the rebel Polyneices. Antigone refuses to obey Creon’s order, setting off a tragic conflict of morality vs. law, cruelty vs. love, and man vs. woman. Guest Director Sam White (founder of Shakespeare in Detroit), who led the Theatre & Drama students in last year’s production of Romeo & Juliet, will return to helm this production. David Mulroy, Professor of Classics Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, faithfully reproduces the literal meaning of Sophocles’ words while also reflecting his verbal pyrotechnics in this translation from 2013. Using fluid iambic pentameters for the spoken passages and rhyming stanzas for the songs, it is true to the letter and the spirit of the great Greek original.

**Please Note: Due to new U-M health and safety guidance, recently updated in January 2022, this indoor, ticketed performance requires audience members to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or present a negative PCR Covid test within 72 hrs of the performance. By purchasing this performance you agree to adhere to these guidelines and any other health and safety measures already currently in place (such as wearing a face mask in our venues and auditioriums for the duration of the performance as well as a screening for symptoms through the ResponsiBlue app). **

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Performance Thu, 20 Jan 2022 18:15:20 -0500 2022-02-19T20:00:00-05:00 Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Antigone
Peter Mulvey with special guest SistaStrings (February 19, 2022 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/84385 84385-21623661@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 19, 2022 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

*By purchasing a ticket you agree that you and your guests will comply with all laws, orders, ordinances, regulations and health and safety guidance adopted by the State of Michigan, the County of Washtenaw and The Ark, including any guidelines in place at the time of the show. Attendees who do not comply will be asked to leave. Policies will be updated as circumstances and requirements change in our community. Please review The Ark’s current COVID-related information before attending a show.*

To call Peter Mulvey an acoustic singer-songwriter and guitarist just doesn't cover it. He's equally—and tremendously on all counts—gifted as a singer, writer, and guitarist. Says the Irish Examiner: "Peter Mulvey is one of the most accomplished guitarists you're ever likely to hear … utterly original … it is nigh on impossible to explain him to the uninitiated … his intelligent and sometimes complex songs engage both hemispheres of the listener's brain." Peter grew up in Milwaukee, made his debut on the streets of Dublin, and moved to Boston, performing in subways and finally clubs. His latest album was produced by Ani DiFranco, whom he befriended when she added a verse to his song "Take Down Your Flag," about the shootings at the AME Emanuel Church in Charleston, South Carolina. "I heard a young folksinger at a festival last summer sing a line about how our job is to sing the people through, and I think that young man is right as rain," Peter says. "I'm doing my best." Peter returns from his MC slot at the 2019 Ann Arbor Folk Festival with a new album, "There Is Another World."

The sound of SistaStrings can't be described in one word. This Milwaukee-based sister duo combines their classical background with R&B and a touch of gospel influence that culminates in a "vibey, lush sound." With thick string harmonies between violin and cello and soulful voices, SistaStrings takes you on a journey.

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Performance Fri, 23 Jul 2021 12:08:23 -0400 2022-02-19T20:00:00-05:00 2022-02-19T22:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Peter
Antigone (February 20, 2022 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/89239 89239-21661200@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, February 20, 2022 2:00pm
Location: Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

In one of the most compelling pieces of classic theatre, Sophocles tells the tale of Antigone, daughter of Oedipus and sister to Eteocles and Polyneices, former rulers of Thebes who have just battled to the death. In their absence, their uncle Creon has ascended the throne and declared it illegal to bury the rebel Polyneices. Antigone refuses to obey Creon’s order, setting off a tragic conflict of morality vs. law, cruelty vs. love, and man vs. woman. Guest Director Sam White (founder of Shakespeare in Detroit), who led the Theatre & Drama students in last year’s production of Romeo & Juliet, will return to helm this production. David Mulroy, Professor of Classics Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, faithfully reproduces the literal meaning of Sophocles’ words while also reflecting his verbal pyrotechnics in this translation from 2013. Using fluid iambic pentameters for the spoken passages and rhyming stanzas for the songs, it is true to the letter and the spirit of the great Greek original.

**Please Note: Due to new U-M health and safety guidance, recently updated in January 2022, this indoor, ticketed performance requires audience members to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or present a negative PCR Covid test within 72 hrs of the performance. By purchasing this performance you agree to adhere to these guidelines and any other health and safety measures already currently in place (such as wearing a face mask in our venues and auditioriums for the duration of the performance as well as a screening for symptoms through the ResponsiBlue app). **

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Performance Thu, 20 Jan 2022 18:15:20 -0500 2022-02-20T14:00:00-05:00 Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Antigone
Horn Studio Recital (February 20, 2022 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/89213 89213-21661165@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, February 20, 2022 4:00pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Students of Prof. Adam Unsworth

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Performance Fri, 12 Nov 2021 18:15:20 -0500 2022-02-20T16:00:00-05:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Earl V. Moore Building
Horn Studio Recital (February 20, 2022 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/91250 91250-21677602@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, February 20, 2022 4:30pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

First year horn students of Adam Unsworth and Bryan Kennedy will perform works by Jean Françaix, Nikolaus DeCrifft, Bertold Hummel, and Hermann Neuling.

attend in person or watch livestream at https://myumi.ch/BrittonWatch

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Performance Wed, 16 Feb 2022 18:15:17 -0500 2022-02-20T16:30:00-05:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Earl V. Moore Building
Bettye LaVette (February 20, 2022 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/84353 84353-21623460@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, February 20, 2022 7:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

*By purchasing a ticket you agree that you and your guests will comply with all laws, orders, ordinances, regulations and health and safety guidance adopted by the State of Michigan, the County of Washtenaw and The Ark, including any guidelines in place at the time of the show. Attendees who do not comply will be asked to leave. Policies will be updated as circumstances and requirements change in our community. Please review The Ark’s current COVID-related information before attending a show.*

Hailed by the New York Times as “one of the great soul interpreters of her generation”, Bettye LaVette is a vocalist who can take any type of song and make it completely her own. To quote the late, great George Jones, "Bettye is truly a singer's singer".

Her career began in 1962, at the age of 16, in Detroit, Michigan. Her first single "My Man - He’s a Loving Man", was released on Atlantic Records. This led to tours with headliners such as Ben E. King, Clyde McPhatter and then up-and-comer, Otis Redding. She recorded for numerous major labels, including Atco, Epic, and Motown, over the course of the 1960s through the 1980s. She also worked alongside Charles "Honi" Coles and Cab Calloway in the touring company of the Toni Award winning musical, Bubbling Brown Sugar.

The 2000's started what she calls her "Fifth Career". Her CD, A Woman Like Me, won the W.C. Handy Award in 2004 for Comeback Blues Album of the Year. She was also given a prestigious Pioneer Award by The Rhythm & Blues Foundation, was inducted into the Detroit Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame, given an Unsung Award by the National R&B Society, and inducted into The Blues Hall of Fame by the Blues Foundation. She has received Blues Music Awards for Best Contemporary Female Blues Singer and Best Soul Blues Female Artist. Since 2002, she has released 8 albums, 5 of which have received Grammy nominations.

In 2017, she signed with Verve Records and has since recorded 2 albums, both of which were produced by Steve Jordan, were critically acclaimed, and received Grammy nominations. The first was Things Have Changed, an album consisting of all Bob Dylan songs. Her latest, Blackbirds, is Bettye's homage to the Black female singers of the 1950s who came before her.

Fans, critics and artists have nothing but high praise for her live show and her vocal prowess. Now, at 75 years old and in her 59th year in show business, she is still performing with the ferocity of a woman half her age. She is one of very few of her contemporaries who were recording during the birth of soul music in the 1960s and is still creating vital recordings today.

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Performance Fri, 23 Jul 2021 11:10:35 -0400 2022-02-20T19:30:00-05:00 2022-02-20T21:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Bettye LaVette presented by The Ark, photo by Joseph A. Rosen
Nathan Shook, Tuba (February 21, 2022 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/92463 92463-21691705@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 21, 2022 7:30pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Kevin Fenske & Lindsay Ring, Euphonium
Alec Mawrence, Tuba

Program:
Consequences – Michael Forbes
Emma Catherine – Omar Thomas
Hide and Seek – Imogen Heap
where are we? – Harry Castle (World Premiere)
Marriage of Figaro – W.A. Mozart
Contrapunctus IX – J.S. Bach
Three Short Stories – Jose Flores

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Performance Wed, 16 Feb 2022 18:15:20 -0500 2022-02-21T19:30:00-05:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Earl V. Moore Building
Isabella Amador, Violin (February 21, 2022 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/92462 92462-21691704@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 21, 2022 8:00pm
Location: Walgreen Drama Center
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Mi-Eun Kim, piano
Malhar Kute, violin

Program:
Six Caprices for Violin Duo – Behzad Ranjbaran
Caprice no. 2 – Niccolò Paganini
Sonata no. 5 – Eugène-Auguste Ysaÿe
Sonata no. 3 – Ludwig van Beethoven

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Performance Wed, 16 Feb 2022 18:15:19 -0500 2022-02-21T20:00:00-05:00 Walgreen Drama Center School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Walgreen Drama Center
University Choir (February 21, 2022 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/90843 90843-21674250@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 21, 2022 8:00pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

PROGRAM
O Clap Your Hands - Ralph Vaughan Williams
Super Flumina Babylonis - Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Die mit Tränen säen - Heinrich Schütz
Like as the hart - Herbert Howells
My Lord What a Morning - Harry T. Burleigh
Spiritual - Ysaye M. Barnwell
Wake Up My Spirit - Aldophus Hailstork
Cantate Canticum Novum - Dan Forrest
Magnificat - Francesco Durante


Mark Stover, Conductor
Joshua Marzan, Piano
Scott VanOrnum, Organ
Benjamin Gaughran, Graduate Student Conductor

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Performance Mon, 21 Feb 2022 18:15:13 -0500 2022-02-21T20:00:00-05:00 Hill Auditorium School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Hill Auditorium
Voice Department Student Recital (February 23, 2022 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/90377 90377-21670538@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 23, 2022 4:30pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Voice students present a recital of their latest repertoire.

attend in person or watch livestream at https://myumi.ch/BrittonWatch

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Performance Mon, 03 Jan 2022 18:15:19 -0500 2022-02-23T16:30:00-05:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Earl V. Moore Building
Inaugural William P. Malm Performance Series (February 23, 2022 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/91253 91253-21677605@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 23, 2022 8:00pm
Location: Walgreen Drama Center
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Join us for the inaugural School of Music, Theatre & Dance William P. Malm Performance Series. This year’s series, presented over two consecutive evenings, features newly composed and centuries-old musical works from around the world. Performers include special guest ensemble Theatre Nohgaku as well as U-M faculty and students playing dozens of instruments from SMTD’s Stearns Collection of Musical Instruments.

attend in person or watch online at https://myumi.ch/StampsWatch


SMTD and the Stearns Collection of Musical Instruments are grateful to the U-M Center for Japanese Studies and the U-M Center for Southeast Asian Studies for their generous financial support of these events.

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Performance Wed, 16 Feb 2022 12:15:17 -0500 2022-02-23T20:00:00-05:00 Walgreen Drama Center School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Walgreen Drama Center
University Symphony Orchestra (February 23, 2022 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/89229 89229-21661181@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 23, 2022 8:00pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Kenneth Kiesler, conductor
Arianna Dotto, Winner, 2020 SMTD Concerto Competition, violin

The University Symphony Orchestra presents "Songs of the Ice, music from Scandinavia.” The concert opens with the American Premiere of Songs of the Ice by the young Finnish composer Outi Tarkiainen. She has said, “I see music as a force of nature that can flood over a person and even change entire destinies,” and “I have a fundamental longing for the northernmost regions, within me.” The concert continues with the dramatic Violin Concerto by Sibelius, featuring violinist Arianna Dotto, Winner of the 2020 SMTD Concerto Competition, and the Fourth Symphony (The Inextinguishable) by Danish composer Karl Nielsen. With brilliant and stark orchestral colors and a unique and powerful voice, Nielsen’s Fourth expresses humankind’s struggle to survive against adversity and violence, and his conviction that human spirit is inextinguishable.

PROGRAM
Songs of the Ice - Outi Tarkiainen (American Premiere)
Violin Concerto - Jean Sibelius
Symphony No. 4 "The Inextinguishable” - Carl Nielsen

attend in person or watch livestream at https://myumi.ch/HillWatch

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Performance Wed, 26 Jan 2022 18:15:17 -0500 2022-02-23T20:00:00-05:00 Hill Auditorium School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Hill Auditorium
Clayton Farmer, Organ (February 24, 2022 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/92680 92680-21694448@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 24, 2022 8:00pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Abigail Lysinger, Mezzo-Soprano
Sophia Rightmer, Cello

PROGRAM:
Toccata and Fugue in F Major, BWV 540 –– J.S. Bach
Air with Variations –– Leo Sowerby
“Pie Jesu” from Requiem, op. 9 –– Maurice Duruflé
Sonata in Sea: Cape Cod –– James Woodman
“Naïades” from 24 pièces de fantaisie, Sutie no. 4, op. 55 –– Louis Vierne
“Lento Assai –– Allegro Vivace” from Symphonic Dances, op. 45 –– Sergei Rachmaninoff

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Performance Tue, 22 Feb 2022 18:15:28 -0500 2022-02-24T20:00:00-05:00 Hill Auditorium School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Hill Auditorium
Enter the Haggis (February 24, 2022 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/88545 88545-21654968@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 24, 2022 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Proof of COVID vaccination required for entry. By purchasing a ticket you agree that you and your guests will comply with all laws, orders, ordinances, regulations and health and safety guidance adopted by the State of Michigan, the County of Washtenaw and The Ark, including any guidelines in place at the time of the show. Attendees who do not comply will be asked to leave. Policies will be updated as circumstances and requirements change in our community. Please review The Ark’s current COVID-related information before attending a show.

For more than 20 years, Toronto’s Enter The Haggis has been bringing a rock edge to contemporary celtic music by effortlessly melding bagpipes and fiddles with classic rock n’ roll instrumentation and AAA-friendly vocals. It all comes together to make this 5-piece unit a favorite of the festival circuit (Milwaukee Irish Festival & Dublin Irish Festival among many others,) the morning show circuit (Live with Regis and Kelly and A&E’s Breakfast With The Arts) and the 10s of thousands of fans, the self-described “Haggis Heads,” who have purchased their records, donated more than $150,000 to finance 3 albums, and made their most recent effort debut at #9 on the Billboard Heatseakers chart. It should be of no surprise then that Enter The Haggis has become a critical favorite, receiving praise from The New York Times, The Boston Globe, The Washington Post and Canada’s Globe and Mail.

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Performance Fri, 22 Oct 2021 12:10:47 -0400 2022-02-24T20:00:00-05:00 2022-02-24T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Enter the Haggis at The Ark
Theatre Nohgaku (February 24, 2022 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/91254 91254-21677606@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 24, 2022 8:00pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Theatre Nohgaku was born of a shared passion for the classical noh drama of Japan and a belief in its vitality for contemporary audiences around the world. It was founded in 2000 by Richard Emmert and a group of English-speaking performers trained in the demanding techniques of noh. A number of master Japanese noh actors and musicians have worked with TN on specific projects, including full performances of traditional Japanese noh.

attend in person or watch livestream at https://myumi.ch/BrittonWatch


SMTD and the Stearns Collection of Musical Instruments are grateful to the U-M Center for Japanese Studies and the U-M Center for Southeast Asian Studies for their generous financial support of these events.

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Performance Wed, 16 Feb 2022 12:15:17 -0500 2022-02-24T20:00:00-05:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Theatre Nohgaku
String Showcase (February 25, 2022 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/91225 91225-21677495@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 25, 2022 11:00am
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

*Please note new time for W22

Series featuring the finest among our outstanding SMTD string students performing solos and chamber music.

attend in person or watch livestream at https://myumi.ch/McIntoshWatch

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Performance Mon, 14 Feb 2022 18:15:18 -0500 2022-02-25T11:00:00-05:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Earl V. Moore Building
Natalie Renee Sherer, Piano (February 25, 2022 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/92682 92682-21694450@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 25, 2022 5:30pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

THE COMPLETE VOCAL MUSIC OF HENRI DUPARC

Megan Warburton, Soprano
Aria Minasian, Mezzo-Soprano
Nicholas Music, Tenor
Taewon Sohn, Baritone

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Performance Tue, 22 Feb 2022 18:15:28 -0500 2022-02-25T17:30:00-05:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Earl V. Moore Building
Galens 2022 Smoker: Med School Musical (February 25, 2022 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/91672 91672-21681492@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 25, 2022 7:00pm
Location: Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

The Galen's Smoker is an annual musical parody of life at UMMS and hands-down the most fun to be had at the University of Michigan Medical School! The 104th Smoker continues the time-honored tradition of saying “thank you” and “we love you” to our educators in the best way we know how: roasting them in the most brutal and outlandish ways possible. The show is conceived, written, produced, directed, and performed entirely by medical students. The Smoker aims to delight, amuse, impress, and disgust through its humorous and juvenile perspective on Michigan Medical School education, its gunner students, and our beloved, revered (and sometimes feared) faculty.
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Masks and proof of vaccine OR a negative COVID-19 test are REQUIRED. Be sure to read about the event policies before you complete your purchase. Due to the recent surge in COVID-19 cases throughout the region, the University of Michigan will require a proof of COVID-19 vaccination or negative-test protocol for indoor events. All guests and working personnel ages 12 and older will be required to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination OR a negative COVID-19 PCR or rapid test taken within 72 hours of the event. Face masks continue to be required and must be worn during all events.

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Performance Tue, 08 Feb 2022 13:49:15 -0500 2022-02-25T19:00:00-05:00 2022-02-25T22:00:00-05:00 Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Galens Smoker at Mendelssohn Theatre
Allison Russell (February 25, 2022 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/88374 88374-21653525@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 25, 2022 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Please review The Ark’s current COVID-related information and policies before purchasing a ticket and again before attending a show. Policies will be updated as circumstances and requirements change in our community. By purchasing a ticket you agree that you and your guests will comply with all laws, orders, ordinances, regulations and health and safety guidance adopted by the State of Michigan, the County of Washtenaw and The Ark, including any guidelines in place at the time of the show. Attendees who do not comply will be asked to leave.

Though deep and wide may be the world, it is within dim and narrow rooms -- airless and mundane -- that the true stories of our lives are enacted; are bartered and brokered -- enslaved and empowered; held in and sung out.

And Song most surely began as a cry or a prayer -- though no need discerning between the two, for they are the same -- and both sacred: the prayer and the wail becoming Song as soon as shared.

Some of us come, later in life, to find our knees; while others slip young into trauma like a quarry stone gone under, held down by the weight of their own world.

Many of those, alas, never come back up. But those able are wont to be luminous, struggle having landed their hearts on the outside of their bodies: a swinging lantern within that aforementioned dim room -- where stories are unraveled, thus to be reconstructed... purposefully reanimated.

It was also within such a room that Allison Russell -- singer, songwriter, poet, and activist -- bore witness to herself in descent. But the abused child she was played mother to the brave woman and fierce artist she would become -- surviving being one of only two options, and not the most likely.

Blessed be.

Allison's new album, Outside Child -- that draws water from the dark well of a violent past -- is her first solo offering, she also being a pivotal voice in two bands: Birds of Chicago and Our Native Daughters. And telling her own story sounds now to have made her free -- not from it all, but free within it: to reframe and reclaim her identity and its singular authority.

The songs themselves -- though iron-hard in their concerns -- are exultant: exercising haunted dream like clean bedsheets snapped and hung out into broad daylight, and with the romantic poet's lust for living and audacity of endurance.

Nina Simone comes to mind, as well Edith Piaf: two shamanistic practitioners who turned their faces into the blade of storm and roared back dignity and hope.

This music, no less -- no less -- is a triumph: a courageous work -- burnished and bright; unspeakably beautiful as she sings the unspeakable.

Above all, it is an act of remarkable generosity: a cathartic, soulful, buoyant and redeeming gift to us all and, one must believe, to herself as well.

-Joe Henry
Bath, Maine

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Performance Mon, 18 Oct 2021 16:35:02 -0400 2022-02-25T20:00:00-05:00 2022-02-25T22:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Allison Russell at The Ark
Piano Department DMA Piano Concerto Concert (February 25, 2022 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/92573 92573-21692640@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 25, 2022 8:00pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 15 - Ludwig van Beethoven
Yuting Ma, piano

Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58 - Ludwig van Beethoven
Yi-Hsuan Lee, piano

Piano Concerto No. 5 in E Flat Major, Op. 73 “Emperor” - Ludwig van Beethoven
Jie Ren, piano



Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra
Dean Whiteside, conductor

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Performance Fri, 18 Feb 2022 12:15:18 -0500 2022-02-25T20:00:00-05:00 Hill Auditorium School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Hill Auditorium
Jesse Bruer, Clarinet (February 26, 2022 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/92764 92764-21695443@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 26, 2022 5:30pm
Location: Walgreen Drama Center
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Liz Ames, Piano

PROGRAM:
Seducción –– Miguel de Aguila
Sonata –– Carlos Guastavino
Sonata Greca –– Ella Adayevskaya
Fantasia da Concerto su motivi de ‘La Traviata’ di Verdi, op. 45 –– Donata Lovreglio

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Performance Thu, 24 Feb 2022 18:15:18 -0500 2022-02-26T17:30:00-05:00 Walgreen Drama Center School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Walgreen Drama Center
Siwon Kim, Piano (February 26, 2022 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/92765 92765-21695444@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 26, 2022 5:30pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

PROGRAM:

Piano Sonata in F Minor, op. 57, no. 23 “Appasionata” –– Ludwig van Beethoven

Piano Sonata no. 2 “Concord, Mass., 1840-60” – Charles Ives

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Performance Thu, 24 Feb 2022 18:15:18 -0500 2022-02-26T17:30:00-05:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Earl V. Moore Building
Galens 2022 Smoker: Med School Musical (February 26, 2022 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/91672 91672-21681493@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 26, 2022 7:00pm
Location: Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

The Galen's Smoker is an annual musical parody of life at UMMS and hands-down the most fun to be had at the University of Michigan Medical School! The 104th Smoker continues the time-honored tradition of saying “thank you” and “we love you” to our educators in the best way we know how: roasting them in the most brutal and outlandish ways possible. The show is conceived, written, produced, directed, and performed entirely by medical students. The Smoker aims to delight, amuse, impress, and disgust through its humorous and juvenile perspective on Michigan Medical School education, its gunner students, and our beloved, revered (and sometimes feared) faculty.
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Masks and proof of vaccine OR a negative COVID-19 test are REQUIRED. Be sure to read about the event policies before you complete your purchase. Due to the recent surge in COVID-19 cases throughout the region, the University of Michigan will require a proof of COVID-19 vaccination or negative-test protocol for indoor events. All guests and working personnel ages 12 and older will be required to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination OR a negative COVID-19 PCR or rapid test taken within 72 hours of the event. Face masks continue to be required and must be worn during all events.

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Performance Tue, 08 Feb 2022 13:49:15 -0500 2022-02-26T19:00:00-05:00 2022-02-26T22:00:00-05:00 Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Galens Smoker at Mendelssohn Theatre
35th Annual Storytelling Festival (February 26, 2022 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/90885 90885-21674512@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 26, 2022 7:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Proof of COVID vaccination required for entry. By purchasing a ticket you agree that you and your guests will comply with all laws, orders, ordinances, regulations and health and safety guidance adopted by the State of Michigan, the County of Washtenaw and The Ark, including any guidelines in place at the time of the show. Attendees who do not comply will be asked to leave. Policies will be updated as circumstances and requirements change in our community. Please review The Ark’s current COVID-related information before attending a show.

The Ark’s 2022 Storytelling Festival on February 26 features six local and regional storytellers, presenting a sampler of styles and story types. The program celebrates diversity in the art of story, and includes true personal stories, tall tales, folk tales, a story from literature, and a couple of songs from the folk tradition. This program not only entertains, it also gives a window into the reason that the oral tradition of storytelling is the most enduring adventure in human history.

Storytellers include four members of the Ann Arbor Storytellers Guild – Steve Daut, MC, Lorelle Otis, Jane Fink, and Rich Swanson. In addition, Barbara Schutzgruber from the Lansing Storytellers, and Shani Womack from the Detroit Association of Black Storytellers will each tell a story and sing a song.

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Performance Wed, 12 Jan 2022 09:53:11 -0500 2022-02-26T19:30:00-05:00 2022-02-26T22:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance 35th Annual Storytelling Festival at The Ark
Piano Department DMA Piano Concerto Concert (February 26, 2022 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/92572 92572-21692639@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 26, 2022 8:00pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43 - Sergei Rachmaninoff
Forrest Howell, piano

Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18 - Sergei Rachmaninoff
Joonghun Cho, piano

Concerto for Piano and Strings - Doreen Mary Carwithen
Alissa Freeman, piano

Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30 - Sergei Rachmaninoff
Philip Solomonick, piano


Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra
Dean Whiteside, conductor

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Performance Fri, 18 Feb 2022 12:15:18 -0500 2022-02-26T20:00:00-05:00 Hill Auditorium School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Hill Auditorium
CANCELED: Black Jake & The Carnies (February 27, 2022 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/90434 90434-21670810@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, February 27, 2022 7:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Think of a carnival, or indeed a carny, and it’s very likely that images of bearded ladies, mustachioed strongmen, trapeze artists, wolf boys and the like will come flooding into your mind. Add a healthy dash of punk rock and old-timey music, and you have Ypsilanti, MI based Black Jake & the Carnies.

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Performance Wed, 19 Jan 2022 13:11:56 -0500 2022-02-27T19:30:00-05:00 2022-02-27T21:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Black Jake & The Carnies at The Ark
Eugenia Cho & Kathy Zhang, Violin (February 27, 2022 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/92681 92681-21694449@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, February 27, 2022 7:30pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Narae Joo, Piano

Concerto No. in D Major, op. 19 –– Sergei Prokofiev
Tzigane –– Maurice Ravel
Concerto No. 4 in D Major, K. 218 –– W. A. Mozart
Five Pieces for Two Violins & Piano –– Dmitri Shostakovich

Livestream Link: https://smtd.umich.edu/performances-events/live-stream-mcintosh/

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Performance Tue, 22 Feb 2022 18:15:28 -0500 2022-02-27T19:30:00-05:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Earl V. Moore Building
John Moreland w/sg Will Johnson (Centro-matic) (February 28, 2022 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/88667 88667-21656587@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 28, 2022 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Proof of COVID vaccination required for entry. By purchasing a ticket you agree that you and your guests will comply with all laws, orders, ordinances, regulations and health and safety guidance adopted by the State of Michigan, the County of Washtenaw and The Ark, including any guidelines in place at the time of the show. Attendees who do not comply will be asked to leave. Policies will be updated as circumstances and requirements change in our community. Please review The Ark’s current COVID-related information before attending a show.

Over the last half a dozen years or so, John Moreland’s honesty has stunned us––and stung. As he put hurts we didn’t even realize we had or shared into his songs, we sang along. And we felt better. But there has always been far more to Moreland than sad songs. Today, his earthbound poetry remains potent, but in addition to his world-weary candor, Moreland’s music smolders with gentle wisdom, flashes of wit and joy, and compassion. And once again, as we listen, we feel better. Austin-based songwriter Will Johnson (Centro-matic) opens.

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Performance Tue, 26 Oct 2021 14:48:15 -0400 2022-02-28T20:00:00-05:00 2022-02-28T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance John Moreland w/ Will Johnson (Centro-matic)
JigJam (March 2, 2022 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/91930 91930-21684251@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 2, 2022 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

JigJam are a multi-award winning quartet from the heart of the midlands in Ireland. Blending the best of traditional Irish music with Bluegrass and Americana in a new genre which has been branded as ‘I-Grass’ (Irish influenced Bluegrass), their onstage energy along with their virtuosic musical ability has captivated audiences throughout the world.
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Proof of COVID vaccination required for entry. By purchasing a ticket you agree that you and your guests will comply with all laws, orders, ordinances, regulations and health and safety guidance adopted by the State of Michigan, the County of Washtenaw and The Ark, including any guidelines in place at the time of the show. Attendees who do not comply will be asked to leave. Policies will be updated as circumstances and requirements change in our community. Please review The Ark’s current COVID-related information before attending a show.

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Performance Mon, 07 Feb 2022 16:04:31 -0500 2022-03-02T20:00:00-05:00 2022-03-02T22:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance JigJam at The Ark
Martin Sexton (March 4, 2022 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/86991 86991-21637994@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 4, 2022 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

By purchasing a ticket you agree that you and your guests will comply with all laws, orders, ordinances, regulations and health and safety guidance adopted by the State of Michigan, the County of Washtenaw and The Ark, including any guidelines in place at the time of the show. Attendees who do not comply will be asked to leave. Policies will be updated as circumstances and requirements change in our community. Please review The Ark’s current COVID-related information before attending a show.

Singer-songwriter Martin Sexton is like an ultra-active antenna, adventuring through the static to grab a clear signal. When he dials in on one station, he then quickly shifts to the next one. This everchanging attention span drives his family crazy, but it’s ingrained in Martin, dating back to his childhood when he would tear through television primetime programming.

This ability to hone in on little defining moments suits Martin as a songwriter as evident by his latest EP, 2020 Vision. This is Martin’s first release in 6 years, and it is a poetically emotive and an elegantly evocative pandemic scrapbook. “In one song, I’m building a treehouse with my son. In another song, I’m crossing America and seeing the beauty in people rising through adversity and loving each other,” Martin details.

Up next, the road is calling Martin as tour dates are being booked in this post-vaccine chapter. 2020 Vision will always have its lessons and remain in Martin’s sight, even as the miles out on the road put pandemic life in the rearview mirror. One of those lessons is the power of togetherness. Martin says: “My mission statement for the past 15 years has been unity through music, and I am committed to sharing peace and harmony through my songs.”

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Performance Fri, 14 Jan 2022 10:15:34 -0500 2022-03-04T20:00:00-05:00 2022-03-04T22:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Martin Sexton at The Ark
We Banjo 3 (March 5, 2022 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/88755 88755-21657346@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 5, 2022 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Proof of COVID vaccination required for entry. By purchasing a ticket you agree that you and your guests will comply with all laws, orders, ordinances, regulations and health and safety guidance adopted by the State of Michigan, the County of Washtenaw and The Ark, including any guidelines in place at the time of the show. Attendees who do not comply will be asked to leave. Policies will be updated as circumstances and requirements change in our community. Please review The Ark’s current COVID-related information before attending a show.

Debuting in the U.S. in 2012, We Banjo 3 has since emerged as fast-rising touring darlings in the country that two of the members now call home. The Galway, Ireland, and Nashville-based quartet––comprised of two sets of brothers, Enda & Fergal Scahill and Martin & David Howley––continually push musical boundaries while maintaining an unwavering devotion to the essential audience experience. WB3 seamlessly converge the shared and varied traditions of Americana, Bluegrass, and Celtic music with pop- sensible songcraft to create a truly unique and gratifying signature sound. Brilliantly commanded instruments––banjo, fiddle, mandolin, guitar, and percussion––effortlessly elevate lead singer David Howley’s propulsive voice. Live on stage, their songs carry the listener along until, at the perfect moment, the band crescendos into catchy choruses with pitch perfect harmonies. We Banjo 3 deliver their music with such palpable rapport, stunning precision, and infectious energy, it’s impossible to pigeonhole what kind of listener might suddenly consider themselves a WB3 fan. With recent stunning performances at such broad ranging festivals Merlefest, BottleRock, Summercamp, ROMP, Wintergrass and others, enthusiasts of almost every genre of music are taking notice.

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Performance Thu, 28 Oct 2021 14:34:17 -0400 2022-03-05T20:00:00-05:00 2022-03-05T22:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance We Banjo 3 at The Ark
Allison Nicotera, Bassoon (March 6, 2022 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/92847 92847-21697289@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 6, 2022 2:00pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Liz Ames, Piano
Daniel Fendrick & Sarah Fluker, Bassoons

PROGRAM:
Sarabande et Cortège - Henri Dutilleux
Sonata – John Steinmetz
Circadia - Adrienne Albert
Fantaisie - Eugène Bozza
Six Pieces for Three Bassoons, op. 4 - Julius Weissenborn

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Performance Mon, 28 Feb 2022 18:15:17 -0500 2022-03-06T14:00:00-05:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Earl V. Moore Building
We Banjo 3 (March 6, 2022 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/88755 88755-21657347@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 6, 2022 7:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Proof of COVID vaccination required for entry. By purchasing a ticket you agree that you and your guests will comply with all laws, orders, ordinances, regulations and health and safety guidance adopted by the State of Michigan, the County of Washtenaw and The Ark, including any guidelines in place at the time of the show. Attendees who do not comply will be asked to leave. Policies will be updated as circumstances and requirements change in our community. Please review The Ark’s current COVID-related information before attending a show.

Debuting in the U.S. in 2012, We Banjo 3 has since emerged as fast-rising touring darlings in the country that two of the members now call home. The Galway, Ireland, and Nashville-based quartet––comprised of two sets of brothers, Enda & Fergal Scahill and Martin & David Howley––continually push musical boundaries while maintaining an unwavering devotion to the essential audience experience. WB3 seamlessly converge the shared and varied traditions of Americana, Bluegrass, and Celtic music with pop- sensible songcraft to create a truly unique and gratifying signature sound. Brilliantly commanded instruments––banjo, fiddle, mandolin, guitar, and percussion––effortlessly elevate lead singer David Howley’s propulsive voice. Live on stage, their songs carry the listener along until, at the perfect moment, the band crescendos into catchy choruses with pitch perfect harmonies. We Banjo 3 deliver their music with such palpable rapport, stunning precision, and infectious energy, it’s impossible to pigeonhole what kind of listener might suddenly consider themselves a WB3 fan. With recent stunning performances at such broad ranging festivals Merlefest, BottleRock, Summercamp, ROMP, Wintergrass and others, enthusiasts of almost every genre of music are taking notice.

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Performance Thu, 28 Oct 2021 14:34:17 -0400 2022-03-06T19:30:00-05:00 2022-03-06T22:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance We Banjo 3 at The Ark
Isaac Bartol, Bassoon (March 6, 2022 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/92902 92902-21698056@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 6, 2022 8:00pm
Location: Walgreen Drama Center
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Sandy Huang, Piano
Annalese Lohr, Flute
Sarah Pinto, Oboe
Jesse Bruer, Clarinet
Max Braun, French Horn

PROGRAM:
Concertino for bassoon and piano - Eugène Bozza
Selections from “16 Waltzes for solo bassoon” - Francisco Mignone
The Sequoia Trio - Jenni Brandon
Six Pieces for Wind Quintet - Anders Hillborg
Interférences I - Roger Boutry

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Performance Wed, 02 Mar 2022 12:15:17 -0500 2022-03-06T20:00:00-05:00 Walgreen Drama Center School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Walgreen Drama Center
Joshua Radin (March 7, 2022 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/84465 84465-21624052@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 7, 2022 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

*By purchasing a ticket you agree that you and your guests will comply with all laws, orders, ordinances, regulations and health and safety guidance adopted by the State of Michigan, the County of Washtenaw and The Ark, including any guidelines in place at the time of the show. Attendees who do not comply will be asked to leave. Policies will be updated as circumstances and requirements change in our community. Please review The Ark’s current COVID-related information before attending a show.*

After 16 years, eight albums, and hundreds of shows, Joshua Radin still treats music as an antidote to any ailment. The LA-based singer/songwriter finds healing in between waves of acoustic eloquence and dyed-in-the-wool Americana storytelling. On his ninth album The Ghost And The Wall [Nettwerk], the troubadour continues a cycle of catharsis meant to be shared among any and all receptive hearts.

Since 2004, he’s affected countless listeners with palpable transparency, selling over 1 million records, generating 1 billion+ streams, and garnering a gold plaque for single “I’d Rather Be With You.” Landing north of 150 film, television, and commercial syncs, his voice courses throughout the zeitgeist. Among many highlights, First Ladies Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden personally handpicked “Brand New Day” for a commercial in support of the troops. In addition to memorable performances on Ellen, The Tonight Show, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Conan, and Today Show, he famously serenaded avowed super fan Ellen DeGeneres and Portia DeRossi during their wedding. Beyond sold out headline shows on four continents, he’s performed alongside Ed Sheeran, Sara Bareilles, Ingrid Michaelson, Sheryl Crow, Tori Amos, Imogen Heap, and more. He also remains a committed philanthropist, supporting charities like Little Kids Rock and North Shore Animal League America (NSALA), among others.

The Ghost And The Wall was produced entirely remotely by Jonathan Wilson [Father John Misty, Conor Oberst, Dawes].

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Performance Fri, 23 Jul 2021 11:54:10 -0400 2022-03-07T20:00:00-05:00 2022-03-07T22:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Joshua Radin at The Ark
Sarah Best, Mezzo-Soprano (March 7, 2022 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/92846 92846-21697288@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 7, 2022 8:00pm
Location: Walgreen Drama Center
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

John Etsell, Piano

PROGRAM:
Camille Claudel: Into the Fire – Jake Heggie
At the Statue of Venus – Jake Heggie

Livestream Link: https://myumi.ch/StampsWatch

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Performance Fri, 04 Mar 2022 18:15:17 -0500 2022-03-07T20:00:00-05:00 Walgreen Drama Center School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Walgreen Drama Center
SungWoo Yoon, Violin (March 8, 2022 7:15pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/93087 93087-21700434@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 8, 2022 7:15pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Cole Anderson & Amy I-Lin Cheng, Piano
Hanna Rumora, Cello

PROGRAM:
“Chaconne” from Partita no. 2 in D Minor, BMV 1004 - J.S. Bach
Sonate for piano and violin, K. 204 - W.A. Mozart
Violin Concerto in D Major, op. 61 - Ludwig van Beethoven
Trio in Bb Major, op. 99. D.898 - Franz Schubert
Four Romantic Pieces, op. 75b - Antonin Dvoràk
Caprice Variations for Violin - George Rochberg

Livestream link: https://myumi.ch/BrittonWatch

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Performance Mon, 07 Mar 2022 18:15:21 -0500 2022-03-08T19:15:00-05:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Earl V. Moore Building
Bruce Cockburn (March 8, 2022 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/84722 84722-21624490@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 8, 2022 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

*By purchasing a ticket you agree that you and your guests will comply with all laws, orders, ordinances, regulations and health and safety guidance adopted by the State of Michigan, the County of Washtenaw and The Ark, including any guidelines in place at the time of the show. Attendees who do not comply will be asked to leave. Policies will be updated as circumstances and requirements change in our community. Please review The Ark’s current COVID-related information before attending a show.*

One of Canada’s finest artists, Bruce Cockburn has enjoyed an illustrious career shaped by politics, spirituality, and musical diversity. His remarkable journey has seen him embrace folk, jazz, rock, and worldbeat styles while travelling to such far-flung places as Guatemala, Mali, Mozambique, and Nepal, and writing memorable songs about his ever-expanding world of wonders. “My job,” he explains, “is to try and trap the spirit of things in the scratches of pen on paper and the pulling of notes out of metal.”

That scratching and pulling has earned Cockburn high praise as an exceptional songwriter and a revered guitarist. His songs of romance, protest, and spiritual discovery are among the best to have emerged from Canada over the last 50 years. His guitar playing, both acoustic and electric, has placed him in the company of the world’s top instrumentalists. And he remains deeply respected for his activism on issues from native rights and land mines to the environment and Third World debt, working for organizations such as Oxfam, Amnesty International, Doctors Without Borders, and Friends of the Earth.

Throughout his career, Cockburn has deftly captured the joy, pain, fear, and faith of human experience in song. Whether singing about retreating to the country or going up against chaos, tackling imperialist lies or embracing ecclesiastical truths, he has always expressed a tough yet hopeful stance: to kick at the darkness till it bleeds daylight. “We can’t settle for things as they are,” he once warned. “If you don’t tackle the problems, they’re going to get worse.”

For his many achievements, the Ottawa-born artist has been honoured with 13 Juno Awards, an induction into both the Canadian Music Hall of Fame and the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame, as well as the Governor General’s Performing Arts Award, and has been made an Officer of the Order of Canada. But he never rests on his laurels. “I’d rather think about what I’m going to do next,” says Cockburn. “My models for graceful aging are guys like John Lee Hooker and Mississippi John Hurt, who never stop working till they drop, as I fully expect to be doing, and just getting better as musicians and as human beings.”

His commitment to growth has made Bruce Cockburn both an exemplary citizen and a legendary artist whose prized songbook will be celebrated for many years to come.

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Performance Mon, 26 Jul 2021 12:39:58 -0400 2022-03-08T20:00:00-05:00 2022-03-08T22:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Bruce Cockburn at The Ark
Michigan's Got Talent (March 9, 2022 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/92267 92267-21688757@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 9, 2022 7:30pm
Location: Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

MUSIC Matters is excited to present our 2nd annual talent show, Michigan’s Got Talent: Uplifting Voices on Campus! Come see some amazing performances from U-M students at a night filled with unique talents. The talent show is taking place on Wednesday, March 9 at 7:30 p.m. at the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre.

We are excited to announce that the event will feature four highly-acclaimed judges: U-M Vice President of Student Life Dr. Martino Harmon, content creator and social media star Eli Rallo; international dance scholar, choreographer, and dancer Dr. Fangfei Miao; and music theory expert and musician Dr. Ramon Satyendra.

As an audience member, you will also play a large part in the talent show, as the audience will have the opportunity to vote on their favorite performances!

Tickets are $7.00 in advance and $10.00 at the door. Students can redeem their Passport to the Arts in advance at MUTO or at the door the night of the show. Please reach out to parniam@umich.edu with any questions or comments.
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Masks and proof of vaccine OR a negative COVID-19 test are REQUIRED. Be sure to read about the event policies before you complete your purchase. Due to the recent surge in COVID-19 cases throughout the region, the University of Michigan will require a proof of COVID-19 vaccination or negative-test protocol for indoor events. All guests and working personnel ages 12 and older will be required to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination OR a negative COVID-19 PCR or rapid test taken within 72 hours of the event. Face masks continue to be required and must be worn during all events.

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Performance Tue, 22 Feb 2022 09:14:54 -0500 2022-03-09T19:30:00-05:00 2022-03-09T22:00:00-05:00 Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Michigan's Got Talent at Mendelssohn
Chamber Music Recital (March 9, 2022 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/89641 89641-21664634@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 9, 2022 8:00pm
Location: Walgreen Drama Center
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Chamber music groups of all combinations present programs featuring music from old to new for strings, woodwinds, brass, and piano.

attend in person or watch livestream https://myumi.ch/StampsWatch

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Performance Tue, 30 Nov 2021 18:15:19 -0500 2022-03-09T20:00:00-05:00 Walgreen Drama Center School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Walgreen Drama Center
Time Out Tour: The Accidentals featuring Beth Nielsen Chapman, Kim Richey, and Maia Sharp (March 9, 2022 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/92199 92199-21688040@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 9, 2022 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

The Accidentals present TIME OUT: Songwriters in the Round, an evening of stories and songs featuring: The Accidentals’ Sav Buist and Katie Larson with Kim Richey, Beth Nielsen Chapman, and Maia Sharp.

TIME OUT is an unforgettable songwriters in the round concert, reminiscent of a night at the legendary Blue Bird Cafe, where award-winning writers swap personal stories and inspirational songs in an intimate setting. TIME OUT is a lyric lover's dream.

The Accidentals (Sav Buist and Katie Larson) spent the better part of the last year writing songs for a TIME OUT album with writers who inspired them to create, including Hall of Fame writer Beth Nielsen Chapman (Willie Nelson, Elton John, Faith Hill), barrier-breaking Kim Richey, and Maia Sharp (Bonnie Raitt, Dixie Chicks, Cher), among others. After a sold-out, thirteen-city tour and fifteen weeks at top ten radio, they decided to record TIME OUT 2. With the release of the second TIME OUT comes another round of compelling co-written songs and this incredible lineup. We hope you'll join us for a TIME OUT!
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Proof of COVID vaccination required for entry. By purchasing a ticket you agree that you and your guests will comply with all laws, orders, ordinances, regulations and health and safety guidance adopted by the State of Michigan, the County of Washtenaw and The Ark, including any guidelines in place at the time of the show. Attendees who do not comply will be asked to leave. Policies will be updated as circumstances and requirements change in our community. Please review The Ark’s current COVID-related information before attending a show.

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Performance Thu, 10 Feb 2022 10:46:58 -0500 2022-03-09T20:00:00-05:00 2022-03-09T22:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Time Out Tour: The Accidentals featuring Beth Nielsen Chapman, Kim Richey, and Maia Sharp
Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas (March 10, 2022 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/90886 90886-21674513@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 10, 2022 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Proof of COVID vaccination required for entry. By purchasing a ticket you agree that you and your guests will comply with all laws, orders, ordinances, regulations and health and safety guidance adopted by the State of Michigan, the County of Washtenaw and The Ark, including any guidelines in place at the time of the show. Attendees who do not comply will be asked to leave. Policies will be updated as circumstances and requirements change in our community. Please review The Ark’s current COVID-related information before attending a show.

The musical partnership between consummate performer Alasdair Fraser, "the Michael Jordan of Scottish fiddling", and brilliant Californian cellist Natalie Haas spans the full spectrum between intimate chamber music and ecstatic dance energy. Over the last 20 years of creating a buzz at festivals and concert halls across the world, they have truly set the standard for fiddle and cello in traditional music. They continue to thrill audiences internationally with their virtuosic playing, their near-telepathic understanding and the joyful spontaneity and sheer physical presence of their music.

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Performance Wed, 12 Jan 2022 09:57:06 -0500 2022-03-10T20:00:00-05:00 2022-03-10T22:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas at The Ark
Symphony Band (March 10, 2022 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/89230 89230-21661182@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 10, 2022 8:00pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

pre-concert lecture at 7:15 in the Hill Lower Lobby

Michael Haithcock, conductor
Nicholas Balla, graduate conductor
Sinta Saxophone Quartet

Voices of Curiosities. Symphony Band welcomes the award winning Sinta Saxophone Quartet back to Hill Auditorium to celebrate the 10th anniversary of their founding while members of the ensemble. U-M alum Matthew Browne's "Cabinet of Curiosities" is the vehicle for the celebration and is followed by Jame Stephenson's majestic Symphony No. 2, "Voices."

“Tumbao” from Sinfonia no. 3, La Salsa - Roberto Sierra
Cabinet of Curiosities Matthew Brownewith
Sinta Saxophone Quartet
My Jesus, Oh What Anguish - J. S. Bach
Symphony No. 2 “Voices” - James Stephenson

attend in person or watch livestream at https://myumi.ch/HillWatch

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Performance Thu, 10 Mar 2022 12:15:15 -0500 2022-03-10T20:00:00-05:00 Hill Auditorium School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Hill Auditorium
Erika Dalton, Violin (March 11, 2022 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/93088 93088-21700435@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 11, 2022 6:00pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Lydia Qiu & Naki Kripfgans, Piano

PROGRAM:
Violin Sonata no. 18 in G Major, K.301 - W.A. Mozart
Fantasie no. 1 in G Minor - Florence Price
Solo VIolin Sonata no. 3, Ballade - Eugene Ysaye
Violin Concerto - Samuel Barber

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Performance Tue, 08 Mar 2022 18:15:22 -0500 2022-03-11T18:00:00-05:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Earl V. Moore Building
Dance Mix 2022 (March 11, 2022 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/91573 91573-21680691@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 11, 2022 7:00pm
Location: Power Center for the Performing Arts
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Dance Mix is the largest student-run dance show at the University of Michigan featuring many UMich performance groups, and Dance Mix Core is a committee consisting of representatives from four groups on campus (Impact, Rhythm, Funktion, and Encore).
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Masks and proof of vaccine OR a negative COVID-19 test are REQUIRED. Be sure to read about the event policies before you complete your purchase. Due to the recent surge in COVID-19 cases throughout the region, the University of Michigan will require a proof of COVID-19 vaccination or negative-test protocol for indoor events. All guests and working personnel ages 12 and older will be required to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination OR a negative COVID-19 PCR or rapid test taken within 72 hours of the event. Face masks continue to be required and must be worn during all events.

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Performance Mon, 07 Mar 2022 16:22:26 -0500 2022-03-11T19:00:00-05:00 2022-03-11T21:00:00-05:00 Power Center for the Performing Arts Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Dance Mix 2022 at Power Center
Feel Good Fridays at UMMA (March 11, 2022 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/92372 92372-21690458@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 11, 2022 7:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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Feel Good Friday is a gathering of art and humans.    Join us on the second Friday of each month at the University of Michigan Museum of Art. Looking for a reason to feel good? Let art, music, and culture lift you up. Reconnect and recharge each month at Feel Good Friday.    Free and open to the public. No advance registration required.   March is Feel Good Voices: An evening of spoken word, poetry, music, and drumming to celebrate creative expressions of the African diaspora and the legacy of Michigan artist, educator, and activist Jon Onye Lockard. Visit , UMMA’s newly reinstalled galleries of African art, and meet the powerful work of Jon Onye Lockard alongside Mary Sibande, Jacob Lawrence, Qes Adamu Tesfaw, and more. In partnership and celebration of the African American Cultural and Historical Museum exhibition and the 50th anniversary of the U-M Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, this Feel Good Friday is about coming together during challenging times to lift our voices and honor the people who shape us as individuals and as a community. 

Featuring spoken word artists Debby Covington, Elizabeth James, Will Jones, Myron H. Michael, B. Ward, and Jacob Ward; with Tariq Gardner on drum.

About Jon Onye Lockard: Born in Detroit, Lockard was a powerful and awe-inspiring artist, muralist, master painter, educator, historian and storyteller. His works may be found in many collections nationally and internationally and some of his murals and portraits are at Wayne State University, University of Michigan, Central State University and the Charles Wright Museum of African American History in Detroit. He was a professor emeritus from Washtenaw Community College where he taught life drawing and portraiture for over 40 years. He was also a lecturer and founding faculty member of the Department of African American & African Studies at the U-M.

Created in collaboration with the African American Culture and History Museum, the Jon Onye Lockard Foundation, and the U-M Department of Afroamerican and African Studies.

SAVE THE DATE: future Feel Good Fridays on April 8, and the second Friday of every month.

Health & Safety Requirements

HEALTH SCREENING The ResponsiBLUE health screening will be required for all visitors and involves answering a few, quick questions about your health and recent COVID-19 exposure risk. Your check-in host will walk you through the process, it will take less than one minute.  You can pre-complete the health screening up to 24-hours in advance of your visit: https://responsiblue.umich.edu/sign-in

VACCINATION OR NEGATIVE TEST REQUIRED All guests and staff ages 12 and older will be required to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination OR a negative COVID-19 PCR or rapid test taken within 72 hours of the event.  If you haven't already done so, take a photo of your vaccine card and save it to your phone.

MASKS REQUIRED Masks are currently required for anyone entering the Museum regardless of vaccination status in accordance with University of Michigan policies. Thank you for helping us keep UMMA open and visitors safe.  UMMA has disposable masks available should you need one.

If you are not feeling well on the day of the event, please stay home.  

Lead support for this exhibition is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost, the Michigan Arts and Culture Council, and the African Studies Center.

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Performance Sat, 12 Mar 2022 00:16:26 -0500 2022-03-11T19:00:00-05:00 2022-03-11T22:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Performance Museum of Art
Webster Reading Series (March 11, 2022 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/86291 86291-21632600@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 11, 2022 7:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Helen Zell Writers' Program

The Mark Webster Reading Series presents emerging writers in a warm and relaxed setting. MFA second-year students in fiction and poetry, each introduced by a peer, will share a sample of their work. Friends, family, and members of the Ann Arbor community are welcome to attend the readings both in-person (in Stern Auditorium at the University of Michigan Museum of Art) or synchronously on Zoom via this login link: https://tinyurl.com/WebsterSeries

This series is organized by the Helen Zell Writers' Program and presented in partnership with the University of Michigan Museum of Art. For questions or accommodation needs, contact co-hosts Jen Galvao (jgalvao@umich.edu) or Uri Kumbhat (urvik@umich.edu).

SCHEDULE OF READERS:

*September 24th:* David Joez Villaverde (poetry) and Matthew Del Busto (poetry)

*October 8th:* Richard Stock (fiction), Dasha Sikmashvili (fiction), and Olivia Brown (poetry)

*October 29th: *Bridgette Brados (poetry) and Thomas Boos (fiction)

*November 12th: *Molly Gott (fiction) and Chloe Alberta (fiction)-- DUE TO A COVID RISK, THE NOV. 12TH EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. IT WILL BE RESCHEDULED SOON.

*December 3rd:* Caroline Harper New (poetry) and Julie Cadman-Kim (fiction)

*January 28th:* Abigail McFee (poetry) and Eva Warrick (fiction)

*February 11th:* Robert Laidler (poetry) and Afarin Allabakhshizadeh (fiction)

*March 11th:* Mollie Traver (fiction) and Austin Farrell (poetry)

*March 18th: *Urvi Kumbhat (fiction) and Jennifer Galvão (fiction)

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Performance Fri, 12 Nov 2021 10:27:45 -0500 2022-03-11T19:00:00-05:00 2022-03-11T20:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Helen Zell Writers' Program Performance .
John Morefield, Collaborative Piano (March 11, 2022 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/93216 93216-21701653@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 11, 2022 8:00pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Ben Penzner, Viola
Conor Brereton, Tenor
Dakota Cotugno, Cello

PROGRAM:
Two Pieces for Viola and Piano - Frank Bridge
Viola Sonata, Op. 11, no. 4 - Paul Hindemith
A Young Man’s Exhortation, Part I - Gerald Finzi
Five Shakespeare Songs, op. 23 - Roger Quilter
Variations and Fugue on “Molly Malone” for Cello and Piano - John Morefield

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Performance Wed, 09 Mar 2022 18:15:27 -0500 2022-03-11T20:00:00-05:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Earl V. Moore Building
Laith Al-Saadi (March 11, 2022 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/91932 91932-21684252@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 11, 2022 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

In 2016, Laith Al-Saadi won America’s hearts and a spot in the Season 10 finale of NBC’s “The Voice.” Now he’s poised to bring his authentic blend of blues, soul and classic rock to audiences around the nation and the world.

Laith Al-Saadi has always had the perfect combination of Midwestern hustle and incredible musical chops – honed at the University of Michigan school of music in his hometown of Ann Arbor, and on stages across the country working with legends like Taj Mahal, Luther Allison, Buddy Guy, Son Seals, Gregg Allman, B.B. King, Aretha Franklin, Paul Rodgers and opened for Bob Seger on his farewell tour in January, 2019.
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Proof of COVID vaccination required for entry. By purchasing a ticket you agree that you and your guests will comply with all laws, orders, ordinances, regulations and health and safety guidance adopted by the State of Michigan, the County of Washtenaw and The Ark, including any guidelines in place at the time of the show. Attendees who do not comply will be asked to leave. Policies will be updated as circumstances and requirements change in our community. Please review The Ark’s current COVID-related information before attending a show.

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Performance Mon, 07 Feb 2022 16:03:04 -0500 2022-03-11T20:00:00-05:00 2022-03-11T22:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Laith Al-Saadi at The Ark
Nuova Practica (March 11, 2022 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/93085 93085-21700432@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 11, 2022 8:00pm
Location: Walgreen Drama Center
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Nuova Pratica is an ensemble of composer-performers that believes the music of the past is an important part of the future. Born out of Juilliard’s Historical Performance program, the members of Nuova Pratica specialize not only in the performance of European Baroque music, but also in its composition and improvisation. The ensemble features SMTD alumni Nicola Canzano (MM '19), Nathan Mondry (BM '14), and Cullen O'Neil (BM '18).

attend in person or watch livestream at https://myumi.ch/StampsWatch

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Performance Mon, 07 Mar 2022 18:15:17 -0500 2022-03-11T20:00:00-05:00 Walgreen Drama Center School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Nuova Practica
Arab Xpressions 2022 (March 12, 2022 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/92333 92333-21690195@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 12, 2022 7:00pm
Location: Power Center for the Performing Arts
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Arab Xpressions 2022 will include dance performances put on by Arabesque, a dance troupe that performs the traditional Middle Eastern dance called dabke. Student talent performances will include spoken word, poetry, singing, and live music. Additionally, students will be performing skits, and the show will close with a live fashion show.
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Masks and proof of vaccine OR a negative COVID-19 test are REQUIRED. Be sure to read about the event policies before you complete your purchase. Due to the recent surge in COVID-19 cases throughout the region, the University of Michigan will require a proof of COVID-19 vaccination or negative-test protocol for indoor events. All guests and working personnel ages 12 and older will be required to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination OR a negative COVID-19 PCR or rapid test taken within 72 hours of the event. Face masks continue to be required and must be worn during all events.

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Performance Mon, 14 Feb 2022 11:02:32 -0500 2022-03-12T19:00:00-05:00 2022-03-12T22:00:00-05:00 Power Center for the Performing Arts Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Arab Xpressions 2022 at The Ark
Guinea Sweet Suite (March 12, 2022 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/92805 92805-21695823@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 12, 2022 7:00pm
Location:
Organized By: Department of American Culture

T. Ayo Alston comes to Ann Arbor for a week of guest teaching, panel conversations and performance. While in residence, Alston will build upon a past work, Femme DeLa Force: Herstory to Tell (2014) and HerStory II Tell: Inside her Eyes (2020), using West African dance styles to tell the story of women warriors who have successfully and/or powerfully challenged systems, governments and male dominated conquerors to maintain their land, integrity or their people. Learn more about the residency here: https://www.daringdances.org/tayoalston

T. Ayo Alston will conclude her Daring Dances residency with a culminating performance featuring Ayodele Drum and Dance at the Keene Theater. This event is FREE and open to the public. Proof of vaccination, Photo ID, Face Covering and a fast ResponsiBLUE Health Questionnaire are required for entry to the Keene Theater. A post-show discussion will take place after the performance.

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Performance Fri, 25 Feb 2022 15:01:43 -0500 2022-03-12T19:00:00-05:00 2022-03-12T20:00:00-05:00 Department of American Culture Performance Poster for performance at Keene Theater
Mission Improbable: Yotonix Spytacular (March 12, 2022 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/91550 91550-21680554@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 12, 2022 7:00pm
Location: Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

I spy with my little eye…a return to Yotonix in-person! Join us for a night of intrigue, laughter, and maybe even love (?!) in a performance featuring glowsticking and flow arts from Photonix, and Chinese Yoyo from Revolution!

SOCIAL MEDIA: https://linktr.ee/yotonix

Questions? Concerns? Reach out to us at: umphotonix@umich.edu or revolutioncore@umich.edu. Sponsored by the University Activities Center.
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Masks and proof of vaccine OR a negative COVID-19 test are REQUIRED. Be sure to read about the event policies before you complete your purchase. Due to the recent surge in COVID-19 cases throughout the region, the University of Michigan will require a proof of COVID-19 vaccination or negative-test protocol for indoor events. All guests and working personnel ages 12 and older will be required to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination OR a negative COVID-19 PCR or rapid test taken within 72 hours of the event. Face masks continue to be required and must be worn during all events.

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Performance Mon, 21 Feb 2022 10:18:27 -0500 2022-03-12T19:00:00-05:00 2022-03-12T21:00:00-05:00 Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Photonix at Mendelssohn
Carlos Taboada, Alto Saxophone, Piano, Electronic Wind Instrument (March 12, 2022 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/93089 93089-21700436@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 12, 2022 8:00pm
Location: Stearns Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Ian Thompson, Guitar
Rowan Tucker-Meyer, Piano
Tyler Thenstedt, Bass
Alex Lepanto, Drums

PROGRAM:
Memory Band - Richard Rudoph & Charles Stepney
Bleau - Carlos Taboada
The Shadow of Your Smile - Johnny Mandel
Stop and Smell the Crash Blossoms - Xenis St. Charles Gilbert
Ee-wee (A Free Improvisation) - Taboada
Pelican Party - Taboada
Barely Free - Taboada
Wow - Lennie Tristano

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Performance Tue, 08 Mar 2022 18:15:22 -0500 2022-03-12T20:00:00-05:00 Stearns Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Stearns Building
Todd Snider: Pickin'. Grinnin'. Tellin' Stories. Takin' Requests. (March 12, 2022 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/90809 90809-21674123@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 12, 2022 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Proof of COVID vaccination required for entry. By purchasing a ticket you agree that you and your guests will comply with all laws, orders, ordinances, regulations and health and safety guidance adopted by the State of Michigan, the County of Washtenaw and The Ark, including any guidelines in place at the time of the show. Attendees who do not comply will be asked to leave. Policies will be updated as circumstances and requirements change in our community. Please review The Ark’s current COVID-related information before attending a show.

You don’t often hear about an artist reinventing their sound twenty albums into a celebrated career. But for Todd Snider, his latest release, First Agnostic Church of Hope and Wonder, isn’t so much a sudden change in direction as an arrival after years of searching.

It feels appropriate that with his latest album, Snider may play a similar inspirational role for the parishioners in his church. “I’d like it to feel like a drum circle or a revival for listeners. I’d like it to feel like a hippie summer, where you take acid and listen to the songs by a beautiful lake. There’s a thing called effervescence - that feeling that you’re present, alive. I’d like for people to have a moment with this record. I think about records that will come into my life and they’ll help put a little more salt on the moment. That’s what I’m going for. But then, who knows if anyone will like the record. I dig it. I know it’s a cliché for people to say, ‘This is how I’ve been meaning to sound forever.’ But I swear, that’s how it feels.”

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Performance Wed, 02 Feb 2022 12:50:28 -0500 2022-03-12T20:00:00-05:00 2022-03-12T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Todd Snider at The Ark
Sarah Thune, Collaborative Piano (March 13, 2022 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/93252 93252-21702060@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 13, 2022 2:00pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Jono Taccolini, Tenor
Taewon Sohn, Baritone
Dakota Cotugno, Cello

PROGRAM
Liederkreis, op. 24 - Robert Schumann
Vier Ernste Gesänge, op. 121 - Johannes Brahms
Sonata for Violin and Piano - César Franck

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Performance Thu, 10 Mar 2022 12:15:21 -0500 2022-03-13T14:00:00-04:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Earl V. Moore Building
Fritz Kaenzig Retirement Celebration (March 13, 2022 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/91248 91248-21677600@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 13, 2022 4:00pm
Location: Walgreen Drama Center
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

attend in person or watch online at https://myumi.ch/StampsWatch

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Performance Tue, 08 Mar 2022 18:15:14 -0500 2022-03-13T16:00:00-04:00 Walgreen Drama Center School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Walgreen Drama Center
Abendmusik: Solo Keyboard and Sacred Vocal Chamber Works of Dietrich Buxtehude, featuring cantatas from Membra Jesu Nostri (March 13, 2022 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/93091 93091-21700438@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 13, 2022 5:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Performing on Baroque instruments from the Stearns Collection of Musical Instruments, string players and keyboardists from the University of Michigan Baroque Chamber Ensembles
will be joined by a quintet of vocal soloists, led by faculty director Joseph Gascho. FCC Organist Dr. Timothy Huth will join Gascho in performing solo organ and harpsichord works by Buxtehude, as well.

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Performance Mon, 07 Mar 2022 18:15:21 -0500 2022-03-13T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance
Ron Pope (opener J.M. Clifford) (March 13, 2022 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/84646 84646-21624350@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 13, 2022 7:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

*By purchasing a ticket you agree that you and your guests will comply with all laws, orders, ordinances, regulations and health and safety guidance adopted by the State of Michigan, the County of Washtenaw and The Ark, including any guidelines in place at the time of the show. Attendees who do not comply will be asked to leave. Policies will be updated as circumstances and requirements change in our community. Please review The Ark’s current COVID-related information before attending a show.*

In the months following the release of his critically acclaimed album “Bone Structure,” Nashville-based singer-songwriter, Ron Pope, felt lost. A hometown tornado and a pandemic will do that to a person. Unfortunately for Pope, tangled amongst the rubble was an album release and months of touring that abruptly came to a halt. For an album that he penned while reflecting on his own mortality, it seemed almost apropos.

While his career was put on pause, he effectively became a stay-at-home dad. Slowly, his priorities shifted as he realized that not only could this time be looked at as a gift, but it could be used as an opportunity to reimagine what his life could look like in the future. Why sit in the same formulaic cycle? Why seek validation from places that didn’t care to give it?

In asking these questions of himself, he realized that the community his music created was also seeking answers to similar questions. Weekly online shows allowed free conversations and inspired creativity. Pulling from unreleased songs and reimagined fan favorites, Pope decided to embark on a year of connecting and leaning into the community that has supported him all along.

It was time to let go of preconceived notions about what was expected of him. It was time to take a step back and focus on what really mattered. It was time to rebuild.

After completely scrapping early recording sessions for his album Bone Structure (March 6, 2020), Pope set out on a new path, crafting incredibly candid songs directed squarely at his newborn daughter. Some songs speak to her directly and muse on the experience of fatherhood, while others reflect on a personal experience that has a lesson or a moral. Pope's 2017 release, "Work," drew comparisons to Tom Petty and Bruce Springsteen, while also refusing to put him squarely into one category. Uncompromising and relentless, Pope has evolved into one of the top grossing independent acts in the business while garnering a legion of devoted fans the world over. Taking the industry-road-less-traveled and holding fiercely to his independence has proven fruitful for Pope; to date, he has sold out shows on three continents and in more than 20 countries, sold over 2 million digital tracks, has nearly half a billion streams on Spotify, 880 million plays on Pandora, 150 million views on YouTube, and has generally crushed every metric used to measure what is possible for most independent artists.

Pope is currently in the studio recording his next album, which is set to be released in the spring of 2022.

*Ron Pope – Meet & Greet Package *
-One ticket
-VIP early entry into the venue
-Exclusive meet & greet with Ron Pope
-Personal photograph with Ron Pope
-Private and intimate pre-show acoustic performance by Ron Pope
-Limited edition, tour poster autographed by Ron Pope
-Specially designed tote bag
-Official meet & greet laminate

Limited availability

For questions regarding the VIP packages, please reach out to info@future-beat.com.

VIP merchandise will be distributed at the show.

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Performance Mon, 31 Jan 2022 15:47:24 -0500 2022-03-13T19:30:00-04:00 2022-03-13T21:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Ron Pope at The Ark
Sophia Rightmer, Cello (March 13, 2022 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/93090 93090-21700437@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 13, 2022 7:30pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Clayton Farmer and Narae Joo, Piano

PROGRAM:
Serenade for Solo Cello - Hans Werner Henze
Thaïs Meditation - Jules Massenet
Vocalise - Sergei Rachmaninoff
Spiegel im Spiegel - Arvo Pärt
Sonata no. 4 for Cello and Piano - Ludwig van Beethoven

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Performance Tue, 08 Mar 2022 18:15:22 -0500 2022-03-13T19:30:00-04:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Earl V. Moore Building
Chamber Music Recital (March 13, 2022 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/89642 89642-21664635@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 13, 2022 8:00pm
Location: Walgreen Drama Center
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Chamber music groups of all combinations present programs featuring music from old to new for strings, woodwinds, brass, and piano.

attend in person or watch livestream https://myumi.ch/StampsWatch

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Performance Tue, 30 Nov 2021 18:15:19 -0500 2022-03-13T20:00:00-04:00 Walgreen Drama Center School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Walgreen Drama Center
Café Shapiro (March 14, 2022 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/92546 92546-21692157@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 14, 2022 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University Library

Join us for the 25th annual Café Shapiro! Pour yourself a cup of coffee and watch 19 students, nominated by their instructors for excellence in creative writing, read their own poems and short stories. The quality is high!

For many student writers, Café Shapiro is a first opportunity to read publicly from their creative work. For others, it provides a fresh audience, and the ability to experience the work of students they may not encounter in writing classes.

Naomi Binnie, digital education librarian, along with a team of Library Student Engagement Ambassadors, will host this Zoom event for two evenings, March 14 and March 15. View the online program for each night to see the lineup of student writers and hosts: https://myumi.ch/ovPEl

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Performance Tue, 08 Mar 2022 15:38:12 -0500 2022-03-14T16:00:00-04:00 2022-03-14T18:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location University Library Performance "Pouring a Cup of Coffee" by Chris Campbell via Flickr.
Michigan Youth Percussion Ensemble (March 14, 2022 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/90991 90991-21675230@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 14, 2022 6:00pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Jean Carlo Urena Gonzalez, Conductor

attend in person or watch online at https://myumi.ch/HilWatch

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Performance Tue, 08 Mar 2022 18:15:19 -0500 2022-03-14T18:00:00-04:00 Hill Auditorium School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Hill Auditorium
Masterclass: Gregory Lee, violin (March 14, 2022 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/92763 92763-21695442@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 14, 2022 7:00pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

An outstanding violinist with virtuosic brilliance, Gregory Lee is currently Associate Professor of Violin at the University of Oklahoma and Concertmaster of the Oklahoma City Philharmonic. Lee has performed with the Oklahoma Chamber Players, Holmberg String Quartet and is a regular member of the Brightmusic Chamber Ensemble in Oklahoma City.  

Before coming to Oklahoma, Lee taught at Tunghai University and National Taiwan Normal University. He has given numerous recitals around Taiwan and was frequently invited as a competition adjudicator.  

The Australian-born violinist holds a degree from The Juilliard School, where he studied with Dorothy DeLay and Naoko Tanaka. Later, he received his master’s and doctorate degrees at the University of Michigan studying with Paul Kantor.  His success in competitions include the Special Jury Commendation Award of Michael Hill International Violin Competition and winner of the Geelong Advertiser Instrumental Competition.

Lee has worked in Los Angeles where he played in several orchestras including Pacific Symphony, Long Beach Symphony, Los Angeles Opera and has recorded for many Hollywood motion pictures scores at 20th Century Fox, Sony/MGM, Warner Bros, Paramount and Capital Records. He has given recitals and masterclasses at institutions including the University of Iowa, University of Wisconsin, University of North Texas, Arizona State University, University of Kansas, Wichita State University and the University of Texas in Arlington.  In Asia, he has performed, and guest taught at Renmin University in Beijing, Shanghai Conservatory and the Queensland Conservatorium in Australia. He has appeared on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s “Sunday Live” radio show.

Many of Lee’s former students have not only been accepted to major conservatories around the US but also been successful musicians, including Richard Lin, 2018 winner of the Indianapolis International Violin Competition.

During his summers, he has taught and performed at the Sewanee Summer Music Festival, OU Summer Music Academy, Vietnam Connection Music Festival and Wyoming Seminary Performing Arts Institute.

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Performance Thu, 24 Feb 2022 18:15:18 -0500 2022-03-14T19:00:00-04:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Earl V. Moore Building
Michigan Youth Symphony Orchestra and Michigan Symphonic Band (March 14, 2022 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/90989 90989-21675225@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 14, 2022 7:00pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Michigan Youth Symphony Orchestra
Adrian Slywotzky, Conductor
Rotem Weinberg, Associate Conductor

PROGRAM
"Appalachian Spring Suite" - A. Copland
"Danzon, No. 2" - A. Marquez
"Suite of Dances" - F. Price

Michigan Youth Symphonic Band
Kimberly Fleming, Conductor
Michael Vecchio, Assistant Conductor

PROGRAM
"Candide Suite" - L. Bernstein
"Melodious Thunk" - D. Biedenbender
"In This Broad Earth" - S. Bryant
"Diamond Tide" - V. Cuong
"Albanian Dance" - S. Hanson



attend in person or watch online at https://myumi.ch/HillWatch

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Performance Tue, 08 Mar 2022 18:15:16 -0500 2022-03-14T19:00:00-04:00 Hill Auditorium School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Hill Auditorium
Chamber Music Recital (March 14, 2022 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/89643 89643-21664636@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 14, 2022 8:00pm
Location: Walgreen Drama Center
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Chamber music groups of all combinations present programs featuring music from old to new for strings, woodwinds, brass, and piano.

attend in person or watch livestream https://myumi.ch/StampsWatch

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Performance Thu, 10 Mar 2022 12:15:13 -0500 2022-03-14T20:00:00-04:00 Walgreen Drama Center School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Walgreen Drama Center
Imprint Series (March 14, 2022 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/93251 93251-21702059@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 14, 2022 8:00pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

PROGRAM:
Refraction, Reflection - Matthew Osterholzer
The Great - Mercer Patterson
Machine Learning - Harry Castle
Self-Portraits - Jeremy Howell
The Most of Little Things - Ancel Neeley
String Quartet - Yanchen Ye

Livestream Link: https://smtd.umich.edu/performances-events/live-stream-britton/

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Performance Mon, 14 Mar 2022 18:15:12 -0400 2022-03-14T20:00:00-04:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Earl V. Moore Building
Masterclass: Robert Plano, piano (March 15, 2022 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/93277 93277-21702238@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 15, 2022 10:30am
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Italian native Roberto Plano performs regularly throughout North America and Europe – notably at Lincoln Center, Sala Verdi, Salle Cortot, Wigmore Hall and the Herkulessaal. He has appeared with orchestras all over the world, under the direction of renowned conductors such as Sir Neville Marriner, James Conlon, Pinchas Zuckerman, Miguel Harth-Bedoya. He has been a featured recitalist at the internationally acclaimed Newport Festival, PianoSummer Festival at SUNY, the Portland Piano Festival, Ravinia Festival and the Gilmore International Keyboard Festival (USA), Chopin Festival (Poland), the Encuentro de Musica y Accademia de Santander (Spain), the Bologna Festival - Great Soloists (Italy), and many others. He played with String Quartets such as the Takacs, Cremona, St. Petersburg, Fine Arts, Jupiter, Muir, as well as soloists such as Ilya Grubert, Pavel Berman, Jiri Barta, Enrico Bronzi, and in duo with his wife Paola Del Negro.

After joining in 2016 the Faculty of Boston University, in 2018 he has been appointed as Associate Professor of Piano at Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. One of the most sought-after teachers in the USA, Mr. Plano also regularly teaches during the summer at Rebecca Penneys Piano Festival in Florida and at Kneisel Hall Chamber Music Festival in Maine.

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Performance Thu, 10 Mar 2022 18:15:22 -0500 2022-03-15T10:30:00-04:00 2022-03-15T12:20:00-04:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Masterclass: Robert Plano, piano
Café Shapiro (March 15, 2022 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/92546 92546-21692158@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 15, 2022 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University Library

Join us for the 25th annual Café Shapiro! Pour yourself a cup of coffee and watch 19 students, nominated by their instructors for excellence in creative writing, read their own poems and short stories. The quality is high!

For many student writers, Café Shapiro is a first opportunity to read publicly from their creative work. For others, it provides a fresh audience, and the ability to experience the work of students they may not encounter in writing classes.

Naomi Binnie, digital education librarian, along with a team of Library Student Engagement Ambassadors, will host this Zoom event for two evenings, March 14 and March 15. View the online program for each night to see the lineup of student writers and hosts: https://myumi.ch/ovPEl

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Performance Tue, 08 Mar 2022 15:38:12 -0500 2022-03-15T16:00:00-04:00 2022-03-15T18:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location University Library Performance "Pouring a Cup of Coffee" by Chris Campbell via Flickr.
Robert Plano, piano (March 15, 2022 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/91103 91103-21676728@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 15, 2022 8:00pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

PROGRAM
Angoise- Mykola Lysenko
Variations in D minor, op. 18b -Johannes Brahms
Complainte (Dumka) in C sharp minor, from Glanes de Woronince S. 249 - Franz Liszt
“Andante lagrimoso” & “Invocation” from Harmonies poétiques et réligieuses, s173 - Franz Liszt
Intermezzo n.1 - Manuel Mari Ponce Cuéllar
Mazurka Mélancolique - Ricardo Castro Herrara
Milonga op. 3 “Cancion del Arbol Del Olvido” - Alberto Ginastera
Suite de danzas criollas, op. 15 - Alberto Ginastera
Rhapsody in Blue - George Gershwin


Italian native Roberto Plano performs regularly throughout North America and Europe – notably at Lincoln Center, Sala Verdi, Salle Cortot, Wigmore Hall and the Herkulessaal. He has appeared with orchestras all over the world, under the direction of renowned conductors such as Sir Neville Marriner, James Conlon, Pinchas Zuckerman, Miguel Harth-Bedoya. He has been a featured recitalist at the internationally acclaimed Newport Festival, PianoSummer Festival at SUNY, the Portland Piano Festival, Ravinia Festival and the Gilmore International Keyboard Festival (USA), Chopin Festival (Poland), the Encuentro de Musica y Accademia de Santander (Spain), the Bologna Festival - Great Soloists (Italy), and many others. He played with String Quartets such as the Takacs, Cremona, St. Petersburg, Fine Arts, Jupiter, Muir, as well as soloists such as Ilya Grubert, Pavel Berman, Jiri Barta, Enrico Bronzi, and in duo with his wife Paola Del Negro.

After joining in 2016 the Faculty of Boston University, in 2018 he has been appointed as Associate Professor of Piano at Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. One of the most sought-after teachers in the USA, Mr. Plano also regularly teaches during the summer at Rebecca Penneys Piano Festival in Florida and at Kneisel Hall Chamber Music Festival in Maine.


attend in person or watch online at https://myumi.ch/BrittonWatch

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Performance Thu, 10 Mar 2022 12:15:13 -0500 2022-03-15T20:00:00-04:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Robert Plano, piano
Concert Band (March 16, 2022 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/89231 89231-21661183@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 16, 2022 8:00pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Michael Haithcock, conductor
John Pasquale, guest conductor

PROGRAM
Camille Saint-Saens, Occident et Orient
Joseph Turrin, Lullaby for Noah
Peter Graham, Harrison's Dream
Joseph Haydn, Serenade in C Major
Jeff Scott, Baile Si Quiere!
Donald Grantham, J’ai été au bal

attend in person or watch online at https://myumi.ch/HillWatch

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Performance Mon, 07 Mar 2022 12:15:13 -0500 2022-03-16T20:00:00-04:00 Hill Auditorium School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Concert Band
Dr. Gregory Lee, violin (March 16, 2022 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/92762 92762-21695441@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 16, 2022 8:00pm
Location: Walgreen Drama Center
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

PROGRAM

Beethoven - Sonata for Piano and Violin No. 7 in C minor, Op. 30, no. 2 
Mozart/Kreisler - Rondo for Violin and Piano 
Sarasate - Introduction et Tarentelle for Violin and Piano, Op. 43 
Stravinsky - Duo Concertante for Violin and Piano 

An outstanding violinist with virtuosic brilliance, Gregory Lee is currently Associate Professor of Violin at the University of Oklahoma and Concertmaster of the Oklahoma City Philharmonic. Lee has performed with the Oklahoma Chamber Players, Holmberg String Quartet and is a regular member of the Brightmusic Chamber Ensemble in Oklahoma City.  

Before coming to Oklahoma, Lee taught at Tunghai University and National Taiwan Normal University. He has given numerous recitals around Taiwan and was frequently invited as a competition adjudicator.  

The Australian-born violinist holds a degree from The Juilliard School, where he studied with Dorothy DeLay and Naoko Tanaka. Later, he received his master’s and doctorate degrees at the University of Michigan studying with Paul Kantor.  His success in competitions include the Special Jury Commendation Award of Michael Hill International Violin Competition and winner of the Geelong Advertiser Instrumental Competition.

Lee has worked in Los Angeles where he played in several orchestras including Pacific Symphony, Long Beach Symphony, Los Angeles Opera and has recorded for many Hollywood motion pictures scores at 20th Century Fox, Sony/MGM, Warner Bros, Paramount and Capital Records. He has given recitals and masterclasses at institutions including the University of Iowa, University of Wisconsin, University of North Texas, Arizona State University, University of Kansas, Wichita State University and the University of Texas in Arlington.  In Asia, he has performed, and guest taught at Renmin University in Beijing, Shanghai Conservatory and the Queensland Conservatorium in Australia. He has appeared on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s “Sunday Live” radio show.

Many of Lee’s former students have not only been accepted to major conservatories around the US but also been successful musicians, including Richard Lin, 2018 winner of the Indianapolis International Violin Competition.

During his summers, he has taught and performed at the Sewanee Summer Music Festival, OU Summer Music Academy, Vietnam Connection Music Festival and Wyoming Seminary Performing Arts Institute.

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Performance Thu, 24 Feb 2022 18:15:18 -0500 2022-03-16T20:00:00-04:00 Walgreen Drama Center School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Walgreen Drama Center
Nathan Rodriquez, Clarinet (March 16, 2022 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/93029 93029-21699235@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 16, 2022 8:00pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Joshua Marzan, Piano

PROGRAM:
Sonata for Clarinet and Piano, op. 28 - Mieczyslaw Weinberg
Fantasie for Solo Clarinet - Jörg Widmann
Zarabandeo - Arturo Márquez
Sonata for Clarinet and Piano - David Baker

attend in person or watch online at https://myumi.ch/McIntoshWatch

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Performance Tue, 08 Mar 2022 18:15:21 -0500 2022-03-16T20:00:00-04:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Earl V. Moore Building
Courtyard Beats (March 17, 2022 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/92988 92988-21698773@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 17, 2022 7:00pm
Location: Michigan Union
Organized By: Center for Campus Involvement

Stop by the Michigan Union Courtyard on St. Patrick's Day (March 17th) at 7pm and enjoy a performance by singer/songwriter Emma Jude. As you kick back, enjoy some free pizza and cookies!
To learn more about Emma Jude, visit her website or follow her on IG: @musicbyemmajude

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Performance Thu, 03 Mar 2022 19:02:39 -0500 2022-03-17T19:00:00-04:00 2022-03-17T20:00:00-04:00 Michigan Union Center for Campus Involvement Performance Michigan Union Courtyard
Creative Arts Orchestra (March 17, 2022 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/89214 89214-21661166@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 17, 2022 8:00pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Mark Kirshenmann, director

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Performance Fri, 12 Nov 2021 18:15:20 -0500 2022-03-17T20:00:00-04:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Earl V. Moore Building
Hannah O'Brien & Grant Flick (March 17, 2022 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/92064 92064-21686461@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 17, 2022 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Hannah O’Brien and Grant Flick play a mix of original compositions and traditional pieces from various fiddling traditions. The duo began collaborating at University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre, & Dance in 2019. They found common ground despite coming from different backgrounds with Hannah from Irish fiddling and Grant from American improvisational idioms.

In August 2021 they released their first duo record, “Windward.” This album features a collection of their original tunes but also some of their takes on fiddling standards. Their arrangements have been worked up without notation and sometimes incorporate improvised sections. While the duo feels at home on double fiddle, they also change instrumentation often incorporating tenor guitar and nyckelharpa. Their musical interests are broad and as a result their programs showcase an eclectic assemblage of repertoire.
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Performance Thu, 10 Feb 2022 16:40:46 -0500 2022-03-17T20:00:00-04:00 2022-03-17T23:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Hannah O'Brien & Grant Flick
The Broadwood Piano in Beethoven's Solo and Collaborative Works (March 17, 2022 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/92571 92571-21692638@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 17, 2022 8:00pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Angie Zhang, piano
Helen LaGrand, cello

PROGRAM
Ludwig van Beethoven

Sonata for Piano and Cello in A Major, Op. 69
32 Variations on an Original Theme in C Minor, WoO 80
Sonata for Piano and Cello in C Major, Op. 102, No. 1

featuring the Stearns Collection's 1808 Broadwood Piano
recently donated by the estate of Charles Wilson
and an anonymous 18th century French cello


In 1817, the great English piano builder John Broadwood met the famous pianist and composer Ludwig van Beethoven in Vienna. After returning home to London, Broadwood consulted with many of England's finest pianists to choose the best of his newest Broadwood pianos, which he sent to Beethoven as a gift. Inscribed above the nameboard on the piano are the words: "Hoc instrumentum est Thomas Broadwood londini donum propter ingenium illustrissimi Beethoven." [This instrument from Thomas Broadwood of London is a true gift to the illustrious Beethoven.]

Upon hearing that the piano was being sent to him, Beethoven wrote to Broadwood: "My dearest friend Broadwood, I have never felt a greater pleasure than that given me by the anticipation of the arrival of this piano, with which you are honouring me as a present. I shall regard it as an altar on which I shall place my spirit’s most beautiful offerings to the divine Apollo. As soon as I receive your excellent instrument, I shall send you the fruits of the first moments of inspiration I spend at it, as a souvenir for you from me, my very dear B., and I hope that they will be worthy of your instrument. My dear sir and friend, accept my warmest consideration, from your friend and most humble servant, Louis Van Beethoven. Vienna, 3rd February 1818.”

The piano featured in tonight's performance was built approximately ten years before Beethoven's Broadwood. It has a smaller compass of notes and less string tension, but retains many acoustical similarities to the piano Beethoven received and played.

attend in person or watch livestream at https://myui.ch/McIntoshTheatre

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Performance Mon, 14 Mar 2022 18:15:17 -0400 2022-03-17T20:00:00-04:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance The Broadwood Piano in Beethoven's Solo and Collaborative Works
Strings Masterclass with Kenneth Slowik (The Smithsonian Institute) (March 18, 2022 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/93253 93253-21702061@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 18, 2022 10:00am
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Kenneth Slowik first established his international reputation primarily as a cellist and viola da gamba player through his work with the Smithsonian Chamber Players, Castle Trio, Smithson String Quartet, Axelrod Quartet, and with Anner Bylsma’s L’Archibudelli. Conductor of the Smithsonian Chamber Orchestra since 1988, he became conductor of the Santa Fe Bach Festival in 1998, and led the Santa Fe Pro Musica Chamber Orchestra from 1999 to 2004. He has been a soloist and/or conductor with numerous other orchestras, including the National Symphony, the Baltimore, Vancouver, and Québec Symphonies, the Filharmonia Sudecka, the Pleven Philharmonic, the Polska Orkiestra Sinfonia Iuventus, the KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic, and the Cleveland Orchestra.

Kenneth SlowikSlowik’s impressive discography comprises over seventy recordings featuring him as conductor, cellist, gambist, and keyboard player for music ranging from the Baroque (Marais, Pandolfi, Couperin, Corelli, Bach) through the Classical (Haydn, Boccherini, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert) and Romantic (Mendelssohn, Schumann, Onslow, Gade, Spohr) to the twentieth century (Schönberg, Mahler, Richard Strauss, Copland, Stravinsky). Of these, many have won prestigious international awards, including France’s Diapason d’Or and Choc, the “British Music Retailers’ Award for Excellence,” Italy’s Premio Internazionale del Disco Antonio Vivaldi, two GRAMMY® nominations, and numerous “Record of the Month” and “Record of the Year” prizes. Recent releases include the first of several CDs of Haydn baryton trios with the ensemble Esterházy Machine, a disk of Shostakovich Chamber Symphonies, a traversal of Schubert's Winterreise with tenor John Elwes, and a DVD film about Schönberg’s First Chamber Symphony and Verklärte Nacht. As an educator, Dr. Slowik has presented lectures at colleges and universities throughout the United States and has contributed to a number of symposia and colloquia at museums in the United States and Europe. He serves on the faculties of the University of Maryland, the American Bach Soloists Academy, and L’Académie de musique du Domaine Forget, and was named Artistic Director of the Baroque Performance Institute at the Oberlin College Conservatory in 1993. In 2011, he was named recipient of the Smithsonian Secretary's Distinguished Research Lecture Award.

Generously supported by the Marshall M. Weinberg Endowed Fund in Early Music.

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Performance Thu, 10 Mar 2022 12:15:21 -0500 2022-03-18T10:00:00-04:00 2022-03-18T11:30:00-04:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Earl V. Moore Building
Online Self-Massage Workshop - Neck & Shoulders (March 18, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/90334 90334-21670426@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 18, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

with Slavka Jelinkova

Self-massage is a safe, therapeutic hands-on approach to self-care that everybody can benefit from. Due to the intensity of our work, our muscles tend to be overused or misused. In this workshop, we will be focusing on releasing tension in the head, neck, and upper shoulders. You will need a mat, or a chair, loose attire, and curiosity of how the body will feel before and after.

Zoom link sent by email after registration

Register at https://myumi.ch/NmmGG

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Performance Mon, 03 Jan 2022 12:15:18 -0500 2022-03-18T12:00:00-04:00 2022-03-18T12:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Online Self-Massage Workshop - Neck & Shoulders
Kenneth Slowik, viola da gamba and Joseph Gascho, harpsichord (March 18, 2022 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/93084 93084-21700431@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 18, 2022 6:00pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

In a program featuring J.S. Bach's Sonatas for Harpsichord and Viola da Gamba, guest artist Kenneth Slowik joins U-M faculty Joseph Gascho for a chamber recital of 18th century European repertoire.

Artistic Director of the Smithsonian Chamber Music Society, Kenneth Slowik first established his international reputation primarily as a cellist and viola da gamba player through his work with the Smithsonian Chamber Players, Castle Trio, Smithson String Quartet, and the Axelrod Quartet.

Slowik has been a featured instrumental soloist and/or conductor with numerous orchestras, among them the National Symphony, the Baltimore Symphony, l’Orchestre Symphonique de Québec, the Vancouver Symphony, and the Cleveland Orchestra. His discography comprises over sixty recordings featuring him as conductor, cellist, gambist, barytonist and keyboard player for music ranging from the Baroque (Marais, Corelli, Bach) through the Classical (Haydn, Boccherini, Beethoven, Schubert) and Romantic (Mendelssohn, Gade, Spohr) to the early twentieth century (Schöenberg, Mahler, Richard Strauss).

As an educator, Dr. Slowik has presented lectures at colleges and universities throughout the United States and has contributed to a number of symposia and colloquia at museums throughout the United States and Europe. He received the Smithsonian Secretary’s Distinguished Research Lecture Award in 2011. He serves on the faculty of L’Académie Internationale du Domaine Forget in Québec, and was named Artistic Director of the Baroque Performance Institute at the Oberlin College Conservatory in 1993.

attend in person or watch online at https://myumi.ch/BrittonWatch

This evening’s performance is generously supported by the Marshall M. Weinberg Endowed Fund in Early Music.

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Performance Thu, 10 Mar 2022 12:15:14 -0500 2022-03-18T18:00:00-04:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Kenneth Slowik, viola da gamba and Joseph Gascho, harpsichord
Webster Reading Series (March 18, 2022 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/86291 86291-21632601@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 18, 2022 7:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Helen Zell Writers' Program

The Mark Webster Reading Series presents emerging writers in a warm and relaxed setting. MFA second-year students in fiction and poetry, each introduced by a peer, will share a sample of their work. Friends, family, and members of the Ann Arbor community are welcome to attend the readings both in-person (in Stern Auditorium at the University of Michigan Museum of Art) or synchronously on Zoom via this login link: https://tinyurl.com/WebsterSeries

This series is organized by the Helen Zell Writers' Program and presented in partnership with the University of Michigan Museum of Art. For questions or accommodation needs, contact co-hosts Jen Galvao (jgalvao@umich.edu) or Uri Kumbhat (urvik@umich.edu).

SCHEDULE OF READERS:

*September 24th:* David Joez Villaverde (poetry) and Matthew Del Busto (poetry)

*October 8th:* Richard Stock (fiction), Dasha Sikmashvili (fiction), and Olivia Brown (poetry)

*October 29th: *Bridgette Brados (poetry) and Thomas Boos (fiction)

*November 12th: *Molly Gott (fiction) and Chloe Alberta (fiction)-- DUE TO A COVID RISK, THE NOV. 12TH EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. IT WILL BE RESCHEDULED SOON.

*December 3rd:* Caroline Harper New (poetry) and Julie Cadman-Kim (fiction)

*January 28th:* Abigail McFee (poetry) and Eva Warrick (fiction)

*February 11th:* Robert Laidler (poetry) and Afarin Allabakhshizadeh (fiction)

*March 11th:* Mollie Traver (fiction) and Austin Farrell (poetry)

*March 18th: *Urvi Kumbhat (fiction) and Jennifer Galvão (fiction)

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Performance Fri, 12 Nov 2021 10:27:45 -0500 2022-03-18T19:00:00-04:00 2022-03-18T20:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Helen Zell Writers' Program Performance .
Austin DuBois, Tenor (March 18, 2022 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/93603 93603-21706334@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 18, 2022 8:00pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Kimia Rafieian, Piano
Joey Serra, Drums
Josh Slater, Guitar
Ben Powell, Bass

PROGRAM:
Prayer - Leslie Adams
Sence You Went Away- Leslie Adams
Che fiero costume - Giovanni Legrenzi
O del mio amato ben - Stefano Donaudy
Ständchen - Franz Schubert
An die Musik - Franz Schubert
My Good Lord's Done Been Here - Traditional Spiritual
Deep River - arr. Moses Hogan
Simple Song from Mass - Leonard Bernstein
“You'll Be Back” from Hamilton - Lin-Manuel Miranda
Believe - Cher
Don't Get Around Much Anymore - Duke Ellington
Summer, Highland Falls - Billy Joel
I Wish - Stevie Wonder
Ramblin' Gamblin' Man - Bob Seger

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Performance Fri, 18 Mar 2022 12:15:23 -0400 2022-03-18T20:00:00-04:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Earl V. Moore Building
Once On This Island (March 18, 2022 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/92804 92804-21695820@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 18, 2022 8:00pm
Location: Power Center for the Performing Arts
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Masks and proof of vaccine OR a negative COVID-19 test are REQUIRED. Be sure to read about the event policies before you complete your purchase. Due to the recent surge in COVID-19 cases throughout the region, the University of Michigan will require a proof of COVID-19 vaccination or negative-test protocol for indoor events. All guests and working personnel ages 12 and older will be required to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination OR a negative COVID-19 PCR or rapid test taken within 72 hours of the event. Face masks continue to be required and must be worn during all events

Set in the Caribbean Island of Haiti, this Broadway classic explores the story of a young girl, Ti Moune, with big dreams and an even bigger heart. ONCE ON THIS ISLAND follows Ti Moune after she is rescued from a disastrous storm by four gods —Asaka, Mother of the Earth; Agwé, god of Water; Erzulie, goddess of Love; and Papa Ge, demon of Death. This myth, told as a breathtaking story of Black joy and sorrow, the aftermath of colonization and isolation, and the triumph of love against all forces. Told with Caribbean rhythms and instruments, this Tony Award–winning musical is a testament that a beautiful story simply told has the power to inspire and heal all.

MUSKET acknowledges the Indigenous tribal communities of the Three Fire Peoples — the Ojibwe, Odawa, and Potawatomi, the traditional territories on which the University of Michigan resides. We recognize that the Power Center for the Performing Arts stands on land that has been obtained through the mistreatment of and violence against Indigenous peoples. Although our acknowledgement does not change the past or present harms done to these communities, we affirm the ancestral ties to the land and the people that make our venues possible.

To learn about the land you are on visit native-land.ca

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Performance Mon, 28 Feb 2022 15:24:00 -0500 2022-03-18T20:00:00-04:00 2022-03-18T23:00:00-04:00 Power Center for the Performing Arts Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Once On This Island presented by MUSKET
Oshima Brothers (FREE with Student ID) (March 18, 2022 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/91933 91933-21684254@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 18, 2022 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Maine-based indie duo, Oshima Brothers’ have been creating music together since childhood. The brothers blend songs from the heart with blood harmonies to produce a "roots-based pop sound that is infectious." (NPR) On stage, Sean and Jamie offer lush vocals, live looping, foot percussion, electric and acoustic guitars, vintage keyboard and bass - often all at once. They want every show to feel like a deep breath, a dance party and a sonic embrace. When not recording or touring they find time to film and produce their own music videos, tie their own shoes and cook elaborate feasts. Maine Public Radio’s Sara Willis describes their songs as “beautiful, those brother harmonies can’t be beat. They are uplifting and, let’s face it, we need uplifting these days.”
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Proof of COVID vaccination required for entry. By purchasing a ticket you agree that you and your guests will comply with all laws, orders, ordinances, regulations and health and safety guidance adopted by the State of Michigan, the County of Washtenaw and The Ark, including any guidelines in place at the time of the show. Attendees who do not comply will be asked to leave. Policies will be updated as circumstances and requirements change in our community. Please review The Ark’s current COVID-related information before attending a show.

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Performance Mon, 07 Mar 2022 13:51:59 -0500 2022-03-18T20:00:00-04:00 2022-03-18T22:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Oshima Brothers at The Ark
University Symphony Orchestra (March 18, 2022 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/89232 89232-21661184@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 18, 2022 8:00pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

pre-concert lecture at 7:15PM

Kenneth Kiesler, conductor
Benjamin Penzner, viola Winner of the 2020 SMTD Concerto Competition

This USO concert features Benjamin Penzner, Winner of the 2020 SMTD Concerto Competition, playing the Viola Concerto by William, Walton. Mendelssohn’s Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage opens this USO concert which ends with the "Four Sea Interludes" from the opera Peter Grimes by British composer Benjamin Britten. Highly regarded by his contemporary countrymen Elgar, Vaughan Williams and Holst, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor was a super star of his time. In 1902 a group of Black Americans founded the Coleridge-Taylor society and arranged for three tours to America. In 1904, President Theodore Roosevelt feted him at the White House (at the time, a rare occurrence for a Black artist) and New York City held a parade in his honor. He included African music and American spirituals in his music. Symphonic Variations on an African Air is based on the spiritual “I’m Troubled in Mind.”

PROGRAM
Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage - Felix Mendelssohn
Viola concerto - William Walton
Symphonic Variations on an African Air - Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes - Benjamin Britten

attend in person or watch livestream at https://myumi.ch/HillWatch

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Performance Thu, 17 Mar 2022 18:15:19 -0400 2022-03-18T20:00:00-04:00 Hill Auditorium School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance University Symphony Orchestra
Masterclass: Kenneth Slowik, cello (The Smithsonian Institute) (March 19, 2022 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/93254 93254-21702062@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 19, 2022 10:00am
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Kenneth Slowik first established his international reputation primarily as a cellist and viola da gamba player through his work with the Smithsonian Chamber Players, Castle Trio, Smithson String Quartet, Axelrod Quartet, and with Anner Bylsma’s L’Archibudelli. Conductor of the Smithsonian Chamber Orchestra since 1988, he became conductor of the Santa Fe Bach Festival in 1998, and led the Santa Fe Pro Musica Chamber Orchestra from 1999 to 2004. He has been a soloist and/or conductor with numerous other orchestras, including the National Symphony, the Baltimore, Vancouver, and Québec Symphonies, the Filharmonia Sudecka, the Pleven Philharmonic, the Polska Orkiestra Sinfonia Iuventus, the KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic, and the Cleveland Orchestra.

Kenneth SlowikSlowik’s impressive discography comprises over seventy recordings featuring him as conductor, cellist, gambist, and keyboard player for music ranging from the Baroque (Marais, Pandolfi, Couperin, Corelli, Bach) through the Classical (Haydn, Boccherini, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert) and Romantic (Mendelssohn, Schumann, Onslow, Gade, Spohr) to the twentieth century (Schönberg, Mahler, Richard Strauss, Copland, Stravinsky). Of these, many have won prestigious international awards, including France’s Diapason d’Or and Choc, the “British Music Retailers’ Award for Excellence,” Italy’s Premio Internazionale del Disco Antonio Vivaldi, two GRAMMY® nominations, and numerous “Record of the Month” and “Record of the Year” prizes. Recent releases include the first of several CDs of Haydn baryton trios with the ensemble Esterházy Machine, a disk of Shostakovich Chamber Symphonies, a traversal of Schubert's Winterreise with tenor John Elwes, and a DVD film about Schönberg’s First Chamber Symphony and Verklärte Nacht. As an educator, Dr. Slowik has presented lectures at colleges and universities throughout the United States and has contributed to a number of symposia and colloquia at museums in the United States and Europe. He serves on the faculties of the University of Maryland, the American Bach Soloists Academy, and L’Académie de musique du Domaine Forget, and was named Artistic Director of the Baroque Performance Institute at the Oberlin College Conservatory in 1993. In 2011, he was named recipient of the Smithsonian Secretary's Distinguished Research Lecture Award.

Generously supported by the Marshall M. Weinberg Endowed Fund in Early Music.

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Performance Thu, 10 Mar 2022 12:15:21 -0500 2022-03-19T10:00:00-04:00 2022-03-19T11:30:00-04:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Earl V. Moore Building
Karlee Lanum, Harp (March 19, 2022 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/93499 93499-21705192@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 19, 2022 1:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Kimia Rafieian, Piano
Alexis Phinney, Flute

Première Arabesque - Claude Debussy
Fantaisie pour harpe sur un thème de J. Haydn, op. 31 - Marcel Grandjany
Concerto in C for Flute and Harp, K. 299 - W.A. Mozart
Pièce Symphonique - Henriëtte Renié

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Performance Wed, 16 Mar 2022 12:15:21 -0400 2022-03-19T13:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance
Katherine Benson, Piano (March 19, 2022 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/93500 93500-21705193@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 19, 2022 3:00pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Rondo in C Major, op. 51 no. 1 - Beethoven
Sonata in A Major, op. 101 - Beethoven
In the Bottoms - Nathaniel Dett
Deserted Plantation - William Grant Still
Kitten on the Keys - Zez Confrey
Dizzy Fingers - Zez Confrey
The Tom and Jerry Show - Hiromi Uehara

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Performance Wed, 16 Mar 2022 12:15:21 -0400 2022-03-19T15:00:00-04:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Earl V. Moore Building
Vinìcius Augusto Costa (March 19, 2022 4:50pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/93501 93501-21705194@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 19, 2022 4:50pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Brian Allen, Violin
Colleen Beucher and Juliet Schlefer, Sopranos

PROGRAM:
Sonata for piano and violin - César Franck
“La maja y el ruiseñor” from the opera Goyescas - Enrique Granados
Cançóes da Floresta Amazonica - Heitor Villa-Lobos
Cinco canciones populares - Alberto Ginastera

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Performance Wed, 16 Mar 2022 12:15:21 -0400 2022-03-19T16:50:00-04:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Earl V. Moore Building
Beth Henson, Harp (March 19, 2022 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/93538 93538-21705373@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 19, 2022 7:30pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Anna Junowski, violin
Andrew Calabrese-Day & Ellen Hayahi, violins
Mateo Calderon, viola
Peter Falb, cello
Maja Pechanach, clarinet
Mia Cotton, flute

PROGRAM:
Children’s Hour Suite - Marcel Grandjany
Fantaisie for Violin and Harp - Camille Saint-Saens
Introduction and Allegro - Maurice Ravel
Pièce Symphonique - Henriette Renié

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Performance Wed, 16 Mar 2022 18:15:23 -0400 2022-03-19T19:30:00-04:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Earl V. Moore Building
A New World: intimate music from FINAL FANTASY (March 19, 2022 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68502 68502-18328743@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 19, 2022 8:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

A New World: intimate music from FINAL FANTASY returns to Ann Arbor with fresh arrangements and fan favorites!

With the incredible New World Players chamber ensemble, under the direction of Eric Roth, don’t miss this opportunity to experience the beauty and power of FINAL FANTASY music in the most intimate setting. Classics and surprises, battles and characters from throughout the entire series! Specially featuring the music of composer Nobuo Uematsu, A New World delivers an amazing communal music event.

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Performance Tue, 21 Sep 2021 10:49:55 -0400 2022-03-19T20:00:00-04:00 2022-03-19T22:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Final Fantasy at Rackham Auditorium
Christine Amon, Mezzo-Soprano (March 19, 2022 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/93498 93498-21705191@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 19, 2022 8:00pm
Location: Walgreen Drama Center
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Mahour Arbabian & Natalie Sherer, Piano

PROGRAM:
From the Diary of Virginia Woolf - Dominick Argento
Beloved, Thou Hast Brought Me Many Flowers - Libby Larsen
Comments by Compouters - Gala Flagello

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Performance Wed, 16 Mar 2022 12:15:21 -0400 2022-03-19T20:00:00-04:00 Walgreen Drama Center School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Walgreen Drama Center
Julia Bezems, soprano and conductor (March 19, 2022 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/93428 93428-21704369@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 19, 2022 8:00pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

PROGRAM

Ich bin vergnügt mit meinem Glücke, BWV 84 - Johann Sebastian Bach
Infant Joy - Rebecca Clarke
God Made a Tree - Rebecca Clarke
Greeting - Rebecca Clarke
Exsultate, jubilate - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sing joyfully 0- William Byrd
Laus trinitati - Jocelyn Hagen
Sechs Lieder, op. 59 - Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
All My Trials - Bohemian Spiritual
arr. Stacey V. Gibbs
Seven Partsongs, op. 17 - Gerald Finzi

attend in person or watch online at https://myumi.ch/BrittonWatch

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Performance Fri, 18 Mar 2022 12:15:20 -0400 2022-03-19T20:00:00-04:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Earl V. Moore Building
Once On This Island (March 19, 2022 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/92804 92804-21695821@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 19, 2022 8:00pm
Location: Power Center for the Performing Arts
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Masks and proof of vaccine OR a negative COVID-19 test are REQUIRED. Be sure to read about the event policies before you complete your purchase. Due to the recent surge in COVID-19 cases throughout the region, the University of Michigan will require a proof of COVID-19 vaccination or negative-test protocol for indoor events. All guests and working personnel ages 12 and older will be required to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination OR a negative COVID-19 PCR or rapid test taken within 72 hours of the event. Face masks continue to be required and must be worn during all events

Set in the Caribbean Island of Haiti, this Broadway classic explores the story of a young girl, Ti Moune, with big dreams and an even bigger heart. ONCE ON THIS ISLAND follows Ti Moune after she is rescued from a disastrous storm by four gods —Asaka, Mother of the Earth; Agwé, god of Water; Erzulie, goddess of Love; and Papa Ge, demon of Death. This myth, told as a breathtaking story of Black joy and sorrow, the aftermath of colonization and isolation, and the triumph of love against all forces. Told with Caribbean rhythms and instruments, this Tony Award–winning musical is a testament that a beautiful story simply told has the power to inspire and heal all.

MUSKET acknowledges the Indigenous tribal communities of the Three Fire Peoples — the Ojibwe, Odawa, and Potawatomi, the traditional territories on which the University of Michigan resides. We recognize that the Power Center for the Performing Arts stands on land that has been obtained through the mistreatment of and violence against Indigenous peoples. Although our acknowledgement does not change the past or present harms done to these communities, we affirm the ancestral ties to the land and the people that make our venues possible.

To learn about the land you are on visit native-land.ca

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Performance Mon, 28 Feb 2022 15:24:00 -0500 2022-03-19T20:00:00-04:00 2022-03-19T23:00:00-04:00 Power Center for the Performing Arts Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Once On This Island presented by MUSKET
Reed Puleo, percussion (March 19, 2022 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/93430 93430-21704371@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 19, 2022 8:00pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

PROGRAM

my technology - Kevin Madison
firn - Yaz Lancaster
Interference(s) - Reed Puleo
My Empty Hands - Igor C. Silva
Electric Aroma - Viet Cuong

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Performance Tue, 15 Mar 2022 00:15:21 -0400 2022-03-19T20:00:00-04:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Reed Puleo, percussion
Small Jazz Ensembles (March 19, 2022 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/93395 93395-21704220@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 19, 2022 8:00pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

attend in person or watch online at https://myumi.ch/HankinsonWatch

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Performance Mon, 14 Mar 2022 18:15:17 -0400 2022-03-19T20:00:00-04:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Small Jazz Ensembles
Julian Grabarek, Collaborative Piano (March 20, 2022 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/93601 93601-21706332@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 20, 2022 2:00pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Taewon Sohn, Baritone
Antona Yost, Mezzo-Soprano
Chase Ward, Violin

PROGRAM:
Cigánské melodie, op. 55 - Antonín Dvořák
Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen - Gustav Mahler
Violin Sonata No. 1 in A major Op. 13 - Gabriel Fauré
Violin Sonata No. 1 in A major Op. 13 - Gabriel Fauré

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Performance Fri, 18 Mar 2022 12:15:22 -0400 2022-03-20T14:00:00-04:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Earl V. Moore Building
Once On This Island (March 20, 2022 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/92804 92804-21695822@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 20, 2022 2:00pm
Location: Power Center for the Performing Arts
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Masks and proof of vaccine OR a negative COVID-19 test are REQUIRED. Be sure to read about the event policies before you complete your purchase. Due to the recent surge in COVID-19 cases throughout the region, the University of Michigan will require a proof of COVID-19 vaccination or negative-test protocol for indoor events. All guests and working personnel ages 12 and older will be required to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination OR a negative COVID-19 PCR or rapid test taken within 72 hours of the event. Face masks continue to be required and must be worn during all events

Set in the Caribbean Island of Haiti, this Broadway classic explores the story of a young girl, Ti Moune, with big dreams and an even bigger heart. ONCE ON THIS ISLAND follows Ti Moune after she is rescued from a disastrous storm by four gods —Asaka, Mother of the Earth; Agwé, god of Water; Erzulie, goddess of Love; and Papa Ge, demon of Death. This myth, told as a breathtaking story of Black joy and sorrow, the aftermath of colonization and isolation, and the triumph of love against all forces. Told with Caribbean rhythms and instruments, this Tony Award–winning musical is a testament that a beautiful story simply told has the power to inspire and heal all.

MUSKET acknowledges the Indigenous tribal communities of the Three Fire Peoples — the Ojibwe, Odawa, and Potawatomi, the traditional territories on which the University of Michigan resides. We recognize that the Power Center for the Performing Arts stands on land that has been obtained through the mistreatment of and violence against Indigenous peoples. Although our acknowledgement does not change the past or present harms done to these communities, we affirm the ancestral ties to the land and the people that make our venues possible.

To learn about the land you are on visit native-land.ca

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Performance Mon, 28 Feb 2022 15:24:00 -0500 2022-03-20T14:00:00-04:00 2022-03-20T17:00:00-04:00 Power Center for the Performing Arts Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Once On This Island presented by MUSKET
Michigan Youth Chamber Singers (March 20, 2022 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/90988 90988-21675224@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 20, 2022 3:30pm
Location: Walgreen Drama Center
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Mark Stover, Conductor
Ben Gaughran, Assistant Conductor
John Bogdan, Piano

"I Started Out Singing" - J. Hagen
"My Very Own" - S. LaBarr
"Verleih uns Frieden" - F. Mendelssohn
"Sikirileke/Koloi" - S. Mthembu
"Thou Knowest Lord, The Secrets of our Hearts" - H. Purcell
"Hope Lingers On" - A. Ramsey
"Veni Sancte Spiritus" - Z. Robles
"The Road Not Taken (from Frostiana)" - R. Thompson

attend in person or watch online at https://myumi.ch/StampsWatch

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Performance Thu, 17 Mar 2022 12:15:17 -0400 2022-03-20T15:30:00-04:00 Walgreen Drama Center School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Walgreen Drama Center
Minji Kim, piano (March 20, 2022 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/93600 93600-21706331@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 20, 2022 4:30pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Nick Thompson, Clarinet
Michael Romans & Chase Ward, Violins
Margot Cunningham, Viola
Dakota Cotugno, Cello

PROGRAM:
Drei Romanzen, op. 22 - Clara Schumann
Fantasiestücke, op. 73- Robert Schumann
Piano Quintet in E-flat Major, op. 44- Robert Schumann

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Performance Fri, 18 Mar 2022 12:15:22 -0400 2022-03-20T16:30:00-04:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Earl V. Moore Building
Suzanne Westenhoefer (March 20, 2022 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/92139 92139-21687053@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 20, 2022 7:30pm
Location:
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

No one ever accused Suzanne Westenhoefer of being subtle, not the shuttle driver who took her to the airport, the woman she was in line with at the grocery store yesterday and certainly not her audiences. Subtle, she is not.

“Suzanne Westenhoefer whips personal, political, and just plain insane stories into an anarchic and hilarious lather. Her shows should come with a warning label, advising audiences to bring oxygen,” says Doria Biddle of SiriusXM Radio.

Suzanne never does the same show twice. She can’t. She doesn’t write anything down. She charges boldly onto the stage and what happens is always a mystery and a delight. Enjoy a wild night of comedy at The Ark.
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Proof of COVID vaccination required for entry. By purchasing a ticket you agree that you and your guests will comply with all laws, orders, ordinances, regulations and health and safety guidance adopted by the State of Michigan, the County of Washtenaw and The Ark, including any guidelines in place at the time of the show. Attendees who do not comply will be asked to leave. Policies will be updated as circumstances and requirements change in our community. Please review The Ark’s current COVID-related information before attending a show.

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Performance Tue, 08 Feb 2022 16:58:01 -0500 2022-03-20T19:30:00-04:00 2022-03-20T22:30:00-04:00 Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Suzanne Westenhoefer at The Ark
Tyrese Byrd, Tenor (March 20, 2022 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/93602 93602-21706333@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 20, 2022 7:30pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Natalie Sherer, Piano

PROGRAM:
One day, if all goes well, I will... - Algernon Robinson
Winter Words, op. 52 - Benjamin Britten
To Julia, op. 8 - Roger Quilter
Desire, op. 13 - Robert Owens
Greyday - B.E. Boykin
Night - Florence Price
I Want to Die While You Love Me - Rosephanye Powell
Love, Let the Wind Cry - Undine Smith Moore

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Performance Fri, 18 Mar 2022 12:15:23 -0400 2022-03-20T19:30:00-04:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Earl V. Moore Building
Michigan Youth Trombone Ensemble (March 20, 2022 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/92954 92954-21698544@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 20, 2022 8:00pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Zongxi Li, Conductor
David Jackson, Director

Come join the Michigan Youth Trombone Ensemble for their finale performance of the 2021-22 Michigan Youth Ensemble Season!

attend in person or watch online at https://myumi.ch/BrittonWatch

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Performance Tue, 15 Mar 2022 18:15:15 -0400 2022-03-20T20:00:00-04:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Earl V. Moore Building
Small Jazz Ensembles (March 20, 2022 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/93395 93395-21704221@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 20, 2022 8:00pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

attend in person or watch online at https://myumi.ch/HankinsonWatch

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Performance Mon, 14 Mar 2022 18:15:17 -0400 2022-03-20T20:00:00-04:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Small Jazz Ensembles
Matt Albert, violin and Forrest Howell, piano (March 21, 2022 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/93394 93394-21704219@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 21, 2022 8:00pm
Location: Walgreen Drama Center
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

PROGRAM

Rhapsody No. 1 for solo violin (2014)
Jessie Montgomery (b. 1981)

X Suite for solo violin (2019)
Paul Wiancko (b. 1983)

Sonata for violin and piano (1943)
Aaron Copland (1900-1990)

Sonata No. 1 for violin and piano (1958)
George Walker (1922-2018)

Sonata for violin and piano (2021) world premiere
Michael Kropf (b. 1991)

attend in person or watch online at https://myumi.ch/StampsWatch

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Performance Mon, 21 Mar 2022 18:15:12 -0400 2022-03-21T20:00:00-04:00 Walgreen Drama Center School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Walgreen Drama Center
Yuki Mori, Trombone (March 21, 2022 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/93800 93800-21708245@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 21, 2022 8:00pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Liz Ames, Piano

PROGRAM:

Red Dragonfly - Amy Riebs Mills
A Song for Japan - Steven Verhelst
I was like Wow! - JacobTV
Choral, Cadence et Fugato - Henri Dutilleux
Brass Quintet no. 3 in D-flat Major, op. 7 - Victor Ewald

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Performance Mon, 21 Mar 2022 18:15:20 -0400 2022-03-21T20:00:00-04:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Earl V. Moore Building
Bella Villasenor, percussion (March 22, 2022 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/93599 93599-21706330@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 22, 2022 7:30pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

PROGRAM


Girlfriend's Medley - Bob Becker
Suite Bergamasque - Claude Debussy
The Last Dance - Daiki Kato
Strive to be Happy - Ivan Trevino

attend in person or watch online https://myumi.ch/McIntoshwatch

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Performance Fri, 18 Mar 2022 18:15:22 -0400 2022-03-22T19:30:00-04:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Earl V. Moore Building
Arts Chorale (March 22, 2022 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/90844 90844-21674251@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 22, 2022 8:00pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

PROGRAM

Antiphon from Five Mystical Songs - Ralph Vaughan Williams
If music be the food of love - Daivd Dickau
Wedding Cantata - Daniel Pinkham
Verleih’ uns Frieden - Felix Mendelssohn
Dravidian Dithyramb - Victor Paranjoti
Animal Crackers, Vol 1 - Eric Whitacre
Minoi, minoi - Samoan folksong
Blackbird - John Lennon
Esto les digo - Kinley Lange
Beautiful City - André Thomas

attend in person or watch livestream at https://myumi.ch/HillWatch

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Performance Mon, 14 Feb 2022 18:15:15 -0500 2022-03-22T20:00:00-04:00 Hill Auditorium School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Hill Auditorium
Trombone Ensemble (March 22, 2022 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/89215 89215-21661167@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 22, 2022 8:00pm
Location: Walgreen Drama Center
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

David Jackson - Director
Nathan Musch - Assistant Director
David Gier - Guest Conductor


Fanfare from La Peri - Paul Dukas
Myths and Legends - Eric Ewazen
Trombone Quartet - Arthur Frackenpohl
Canzona Primi Toni a8 - Giovanni Gabrieli
O Magnum Mysterium - Morten Lauridsen
Blue - James Stephenson
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 - Heitor Villa-Lobos
Go Down Moses - Fela Sowande

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Performance Mon, 21 Mar 2022 18:15:12 -0400 2022-03-22T20:00:00-04:00 Walgreen Drama Center School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Trombone Ensemble
MMBC x Necto Present: BAKERMAT! (March 22, 2022 9:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/93352 93352-21703256@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 22, 2022 9:00pm
Location: Necto
Organized By: Maize Pages Student Organizations

After selling out their first ever concert in Fall of 2021 and raising tens of thousands for American Cancer Society, the Michigan Music Business Club is back again with the most anticipated event of 2022: MMBC x Necto Present: BAKERMAT!Widely regarded as one of the best live performing DJs of our time, Bakermat will be coming to Ann Arbor on Tuesday, March 22 to put on a show that surely will make its mark in the history books. Grab your friends and come experience Bakermat's iconic sound with top dance hits like Baiana and One Day. Tickets are moving fast so get yours now before they sell out18+ WITH PROPERLY ISSUED GOVERNMENT ID

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Performance Wed, 23 Mar 2022 00:00:11 -0400 2022-03-22T21:00:00-04:00 2022-03-23T01:00:00-04:00 Necto Maize Pages Student Organizations Performance Image Imported from Maize Pages
Yuting Ma, Piano (March 23, 2022 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/93797 93797-21708242@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 23, 2022 7:00pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

PROGRAM:
Preludes - Alexander Scriabin
Fantasy in B Minor, op. 28 - Alexander Scriabin
Piano Sonata no.2 in B-flat Minor, op. 35 - Frédéric Chopin
Piano Sonata in F Minor, op. 57 - Ludwig van Beethoven

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Performance Mon, 21 Mar 2022 18:15:19 -0400 2022-03-23T19:00:00-04:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Earl V. Moore Building
John Jorgensen Bluegrass Band (March 23, 2022 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/90435 90435-21670811@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 23, 2022 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

J2B2 is an all-star bluegrass supergroup featuring four legendary, award-winning musicians – John Jorgenson on acoustic guitar, mandolin and vocals; Herb Pedersen on banjo, acoustic guitar and vocals; Mark Fain on bass; and Patrick Sauber on acoustic guitar and vocals – delivering bluegrass like no one has ever heard it before.

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Performance Tue, 04 Jan 2022 14:02:09 -0500 2022-03-23T20:00:00-04:00 2022-03-23T22:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance J2B2 at The Ark
Michigan Youth Jazz Orchestra Campus Jazz Ensemble (March 23, 2022 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/93497 93497-21705190@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 23, 2022 8:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Dennis Wilson, director

Come join us for an evening of exciting jazz repertoire with the Michigan Youth Jazz Orchestra and the Campus Jazz Orchestra!

PROGRAM
MICHIGAN YOUTH JAZZ ORCHESTRA
MICHIGAN YOUTH JAZZ COMBO
Big Dipper - Thad Jones
Who Me? - Frank Foster
Count Basie Midwest Suite - Dennis E. Wilson
You Stepped out of A Dream - Gus Kahn and Nacio Herb Brown
Invitation - Bronslau Kaper
US - Thad Jones
Katy - Sammy Nestico
Stablemates - Benny Golson

CAMPUS JAZZ ENSEMBLE
Who Me? - Frank Foster
Whisper Not - Benny Golson
Little Sunflower - Freddie Hubbard
Solid Old Man - Duke Ellington
Meditation - Antonio Carlos Jobim
Ahunk Ahunk - Thad Jones



attend in person or watch online at httpe://myumi.ch/RackhamWatch

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Performance Wed, 16 Mar 2022 12:15:18 -0400 2022-03-23T20:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Michigan Youth Jazz Orchestra Campus Jazz Ensemble
Percussion Ensemble (March 23, 2022 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/89216 89216-21661168@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 23, 2022 8:00pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Doug Perkins and Ian Antonio, directors

Join the University of Michigan Percussion ensemble for an evening of music by Ashkan Behzadi, Vivian Fung,Ivan Trevino, and featuring U-M Percussion's Chris Sies' piece, Music for Horizon Lines.

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Performance Fri, 18 Mar 2022 12:15:13 -0400 2022-03-23T20:00:00-04:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Percussion Ensemble
Pavana Karanth, Flute (March 24, 2022 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/93798 93798-21708243@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 24, 2022 7:30pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Joshua Marzan, Piano
Aidan Alcocer, French Horn
Nicolas Beine, Clarinet
Jeffrey Langer, Oboe
Daniel Zaldana, Bassoon

PROGRAM:

Sonata in B Minor, BWV 1030 - Johann Sebastian Bach
Honami -Wil Offermans
Le Merle Noir - Olivier Messiaen
Pastorale, op. 151 - Amy Beach
Sonata in D Major, op. 94 - Sergei Prokofiev

watch in person or online: https://smtd.umich.edu/performances-events/live-stream-britton/

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Performance Mon, 21 Mar 2022 18:15:19 -0400 2022-03-24T19:30:00-04:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Earl V. Moore Building
The Ties That Bind: Two One-Act Operas by African-American Composers - Canceled (March 24, 2022 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/89237 89237-21661189@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 24, 2022 7:30pm
Location: Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

All scheduled performances are cancelled. Ticket holders can obtain a refund, exchange their tickets for a different production, or donate the cost of their tickets to the School of Music, Theatre & Dance, depending on their preference. We ask that all ticket holders contact us via a form at https://forms.gle/NMLr2sMrYX4tWEkv5 by March 31st—all remaining tickets after this date will be automatically refunded. Any questions regarding refunds, exchanges, or donations can be directed to smtdtickets@umich.edu.


Bonds are broken in this evening of two rarely performed, one-act operatic gems, written by Black American composers.

“Rise for Freedom” composed by Adolphus Hailstork, with libretto by David Gonzalez
And “Highway 1, U.S.A.” composed by William Grant Still, with libretto by Verna Arvey

The Department of Voice and the University Philharmonia Orchestra
Music Direction by Kirk Severtson
Stage Direction by Danielle Wright
Sung in English

“Highway 1, U.S.A.” is an intimate family drama that pits brother against brother in a battle about love, jealousy, and greed. Composed by William Grant Still (1895-1978) with a libretto by his wife, Verna Arvey (1910-1987), “Highway 1” received its premiere in 1963 and was rarely staged until it was produced by the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis in 2021. This one-act opera by the “Dean of African-American Composers” features a sweeping score that brilliantly blends elements of Romanticism, blues, and musical theatre with a classical musical structure.

“Rise for Freedom: The John P. Parker Story” receives its academic premiere with this production, its second ever. Composer Adolphus Hailstork (b. 1941) and librettist David Gonzalez (b. 1956) adapted this dramatic rendering of the life of John P. Parker, an enslaved person who earned enough money to buy his freedom. He went on to establish a foundry in Ripley, Ohio, and held three known patents as an inventor, all while working as an Underground Railroad conductor to ferry hundreds of people escaping from slavery across the Ohio River from Northern Kentucky. “Rise for Freedom” was commissioned in 2007 by the Cincinnati Opera.

Hailstork received his Ph.D. in Composition from Michigan State University and is a professor of composition at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. Librettist Gonzalez is a professional storyteller, poet, playwright, and musician who has been a Fellow of the Joseph Campbell Foundation and was nominated for a Drama Desk Award. He earned his doctorate in Music Therapy from New York University.

Together, these different operas highlight voices that are underrepresented in the operatic canon. This double bill will run approximately 2 hours, and will be sung in English.


**Please Note: Due to new U-M health and safety guidance, recently updated in January 2022, this indoor, ticketed performance requires audience members to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or present a negative PCR Covid test within 72 hrs of the performance. By purchasing this performance you agree to adhere to these guidelines and any other health and safety measures already currently in place (such as wearing a face mask in our venues and auditioriums for the duration of the performance as well as a screening for symptoms through the ResponsiBlue app). **

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Performance Thu, 24 Mar 2022 18:15:13 -0400 2022-03-24T19:30:00-04:00 Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre
Jazz Lab Ensemble (March 24, 2022 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/89236 89236-21661188@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 24, 2022 8:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Dennis Wilson, director

special guests
Sunny Wilkinson, voice
Andy Milne, piano
Willis Patterson, narration

PROGRAM
Dedication - Thad Jones
Tall Cotton - Sammy Nestico
All My Yesterdays - Thad Jones
Con Alma - John Birks “Dizzy” Gillespie
It Could Happen Too You - Johnny Burke and James Van Heusen
Groove Merchant - Jerome RichardsonI
And That’s That - Dennis Mackrel
Consummation - Thad Jones
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes - Jerome Kern
Just Friends - John Klenner
Come Sunday - Edward Kenney “Duke” Ellington
Little Pixie II - Thad Jones

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Performance Tue, 15 Mar 2022 00:15:15 -0400 2022-03-24T20:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Jazz Lab Ensemble
Megan Chow, Saxophone (March 24, 2022 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/93924 93924-21710281@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 24, 2022 8:00pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Liz Ames, Piano
Roberto Campa, Saxophone

PROGRAM:
Fantasia for Saxophone - Heitor Villa-Lobos
Urban Development - Nina Shekhar
Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Wind Orchestra - Ingolf Dahl

watch in person or online: https://smtd.umich.edu/performances-events/live-stream-mcintosh/

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Performance Thu, 24 Mar 2022 00:15:21 -0400 2022-03-24T20:00:00-04:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Earl V. Moore Building
The Cactus Blossoms with special guest Alexa Rose (March 24, 2022 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/90754 90754-21673506@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 24, 2022 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

*Please review The Ark’s current COVID-related information and policies before purchasing a ticket and again before attending a show. Policies will be updated as circumstances and requirements change in our community. By purchasing a ticket you agree that you and your guests will comply with all laws, orders, ordinances, regulations and health and safety guidance adopted by the State of Michigan, the County of Washtenaw and The Ark, including any guidelines in place at the time of the show. Attendees who do not comply will be asked to leave.*

“Hey baby, do you wanna take a trip with me? / I’ve got a feeling there might be a silver lining all around.” So begins One Day, the captivating new album from critically acclaimed Minneapolis duo The Cactus Blossoms. Written and recorded during the COVID-19 pandemic, the record explores the tension between optimism and despair that’s defined much of the past few years of American life, examining the power (or naïveté, depending on your perspective) of positive thinking in the face of chaos and uncertainty. The songs here are tender and timeless, with straightforward arrangements centered around brothers Jack Torrey and Page Burkum’s airtight harmonies, and the performances are warm and intimate to match, delivered with a soulful, ’70s-inspired palette of playful Wurlitzer, breezy guitars, and muscular percussion.

The Cactus Blossoms broke out nationally in 2016 with their JD McPherson-produced debut, You’re Dreaming. Dates with Kacey Musgraves, Jenny Lewis, and Lucius followed, as did raves from the New York Times and NPR, who praised “the brothers’ extraordinary singing.” The band was further catapulted into the spotlight in 2018, when David Lynch tapped them to perform in the return of Twin Peaks, and continued to build on their success with their 2019 sophomore LP, Easy Way, which led Rolling Stone to laud the duo’s “rock-solid, freak of genetics harmonies.”

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Performance Fri, 25 Feb 2022 15:30:02 -0500 2022-03-24T20:00:00-04:00 2022-03-24T22:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance The Cactus Blossoms at The Ark
Masterclass: Inon Bartanan, piano (March 25, 2022 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/93278 93278-21702239@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 25, 2022 10:00am
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

“One of the most admired pianists of his generation” (New York Times), Inon Barnatan has established a unique and varied career, equally celebrated as a soloist, curator and collaborator. A regular soloist with many of the world’s foremost orchestras and conductors, he served as the inaugural Artist-in-Association of the New York Philharmonic for three seasons.

This winter sees his return to the Chicago Symphony and London Philharmonic, his debuts with the Liverpool Philharmonic and Montreal Symphony orchestras, and recitals based on his “Time-Traveler Suite” album. Released on Pentatone in November 2021 , “The Time Traveler’s Suite” merges Baroque movements by Bach, Handel, Rameau and Couperin with movements by Ravel, Ligeti, Barber and Thomas Adès to create a unique baroque-inspired suite, culminating in Brahms’ Variations on a theme by Handel.

During the first part of the 2019-20 season, Inon played with the symphony orchestras of Minnesota, Dresden, Barcelona, Stockholm, Ottawa, Innsbruck, Tenerife and Los Angeles, recreated Beethoven’s legendary 1808 concert with the Cincinnati Symphony, and finished recording the complete Beethoven piano concertos with Alan Gilbert and the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields. When public concerts stopped during the pandemic, Barnatan recorded concert films and streamed performances with the symphony orchestras of Boston, Pittsburgh, Atlanta, Detroit, New Jersey and San Diego, conducted Mozart and Beethoven concertos from the keyboard with the Seattle Symphony, performed the U.S. premiere of Matthias Pintscher’s Piano Concerto with the New World Symphony, and played numerous recitals and chamber music performances online.

The recipient of the Avery Fisher Career Grant and Lincoln Center’s Martin E. Segal Award, Barnatan is also a sought-after recitalist and chamber musician, and in 2019 he embarked on his first season as music director of La Jolla Music Society’s SummerFest in California, one of the foremost music festivals in the U.S. During the 2019-20 season he played solo recitals at Carnegie’s Zankel Hall and London’s Wigmore Hall and reunited for a European tour with his frequent recital partner, cellist Alisa Weilerstein.

Passionate about contemporary music, Barnatan has commissioned and performed works by many living composers, premiering pieces by Thomas Adès, Sebastian Currier, Avner Dorman, and Andrew Norman, among many others.

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Performance Thu, 10 Mar 2022 18:15:22 -0500 2022-03-25T10:00:00-04:00 2022-03-25T12:00:00-04:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Masterclass: Inon Bartanan, piano
Kimia Rafieian, Collaborative Piano (March 25, 2022 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/93799 93799-21708244@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 25, 2022 5:30pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Mark He, Tenor
Antona Yost, Mezzo-Soprano
Margot Cunningham, Viola
Juliet Schlefer, Soprano

PROGRAM:

Songs by Johannes Brahms:
Meine Liebe ist grün, op. 63, no. 5 -
O wüsst ich doch den Weg zurück, op. 63, no. 8
Errinerung, op. 63, no. 2
Ständchen, op. 106, no. 1
Zwei Gesänge, op. 91

Selections from Clairières dans le ciel - Lili Boulanger
L’horizon Chimerique, op. 118 - Gabriel Faure
La Courte Paille, FP 178 - Francis Poulenc
Cinq mélodies populaires grecques - Maurice Ravel

attend in person or watch livestream at https://myumi.ch/BrittonWatch

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Performance Fri, 25 Mar 2022 18:15:19 -0400 2022-03-25T17:30:00-04:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Earl V. Moore Building
Azar: 22nd Annual Persian Cultural Show (March 25, 2022 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/91674 91674-21681495@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 25, 2022 7:00pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Azar is the 22nd Annual Cultural Show that showcases Persian culture through traditional modern dances, skits, spoken word, musical performances, and many other acts.
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Masks and proof of vaccine OR a negative COVID-19 test are REQUIRED. Be sure to read about the event policies before you complete your purchase. Due to the recent surge in COVID-19 cases throughout the region, the University of Michigan will require a proof of COVID-19 vaccination or negative-test protocol for indoor events. All guests and working personnel ages 12 and older will be required to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination OR a negative COVID-19 PCR or rapid test taken within 72 hours of the event. Face masks continue to be required and must be worn during all events.

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Performance Thu, 10 Feb 2022 14:04:33 -0500 2022-03-25T19:00:00-04:00 2022-03-25T22:00:00-04:00 Hill Auditorium Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Azar at Hill Auditorium
Crystal Bowersox (March 25, 2022 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/92141 92141-21687055@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 25, 2022 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Crystal Bowersox, a northwest Ohio native calling Nashville, TN home, has built her life around music. Crystal’s love for music developed at an early age from her need to find peace in a chaotic world. Through art and creation, Crystal was able to direct her energy and emotion into finding a way to mend a young mind in turmoil. For her, music has always been the most effective form of catharsis.

In June of 2020, Crystal released the first single from her long awaited, upcoming album, HitchHiker, to be released January of 2022. The first single, "Courage to Be Kind", was written in 2017 with accomplished songwriter, Steve Seskin. In the folk - rock, gospel anthem, Crystal’s voice soars as she tackles several controversial topics. “It takes Courage to be kind / To be brave enough to walk your love across a party line.” Seskin and Bowersox were making an attempt to process the heartache felt by so many when bridges are burned, families are destroyed, and wars are endlessly waged. The pair wondered what it truly takes to heal deeply rooted, generational wounds, as mentioned in the verses of the powerful song.

Courage, they concluded. It takes courage to begin the process of healing.
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Proof of COVID vaccination required for entry. By purchasing a ticket you agree that you and your guests will comply with all laws, orders, ordinances, regulations and health and safety guidance adopted by the State of Michigan, the County of Washtenaw and The Ark, including any guidelines in place at the time of the show. Attendees who do not comply will be asked to leave. Policies will be updated as circumstances and requirements change in our community. Please review The Ark’s current COVID-related information before attending a show.

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Performance Thu, 10 Feb 2022 09:45:58 -0500 2022-03-25T20:00:00-04:00 2022-03-25T23:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Crystal Bowersox at The Ark
The Ties That Bind: Two One-Act Operas by African-American Composers - Canceled (March 25, 2022 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/89237 89237-21661190@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 25, 2022 8:00pm
Location: Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

All scheduled performances are cancelled. Ticket holders can obtain a refund, exchange their tickets for a different production, or donate the cost of their tickets to the School of Music, Theatre & Dance, depending on their preference. We ask that all ticket holders contact us via a form at https://forms.gle/NMLr2sMrYX4tWEkv5 by March 31st—all remaining tickets after this date will be automatically refunded. Any questions regarding refunds, exchanges, or donations can be directed to smtdtickets@umich.edu.


Bonds are broken in this evening of two rarely performed, one-act operatic gems, written by Black American composers.

“Rise for Freedom” composed by Adolphus Hailstork, with libretto by David Gonzalez
And “Highway 1, U.S.A.” composed by William Grant Still, with libretto by Verna Arvey

The Department of Voice and the University Philharmonia Orchestra
Music Direction by Kirk Severtson
Stage Direction by Danielle Wright
Sung in English

“Highway 1, U.S.A.” is an intimate family drama that pits brother against brother in a battle about love, jealousy, and greed. Composed by William Grant Still (1895-1978) with a libretto by his wife, Verna Arvey (1910-1987), “Highway 1” received its premiere in 1963 and was rarely staged until it was produced by the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis in 2021. This one-act opera by the “Dean of African-American Composers” features a sweeping score that brilliantly blends elements of Romanticism, blues, and musical theatre with a classical musical structure.

“Rise for Freedom: The John P. Parker Story” receives its academic premiere with this production, its second ever. Composer Adolphus Hailstork (b. 1941) and librettist David Gonzalez (b. 1956) adapted this dramatic rendering of the life of John P. Parker, an enslaved person who earned enough money to buy his freedom. He went on to establish a foundry in Ripley, Ohio, and held three known patents as an inventor, all while working as an Underground Railroad conductor to ferry hundreds of people escaping from slavery across the Ohio River from Northern Kentucky. “Rise for Freedom” was commissioned in 2007 by the Cincinnati Opera.

Hailstork received his Ph.D. in Composition from Michigan State University and is a professor of composition at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. Librettist Gonzalez is a professional storyteller, poet, playwright, and musician who has been a Fellow of the Joseph Campbell Foundation and was nominated for a Drama Desk Award. He earned his doctorate in Music Therapy from New York University.

Together, these different operas highlight voices that are underrepresented in the operatic canon. This double bill will run approximately 2 hours, and will be sung in English.


**Please Note: Due to new U-M health and safety guidance, recently updated in January 2022, this indoor, ticketed performance requires audience members to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or present a negative PCR Covid test within 72 hrs of the performance. By purchasing this performance you agree to adhere to these guidelines and any other health and safety measures already currently in place (such as wearing a face mask in our venues and auditioriums for the duration of the performance as well as a screening for symptoms through the ResponsiBlue app). **

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Performance Thu, 24 Mar 2022 18:15:13 -0400 2022-03-25T20:00:00-04:00 Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre
Rena Wu, Piano (March 26, 2022 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/93889 93889-21709736@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 26, 2022 12:30pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Iris Wu, Violin
Heejo Yang, Viola
Katsuaki Arakawa & David Caplan, Cello
Emani Barber, Bass

PROGRAM:
Cello Sonata no. 3 in A Major, op. 69 - Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Quintet in C Minor - Ralph Vaughan Williams

attend in person or watch online at https://myumi.ch/McIntoshWatch

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Performance Fri, 25 Mar 2022 18:15:20 -0400 2022-03-26T12:30:00-04:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Earl V. Moore Building
Shiye Doris Li, Cello (March 26, 2022 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/93894 93894-21709741@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 26, 2022 2:30pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Narae Joo, Piano
Priscilla Kim, Cello

PROGRAM:

Sonata in C Major, G.6 - Luigi Boccherini
Toccata capricciosa, op. 36 for Solo Cello - Miklós Rózsa
Cello Sonata in B-Flat Major, op. 71 - Dmitry Kabalevsky

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Performance Fri, 25 Mar 2022 18:15:20 -0400 2022-03-26T14:30:00-04:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Earl V. Moore Building
Nathan Shook, Tuba (March 26, 2022 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/93999 93999-21714057@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 26, 2022 3:00pm
Location: Walgreen Drama Center
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Liz Ames, Piano

PROGRAM:
Three Minatures - Anthony Plog
Lamento - Sofia Gubaidulina
Saga - James Naigus
Music for Two Big Instruments - Alex Shapiro
Concertino - Jan Koetsier

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Performance Fri, 25 Mar 2022 18:15:21 -0400 2022-03-26T15:00:00-04:00 Walgreen Drama Center School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Walgreen Drama Center
Francis Lazzara, Trombone (March 26, 2022 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/94002 94002-21714060@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 26, 2022 5:00pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Liz Ames, Piano
Maia Aramburú, Soprano
Ryan Linke, Bass Trombone

PROGRAM:
Piece for Trombone and Piano - Guy Ropartz
Alma Ingrate - Joseph I
Bolivar - Eric Cook
Sonate - Paul Hindemith
Devil’s Waltz - Steven Verhelst



attend in person or watch online at https://myumi.ch/McIntoshWatch

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Performance Fri, 25 Mar 2022 18:15:21 -0400 2022-03-26T17:00:00-04:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Earl V. Moore Building
Jack Smid, Trumpet (March 26, 2022 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/94007 94007-21714065@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 26, 2022 5:30pm
Location: Walgreen Drama Center
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Jon Fontan, Will Rich, Frank Chiodo, & Eric Bressler, trumpets
Colin Babcock, Arabella Olson & Tyler Coffman, trombones
Will Thain, violin
Henri Gross, bass
Bryce Richardson, bassoon
Zih Syuan Hsiang, clarinet
Jimmy Stagnitti, percussion
Paulina Aguirre , horn
Alec Mawrence, tuba

PROGRAM:

Fanfare for an Angel - James Stephenson
Onfim - Colin Babcock
Suite from A Soldiers Tale - Igor Stravinsky
Brass Sextet - Oskar Böhme

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Performance Fri, 25 Mar 2022 18:15:22 -0400 2022-03-26T17:30:00-04:00 Walgreen Drama Center School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Walgreen Drama Center
Zhengyi Huang, Piano (March 26, 2022 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/93893 93893-21709740@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 26, 2022 5:30pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Kevin Sung & Emily Hauer, Violins
Ben Martz, Viola
Helen LaGrand, Cello

PROGRAM:
Piano Quintet in E-flat Major, op. 44 - Robert Schumann
Sonata in G minor for Cello and Piano, op. 19 - Sergei Rachmaninoff

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Performance Fri, 25 Mar 2022 18:15:20 -0400 2022-03-26T17:30:00-04:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Earl V. Moore Building
James Edwards, Horn (March 26, 2022 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/93892 93892-21709739@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 26, 2022 6:00pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Joshua Marzan, Piano
Angeline Monitello, Dallin Taylor & Landon Young, Horns

PROGRAM:
Vocalise-Étude - Olivier Messiaen
The Confession of St. Augustine - Erika Raum
O Sacrum Convivium! - Olivier Messiaen
Romance - Alexander Scriabin
Elegie - Francis Poulenc
Parable VIII - Vincent Persichetti
Three Songs - Arnold Schoenberg

attend in person or watch online at https://myumi.ch/HankinsonWatch

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Performance Fri, 25 Mar 2022 18:15:20 -0400 2022-03-26T18:00:00-04:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Earl V. Moore Building