Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. Music of women composers for carillon - Who was First to do What! (December 8, 2021 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/89173 89173-21660852@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 8, 2021 6:30pm
Location: Burton Memorial Tower
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Gather outdoors on Ingalls Mall to hear a prelude from the Burton Tower carillon of music by the first women to break carillon glass ceilings in the early 20th century

At 7:15 join a pre-concert lecture and the 8:00PM performance by Concert Band and special guests, “Let Woman Choose Her Sphere.” This concert utilizes the centenary of the ratification of the 19th amendment as an opportunity to showcase the broader fight for equality throughout this country’s history to the present day. It is well known that only white women gained the right to vote in 1920, and the fight for truly universal suffrage continued in earnest for decades. But suffrage alone is not enough, and the fight for equality in all areas of public and private life continues. We celebrate the voices of those who have stood up and spoken out for rights in America. From Jane Adams to Janet Mock, this event is for ALL.

PROGRAM
Prelude for Bells (1934)
Gladys Elinor Watkins (1884-1939)
First appointed carillonist in New Zealand
Zoe (Kai Wai) Lei, Doctoral student in Organ: Sacred Music

Ave Maria (1929)
Adèle Colson (1905-1997)
First woman to earn a carillon diploma
Christine El-Hage, Doctoral student in Organ: Sacred Music

Meidansje (1920)
Catharina Van Rennes (1858-1940)
First woman to publish a carillon score

Jerusalem, from Triptiek (1951)
Johanna Bordewijk-Roepman (1892-1971)
First woman to publish carillon compositions with leading Dutch new music publisher Donemus
Michelle Lam, Doctoral student in Economics

La Puertorriqueña: Reverie (1896)
Sister Marie Seraphine (Frances) Gotay (1865-1932)
arr. Rachel Barton Pine and Tiffany Ng
Born in Puerto Rico and the only Black woman composer known to be active in New Orleans at the turn of the 20th century
Jackson Merrill, Master’s student in Organ Performance

Air, from Three Short Pieces (1959) (1:00)
Jean W. Miller (1916-1964)
First woman to publish her compositions in North America and first blind woman composer to write for carillon
Yiqing (Mitty) Ma, Doctoral student in Music Theory

Variations on ‘Battle Hymn of the Republic’ (1976)
The tune of ‘Let Woman Choose Her Sphere’
Leen ‘t Hart (1920-1992)
Eva Albalghiti, Doctoral student in Environmental Engineering

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Performance Fri, 03 Dec 2021 18:15:16 -0500 2021-12-08T18:30:00-05:00 Burton Memorial Tower School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Music of women composers for carillon - Who was First to do What!
Tiffany Ng, carillon (March 30, 2022 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/93575 93575-21705921@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 30, 2022 7:30pm
Location: Burton Memorial Tower
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Navajo Vocable for Piano No. 6 (2014)
Connor Chee (b. 1987)
arr. Tiffany Ng

Navajo Vocable for Piano No. 5 (2014)
Connor Chee (b. 1987)
arr. Tiffany Ng

Navajo pianist and composer Connor Chee is known for combining his classical piano training with his Native American heritage. Chee made his Carnegie Hall debut at the age of 12 after winning a gold medal in the World Piano Competition. A graduate of the Eastman School of Music and the University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music, Chee’s solo piano music is inspired by traditional Navajo chants and songs.

Chee has released three studio albums of original pieces and piano transcriptions of Navajo music. The Navajo Piano won Best Instrumental Recording at the 16th Annual Native American Music Awards, and his piece “Beginnings” won Best New Age Song. Chee’s most recent release, Scenes from Dinétah, features piano pieces written about elements of Navajo life and culture. It has been accompanied by the release of several music videos filmed on the Navajo reservation, directed by Navajo filmmaker Michael Etcitty Jr. www.wildsaguarorecords.com

The lecture will take place in the Hussey Room in the Michigan League

Navajo and Dutch writer, speaker and activist, and 2020 U.S. presidential candidate, Mark Charles kicks off the symposium with the 24th De Vries-VanderKooy Memorial Lecture.
He is introduced by Zoi Crampton, co-chair of the Native American Student Association (NASA)

The son of an American woman (of Dutch heritage) and a Navajo man, Mark Charles teaches the complexities of American history regarding race, culture, and Christendom in order to help forge a path of healing and conciliation for the nation.

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Performance Thu, 17 Mar 2022 18:15:29 -0400 2022-03-30T19:30:00-04:00 Burton Memorial Tower School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Tiffany Ng, carillon
‘Your Rhythm Is Rebellion’: Ringing in Postcolonial Carillon Solidarity (April 1, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/93337 93337-21702779@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 1, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Burton Memorial Tower
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

On the 53-bell carillon in Burton Tower, university carillonist Tiffany Ng will premiere the first carillon works ever written by Black South African composers. Audiences are invited to listen outdoors on Ingalls Mall. Entitled "‘Your Rhythm Is Rebellion’: Ringing in Postcolonial Carillon Solidarity," this landmark concert is part of the Dutch Studies theme semester "Dutch Studies: A Decolonial Revision" and features commissioned works by Bongani Ndodana-Breen, Chantal Willie-Petersen, and Kendall Williams, alongside music from Native American, Curaçaoan, and Indonesian composers and traditions, as well as a new carillon arrangement of the 1913 art song "An Evening Calm" by Cape Coast (Ghana) composer Charles Emmanuel Graves (Kwamena Abayie), grandfather of University Diversity and Social Transformation Professor Herbert Winful. The commissions will be co-premiered in South Africa by carillonist Alexios Vicatos on the carillon of Cape Town.

Visit https://myumi.ch/QeVZk for more information about the concert and other events.

Co-sponsors: Dutch Studies, African Studies Center (ASC), Center for World Performance Studies (CWPS)

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Performance Fri, 11 Mar 2022 18:15:21 -0500 2022-04-01T12:00:00-04:00 Burton Memorial Tower School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance ‘Your Rhythm Is Rebellion’: Ringing in Postcolonial Carillon Solidarity
‘Your Rhythm Is Rebellion’: Ringing in Postcolonial Carillon Solidarity (April 1, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/93117 93117-21700933@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 1, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Burton Memorial Tower
Organized By: Germanic Languages & Literatures

April 1, 12 -1 pm
Burton Tower
Indoor seating in Hussey Room, Michigan League

Program:
World premieres of the first carillon compositions by South-African composers of color:

Bongani Ndodana-Breen
Chantal Willie-Petersen
Kendall Williams

Performed by Tiffany Ng, U-M university carillonist, with solidarity concert by Alexios Vicatos at Cape Town City Hall, Cape Town, South Africa


The event is part of the event series, Dutch Studies: A Decolonial Revision, celebrating 50 Years of Dutch Studies at the University of Michigan. Events take place March 30 - April 2, 2022, and are accompanied by an exhibit in the Hatcher Graduate Library, Jan 31 - April 4, 2022.

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Performance Tue, 22 Mar 2022 14:35:46 -0400 2022-04-01T12:00:00-04:00 2022-04-01T13:00:00-04:00 Burton Memorial Tower Germanic Languages & Literatures Performance Poster with event details
Annie Gao, carillon (July 25, 2022 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/95750 95750-21790866@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, July 25, 2022 7:00pm
Location: Burton Memorial Tower
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

San Francisco-based carillonist Annie Gao will play the bells of the Charles Baird Carillon. A recent Yale University graduate, Gao just completed a carillon study fellowship in Europe, playing towers throughout Belgium and the Netherlands.

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Performance Thu, 30 Jun 2022 18:15:10 -0400 2022-07-25T19:00:00-04:00 Burton Memorial Tower School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Annie Gao, carillon