Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. The Joseph and Sally Handleman Lecture Series presents Neri Oxman (September 12, 2018 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53456 53456-13383550@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 12, 2018 6:30pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: Michigan Ross

What does innovation look like when we dissolve the borders between artistic creativity and the scientific method, speculative design and applied engineering, and problem solving and problem seeking? Find out Wednesday, September 12, as we host Neri Oxman on campus! An award-winning designer, architect, and director of the Mediated Matter Group at MIT, Neri’s work transcends the traditional boundaries between art, science, and nature.

This event is free and open to the public.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 06 Aug 2018 14:18:35 -0400 2018-09-12T18:30:00-04:00 2018-09-12T20:00:00-04:00 Hill Auditorium Michigan Ross Lecture / Discussion The Joseph and Sally Handleman Lecture Series presents Neri Oxman
50th Anniversary Live Presentation of Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey (September 21, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52810 52810-13081675@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 21, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: Michigan Engineering

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

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Performance Mon, 02 Jul 2018 15:14:23 -0400 2018-09-21T20:00:00-04:00 2018-09-21T23:00:00-04:00 Hill Auditorium Michigan Engineering Performance 2001: A Space Odyssey by Courtesy of Artist
University Symphony Orchestra (September 22, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53539 53539-13401546@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 22, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

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

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

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

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

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Performance Mon, 17 Sep 2018 18:15:24 -0400 2018-09-22T20:00:00-04:00 Hill Auditorium School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance USO
University Philharmonia Orchestra (September 26, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53493 53493-13392456@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 26, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Oriol Sans, conductor

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

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

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

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Performance Tue, 11 Sep 2018 18:15:26 -0400 2018-09-26T20:00:00-04:00 Hill Auditorium School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance UPO
Symphony Band (September 28, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53469 53469-13386078@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 28, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

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

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

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

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

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Performance Fri, 14 Sep 2018 18:15:37 -0400 2018-09-28T20:00:00-04:00 Hill Auditorium School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Symphony Band
58th Annual Organ Conference Faculty Concert (September 30, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53193 53193-13280698@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, September 30, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

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

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Performance Mon, 13 Aug 2018 18:15:24 -0400 2018-09-30T20:00:00-04:00 Hill Auditorium School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Hill Auditorium
58th University of Michigan Organ Conference Student Recital: Students of Dr. James Kibbie and Dr. Kola Owolabi (October 1, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53475 53475-13386085@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 1, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

This recital features organ music by women composers.

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Performance Mon, 13 Aug 2018 18:15:27 -0400 2018-10-01T20:00:00-04:00 Hill Auditorium School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Hill Auditorium
58th University of Michigan Organ Conference (October 2, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53477 53477-13386087@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 2, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

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

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

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

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Performance Mon, 10 Sep 2018 18:15:26 -0400 2018-10-02T20:00:00-04:00 Hill Auditorium School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance 58th University of Michigan Organ Conference
Concert Band (October 3, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53540 53540-13401547@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 3, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Courtney Snyder, conductor
Giovani Briguente, graduate conductor

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

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

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Performance Mon, 10 Sep 2018 18:15:25 -0400 2018-10-03T20:00:00-04:00 Hill Auditorium School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Concert Band
University Symphony Orchestra (October 11, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53541 53541-13401548@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 11, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

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

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

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

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

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Performance Mon, 08 Oct 2018 18:15:26 -0400 2018-10-11T20:00:00-04:00 Hill Auditorium School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance USO
University Philharmonia Orchestra (October 18, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53494 53494-13392457@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 18, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Oriol Sans, conductor

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

Old legends, nature, and poetry combine with masterful music in three remarkable orchestral works to be performed by the University Philharmonia Orchestra. The breathtaking image of Scottish landscapes and an eventful visit to Fingal’s oceanic cave inspired young Mendelssohn to write the Hebrides Overture, his most famously haunting orchestral piece often considered a predecessor of a tone poem. Two great examples of that same genre will complete the program: Webern’s Im Sommerwind (In the Summer Wind), a very suggestive and beautiful early work that the composer himself never heard, and The Golden Spinning Wheel, Dvořák’s prominent tone poem and one of his last and most mature orchestral compositions.

PROGRAM: Mendelssohn- Hebrides; Webern- Im Sommerwind; Dvořák- The Golden Spinning Wheel

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Performance Mon, 08 Oct 2018 18:15:27 -0400 2018-10-18T20:00:00-04:00 Hill Auditorium School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance UPO
Chamber Choir (October 19, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53496 53496-13392459@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 19, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Eugene Rogers, conductor
Scott VanOrnum, pianist

Under the new direction of Dr. Eugene Rogers, the Chamber Choir performs an eclectic program of contemporary repertoire that celebrates the artistic voice of Michigan composers, arrangers, and poets. Featuring the world premiere of Lifesmithing by Professor Roshanne Etezady, SMTD alumna and compositional faculty member, the work highlights the poetry of incarcerated Michigan writers from the U-M Prison Creative Arts Project. In addition, the Chamber Choir will perform Maria Peterno's Pyre, the winner of the 2018 Brehm Prize for Choral Composition featuring a text by Michigan poet Savannah Gonsoulin.

PROGRAM: Etezady- Lifesmithing; Albright- Mass; Alwes- Do not go gentle into that good night (world premiere); Gibbs- Close to Thee (world premiere); Kuster- White Hurricane; Waddles- Sweet Jesus

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Performance Tue, 09 Oct 2018 12:15:27 -0400 2018-10-19T20:00:00-04:00 Hill Auditorium School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Chamber Choir
Band-O-Rama: True Blue! (October 21, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52124 52124-12444062@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, October 21, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Michigan Marching Band, Concert Band, and Symphony Band

A tried and true U-M tradition, Band-O-Rama: True Blue! celebrates its 54th anniversary with a mixture of classic repertoire from many musical genres including traditional favorites for fans of all things blue.

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Performance Mon, 15 Oct 2018 12:15:21 -0400 2018-10-21T16:00:00-04:00 Hill Auditorium School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Band-O-Rama
University Choir (October 22, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53495 53495-13392458@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 22, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Mark Stover, conductor
Joshua Marzan, pianist
Scott Van Ornum, organist

University Choir under the baton of the newly appointed associate director of choirs, Professor Mark Stover, performs a program of new and traditional choral works.

PROGRAM: Arneson- Norwegian Alleluia; Runestad- Come to the Woods; Mendelssohn- Die Deutsche Liturgie: Kyrie, Ehre Sei Gott, Heilig; Britten- Rejoice in the Lamb; Strauss/arr. Hoffman- Morgen!; Hella Johnson- All of Us

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Performance Tue, 09 Oct 2018 18:15:27 -0400 2018-10-22T20:00:00-04:00 Hill Auditorium School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance University Choir
Symphony Band (October 26, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53470 53470-13386079@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 26, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Michael Haithcock, conductor
Annie Jeng, piano

Pre-concert conversation with Annie Jeng, Joel Puckett, and Michael Haithcock at 7:15 PM in the lower lobby.

Each piece to be performed was inspired by a literary or artistic source that motivated the composer. An apocalyptic vision of heaven inspired Messiaen, a devout Catholic. Puckett’s work was inspired by a quotation from Herman Hesse’s Siddhartha. Mussorgsky composed his Russian masterpiece for piano, inspired by a friends’ artistic renderings, as a memorial tribute. Paul Lavender’s transcription for band majestically captures Ravel’s brilliant orchestral setting.

PROGRAM: Messiaen- La Ville d’en Haut (The City on High), Annie Jeng, soloist; Joel Puckett- Adagio Symphony “that secret from the river;” Mussorgsky/Lavender- Pictures at an Exhibition

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Performance Wed, 17 Oct 2018 18:15:27 -0400 2018-10-26T20:00:00-04:00 Hill Auditorium School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Symphony Band
A R I Z O N A with Electric Guest and Mikky Ekko (October 27, 2018 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55376 55376-13722898@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 27, 2018 7:30pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Big Ticket Productions presents A R I Z O N A with Electric Guest and Mikky Ekko live at Hill Auditorium on 10/27. New Jersey based trio "A R I Z O N A" transforms guitars, keys, and vocals into brushstrokes of alternative, indie, and electronic dance pop. Together with electronic R&B duo "Electric Guest" and rising star "Mikky Ekko," this three set show will prove to be an unforgettable evening.

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Performance Fri, 14 Sep 2018 10:36:30 -0400 2018-10-27T19:30:00-04:00 Hill Auditorium Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Arizona
Halloween Concert (October 28, 2018 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52125 52125-12444063@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, October 28, 2018 4:30pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Combined University Orchestras
Directed by Kenneth Kiesler

A U-M tradition for more than 40 years, the Halloween Concert brings together the University Symphony and Philharmonia orchestras for this beloved holiday event. Graduate conducting students join their conducting teacher in leading 125 musicians who dress in costume for this one-hour concert featuring thrilling, popular, and spooky symphonic Halloween favorites. Get out your scariest costume or come dressed as you are to enjoy this chilling event.

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Performance Mon, 22 Oct 2018 18:15:22 -0400 2018-10-28T16:30:00-04:00 Hill Auditorium School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Halloween
Women’s Glee Club (November 4, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56638 56638-13960581@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, November 4, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Julie Skadsem, conductor.

This performance will feature works by Dello Joio, Hall, Abela, Highben, Gyongyosi, and Runestad, as well as Michigan school songs. The South Lyon High School Varsity Women’s Choir will also perform.

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Performance Wed, 24 Oct 2018 18:15:28 -0400 2018-11-04T16:00:00-05:00 Hill Auditorium School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Women's Glee Club
Men’s Glee Club - Fall Concert (November 10, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52127 52127-12444068@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, November 10, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Join the U-M Men’s Glee Club for the 159th Annual Fall Concert in Hill Auditorium under the leadership of their new director, Mark Stover. In addition to the Men’s Glee Club, this concert will feature The Friars, the MGC Alumni Chorus, and a tribute and celebration of the life of former Men’s Glee Club director, Leonard A. Johnson.

The Men’s Glee Club will present music inspired by themes of peace, justice, and hope, along with traditional Michigan songs, which have been shared over the decades as the Glee Club has toured the world with their artistry and spirit. Composers featured include Felix Mendelssohn, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Vincent Persichetti, Kim André Arenson, Eriks Esenvalds, and many more.

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Performance Wed, 31 Oct 2018 13:21:14 -0400 2018-11-10T20:00:00-05:00 Hill Auditorium School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance MGC
University and Campus Bands (November 11, 2018 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56639 56639-13960582@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, November 11, 2018 3:00pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Program TBA.

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Performance Thu, 11 Oct 2018 12:15:34 -0400 2018-11-11T15:00:00-05:00 Hill Auditorium School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Hill Auditorium
Campus Philharmonia Orchestra & Campus Symphony Orchestra (November 12, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56640 56640-13960583@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 12, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

The CPO, conducted by Tal Benatar and assistant conductors Nathan Bieber and Elias Miller, presents a varied and exciting program, which includes Schubert’s joyful Overture in the Italian Style, Grieg’s tuneful and romantic Peer Gynt Suite, and Fauré’s Masques et Bergamesques, a modern take on antiquated dances.

The CSO, conducted by Rotem Weinberg and assistant conductors Daniel Brottman and Charlotte Politi, presents a program of dramatic overtures, connected by the themes of love and death–the whimsical overture to the opera Don Giovanni, Schumann’s tragic Manfred Overture, and Verdi’s lesser known overture to the opera Luisa Miller. The concert concludes with the passionate and dramatic Romeo and Juliet Fantasy-Overture by Tchaikovsky.

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Performance Thu, 11 Oct 2018 12:15:34 -0400 2018-11-12T20:00:00-05:00 Hill Auditorium School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Hill Auditorium
University Symphony Orchestra & University Philharmonia Orchestra (November 14, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53542 53542-13401549@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 14, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Kenneth Kiesler, conductor
Katharina Uhde, violin

The USO and UPO present a concert of virtuosic and humorous Celtic and Hungarian music featuring two long-lost pieces for violin and orchestra by Joseph Joachim, the violinist who premiered the Brahms Violin Concerto, featuring soloist and alumna, Katharina Uhde. Joachim’s Irish Fantasy (which includes Scottish themes) and his Hungarian Fantasy only recently came to light, having been sent from a Berlin library to Eastern Europe during World War II. The Celtic half of the program opens with Peter Maxwell Davies’ Orkney Wedding with Sunrise, the humorous and affecting tale of a bride and groom’s wedding celebration and walk at sunrise. On the Hungarian second half of the concert, the USO performs Zoltan Kodaly’s brilliant, colorful, and humorous folktale Hary János, with special narration by award-winning actress Gillian Eaton, assistant professor of theatre.

PROGRAM: Maxwell Davies- Orkney Wedding with Sunrise; Joachim- Irish Fantasy (modern premiere); Joachim- Hungarian Fantasy (modern premiere); Kodaly- Hary János Suite

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Performance Mon, 12 Nov 2018 12:15:21 -0500 2018-11-14T20:00:00-05:00 Hill Auditorium School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance USO & UPO
Symphony Band (November 16, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56296 56296-13878488@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 16, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Michael Haithcock, conductor
Elliott Tackitt, graduate conductor
Chad Lilley, soprano saxophone
Andrew Hasher, alto saxophone
Jonathan Hostottle, tenor saxophone
Connor O’Toole, baritone saxophone

Pre-concert conversation with Michael Daugherty, Tim McAllister, and Michael Haithcock at 7:15 PM in the Lower Lobby.

A joyous fanfare by English composer William Alwyn is followed by a requiem for our modern cities by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Michael Colgrass. The duality of Bach’s classic mixture of contrapuntal writing for the keyboard is re-imagined in a unique setting for band. The destruction of war and the promise of peace is explored by U-M’s award-winning professor of composition, Michael Daugherty. A melancholy setting of Oh Danny Boy finds a home between two vibrant settings by the always crowd-pleasing Percy Grainger.

PROGRAM: William Alwyn- Fanfare for a Joyful Occasion; Michael Colgrass- Urban Requiem for Solo Saxophone Quartet; J. S. Bach- Fantasia and Fugue in C minor (Elgar setting transcribed for band); Michael Daugherty- Of War and Peace; Percy Grainger- Molly on the Shore, Irish Tune, Handel in the Strand

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Performance Mon, 12 Nov 2018 18:15:20 -0500 2018-11-16T20:00:00-05:00 Hill Auditorium School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Symphony Band
Michigan Youth Symphonic Band and Michigan Youth Symphony Orchestra (November 19, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55492 55492-13750106@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 19, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Anthony Elliott (Michigan Youth Symphony Orchestra) and Courtney Snyder (Michigan Youth Symphonic Band), conductors.

The MYSO performs the first installment of Ottorino Respighi’s Roman Triptych, Fountains of Rome, and concludes their portion of the concert with a nod to SMTD’s Gershwin Initiative by performing excerpts from Porgy and Bess.

MYSO PROGRAM: Respighi- Fountains of Rome; Gershwin- Porgy and Bess.
MYSB PROGRAM: Maslanka- Give us this Day; Daugherty- Vulcan

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Performance Thu, 11 Oct 2018 12:15:35 -0400 2018-11-19T19:00:00-05:00 Hill Auditorium School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Hill Auditorium
Arts Chorale (November 20, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56641 56641-13960584@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 20, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Jabarie Glass, conductor

PROGRAM: Coppin- When Music Sounds; Whitacre- Five Hebrew Love Songs; Vaughan Williams- Five Mystical Songs; Dawson- Soon Ah Will Be Done; Ramsey- On Some Solemn Shore

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Performance Mon, 05 Nov 2018 18:15:23 -0500 2018-11-20T20:00:00-05:00 Hill Auditorium School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Arts Chorale
Arts Chorale 2018 Fall Concert (November 20, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57586 57586-14219963@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 20, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: Maize Pages Student Organizations

The University of Michigan's Arts Chorale's Fall Ecstasy/Transcendence Concert! Come hear our semester's work at the beautiful Hill Auditorium for FREE! A wonderful night of making beautiful music.

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Performance Tue, 20 Nov 2018 18:00:11 -0500 2018-11-20T20:00:00-05:00 2018-11-20T21:30:00-05:00 Hill Auditorium Maize Pages Student Organizations Performance Hill Auditorium
University Choir, Chamber Choir, and Baroque Chamber Orchestra (December 4, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56643 56643-13960586@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, December 4, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Eugene Rogers, conductor, Chamber Choir
Mark Stover, conductor, University Choir
Joseph Gascho and Aaron Berofsky, directors, Baroque Chamber Orchestra.

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

This concert features each ensemble in a unique program of choral and instrumental repertoire around the theme of “Hope in Darkness.” Special guest performers include Carmen Pelton, soprano; William Campbell, trumpet; and Matt Albert, violin.

PROGRAM: Rheinberger- Abendlied; Powell- To Sit and Dream; Elder- Three Themes of Life and Love; Hagenberg- The Music of Stillness; Schütz- Selig sind die in dem totem; J.S. Bach- Fürchte dich nicht, BWV 228; Parry- My soul, there is a country; Brahms- Lass dich nur nichts nicht dauren, op. 30; Theofanidis- Four Levertov Settings; Hella Johnson- Song from the Road (world premiere); J.S. Bach- Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen, BWV 51

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Performance Wed, 28 Nov 2018 12:56:48 -0500 2018-12-04T20:00:00-05:00 Hill Auditorium School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance UC, CC & BCO
Concert Band (December 5, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56644 56644-13960587@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 5, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Courtney Snyder, conductor
Lindsay Bronnenkant, guest conductor
Bill Campbell, trumpet, soloist
David Jackson, trombone, soloist

The Concert Band closes its fall semester with pieces by composers who dared to hope for a future of free expression, for change to an ongoing crisis, to perform in spite of disability, to honor those who came before, and to be truly carefree.

PROGRAM: Shostakovich- Festive Overture; Jolley- The Eyes of the World are Upon You; Hindemith- Symphony in B-flat; Gorb- French Dances Revisited; Scriabin- Nocturne, op 9, no 2; Turrin- Fandango

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Performance Wed, 28 Nov 2018 12:57:17 -0500 2018-12-05T20:00:00-05:00 Hill Auditorium School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Concert Band Chamber Winds
A Trip to Vienna: Life Sciences Orchestra concert (December 8, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57752 57752-14280621@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, December 8, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: Life Sciences Orchestra

Ann Arbor will feel a little like Vienna as the U-M Life Sciences Orchestra takes the stage of Hill Auditorium for a free concert of works written and arranged by Vienna-based composers. The LSO and music director Chelsea Gallo, will transport their audience to the Austrian capital through works by both Richard and Johann Strauss, and a piece by Johannes Brahms arranged by Arnold Schoenberg. The LSO brings together medical, health and science faculty, staff, students and alumni from across the university.
No tickets are required and donations will be accepted.

The concert will begin with “Macbeth,” one of the first tone poems written by Richard Strauss, evoking the dramatic tale of the Scottish king. Johann Strauss, Jr. – a fellow Viennese but not related to Richard – will be represented on the program with his Kaiser-Walzer, much better known in English as the Emperor Waltz. LSO assistant conductor Régulo Stabilito will conduct.

The concert’s second half features a unique work: Brahms’ Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25, but not the original written in 1861 for violin, viola, cello and piano. Rather, the LSO will play the 1937 arrangement for full orchestra, without piano.

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Performance Fri, 16 Nov 2018 16:05:11 -0500 2018-12-08T20:00:00-05:00 2018-12-08T21:30:00-05:00 Hill Auditorium Life Sciences Orchestra Performance Poster
University Symphony Orchestra (December 9, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53543 53543-13401550@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, December 9, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Kenneth Kiesler, conductor
Maria Schleuning, violin
Jolyon Pegis, cello

This USO concert features stage and film music of Leonard Bernstein and Aaron Copland, and the world premiere of Partners, a commissioned piece for solo violin and cello by David Amram, known for his work with Dizzy Gillespie, Langston Hughes, Charles Mingus, Lionel Hampton, Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Willie Nelson. Amram enjoyed a longtime collaboration with writer Jack Kerouac, having performed more than 30 times at The Ark in Ann Arbor. Now age 88, Amram is the composer of more than 100 chamber music and orchestral works and the film scores of The Manchurian Candidate and Splendor in the Grass. He was the first resident conductor of the New York Philharmonic, under Bernstein. The three movements of Partners are Woody and Pete (Woody Guthrie & Pete Seeger), Prez and Lady Day (Lester Young & Billie Holiday), and Machito y Celia (Machito Grillo & Celia Cruz). Frequent collaborators with many of today’s leading composers, soloists Maria Schleuning and Jolyon Pegis are members of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra.

PROGRAM: Bernstein- West Side Story Overture; David Amram- Partners (Double Concerto for Violin and Cello and Orchestra, world premiere); Copland- Our Town; Bernstein- On the Waterfront

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Performance Wed, 05 Dec 2018 18:15:16 -0500 2018-12-09T19:00:00-05:00 Hill Auditorium School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance USO
University Philharmonia Orchestra & University Choir (December 11, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53501 53501-13392464@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, December 11, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Oriol Sans, conductor.

The UPO performs Jean Sibelius’s Symphony No. 5, probably the composer’s most affirmative musical utterance. The famous “Swan Hymn,” a theme inspired by the vision of 16 swans taking off over the water, pervades the last movement and culminates in a triumphal and unexpected ending. The symphony will conclude the evening’s concert with the University Choir performing Claude Debussy’s Nocturnes in the composer’s own revision that only increased its enchantingly foggy and delicate character. The program opens with Beethoven’s fourth and final attempt at an overture for his only opera, Fidelio.

PROGRAM: Beethoven- Fidelio Overture; Debussy-Nocturnes; Sibelius- Symphony No. 5

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Performance Fri, 07 Dec 2018 18:15:15 -0500 2018-12-11T20:00:00-05:00 Hill Auditorium School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Hill Auditorium
Holiday Pops (December 14, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58299 58299-14459092@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 14, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: Center for Campus Involvement

Join us for Ann Arbor's favorite holiday tradition! Arie Lipsky leads your A2SO and the area's most popular choral ensembles in a joyous and festive evening filled with holiday favorites.

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Performance Fri, 07 Dec 2018 09:36:28 -0500 2018-12-14T20:00:00-05:00 2018-12-14T22:00:00-05:00 Hill Auditorium Center for Campus Involvement Performance photo
SMTD Undergraduate Concerto Competition Finals (January 9, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57754 57754-14282754@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 9, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Winners of the SMTD Concerto Competition will perform their competition piece with one of the School’s orchestras in an upcoming SMTD concert at Hill.

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Performance Mon, 17 Dec 2018 18:15:12 -0500 2019-01-09T16:00:00-05:00 Hill Auditorium School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Hill Auditorium
SMTD Graduate Concerto Competition Finals (January 10, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57755 57755-14282755@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 10, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Winners of the SMTD Concerto Competition will perform their competition piece with one of the School’s orchestras in an upcoming SMTD concert at Hill.

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Performance Mon, 17 Dec 2018 18:15:12 -0500 2019-01-10T16:00:00-05:00 Hill Auditorium School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Hill Auditorium
Collage Concert (January 19, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52030 52030-12365592@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, January 19, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

The Collage Concert is a non-stop evening of virtuosic performances, featuring students from all parts of the SMTD.

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Performance Wed, 16 Jan 2019 16:00:52 -0500 2019-01-19T20:00:00-05:00 Hill Auditorium School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Collage Concert
Martin Luther King Jr. Keynote Memorial Lecture feat. Tim Wise and Julia Putnam (January 21, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59306 59306-14728510@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 21, 2019 10:00am
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Monday, January 21st, 2019
10am-11:30 am (EST) (Doors open at 9:30 am. Free and open to the public, not ticketed.)
Hill Auditorium
825 N. University Avenue, Ann Arbor MI, USA 48109

This year’s symposium features two speakers, Tim Wise, author and scholar, and Julia Putnam, Detroit principal and writer. See below for their bios.

Sponsored by the University of Michigan Annual Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Symposium; the Office of Academic Multicultural Initiatives, a unit in the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion; and the Stephen M. Ross School of Business with support from the William K. McInally Memorial Lecture Fund.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Tim Wise is among the most prominent anti-racist writers and educators in the United States. He has spent the past 25 years speaking to audiences in all 50 states, on over 1000 college and high school campuses, at hundreds of professional and academic conferences, and to community groups across the country. He is also the host of the new podcast, Speak Out with Tim Wise.

He has also lectured internationally, in Canada and Bermuda, and has trained corporate, government, entertainment, media, law enforcement, military, and medical industry professionals on methods for dismantling racism in their institutions. Wise has provided anti-racism training to educators and administrators nationwide.

Wise is the author of seven books, including his latest, Under the Affluence: Shaming the Poor, Praising the Rich and Sacrificing the Future of America (City Lights Books). Other books include Dear White America: Letter to a New Minority (City Lights Books); his highly acclaimed memoir, White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son (recently updated and re-released by Soft Skull Press); Affirmative Action: Racial Preference in Black and White; Speaking Treason Fluently: Anti-Racist Reflections From an Angry White Male; Between Barack and a Hard Place: Racism and White Denial in the Age of Obama; and Colorblind: The Rise of Post-Racial Politics and the Retreat from Racial Equity.

Named one of “25 Visionaries Who are Changing Your World,” by Utne Reader, Wise has contributed chapters or essays to over 25 additional books and his writings are taught in colleges and universities across the nation. His essays have appeared on Alternet, Salon, Huffington Post, Counterpunch, The Root, Black Commentator, BK Nation and Z Magazine among other popular, professional and scholarly journals.

From 1999-2003, Wise was an advisor to the Fisk University Race Relations Institute, in Nashville, and in the early ’90s he was Youth Coordinator and Associate Director of the Louisiana Coalition Against Racism and Nazism: the largest of the many groups organized for the purpose of defeating neo-Nazi political candidate, David Duke.

Wise has been featured in several documentaries, including the 2013 Media Education Foundation release, “White Like Me: Race, Racism and White Privilege in America.” The film, which he co-wrote and co-produced, has been called “A phenomenal educational tool in the struggle against racism,” and “One of the best films made on the unfinished quest for racial justice,” by Eduardo Bonilla-Silva of Duke University, and Robert Jensen of the University of Texas, respectively. He also appeared alongside legendary scholar and activist, Angela Davis, in the 2011 documentary, “Vocabulary of Change.” In this public dialogue between the two activists, Davis and Wise discussed the connections between issues of race, class, gender, sexuality and militarism, as well as inter-generational movement building and the prospects for social change.

Wise appears regularly on CNN and MSNBC to discuss race issues and was featured in a 2007 segment on 20/20. He graduated from Tulane University in 1990 and received antiracism training from the People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond, in New Orleans.

Julia Putnam is a lifelong Detroiter. Her professional life began, unwittingly, when she was sixteen and the first young person to sign up for Detroit Summer, a youth volunteer organization begun by James and Grace Lee Boggs in 1992. Through this work, she realized her passion for community-building and nurturing youth voice and began a career in education. She taught for five years in Detroit, including serving as writer-in-residence for the InsideOut Literary Magazine program. She wrote a regular column on education (“Learning for Life”) for the Michigan Citizen, which has been required reading at major Michigan universities.

In 2008, she became part of the founding team for The James and Grace Lee Boggs School and has served as Principal since the school opened in 2013. She has been the keynote speaker at Eastern Michigan University’s 2014 Eco-Justice Conference and also at the Great Lakes Stewardship Initiative’s Place-Based Education Conference in 2017.

As the Principal, Julia works with teachers, parents, and students on re-imagining and humanizing education through developing and maintaining a positive school culture and ambitious Place-Based instruction. She could not do her work without the support of her wonderful husband, Peter, and the inspiration from her eleven-year-old daughter, Lucia, who attends the Boggs School and her thirteen-year-old son, Henry.

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Conference / Symposium Wed, 09 Jan 2019 08:57:17 -0500 2019-01-21T10:00:00-05:00 2019-01-21T23:30:00-05:00 Hill Auditorium Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Conference / Symposium mlk-2019
42nd Ann Arbor Folk Festival (January 25, 2019 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57344 57344-14157786@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 25, 2019 6:30pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

This 2-night fundraising event for The Ark takes place at Hill Auditorium on Friday, January 25th and Saturday, January 26th, 2019. The Michigan Union Ticket Office will be selling upper balcony, regular and Gold Circle tickets to this event. Below are the purchasing options.

*Note: To get a discount when purchasing both nights, select a 2-night series pass. Series tickets must be of the same quantity for both nights and in the same pricing level (upper balcony, regular or gold). All sales final. No refunds or exchanges.

Single-Night Tickets (Fri OR Sat): https://goo.gl/9VjRa6
2-Night Series: Gold Circle Seats: https://goo.gl/kmvBQ8
2-Night Series: Regular Seats: https://goo.gl/yhAkVg
2-Night Series: Upper Balcony Seats: https://goo.gl/fepr3E

FRIDAY LINEUP:

Brandi Carlile
Gregory Alan Isakov
Haley Heynderickx
Parsonsfield
Sam Lewis
Michigan Rattlers
Peter Mulvey, MC

SATURDAY LINEUP:

Rufus Wainwright
I'm With Her
Joan Osborne’s DYLANOLOGY featuring Jackie Greene
Pokey LaFarge
Ahi
The RFD Boys
Joan Osborne's Dylanology featuring Jackie Greene
Peter Mulvey, MC

*Note: Program is subject to change.

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Performance Mon, 19 Nov 2018 14:44:45 -0500 2019-01-25T18:30:00-05:00 Hill Auditorium Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance 42 Folk Fest
42nd Ann Arbor Folk Festival (January 26, 2019 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57344 57344-14157787@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, January 26, 2019 6:30pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

This 2-night fundraising event for The Ark takes place at Hill Auditorium on Friday, January 25th and Saturday, January 26th, 2019. The Michigan Union Ticket Office will be selling upper balcony, regular and Gold Circle tickets to this event. Below are the purchasing options.

*Note: To get a discount when purchasing both nights, select a 2-night series pass. Series tickets must be of the same quantity for both nights and in the same pricing level (upper balcony, regular or gold). All sales final. No refunds or exchanges.

Single-Night Tickets (Fri OR Sat): https://goo.gl/9VjRa6
2-Night Series: Gold Circle Seats: https://goo.gl/kmvBQ8
2-Night Series: Regular Seats: https://goo.gl/yhAkVg
2-Night Series: Upper Balcony Seats: https://goo.gl/fepr3E

FRIDAY LINEUP:

Brandi Carlile
Gregory Alan Isakov
Haley Heynderickx
Parsonsfield
Sam Lewis
Michigan Rattlers
Peter Mulvey, MC

SATURDAY LINEUP:

Rufus Wainwright
I'm With Her
Joan Osborne’s DYLANOLOGY featuring Jackie Greene
Pokey LaFarge
Ahi
The RFD Boys
Joan Osborne's Dylanology featuring Jackie Greene
Peter Mulvey, MC

*Note: Program is subject to change.

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Performance Mon, 19 Nov 2018 14:44:45 -0500 2019-01-26T18:30:00-05:00 Hill Auditorium Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance 42 Folk Fest
University Symphony Orchestra (January 29, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53544 53544-13401551@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 29, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Kenneth Kiesler, conductor
Yu Chao Weng, violin (Winner, 2018 SMTD Concerto Competition)

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

The USO and violinist Yu Chao Weng begin the second semester with two great works that were written second in their respective genres: the Second Violin Concerto by Bartók, and the Second Symphony by Brahms.

PROGRAM: Bartók-Violin Concerto No. 2; Brahms- Symphony No. 2

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Performance Fri, 18 Jan 2019 18:15:13 -0500 2019-01-29T20:00:00-05:00 Hill Auditorium School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance USO
*CANCELED DUE TO WEATHER* University Philharmonia Orchestra (January 31, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58469 58469-14504525@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 31, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

*This event has been canceled due to the U-M campus being shut down due to weather concerns*

Oriol Sans, conductor

The University Philharmonia Orchestra will perform one of Tchaikovsky’s most beloved works: his Sixth Symphony. Premiered only one week before the composer’s death, the “Pathetique” symphony is memorable for its deeply melancholic musical expression and famed as one of the most beautiful melodies ever written. The first half of the concert will include the “March” and “Scherzo” from The Love for Three Oranges, two excerpts from Prokofiev's satirical opera of the same title, along with a truly innovative work from Mozart, impressively composed within days during his time in Linz: his spirited and exuberant Symphony 36.

PROGRAM: Prokofiev- “March” and “Scherzo” from The Love for Three Oranges; Mozart- Symphony No. 36 "Linz"; Tchaikovsky- Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique"

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Performance Tue, 29 Jan 2019 18:15:20 -0500 2019-01-31T20:00:00-05:00 Hill Auditorium School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance UPO
University Philharmonia Orchestra *RESCHEDULED FROM 1/31* (February 3, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60688 60688-14939401@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, February 3, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Oriol Sans, conductor

The University Philharmonia Orchestra will perform one of Tchaikovsky’s most beloved works: his Sixth Symphony. Premiered only one week before the composer’s death, the “Pathetique” symphony is memorable for its deeply melancholic musical expression and famed as one of the most beautiful melodies ever written. The first half of the concert will include the “March” and “Scherzo” from The Love for Three Oranges, two excerpts from Prokofiev's satirical opera of the same title, along with a truly innovative work from Mozart, impressively composed within days during his time in Linz: his spirited and exuberant Symphony 36.

PROGRAM: Prokofiev- “March” and “Scherzo” from The Love for Three Oranges; Mozart- Symphony No. 36 "Linz"; Tchaikovsky- Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique"

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Performance Fri, 01 Feb 2019 18:15:26 -0500 2019-02-03T16:00:00-05:00 Hill Auditorium School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Hill Auditorium
Symphony Band (February 8, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58009 58009-14392455@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 8, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Michael Haithcock, conductor
Adam Unsworth, soloist

Pre-concert conversation with Paul Dooley and Michael Haithcock at 7:15 PM in the lower lobby.

The old becomes new, transformed by the creative mind. Old English folk songs set by Gustav Holst found new life and were rescued from oblivion. Paul Dooley’s new concerto for an old instrument is written for U-M’s Adam Unsworth, a stunning virtuoso. David Maslanka’s Symphony No. 8 explores the transformative power of the arts to lift the human spirit.

PROGRAM: Holst- Second Suite in F; Paul Dooley- Horn Concerto (premiere performance); David Maslanka- Symphony No. 8

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Performance Thu, 24 Jan 2019 12:15:19 -0500 2019-02-08T20:00:00-05:00 Hill Auditorium School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Symphony Band
Concert Band (February 11, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57947 57947-14377455@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 11, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Courtney Snyder, conductor
Christine Lundahl, graduate conductor
Chad Burrow, guest soloist

The Concert Band performs pieces that express the range of human emotions from grief over losing a loved one to the joy of a wedding celebration. The concert opens with a festive Peruvian fanfare followed by two pieces performed in memory of the late composer Steven Stucky. Wilson’s Footsteps comprises a modern-day Bolero structure representing the meandering in life from gently walking to mysterious uncertainty to massive marching. U-M faculty clarinetist Chad Burrow joins the Concert Band to perform Navarro’s 2nd Clarinet Concerto, and the concert closes with the music of a joyous wedding celebration.

PROGRAM: Gervasoni- Peruvian Fanfare no 1; Stucky- Threnos; McTee- Ballet for Band; Wilson- Footsteps; Navarro- 2nd Clarinet Concerto; Press- “Wedding Dance” from Hasseneh

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Performance Mon, 28 Jan 2019 12:15:19 -0500 2019-02-11T20:00:00-05:00 Hill Auditorium School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Concert Band
University Philharmonia Orchestra (February 20, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58471 58471-14504527@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 20, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Kenneth Kiesler, director of orchestras
Oriol Sans, associate director of orchestras

This annual concert of new works by student composers, led by student conductors, and played by student musicians is often one of the most inspiring concerts of the year. This program provides an important and singular opportunity for composers and conductors to learn by working with one another and the musicians of the UPO in a collaborative process, while also being mentored by their principal composition and conducting teachers. An exciting opportunity for listeners to be among the first to hear these creative works and witness these collaborations, which often launch long-lasting creative partnerships between student composers and the conductors.

PROGRAM:
What's in a Name?
Composer: Stuart Carlson
Conductor: Nathan Bieber

Walk On
Composer: Hannah McPhillmy
Conductor: Chelsea Gallo

Piano Concerto No. 1 - Movement III
Composer: Karalyn Schubring 
Conductor: Elias Miller
Honeysuckle
Composer: Jacob Rogers
Conductor: Régulo Stabilito

An Deireadh
Composer: Duncan Petersen-Jones
Conductor: Charlotte Politi

Blaze
Composer: Gala Flagello
Conductor: Tal Benatar

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Performance Wed, 20 Feb 2019 14:58:03 -0500 2019-02-20T20:00:00-05:00 Hill Auditorium School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance UPO
Piano DMA Concerto Concert with the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra (February 22, 2019 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58083 58083-14403227@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 22, 2019 7:30pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Arie Lipsky, music director
Robert Boardman, conductor

FRIDAY PROGRAM: Brahms- Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 15, Claudio Espejo, piano; Rachmaninoff- Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Hsiu-Jung Hou, piano

SATURDAY PROGRAM: Mozart- Piano Concerto in C Major, No. 25, K. 503, Eun-Young Lee, piano; Rachmaninoff- Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Mi-Eun Kim, piano; Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor, Op. 23, Ji-Hyang Gwak, piano

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Performance Wed, 20 Feb 2019 15:14:07 -0500 2019-02-22T19:30:00-05:00 Hill Auditorium School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Piano DMA & AASO
Piano DMA Concerto Concert with the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra (February 23, 2019 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58083 58083-14403228@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 23, 2019 7:30pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Arie Lipsky, music director
Robert Boardman, conductor

FRIDAY PROGRAM: Brahms- Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 15, Claudio Espejo, piano; Rachmaninoff- Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Hsiu-Jung Hou, piano

SATURDAY PROGRAM: Mozart- Piano Concerto in C Major, No. 25, K. 503, Eun-Young Lee, piano; Rachmaninoff- Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Mi-Eun Kim, piano; Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor, Op. 23, Ji-Hyang Gwak, piano

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Performance Wed, 20 Feb 2019 15:14:07 -0500 2019-02-23T19:30:00-05:00 Hill Auditorium School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Piano DMA & AASO
University Symphony Orchestra and University Choirs (February 26, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53545 53545-13401552@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 26, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Eugene Rogers, conductor
Kenneth Kiesler, music director, University Orchestras

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

The USO presents a concert with the combined choirs of the School of Music, Theatre & Dance in a program of inspirational and inspired music by Handel and Frank Ticheli (U-M alumnus). Eugene Rogers, in his first year as director of University Choirs, leads two great choral-orchestral works (one old, one new), in his first concert with the USO and the combined choirs.

PROGRAM: Handel- Dixit Dominus; Frank Ticheli- Symphony No. 3: The Shore

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Performance Thu, 21 Feb 2019 12:15:23 -0500 2019-02-26T20:00:00-05:00 Hill Auditorium School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance USO & Choirs
Festive Winds and Voices (March 10, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61348 61348-15090336@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 10, 2019 2:00pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

40 years ago Victor Bordo, Dave Juillet and associates established a fledgling organization called the Ann Arbor Symphony Band. The band was born out the desire of many local, non-professional, adult musicians to continue playing, to provide public performances with broad audience appeal, to foster interest in amateur music performances and provide continuing music education to its members and the public. The Ann Arbor Concert Band is a non-profit 501(c)(3) community-based ensemble of 75 members, presenting 4 concerts per year and extremely proud of our contribution to the Ann Arbor Arts Community. Past conductors include Victor Bordo, H. Robert Reynolds, Scott Boerma, John Stout and William D. Revelli. Current conductor, James Nissen, is in his 16th year. The Ann Arbor Concert Band annually awards our $1000 Andrew J. Lum & David R. Juillet Young Artist Scholarship to an outstanding high school musician in southeast Michigan who solos with the band during our May season finale concert. .

The Ann Arbor Concert Band welcomes the men’s choral society Measure for Measure as they
continue their 40th season celebration in wondrous fashion under the direction of James Nissen,
presenting “Festive Winds and Voices” featuring Shostakovich’s brilliant “Festive Overture”,
Bernstein’s “3 Dance Episodes from On the Town”, Eric Whitacre’s “Cloudburst”, the “Finale from
Symphony No. 1” by Kalinnikov, John William’s “Hymn to the Fallen” and the dynamic “Battle Hymn
of the Republic” and more!

Tickets; $10 – adults; $5 - seniors/ students; children under 12 - FREE. Tickets available from band
members, on-line at https://mkt.com/aacb, at the Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) or the Hill
Auditorium box office beginning at 1:00 pm, Sunday, March 10.

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Performance Mon, 18 Feb 2019 14:55:21 -0500 2019-03-10T14:00:00-04:00 Hill Auditorium Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Ann Arbor Concert Band
Symphony Band (March 15, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60638 60638-14937049@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 15, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Michael Haithcock, conductor
Lindsay Bronnenkant, graduate conductor
Scott Piper, soloist

Pre-concert conversation with Erik Santos and Michael Haithcock at 7:15 in the lower lobby.

Familiar works by Richard Wagner and Aaron Copland frame others that illustrate depictions of “fire and ice.” Ida Gotkovsky’s Poem of Fire explores the mythology that links creation and creator through the reverence of fire. John Mackey’s musical portrait of Denali National Park, The Frozen Cathedral, depicts a pilgrimage embracing the grandeur of its natural beauty. The premiere performance of The Seer by U-M’s Erik Santos features faculty tenor Scott Piper. The work is a dramatic scene based on the poetry of Langston Hughes whose words evoke an emotional “fire and ice.”

PROGRAM: Copland- Fanfare for the Common Man; Erik Santos-The Seer, a dramatic scene based on the poetry of Langston Hughes, Scott Piper, tenor and actor; Wagner- Huldigungsmarsch; Ida Gotkovsky- Poem of Fire; John Mackey- The Frozen Cathedral

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Performance Tue, 12 Mar 2019 11:50:37 -0400 2019-03-15T20:00:00-04:00 Hill Auditorium School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Symphony Band
Michigan Youth Symphonic Band and Michigan Youth Symphony Orchestra (March 18, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60832 60832-14972958@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 18, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Please join us for a performance in celebration of Anthony Elliott’s 20 years of service to the Michigan Youth Symphony Orchestra. This will be his farewell performance with the Michigan Youth Ensembles before Elliott’s retirement.

Michigan Youth Symphonic Band, Courtney Snyder, conductor
MYSB PROGRAM: Marques arr. Nickel – Conga del Fuego Nuevo; Mackey – Aurora Awakes; Salfelder - Cathedrals

Michigan Youth Symphony Orchestra, Anthony Elliott, conductor
MYSO PROGRAM: Shostakovich - Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47

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Performance Tue, 12 Feb 2019 18:15:24 -0500 2019-03-18T19:00:00-04:00 Hill Auditorium School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Hill Auditorium
Concert Band (March 20, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60234 60234-14851282@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 20, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Courtney Snyder, conductor
John Pasquale, guest conductor

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

Join us as the Concert Band performs standards and new compositions by composers as established in the canon as Bach, Copland, and Grainger as well as living and diverse composers Salfelder, Thomas, and Marquez. The Concert Band performs the U-M premiere of Come Sunday by Omar Thomas with the composer in attendance.

PROGRAM: Copland- An Outdoor Overture; Bach- Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring; Grainger- Lincolnshire Posy; Marquez- Danzon No. 2; Salfelder- Crossing Parallels; Omar Thomas- Come Sunday

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Performance Tue, 19 Mar 2019 18:15:22 -0400 2019-03-20T20:00:00-04:00 Hill Auditorium School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Hill Auditorium
University Symphony Orchestra & University Philharmonia Orchestra (March 27, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61129 61129-15038527@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 27, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Kenneth Kiesler, conductor

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

The University Symphony Orchestra and University Philharmonia Orchestra join forces to climb the musical mountain which is Mahler’s Sixth Symphony. Mahler wrote the Sixth Symphony during a particularly happy time, yet this monumental work seems to portray a vision of tragic events that soon followed. It juxtaposes some of the composer’s most gripping and beautiful music.

PROGRAM: Mahler- Symphony No. 6

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Performance Tue, 26 Mar 2019 21:01:56 -0400 2019-03-27T20:00:00-04:00 Hill Auditorium School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance String quartet in Oradea
Senior Recital: James Renfer, organ (March 28, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62585 62585-15407987@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 28, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

PROGRAM: Bach - Prelude and Fugue in E Minor, BWV 548; Messiaen - Messe de la Pentecôte; Franck - Prière, op. 20; Dupré - Prelude and fuge in B Major, op. 7, no. 1.

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Performance Tue, 26 Mar 2019 12:15:32 -0400 2019-03-28T20:00:00-04:00 Hill Auditorium School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Hill Auditorium
That Brown Show (March 30, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62113 62113-15293426@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 30, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

That Brown Show [TBS], hosted by Michigan Sahana; since its conception in 2011, has brought together premier South Asian performance groups at the University of Michigan. Together through a variety of music and dance styles, we hope to promote a rich and unique culture, create a common stage for performance, and further develop an enriching community around South Asian art forms and performance.

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Performance Wed, 13 Mar 2019 14:06:50 -0400 2019-03-30T19:00:00-04:00 2019-03-30T21:00:00-04:00 Hill Auditorium Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Hill Auditorium
Understanding How the Brain Processes Music Through the Bach Trio Sonatas (April 1, 2019 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58356 58356-14485809@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 1, 2019 3:30pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Presenters include Daniel Forger, professor of mathematics and computational medicine and bioinformatics; James Kibbie, professor of music and chair of the U-M Organ Department, University Organist; Caleb Mayer, graduate student research assistant (mathematics); and Sarah Simko, graduate student research assistant (organ performance).

With support from the Data Science for Music Challenge Initiative through MIDAS, the team is taking a big data approach to understanding the patterns and principles of music. The project is developing and analyzing a library of digitized performances of the Trio Sonatas for organ by Johann Sebastian Bach, applying novel algorithms to study the music structure from a data science perspective. Organ students from SMTD will demonstrate how the Frieze Memorial Organ in Hill Auditorium is used to create big data files of live performances. The team will discuss how its analysis compares different performances to determine features that make performances artistic, as well as the common mistakes performers make. The digitized performances will be shared with researchers and will enable research and pedagogy in many disciplines, including data science, music performance, mathematics, and music psychology.

Co-sponsored by MIDAS, midas.umich.edu

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 19 Mar 2019 12:15:23 -0400 2019-04-01T15:30:00-04:00 Hill Auditorium School of Music, Theatre & Dance Lecture / Discussion Bach Poster
Sing & Variety 2019 (April 2, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62634 62634-15414531@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 2, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Presented by Greek Week

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Performance Wed, 27 Mar 2019 11:01:25 -0400 2019-04-02T19:00:00-04:00 Hill Auditorium Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Hill Auditorium
University Choir (April 3, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60618 60618-14921507@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 3, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Mark Stover, conductor
Thomas Burton, assistant conductor
U-M Concert Band

PROGRAM: James MacMillan- O Radiant Dawn; JW Keckley- Magnificat (world premiere); Alexandru Pașcanu- Chindia; Robert De Cormier- I Been In the Storm So Long, Goitsemang Lehobye, soloist; Thomas Morley- Fyer Fyer; Gustav Holst- Psalm 148; Vincent Persichetti- Celebrations, featuring the U-M Concert Band.

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Performance Thu, 21 Mar 2019 12:15:23 -0400 2019-04-03T20:00:00-04:00 Hill Auditorium School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance University Choir
Symphony Band (April 5, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60639 60639-14937050@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 5, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Michael Haithcock, conductor
H. Robert Reynolds, guest conductor
The Imani Winds, soloist

Pre-concert conversation with members of the Imani Winds and Michael Haithcock at 7:15 PM in the lower lobby.

A collection of works that each tells a story through the music. Robert Kurka’s Good Soldier Schweik Suite is derived from his opera outlining the difficulties of a WWI soldier. U-M alumnus Warren Benson’s The Passing Bell is both a eulogy and a message of hope, mourning a life lost too soon. Jeff Scott’s Baile Si Quiere! (Dance if you want to) features the Imani Winds and their story of diversity and inclusion. John Williams’s timeless themes from the Star Wars stories concludes the Symphony Band’s final concert of the term.

PROGRAM: Robert Kurka- Good Soldier Schweik Suite; Warren Benson- The Passing Bell, H. Robert Reynolds, guest conductor; Jeff Scott- Baile Si Quiere!, featuring the Imani Winds; John Williams/Hunsberger- Five Themes from Star Wars

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Performance Fri, 05 Apr 2019 14:13:18 -0400 2019-04-05T20:00:00-04:00 Hill Auditorium School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Hill Auditorium
Women’s Glee Club (April 6, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61131 61131-15038529@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, April 6, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Julie Skadsem, conductor

Works by Foster, Walker, Trumbore and Kemper, performances by vocal trio Artemisia and the second Bi-Annual Alumnae Choir will also be featured.

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Performance Fri, 05 Apr 2019 14:13:18 -0400 2019-04-06T20:00:00-04:00 Hill Auditorium School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Hill Auditorium
University and Campus Bands (April 7, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61132 61132-15038530@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, April 7, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Campus “Maize” Band - Giovani Briguente, graduate conductor
Campus “Blue” Band - Richard Frey
University Band - John Pasquale

The Campus and University Bands bring a wide array of moods and colors to the stage in this concert. From the vigor of Michael Daugherty, David Maslanka, Paul Hindemith, Clifton Williams, Alfred Reed and James Curnow, to the sweet melodies of Malcolm Arnold and Joel Puckett, the concert abounds with vitality and celebrates the rich tradition of the wind band. A wind setting of Ave Maria by Franz Biebl is dedicated in memory of Maggie St. Clair, a beloved member of the Michigan band family who passed away last November. Her 30 years of passion and dedication to the University of Michigan bands changed lives and influenced generations of band members. In this concert, we humbly thank her through her favorite forms of expression: faith and music.

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Performance Fri, 05 Apr 2019 14:13:19 -0400 2019-04-07T15:00:00-04:00 Hill Auditorium School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Hill Auditorium
Campus Philharmonia Orchestra and Campus Symphony Orchestra (April 8, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61133 61133-15038531@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 8, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Tal Benatar, Elias Miller, and Nathan Bieber, conductors, Campus Philharmonia Orchestra

Rotem Weinberg and Charlotte Politi, conductors, Campus Symphony Orchestra

The Campus Philharmonia Orchestra presents a program of works evoking folk melodies and dances from distant lands, including Borodin's lyrical In the Steppes of Central Asia and Brahms' Hungarian Dances 5 and 6. The program is highlighted by Chabrier’s charming Habañera and selections from Bizet's Carmen Suites. The Campus Symphony Orchestra finishes off the year with a program of European masterworks culminating with Dvořák's triumphant and tender Eighth Symphony. Campus Orchestras Concerto Competition winner, Bryan Terrazas, is featured in Weber's Clarinet Concertino. The program opens with Weber's daring Overture to Der Freischütz.

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Performance Fri, 05 Apr 2019 14:13:19 -0400 2019-04-08T20:00:00-04:00 Hill Auditorium School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Hill Auditorium
Men’s Glee Club - Spring Concert (April 13, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52135 52135-12444102@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, April 13, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

The Men's Glee Club presents a concert celebrating the power of song, community, and our beloved University. Joining the MGC onstage are alumni and The Friars to help wrap up the Club's 159th year of sharing song, heart, and voice for the Maize and Blue here in Ann Arbor.

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Performance Wed, 10 Apr 2019 15:23:13 -0400 2019-04-13T20:00:00-04:00 Hill Auditorium School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Men's Glee Club
Life Sciences Orchestra Concert (April 14, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62710 62710-15434128@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, April 14, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: Life Sciences Orchestra

On Sunday, April 14 at 7 p.m. at Hill Auditorium, the U-M Life Sciences Orchestra will conclude its 19th season of blending music and science, with a free performance featuring a special flute soloist.

The LSO will play works by Tchaikovsky, Mozart, Nielsen and Salonen, under the direction of Chelsea Gallo, a doctoral candidate in conducting at the U-M School of Music, Theatre & Dance.

Joining the LSO as special soloist will be David J. Brown, M.D., Associate Dean and Associate Vice President for Health Equity and Inclusion at Michigan Medicine. Dr. Brown helped found the LSO in 1999, and was co-winner of the orchestra's latest Concerto Competition. He'll perform Carl Nielsen's Concerto for Flute and Orchestra.

Gallo will conduct the concerto, as well as the Michigan premiere of Esa-Pekka Salonen's "Helix" and Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 4. Assistant conductor Regulo Stabilito will conduct Mozart's Magic Flute overture.

Admission is free, no tickets required. Donations will be accepted to support the LSO, which is part of the Gifts of Art program at Michigan Medicine. Details: http://lso.med.umich.edu

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Performance Wed, 10 Apr 2019 08:44:02 -0400 2019-04-14T19:00:00-04:00 2019-04-14T21:00:00-04:00 Hill Auditorium Life Sciences Orchestra Performance Dr. David Brown 'examines' his flute with his otoscope.
Concert Band (April 15, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60236 60236-14851284@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 15, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Courtney Snyder, conductor, Concert Band
Mark Stover, conductor, University Choir
Lindsay Bronnenkant, graduate conductor

Join us as the Concert Band performs its last concert of the term featuring music for chamber winds, large ensemble, and choir.

PROGRAM: Washburn- Concertino; Persichetti- Celebrations (with University Choir); Specht- Embers to Ash; Reed- La Fiesta Mexicana

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Performance Wed, 10 Apr 2019 15:32:40 -0400 2019-04-15T20:00:00-04:00 Hill Auditorium School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Concert Band
A$AP Ferg (April 16, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62436 62436-15364117@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 16, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

For more information on SpringFest 2019, MUSIC Matters, and A$AP Ferg visit:
http://umichmusicmatters.com/

U-M Student IDs will be checked at the door for students who purchase discounted tickets.

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Performance Thu, 21 Mar 2019 15:46:17 -0400 2019-04-16T20:00:00-04:00 2019-04-16T23:00:00-04:00 Hill Auditorium Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance A$AP Ferg
University Philharmonia Orchestra (April 18, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58214 58214-14444054@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 18, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Oriol Sans, conductor

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

Richard Strauss would comment on his deathbed that "dying is just the way I composed it in Death and Transfiguration,” a tone poem the composer wrote almost 60 years earlier when he was only 26. The University Philharmonia Orchestra will perform this gorgeous depiction of an artist’s life through delicate and warm orchestral colors in its last concert of the semester and the year. Two works will complete the program: Jennifer Higdon's rapid and glaring overture-fanfare Light, and Church Windows, Respighi's vivid and intensely hued musical impressions of biblical scenes and a rare case of extra musical references added a posteriori.

PROGRAM: Higdon- Light; Strauss- Death and Transfiguration; Respighi- Church Windows

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Performance Fri, 12 Apr 2019 12:15:10 -0400 2019-04-18T20:00:00-04:00 Hill Auditorium School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance UPO
University Symphony Orchestra (April 23, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61136 61136-15038534@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 23, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Kenneth Kiesler, conductor
Freda Herseth, mezzo-soprano

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

The final USO concert of the season opens with the rollicking music of John Adams and features the affecting Five Poems of Dorothy Parker by Ann Arbor composer Braxton Blake, sung by Prof. Freda Herseth. The second half of the concert opens with the hauntingly beautiful Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis for two string orchestras and solo string quartet by Ralph Vaughan Williams. The season comes to a close with Respighi’s Pines of Rome, the colorful portrait of Rome including children playing at games, the song of a nightingale, and the approaching march of a triumphant Roman army.

PROGRAM: John Adams- A Short Ride in a Fast Machine; Braxton Blake- Five Poems of Dorothy Parker; Vaughan Williams- Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis; Respighi-Pines of Rome

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Performance Tue, 16 Apr 2019 12:24:57 -0400 2019-04-23T20:00:00-04:00 Hill Auditorium School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance USO
Rackham Graduate Exercises (May 3, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/62610 62610-15410181@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, May 3, 2019 10:00am
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

Rackham Graduate Exercises is the official commencement ceremony for all master’s and doctoral graduates and candidates who receive their degrees through the Rackham Graduate School. Held in Hill Auditorium, this program recognizes doctoral degree recipients individually and is formal in tone. Tickets are not required for general seating at Hill Auditorium. Complete commencement day instructions can be found at http://commencement.umich.edu/rackham-graduate-exercises/rackham-graduate-exercises/.

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Ceremony / Service Tue, 26 Mar 2019 18:16:23 -0400 2019-05-03T10:00:00-04:00 2019-05-03T12:00:00-04:00 Hill Auditorium Rackham Graduate School Ceremony / Service Hill Auditorium
SMTD Spring Commencement Ceremony (May 3, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62936 62936-15520063@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, May 3, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Doors open at 3:15 PM, ceremony will begin promptly at 4:00 PM

A live stream of the ceremony will be available at http://smtd.umich.edu/graduation

Christine Lahti (BA ’72, theatre) a renowned actress of stage and screen, will be the featured speaker.

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Performance Thu, 25 Apr 2019 12:15:06 -0400 2019-05-03T16:00:00-04:00 Hill Auditorium School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Hill Auditorium
The National (June 25, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62170 62170-15308871@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, June 25, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

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

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

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

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Performance Fri, 15 Mar 2019 10:34:27 -0400 2019-06-25T20:00:00-04:00 2019-06-25T23:00:00-04:00 Hill Auditorium Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Hill Auditorium
Guest Recital: Yuval Rabin, organ (July 10, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63499 63499-15759483@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, July 10, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

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

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

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

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

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Performance Tue, 07 May 2019 12:15:03 -0400 2019-07-10T20:00:00-04:00 Hill Auditorium School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Hill Auditorium
Elijah (July 21, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64283 64283-16276481@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, July 21, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

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

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

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

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Performance Tue, 16 Jul 2019 12:15:08 -0400 2019-07-21T15:00:00-04:00 Hill Auditorium School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Hill Auditorium