Plans for the School of Music, Theatre & Dance’s new Dance Building continue to move forward after the U-M Board of Regents approved schematic designs for the building at their May 16 meeting. The $19 million, 24,000-square-foot space will be the first dedicated facility for the Department of Dance in its storied 110-year history. In…

  Two SMTD flute alumni have made valuable contributions to Professor Amy Porter’s flute studio. Susan Waller (MM ’72, flute) and her husband Roger (MBA ’72, business) made a gift to name a practice room in the E.V. Moore Building. “The Susan and Roger Waller Practice Room represents a big step in the right direction…

The University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance (SMTD) has received a gift of $5 million in support of scholarships from dedicated U-M benefactors William K. and Delores S. Brehm in honor of Christopher Kendall, former dean of SMTD, who served from 2005-2015. This William K. and Delores S. Brehm Scholarship Fund honoring…

University of Michigan alum and Tony-award winning producer Jeffrey Seller (BA ’86, LSA), and James Kershner, a Chicago-based arts philanthropist and real estate businessman, have each made major gifts in support of the Department of Musical Theatre at the School of Music, Theatre & Dance. Seller has established the Jeffrey Seller Scholarship Fund to support…

The University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance (SMTD) has named alumnus Paul Harkins (BM ’86, MM ’95, percussion performance) as its chief development & external relations officer, overseeing all fundraising and communications efforts for the school, effective January 16, 2017. He succeeds Maureen Schafer who has joined the U-M Office of University Development (OUD) as senior…