This article pairs current recipients of a given scholarship with established, successful alumni who received that same scholarship as SMTD students. It explores the value of scholarship support and its impact on performing artists as students and throughout their careers.
This section explores the priorities for SMTD’s Look to Michigan fundraising campaign – student support, staged productions, creative spaces, and career impact – and connects those priorities to the themes explored in this issue’s feature articles.
This issue of Michigan Muse focuses on the School of Music, Theatre & Dance’s priorities for the Look to Michigan fundraising campaign, launched in October 2024. Those priorities consist of student support, staged productions, buildings and other creative spaces, and career-building resources that will help SMTD students forge sustainable careers.
![[Video] Chamber Choir Prepares for Performances at the Kennedy Center and in Buenos Aires, Argentina](https://smtd.umich.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Chamber-Choir-rehearsal-for-tour-June-2024-400x250.jpg)
