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Music Education Carrigan Lecture: Dr. Kristen Pellegrino
Watkins Lecture HallEarl V. Moore Building
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2024 SMTD Alumni Award winner Kristen Pellegrino presents a guest lecture titled “Journeys of Becoming and Being Music Teachers.” Many researchers have found connections between (a) developing a strong teacher identity; (b) building connections among themselves, their subject, and their students; and (c) positively affecting student learning and teacher satisfaction/ resilience. “I will briefly share how I became interested in studying music teacher identity and my process of reframing how to study it. Then, I will spend most of the session sharing what I have learned about college music education majors’ music teacher identity development, and public-school string teachers’ and music teachers’ experiences, beliefs, teaching practices, and identities.”
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The Arts Chorale is the official choir of the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts; a mixed choir that is open to any U-M student. Join us for an uplifting concert featuring works by Florence Price, Stephen Paulus, Aaron Copland and more.
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“Symphonic Firsts” – The USO presents an evening of three contrasting firsts. In their first symphonies, Beethoven and Prokofiev each take the symphony of Mozart and Haydn through some new twists and turns, both with a sense of humor and playfulness. Shostakovich’s first chamber symphony, a string orchestra version of his Eighth String Quartet, was written in three days and dedicated to the victims of fascism and war. Kenneth Kiesler, conductor.
General Admission $25 / $20 / $8 (fees included)
The fan-favorite student organization continues years of tradition with their annual fall concert.
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A chamber ensemble of SMTD faculty performs.
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Presented by the Department of Composition, the Student Composer Concert Series features new works written by University of Michigan undergraduate and graduate students.
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Undergraduate student Eden West performs a recital.
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“Mahler’s Unfinished Symphony” – The UPO presents Mahler’s only completed movement of his Tenth Symphony, the mournful yet transcendent Adagio. The program also includes two works that display entirely different forms of romanticsim: Brahms’s breezy Serenade #2, and Barber’s Medea’s Dance of Vengeance. Jayce Ogren, conductor.
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“O Radiant Dawn” – This concert features two SMTD choral ensembles performing an international sacred music program by composers such as Zoltàn Kodaly, Ottorino Respighi, Morten Lauridsen, William Albright and others. Conducted by Reed Criddle (DMA ‘11), Eugene Rogers, and graduate choral conductors.
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“Multiverse: Converging Worlds” – Anchored by a residency with award-winning composer and Michigan alum Clarice Assad, the Symphony Band performs a collection of music that showcases dynamic emotional contrast and drama. One of the 2024 Concerto Competition winners, saxophonist Leo Schlaifer, will perform Joel Love’s beautiful Concerto entitled Solace. The concert will conclude with Assad’s substantial new work for winds, Multiverse, which re-imagines the story at the heart of Igor Stravinsky’s famous Rite of Spring. Jason Fettig, conductor.