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University Carillonist Tiffany Ng performs a 30 minute recital on the Charles Baird Carillon, an instrument of 53 bronze bells located inside the Burton Memorial Tower, followed by visitor Q&A.
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Students from the Department of Voice & Opera perform a recital.
Mark Stone: The Music of Bernard Soglinsog Woma
Watkins Lecture HallEarl V. Moore Building
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Professor Mark Allen Stone (Oakland University) will present a lecture-recital on his current research focusing on Bernard Soglinsog Woma’s compositions for the Dagara gyil, a xylophone from northern Ghana. Woma was a distinguished Gyil Gɔba (master gyil artist) and a world-renowned African music performer/teacher. As a member of the Bernard Woma Ensemble, Stone performed with Woma at festivals in Ghana, conferences and concert venues throughout the US, and premiered his gyil concerti with major orchestras in the US, Germany, and South Africa. Presented by the U-M Center for World Performance Studies within the School of Music, Theatre & Dance.
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The Chamber Music Department showcases the winners of the 2025 Binkow grants, chamber music awards made possible by a generous gift from Maurice and Linda Binkow. Please join us for music by Valerie Coleman, Reena Esmail, Daniel Fecteau, Alexander Glazunov, Joan Pérez-Villegas, Cole Reyes, and Joaquin Turina played by TRIO LAVAL (Jordan Bartel, violin; Sarina Zhang, cello; Sean Yang, piano), the MYRIAD PROJECT (Emily Brownlee, oboe; Daniel Fecteau, electric violin; Donald Schweikert, bassoon), the MODELLO TRIO (Ting-Yu Yeh, flute; Solomon Sigmon, clarinet; Emma Fu, piano), and the CERUS QUARTET (Roberto Campa, soprano saxophone; Laura Ramsay, alto saxophone; Kyle Kato, tenor saxophone; Samuel Dishon, baritone saxophone).
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Musicology PhD student Eric Whitmer performs a 30 minute recital on the Charles Baird Carillon, an instrument of 53 bronze bells located inside the Burton Memorial Tower, followed by visitor Q&A.
Division Street Pipes
St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, 306 N. Division St, Ann Arbor, MI 48104
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Join us as David Stultz, doctoral student in sacred music, performs a 30-minute organ recital. This semester, the University of Michigan Organ Department presents a new recital series in collaboration with St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, located just blocks from the heart of Kerrytown. Division Street Pipes concerts will take place on Thursdays at 12:15 pm. Each recital will feature talented students and faculty of the U-M Organ Department. These 30-minute performances are free and open to the public, and audience members are invited to enjoy their lunch while listening.
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University Carillonist Tiffany Ng performs a 30 minute recital on the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Carillon, an instrument of 60 bells with the lowest bell (bourdon) weighing 6 tons.
Dr. Loren Kajikawa, “Rapping Republicans: Hip Hop and the Multiracial Right”
Watkins Lecture HallEarl V. Moore Building
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Why was Eminem’s music and legacy open to being adopted by both Democrats and Republicans during the 2024 presidential campaign? Guest scholar Loren Kajikawa of the George Washington University explores these contradictions in a lecture presented by the U-M Department of Musicology.
[Cancelled] Baroque Chamber Orchestra
Britton Recital HallEarl V. Moore Building
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This performance has been cancelled. We apologize for any inconvenience.
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The University of Michigan Jazz Ensemble will perform works by Frank Foster, Andrew Bishop, John Clayton and student Liam Charron as well as arrangements by Chuck Owen and student Gavin Ard. Jazz Department faculty member Andrew Bishop will also be featured as a guest soloist. The Jazz Lab Ensemble will perform compositions and arrangements by Quincy Jones, Count Basie, Slide Hampton, Pat Williams, Duke Ellington and Gordon Goodwin. Featured soloists include vocalists Caitlyn Bogart and Stephanie Reuning-Scherer and Musicology Department faculty member Jonathan Gómez on saxophone. Jazz Ensemble: Ellen Rowe, conductor / Jazz Lab Ensemble: Dennis Wilson, conductor
