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BFA Theatre & Drama Design & Production Portfolio Exhibition
Duderstadt Center GalleryDuderstadt Center
Free - no tickets required
Take a peek behind the scenes of the plays, musicals, dance concerts, and operas at the University of Michigan. Explore the work of the Theatre & Drama department’s undergraduate stage managers, designers, and technicians.
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Vinson Lam 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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SMTD doctoral alumna Jenna Moon & Graduate student Mitty Ma perform a 30 minute recital on the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Carillon, an instrument of 60 bells with the lowest bell (bourdon) weighing 6 tons.
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U-M Hip-Hop Community Kickoff Meeting
Watkins Lecture HallEarl V. Moore Building
Free - Registration Required
We are calling all Hip-Hop enthusiasts, scholars, and practitioners/ creatives! Join us for the first monthly Hip-Hop Meeting at the University of Michigan and become part of a dynamic community celebrating the past, present, and future of Hip-Hop culture. Hosted by Professor Gustavo Souza Marques (Musicology), Lecturer Krisilyn Tony Frazier (Dance) and MFA Dance Grad Students,Tim Tsang and Kiana Cook, this event offers the perfect opportunity to network, create, and inspire. Together we’ll honor Hip-Hop’s powerful legacy and brainstorm ways to collaborate and contribute to its movement right here on campus!
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Students of Professor Caitlin Lynch sing a recital of songs, arias, and ensembles.
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Doctoral student Megan Yip performs a recital.
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Reserved Seating $35 / $29 | Students $16 (fees included)
The 2025 edition of the Department of Dance’s lively Power Center showcase will feature choreography by professional guest artists and university faculty. FLOCK (flockworksdance.com), a German/American dance company known for their non-gendered partnering and unique approach to physicality and storytelling, will join faculty members Tzveta Kassabova (theatre & drama), Biza Sompa (dance), and Robin Wilson (dance), in her final Power Center performance before her retirement.
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The Dorian Wind Quintet presents a chamber music master class as part of a guest artist residency with the Department of Chamber Music. Recognized by critics, audiences, and colleagues alike for its polished and passionate performances, the Dorian Wind Quintet is known worldwide as one of chamber music’s pre-eminent and longest continuously active ensembles. The Quintet has traveled around the world – concertizing in 48 of the 50 United States and Canada, touring Europe eighteen times, and playing throughout the Middle East, India, Africa and Asia. The Dorian made history in 1981 as the first wind quintet to appear at Carnegie Hall.
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Graduate student Eric Head performs a recital.
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Undergraduate student Rowan Tucker-Meyer performs a final senior recital.
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