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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.
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Division Street Pipes
St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, 306 N. Division St, Ann Arbor, MI 48104
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Join us as Grace Jackson, 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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Undergraduate student Adam Lenhart performs on the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Carillon, an instrument of 60 bells with the lowest bell (bourdon) weighing 6 tons. As part of Lenhart’s American Women Concert Series, this recital program celebrates “Women of Woodstock” – featuring the music of Joan Baez, Janis Joplin, Melanie Safka, and Jefferson Airplane.
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DMA candidate in cello performance Sarina Zhang performs a dissertation recital.
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Pan-tastic: Korean Singer of Tales Meets Jazz
Hankinson Rehearsal HallEarl V. Moore Building
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A performance by guest artists Hee-won Park, pansori; Lisa Sung, jazz piano; Tom Knific, bass; and Kevin Dalton-Jones, Bujo (percussion), presented by the Nam Center for Korean Studies. (* Pan is the Korean word for an interactive stage that breaks down the barrier between performers and audience.) Join us for an exceptional musical experience that brings together the vibrant worlds of jazz and Pansori, a traditional Korean form of storytelling music. Both genres are known for their elements of improvisation and active audience participation, making this event a rare and captivating blend of two distinct traditions.
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Conducting grad students lead this ensemble of U-M music majors in a program of new works by composition students.
![Half of the University Philharmonia Orchestra is photographed from above while performing on stage, with percussionists at back](https://smtd.umich.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/University-Philharmonia-Orchestra-1024x683.jpg)
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SMTD doctoral alumna Jenna Moon 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.
![](https://smtd.umich.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Baird-Carillon-panoramic-by-Reian-Zhang-1024x681.jpg)
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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.
![Lurie Carillon bells lined up](https://smtd.umich.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Lurie-Carillon-bells-1024x1024.jpg)
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Hammer and Nail is an evening-length multimedia performance that employs autobiographical storytelling, dance, and sound design with imaginative use of props, motion sensors, hydromics, and projections. Jon Anderson is the collaborator and performs with Jonutz as a sound engineer.
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On September 28 and 29, SMTD’s annual Friends of Opera Competition was held in the Britton Recital Hall. Join us to listen to performances from Marissa Redding (BM ’26 and prize for the John Knapp Undergraduate award) and Ingrid Kuribayashi (SM ’26, first prize for the Anna Chapekis Graduate award).
![24/25 Friends of Opera Competition Winners. Four headshots of the winners.](https://smtd.umich.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/FOOwinners2425.png)