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Piano Lab Pro: The Science of Stage Presence
Britton Recital HallEarl V. Moore Building
Free - Registration Required
Join us for the premiere of Piano Lab Pro – a new Apple Vision Pro app that helps musicians understand and manage performance anxiety through immersive extended reality. Developed in partnership with the Center for Academic Innovation and the Institute for Social Research, the app and its accompanying research are entering U-M’s class piano curriculum. This event features a live demonstration, a look at the biofeedback research behind it, and remarks from SMTD Dean David Gier, ISR Director Kate Cagney, and CAI Chief Technology Officer Jeremy Nelson.
New Undergraduate Student Welcome Celebration (*Incoming Students Only*)
Stamps AuditoriumWalgreen Drama Center
SMTD’s annual welcome event for incoming undergraduate students, featuring live performances from current students and remarks from Dean Gier and other SMTD faculty and staff.
- Due to the size of the performance hall, we are only able to invite incoming SMTD undergraduate students to attend in person. We encourage others to tune in via livestream.
New Graduate Student Welcome Celebration (*Incoming Students Only*)
Britton Recital HallEarl V. Moore Building
SMTD’s annual welcome event for incoming graduate students, featuring live performances from current students and remarks from Dean Gier and other SMTD faculty and staff.
- Due to the size of the performance hall, we are only able to invite incoming SMTD graduate students to attend in person. We encourage others to tune in via live stream.
Free - no tickets required
DMA student Justin Wallace performs a pre-candidate recital.
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David Zerkel and Liz Ames will present a recital of original works written for tuba and piano. The program will begin with the outstanding Tuba Sonata written by Norwegian composer Trygve Madsen. The Madsen will be followed by a very expressionistic work, Lamento, by the great Russian composer Sofia Gubaidulina. The first half will close with John Harmon’s Silhouette for tuba and piano. The main feature of the second half is the Tuba Concerto written by the American Trombonist Raymond Premru. The piece was composed in memory of the late John Fletcher, a British tubist who has served as David’s inspiration throughout his professional career. It is an unusually touching piece. The second half also includes a hauntingly beautiful work by the Japanese-Canadian composer, Cait Nishimura.
Free - Registration Required
Join us to celebrate Judy Rice’s life and legacy at the School of Music, Theatre & Dance. All who have been impacted by Judy’s love, generosity, mentorship, and artistry are welcome. Doors open at 5pm. Please register to let us know you’ll be attending.
Free - no tickets required
Jayce Ogren conducts the CDE in a program of works by Steve Reich, Jordan Nobles, and Frederic Rzewski.
Nicholas Walker, double bass
Blanche Anderson Moore Recital HallEarl V. Moore Building
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SMTD Professor of Double Bass Nicholas Walker performs a recital with special guest Jacob Warren, double bass. The recital will begin with Professor Walker’s transcription for double bass of J. S. Bach’s Partita in A minor for solo flute, BWV 1013. The second half of the program will feature 8 original works by Nicholas Walker: In April of 2017 Walker wrote ZUGZWANG – Eight Duos for Double Basses, for Matthew McDonald & Rick Stotijn to play at the 50th Anniversary ISB Convention in Ithaca. The three bassists have a deep love of Germanic music, although they each hail from non-German countries. This inspired a work for bassists from all cultures to play together, eight duos that depict “Eight German language words that do not exist in English, but ought to.”
Free - no tickets required
Graduate student Abigail Peel performs a final master’s degree recital.
“Blow Up” – Grad Student Dance Concert
Dance Performance Studio TheatreDance Building
Master of Fine Arts in Dance candidate Olga Rabetskaya presents dance works generated during the first year of the MFA program.
