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MPulse Finale Recital: Dance Institute
Dance Performance Studio TheatreDance Building
Free - no tickets required
Students perform from the MPulse Dance Institute – a one-week program supporting high school aged students in their pursuit of a comprehensive dance education. Join us for a final concert featuring the MPulse dance students as their program on campus comes to a close.
MPulse Finale Recital: Musical Theatre Workshop
Newman StudioWalgreen Drama Center
Free - no tickets required
Students perform from the MPulse Musical Theatre Workshop – a one-week program for advanced high school aged performers who are considering BFA degree programs in college. Join us for a final concert featuring the MPulse musical theatre students as their program on campus comes to a close.
MPulse Finale Recital: Vocal Arts Institute
Britton Recital HallEarl V. Moore Building
Free - no tickets required
Students perform from the MPulse Vocal Arts Institute – a one-week program for high school aged students that offers a comprehensive introduction to studying vocal music at the collegiate level. Join us for a final concert by the MPulse students featuring choral and solo vocalists as their program on campus comes to a close.
MPulse Finale Recital: Clarinet Institute
Watkins Lecture HallEarl V. Moore Building
Free - no tickets required
Students perform from the Clarinet Institute – one of SMTD’s MPulse performing arts summer programs for high school aged youth. Join us for a final concert by the MPulse clarinet students as their one or two week program on campus comes to a close.
Free - no tickets required
Students perform from the Harp Institute – one of SMTD’s MPulse performing arts summer programs for high school aged youth. Join us for a final concert by the MPulse harp students as their 1 week program on campus comes to a close.
Kayla Gunderson (University of Chicago) plays the Baird Carillon
Burton Memorial Tower
Free - no tickets required
Emerging American carillon talent Kayla Gunderson performs a recital including works for children by Jean W. Miller, the first North American woman to publish her carillon compositions and the first blind woman to ever publish carillon music.
Dr. Christine El-Hage Walters (University of Michigan) plays the Baird Carillon
Burton Memorial Tower
Free - no tickets required
Emerging Detroit performer Dr. Christine El-Hage Walters, who recently graduated from U-M with a Doctor of Musical Arts in Sacred Music, is known for her carillon arrangements of songs by beloved Lebanese singer Fairuz.
MPulse Week 1 Showcase: Girls in Music & Technology
Chip Davis Technology StudioEarl V. Moore Building
Free - no tickets required
The MPulse Girls in Music and Technology (GiMaT) program is an in-person youth day camp designed for hands-on learning at the intersection of music and technology. At the first of two showcase performances, we present students’ original compositions that they have been working on from the beginning of the camp. The concert format of the Week 1 Showcase is fixed pieces and the audience will be seated.
Eric Whitmer (University of Michigan) plays the Baird Carillon with Sono Trio
Burton Memorial Tower
Free - no tickets required
Sono Trio and Eric Whitmer will perform the 2024 carillon summer series finale with works for carillon, flute, and clarinet followed by a selection of solo works performed by Whitmer. Sono Trio is Abrielle Scott, flute, Olivia Harrison, clarinet, and Eric Whitmer, percussion.
MPulse Week 2 Showcase: Girls in Music & Technology
Chip Davis Technology StudioEarl V. Moore Building
Free - no tickets required
The MPulse Girls in Music and Technology (GiMaT) program is an in-person youth day camp designed for hands-on learning at the intersection of music and technology. At this second of two showcase performances, we present students’ live performances and/or sound installations and multimedia works. The concert format of the Week 2 Showcase is interactive and seated depending on the works.