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For Excellence in the Performing Arts, Look to Michigan

The University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance brings together talented students from around the world into a vibrant, creative community of performers, scholars, creators, and educators. Prospective students say “yes” to SMTD thanks to the bountiful options and the atmosphere of unwavering support from faculty and staff, from a robust network of donors, and from each other. Immersed in this world of possibility, our exceptional students challenge and encourage each other every single day.

To realize our promise, SMTD needs to grow, advance, and innovate. We must elevate our scholarship support in order to allow the most talented and dedicated students to say “yes” to Michigan. We need to invest in our ability to mount the productions that are so essential to students’ training. We must make improvements to existing facilities and create new spaces. We need to fortify our ability to help students build a toolkit they will rely on for their whole lives by investing in the EXCEL Lab and other programs that help students launch sustainable, fulfilling careers.

We are on a mission to achieve so much more, and we invite you to join us in the Look to Michigan Campaign to make our vision a reality. There are many ways to make an impact; please visit Ways to Give below to learn more.

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Look to Michigan

The Look to Michigan campaign offers us an opportunity to further strengthen the areas of our school that have the greatest impact on students’ education and their future success.

SMTD's Look to Michigan Campaign

Student Support

Scholarships open doors for the next generation of performers, creators, scholars, and educators, making it possible for them to revitalize and reinvent the performing arts.

Staged Productions

Staged productions are a vital part of what makes SMTD extraordinary. Funding for SMTD productions is essential to maintaining our excellence while enabling us to invest in the future.

Staged Productions

Staged productions are a vital part of what makes SMTD extraordinary. Funding for SMTD productions is essential to maintaining our excellence while enabling us to invest in the future.

Creative Spaces

The construction of a new building and upgrades to our existing facilities will provide spaces that foster inclusive opportunities, inspire creativity, and facilitate connection and collaboration.

Career Impact

The career-building resources SMTD offers to students add a critical component to their training, giving them the entrepreneurial and leadership skills necessary to forge their own success.

Career Impact

The career-building resources SMTD offers to students add a critical component to their training, giving them the entrepreneurial and leadership skills necessary to forge their own success.

Ways to Give

Any gift to SMTD helps launch the next generation of artists, scholars, educators, and entrepreneurs who challenge and inspire the world. Make a gift online today, or explore the other ways you can give your support to SMTD.

Don’t see what you want to support on here? Please contact the SMTD Office of Advancement at 734-647-2035. To learn more about giving to U-M, visit giving.umich.edu.

Annual giving to the School’s flagship fund, the School of Music, Theatre & Dance Fund, supports all areas of SMTD. This fund provides critical discretionary support to benefit our students, faculty and programming needs. Gifts impact every area of the school, opening the doors to affordable performing arts education through scholarship support and enrichment funding.

There are a variety of ways to support SMTD through deferred or planned giving, including bequests, life income gifts, charitable lead trusts, and through your minimum distribution of your IRA. For more information, please visit the University’s planned giving website.

You can double the impact of your gift through your employer’s matching gift program. Please contact the SMTD Office of Advancement at 734-647-2035, or begin your matching gift process online.

Transfers of stock and marketable securities are a great way to offset capital gains taxes while also receiving a tax credit for your gift. If you are interested in making a gift of securities, please contact the SMTD Office of Advancement at 734-647-2035 before making your gift. More information can be found at the University’s giving page.

In-kind giving includes all gifts of tangible items, such as instruments, music, clothing, CDs, and memorabilia. These gifts are accepted on a case-by-case basis. To inquire about making a gift-in-kind, please contact the SMTD Office of Advancement at 734-647-2035.

The University of Michigan has 501(c)(3) non-profit tax exempt status. Our federal tax ID number is 38-6006309.

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