The SMTD Global Connections Series is a drop-in opportunity for students to learn about professional linkages faculty have with international partners.
Eden West (BM ’25, piano, music education) has been announced as a recipient of the 2024–25 Presser Undergraduate Scholar Award. Presented annually by the Presser Foundation, the award recognizes exceptional students in music studies at higher education institutions,...
The University of Michigan is set to host a rare and captivating showcase of Kunqu, one of the oldest and most revered forms of Chinese opera. On March 16, 2025, the CCCB (Central Campus Classroom Building) Auditorium will welcome professional performers from the Kun...
The School of Music, Theatre & Dance recently announced the winners of the 2024–25 Brehm Prizes for original compositions. Nora Farley (MM ’25, composition) won the Brehm Prize in Choral Composition, and Stephen Elsinger (BM ’27, composition) won the Brehm Prize...
While student musicians at the School of Music, Theatre & Dance have abundant occasions to make music as part of ensembles, the opportunity to perform as a soloist is rare. Even more rare is the chance, as a soloist, to perform an entire concerto with an ensemble....
Charles Lwanga, assistant professor of music (ethnomusicology) has published his creative ethnomusicology composition “Silence and Suspence” for marimba, a composition that brings atonal and African art music into conversation. Inspired by Western and African music,...
