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News & Stories

On any given day, School of Music, Theatre & Dance students, faculty, and alumni are performing and directing, designing and producing. They are winning awards and distinguishing themselves in competitions. They are releasing new recordings and publications. They are engaging in innovative research, scholarship, and collaborations.

Learn more about the school, its mission, and its leadership – or read on to learn about the latest SMTD happenings and get to know members of the SMTD community.

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“Tomorrow Awaits: Look to the Future, Look to Michigan”

Combination of two photos: a single actor and two actors perform on stage in traditional Chinese Kunqu costumes

18 Feb 2025

University of Michigan to Host Chinese Kunqu Opera Performance

29 Jan 2025

[Video] Composition by Professor Charles Lwanga Performed on Marimba in Collaboration with DMA Student Paige Madden

T. Ayo Alston drumming

07 Nov 2024

West African Drum & Dance Course Returning Winter 2025

Students seated in a row, each holding a flat drum and a mallet

19 Sep 2024

Immersion in the Lively Music and Dance of Ireland

Logo with block M: School of Music, Theatre & Dance Center for World Performance Studies - University of Michigan

08 Jul 2024

[Campus News] Center for World Performance Studies Recaps 2023-24 and Announces Move to SMTD

01 Apr 2024

Michael Gould to Deliver Harold Haugh Award Lecture and Recital

04 Dec 2023

Wrapping Up the Fall 2023 Festival of Asian Music

Dancer performs on stage holding percussion mallets, with three drummers in background

14 Nov 2023

West African Drum & Dance course returning Winter 2024

Performers in the interactive performance Ancestral Haiku.

29 Nov 2022

SMTD Commits Support to the Center for World Performance Studies

T. Ayo Alston performs drums on stage energetically, with arms raised holding percussion mallets

14 Nov 2022

West African Drum & Dance Course: Winter 2023

Michael Gould performs on a drumset under dark stage lighting

26 Oct 2022

CWPS Director Michael Gould Receives 2023 Harold Haugh Award

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