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All are welcome to a guest artist recital presented as part of the MPulse Clarinet Institute. Elisha Willinger, Assistant Teaching Professor of Music (clarinet) at Ball State University, performs with Theresa Zick, former acting assistant principal, second, and E-flat clarinet of the Nashville Symphony and current Chicago-based freelancer.
MPulse Clarinet Institute Final Performance
McIntosh TheatreEarl V. Moore Building
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Students perform from the MPulse Clarinet Institute – one of SMTD’s performing arts summer programs for high school aged youth, directed by SMTD Professor Chad Burrow. Join us for a final concert featuring the MPulse clarinet students as their program on campus comes to a close.
MPulse Vocal Arts Institute Final Performance
Britton Recital HallEarl V. Moore Building
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Students perform from the MPulse Vocal Arts Institute – a one-week program that offers a comprehensive introduction to studying vocal music at the collegiate level. Join us for a final concert featuring the MPulse Vocal Arts Choral and Solo Track students as their program on campus comes to a close.
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Current U-M students perform as part of the Summer Carillon Concert Series. This season, all concerts are scheduled at Lurie Tower. When you arrive, take a program from the stand near the tower and have a seat outdoors wherever you like, or bring your own lawn chair or blanket (even your own picnic!). Concert staff wearing nametags will be available to answer questions or direct you to accessible restrooms and other facilities. For best acoustics, sit far enough away from the tower to have a direct line of sight to the bells.
Piano Lab Pro: The Science of Stage Presence
Britton Recital HallEarl V. Moore Building
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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.
Michael Thornton, French horn & David Zerkel, tuba
Stamps AuditoriumWalgreen Drama Center
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The Department of Winds & Percussion presents a recital featuring Professors Michael Thornton (new to SMTD this fall) and David Zerkel, with collaborative pianist Liz Ames.
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Jayce Ogren conducts the CDE in a program of works by Steve Reich, Jordan Nobles, and Frederic Rzewski.
“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.
“Changing Channels” – Grad Student Dance Concert
Dance Performance Studio TheatreDance Building
Master of Fine Arts in Dance candidate Lauren Blair Smith presents dance works generated during the first year of the MFA program.
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“The Road Less Traveled By: A Tribute to H. Robert Reynolds” – Legendary conductor and educator H. Robert Reynolds served as the 6th Director of Bands at the University of Michigan from 1975 to 2001, and then as the conductor of the University of Southern California’s Wind Ensemble for another two decades after his retirement from U-M. He became known around the world for his expressive interpretations and as a champion of music for wind band. Maestro Reynolds passed away in January of this year at the age of 91, and the University of Michigan Symphony Band pays tribute to his enduring and incomparable legacy in a program filled with some of his favorite classics alongside music that his leadership and creativity brought into our world. Jason Fettig, conductor.
