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Bach Partitas Re-Imagined
McIntosh TheatreEarl V. Moore Building
Free - no tickets required
Join us for a performance by Joseph Gascho, harpsichord with Christine Harada Li, violin, and Nathaniel Pierce, cello. As the culmination of a year-long study and transcription of solo violin works, this recital will feature J.S. Bach’s Partitas in B Minor and E Major for solo violin, performed on Baroque instruments in arrangements for violin and basso continuo. The musicians will also discuss the musical processes of transcription, the artistic processes of group composition, and the values of de- and re-constructive engagement with musical scores and highly-renowned cultural artifacts.
Playfest 2024: “Wonderment”
Newman StudioWalgreen Drama Center
Free - no tickets required
Presented by the Department of Theatre & Drama, PlayFest is the yearly play reading festival dedicated to the process of New Play Development. Guests from the professional world will adjudicate the plays in the festival as well as engage in critical feedback session with each of the creative teams.
Pelagia Pamel, voice
Britton Recital HallEarl V. Moore Building
Free - no tickets required
Undergraduate Pelagia Pamel performs a vocal recital.
Hayoung Jung, voice
Stamps AuditoriumWalgreen Drama Center
Free - no tickets required
Graduate student Hayoung Jung performs a vocal recital.
PlayFest 2024: “There’s a F*cking Gun on the Wall”
Newman StudioWalgreen Drama Center
Free - no tickets required
Presented by the Department of Theatre & Drama, PlayFest is the yearly play reading festival dedicated to the process of New Play Development. Guests from the professional world will adjudicate the plays in the festival as well as engage in critical feedback session with each of the creative teams.
MYPAP Student Chamber Music Recital
McIntosh TheatreEarl V. Moore Building
Free - no tickets required
The Michigan Youth Performing Arts Pre-College presents its spring semester student chamber music recital. Ensembles include string trios, piano trios, and string quartets. We hope you can join us!
Halfway There: Health, Home, & Hope in Art Song
Britton Recital HallEarl V. Moore Building
Free - no tickets required
Halfway There: Health, Home & Hope in Art Song is a concert program featuring two new song cycles by Mikeila McQueston, pre-candidate for the DMA in Composition, with performances by Loren Reash-Henz, baritone; John Morefield, piano; and guest artist Jenna Grissom, soprano. This performance is made possible by a grant from the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance Wellness Program, the EXCEL Lab, and U-M’s Eisenberg Family Depression Center.
Grace Mockus, cello
Kerrytown Concert House, 415 N 4th Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48104
Free - no tickets required
Undergraduate student Grace Mockus performs this recital as the conclusion of a year-long project researching, editing, and typesetting sonatas by 19th century female composer Emilie Mayer. This recital will take place on modern piano and cello. It is sponsored by the U-M Library, Arts at Michigan, and the Stearns Collection. It also features pianists Gabriel Merrill-Steskal and Yumiao Mai.
Eduardo Martinez, bassoon
Stamps AuditoriumWalgreen Drama Center
Free - no tickets required
Undergraduate Eduardo Martinez performs a recital on the bassoon.
Celebrating the Stearns Collection of Musical Instruments: An International and Intertemporal Musicscape
Hankinson Rehearsal HallEarl V. Moore Building
Free - no tickets required
The Stearns Collection presents an exciting multigenre concert highlighting dozens of unique instruments, as part of the William P. Malm Performance Series. The program features U-M student and faculty performers, including a Gamelan Ensemble, a Chinese Orchestra, European Renaissance and Baroque instruments, and analog synthesizers. A recently donated orpharion and automatic banjo will be heard, as well as premiere performances of the xylopong table, the electromagnetic harpsichord, and the collection’s newly restored vintage Moog synthesizer.
