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April 19 | 9:30 am

Reel to Real: A Performing Arts Technology Community Engaged Project


Duderstadt Center
Audio Studio A

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This is a PAT 315 (Diversity in Music Technology) community engaged project aiming to provide basic knowledge and hands-on experience operating tape machines. It will focus on musique concrète – an art form based on physical sounds and a physical editing process – encouraging experimental approaches to composition and sound while reexamining its history and legacy. 9:30 am-12:30 pm. Open to anyone interested in analog recording/ music production. No experience needed!

Discussion Free Talk Workshop North Campus
April 19 | 11:00 am

Strings Showcase

Britton Recital Hall
Earl V. Moore Building

Free - no tickets required

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A monthly performance series featuring our outstanding SMTD string students as soloists and in chamber music ensembles. These young artists are selected by the faculty to perform at this prestigious event.

Free Live-stream Option North Campus
April 19 | 12:00 pm

Ryley Busch, harp

Hankinson Rehearsal Hall
Earl V. Moore Building

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Undergraduate student Ryley Busch performs a recital.

Free North Campus
April 19 | 12:00 pm

Carson Landry, carillon

Burton Memorial Tower

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Graduate student Carson Landry performs a 30 minute recital on the Charles Baird Carillon, an instrument of 53 bronze bells located inside the Burton Memorial Tower, followed by visitor Q&A.

Free In Person Talk Central Campus
12-ton bourdon bell inside Burton Tower
April 19 | 1:20 pm

Jenna Moon, carillon


Lurie Ann & Robert H. Tower

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SMTD doctoral alumna Jenna Moon performs a 30 minute recital on the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Carillon, an instrument of 60 bells with the lowest bell (bourdon) weighing 6 tons.

Alumni Free In Person Talk North Campus
Lurie Carillon bells lined up
April 19 | 3:00 pm

Andrew Choi & Ellen Hayashi, violin

Hankinson Rehearsal Hall
Earl V. Moore Building

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Undergraduates Andrew Choi & Ellen Hayashi perform a recital on the violin.

Free North Campus
April 19 | 3:00 pm

Joseph Reichelt, viola


Northside Community Church, 929 Barton Dr, Ann Arbor, MI 48105

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Undergraduate student Joseph Reichelt performs a junior recital, “Voilà, Viola!” An afternoon of the French and French-inspired, accompanied by Narae Joo, piano.

Free Live-stream Option
April 19 | 5:00 pm

90th Birthday Celebration of George Shirley

Stamps Auditorium
Walgreen Drama Center

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Revered and beloved J. Edgar Maddy Distinguished University Emeritus Professor of Voice at SMTD, tenor GEORGE SHIRLEY, is the recipient of countless accolades, including a Grammy and the 2014 National Medal of Arts, presented by President Barack Obama. Professor Shirley will be celebrated this afternoon by colleagues, current and former students, family, friends and fans from near and far in a program of music and memories, honoring his life, career and legacy. Free & open to the public.

Free Talk Faculty Live-stream Option North Campus
George Shirley performs with arm raised out, wearing suit coat and turtleneck
April 19 | 5:30 pm

John Rose, cello

Britton Recital Hall
Earl V. Moore Building

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Undergraduate John Rose performs a recital on the cello.

Free Live-stream Option North Campus
April 19 | 5:30 pm

Class Recital: Piano 150

Watkins Lecture Hall
Earl V. Moore Building

Free - no tickets required

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Students taking studio piano lessons perform a recital. Performers in this recital are non-piano majors and non-SMTD students.

Free Live-stream Option North Campus