Get to Know SMTD
The University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance brings together talented students from around the world into a vibrant, collaborative, and creative community.
In This Video
The scenes in this video are as follows:
- Musical Theatre production of Bernarda Alba in Arthur Miller Theatre
- Chamber Choir performance in Hill Auditorium
- Dance performance (Sleek Disturbances) in Power Center
- Michigan Marching Band performance at Band-O-Rama in Hill Auditorium
- Voice & Opera production of The Cunning Little Vixen in Power Center
- Symphony Band performance in Hill Auditorium
- Theatre & Drama production of The Heart of Robin Hood in Power Center
- Chamber percussion performance in Hill Auditorium
- Dance performance (Dancing in Memory Burning) in Power Center
- Jazz performance in Hill Auditorium
- Voice & Opera production of Don Giovanni in Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre
- University Symphony Orchestra performance in Hill Auditorium
- Musical Theatre students rehearsing in Power Center Rehearsal Room
- Organ student performing in Blanche Anderson Moore Hall
- New Bassoon Institute performance in Nichols Arboretum
- Performing Arts Technology students performing in the Newman Studio in the Walgreen Building
- Theatre & Drama production of Arbor Falls in Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre
- Contemporary Directions Ensemble students recording in the Duderstadt Audio Studio
- Music Theory faculty working with a student in the Duderstadt Audio Studio
- Baroque Ensemble rehearsal of La Descente d’Orphée aux Enfers in McIntosh Theatre
- Voice & Opera production of Elizabeth Cree in Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre
- Contemporary Directions Ensemble rehearsal with guest artist Shara Nova in Hankinson Rehearsal Room
- Dance student rehearses in the Judy Dow Rumelhart Ballet Studio in the Dance Building
- Performing Arts Technology student performing in the Chip Davis Studio
- Student bass performance through Gifts of Arts in the University of Michigan Hospital
- Voice & Opera production of Elizabeth Cree in the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre
- Dance performance (Sleek Disturbances) in Power Center
- Dance faculty and student rehearse hip-hop dance in the Judy Dow Rumelhart Ballet Studio in the Dance Building
- Jazz students and faculty performing with the Michigan Marching Band in Michigan Stadium
- Dance student rehearses in the Perry Kasper Granoff Studio in the Dance Building
- Dual-major Dance student walks through the Stephen M. Ross School of Business
- Voice & Opera production of The Cunning Little Vixen in Power Center
- Composition student rehearsing in Britton Recital Hall
- Music Education alum demonstrating conducting her ensemble for current Music Education students in Revelli Hall
- Dance student rehearses in the Perry Kasper Granoff Studio in the Dance Building
- Design & Production student presenting a costume design in the Costume Shop in the Walgreen Building
- Musical Theatre students perform for a Sophisticated Ladies promotional video in the Newman Studio in the Walgreen Building
- String students rehearse chamber music in Studio Two in the Walgreen Building
- Student piano performance in Hill Auditorium
- Musical Theatre production of Bernarda Alba in Arthur Miller Theatre
- Design & Production student working in the Lighting Studio in the Walgreen Building
- Ann And Robert H. Lurie Carillon on North Campus
- Performing Arts Student working in the Tech Suite in the Moore Building
- Theatre & Drama students working in the Physical Theatre (clowning) class in the Walgreen Building
- Jazz students performing in Britton Recital Hall
- Student costume fitting in the Costume Shop in the Walgreen Building
- Michigan Marching Band performance at Michigan Stadium
- Musical Theatre students performance at SMTD Commencement in Hill Auditorium
- Chamber Choir and chamber music groups performance At U-M Museum of Art
- Carillon student performance on the Ann And Robert H. Lurie Carillon on North Campus
- Chamber Music performance in Britton Recital Hall
- Dance student rehearses in The Berg Studio in the Dance Building
- Theatre & Drama production of The Heart of Robin Hood in Power Center
Our Impact
Educational Impact
- SMTD offers more than 40 undergraduate and 25 graduate degree programs across 17 departments that span the full spectrum of the performing arts.
- In addition to training and educating the school’s 1,200 students, students from units across U-M explore the performing arts through 125 campus-wide courses and ensembles.
- Every semester, more than 2,000 non-major students enroll in SMTD classes, with roughly 800 students performing in non-major ensembles.
Campus & Community Engagement
- In the 2023/24 academic year, SMTD welcomed audiences to over 1,000 events.
- Approximately 30,000 people attended our ticketed performances, with thousands more attending free concerts, productions, recitals, lectures, and master classes.
- More than 150 million people watched the Michigan Marching Band and Athletic Bands perform in 2023/24, when combining in-person and TV audiences.
- Currently, over 400 U-M alumni teach music across the state of Michigan, fostering a love of music in thousands of children every year.
Performing Arts Leadership
- Our faculty and alumni have won Emmys, Grammys, Oscars, and Tonys, and have been selected as MacArthur Fellows and awarded Pulitzer Prizes and the National Medal of the Arts.
- They are editors and publishers of prestigious scholarly journals and have taught and pursued their research at esteemed universities around the world.
- Our faculty and alumni are arts administrators and community leaders, advocating for a more diverse, inclusive, and equitable approach to the arts.
