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Once Upon a Time, in a land called The Power Center…
Fairy tales seem to show up everywhere in popular culture, in literature, film, television. Two of our up-coming performances, The Andersen Project and Snow Whiter, grapple with fairy tales. We decided to look into the trend. Why, we wondered, are artists are turning to the world of fairy tales?
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Q&A with Percussionist Joseph Gramley
Multi-percussionist Joseph Gramley is a professor of music at the University of Michigan and will be appearing as a guest artist with the Pavel Haas Quartet on April 18th in Rackham Auditorium….
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Audience on stage during St. Lawrence String Quartet
Audience members gather on stage during intermission at last week’s St. Lawrence String Quartet performance to get a glimpse at the R. Murray Schafer parts. Photo tweet by UMS’s Mark Jacobson.
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The St. Lawrence String Quartet presents Haydn, Golijov, and Schafer
Local composer and writer Garrett Schumann previews this Thursday’s performance by the St. Lawrence String Quartet and shares his thoughts on the music this ensemble will be performing.