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What you can expect at Taylor Mac
Wondering what to expect from Taylor Mac? We asked his crew. See Taylor Mac in Ann Arbor Friday-Saturday, February 5-6.
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Last but not least: Pianist Sir András Schiff on Last Sonatas Project
Editor’s note: Pianist Sir András Schiff performs three concerts of the “The Last Sonatas” by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert February 16-20, 2016. Below is his reflection on the project. “Alle guten Dinge sind…
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What music speaks to you?
Do you have a composer or specific piece of music that’s followed you throughout your life? Inspired by Sir András Schiff’s well-known love of Bach, I did an informal poll of current…
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UMS Night School: Acting and Dancing Identity – Session 2 Recap
Please note: This post is a part of series about the free and open to the public UMS Night School. UMS Night School: Constructing Identity runs January 18-February 15, 2016. Photo: Tanya…
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Zafir: World of the East
Simon Shaheen performs as part of the Zafir program on April 15, 2016 in Ann Arbor. Photo by Patrick Ryan. The language of lyric, the spirituality of song: music embodies how a…
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Study Up: Brief History of Robots in Film
Photo: Nufonia Must Fall, on stage. By Jorn Mulder. DJ Kid Koala’s graphic novel Nufonia Must Fall is about a headphones-sporting robot on the verge of obsolescence who falls in love with…
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Study Up: Tanya Tagaq Teaches You to Throat Sing
Tagaq usually tells her students to “spend one year trying to sound like their dog.”
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Conversation: Young Jean Lee
Described by the New York Times as “the most adventurous downtown playwright of her generation,” Young Jean Lee is a theater maker with range. Her works Straight White Men and Untitled Feminist…
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Community Spotlight: U-M Piano Professor Arthur Greene
Editor’s note: Isabel Park is a regular contributor to UMS Lobby and an undergraduate pianist in the U-M School of Music, Theatre & Dance. Isabel explores connections between the UMS season and student…