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Esperanza Spalding at the signing after her performance
Esperanza Spalding with our UMS banner, at the signing after her performance on Saturday, April 6. Check out the live tweets of the performance from the tweet seats section. Did you attend…
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Reimagining Euripides: A 21st Century “Trojan Women”
Euripides’ Trojan Women is over 2,400 years old. Learn more how SITI Company, one of the “most experimental” theater troupes in America, has re-imagined the work.
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At last night’s rehearsal
See the full album of great photos from last night’s rehearsal of Darius Milhau’d Oresteia of Aeschylus. Photos by Mark Gjukich Photography. We’ve also interviewed some of the key players in the project.
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Tracing the String Quartet
On the development of the String Quartet from Haydn to Beethoven and, finally, to 20th Century composers like Benjamin Britten.
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Esperanza Spalding Montréal International Jazz Festival
Our programming manager Mark Jacobson shared this photo with us. A crowd gathers outside of Esperanza Spalding’s performance this past summer at Montréal International Jazz Festival. We can’t wait to host her…
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Student Experiences: Oresteia of Aeschylus
U-M students share their experiences of the rehearsal process.
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Backstage photo as Hamid Al-Saadi Maqam & Amir ElSaffar’s Two Rivers perform
Photo taken from backstage as as Hamid Al-Saadi Maqam & Amir ElSaffar’s Two Rivers performed on March 23. Did you go to the performance? Tell us what you thought.
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Ralph Williams talks about Oresteia of Aeschylus
Ralph Williams, Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Michigan, gave a lecture on the Oresteia of Aeschylus prior to a UMS Choral Union rehearsal. The UMS Choral Union performs as…
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Behind the Scenes with Esperanza Spalding
Grammy winner Esperanza Spalding tells us what she’s been listening to lately.