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STORY
A Closer Look at Qawwali: Interview with Farina Mir
We interview Farina Mir, Associate Professor of History and Director of the Center for South Asian Studies at the University of Michigan, about how attending Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s performance changed her life.

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UMS Night School: Bodies in Motion – Session 6 Recap
Editor’s note: This post is a part of a series of by U-M student Sarah Squillante, who’s covering our free UMS Night School: Bodies in Motion series. Learn along side with them….

STORY
This Day in UMS: Jascha Heifetz
This day in UMS History” is an occasional series of vignettes drawn from UMS’s historical archive.

STORY
A [brief] UMS History Presentation: The Guitar
As we get ready to welcome the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet to the Michigan Theater on April 10, 2014, we’re taking a look back to see just how far the guitar has…

STORY
Qawwali: More Familiar Than You Think
Qawwali is a kind of Sufi devotional music that is popular in South Asia, and it might be more familiar thank you think.

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This Day in UMS: Luciano Pavarotti
“This day in UMS History” is an occasional series of vignettes drawn from UMS’s historical archive.

STORY
UMS Night School: Bodies in Motion – Session 5 Recap
Editor’s note: This post is a part of a series of by U-M student Sarah Squillante, who’s covering our free UMS Night School: Bodies in Motion series. Learn along side with them….

STORY
The Audio-Biography Of The String Quartet
Photo: Elias String Quartet. Photo by Benjamin Ealovega. The program the Elias String Quartet will share in its UMS debut on March 18 is like a sonic timeline of Classical Music’s most…

VIDEO
Meet Members of Pedrito Martinez Group
The Pedrito Martinez Group performs in Ann Arbor on March 14, 2014 as part of a unique double-bill with the trio of Cuban Pianist Alfredo Rodríguez. In this video, get a peek…