School of Music Theatre & Dance
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April 23, 2018
Research initiative seeks to connect music and big data
U-M’s Data Science for Music Challenge Initiative will provide support for four research teams that use big data techniques to transform how we understand, create and interact with music.
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March 28, 2018
Concerts to mark 50th anniversary of MLK Jr.’s assassination
Three concerts presented by the School of Music, Theatre & Dance will honor the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in observance of the 50th anniversary of his assassination.
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February 5, 2018
Accolades
Awards and honors for U-M faculty and staff.
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January 8, 2018
SMTD performance to celebrate musical life of African Americans
“Out of the Silence” will celebrate the musical life of African Americans during the late 19th and early 20th centuries and showcase seldom-heard works by several black American composers.
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January 8, 2018
‘Porgy and Bess’ symposium to tackle cultural appropriation
The multi-day “Porgy and Bess” symposium will explore the issues of race, representation and cultural appropriation that surround this iconic 20th century American opera.
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October 2, 2017
Advisory committee named in SMTD dean search
Provost Martin A. Philbert has appointed an advisory committee in the search for a new dean of the School of Music, Theatre & Dance. The search process is underway.
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September 29, 2017
Dedication of the upgraded Newman Studio at SMTD
A ceremony Sept. 28 at the Walgreen Drama Center celebrated the opening of the Newman Studio, named for Regent Andrea Fischer Newman and Frank Newman, whose gift made the renovation possible.
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June 15, 2017
New deans at sustainability, public policy schools; interim at SMTD
The Board of Regents on Thursday approved Jonathan T. Overpeck as dean of the new School for Environment and Sustainability, Michael S. Barr as dean of the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, and Melody Lynn Racine as interim dean for the School of Music, Theatre & Dance.
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June 15, 2017
Regents appoint interim dean of School of Music, Theatre & Dance
Melody Lynn Racine, senior associate dean for academic, faculty and student affairs at the School of Music, Theatre & Dance, has been named interim dean of the school.
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April 18, 2017
SMTD receives $5M scholarship gift from William and Delores Brehm
William K. and Delores S. Brehm have donated $5 million to the School of Music, Theatre & Dance in support of scholarships honoring former SMTD dean Christopher Kendall.