Thirty-minute recitals are performed on the Lurie Carillon every weekday that classes are in session. During these recitals, visitors may take the elevator to level 2 to view the largest bells, or to level 3 to see the carillonist performing. (Visitors subject to acrophobia are recommended to visit level 2 only.) An optional spiral stairway between levels 2 and 3 allows for up-close views of some of the largest bells.

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Jenna Moon, carillon

North Campus at the University of Michigan 

Graduate student Eva Albalghiti performs on the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Carillon, an instrument of 60 bells with the lowest bell (bourdon) weighing 6 tons.

Thirty-minute recitals are performed on the Lurie Carillon every weekday that classes are in session. During these recitals, visitors may take the elevator to level 2 to view the largest bells, or to level 3 to see the carillonist performing. (Visitors subject to acrophobia are recommended to visit level 2 only.) An optional spiral stairway between levels 2 and 3 allows for up-close views of some of the largest bells.

Eva Albalghiti, carillon

The University of Michigan Symphony Band is a leader of the wind band movement in America. Through recordings and performances in prestigious venues in the U.S. and internationally, the U-M Symphony Band is known for its professional quality of performance and keen sense of “trailblazing” in building repertoire.

Pre-Concert Lecture: Symphony Band

University of Michigan

Symphony Band

Jessi Grieser, faculty member in Linguistics, and University Carillonist Tiffany Ng perform on the Charles Baird Carillon, an instrument of 53 bronze bells located inside the Burton Memorial Tower. The largest bell, which strikes the hour, weighs 12 tons, while the smallest bell, 4½ octaves above, weighs just 15 pounds.

Jessi Grieser & Tiffany Ng, carillon

Central Campus at the University of Michigan

Students from the Department of Voice perform a recital.

Voice Department Recital

Earl V. Moore Building

Pamela Ruiter-Feenstra performs on the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Carillon, an instrument of 60 bells with the lowest bell (bourdon) weighing 6 tons.

Thirty-minute recitals are performed on the Lurie Carillon every weekday that classes are in session. During these recitals, visitors may take the elevator to level 2 to view the largest bells, or to level 3 to see the carillonist performing. (Visitors subject to acrophobia are recommended to visit level 2 only.) An optional spiral stairway between levels 2 and 3 allows for up-close views of some of the largest bells.

Pamela Ruiter-Feenstra, carillon

Lon Mitchell performs on the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Carillon, an instrument of 60 bells with the lowest bell (bourdon) weighing 6 tons.

Thirty-minute recitals are performed on the Lurie Carillon every weekday that classes are in session. During these recitals, visitors may take the elevator to level 2 to view the largest bells, or to level 3 to see the carillonist performing. (Visitors subject to acrophobia are recommended to visit level 2 only.) An optional spiral stairway between levels 2 and 3 allows for up-close views of some of the largest bells.

Lon Mitchell, carillon

Tickets are now sold out for this performance. Waitlists are available at the venue beginning one hour before a performance. There is no guarantee of tickets being available, but historically we’ve been able to get in a large number of people who arrive for our waitlists. We also encourage checking back with us the week of the concert as ticket holder’s plans change and seats may become available last minute, in the days leading up to the performance.

“The President’s Own” U.S. Marine Band

Pamela Ruiter-Feenstra performs on the Charles Baird Carillon, an instrument of 53 bronze bells located inside the Burton Memorial Tower. The largest bell, which strikes the hour, weighs 12 tons, while the smallest bell, 4½ octaves above, weighs just 15 pounds.

Graduate student Carson Landry performs on the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Carillon, an instrument of 60 bells with the lowest bell (bourdon) weighing 6 tons.

Thirty-minute recitals are performed on the Lurie Carillon every weekday that classes are in session. During these recitals, visitors may take the elevator to level 2 to view the largest bells, or to level 3 to see the carillonist performing. (Visitors subject to acrophobia are recommended to visit level 2 only.) An optional spiral stairway between levels 2 and 3 allows for up-close views of some of the largest bells.

Carson Landry, carillon

Under the direction of associate director of choirs, Mark Stover, and assistant conductor, Genevieve Welch, please join the University Choir for an evening of diverse choral music featuring works by Florence Price, George Shearing, Ysaÿe Barnwell, Franz Joseph Haydn and more!

University Choir

Undergraduate student Alexander Tran performs a recital.

Alexander Tran, tuba

University Carillonist Tiffany Ng and graduate student Christine El-Hage perform on the Charles Baird Carillon, an instrument of 53 bronze bells located inside the Burton Memorial Tower. The largest bell, which strikes the hour, weighs 12 tons, while the smallest bell, 4½ octaves above, weighs just 15 pounds.

Tiffany Ng & Christine El-Hage, carillon

Join us for an evening of spectacular performances and learn about Asian cultural artforms with the Qingyun Chinese Instrumental Ensemble, a U-M student organization.

Harmonies: A Journey of Traditional Asian Artforms

Acclaimed Jazz Vocalist Sunny Wilkinson presents a master class.

Sunny Wilkinson has taken her place in that elite group of jazz vocalists who have stretched the boundaries and found themselves “one of a kind.”

Sunny Wilkinson, vocal jazz

Stearns Building

The Concert, Symphony, and Marching Bands team up for an energetic performance live on the stage of Hill Auditorium.

Band-O-Rama

Graduate student Brandon Lepage performs a recital.

Brandon Lepage, flute

The University of Michigan Contemporary Directions Ensemble presents a tribute to composer György Ligeti, marking the 100th anniversary of his birth. The program includes his iconic Chamber Concerto, as well the rarely heard Hamburg Concerto, featuring SMTD faculty member Adam Unsworth on French horn. Also featured are Unsuk Chin’s Advice from a Caterpillar, Stravinsky’s ebullient Dumbarton Oaks, and Colmena by Michigan alumna Arlene Sierra, who will be in attendance as a guest composer.

Contemporary Directions Ensemble

Walgreen Drama Center

American Patriots is a theatrical song-cycle that captures the contemporary American zeitgeist from four vastly different perspectives: African-American, Native American, New American, and white Working-Class American.

“American Patriots” The Recital, Samantha Williams, mezzo-soprano

University Philharmonia Orchestra presents a powerful concert experience as part of the Arts & Resistance themed semsester. The program features Michigan faculty member Bright Sheng’s H’un: Lacerations (in memory of the Chinese Cultural Revolution), Adolphus Hailstork’s Epitaph for a Man Who Dreamed (a tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr.), as well as works by Beethoven and Sibelius.

University Philharmonia Orchestra

With a string section comprising all freshmen, the Philharmonia Orchestra provides student musicians an immersive opportunity to improve their large ensemble skills and play some of the greatest works in the symphonic repertoire.

Pre-Concert Lecture: University Philharmonia Orchestra

We are delighted to welcome SMTD Composition alumna Arlene Sierra back to speak to our community during a weekend featuring performances of her music. Her orchestra piece, Kiskadee, will be premiered this weekend by the DSO, and she will be working with the Contemporary Directions Ensemble to prepare a performance of her work on Sunday, October 22. Dr. Sierra will highlight not only artistic considerations of being a contemporary composer, she will also give “behind-the-scenes” insight into building a career as a composer.

Composer Arlene Sierra

SMTD doctoral alumna Jenna Moon performs on the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Carillon, an instrument of 60 bells with the lowest bell (bourdon) weighing 6 tons.

Thirty-minute recitals are performed on the Lurie Carillon every weekday that classes are in session. During these recitals, visitors may take the elevator to level 2 to view the largest bells, or to level 3 to see the carillonist performing. (Visitors subject to acrophobia are recommended to visit level 2 only.) An optional spiral stairway between levels 2 and 3 allows for up-close views of some of the largest bells.

Graduate student Carson Landry performs on the Charles Baird Carillon, an instrument of 53 bronze bells located inside the Burton Memorial Tower. The largest bell, which strikes the hour, weighs 12 tons, while the smallest bell, 4½ octaves above, weighs just 15 pounds.

Winner of the Tony and the Drama Desk Awards for Best Book, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee has charmed audiences across the country with its effortless wit and humor. Featuring a fast-paced, wildly funny and touching book by Rachel Sheinkin and a truly fresh and vibrant score by William Finn, this bee is one unforgettable experience.

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee1

The Encore Musical Theatre Company

Join us for the Orpheus Singers Fall Choral Concert as they sing songs of Love and Life featuring Johannes Brahms Liebesliederwalter Suite (excerpts from op. 52 and 65), Eric Whitacre’s Five Hebrew Love Songs and John Corigliano’s Fern Hill.

Orpheus Singers

Designed to rehearse, perform, and examine the repertoire of the jazz big band, the Jazz Lab Ensemble explores classic, historically significant repertoire as well as new arrangements and/or compositions. Student members take parallel coursework intended to develop the necessary skills of section lead playing, rehearsal techniques, jazz phrasing and styles. A wide selection of materials is used to attain these goals including the music of classic big bands such as the Thad Jones Orchestra, Count Basie Orchestra, Dizzy Gillespie Band, Oliver Nelson, Duke Pearson and Duke Ellington Orchestra.

Jazz Lab Ensemble

University Carillonist Tiffany Ng performs on the Charles Baird Carillon, an instrument of 53 bronze bells located inside the Burton Memorial Tower. The largest bell, which strikes the hour, weighs 12 tons, while the smallest bell, 4½ octaves above, weighs just 15 pounds.

Tiffany Ng, carillon

Graduate student Mitty Ma and faculty Tiffany Ng perform carillon works by Mitty Ma, Hyo Won Woo, Jose C. Buencamino, and more Asian and Asian diaspora composers.

University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Oct 27, 2023

Jenna Moon, carillon

Oct 26, 2023

Eva Albalghiti, carillon

Oct 26, 2023

Pre-Concert Lecture: Symphony Band

Oct 26, 2023

Symphony Band

Oct 25, 2023

Jessi Grieser & Tiffany Ng, carillon

University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance

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