December 2024

Photo: Prof. Jason Fettig presents the Michigan Marching Band at Band-O-Rama, November 3 at Hill Auditorium. Photo courtesy of Peter Smith.

Below is a sampling of performances and events taking place at the School of Music, Theatre & Dance this month. All performance and event information is accurate as of the sending of this email. Event details may change; please review before you attend.

For the most complete and current listing, visit our Calendar of Events.

The following selected events are not in chronological order.

SMTD assumes no liability for tickets purchased through unauthorized sales channels, including thehillauditorium[.]com (which is not affiliated with Hill Auditorium in any way), Craigslist, eBay, StubHub, and other secondary market or ticket broker services. We strongly advise against purchasing tickets from any source other than the League Ticket Office or tickets.smtd.umich.edu, which remain the only authorized sales channels for most performances.

Photo: Brynn Aaronson and Sarah Hartmus with the rest of the cast of John Proctor Is the Villain, presented by the Department of Theatre & Drama November 21-24 at the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. Photo courtesy of Peter Smith.

Prof. Matthew Bengtson performs Sonata in C Major KV 279, composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791), on a piano fortepiano by Gerard Tuinman (Utrecht) after Anton Walter (1785). Funding for this project comes from the RCI grant at the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance.

Sly Pup Productions shot and directed this video and also mixed the audio recording.

This music video for “The Stars in Your Eyes,” written and performed by Daniel Fecteau (MM ’25, music education), features Fecteau playing the violin and using a loop station to build layers of violin lines on the spot, creating immersive musical textures and melodies.

Filmed in SMTD’s Dance Building, the video also features Kara Roseborough (MFA ’24, dance) performing a dance work she choreographed to accompany the music. Sly Pup Productions shot and directed this music video and also mixed the audio recording.

Fecteau’s upcoming album of his violin looping work was recorded in a studio in the James and Anne Duderstadt Center. The facilities available to SMTD students are critical to their ability to express their creativity and explore dynamic collaborations. A new building would open up those possibilities both for SMTD and for the entire arts community at U-M.

We invite you to learn more about creative spaces and the other top priorities of SMTD’s Look to Michigan campaign.