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New music ensemble, Birds on a Wire, presents 'A Strange Magic'

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… "A Strange Magic" at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 20 , in the Dalton Center Recital Hall. The event is free and open to the … The program will feature two works by School of Music composers. The ensemble will perform Christopher Biggs ' … "A Special Magic, String Quartet No.2." The award-winning composer will be in attendance for the performance. Graduate …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/02/45250

Broadway producer picks WMU theatre student's song for contest

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… Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Watson KALAMAZOO—A Tony Award-winning Broadway producer has chosen a Western … for the musical. Both students are from Darien, Ill. The competition Watson will perform "Scared of Falling" … and Natalie Weiss. There were only 10 songs selected to compete for the $500 cash prize and most were written by New …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/01/13122

Longtime WMU music professor, internationally known composer dies

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… Longtime WMU music professor, internationally known composer dies Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on … Curtis Curtis-Smith , an internationally known contemporary composer and pianist who taught at Western Michigan … home in Kalamazoo. He was 73. Curtis Curtis-Smith Washington native Curtis-Smith joined the faculty in 1968 as an …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/10/19619

Faculty artists Ratner and Sims offer free recital

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… Michigan University School of Music faculty artists, baritone Carl Ratner and pianist Lori Sims , will perform at … texts by Paul Morand, and "Old Addresses" by William Bolcom featuring texts by seven different poets including Langston Hughes, Cavafy, Ezra Pound, and Bolcom's longtime collaborator, Arnold Weinstein. Ratner Lori …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/11/36041

WMU softball honored for top-25 team GPA

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… WMU softball honored for top-25 team GPA Submitted by Deanne Puca on WMU softball … Coaches Association, or NFCA. The top school was Lipscomb University with a combined GPA of 3.645.  WMU had 15 members of last year's …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/10/27809

Input still sought on Goldsworth Valley Pond area improvements

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… wetland landscape plantings at the perimeter of the pond to provide a buffer for wildlife and filtering of storm water discharged into the pond. Comments on the plans are still being solicited by Campus Planning through Nov. 30 . Comments on the plan can be submitted through an email …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/10/27779

Larry E. Syndergaard obituary

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… many congress sessions and serving on the event's program committee. A fellow of the International Ballad Commission, his research into folklore and Scandinavian ballads resulted in dozens of …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/04/23396

New Sounds Festival continues with performance by pianist

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… by Anonymous (not verified) on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Pianist and composer Kari Johnson will perform as part of the Western … Sounds Festival at 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 23 , in the Dalton Center Recital Hall. The event is free and open to the … Johnson . The program will also include works by Spanish composer Jorge Garcia de Valle Mendez and U.S.-based …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/03/22513

University Jazz Orchestra presents an evening of big band music

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… big band music at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 9 , in the Dalton Recital Hall. The free concert will feature music by composers Clare Fischer, Joe Henderson, Thad Jones, and … Atlanta. The ensemble's CDs Spritely Overdue, Disposable Income, Blue Miles, Sweet Tango, Cosmosis and Boogaloo Land …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/09/19217

5k race benefits organization that helps injured veterans

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… begins at 8 a.m. for the run at Kanley Track. Sign-up prior to the day of the race is $25 and available at asp5k.com . Registration is $30 on the day of the race. A pre-race … For more information on this organization, visit hfotusa.org . For more information on the run, visit asp5k.com . …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/09/18147