Eclectic concert features variety of musical, theatrical styles

January 7, 2011
Contact:

ANN ARBOR— The University of Michigan’s Montage website features the latest news about the arts, creative endeavors, collaborative projects and engaging events.To visit the site, go to http://www.montage.umich.edu.

This week’s features include:

  • Making of Collage: This much-anticipated concert is a showcase of musical and theatrical talents of U-M students. The concert is Saturday, Jan. 15.
  • The Wonder of H20: A long list of events, concerts, exhibits and lectures are among the highlights as U-M’s College of Literature, Science, and the Arts explores an array of water issues. A musical ice concert will take place Jan. 12 on the U-M diag. For more information on the Water Theme Semester, visit: http://watersemester.com/.
  • A Journey East: U-M’s Symphony Band will tour China in May. A student band of 80 musicians has been selected to perform and participate in an unprecedented cultural exchange. The trip is the result of U-M President Mary Sue Coleman’s initiative to develop a cultural and economic dialogue with China.
  • Mining Modernism: The U-M Museum of Art’s latest exhibit offers an imaginative alternative history of 20th-century art. “Mai-Thu Perret: An Ideal for Living” runs through March 13 in the A. Alfred Taubman Gallery.
  • Colossal Fossil: A new whale skeleton exhibit at U-M’s Exhibit Museum of Natural History represents decades of research.
  • Images of Byzantine: The U-M Kelsey Museum’s photo exhibit captures the mystery of the Byzantine era. The exhibit runs through Jan. 23.
  •  Poet for a Generation: U-M’s Khaled Mattawa has received two highly acclaimed awards, and some critics contend he just might be a poet for a generation.