Event Schedule
All events are free and open to the public unless noted.
Live performances/lectures include (not limited to):
Opening Panel: "Asian Music and Its Traditions," Sept 16, 5:30-7:30pm, Watkins Recital Hall, 1100 Baits Dr., School of Music, Theatre and Dance (SMTD)
East Asia
(Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies, Stearns Collection of Musical Instruments, Center for World Performance)
- National Chinese Orchestra Taiwan, Oct 1-Oct 4
- 10/1 Instrument Demonstration, Ann Arbor District Library, 4:00pm
- 10/2 Roundtable and Reception, Weiser Hall, 10th Floor, 500 Church St., 5:00pm
- 10/3 Flutes & Reeds, Watkins Recital Hall, 1100 Baits Dr., 7:30pm
- 10/4 Plucked & Bowed, Moore Organ Studio 2110, 1100 Baits Dr., 12:00pm
- 10/4 Gala Performance, Hill Auditorium, 825 N. University Ave., 7:30pm
- Violin Meets Huqin: A Transnational Sonic Encounter with Xiao Dong Wei and Patrick Yim, Sept 23, Britton Recital Hall, 1100 Baits Dr., 3:15pm Pre-Concert Lecture, 4:00 Performance
- Hong Kong Choreography and Dance with Jay Peng Zhang & Terry Tsang, Oct 24
- CHOP | China Ongoing Perspectives Film Screening: AnDa Union: From the Steppes to the City, November 16, 6:00pm
(Nam Center for Korean Studies; School of Music, Theatre & Dance)
- Gin Ajaeng Sanjo Performance with Violinist, Soh-Hyun P. Altino, Sept 30, Walgreen Theater, 5:00pm
- The Creative and Transformative Spirit of Korean Music, Nov 9-10, two public performances (TBD)
- Keisuke Yamada, ethnomusicologist, Lecture: "Explosive Sound in Wartime Japan"; Nov 2, Weiser Hall, 500 Church St., 12:00pm
- Dancer/Choreographer Yasuko Yokoshi, Lecture Demonstration, Nov 30 (TBD)
South Asia
(Center for South Asian Studies, University Musical Society, Center for World Performance)
- UMS Shakti: 50th Anniversary Tour--John McLaughlin, Zakir Hussain, & Shankar Mahadevan with very special guest Béla Fleck, Sept 14 ~ ticketed
- Kathakali Dance Drama with Viswanath Kaladharan and Manoj Kumar, Nov 2 (TBD)
Southeast Asia
(Center for Southeast Asian Studies)
- Gamelan Concert, Dec. 8 (TBD)
Global Asia
- Carillon (Burton): Asian and AAPI Resonances ~ Tiffany Ng and Mitty Ma, Oct 18
Closing Panel: "The Future of Asian Music," Dec 9, 5-7:30pm, Watkins Recital Hall, 1100 Baits Dr., School of Music, Theatre and Dance (SMTD)
Learn more about the Festival of Asian Music on the U-M School of Music, Theatre, & Dance website.
