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Website. www.music.umich.edu. Hill Auditorium is the largest performance venue on the University of Michigan campus, in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The auditorium was named in honor of Arthur Hill (1847–1909), who served as a regent of the university from 1901 to 1909. He bequeathed $200,000 (equivalent to $6.8 million in 2023) to the university for ...
November 28, 1980. The Michigan Theater is a movie palace in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States, near the Central Campus of the University of Michigan. It shows independent films and stage productions, and hosts musical concerts. Designed by Detroit -based architect Maurice Finkel and built in 1927, the historic auditorium seats 1,610 [2] and ...
The Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra (A2SO) is an American orchestra based in Ann Arbor, Michigan. It is one of two symphony orchestras in Southeast Michigan alongside the Detroit Symphony Orchestra . Founded in 1928, the A2SO plays most of its concerts at the Michigan Theater and at the University of Michigan 's Hill Auditorium .
Bernstein brought the New York Philharmonic to Detroit in 1960 and 1963 and to Ann Arbor’s Hill Auditorium in 1963 and 1967. In 1964, he also added an honorary doctorate from the University of ...
The Stearns Collection of Musical Instruments, held by the University of Michigan 's School of Music, Theatre, and Dance in Ann Arbor, Michigan, consists of over 2,500 historical and contemporary musical instruments from around the world. [1] The basis of the Collection is a gift made to the university by pharmaceutical businessman Frederick ...
Mary Markley Hall is located at 1503 Washington Heights: ZIP code 48109. The hall is a part of the "Hill Neighborhood," which is an area on the northeast corner of UM's central campus. The hall is separated from the other area residence halls by the School of Public Health. However, the other residence halls on "The Hill" are located along ...
The former Alexander G. Ruthven Museums Building on Central Campus, looking towards the northeast. The University of Michigan Museum of Natural History, formerly known as the Exhibit Museum of Natural History, began in the mid-19th century and expanded greatly with the donation of 60,000 specimens by Joseph Beal Steere, a U-M alumnus, in the 1870s.
Ann Arbor also has a number of concert halls and nightclubs serving up jazz and other live music: Ann Arbor Comedy Showcase. The Ark - Ann Arbor's folk and acoustic music venue. The Blind Pig - A small venue for rock, hip hop, and electronic music. It is known for early performances by Dave Matthews Band, Verve Pipe, and Nirvana, among others.