Category: Music

PREVIEW: Jazz Ensemble (UM’s School of Music)

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After a long week of midterms and cold, not quite Fall/not quite Winter weather, come enjoy a big band jam session by the top Jazz Ensemble in U of M’s School of Music! Your feet will dance as you sit in your seat. Your mind will be free to imagine life in many colors and tunes and sounds you didn’t even know instruments could make!

What: UM’s Jazz Ensemble concert

When: Thursday, October 23 at 8:00 pm

Where: Rackham Auditorium

How Much?: Free!

Jump and jive to contemporary big band pieces by Ellen Rowe, Fred Sturm, Paul Ferguson, John Clayton, and Benny Golson. Unfamiliar with these names? That’s okay! Since when is expanding your taste in music ever a bad thing?

And while you wait for Thursday night, listen to the Jazz Ensemble’s phenomenal performance of Charles Mingus’ “Moanin'” from last year!

PREVIEW: Flying Lotus

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The official event poster from the Facebook event page

Who: Flying Lotus, with Thundercat
What: Concert!
When: October 23, 8 p.m.
Where: Royal Oak Music Theatre
Tickets: $25, plus $8.25 service fees

Flying Lotus is coming to Royal Oak Music Theatre this Thursday, and I don’t know if I’m more excited for them or for The Glitch Mob the night before. Flying Lotus, or Fly Lo, delivers danceable beats also in the style of today’s electronic music. If you’re looking for a Thursday night alternative from going to Rick’s or Charley’s or the Ugli, you do not want to miss this show.

For tickets, visit the event page.

Immerse yourself in the excellence that is Fly Lo by visiting their Soundcloud, checking out their official website, and liking them on Facebook.

PREVIEW: The Glitch Mob

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Ready to join the Glitch Mob this Wednesday?

Who: The Glitch Mob with M Machine
What: Concert!
When: October 22, 8 p.m.
Where: Royal Oak Music Theatre
Tickets: $22 general admission, plus $7.75 service fees

LA’s The Glitch Mob is coming to Royal Oak Music Theatre this Wednesday for their tour promoting their sophomore album Love Death Immortality. I’ve been a fan of these guys since senior year of high school when a friend a mind burned a compilation CD of their songs for my car. Their sound is melodic, catchy, and most importantly, well produced. This show promises to be a nice mid-week activity to celebrate the end of midterms and the coming of Halloween and November.

For tickets to join the Glitch Mob, visit the event page.

Get hyped for the show by listening to their Soundcloud, checking out their official website, and liking them on Facebook.

Preview: tUnE-yArDs in Pontiac, MI Tuesday

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What: tUnE-yArDs

Where: The Crowfoot Ballroom

When: Tuesday 21 October 2014 – doors open at 8pm

How Much: $18 advance, $20 at the door, 21+

A wonderfully strange musician from New England, Merrill Garbus creates drum loops and layers ukulele and vocals, in addition to electric bass played by Nate Brenner.

Garbus released her first album BiRd-BrAiNs as tUnE-yArDs in 2009, W H O K I L L in 2011, and her most recent Nikki Nack in 2014.

Music by tUnE-yArDs has been featured in Orange is the New Black, Weeds and The Good Wife.

tUnE-yArDs touring members are:
Merrill Garbus – vocals, ukulele, percussion (2006-present)
Nate Brenner – bass (2009-present)
Jo Lampert – vocals (Nikki Nack tour)
Dani Markham – percussion, vocals (Nikki Nack tour)
Abigail Nessen-Bengson – vocals (Nikki Nack tour)

PREVIEW: Autumn Fest – Performance with a Purpose

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Where can you find ComCo, Angels On Call, Groove, the Compulsive Lyres, the Michigan Magician Society, Arabian Dance Ensemble and the Violin Monster all sharing the same stage? Autumn Fest, of course!

What: The second annual variety show put on by Appreciate + Reciprocate, a University of Michigan student organization which raises money for the LSA Emergency Scholarship Fund.

When: Wednesday, October 22 at 8:00 pm

Where: Lydia Mendelssohn Theater in the Michigan League

How Much: $3 in advance and $5 at the door

Buy your tickets at the Mason Hall Posting Wall, October 16-17th and 20-22nd 9am-4pm, and join the Facebook event for a reminder.

All of the profits from the show will go to support Appreciate + Reciprocate’s newly established scholarship, which benefits Michigan students who suffer from financial crises, so no student has to drop out due to costs! For the price of one ticket, you can sample many great local talents, as well as treat yourself to a dose of good karma.

For more information about Appreciate+Reciprocate, check out http://www.umichappreciate.org.

PREVIEW: Halloween Concert

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What: Halloween Concert

When: Sunday, October 26, 2014 at 4:30pm

Where: Hill Auditorium

Halloween Concert, along with Band-O-Rama (Friday, October 31 at 8pm) and A Grand Night for Singing, is a fundraising tradition at the U-M School of Music. Every year, members of the two university orchestras — University Symphony Orchestra and University Phiharmonia Orchestra — come together to perform a Halloween concert for audiences of all ages. The performers are certainly excited to get out of their tuxedo and concert black clothes to dress up as something funky and fun! Come check out some creative costumes and beautiful music. Audience costumes are welcome! (Disclaimer — despite the candy-full nature of Halloween, there is no food allowed in Hill Auditorium. Boo.)

You can purchase the tickets ($18/15/10/8) online, or at the Michigan League Ticket Office.

Edit 10/20 — The concert is on the Passport to the Arts for October 15-31, so you can actually get the tickets for free. For more details, check out this website!