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Visual and Performing Arts

Join us Thursday, April 21st for the NMU Choirs Concert featuring the Arts Chorale and University Choir! Their final performance of the semester is at 7:30 p.m. in Reynolds Recital Hall. Masks are required for attendance and admission is free!

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Join us Tuesday, April 19th at 7:30 p.m. as the NMU Orchestra takes the stage for their concert of the semester! Admission is free. 

The Northern Michigan University Orchestra will present a concert at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 19 in Reynolds Recital Hall. The concert features guest artist Craig Randal Johnson performing the “Piano Concerto in A Minor” by Edvard Grieg. This event is free and open to the public. 

Johnson is professional bassist, conductor and pianist who has performed across the United States as Finlandia Foundation "Performer of the Year." He was recently decorated as Knight of the Order of the Lion of Finland by the Ambassador of Finland to the United States, honored for his contributions to Finnish culture as a conductor and pianist. Johnson is artistic director of the Minnehaha Repertory Orchestra in Minnesota. Previously he has conducted the Florida Symphony, Rome Festival Orchestra, Opera at the Pine Mountain Music Festival, and the Osnabrücker Sinfoniker, among others.   

The NMU Orchestra, conducted by Dr. Barbara Rhyneer, will also be performing "Adagietto" from “Symphony No. 5” by Gustav Mahler and "March to the Scaffold" from “Symphonie Fantastique” by Hector Berlioz. 

For more information, visit nmu.edu/events/nmu-orchestra-concert. 

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On April 12th, join us in Reynolds Recital for the Woodwind Studio Recital! Members of our woodwind studio will take the stage performing in groups and solos! Masks are required for attendance and admission is free!

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Join us Sunday, April 10th for the NMU Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble Concert! Admission is free and masks are not required, but are encouraged! 

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Come listen to our woodwinds professor, Patrick Booth in his faculty recital!

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Join us for the beginning of Jazz Fest at our opening concert!

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Listen to music majors of different instruments compete for scholarship awards!

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The NMU Orchestra Children's Concert scheduled for this evening in
Reynolds Recital Hall at 6:30 p.m. has been POSTPONED until Monday,
March 7 at 6:30pm due to weather conditions.  Thank you!

The NMU Symphony Orchestra directed by Dr. Barbara Rhyneer presents its annual "Children's Concert" for all ages:  Monday, March 7 at 6:30pm at the Reynolds Recital Hall. While the concert is geared toward young children--all ages will enjoy.

The orchestra will perform seven selections including music from the "Lord of the Rings" by Howard Shore, "In the Hall of the Mountain King" by Edvard Grieg, and "Danse Infernale" by Igor Stravinsky. Between pieces, the conductor and musicians in the orchestra will demonstrate instruments and music concepts.

The program is short (around 45 minutes).

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Contemporary iterations of the still-life genre are presented through artworks manifesting impermanence, memory, slippages, familiarity, and the everyday. For nearly two years, we have experienced the still life – living in a time and space that is surreal, strange, familiar, edgy, and banal all at the same time. Searching for comfort in familiar things and feeling time pass, perhaps more slowly, we have looked in at ourselves and out at others through the convenience of an illuminated screen. We have learned to hold loved ones in our hearts and at a distance. Feeling the weight of our mortality has been difficult. Even though life is/was different, things keep moving along. After all, it is still life.

Participating artists include:

Sawsan AlSaraf

Conrad Bakker

Lauren Bartone

Erik Benson

Melissa Cooke Benson

Don Decker

Polly Gaillard

Gabrielle Garland

Michelle Grabner

Breehan James

Brad Killam

Laura Letinsky

Jesse McLean

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The Beaumier U.P. Heritage Center is proud to present a concert by the Scottish folk-rock group, Skerryvore, on Saturday, March 19 at 7:30 p.m.  The concert will be held in Forest Roberts Theatre on the campus of Northern Michigan University. This concert is part of the 2022 Winter Roots Festival. Tickets for the concert can be purchase online at nmu.universitytickets.com or at Forest Roberts Theatre, NMU Bookstore or the Berry Events Center. Ticket costs are as follows: General Public - $15 advance/$17 door; NMU Students and under 18 - $10 advance/$12 door.

Hailing from the island of Tiree, Skerryvore formed in 2005; their music is an eclectic fusion of rock, pop and traditional music with an emphatic thundering of drums and bagpipes and is as rich as a single malt scotch. With their outstanding musicianship and the mesmerizing voice of award-winning Dalglish, Skerryvore has become an international sensation.  In addition to Dalglish on lead vocals and guitar, the band includes brothers Daniel Gillespie (accordion) and Martin Gillespie (bagpipes, whistles & accordions), Fraser West (drums & vocals), Craig Espie (fiddles), Alan Scobie (keyboards), Jodie Bremaneson (bass) and Scott Wood (bagpipes).  The band took their unique name after the lighthouse that sits on a remote reef of the same name off of Tiree; it is the tallest in Scotland.  The name is pronounced Sker-ee-vore.

Skerryvore is twice winners of Scotland’s Traditional Music Awards coveted “Live Act of the Year” (2011 and 2016). They have performed in over 25 countries and are very popular in the Middle East, China, UK and the U.S., where they have performed in over 30 states.

Skerryvore is touring behind their 7th album, Evo (June 2018), which is all original tunes plus one cover song, runs the gauntlet from big blast numbers to heartfelt reflective tracks. The band’s first 6 albums have sold over 60,000 physical CDs and well over 5 million streams. 

For more information on Skerryvore please visit, skerryvore.com. For more info on the concert, and the Beaumier Center, please visit nmu.edu/beaumier or call 906-227-3212.