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BethAnne

Arts Administrator, Educator, and Performer.
MM, University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance, 2019
BME, Central Michigan University, 2017

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Virtual Visionaries Week 10: Engaging Communities

About the Authors Pianist, scholar, and educator, Dr. Leah Claiborne, promotes diversity in the arts by championing piano music by Black composers in her performances, research, and teaching. Dr. Claiborne […]

By BethAnne Posted on August 3, 2020

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Virtual Visionaries Week 9: Portfolio Careers, Then and Now

About the Authors Katherine Banks is a Midwest based actor and educator. Last season, she reprised her role as Joanne in Mindhunter (Netflix) directed by David Fincher. She performed Every […]

By BethAnne Posted on July 27, 2020

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Virtual Visionaries Week 8: Art for Social Change

About the Author Currently serving as Composer-in-Residence with the storied Philadelphia Orchestra and included in the Washington Post’s list of the 35 most significant women composers in history, identity has […]

By BethAnne Posted on July 20, 2020

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Virtual Visionaries Week 7: Leading Beyond Crisis

About the Authors: Omari Rush has engaged the arts as both a passion and profession, and in each mode, he continues to enjoy discovery and deepening impacts. As executive director […]

By BethAnne Posted on July 13, 2020

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Virtual Visionaries Week 6: Art Inspired by Identity

About the Authors Dr. Donia Jarrar (she/her) is an Arab and Muslim-American composer, pianist, and interdisciplinary artist. Born to a Palestinian father and an Egyptian mother, she grew up between […]

By BethAnne Posted on July 6, 2020

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Virtual Visionaries Week 5: Managing the Artist Lifestyle

About the Authors Todd Buonopane has appeared on Broadway as Jean-Michel in Cinderella, Roger in Grease, Amos in Chicago and many characters in  …Spelling Bee. He has toured with The […]

By BethAnne Posted on June 22, 2020

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Virtual Visionaries Week 4: Freelance Musicians

About the Authors Amy K Bormet is a pianist, vocalist, and composer, known for her fearless free-wheeling style and dedication to creating new music. To collaborate with and celebrate women […]

By BethAnne Posted on June 15, 2020

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Virtual Visionaries Week 3: Running an Arts Organization

About the Authors From Evanston, Illinois, Julie Nakagawa was a featured dancer with Christopher D’Amboise’s Off Center Ballet, Cleveland Ballet, and Twyla Tharp Dance. Returning to Chicago upon her retirement […]

By BethAnne Posted on June 8, 2020

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Virtual Visionaries Week 2: Forging New Paths with Tanya Kalmanovitch & Ryan Muncy

About the Authors: Tanya Kalmanovitch is a Canadian violist, ethnomusicologist, and author known for her breadth of inquiry and restless sense of adventure. Her uncommonly diverse interests converge in the […]

By BethAnne Posted on June 1, 2020

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Virtual Visionaries Week 1: Artist’s Many Roles with Tara Faircloth

Unbeknownst to many of us who make our way through music school, becoming a classical musician in America means signing up to be the Chief Executive Officer of a very […]

By BethAnne Posted on May 25, 2020

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In Conversation with Theatre & Drama Assistant Professor Nancy Uffner

Nancy Uffner is a proud longtime member of Actors’ Equity Association. Her regional theatre stage management work includes the MUNY, Weston Playhouse Theatre Company, Lythgoe Family Panto, Goodspeed Musicals, Music […]

By BethAnne Posted on March 6, 2020

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EXCEL Prize Winning Project Resumes This Month

The SMTD & Our Own Thing Piano Partnership Program (EXCEL Prize ‘18) provides free weekly piano lessons to Ypsilanti students and was created to address the lack of diversity and representation […]

By BethAnne Posted on February 17, 2020

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EXCEL Partnering with SMTD Wellness Initiative

This academic year, EXCEL is partnering with the SMTD Wellness Initiative to present a series of events on Life-Work Balance.  The Wellness Initiative was installed in Fall 2016 to provide […]

By BethAnne Posted on January 27, 2020

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Connecticut Summerfest Seeking U-M Intern

For the second year in a row, Connecticut Summerfest is recruiting a University of Michigan student for their Arts Management Internship.  The Connecticut Summerfest is a different kind of summer […]

By BethAnne Posted on January 13, 2020

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EXCEL interviews Amy Porter

Featured in the March 2018 edition of New on NAXOS for her recording of Michael Daugherty’s Trail of Tears with the Albany Symphony Orchestra, flutist Amy Porter has been praised by critics for her exceptional musical […]

By BethAnne Posted on December 14, 2019

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Interview with Ellen Rowe

Ellen Rowe, jazz pianist and composer, is currently Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Jazz and Contemporary Improvisation at the University of Michigan. She is a graduate of the Eastman School […]

By BethAnne Posted on November 25, 2019

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