The Asian Arts & Culture Program will be hosting pipa musician Wu Man and the Shanghai Quartet in a concert of Eastern and Western music on Tuesday, March 29th in Bowker Auditorium. Want a front row seat to see visiting artists interacting with our university students? We have a limited number of slots for the general public to observe artist residencies on March 28 & 29.

Watch members of the Shanghai Quartet as they coach string sections in the UMass music department plus a reading of Wu Man's concerto piece by the University Orchestra. For info and how to reserve your free seat please click here. Can't commit? No reservations required for this event! Join us for a FREE screening and talk by Wu Man of her film, Discovering a Musical Heartland: Wu Man in China on Monday, March 28 @ 7p.m. in the Fine Arts Center Lobby.
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ASIAN ARTS & CULTURE
From Vietnam to America: A Musical Odyssey featuring Vanessa Vân-Ánh Võ and Vietnamese zither Dan Tranh on March 4th at 8p.m. in Bowker Auditorium. Exploring the great music of the East and West, Wu Man and the Shanghai Quartet will perform Mozart's K. 499 as well as traditional Chinese folk songs, pipa solos, and a work based on the film score by the eminent Chinese composer Zhao Jiping in collaboration with his son Zhao Lin for Raise the Red Lantern on March 29th at 7:30p.m. in the Concert Hall. |
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AUGUSTA SAVAGE GALLERY
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CENTER SERIES
Acclaimed cellist Matt Haimovitz culminates his three-piece moveable feast with a balance of three Bach suites including overtures by Vijay Iyer, Mohammed Fairouz, and Luna Pearl Woolf on March 7th at 7:30p.m. at Bowker Auditorium. Pilobolus Dance Theater brings its acrobatic dexterity, inventive wit, and startling imagery back to the FAC on March 22nd at 7:30p.m. in the Concert Hall! This internationally acclaimed company transforms itself into striking sculptural expressions with spectacle and daring surprises. |
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HAMPDEN GALLERY
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MAGIC TRIANGLE
On the stage of Bezanson Recital Hall on March 31st at 8p.m., Bobby Bradford | Hafez Modirzadeh Quartet . One of the most original cornet players to emerge from the avant-garde, 81-year-old Bobby Bradford made his mark in Los Angeles, playing with Ornette Coleman, Eric Dolphy and John Carter. Over two decades, saxophonist Hafez Modirzadeh has developed his pioneering chromodal concept, a cross-cultural musical approach developed from his own American jazz and Iranian heritages. |
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UNIVERSITY MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART
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JAZZ IN JULY
JAZZ IN JULY , July 11-22, 2016. EARLY BIRD DEADLINE EXTENDED TO MARCH 15! Apply online at jazzinjuly.com before March 15th to save 20%. Jazz in July is a summer jazz workshop where participants study jazz improvisation with master musicians. Anyone 15 or over can apply! The workshops are two one-week residencies that include individual and group training in both vocal and instrumental performance. Participants and faculty present public performances at 6 concerts in 2 weeks! |
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ANNUAL FUND
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MASSACHUSETTS REVIEW
The Massachusetts Review recently started a performance series. This month's essay is on The Rite of Spring by Nicole Duffy Robertson, a former ballerina at the Joffrey Ballet. The company performed the ballet at the FAC in the Spring term of 2013 for the ballet's centenary celebration. Please do take a look. |
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