The University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance has launched a 10-year project to commission 10 new orchestral works by Black composers.
Established in 2020 by Grammy-nominated conductor Kenneth Kiesler, director of University Orchestras and professor of conducting, the Initia
The latest salvo has been fired in the attempt by race-obsessed elements at the University of Michigan to defend the university administration’s attack on composer and professor Bright Sheng.
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The open letter from UM faculty takes a principled stand in defense of Sheng, demanding that the university reinstate Sheng to his undergraduate course in composition and make a public apology both for the sanctions taken against him and the outrageous charges of racism.