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Join the Department of Languages, Literatures and International Studies for an evening of poetry to celebrate the linguistic diversity of NMU! We are calling for presenters for Poetry without Borders: The event will be held on Thursday, February 23rd at 5:30 pm in the Northern Center's Peninsula II Room. 

Would you like to read or perform a poem during this event? The only rule is this: the poem needs to be in a language other than English. You can read in a language that you study, or one that you just love to read aloud.

TO APPLY: Visit the following Google form to submit your poem and English translation: https://forms.gle/WBozEkK5oWDEjgp98
The submission deadline is Thursday, February 16th. 

Visual and Performing Arts

This April, Reynolds Recital Hall is hosting one of Germany's most successful vocal groups, Calmus. With their wide range of tonal colors, the passionate joy the singers convey on stage, their sound culture and their varied and imaginative programs never fail to inspire. Calmus will be performing on April 21, 2023 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets can be found with the link below.

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Your phone camera can capture a large amount of data and with a few steps, you can manipulate the data to your liking, not just the standard settings being used by the default software. In this workshop we will look at several tools that can nondestructively adjust that data, providing flexibility. Suggestions for making prints will also be discussed.

This is a free event and open to the public. Located in room 165 of the Art & Design building.

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This talk will explore visuality of background scenery in the animation series Violet Evergarden produced by Kyoto Animation and released in 2018-20, based on the 2015-16 novel of the same title by Kana Akatsuki.  After discussing how sexuality is significantly subdued in its visual elements of characters and narrative expressions, in contrast to popular features of Japanese animation, including KyoAni’s other works, Dr. Mitsutoshi Oba will argue how the highly detailed and thoroughly naturalistic landscapes in the background of Violet Evergarden evoke emotions, spirituality, and even sexuality.  Various styles and movements in landscape paintings in history will be examined. Dr. Oba will correlate four seemingly disparate terms representing three explicit themes of the animation series and one implicit: letter, doll, war, and vista, to approach its central theme, which could be defined as semiology of "aishiteru."

This is a free event and open to the public. Located in room 165 of the Art & Design building.

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Join us for the Closing Concert of the 2023 NMU Jazz Festival! This concert will feature the NMU Jazz Ensembles and clinician Dean Sorenson, tickets are $12 for General Admission and Free for Students!

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The NMU Percussion Ensemble, under the direction of Professor James A. Strain, will present
its annual spring semester concert on Saturday, April 1, 2023 at 3:00 p.m., in Reynolds Recital
Hall. The concert will be performed on standard percussion instruments such as drums, cymbals,
gongs, marimbas, xylophones, bells, vibraphones, chimes and timpani, as well as “found”
instruments. The music will include a variety of ethnic musical styles, including Michael Udow’s
“African Welcome Piece,” Arthur Lipner’s “City Soca.” Two percussion ensemble selections, by
Johanna Magdalena Beyer and John Cage, each written nearly 100 years ago, will feature the
“found” instruments, a common element of modern chamber music techniques. In addition, local
drummer/percussionist Trevor Rosten will be a featured soloist on David Mancini’s “Suite for
Drum Set and Percussion Ensemble.” The concert will also be live-streamed via the NMU
School of Music, Theater, and Dance Broadcasting Network, which can be found at
https://smtdbroadcasting.nmu.edu.

Admission is free and open to the public!

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Join us Wednesday, March 29th for the annual Music Performance Competition! This concert will feature music majors performing on a wide array of instruments and voice ranges! Admission is free and open to all!

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Join us in Reynolds Recital Hall on Thursday, March 23 for the first of two concerts for NMU Department of Music's Annual Jazz Festival!

The Opening Concert performances will feature our own Faculty Jazz Combo and guest artist Dean Sorenson, trombonist/composer. The festival will close out on Friday night with another concert in Forest Roberts Theatre.

To learn more about the NMU Jazz Festival and view the festival schedule, visit the NMU Jazz Festival page.

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Our first Symphonic Band & Wind Ensemble concert of the year! Come watch these students rock the stage with Director Dr. Steve Grugin! This concert is free and open to the public!

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On February 21st, the NMU Arts Chorale and University Choir will be performing "Considering Matthew Shepard" by Craig Hella Johnson. The choirs will sing alongside a chamber orchestra. Come see this epic piece in Reynolds Recital Hall!

This concert is free and open to the public.