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People Are Talking: UMS presents Brahms’s German Requiem at Hill Auditorium:

Hi Mary,

Totally agree! Words are not enough for this performance! I’m also looking forward to another performance which is also such enjoyable!

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This performance was amazing! I knew it would be wonderful, but words cannot express just how great it was. I loved the music (I could listen to it all day), and Jerry Blackstone, along with the Ann Arbor Symphony, Choral Union, and the soloists did an amazing job. What an incredibly gorgeous and moving piece. I’m eager to to see (and hear!) more of the Choral Union, and I’d love to hear this piece again. Bravo to all!
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by Mary Zelinski

People Are Talking: UMS presents Brahms’s German Requiem at Hill Auditorium:

The experience in the Brahms Requiem was enjoyable. I liked the music pretty much. I was interested in how the orchestra, the chorus and the singers cooperated under the conduct of the conductor. I learned before the performance that the chorus was formed by people who was not professional singers and they only had a short time to prepare for it. I respect them very much. They did such a good job that night. One only problem I had during enjoying the performance was the lyrics. I don’t know Germany and before I noticed that there were English lyrics printed in the program, I was totally lost. I really hoped that there would be some notification during the performance telling me which part it was going on.

In short, it was a pretty good performance!

People Are Talking: UMS presents Alfredo Rodríguez Trio and Pedrito Martinez Group at Michigan Theater:

Hi Bobby! I totally agree that the music makes people want to move. I find jazz music having amazing beats that are so funky and making people dancing. So good to hear the similar opinion from you.

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The music just made me want to move! There was so much energy in the show. I’m not sure what it was about the music but there’s no better way for me to describe it than it made me want to get off my feet. While I did think it was a little loud at times and in the second half they had some sound issues it didn’t take away from the performance too much. All in all I couldn’t be happier I got exposed to this music and can’t wait to show it to my friends!
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by Bobby Dishell

People Are Talking: UMS presents Alfredo Rodríguez Trio and Pedrito Martinez Group at Michigan Theater:

What a grooving night! I was about to dance although I am not a dancer at all. I don’t know if others felt in the same way, but for me, all the jazz music I’ve ever heard before sounds funky to me, and the beats are really cheerful for dancing. For example, when Rodriguez was hitting the piano while also muting its strings, although the tones are hardly to hear any more, the sound itself had a strong dancing beats form in it, so it could let people dance without having tones at all.

People Are Talking: UMS presents Compagnie Käfig at Power Center:

I enjoyed the performance as well but I didn’t know all the five elements you mentioned. Thank you for introducing Brysan! Yeah I totally agree with you. Their creativity was remarkable! And also thanks for the reminding of those best moments!

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With five simple words the Compagnie Kafig performance can be described as an illusion built off positive and exciting energy. Have you ever attended a performance where each precise movement of the performers had you on the edge of your seat curious of what was to come? If not, then Compagnie Kafig is definitely the performance to see to get such an experience. The elements of lighting, spacing, music, props, and movement played a huge role in demonstrating an illusion effect. For example, during one part of the performance the performers used wooden feet to create an illusion of making it look like there was more people on the stage than there actually were. Another example, is how the performers danced in a particular way to portray the sounds of the music. I was thoroughly impressed of how put together and eye catching the performance was, even though it was hard to know what to look at since different members of the group were moving one type of way while the others were moving another type of way. My favorite part of the performance was during the second half of the show when the performers used the cups because it was very interactive and really made me pay attention to how they were going to dance and do tricks with a large amount of cups. Overall I believe that the energy from the performers and whole production of the show allowed myself along with the audience to really enjoy themselves.
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by Brysan Porterfield

People Are Talking: UMS presents Compagnie Käfig at Power Center:

I went to the Saturday’s performance and it was SO COOL! As a former hip-hop dancer, I was amazed by their creativity in that performance. How can they come up with those ideas that play with those plastic cups in so many different ways?! I mean for example, they put them as towers, placed them around the field and tried to avoid knocking on them, or played them in their hands and shaped them like snakes. When they When they threw all the cups out I was sure that I would remember that moment forever and talk to other people about it many times.

And also, the dancers’ behavior were remarkable. Everyone was excellent at dancing, but they also cooperated very well. They showed us what a team should be.

One question of curiosity: does anyone also likes the music they used in their performance? I mean I enjoyed that very much. I am wondering where did they get those music.

People Are Talking: UMS presents Kronos Quartet at Power Center:

The most impressive part of the performance for me is how they used electric sound and voice and all the background music to express some certain feeling, or information maybe.

During the piece …Hold Me, Neighbor, in this Storm…, the musicians used the instruments creatively to make different sound effects, rain drops, for example, and also many short stridulating sound, which are all pretty cool. I really like that part. Musicians always remind me how amazing music can be.

To be honest, I felt that the tone of the instruments was not so good. It seemed that the amplifier was the reason. The tone of the instruments was kind of hoarse. I’m wondering if it was made intentionally or not. Maybe the musicians wanted to give a hysterical feeling about the FBI. But I think the instruments losing a lot of beauty.

In summary, it was such a good experience to watch the Kronos Quartet. I really enjoyed it and felt so glad that I could go to such a quartet performance.

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