Tag Archives: Music

Bentley Historical Library

Cold War, Warm Welcome

Katie Vloet | Fall 2023

In 1961, the Kennedy Ad-ministration sent the U-M Symphony Band to the Soviet Union in hopes of thawing relations between the two countries through the common language of music. Could young musicians succeed as diplomats?

Music

Bentley Historical Library

Lifting His Voice

Lara Zielin | March 25, 2021

Willis C. Patterson's newly donated papers to the University of Michigan document a tireless fight for African American music to take its rightful place in the vocal cannon.

Music