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The University of Michigan EXCEL Lab, in collaboration with the Eastman School of Music’s Institute for Music Leadership and a cohort of seven co-sponsors recently completed the final week of the Virtual Visionaries series. The guests for this week were Dr. Leah Claiborne and Sydnie L. Mosley. Pianist, scholar, and educator, Dr. Leah Claiborne, promotes diversity in the arts by […]

The University of Michigan EXCEL Lab, in collaboration with the Eastman School of Music’s Institute for Music Leadership and a cohort of seven co-sponsors recently completed week nine of the Virtual Visionaries series. The guests for this week were Katherine Banks and Bill Kalinkos. A Midwest based actor and educator, Banks recently reprised her role as Joanne in Mindhunter (Netflix). […]

The University of Michigan EXCEL Lab, in collaboration with the Eastman School of Music’s Institute for Music Leadership and a cohort of seven co-sponsors recently completed week eight of the Virtual Visionaries series. The guest for this week was composer and pianist Gabriele Lena Frank. Ms. Frank currently serves as Composer-in-Residence with the Philadelphia Orchestra and has been […]

The University of Michigan EXCEL Lab, in collaboration with the Eastman School of Music’s Institute for Music Leadership and a cohort of seven co-sponsors recently completed week seven of the Virtual Visionaries series. The guests for this week were Omari Rush and Laura Zabel. Rush currently serves as executive director of Culture Source in Detroit and  as the […]

The University of Michigan EXCEL Lab, in collaboration with the Eastman School of Music’s Institute for Music Leadership and a cohort of seven co-sponsors recently completed week six of the Virtual Visionaries series. Our guests for this week were Dr. Donia Jarrar and Rosy Simas. Dr Jarrar (she/her) is an Arab and Muslim-American composer, pianist, and interdisciplinary artist. She […]

This summer, Eastman’s Institute for Music Leadership, in collaboration with the University of Michigan EXCEL Lab, is proud to serve as a co-sponsor for the Virtual Visionaries Series. The ten-week program has now reached the half-way point, pausing for a week prior to embarking on the final five weeks of the series. Over the first […]

The University of Michigan EXCEL Lab, in collaboration with the Eastman School of Music’s Institute for Music Leadership and a cohort of seven co-sponsors recently completed week five of the Virtual Visionaries series. The guests for this week were Sarah Whitney and Todd Buonopane. A violinist, musicians’ coach, productivity expert, and founding member of the SYBARITE5 string quintet, […]

The University of Michigan EXCEL Lab, in collaboration with the Eastman School of Music’s Institute for Music Leadership and a cohort of seven co-sponsors recently completed week four of the Virtual Visionaries series. The guests for week four were Amy K. Bormet, Marcus Elliot, and Michael Malis. Founder of the Washington Women in Jazz Festival, Bormet is a […]

The University of Michigan EXCEL Lab, in collaboration with the Eastman School of Music’s Institute for Music Leadership and a cohort of seven co-sponsors recently completed week three of the Virtual Visionaries series. The guests for week three were Julie Nakagawa, Kari Landry, and Matt Landry. Nakagawa is Artistic Director of  DanceWorks Chicago, an organization she co-founded in […]

The University of Michigan EXCEL Lab, in collaboration with the Eastman School of Music’s Institute for Music Leadership and a cohort of seven co-sponsors recently completed week two of the Virtual Visionaries series. The guests for week two were Tanya Kalmanovitch and Ryan Muncy. Both artists are active and engaged in the New York City music scene and […]