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/ Oct/ 2026
In The Media
New VOX Detroit aims to amplify the city’s vocal artist
Detroit’s vocal arts scene is getting a new player, led by one of opera’s biggest voices.
Dramatic soprano Christine Goerke has launched VOX Detroit, a new producing organization aimed at creating professional opportunities for Detroit area artists while bringing opera, cabaret, musical theater, spoken word and other forms of vocal performance to local audiences.
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/ Sep/ 2026
In The Media
Carolyn Striho to Bring Detroit Musicians and Poets Together at Aretha’s Jazz Café
Longtime Detroit rock musician and poet Carolyn Striho has long envisioned a special concert event: a wondrous evening that merges music and poems from some of our city’s most accomplished artists.
On Oct. 8, that idea becomes reality with “A Detroit Poetry Music Night” at Aretha’s Jazz Café, featuring Striho and fellow Detroit artists Heather Buchanan, Mary McGuire, Tracy Kash, and Kahn Santori Davison.
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/ Sep/ 2026
In The Media
Jazz master Donald Harrison brings ‘The Magic Touch’ to Detroit
There are musicians who don't like being put in a box.
Then there's NEA Jazz Master Donald Harrison, who apparently looked at the boxes, grabbed 10 of them and decided to play in all of them at once.
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/ May/ 2026
In The Media
Music Hall gets final OK for $166M nonprofit bond issue for expansion after years of stops and starts
Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts’ years-long push to finance an expansion of its historic Detroit site took a key step forward this week.
If all goes according to schedule, it plans to break ground this Fall.
After several stops and starts, the Detroit Economic Development Corp. on Tuesday gave final approval to the issuance of $166 million in not-for-profit bonds that will fund the expansion and first few years of debt service on them while construction is underway.
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/ Apr/ 2026
In The Media
Music Hall expansion nearly a go as City Council approves $166M plan
An ambitious expansion of the historic Orsa Music Hall is a signature away following the Detroit City Council’s approval of a $166 million bonds package Tuesday, April 21.
The resolution now sits at the desk of Mayor Mary Sheffield, who has previously signaled support for the project.
Presuming Sheffield signs off, ground-breaking is expected to take place in the Fall, venue President Vince Paul told the Free Press. Opening is targeted for October 2028, he said.
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