Administrators and Deans include Charles Sink, Earl V. Moore, James B. Wallace, Allen Britton, Paul Boylan, Karen Wolff (2000–05), Christopher Kendall (2005–15), Aaron Dworkin (2015-18), and David Gier (2018–present).
[3] Well known alumni include playwright Arthur Miller, actors James Earl Jones, Gavin Creel, Joe Serafini, Darren Criss, Jo Ellen Pellman, David Alan Grier and Lucy Liu, musicians Jessye Norman, Yakov Kreizberg, Ashley Putnam, William Albright, George Crumb, Alexander Frey, Normand Lockwood, Cynthia Phelps, Colin Stetson, David Daniels, Chip Davis, and Michael Fabiano, as well as the pop star Madonna.
This group of instruments, known formally as Kyai Telaga Madu (Venerable Lake of Honey), has been at the university since 1966, when its purchase was negotiated and organized by Bill Malm.
[14] In addition, two Campus Orchestras are composed of non-music major students, faculty members, staff, and alumni of the University of Michigan.
[21] On central campus, the school's facilities include Hill Auditorium, the Power Center and Burton Memorial Tower, which houses the Charles Baird Carillon.
The majority of the school's teaching spaces, faculty offices, and music library, are located in the Earl V. Moore Building.
The brick-clad concrete structure has narrow vertical windows that contrast with the horizontal brick patterns, thought to represent the alternating colors of piano keys.
The Ann Arbor campus and the University Division of the National Music Camp at Interlochen enrolled the largest summer music session in the U.S.[24] On October 30, 2012, University of Michigan President Mary Sue Coleman announced an $8-million gift from William K. Brehm and Delores S. Brehm, a major contribution toward the cost of renovating and expanding the Moore Building.
[25] Of the total cost, another $14 million is allocated from the university, with the remaining balance to come from additional fundraising, including a gift from Glenn E. Watkins, emeritus professor of musicology.
[26] The renovation, which cost $29.5 million and added 34,000 square feet,[27] includes a rehearsal with the footprint of Hill Auditorium, revamping of the McIntosh Theater, a lecture hall, an entrance and lobby, and new practice and teaching rooms.