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Greetings from China! 🇨🇳

Our team is currently visiting China with the fine arts faculty to strengthen our international partnerships and help recruit the next generation of #GlobalBroncos 🌏🐴

Enjoy photos from the trip and see professors Yu-Lien The and Ellen Glick performing at the Zhejiang Music Conservatory.

If you have any questions or want to learn more about the Haenicke Institute for Global Education, email us at wmu-international@wmich.edu.

Go Broncos!

#WMUInternational #International #China #Partnership #Education #WMU @wmustudyabroad @wmufinearts @wmusom Western Michigan University representatives pose together with international partners of WMU in front of a temple in China.

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Thanks @downbeat_mag for the review in the November Issue.

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Nice review of Episodes on Jazz Sensibilities https://jazzsensibilities.com/modern-jazz/andrew-rathbun-gary-versace-episodes-review/

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Proud of these trumpet stars today, who played their hearts out on our University Bands concert! #broncotrumpets

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Some scenes from this afternoon’s concert! Thank you to all who joined us for a great afternoon of music!

📸- @noahvcamera

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The most important things I’ve learned from being a music student :

1: No one’s gonna hold you accountable for practicing.

2: An hour of jamming with other students > another hour of time in the shed alone.

3: Ask questions and Communicate!

@wearefocusrite
@wmusom
@daddariowoodwinds
#musicschool #whativelearned #jazz #saxophone #college

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It happens literally every time..
sorry @mfjazz !!!
Shoutout to @hippoturret

#jazz #saxophone #musicschool #teacher #funny

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Pines of Rome - Buccina

Shout to @charleyheck55 for reminding me to wear the glasses

#trumpet #musician #fyp #viral #musiceducation

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THIS WEEK! We hope to see you on Sunday for our first performance of the academic year. Tickets can be purchased at the link in our bio.

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A double dose of Pines of Rome and Tchaikovsky this weekend with two different orchestras!

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Well @deep_recess and I are getting in to some improvised loop madness and dusting off CRYPTOCARTOGRAPH for the first time in many years this week!

Pleased to be joining my good friends @ben.schmidtswartz and @ffllyynn as well as the Advanced Jazz Ensemble from wmu.

Come hang at the @dormousetheatre this Thursday!

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Turn up the volume and help us shout out the incredible forces behind the music. Sounds of the Zoo 2026 is officially brought to you by a powerhouse lineup of champions, visionaries, and community builders. A festival of this magnitude takes a village, and we are profoundly grateful to the partners who keep the rhythm of our community alive and thriving.

Massive appreciation goes out to our Key and Featured Sponsors who went above and beyond to amplify our vision this year: West Michigan Toyota Dealers, Downtown Kalamazoo, Irving S. Gilmore Foundation, Tito’s Handmade Vodka, Heritage Guitars, Hampton Inn, K College Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership, Kalamazoo Community Foundation, WMUK, and The Gilmore.

A monumental thank you to our complete roster of 2026 Sponsors and Community Partners. Because of your dedication, the music plays on:

Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo
Downtown Kalamazoo
Forintos Productions
Hampton Inn
Handmade Music Festival
Heritage Guitars
K College Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership
Kzoo Parks
Kalamazoo Community Foundation
Local Spins
Now Kalamazoo
Sonic Coast
West Michigan Toyota Dealers
WYLD
Discover Kalamazoo
Quality Roots
Radisson
Schupan
SignWriter
Smiling Acres Music Festival
The Gilmore in Collaboration with Sounds of the Zoo
The Mill
Vine
Neighborhood Association
WMUK
Tito’s Handmade Vodka
Irving S. Gilmore Foundation

From the stages to the streets, your support builds the bridge between artists and audiences. Thank you for championing local culture, fostering connection, and making Sounds of the Zoo 2026 an unforgettable celebration of sound and community. Let’s keep making noise together.

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