Detroit Arts

Detroit Performs Clip: Techno Origins

"Movement" is an Electronic Music Festival held in Hart Plaza in downtown Detroit. DJs/producers, Brendan Gillen and Dan Bell, talk about the history of the festival. Juan Atkins, Techno pioneer, shares his story and the birth of techno music in Detroit. Episode 105/Segment 1.

Detroit Performs Clip: Techno Origins

7m 8s

  • 21st Annual Sphinx Finals Competition Concert: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    21st Annual Sphinx Finals Competition Concert

    56m 15s

    The Sphinx Organization's 21st annual celebration of diversity in classical music, featuring the three senior division finalists accompanied by the Sphinx Symphony Orchestra. Top young Black and Latino string players will compete for more than $100,000 in prizes.

  • New Year's Eve 2016 with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    New Year's Eve 2016 with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    2h 20m

    Led by guest conductor Brent Havens, who arranged Prince’s top hits for orchestra, the DSO together with a tribute band perform adaptations of the artist’s top hits including "Little Red Corvette," "Purple Rain," "Raspberry Beret," "When Doves Cry" and more. Broadcast and live streaming of the DSO New Year’s Eve Concert was made possible by the Stanley and Judith Frankel Family Foundation.

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