Upcoming Events
Huddle
For Nursery – 2nd Grade Students and Families
Papa Penguin receives a special delivery from the sky — a baby chick penguin! The hapless pair navigates slippery slopes and perilous adventures in this funny and moving story about love, life, and learning.
Marvin’s Binoculars
For Grades 1-6 Students and Families
Marvin loves exploring the parks around his home looking for birds, bugs, and animals. On his ninth birthday he receives his very own pair of grown-up, pro binoculars! But then something terrible happens: he loses them, and to get them back, he must face the intimidating park warden.
Swing Dance Night
Thursday, April 4, 2024Join Riverside Swings and Swing Ann Arbor for a night of swing dance at the Freighthouse! Learn the basics, then dance the night away to the sounds of special guest band The Aston Neighborhood Pleasure Club.
Hub New Music:
10th Anniversary Show
Grab a drink and raise your glass – we’re celebrating this Michigan-based ensemble’s 10th birthday with an intimate night of chamber music at the Freighthouse.
Y2Gay: Drag Show at the Freighthouse
Saturday, April 6, 2024Back by popular demand: Drag Night is back in millennium glitching fashion! Dust off your favorite low-rise jeans, velour tracksuits, and platform sandals, because we are throwing it back with this 1990s and 2000s themed night.
K-12 Teacher Appreciation Party
Tuesday, April 9, 2024Canceled Event:
Marcel, Rami, and Sary Khalife:
Legacy
We regret that this performance has been canceled due to a hand injury Marcel Khalife sustained in a fall this summer. We are working to reschedule the date for the 24/25 season. Ticketholders will receive an email with options to refund or donate their tickets.
In Collaboration with iFFY
Alfred Hitchcock’s The Lodger:
A Story of the London Fog
Featuring Little Bang Theory
UMS is thrilled to collaborate with the Independent Film Festival Ypsilanti (iFFY) to present The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog, a 1927 British silent thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock about the hunt for a serial killer in London. Michigan’s Little Bang Theory, a trio founded by Detroit avant-garde music legend Frank Pahl, performs an original score on toy instruments to bring life to the timeless art of silent cinema.
Takács Quartet
Friday, April 12, 2024The Takács Quartet, a perennial UMS favorite, returns with a program that nods to the natural world, including a new UMS co-commission by Nokuthula Endo Ngwenyama.
Program
Franz Joseph Haydn String Quartet in B-flat Major, Op. 76, No. 4 (“Sunrise”)
Nokuthula Ngwenyama flow (UMS co-commission)
Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet No. 8 in e minor, Op. 59, No. 2
Dancing Through México
with El Ballet Folklórico Estudiantil
For U-M Faculty:
2024/25 Curriculum Connections
Info Session
Open Mic at the Freighthouse
Friday, April 19, 2024Open Mic Night is back! From soulful music to gripping poetry, this is a platform where raw passion meets an appreciative audience and celebrates the incredible talent that exists in our own community.
The Philadelphia Orchestra
in two different programs
The Philadelphia Orchestra and music director Yannick Nézet-Séguin return to Hill Auditorium in two programs:
Sat Program
Florence Price Symphony No. 4 in d minor
Sergei Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 2 in e minor, Op. 27
Sun Program
Johannes Brahms Ein deutsches Requiem, Op. 45
Joe Reilly
Earth Day Performance + Family Activity
Joe Reilly is a singer/songwriter, social worker, and Michigan educator who writes songs from his heart. The Italian, Irish, and Native American (Cherokee) singer draws from his three children’s albums of environmental and community songs in this Earth Day-themed concert for families. After the performance, families are invited to stay for a hands-on Earth Day activity.
Shigeto Live Ensemble
Friday, April 26, 2024Michigan electronic musician Shigeto joins artists Marcus Elliot (saxophone), Ian Fink (keyboards), and special guests for this late-night show.
Regenerate! Orchestra
Saturday, April 27 - Sunday, April 28, 2024Part symphony, part jam session, part group meditation, the Regenerate! Orchestra invites audiences to participate at whatever level is comfortable: performing with the group, or sitting back and enjoying the results of a bespoke performance from musicians in our community.
Yo-Yo Ma and Kayhan Kalhor
with Orchestra of the Americas
UMS hosts a special project and culminating performance with renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma, composer and kamancheh (spiked fiddle) virtuoso Kayhan Kalhor, conductor Carlos Miguel Prieto, and the Orchestra of the Americas on the University of Michigan campus.
Program
Gabriela Ortiz Téenek
Kayhan Kalhor Double Concerto for Cello and Kamancheh
Ottorino Respighi Roman Festivals
Ottorino Respighi The Pines of Rome