Prelude Dinners & Post-Performance Receptions
Special Evenings for the Cultured Palate
Join us to learn more about the evening’s concert and enjoy a delicious meal at the UMS Prelude Dinners before selected UMS performances.
Park early, dine with fellow patrons and learn more about the artists, the performance, or the historical context of the works from our renowned guest speakers. The dinners are held just steps away from the performance venues.
The evening begins at 5:30 pm with a complimentary wine bar followed by a catered buffet dinner. Local caterer Food Art works culinary magic for each Prelude dinner by offering fresh seasonal food, expertly prepared, artistically presented and professionally served. Each dinner will end with a brief educational program about the evening’s artist, composer or program.
SPECIAL POST-PERFORMANCE RECEPTION:
Choral Union Opening Season Reception
Following the Mariinsky Orchestra concert on Sunday, October 10, please join us in the Hill Auditorium Mezzanine Lobby for wine and hors d’oeuvres to celebrate the opening of UMS’s Choral Union 2010/2011 season.
To make reservations by phone or for more information contact
Rachelle Lesko at 734-764-8489 or ralesko@umich.edu
Download the Prelude Dinner Brochure (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader).
Dinner Schedule
Choral Union Season Opening Reception
Mariinsky Orchestra
Sunday, October 10, at 6:00 pm in the Hill Auditorium Mezzanine Lobby
Takács Quartet
Speaker: Steven Whiting, Associate Dean for Graduate Studies and Associate Professor of Musicology, U-M School of Music, Theatre & Dance
Thursday, October 14, 5:30 pm, Humanities Institute, 202 Thayer Street
Venice Baroque Orchestra with Robert McDuffie
Speaker: Andrew Jennings, Professor of violin and Chamber Music, U-M School of Music, Theatre & Dance
Wednesday, October 27, 5:30 pm, Rackham Building (4th floor)
Murray Perahia, piano
Speaker: Louis Nagel, Professor of Piano, U-M School of Music, Theatre & Dance
Wednesday, November 10, 5:30 pm, UofM Alumni Center
The Cleveland Orchestra
Speaker: Mark Clague, Associate Professor of Musicology, U-M School of Music, Theatre and Dance
Tuesday, February 1, 5:30 pm, Rackham Building (4th floor)
Detroit Symphony Orchestra/Mahler's Symphony No. 8
Speaker: Jerry Blackstone, Director of Choral Activities and Professor and Chair of Conducting, U-M School of Music, Theatre & Dance
Saturday, March 19, 5:30 pm at Rackham Building (4th floor)
St. Petersburg Philharmonic
Speaker: Logan Skelton, Professor of Piano, U-M School of Music, Theatre & Dance
Saturday, April 2, 5:30 pm, Biomedical Science Research Building